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New Release~Blind Magic

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Title: Blind Magic

Genre: Rom-com with a twist of magic
Release Date: November 18, 2017
Cover Designer: Claire Smith
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Marcy has never been in love. But when Oliver Dawson walks into her store, she falls head over heels. Unable to shake the feeling that she and Oliver were made for each other, for the first time in her life, the quirky witch considers casting a love spell for herself.
Oliver’s life is turned upside down when he’s shot and almost killed. Even though events haven’t been kind to the sexy police detective, he’s determined to make the best of his situation. But still, nothing could have prepared him for feisty Marcy breaking down his defenses, nor the healing tea that leaves him gagging.
Unconventional and hell-bent on getting her man, the little witch soon weaves her magic and captures his heart. He’s more than willing to give it to her, but when faced with his painful and turbulent past, neither are sure they’ll get their happily ever after.
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Author of We Will Always Have the Closet, Desert Jewel, and Loved You Always, Natalina wrote her first romance in collaboration with her best friend at the age of 13. Since then she has ventured into other genres, but romance is first and foremost in almost everything she writes.After earning a degree in tourism and foreign languages, she worked as a tourist guide in her native Portugal for a short time before moving to the United States. She li

 

ved in three continents and a few islands, and her knack for languages and linguistics led her to a master’s degree in education. She lives in Virginia where she has taught English as a Second Language to elementary school children for more years than she cares to admit.

Natalina doesn’t believe you can have too many books or too much coffee. Art and dance make her happy and she is pretty sure she could survive on lobster and bananas alone. When she is not writing or stressing over lesson plans, she shares her life with her husband and two adult sons.

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Release Blitz~Stripped by Tarrah Anders

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STRIPPED

BY

TARRAH ANDERS

 

Release Date: 7th November, 2017

Genre: Erotica/Romantic Comedy

Hosted By: Chance Promotions

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BLURB

 

Acceptance.

 

Trust.

 

Confidence.

 

Malcolm and I met in an unfortunate way, and he has pushed himself into my
life. When my drunk best friend invites him to her wedding as my date, I
reluctantly give him a chance. I’m giving US a chance and I’m pleasantly
surprised.

 

Now I need to learn how to accept that he takes his clothes off for women.
I need to trust that he’s not wanting to take any of them home. And I need
to build the confidence when the green-eyed monster of jealousy rears its
evil head.

 

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I wake to groaning beside me in bed. It’s not the pleasurable groaning that
I like to hear in the bedroom and coming out of my woman’s mouth. I roll
slightly and she’s clutching her head.

“How did I get here?” she mumbles.

“Deena called me and we picked you up last night.”

“We?” she inquires.

“Jacks and I came to rescue my damsel in distress!” I say with a sleepy
smile.

“I needed rescuing?” she shakes her head.

“You ice luged.”

“I did what?” she turns her head quickly then grabs at it in pain.

“Love, there’s water and some aspirin next to you. I wanted to give it to
you last night, but you passed out before I had a chance.”

She shifts her body and tries to sit up only to screech in pain.

“What the fuck happened to me yesterday? Why is my hip on fire?”

“You ice luged.” I repeat.

“No?” she questions.

“From what I was told, you did.”

“This is so embarrassing.” she puts her hands over her face and groans into
her palms. “Did you see me do any of this?”

“No, when we came to pick you up, you were sitting on the ground on a
cushion.”

“I didn’t throw up? My mouth tastes like a cat used it as a litter box.”
she grabs the glass of water and gulps it down.

“Unless you did in the middle of the night, you barely moved.”

“Well, that’s less embarrassing.”

“If you did throw up, I’d hold your hair back.” I promise her rubbing her
back.

Her phone goes off from her purse on the floor beside her. She reaches over
slowly and her screen lights up.

“Oh my god!” she gasps.

I look over at the screen and there’s full video of Beck ice luging, on
repeat with her ungraceful fall. Her on her arse with her feet up in the
air and her dress pretty much around her waist, showing her lacy grundies
to everyone!

My girl, not only is she fluent in the bedroom Olympics with me, she can
ice luge!

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About the Author:

Meet Tarrah. She’s a contemporary romancer who is all about the feels, with
the twists of sexy mixed in between. She’s been writing since before she
can remember. Writing was always a passion, that was kept it under wraps,
stayed on the backburner and never vocalized or followed through with my
desire to be a writer, until she read a horrible book and thought: ‘I could
do better than that!’ She kept her writing romance from her husband for
nearly two years, but finally told him because… royalties and taxes. Now,
he lovingly helps with ‘research’ and uses him for his amazing Photoshop
skills for her covers.

