REVIEW - PLAYING WITH FIRE BY ALISON BLISS

 

PLAYING WITH FIRE ( TANGLED IN TEXAS series )

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SYNOPSIS

 

Nothing ignites a fire like the perfect match…

Anna Weber is every inch the proper librarian--old-fashioned, conservatively dressed right down to her tightly clipped flaming red hair. She's just moved to a small Texas town, and is determined to spend time with her friend before she has to disappear. Relationships aren't easy for her. She knows too well what it means to be burned. And the last thing she ever wants to do is fall in love…

Especially not with a fireman who's hot enough to set the entire state of Texas on fire.

Cowboy can't resist the fiery little librarian, and he's determined to make her his. Beneath that prim-and-proper exterior is a woman he very much wants to know--if she'd let him. She'll test his patience. His control. Hell, his very sanity. And for the first time, Cowboy wonders if he's found the one fire he can't control...

 

 

 

REVIEW 4 STARS

 

Playing with Fire is book two in the Tangled in Texas series but you can read this as a stand-alone.

Cowboy is smitten with Anna the fiery librarian in town who is playing hard to get. I love a good story with the town playboy falling for the quite unassuming girl. Anna isn’t very experienced and has suffered a trauma so she is insecure about her body. Cowboy is the hot fireman in town with a reputation but he wants more with Anna. I was frustrated with the back and forth between these two and wished they would have talked more. Anna wouldn’t communicate and every time Cowboy got mad he stomped off like a little boy. I wanted to see him “fight for his woman” instead of running off. I do have to say the first scene with Anna touching Cowboy was SMOKING HOT and I liked that it made her more confident.

This story had plenty of hilarious moments and I loved the convos between Anna and Cowboy. It had a great who-done it plot running through it and I was surprised by the culprit. I really didn’t see it coming so it was fun to be thrown for a loop.

If you are looking for a laugh out loud read put this book on your list. I would gladly read more in this series.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

As the youngest of five girls, Alison Bliss has never turned down a challenge...or been called by the right name. Her writing career may have started out as a dare by one of her sisters, but Alison hasn't put her pen down since.

She grew up on a small island off the Texas Gulf Coast, where most of her childhood vacations consisted of camping or hunting trips to the deer lease. Although she'll always be a Texan at heart, Alison currently resides in the Midwest with her Iowa farm-boy husband and their two sons. With so much testosterone in her home, it's no wonder she writes "girl books."

She's an animal lover, a closet video game enthusiast, and believes the best way to know if someone is your soul mate is by canoeing with them because if you both make it back alive, it's obviously meant to be. Alison's an avid romance reader who enjoys penning the type of books she loves to read most: fun, steamy love stories with heart, heat, laughter, and usually a cowboy or two. As she calls it, "Romance...with a sense of humor."

 

RELEASE DAY BLITZ ~ Once Upon A Forever by A.V. Scott

Once Upon A Forever by: A.V. Scott Genre: New Adult Release Date: October 23, 2015 Tour Host: DRC Promotions

Synopsis

 

Eight years ago, Cooper was dating the hottest and most desired girl in Ash Falls and on his way to take over his father’s hotel empire –– the thing was, it wasn’t the life he wanted. The only way he could escape the life his parents had planned for him, was to give up the money and power that came with being a Chamberlin. And, that’s exactly what he planned to do. At the end of the Summer, he was going to leave it all behind, start a new life, on his own terms and without the influence that came with being a Chamberlin.

That was, before he met Emma.

Following her parents’ divorce, Emma is the rock for her alcoholic mother, and her younger sister. She appears resilient, and tenacious, but inside she’s falling apart. The only thing that keeps her going is her love for writing poetry, and that when she finally graduates High School, she’ll be able to start living the life she has always dreamed of.

Until she meets Cooper.

It was supposed to be a Summer fling. She had dreams of her own. Dreams that didn’t include him or his social circles. No one even knew they were friends, let alone lovers. Yet, for one Summer, Emma became Cooper’s entire world. And he, a reminder that love doesn’t have to come with warning signs.

Until one frightful night, when both of their lives, and the lives of the residents of Ash Falls, were turned upside down. Emma is left with one choice, run from the life she thought she didn’t want, and the guy who stole her heart.

