✤ Miss Congeniality ✤ Marie Garner ✤ Release Day Blitz ✤

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MARIE GARNER
MISS CONGENIALITY

• release date: 27 October 2014
• The Misses Trilogy #1
• #2 Miss Man-Eater will be out February 2015
★★★★★
4.5 Stars

 

Miss Congeniality doesn’t curse. Miss Congeniality doesn’t have tattoos. Miss Congeniality doesn’t drink shots. Miss Congeniality doesn’t ride motorcycles….Or does she?

When America’s sweetheart…
Meets America’s bad boy…
Will either one escape unscathed?

Brea Richards is America’s sweetheart. Dubbed Miss Congeniality by the media, Brea has spent years honing her current reputation. And being one of the leading stars of a prime time television show…priceless. It’s a long way from her humble beginnings, but that’s her secret to keep. Or at least that’s what she believes until she gets the phone call.

Lance Holder is America’s bad boy, the guy they love to hate. He lives life the way he wants, and makes no apologies, regardless of what anyone thinks. All everyone sees is the tattooed, motorcycle riding, reckless movie star, preventing anyone from looking beneath the surface. And that’s just fine with Lance. Until his new gig puts him right in the path of Brea.

Lance is the newbie on Brea’s show, and everyone is watching to see if America’s bad boy will influence Miss Congeniality. They don’t know Brea’s worst influences happened long before Lance entered the picture. And Lance seems to be one of the only ones to see beyond her current façade. Maybe America’s bad boy is just what America’s sweetheart needs…

 
Brea has always wanted to become an actress in Hollywood. She had a really bad childhood, with a drug-addict mom and long line of horrible guys walking in an out of their house. She only survived because of her big brother Alex.

Now she has everything she's ever dreamed of. She's the star of one of Hollywoods top TV Shows - for the seventh season in a row.
But this season a new guy joins the cast as her character's love interest.
Tattooed Hollywood Bad Boy Lance....

They're immediately extremely attracted to each other...but only Lance is open about what he really wants. And that is Brea. But Brea wants to deny her feelings. She swore she will never be dependant on another person again. But of course they can't resist each other and quickly become an item.
But hanging out with Hollywood's bad boy is not really good for her good-girl image. But he's not really a bad boy, he's the sweetest guy ever!!!! He might be slighty dominant ... inside the bedroom and out.☺



But not only their relationship is fodder for the media - her brother might be in some trouble too, and it's only a matter of time until her whole past will be revealed...

What will happen to Brea & Lance?
Will he stand by her through everything?
Will she be too scared to give them a chance?
Will there be a horrible cliffhanger??

NOPE - I'm not telling you ☺

OK, no cliffhanger - but Brea's friends Raquel and Clare will get their own book - so we'll probably meet Brea & Lance again ☺
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I LOVED THE STORY!

I really liked the blurb and I really loooooved Lance...
give me a Rockstar - Navy SEAL or a Hollywood Hottie and I'm a total fangirl...

The story really had great potential...but unfortunately, for me, it didn't quite live up to it's promise.
This could've been the perfect story...I sooo love a good Hollywood Romance. I don't really know what bothered me, but there were some things I didn't like.
The story sometimes just cruises along, with nothing much happening and lots of redundant lines. And then there's the writing style. I sometimes had the feeling that the author's first language isn't English - or she's fresh out of University, where it's required to write like that...She way too often uses the long versions for IT'S - I'M - YOU'RE etc. ... you're reading your book and you want the writing to flow from your mind's tongue and then you have to read I AM - IT IS - YOU ARE - all the time. In every other book you shorten it... Of course sometimes authors write the longer version when they need them to mean something, but here they just didn't need to be long. And it totally disturbed my reading-flow :((((
Another thing...Brea's two best friends and co-stars have too many scenes in the book. It's ok to introduce them, especially because we'll get their own stories in the next two books, but they were really in this book a LOT ☺

BUT - when we forget/overlook those tiny little problems - the story was really great and very sexy and adorable!