She is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but living in beautiful
San Diego with her own little family while working during the day as a
social worker working with the homeless. She is a hardcore San Francisco
Giants fan and anything dealing with cupcakes and Zombies.

Her writing style is that she tries to keep on earth. She tries her best to
not be too unrealistic with her characters, what they do and how they live.
She wants her books to be relatable and not to create too many eye rolls,
when a character starts calling his love interest baby after knowing her
for 5 minutes.

She has written and self-published 4 books and one novella. They’re all
dual point of view aside from the novella. She is currently working on
several pieces but focusing on two mainly. Thematically, the novels are
friends to lovers, random hook-ups and office romances mixed with a whole
lot of fun in the middle.

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New Release~ The Unexpected Santa by Dahlia Donovan

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Title: The Unexpected Santa
Series: The Sin Bin, Book 5
Genre: Gay Romance
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Cover Designer:Claire Smith

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When a rugby bad boy butts heads with a retired Marine, which alpha male becomes top dog?
Scottie Monk came out of the womb angry at the world. He’s selfish and bitter. “Bah humbug!” rolls off his tongue far easier than “Happy Christmas.”
Gray Baird has dedicated his life to public service as a Marine Corps officer and later as a police chief. The decorated hero finds it impossible to ignore autistic twins in desperate need of holiday spirit. He’ll be the grumpiest Santa in the world if it puts a smile their faces. And he’ll drag a reluctant Scottie along for the ride.
This December, Gray and Scottie collide while unexpectedly playing Santa.
The short story The Unexpected Santa is book five in Dahlia Donovan’s international bestselling gay romance series, The Sin Bin. Each one features hot rugby players and the men who steal their hearts.

 

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Cover Reveal~All of You by Lindsay Detwiler

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Title: All of You
Author: Lindsay Detwiler
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 27, 2018
Cover Designer: Soxsational Cover Art
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There’s no such thing as impossible when it comes to saving the one who holds your heart.
A sexy doctor who’s restricted by expectations.
A quirky poet who’s defined by her dark past.
All it takes is Alex Evans saving Marley Jade one fateful night for their futures to be realigned. And when a passion sparks between them, they must decide if they can piece each other back together and make love work.
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A high school English teacher, an author, and a fan of anything pink and/or glittery, Lindsay’s the English teacher cliché; she love cats, reading, Shakespeare, and Poe.

She currently lives in her hometown with her husband, Chad (her junior high sweetheart); their cats, Arya, Amelia, Alice, and Bob; and their Mastiff, Henry.
Lindsay’s goal with her writing is to show the power of love and the beauty of life while also instilling a true sense of realism in her work. Some reviewers have noted that her books are not the “typical romance.” With her novels coming from a place of honesty, Lindsay examines the difficult questions, looks at the tough emotions, and paints the pictures that are sometimes difficult to look at. She wants her fiction to resonate with readers as realistic, poetic, and powerful. Lindsay wants women readers to be able to say, “I see myself in that novel.” She wants to speak to the modern woman’s experience while also bringing a twist of something new and exciting. Her aim is for readers to say, “That could happen,” or “I feel like the characters are real.” That’s how she knows she’s done her job.
Lindsay’s hope is that by becoming a published author, she can inspire some of her students and other aspiring writers to pursue their own passions. She wants them to see that any dream can be attained and publishing a novel isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

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Blog Tour~Inked Hearts by Lindsay Detwiler

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Title: Inked Hearts
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 21, 2017
Cover Designer: Claire Smith
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“Six years, a complex about my freckles, a love for pastrami, and a fear of failure. That’s what he gave me before slaughtering my heart and my faith in men.”

Suffering from the sting of betrayal, twenty-eight-year-old Avery Johannas quits her job and moves hundreds of miles away to Ocean City, the beach town of her dreams. With the help of her zany roommate, Jodie, Avery finds a new career, home, and freedom. Throughout her self-exploration, she makes only one rule: She won’t give her heart to a man again. She’s living for herself this time.

But then she meets Jesse.

A tattoo shop owner, the green-eyed Jesse Pearce is wild with a touch of mystery. As Jesse and Avery explore Ocean City and their friendship, they’ll have a hard time drawing a line in the sand between their hearts.

When summer nights get a little more heated than either expected, they’ll have to ask themselves: Can they let go of their notions of love, or will their hearts be permanently inked by past pain?