But, when she returns six years she is faced with a devastating truth that shakes the very foundation that her life was built upon. Another has already claimed the man she loves.

Will true love prove the test of time?

Will cooper find his way without losing the things and people that matter to him the most?

Can Emma recover from life's lessons?

Could Emma and Cooper’s love survive when those closest to them keep tearing them apart?

Stay Tuned for “Once Upon A Forever”.

 

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About The Author

I'm Aviva Scott.

First, I'd like to say thank you for snooping, it proves I'm not the only one obsessed with what other people have accomplished in their lives.

I'm a New York Bitch (shocker!) who loves to write about all the crap relationships, let-downs, and unbelievable experiences I've had, and share them with the world, in an open diary, it-wasnt-me sort of way.

Prior to determining that writing tantalizing stories was my true passion, I tried my hands at being a flight attendant, EMT, cupcake baker, cocktail waitress, and even a counter girl at a makeup counter in a very prestigious Manhattan fashion house, and hated every single minute of it. Except for the cupcakes, they were great.

Currently, I'm working tirelessly on finishing the High Heels Series, eating copious amounts of dark chocolate cupcakes, while procrastinating on Facebook and Twitter.

 

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COVER REVEAL - THE GAME PLAN BY KRISTEN CALLIHAN

TITLE: The Game Plan ( Book 3 - Game On Series )

AUTHOR: Kristen Callihan

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SUMMARY

 

 

 

A beard-related dare and one hot-as-hell kiss changes everything.

NFL center Ethan Dexter’s focus has always been on playing football and little else. Except when it comes to one particular woman. The lovely Fiona Mackenzie might not care about his fame, but she’s also never looked at him as anything more than one of her brother-in-law’s best friend. That ends now.

Fi doesn’t know what to make of Dex. The bearded, tattooed, mountain of man-muscle looks more like a biker than a football player. Rumor has it he’s a virgin, but she finds that hard to believe. Because from the moment he decides to turn his quiet intensity on her she’s left weak at the knees and aching to see his famous control fully unleashed.

Dex is looking for a forever girl, but they live vastly different lives in separate cities. Fi ought to guard her heart and walk away. But Dex has upped his game and is using all his considerable charm to convince Fi he's her forever man.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Kristen Callihan is an author because there is nothing else she'd rather be. She is a RITA winner and three-time nominee and winner of two RT Reviewer's Choice awards. Her novels have garnered starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly and the Library Journal, as well as being awarded top picks by many reviewers. Her debut book FIRELIGHT received RT Magazine's Seal of Excellence, was named a best book of the year by Library Journal, best book of Spring 2012 by Publisher's Weekly, and was named the best romance book of 2012 by ALA RUSA. When she is not writing, she is reading.
  

 

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Review Random & Rare, Lock & Key series by Cat Porter

Title: Random & Rare

Author: Cat Porter

Series: Lock & Key

Release Date: March 10th 2015

Synopsis

I am that gash in her soul.
Once I loved Grace, really loved her.
And she loved me, and it was so fucking beautiful.
Once.
That pendulum swings to and fro.
We’re here,
and then we’re—
No.
How can that rare beautiful be rendered irrelevant, intangible when I still feel so damn much?
Does all that energy, that glory, that significance simply dissolve?
Turn to smoke?
To nothing?
It can’t. It just can’t.
Are the moments that shape us absolutely random?
Is time not fluid?
I made promises to them, to her.
Especially to her.
Promises I still burn to keep.

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Review by Iza

"(...) everyone else's random would never be rare for me."

My sister always asks why am I reading books that make me cry? And I always tell her, "The feels. Because of all. The Feels."

Because really, day to day life doesn't have that many feels, maybe anger, stress, worries. Don't get me wrong, I love happy books; funny ones. They're a favorite of mine. But sometimes you just gotta read one that's sad too, you know? One that won't only make you smile or laugh or swoon. I, personally, find reading this type of books cathartic. They also stay with me, longer than others. Even if I get teary-eyed, just thinking of and remembering certain events, scenes from books. Even characters.

So, I was warned by my friends - I love you, batches, seriously - that this one has more feels to it than Lock & Key. I was afraid to read this one, so I kept putting it off. I had to be ready for it. Lock & Key gutted me. This one? It slayed me. Torn me to shreds and left me for dead. But it's also one of the best books I've read. Ever. Not just this year.