Don't let my stupid problems stop you from enjoying the book ☺

MISS CONGENIALITY was a really sexy Hollywood Romance with an amazingly adorable Bad Boy Hottie - who's not really all that bad...

...and now I'm really looking forward to reading the next book in the series ☺

 

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Marie Garner hails from North Carolina, and has had her nose in a book for as long as she can remember. Story ideas have been floating around in her head for as long as she can remember when she finally decided to write them down. She is an avid football fan, often found rooting on her Washington Redskins or her alma mater NC State. She has taught for the past 7 years, with a short break to earn her Masters degree. She loves London, having lived there for a year, and loves taking all those crazy ideas to make stories you enjoy!

✤ COVER REVEAL ✤ Teacher's Pet ✤ Emerson Black ✤

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EMERSON BLACK
TEACHER'S PET

• release date: February 3rd 2015
 

 

Once upon a time I thought fairy tales could come true.
I believed that women were beautiful, and loyal creatures, that one day in the distant future I would share my life with her.
She was beautiful. The bright light she held within her could light up a room. She was my world.
Then we lost the one person who would always bond us together.
And I was forced to let her go.


I retreated.
Running hundreds of miles from the small town life we both once knew to teach at
a university I only dreamt of attending as a teenager.
I made the co-ed’s my hobby.
Work mixed with pleasure and my pleasure became a way for them to grab an easy A.
My obsession merely curbed by a warm body for the night.

That was until Everleigh walked into my classroom and changed everything.

 

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Emerson Black is a New England based Indie newcomer. Residing in a small college based town and teaching full time at a local University.

Emerson enjoys long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, and a good BDSM based bribe.

Some of Emerson's favorite writers include Steinbeck, Nicholas Sparks, and Kitty Thomas. 

All work and lots of fun makes Emerson the teacher all the students follow.

★ Play With Me ★ Lisa Renee Jones ★ Stand-Alone Holiday Novella ★ Release Day Blitz ★

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LISA RENEE JONES
PLAY WITH ME

• release day 28 October 2014
• stand-alone Holiday Novella

The warmth of Thanksgiving gives a dedicated reporter and a powerful businessman a chance to count their blessings in this tender, sensual novella from Lisa Renee Jones.

Kali Miller has spent three years reporting fluff stories for a small-town Texas paper, waiting for the opportunity to pen the article that will launch her career to new heights. That dream has never felt further away when she suddenly finds herself out of work, forced to take a job as an executive secretary at a Las Vegas casino. But that’s exactly where Kali meets the subject of what will surely be a shocking exposé: her boss, Damion Ward, the casino’s arrogant and undeniably sexy CEO.

Watching Damion make his cold, calculating business maneuvers, Kali is positive she’s doing the right thing. But after Damion invites her to help him plan a Thanksgiving charity event, Kali begins to see another side of the man. And when she surrenders to the exhilarating tension that’s been simmering between them since day one, Kali becomes part of her own story, which she hopes will have a happy ending.

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LISA's NEXT NEW BOOK TO BE RELEASED ....

5 ★ I BELONG TO YOU
18 November 2014

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About Lisa Renee

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT TRILOGY which has sold to more than ten countries for translation with negotiations in process for more, and has now been optioned by STARZ Network for a cable television show, to be produced by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland).

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 30 books with publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, NAL, Berkley and Elloras Cave, as well as crafting a successful indie career. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.

Prior to publishing, Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by Dallas Women Magazine. In 1998 LRJ was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on twitter and facebook daily.

♦ Last Light ♦ M. Pierce ♦ Night Owl #2 ♦ Release Day Blitz & Giveaway ♦

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M. PIERCE - LAST LIGHT
• Night Owl #2
• 304 pages

• release date 28 October 2014
• Book #3 After Dark will be out 24 March 2015
★★★★★
5 Stars

 

Tensions rise, secrets grow bigger, and passions run deeper—and hotter—in Last Light, the second novel of the Night Owl Trilogy from bestselling author M. Pierce.

