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  • Provocative by Lisa Renee Jones ~ Release Blitz

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    Provocative (White Lies Book One) by Lisa Renee Jones
    Release Date: April 18th
    Genre: Contemporary Romance

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    Book one in the sexy and intense new White Lies duet by Lisa Renee Jones!

    There are those moments in life that are provocative in their very existences, that embed in our minds forever, and sometimes our very souls. They change us, mold us, maybe even save save us. But some are darker, dangerous. If we allow them to, they control us. Seduce us. Quite possibly even destroy us.

    The moment I walked into Sonoma’s Reid Winter Winery and Vineyard and made eye contact with Faith Winter for the first time was one of those moments. Provocative because I know at least one of her secrets, of which, I suspect she has many. Provocative because she believes I was a stranger to her when we met, but I am not. Provocative because I sought her out, with no intention of touching her. But now I have. Now I want her. Now I have to have her. But that changes nothing. It doesn’t change why I came for her.

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    Hi everyone!

    I’m so excited that PROVOCATIVE is available now! Just a few notes: if you order PROVOCATIVE this week only you will get $1 off and it will only be $2.99 – I will be increasing this price at the end of the week! You’ll also receive the FREE novella Rebecca’s Forgotten Journals (these are NEW journal entries) in the back of your copy!

    PS – if you missed your chance to receive any of my bonus scenes from Amy & Liam, Chris & Sara, or Ella & Kayden, this is your last chance to get them! Register your order of PROVOCATIVE HERE and you’ll receive them early next week!

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    About the Author:

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. Sara’s character is strong, flawed, complex, and sexy – a modern girl we all can identify with.

    In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, Lisa has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is presently working on a dark, edgy new series, Dirty Money, for St. Martin’s Press.

    Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa 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.

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  • Royal Affair by Marquita Valentine ~ Release Blitz

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    Title: Royal Affair

    Author: Marquita Valentine

    Publication Date: April 18th, 2017

    Genre: Contemporary Romance

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    Royal Affair, a sexy all-new STANDALONE from Marquita Valentine is now LIVE!!!

    A sheltered princess goes wild—and makes the best mistake of her life—when she falls for a roguish reporter in this fun, sexy romance from the bestselling author of Royal Scandal.

    Online muckraker Brooks Walker has a reputation for exposing the political elite. Now he’s set his sights on the Sinclair siblings, who’ve been embroiled in their fair share of drama ever since their exile to North Carolina. But Brooks has never been afraid to get his hands dirty—until he meets a royal wallflower at a charity ball who makes him reconsider everything. Is Brooks feeling guilty because he knows all the sordid details of her family’s history? Or because he’s putting their relationship first, before his journalistic integrity?

    As the “spare” twin, Princess Charlotte has always been the responsible one. So when her sister finally agrees to fulfill her duty as queen, Charlotte gives herself permission to break a few rules by flirting with the very off-limits CEO of Walker Media. Brooks is the worst sort of man to start an affair with, but Charlotte just can’t help it. The trouble is, since she’s no good at playing games, soon she’s tiara over heels in love. And when Brooks comes clean, Charlotte must decide whether his confession is worth a royal pardon.

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    About the Author:

    Marquita Valentine is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Holland Springs and Boys of the South series.

    Since first taking the plunge in July of 2012 to self publish, Marquita Valentine has appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling Ebooks Lists on iBooks, Amazon Kindle, and Barnes&Noble. She’s been called “one of the best new voices in romance” (Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews) and her books have been accused of being “a sexy, fun, and slightly addicting contemporary read” (The Book Queen).

    When she’s not writing sexy heroes who adore their sassy heroines, she enjoys shopping, reading, and spending time with her family and friends. Married to her high school sweetheart, Marquita lives in a seriously small town in the south with her husband, two kids, and a dog.

     

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  • Accidentally On Purpose by Jill Shalvis ~ Sale Blitz

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    From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes the sexy, standalone novel, ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE, on sale for $1.99 in the eBook format for a limited time only! Grab your copy today at this amazing price!