It's not a standalone. You can't just read this without reading Lock & Key. Why? Because this is a sequel with characters from the first book, and not only. It's so much more, because here, we get more Dig. So much more Dig. We get his POV about the past. What we got from Grace in book 1 was just the cliffnotes, really. We get everything here. Every happy, sad, gut-wrenching moment.

Oh, Dig... Oh my heart is still breaking and I still want to yell 'WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE?!' but then I think of Miller, and my heart's breaking all over again, for him too. I just love all of them. Each and every one. I don't think I've ever went through this before. Sure, I'd like the characters; I'd have a favorite. Here? I love all of them. My heart jolts whenever they all pop up, in a scene or are just mentioned.

So, the book is made up of the past and present. Past told by Dig - I think I'll always tear up just seeing his name - and present, told by Grace. And so many things go down, you're left reeling from it all. Twists and chilling coincidences that just made me cry harder.

And then, Cat goes and writes an epilogue from Dig's POV again. Jesus. Christ.

"You're in my bones, Grace. Can't stand straight without you, baby. Can't."

*throwing in the towel*

I'm done for. It has been fan-freaking-tastic. Amazing. Brilliant. 5+++ stars from me. I want more. 

Author Bio

I daydream all the time, "what if" way too much, and am a lip-biting romantic. And I don't want to be cured of any of those. Ever.

Cat Porter is the author of the Lock & Key MC series - Lock & Key, Random & Rare and Iron & Bone [coming soon] - and Wolfsgate standalone historical romance. 

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SYNOPSIS

 

I married the right brother.

At least that's what I tell myself at night, when I stare at the ceiling and listen to the rhythm of the grandfather clock down the hall. It never feels like the mere passage of time, but a countdown towards something inevitable.

Bobby Lightly is selfish, irresponsible, and careless. I haven't seen him since the day I married his brother. He slipped out during the wedding reception without a word.

A year later, I heard Bobby was drafted to Korea. He never said goodbye. Never sent a letter. We had all come to terms with the fact that he was probably dead somewhere, either a victim of the war or its aftermath.

That is, until in the midst of an unrelenting heatwave, he showed up at the doorstep of the house I lived in with his brother.

Everyone thinks I'm cruel. Everyone thinks I should be easy on him. They think I don't understand him. They all think I hate him.

But what no one understands is that it was Bobby who broke my heart.

And I think he’s back to do it again

 

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SHANDA'S REVIEW - 5 STARS

 

I will start by saying please be mindful of the blurb!!! You can probably figure out what the topic is and if you don’t like these storylines this may not be for you. If you like heavy doses of realism in your fiction you will probably love this.

Swelter is a story of love, loss, jealousy, and going for what you need to be happy. It raised so many questions about the choices people make out of obligation versus following their hearts. It also shows the ugly side of those choices and how Bobby, Rory, and Lilly deal with the consequences, and how it shapes the rest of their lives.

I won’t recap or add too much about the story to avoid spoilers. I will say that I loved Bobby; I felt he was such a good man faced with impossible choices. I was back and forth in my feelings on Rory and Lilly. At times I hated Rory but I kept wondering if things had been different would he have found a better path. I understood Lilly’s struggle, and considering the time they lived in I think her struggle was multiplied and made her choices harder. I wanted her to take a stand sooner but I also can see how difficult that was. This was another reason why I loved Bobby; he always seemed to be the one willing to fight and the stronger one.

I really hurt with this story and it was a tale that I could easily imagine people going through. Well Done!

 

AMY'S REVIEW - 5 STARS

 

 

 

I'm just flabbergasted after finishing this book, but it in a good way. It's going to be difficult writing a review without spoiling this story.

Swelter is set in the 1950's and is the story of Lilly, and brothers Bobby and Rory Lightly. They all grew up together, spending summers at the Lightly lake house. Bobby is the goofball; the playboy; the one no one takes too seriously. We learn fairly quickly that Bobby leaves town after Lilly & Rory's wedding, but we don't know why. He joins the Army and is sent to Korea; after several years, there is no more communication from him and he is believed to be dead.....and then he shows up at Rory & Lilly's very much alive, seven years after leaving them all behind.