Matt Sky is missing. After a solo ascent of Longs Peak that left only a large blood stain, tatters of climbing clothing, and the tracks of an animal in the snow, he is presumed dead.

Hannah Catalano is guarding a secret: she knows Matt is alive. After Matt's memorial service, she lingers on the East Coast with his family, but it soon becomes clear that his brothers' motives are less than gracious. Nate Sky is bent on tracking down the author of Night Owl, a book that charts the last days of Matt's life with uncanny and scandalous accuracy, and which appeared only after his death. Seth Sky is bent on getting Hannah into his bed.

Hidden away in the woods, Matt and Hannah strive desperately to maintain their ruse and their relationship—but their web of lies only tightens as Matt struggles with the consequences of his decision, and Hannah tries to escape Nate's libel suit and fend off Seth's advances...until Hannah is put in danger, and Matt must make a life or death choice.

Happiness is useless to me. - Matt Sky

Excerpt

            Matt insisted on carrying me to the bathroom. I hugged his neck.

            “Matt, you realize I can walk with a black eye, right?”

            “I’ll be the judge of that.” He set me on the counter and I squeaked; the marble was frigid under my bare bottom. He dropped one of my bath bombs in the tub and watched it fizz and color the water purple.

Once, I managed to convince Matt to use a bath bomb with me. It was called a “sex bomb” and it was supposed to “put us in the mood” with “exciting scents” and “natural pheromones.” I grinned at the memory. As soon as Matt realized the bomb was coating his skin in sparkles, he leapt out of the tub ranting about “looking Twilighty” and “smelling like a girl.”

            “What’re you grinning at?”

            “You.” I smiled. “And this bath, which is such a transparent effort to avoid saying goodbye. Sweet… but transparent.”

            Matt frowned and paced the small space of the bathroom. Ha! I was right. Matt planned to leave me in the tub and slip away.

My poor, adorable night owl—he really had issues with goodbyes.

            “No,” he mumbled. “Maybe…”

            “Can I induce you to stay a little longer?” I uncrossed my legs deliberately and spread them. Matt watched. He folded his arms and tilted his head.

            “How does your cheek feel?”

            “They’re cold.” I grinned.

            “And you say I’m bad.” He slid me off the sink and turned me. I watched our reflection through the patchy steam on the mirror. Matt—God, he was so tall, and the look on his face was arresting. He wanted me. I knew that look.

Night Owl ended with this weird epilogue that led us to believe that Matt was dead - or rather, will be dead in Book #2.



So that's how Last Light starts....with the following line:

December is the cruelest month to die in.

But of course we already know from reading the blurb that Matt is not really dead - he just pretends to be.
He hated how his name became public knowledge in Night Owl and since he thinks he won't be able to write and live a happy life anymore, he came up with the idea to disappear forever.

But of course it only sounds smart and romantic in his head. Living with Hannah in a secluded place somewhere in the world....
Hannah doesn't want to leave her family and her dream job, but she agrees to help him with his weird plan... He will die and hide in a cabin in the mountains...
And Hannah will have to deal with the media, his agent Pam, and his family. Especially his brothers.
Nate and Seth.

Then, a few days after Matt's death a book appears online - a very explicit book that tells the story of Matt and Hannah.
But who could've written that?? Matt is dead - Hannah says it wasn't her...
Who else could it be? Who was close enough to the couple to know all those intimate details?
☺☺☺☺
The readers knows who this person is - but brother Nate doesn't - and he won't stop until he sued the hell out of whatever idiot dares to disrespect his little brother in such a way!

Then Hannah is confronted with Matt's other brother....Seth....

There will be many lies and secrets ....
and with Matt and Hannah not living together....can their relationship survive everything that happened and everything that is coming their way???