     

     

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    There’s no such thing as a little in love . . .

    Elle Wheaton’s priorities: friends, career, and kick-ass shoes. Then there’s the muscular wall of stubbornness that’s security expert Archer Hunt—who comes before everything else. No point in telling Mr. “Feels-Free Zone” that, though. Elle will just see other men until she gets over Archer . . . which should only take a lifetime . . .

    There’s no such thing as a little in lust . . .

    Archer’s wanted the best for Elle ever since he sacrificed his law-enforcement career to save her. Their chemistry could start the next San Francisco earthquake and he craves her 24/7, but Archer doesn’t want to be responsible for the damage. The alternative? Watch her go out with guys who aren’t him . . .

    There is such a thing as . . .

    As far as Archer’s concerned, nobody is good enough for Elle. But when he sets out to prove it by sabotaging her dates, she gets mad—and things get hot as hell. Now Archer has a new mission: prove to Elle that her perfect man has been here all along . . .

     

     

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    His hand caught her, long fingers wrapping around her elbow and causing all sorts of unwelcome sensations as he pulled her back around.

    “What?” she asked.

    “Waiting for my apology.”

    “Sure,” she said agreeably. “When hell freezes over.” She lifted her chin, grateful for her four-inch heels so that she could almost, kind of, not quite look him in the eyes. “I’m in charge of this building, Archer, which means I’m in charge of everything that happens in it. I’m also in charge of everyone who works for this building.”

    He cocked his head, looking amused again. “You want to be the boss of me, Elle?” he asked softly.

    I am the boss of you.”

    Now he outright smiled and her breath caught. Damn, stupid, sexy smile. And then there was The Body. Yes, she thought of it in capital letters, it deserved the respect. “If you don’t want to be walking funny tomorrow,” she said, “you’ll stop invading my personal-space bubble.”

    Complete bravado and they both knew it. She’d only been at this job for a year and it’d come as a surprise to her that he’d been in the building at all. An unfortunate coincidence. Before that it’d been years since they’d had any contact, but she still knew enough to get that no one got the better of him.

    He was quick, light on his feet, and physically strong. But that wasn’t what made him so dangerous to her. No, it was his sharp intelligence, his quick wit, how he was willing to go as dark as he needed to in order to do what he thought was right.

    And then there was the biggie—the way he had of making her feel shockingly alive.

    He did as she asked and stepped back but not before pausing to make sure they both knew who was in control here, and it most definitely wasn’t her.

    No one did intimidation like Archer, and in his line of work he could be in a coma and still intimidate everyone in the room. He had muscles on top of muscles but didn’t look beefed up like a body builder might. Instead his body seemed lean and seriously badass, with caramel skin that strayed from light to golden to mocha latte depending on what the season was, giving him a look of indeterminable origin.

    And sexiness.

    It worked for him, allowing him to fit in to just about any situation. Handy on the job, she imagined. But with her he was careful. Distant. And yet she’d seen the way he sometimes looked at her, and on the rare occasion when he’d touched her, like when he guided her through a door with his hand low on her back, he let himself linger. There was always a shocking and baffling yearning beyond both the glances and the touches.

    That, or it was all just wishful thinking.

    Not that it mattered since he still held back with her. The problem was she yearned too. Yearned for him to see her as a woman, strong and capable enough to stand at his side.

    But after what they’d been through, she knew that would never happen. She turned away, annoyed by how her entire body had gone on high alert as always, every inch of her seeming to hum beneath the surface.

    She should have just emailed him.

     

     

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    And don’t miss the previous books in Jill Shalvis’s Heartbreaker Bay Series, SWEET LITTLE LIES, THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE and ONE SNOWY NIGHT, now available! Grab your copies HERE!

     

     

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    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s sexy contemporary and award-winning books wherever romances are sold and click on the blog button above for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.

