Monday, September 29, 2014

Release Day Blitz: Chasing Abby by Cassia Leo

Today we're excited to share the release of Cassia Leo's, Chasing Abby! 
Chasing Abby is the final book in Cassia's New York Times and USA Today best selling Shattered Hearts series. 
About Chasing Abby
The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series.
Five years, six months, eight days….
It’s been eighteen years since Abigail was born with a hole in her heart. Five years since she collapsed on the soccer field. Five years, six months, eight days since she found out she was adopted.
Abby has spent five years wondering about the family she never knew and waiting for her eighteenth birthday. When Abby shows up on the doorstep of Chris and Claire Knight, her birth parents are overjoyed to see the little girl they lost eighteen years ago.
One summer is all they have to make up for the years they lost. But a summer of love soon turns into a summer of heartache.
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Previous books in the series:
1. FOREVER OURS
 2. RELENTLESS
3. PIECES OF YOU
4. BRING ME HOME
About Cassia
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo grew up in California and has lived in three different countries. She loves to travel and her dream is to one day score a record deal based on her awesome shower singing skills. She is the author of the Shattered Hearts series (Forever Ours, Relentless, Pieces of You, Bring Me Home) and the Luke, Knox, and Chase series.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Cover Reveal: Filthy Beautiful Lust by Kendall Ryan





Release Date : NOVEMBER 10, 2014


From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Kendall Ryan, comes the third book in the Filthy Beautiful Lies series.

Pace Drake loves sex. He knows where get it, what to say, what to do, and he makes no apologies for satisfying his needs. But when he meets single mom, Kylie Sloan, he's enthralled by her, and begins to question his standard operating procedure. After all, there's no chase, no mystery when banging a woman in a nightclub bathroom. Kylie's depth and determination make the sloppy, drunken hookups that fill his weekends seem empty and shallow. She's the opposite of the desperate, clingy women he's used to. She doesn’t want or need anyone to take care of her and that only makes him want to care for her more.

Kylie's trust in men has vanished. The last guy she was with played ding-dong-ditch-it with her uterus and left her with a baby to raise. Now her infant son is the only man she has time for, even if she misses sex and intimacy more than she'd ever admit. Opening her heart up to a younger man who's best known for no-strings-attached sex and his casual lifestyle is probably the worst idea she's ever had. But Pace wants to prove to her there are still a few good guys left, and watching the sweet way he interacts with her baby makes her want to try…but she can really trust that his days of hitting it and quitting it are in his past?


Filthy Beautiful Lust is the third book in the Filthy Beautiful Lies series, however it can be read as a standalone novel (no cliffhanger). To understand the full growth and development of the characters, it is recommended that you begin with book 1, Filthy Beautiful Lies.


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EXCERPT


Pace

I take a sip of the liquor and immediately decide drinking is a bad idea. I'm already on edge and frustrated. The alcohol will only make me obsess more. Abandoning the glass, I sit down in a leather chair across from Colton and let out a heavy sigh. "Tell me about Kylie."
His gaze narrows. "Fuck no. You and Kylie?" He shakes his head, rising to his feet. "No. Abso-fucking-lutely not. If this is what you came here to talk about, you can leave now." He points to the door, his expression unwavering.
Goddamn. "You're no fun." Changing my mind, I stride over to the cabinet, pluck up the glass and down the rest of the drink. It burns like a mother fucker on the way down, but it'll do the trick, numbing whatever this weird sensation is inside my chest.
"I'm serious, Pace. She's a good girl. She doesn't need to get tangled up in your…ways…"
"My ways?" Now I'm getting pissed. He's saying I'm not good enough for her.
"Hit it and quit it. Pump and dump. Whatever you want to call it, it's not happening. Not with Kylie."
"I know that, asshole. I wanted to take her out – like legitimately take her out to dinner. Enjoy her company."
He frowns at me again, that crease in his forehead deepening. "You're telling me you don't want to fuck her?"
"Don't be a dumbfuck. Of course I want to. But I'm just saying that I wouldn’t hit it once and never call her again."
"What would you do, then? Move in? Marry her? Raise her son?" he challenges.
"I haven’t thought that fucking far ahead. Christ." Now I'm suddenly pacing the floor of his office and I have no idea why. This entire exchange is stressing me out. I came here hoping to get her number, and instead I'm getting grilled like a steak. He's pulling the older brother card on me like he does so often. The dick.
"And that's exactly why I don't want you messing around with her. You don't have a plan. Kylie needs a man with a plan. Not one with an agenda that only includes getting his crank yanked."

I sink down into the chair, hating this concerned older brother act.










Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including Hard to Love, Unravel Me, Resisting Her and When I Break.
She's a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. She lives in Minneapolis with her adorable husband and two baby sons, and enjoys hiking, being active, and reading.
Visit her at: www.kendallryanbooks.com  for the latest book news, and fun extras

Monday, September 8, 2014

Promo Tour: Inconsolable by Amanda Lanclos


Buy the Book - Amazon US  Amazon UK  B&N
Synopsis:
Him:
You would think that because I am a Marine that life isn’t that hard to live. I’d like to tell you that you couldn’t be more wrong. War is hell on earth. I have seen so many things that will haunt me for the rest of my life. No matter how much I try to forget the light fading from someone’s eyes, I cannot. My life is one determined by the mind. I wake up every day to fears of what will trigger the turmoil that sends me into overdrive. My life is depicted by sounds and colors and things that make me less of a man.
Who am I, well I am CPL Blake Johnson. I am a United States Marine and I am living with post-traumatic stress disorder. If it weren’t for Anna, the sunshine in my life things would be much harder than they are.

Her:
Being a cosmetologist is not the easiest job for me, and after losing my best friend to her inner demons. I am bound and determined to not lose the man I love as well. They say in my line of profession you are more than what you claim. You are a therapist, a shrink, a person that listens to anything and everything. I am not that person. I have so much built up inside me I think I may be about to explode. I hope that this isn’t true because my heart picked someone that happens to be as inconsolable as I feel.
Who am I? Well, my name is Anna Henderson. I am just trying to live my life one moment at a time and praying that I don’t mess it up.
Excerpt:

Nine months in this place and still I have a hard time.  It seems like life is hard no matter what, but being the one of the group who has a soft side sucks ass.  I was put into a difficult situation with this guy.  He had a bomb strapped to his chest and was about to push the detonator.  Jackson gave me the order to shoot him.  Carter was the only one with me and he saw me hesitate.  He grabbed his gun and shot the guy without even thinking twice about it then nodded at me.  I hesitated.  Had Carter not been with me I would have died.  This place is not for me.  I should have gone to Princeton or Harvard where I belonged, but instead here I am trying to act like something more than what I am. 

            Just what am I?  I am the world’s biggest coward.  I wanted to prove that I wasn’t just brains, that I could be something more, but that moment proved that all I am is the nerdy kid with his nose stuck in a book.  I couldn’t even protect myself, had Jameson not been there I would have let the guy blow me up.  I couldn’t kill him. 

            “Johnson come here.”  I turn to see Jackson standing there with running shorts and tennis shoes.  “Let’s go run.”

            “Be right there,” I say as I stand and grab my black and red Nike shocks and slide them on.  I wonder if Carter told him what happened last night.  I doubt he did, Jameson isn’t that type.  I walk outside and join Jackson on the makeshift track in the dirt.

            “What made you decide to become a Marine, Johnson?” 

            I should have known this was coming.  I’m surprised I made it through boot camp.  I am a lot stronger than I give myself credit for, but I am not strong enough to kill someone.  I don’t think I have that inside me. “I wanted to be more than the valedictorian of Adams High School, more than a person with brains.”  I shrug and keep in step with Jackson as he moves along.

            “I see it in your eyes Blake, you don’t think you’re good enough.  Only you can be the judge of your worth.  I am just going to tell you, you’re a damn good Marine.  You think before you act, not act before you think.  It makes you lethal.  Remember that.”

            I watch him and nod my head, then we both pick up our pace.  After his words I don’t have anything to say so I just keep pace with him.  I never really thought I needed reassurance, but now that I have it, it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  I only have nine more months before I can go home and finish this deployment. 

            After about six laps around the makeshift track Jackson bows out and goes to our cots.  I keep running.  It’s something you become good at when you’re the red headed nerdy kid with glasses. LASIK was the best thing ever invented.  Finally, I finish my run, take a quick shower and go to the barrack to lay my head down.  I look up at the ceiling and think only two hundred and seventy five more days of this.  It will be a broken record until I can make it home.

Other Books in the Series:
In one day your life can go from awesome to total shit and for me it’s going to change forever. Who am I? My name is PFC Jameson Carter, and I am a United States Marine, or I was until a bomb detonated and took half of me with it. The only thing that kept me alive was the woman I had waiting back for me at home.
How do you go from being a complete person to being half of something? For me, I have help, but how can I be anything more than half of what I used to be? Then when the one person you count on, the person you lived for leaves you how do you react?
For Samantha Blalock life is easy, she helps repair people like me, the people who lose limbs. Something isn’t the same though, she’s changed. See I’ve known Samantha for years. She’s hiding something. Can we help each other through these trying times in our lives? Or does the fact remain that we are both irreparable?

***DISCLAIMER*** This book contains topics of a serious nature, including possible violent scenes.
About the Author:
Amanda is from a small town in Louisiana. She is a mother to one beautiful daughter, expecting baby number two, and two bad fur babies. She's been married to the love of her life for 3 years. She loves to read and has for as long as she can remember. One day she decided she had a story to tell so she sat down to write it. Now her dream of not only reading the stories she loves, but giving other people a story to devour was set into motion.  Amanda is also one of the co-founders of Crazy Cajun Book Addicts book blog and loves being able to let others see all the amazing books being written. 