WHAT WiLL HAPPEN WiTH HANNAH & MATT???
WiLL THE SECRETS & LiES DESTROY EVERYTHiNG???
WiLL THERE BE A HEA???
WiLL THERE BE A HORRiBLE CLiFFHANGER???

Nope - I'm not telling you ☺

Ok - I can tell you that there won't be a horrible cliffhanging Cliffhanger, nobody will literally hang off or fall off a Cliff this time - but... we still HAVE to read Book #3 ASAP! ☺

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I REALLY LOoOVED THE BOOK!

When I saw this ARC on my Kindle I was sooo shocked - I had totally forgotten about requesting it and I still hadn't read the first book (because of my #Bookalzheimer I always try to read connected books once they're all out) - but now I couldn't wait another second longer - I had to read it!
And after I finished Night Owl - I was completely hooked!!

Ugh!!

This series is soo amazing!
So different from other books out there.

Matt is such an ass - such a total Anti-Hero really, but we totally love his assholery!!
...... he's sooo adorable and hot and sexy and dominant and cute and did I mention adorable? With his cute little pet rabbit?? oyy

I'm not sure which book I loved more - Night Owl or Last Light...
They were both intensely captivating but at the same time amazingly different ....

Once Matt's other brother Seth appeared in the story, I was a bit torn - because as everybody knows, I have a huge thing for RockStars - but he fortunately inherited a bit of the Sky-family-Assholery ☺
Well - but - Matt's assholery doesn't stop us from loving him... so ... I was not sure about Seth and where the story will go with him in the beginning ;)

As I was reading the first 10-30% I noticed I started reading steadily slower and slower - I didn't want to get to the end - I was pretty sure there would be some kind of horrible Cliffhanger...
But of course I had to give up the slow-reading at some point - you just HAVE to know how the story continues.... And phew - not a bad cliffhanger at all!!!

This was such an emotional book...

Lots of scenes that made me and Dawson cry!!! ☺

 Lots of verrry sexy scenes and very sexy phone-scenes ☺



But most of it was really absolutely emotional. Everything that happened - everything Matt did and all his mistakes and lies and secrets - it all comes back to haunt him in the end, and we suffer along with both of them. It was all so very moving and sad and there were some - or lots of moments where I wanted to slap or shake the hell out of our Night Owl!!! Grrrr - that man!! I was really scared where this was all going ...

BUT I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THIS BOOK!!!!
And if you fell in love with Matt and Hannah in NIGHT OWL - you will love them even more now - even though you might spent a few moments hating on our poor troubled author ☺

LAST LiGHT was an amazingly moving and frustrating erotic Romance! I couldn't put it down!

And now please dear Author - hurry with book #3!!!!!!!

OK, I am back from holidays and finally catching up on my review writing!

Matthew, Matthew, Matthew… what are we going to do with you?

I was over the moon to receive an advanced copy of Last Light, which made me finally pull my finger out and read Night Owl… and why oh why did I ever wait!  I was hooked right from the beginning.

Last Light certainly did not start out how I thought it would be… I was all  **minion whaaaat**  Matt and Hannah’s story went in a completely different direction than I was expecting.

I was taken on one heck of a journey with this one. I have to say that as much as Matt did some douchey things in this installment of the trilogy, I couldn't help but fall more in love with him.  At the same time that I wanted to bitch slap the crap out of him.  Really, I just didn’t know if I wanted to hug him or hang him at times!!

Come on girls, who doesn’t love a guy who is a bit of an a**hole!! (at least in our book boyfriends anyway)

This time I connected more with Hannah. And there were times that what she was going through got me right in the feels.

I have become completely entranced with this series, and I NEEEEEED to get the last instalment right now!  Immediately!  This second! (are you getting the gist M Pierce?!?!)

Note: this does end on a bit of a cliffhanger

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M. PIERCE is the bestselling author of Night Owl, book one in the erotic Night Owl Trilogy. The author lives in Colorado and owns a rabbit named Laurence.