     

     

     

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  • Out of the Ashes by L.A. Casey ~ Cover Reveal

    Title: Out of the Ashes
    Series: Maji, Book 1
    Genre: Science Fiction, Romance
    Releasing July 11

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    LA Casey brings her readers OUT OF THE ASHES — the first Sci Fi Romance book in a new series of sexy standalone novels. These other world alphas are looking for their perfect mates that can bring them to their knees… and human women fit their criteria perfectly.

    For Nova, a twenty-three-year-old survivalist, wandering a barren wasteland was a lonely existence. But her day-to-day life was about to drastically change forever. Gone were the days when her only worries were rabid animals, augmented humans, the unforgiving scorching sun, and rogue watchmen. Now, Nova found herself faced with a new threat, and he was tall, grey, and horribly stubborn. 

    For Kol, a two-hundred-year-old daredevil, sailing the never-ending waves of deep space was a vast and thrilling life to lead. He had one objective on Earth—rescue as many human females as possible and return them to his home planet. It was supposed to be simple, but no one told Kol that a human female’s tongue could slice a male like a blade. His charge was short, strikingly attractive, and she talked way too much. 

    Nova wasn’t going to be kidnapped without putting up a fight, but Kol was more than ready to go toe to toe with her. These two species set out on a collision course that would redefine the phrase “The Big Bang” forever.

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    L.A. Casey is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who juggles her time with her mini-me and writing. She was born, raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. She enjoys chatting with her readers, who love her humor and Irish accent as much as her books.

    Casey’s first book Dominic, was independently published in 2014 and became an instant success on Amazon. She is both traditionally and independently published and is represented by Mark Gottlieb from Trident Media Group.

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  • All I Want is You by Candace Havens ~ Release Blitz

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    All I Want Is You, an all-new sexy standalone from Candace Havens is live!!!

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    All I Want Is You by Candace Havens
    Publisher: Entangled
    Genre: Contemporary Romance

    Hawke Vance will do whatever it takes to protect the family business, even if it means protecting it from his own father, a man who’s just gotten hitched in Vegas to wife number nine. Growing up seeing how much chaos wedded bliss creates, Hawke’s sworn never to fall into the matrimony trap. But to get the all-important controlling shares of the company, he does need a wife.

    Being caught skinny dipping is not the way ballerina Amy Powell planned to start her vacation. When the hot biker who catches her turns out to be the owner of the house she’s staying in, she’s mortified. But embarrassment soon turns to confusion and a good dose of lust when Mr. Sex on a Stick offers her the money she needs to save her brother if she’ll agree to marry him and play pretend for two months.

    Only this game of make-believe quickly starts feeling too real…

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    Bestselling author Candace Havens has published more than 25 books. Her novels have received nominations for the RITA’s, Holt Medallion, Write Touch Reader Awards and National Readers Choice Awards. She is a Barbara Wilson Award winner. She is the author of the biography “Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy” and a contributor to several anthologies. She is also one of the nation’s leading entertainment journalists and has interviewed countless celebrities from George Clooney to Chris Pratt. Her entertainment columns are syndicated by FYI Television, Inc. She is the Executive Editor, and Editorial Director for the Embrace line at Entangled Publishing. Candace also runs a free online writing workshop for more than 2000 writers, and teaches comprehensive writing classes. She does film reviews with Hawkeye in the Morning on 96.3 KSCS, and is a former President of the Television Critics Association.

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  • Fallen Crest Home by Tijan ~ Release Blitz

     