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Six years, a complex about my freckles, a love for pastrami, and a fear of failure.
That’s what he gave me before slaughtering my heart and my faith in men.
To be fair, I’m a bit jaded now, my objectivity overpowered by the vision of him between the sheets with his secretary, Nora. Her perfectly tan body, the blonde hair, him moving on top of her, the look on their faces when I came home early….
“Focus,” I shout like a crazy person. My mastiff Henry rustles in the back seat, stretched over duffle bags, a few beach towels, and some random household items. I flick on my left turn signal, peering over my shoulder to try to get a clear view of the lane beside me. It’s next to impossible, since my tiny Suzuki’s bogged down by the material contents of my life, or at least those things I deemed worthy enough to carry to the next phase. Always a precarious driver at best, I tell myself to breathe, say a little prayer, and swerve into the lane beside me. Mercifully, it works. We don’t die.
I adjust my sunglasses on my head, a few flyaway strands of hair sticking to my hot-pink lip gloss and making me wish I opted for plain lips. But a girl changing her life… well, it felt like a pink lip gloss kind of day this morning.
I drive on, Keith Urban’s songs and Henry’s snoring my only company besides my warped memories and anxiety-ridden thoughts. The sun beats down, a few clouds wispy in the bright sky. It’s a gorgeous day, a day screaming of redemption, of resurrection.
With nothing but time to think for the last two hours of my drive, my mind wanders to another dark place—the place beyond the bedroom escapades of my ex-husband. It travels to the place of doubt, the place so many family members and friends have played on in the past few weeks.

 

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A high school English teacher, an author, and a fan of anything pink and/or glittery, Lindsay’s the English teacher cliché; she love cats, reading, Shakespeare, and Poe.

She currently lives in her hometown with her husband, Chad (her junior high sweetheart); their cats, Arya, Amelia, Alice, and Bob; and their Mastiff, Henry.
Lindsay’s goal with her writing is to show the power of love and the beauty of life while also instilling a true sense of realism in her work. Some reviewers have noted that her books are not the “typical romance.” With her novels coming from a place of honesty, Lindsay examines the difficult questions, looks at the tough emotions, and paints the pictures that are sometimes difficult to look at. She wants her fiction to resonate with readers as realistic, poetic, and powerful. Lindsay wants women readers to be able to say, “I see myself in that novel.” She wants to speak to the modern woman’s experience while also bringing a twist of something new and exciting. Her aim is for readers to say, “That could happen,” or “I feel like the characters are real.” That’s how she knows she’s done her job.
Lindsay’s hope is that by becoming a published author, she can inspire some of her students and other aspiring writers to pursue their own passions. She wants them to see that any dream can be attained and publishing a novel isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

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New Release~From J.S.Scott

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A Brand New Release from NY Times,  USA Today AND Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author J.S. Scott
A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.

Former
rock star Xander Sinclair may be out of rehab, but he’s not out of the
woods. Still haunted by his parents’ murders, he has secluded himself in
his Amesport mansion and dodges any attempted contact from his two
brothers. Struggling not to fall into relapse, he believes he’s battling
his demons alone.

That is, until Samantha arrives to work as his
live-in housekeeper. Effortlessly charming and cheerful and wickedly
sexy, she challenges Xander to abandon his isolation. The two embark on a
fiery relationship—one that could change them both forever.

Just
when Xander is on the verge of reclaiming his life, he discovers that
Samantha has been hiding things from him…things that could shatter the
fragile future they’ve begun to build together. For Xander, escaping the
past is no longer an option. It’s time to face it—even when some
secrets seem too heavy for the heart to bear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Writing what she loves to read, J.S. Scott writes both contemporary
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always feature an Alpha Male and have a happily ever after because she
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When we were young by Gen Ryan

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Author: Gen Ryan
Title: When We Were Young
Series: Hopelessly Devoted #1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
When she fell in love with her high school sweetheart, Rainey Matthews thought it’d be forever. But life has a habit of sneaking up and throwing a sucker punch when you least expect it.
Parker’s military career has become his top priority, leaving Rainey behind while he pursues his dreams. A combination of Parker’s PTSD and his actions threaten to tear Rainey’s heart right open, and she can no longer keep it together.
Then an unexpected lifeline appears and shows Rainey what it’s like to be cared for and loved. She finds herself happy for the first time in a while, but those sneaky sucker punches aren’t done, and keeping happiness will be an uphill battle.
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Blog Tour~The Royal Marine by Dahlia Donovan