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Release Day Blitz: Inconsolable (Book 2) by Amanda Lanclos


Buy the Book - Amazon US  Amazon UK  B&N
Synopsis:
Him:
You would think that because I am a Marine that life isn’t that hard to live. I’d like to tell you that you couldn’t be more wrong. War is hell on earth. I have seen so many things that will haunt me for the rest of my life. No matter how much I try to forget the light fading from someone’s eyes, I cannot. My life is one determined by the mind. I wake up every day to fears of what will trigger the turmoil that sends me into overdrive. My life is depicted by sounds and colors and things that make me less of a man.
Who am I, well I am CPL Blake Johnson. I am a United States Marine and I am living with post-traumatic stress disorder. If it weren’t for Anna, the sunshine in my life things would be much harder than they are.

Her:
Being a cosmetologist is not the easiest job for me, and after losing my best friend to her inner demons. I am bound and determined to not lose the man I love as well. They say in my line of profession you are more than what you claim. You are a therapist, a shrink, a person that listens to anything and everything. I am not that person. I have so much built up inside me I think I may be about to explode. I hope that this isn’t true because my heart picked someone that happens to be as inconsolable as I feel.
Who am I? Well, my name is Anna Henderson. I am just trying to live my life one moment at a time and praying that I don’t mess it up.
Excerpt:

Nine months in this place and still I have a hard time.  It seems like life is hard no matter what, but being the one of the group who has a soft side sucks ass.  I was put into a difficult situation with this guy.  He had a bomb strapped to his chest and was about to push the detonator.  Jackson gave me the order to shoot him.  Carter was the only one with me and he saw me hesitate.  He grabbed his gun and shot the guy without even thinking twice about it then nodded at me.  I hesitated.  Had Carter not been with me I would have died.  This place is not for me.  I should have gone to Princeton or Harvard where I belonged, but instead here I am trying to act like something more than what I am. 

            Just what am I?  I am the world’s biggest coward.  I wanted to prove that I wasn’t just brains, that I could be something more, but that moment proved that all I am is the nerdy kid with his nose stuck in a book.  I couldn’t even protect myself, had Jameson not been there I would have let the guy blow me up.  I couldn’t kill him. 

            “Johnson come here.”  I turn to see Jackson standing there with running shorts and tennis shoes.  “Let’s go run.”

            “Be right there,” I say as I stand and grab my black and red Nike shocks and slide them on.  I wonder if Carter told him what happened last night.  I doubt he did, Jameson isn’t that type.  I walk outside and join Jackson on the makeshift track in the dirt.

            “What made you decide to become a Marine, Johnson?” 

            I should have known this was coming.  I’m surprised I made it through boot camp.  I am a lot stronger than I give myself credit for, but I am not strong enough to kill someone.  I don’t think I have that inside me. “I wanted to be more than the valedictorian of Adams High School, more than a person with brains.”  I shrug and keep in step with Jackson as he moves along.

            “I see it in your eyes Blake, you don’t think you’re good enough.  Only you can be the judge of your worth.  I am just going to tell you, you’re a damn good Marine.  You think before you act, not act before you think.  It makes you lethal.  Remember that.”

            I watch him and nod my head, then we both pick up our pace.  After his words I don’t have anything to say so I just keep pace with him.  I never really thought I needed reassurance, but now that I have it, it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  I only have nine more months before I can go home and finish this deployment. 

            After about six laps around the makeshift track Jackson bows out and goes to our cots.  I keep running.  It’s something you become good at when you’re the red headed nerdy kid with glasses. LASIK was the best thing ever invented.  Finally, I finish my run, take a quick shower and go to the barrack to lay my head down.  I look up at the ceiling and think only two hundred and seventy five more days of this.  It will be a broken record until I can make it home.

Other Books in the Series:
In one day your life can go from awesome to total shit and for me it’s going to change forever. Who am I? My name is PFC Jameson Carter, and I am a United States Marine, or I was until a bomb detonated and took half of me with it. The only thing that kept me alive was the woman I had waiting back for me at home.
How do you go from being a complete person to being half of something? For me, I have help, but how can I be anything more than half of what I used to be? Then when the one person you count on, the person you lived for leaves you how do you react?
For Samantha Blalock life is easy, she helps repair people like me, the people who lose limbs. Something isn’t the same though, she’s changed. See I’ve known Samantha for years. She’s hiding something. Can we help each other through these trying times in our lives? Or does the fact remain that we are both irreparable?

***DISCLAIMER*** This book contains topics of a serious nature, including possible violent scenes.
About the Author:
Amanda is from a small town in Louisiana. She is a mother to one beautiful daughter, expecting baby number two, and two bad fur babies. She's been married to the love of her life for 3 years. She loves to read and has for as long as she can remember. One day she decided she had a story to tell so she sat down to write it. Now her dream of not only reading the stories she loves, but giving other people a story to devour was set into motion.  Amanda is also one of the co-founders of Crazy Cajun Book Addicts book blog and loves being able to let others see all the amazing books being written.