    Title: Fallen Crest Home
    Series: Fallen Crest #6
    Author: Tijan
    Genre: Young Adult/New Adult/Contemporary Romance
    Release Date: April 17, 2017
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    It’s been years since my mother was in my life.
    I healed.
    I learned to accept love.
    I lived.
    That’s all done. She was away, and now she’s back.
    I’ve avoided her for a year and a half, but I can’t hide anymore.
    Mason has an internship in Fallen Crest, so we’re heading back for the summer.
    And when we got there—no one was prepared for what happened.
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    I had no time to stop and think.
    I had to fight.
    I had to hurt.
    I had to protect.
    Feeling someone behind me, I let loose with the bat, a scream erupting from my throat. Someone caught the bat and wrapped an arm around my waist. I tried kicking out. He dodged my feet and said hurriedly in my ear, “Damn, Strattan. It’s me, Channing. Stop!”
    Channing.
    He was friendly.
    Stop.
    I sagged in his arms, looking for Mason. Where was he? He was circling a guy, still fighting.
    I started forward, but Channing caught my arm. “Whoa. Chill.”
    I growled as I yanked my hand free and started forward again, but Channing grabbed my arm once more.
    He got in front of me, holding his other hand up. “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Look. He’s fine. We’re here. He’s got that. Look. Look, Sam.”
    My senses began to calm. The black around my eyesight faded. I could see more normally, and the buzzing in my ears subsided. I gulped for breath, tasting salt and dust in my mouth.
    Channing was right. Mason’s eyes were deadly, but alert, his mouth set in a flat line. His shoulders were tense, but he looked in control.
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    Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing Fallen Crest Seven (untitled) along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores.

     

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  • The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry ~ Blog Tour

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    The Gravity of Us, an all-new gripping and emotional standalone from Brittainy C. Cherry is available now!

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    The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Release Date: April 13th, 2017
    Genre: Contemporary Romance

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    Graham Russell and I weren’t made for one another.

    I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.

    Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds. Seconds when our eyes locked and we saw each other’s secrets. Seconds when his lips tasted my fears, and I breathed in his pains. Seconds when we both imagined what it would be like to love one another.

    Those seconds left us floating, but when reality knocked us sideways, gravity forced us to descend.

    Graham Russell wasn’t a man who knew how to love, and I wasn’t a woman who knew how to either. Yet if I had the chance to fall again, I’d fall with him forever.

    Even if we were destined to crash against solid ground.

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    We didn’t know how to act with one another after our first kiss. Our situation wasn’t the norm when it came to building a relationship. We did everything backward. I fell in love with a boy before our first kiss, and he fell for a girl who he wasn’t allowed to have. Our connection, our heartbeats, matched one another in our fairytale world, but in reality, society deemed us as an awful accident.

    Maybe we were an accident—a mistake.

    Maybe we were never supposed to cross each other’s paths.

    Maybe he was only meant to be a lesson in life and not a permanent mark.

    But still, the way he kissed me…

    Our kiss was as if heaven and hell collided together, and each choice was right and wrong at the same exact time. We kissed as if we were making a mistake and the best decision all at once. His lips made me float higher, yet somehow descend. His breaths somehow made my heart beat faster as it came to a complete halt.

    Our love was everything good and bad wrapped in one kiss.

    A part of me knew I should’ve regretted it, but the way his lips warmed up the cold shadows of my soul…the way he left his mark on me…

    I’d never regret finding him, holding him, even if we only had those few seconds as one.

    He’d always be worth those tiny seconds we shared.

    He’d always be worth that soul-connecting feeling we created when our lips touched.

    He’d always be the one I spent my nights dreaming of being near.

    He’d always be worth it to me.

    Sometimes when your heart wanted a full-length novel, the world only gave you a novella, and sometimes when you wanted forever you only had those few seconds of now.

    And all I could do, all anyone could ever do, was make each moment count.

    After we went home that night, we didn’t talk about it at all. Not the following week, either. I focused on Talon. Graham worked on his novel. I believed both of us were waiting for the right time to come up for us to speak about it, but that was the tricky thing about timing: it was never right.

    Sometimes you just had to leap and hope you didn’t fall.

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    Wow! I am just not even sure what to say about Brittainy C Cherry’s The Gravity of Us. This is a book that took me on an emotional ride and had me holding my breath from the very first page.

    The Gravity of Us is the story of opposites attract. We often use this expression and mean it loosely — but this saying could never be more true when using it with Graham and Lucy. Lucy is completely free with her emotions. She feels and feels openly and deeply. She is free spirited… kinda “hippie weirdo” sorta gal. Graham is completely closed off. He is cold and shows no feelings at all. The wall that he built around his broken self, keeps him from feeling anything — it is really kind of heartbreaking.