Rory and Lilly appear to be the perfect couple....from the outside at least. However, we all know that perfection isn't as it always seems. Lilly is desperate for a meaning to her life and Rory has been drinking more and more. When Bobby shows up on their step, Rory is elated and Lilly is frustrated...and we soon learn why. I won't say more without revealing too much of the story line, so I'll stop here and just say that I believe that the decisions made were completely in line with the era they were set in and I think that's what helps to push the story along.

This book kept me in suspense as to what would happen next....and the last few chapters gave me a range of emotions- disbelief, sadness, triumph, heartbreak and finally closure.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

By day, Nina G. Jones works for an internet startup and is a freelance copywriter. She lives with her husband and two dogs.

By night, she explores the hidden recesses of the human psyche in her writing.

Nina has a background in Psychology and uses this as a starting point for her writing. She adds depth to her characters by exploring their psychological motivations. Due to the nature of the topics she explores, Nina does not shy away from explicit language, sexuality, or violence. Despite covering some heavy topics, Nina finds a way to infuse humor into her writing as well.

She has a particular fascination with people who appear to be “normal” or “successful” by all outside appearances who are hiding a secret life.

 

 

 

 

Cover Reveal The Darkest Torment, Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter

Get ready for the 12^th and most epic book in the Lords of the Underworld series yet, THE DARKEST TORMENT, available May 31, 2016! I think we can all agree on one thing: #BadenIsHot!

Title: The Darkest Torment

Series: Lords of the Underworld, #12

Author: Gena Showalter

On-sale date: May 31, 2016

Publisher: HQN Books

Pages: 448

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Price: $26.99 U.S. / $29.99 CAN.

ISBN: 9780373779741

 

Here is your first glimpse at what THE DARKEST TORMENT is all about:

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with her most explosive Lords of the Underworld tale to date, about a fierce warrior on the brink of sanity who will stop at nothing to claim the exquisite human with the power to soothe the beast inside him...

Driven to his death by the demon of Distrust, Baden spent centuries in purgatory. Now he's back, but at what cost? Bound to the king of the underworld, an even darker force, he's unable to withstand the touch of another...and he's quickly devolving into a heartless assassin with an uncontrollable temper. Things only get worse when a mission goes awry and he finds himself saddled with a bride—just not his own. 

Famed dog trainer Katarina Joelle is forced to marry a monster to protect her loved ones. When she's taken hostage by the ruthless, beautiful Baden immediately after the ceremony, she's plunged into a war between two evils—with a protector more dangerous than the monsters he hunts. They are meant to be enemies, but neither can resist the passion burning between them...and all too soon the biggest threat is to her heart.

But as Baden slips deeper into the abyss, she'll have to teach him to love...or lose him forever.

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About Gena Showalter

 

 

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Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the spellbinding Lords of the Underworld and Angels of the Dark series, two young adult series--Everlife and the White Rabbit Chronicles--and the highly addictive Original Heartbreakers series.

In addition to being a National Reader's Choice and two time RITA nominee, her romance novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan (Red Hot Read) and Seventeen magazine, she's appeared on Nightline and been mentioned in Orange is the New Black--if you ask her about it, she'll talk for hours... hours! Her books have been translated into multiple languages.

She’s hard at work on her next novel, a tale featuring an alpha male with a dark side and the strong woman who brings him to his knees. You can learn more about Gena, her menagerie of rescue dogs, and all her upcoming books at genashowalter.com or Facebook.com/genashowalterfan

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THE DARKEST NIGHT (Lords of the Underworld #1) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST KISS (Lords of the Underworld #2) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST PLEASURE (Lords of the Underworld #3) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST WHISPER (Lords of the Underworld #4) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST PASSION (Lords of the Underworld #5) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST LIE (Lords of the Underworld #6) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST SECRET (Lords of the Underworld #7) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST SURRENDER (Lords of the Underworld #8) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST SEDUCTION (Lords of the Underworld #9) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST CRAVING (Lords of the Underworld #10) - GOODREADS

THE DARKEST TOUCH (Lords of the Underworld #11) - GOODREADS

 Giveaway

A complete set of all 11 books in the Lords of the Underworld series to ONE winner - US/Canada.

Giveaway ends Sunday, October 25th at 11:59 p.m. ET. Prize will be sent by the publisher.