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Title: The Royal Marine
Series: The Sin Bin, Book 4
Genre: Gay Romance
Release Date: October 14, 2017
Cover Designer: Claire Smith
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Who keeps the Royal Marine’s heart safe when he’s running headlong into danger?
Akash Robinson fuses his Indian and British heritage into his baked creations. His life is all things sugar and spice, especially when a blind date leads him to the older military man of his dreams. Family, friends, and an unwanted admirer all threaten both his sanity and his budding romance.
Hamish Ross carries the names of his lost soldiers on his back. He takes his work seriously with no time for love. All it takes is one impulsive kiss to lead him into uncharted romantic waters.
When a sarcastic baker mixes with a stoic alpha marine, who will come out on top when the flour settles?
The Royal Marine is book four in Dahlia Donovan’s international bestselling gay romance series, The Sin Bin. Each one features hot rugby players and the men who steal their hearts.
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They traded stories over their simple pasta dinner. Akash half expected the man to make a move—or to make one himself—but the evening had been too easy, too comfortable for it; they’d simply enjoyed the shared meal.
A sharp contrast to what Akash imagined a first date with Scottie might entail. The former rugby player had texted him four times since the night he’d stopped by uninvited, having stolen his number out of BC’s phone. The persistence concerned him; he had no interest in having his life turned upside down by a stalker.
Making a mental note to apologise to his sisters for not taking their complaints about similar behaviour from other men more seriously, Akash had sent a text of his own earlier to Tens and Caddock. He knew them the best out of the rugby players involved with the Sin Bin. They’d sort out their mate, or he’d do it for them.
“Thanks for the tea.” Akash gestured toward the tin sitting on the nearby shelf. “Do you know how bloody hard it is to get that particular type of tea? It’s perfect for making biscuits.”
“Right.” Hamish was staring at him. He nodded absently, but didn’t actually appear to have heard him.
“Something wrong?”
Standing abruptly, Hamish strode around the table to grab Akash by the shirt. He dragged him up out of his chair, causing him to stumble forward. Akash could only blink at the slightly taller man in confusion, until those wonderfully rough fingers dug into his hair and yanked him up into a kiss.
Akash surrendered to it briefly before bringing his arm up to separate their lips—and bodies—when Hamish’s fingers drifted down the front of his shirt. “We’re not doing this in my kitchen. Not yet. Well, not in the bakery kitchen, ever. Health inspectors would have a fit.”
Hamish brushed his knuckles across the bulge in Akash’s trousers. “Later, then?”
“Later when we’re somewhere else and there aren’t two nosy brats peeking through the door.” Akash pointed toward the barely visible twins, who were once again eavesdropping on them. “Off with you both. I left you dinner on the table upstairs.”
While the rest of the meal went well, the passionate moment had definitely passed them by. Hamish stayed for another hour, helping to wash up the dishes. They exchanged several heated kisses, until Akash had to quite literally shove the man out the door.
He sank back against the frame of the still open door to catch his breath after seeing Hamish off. “Well, bugger me.”
 
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Other Books in The Sin Bin Series
The Wanderer
Book 1
The Caretaker
Book 2
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Dahlia Donovan wrote her first romance series after a crazy dream about shifters and damsels in distress. She prefers irreverent humour and unconventional characters. An autistic and occasional hermit, her life wouldn’t be complete without her husband and her massive collection of books and video games.

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Cover Reveal~Rock Hard Bodyguard by Alexis Abbot

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Title: Rock Hard Bodyguard

Author: Alexis Abbott

Release Date: December 13, 2017

 

 

 

Her face is on all the billboards, on every movie screen, at every awards gala. She’s bigger than life, and she acts every bit the diva.

Underneath her bratty facade, something secret lays dormant.

I can sense it, because I’ve got secrets too. But when I’m hired as her bodyguard, I almost refuse. I don’t want to tempt the demons in me. With her sinful good looks, and that laugh that drives me wild, I know I’m in for a hell of a ride.

But I can’t let her in. I won’t. No matter how determined she is, no matter how much she teases me. Until suddenly, her hotel room is under lockdown.

It’s just her, and me.

For hours.

On Christmas.

I’m falling for her. But can her light finally chase away the darkness that guards my heart?

 

 

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New Release~ Prophecy Girl

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TITLE: Prophecy Girl
SERIES: A Camille Bishop Novel – Book #1
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: Nov 2nd, 2017
COVER ARTIST: RMGraphX
I never thought my life could get any weirder, then Jane Lowry came into my office.
It seemed like a straightforward paternity case. Something simple for my first solo assignment as a private investigator.
Everyone has secrets. Jane Lowry’s would lead me down a path that would completely change my life.
I knew the world was full of crazy things but nothing could have prepared me for how crazy it would get.
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Her books span several time periods and feature a diverse cast of characters, all with a paranormal twist. She loves to binge watch television, has a large collection of stuffed animals, and is a big history geek.

A lifelong writer, she is constantly trying to find ways to grow and learn new skills to improve her craft.