    But you know what? When they come together — magic just happens. It isn’t easy. It is rocky. It is heartbreaking. But it is also REAL. It is relatable. And it just rings true. And I wasn’t able to tear my eyes away from it. Even when it was hard to watch. It was beautiful to watch their friendship build. And I was hoping and rooting for more. Even when that more seemed impossible and even sometimes almost forbidden.

    This book warmed my heart. It helped to remind me that there is always a reason behind the things that happen to us. MAKTUB. Even if things hurt us. Even if things don’t turn out the way we were hoping and wishing there is a reason. This is how I like to live my life. I try, like Lucy, to find the happiness and joy in things and not to dwell on all the misery. I like to keep moving forward (not that I am as free-spirited as she is!) But sometimes it is hard to always grasp and hold onto all that happiness and just like there were times in Lucy’s life that she struggled, these last few weeks I’ve had mine! So this book came at such a great time!

    So yes, I highly recommend The Gravity of Us. You will want to carve out your day so you can lose yourself in the beauty of these words.

    I received a complimentary copy of The Gravity of Us.

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    Hi! I’m Brittainy! Join me as we travel through my mind as a Romance Author. This includes such things as my random thoughts, tricks, tips, things I’m learning, things I’m re-learning, things I’m forgetting, and my weird ways of crafting stories.

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  • Paper Fools by Staci Hart ~ Release Blitz

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    Title: Paper Fools

    Author: Staci Hart

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    Aphrodite knows love — just don’t ask her to figure out her own mess.

    Rather than deal with her sticky love life, she toys with the hearts of unwitting humans. It’s a little game she plays, and the stakes are high. Lucky for her, she’s just found the perfect match.

    Lex is everything Dean needs, but he can’t have her.

    It doesn’t matter that her eyes speak to a long forgotten part of him, or that her art and poetry touch his shredded heart. She’s off limits — crossing that line would implode his band and everything he’s ever cared about. There’s only one option: stay away from her, no matter the cost. Even if the price is his heart.

    Dean is everything Lex wants, but she can’t take the risk.

    The second she meets him, she knows her heart is in danger. She’s convinced it’s only attraction that has her hung up on the dark, quiet lead singer, but with every day that passes, she knows it’s more. It’s just that she can’t put her heart on the line. She won’t — love has never been worth the sacrifice.

    If only they knew they were just pawns in a much bigger game. And in the game of love, Aphrodite never loses.

    *Formerly titled Deer in Headlights, Paper Fools has been rewritten and reedited just for you.*

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    Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life — a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can’t forget that. She’s also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She’s been a wife, though she’s certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She’s also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she’s been drinking whiskey.

    From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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  • Just Like That by Nicola Rendell ~ Blog Tour

     

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    “I bet I can untangle you.”

    At an airport baggage claim, Penny Darling looks up from her knotted mess of ear buds to find the sexiest hunk of man she’s ever seen. He’s got a military haircut, a scar through his eyebrow, and he’s rocking a pastel pink dress shirt like only a real man can. But Penny is on a man-free diet so she leaves the airport without succumbing to his delicious double-entendres…or his dreamy dimples.

    PI Russ Macklin can’t take his eyes off Penny. As she sashays out of the airport with hips swaying and curls bouncing, he suspects they may share more than just sweltering chemistry. That suitcase she’s rolling along behind her? It looks a lot like his.

    Because it is.

    When he tracks her down, he holds her bag hostage in exchange for a date. Their night begins with margaritas and ends in urgent care, and Russ proves that Cosmo’s theory about a very particular type of orgasm was oh-so-wrong.

    In Penny, Russ finds a small-town sweetheart with a very naughty side. For the first time ever, he’s thinking about picket fences. Penny finds in Russ a loving, caring man who understands the power of massaging showerheads.

    But Russ is only in Port Flamingo for a week. They agree it’ll be a fling and nothing more. Because really, they can’t fall ass-over-teakettle in love just like that…

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    There’s all sorts of sexy Russ-rustle-rustling as he tries on his clothes. It takes all my willpower to stop myself from running over to his changing room and pressing my eye up to the slats like I’m looking through a peep hole. He slings his shirt over the top of the changing room door, then steps out of his shoes and socks. I can almost hear a drumroll in my head and then it happens: his suit pants fall to the ground.​Maybe today’s boxer briefs are light gray, like a sporty heather gray, because that would just be…

    ​I grab a random black dress off the rack and dash into the second changing room. As I shut the door, I hear Maisie saying something like, “Boy, I sure could use some help with all these sunglasses, ahem-ahem.” But I ignore it. As the rustling next door continues, I unfasten the knot on my sundress and let it fall from my shoulders, so I’m standing in my bra and panties in front of the very unflattering full-length mirror. I’m hoping it’s unflattering. It damned well better be unflattering. But then I notice a very faint bruise on my hip, in exactly the pattern of his fingers as he gripped me last night. I slide my fingertips along it and turn to warm caramel inside.

    ​“What kind of movie is it?” I ask him as I finagle my hands through the spaghetti straps above my head and tug the new dress down over my body. It’s a size too small and hugs me like shrink-wrap.

    ​“Romantic comedy.” His zipper slides up. “Workplace romance.”

    ​Oh, God.

    ​I shimmy into the dress and stare at my reflection. There are times in my life when I am acutely aware of that devil-angel-shoulder situation, and this is one of them. Looking at myself in the mirror, and I can almost see the two of them in position. The devil is a real vixen. Combat boots, and a raspy, sultry voice. No bullshit and a very respectable smoky eyeliner. She likes her music feminist and her tequila straight. On the other shoulder sits the angel. She’s a dead-ringer for my fourth-grade librarian. She smells like mothballs, her lipstick flakes off when she talks, and she’s big into smooth jazz. I hate her. Also, she’s pretty much always exactly right. Double-demerit.

    ​The angel says, “Penelope Eloise Darling. Why can’t you find yourself a nice man with a steady job? That eHarmony questionnaire doesn’t take that long. Just think: you could find a nice Baptist minister in Tallahassee! At least you’d live in the same state!”

    ​I suck in my stomach so hard that I feel dizzy, and try to pull up my zipper. Not even close. I cinch the fabric shut with one hand, suck in harder, and give it a yank. It bites into me, and I stretch the dress to the side as far as I can, testing the tensile strength of 1% spandex to its limit.

    ​The devil takes out her hip flask and downs a pull of tequila while she considers her black nail polish. “Fuck that noise, Pen. You want him, take him. Boom. Done.”

    ​The zipper finally cooperates. I don’t even look like myself, this thing is so tight. I spin slightly and look at my ass, over my shoulder.

    ​Which is when the door squeaks open. I fully expect it to be Maisie, brandishing her Kindle and saying something like, “I knew I’d seen that jawline before,” but it isn’t. It’s him.

    ​“Oh, fuck. Sorry, I thought this was my…” He trails off.

    ​The desire ricochets between us like a pinball trapped at the bottom of an arcade machine. He’s in shorts that fit him like a glove, and a soft navy T-shirt, with a vintage Pac-Man logo, washed out and faded. And he’s found a hat, like a super-stylish baseball hat with mesh on the back. Plus, flip-flops.

    ​I thought he was handsome before, but this, this… Casual, and carefree, and look at those shoulders. Peeking out from the sleeve of the T-shirt is the bottom edge of his tattoo on the curve of his massive bicep.

    ​Here lies Penelope Darling, who died of a swoon.

    ​He lets out a breathy, quiet whistle. “I’m buying that for you.”

    The way he talks, that dominance, makes me feel like I’m some new but treasured thing. I’m not used to it, but one thing is for sure: I like it. Except even in my haze, it’s the angel that answers first. “No, no, no. I’ll never wear it.”

    “I don’t care.”

    Frivolous retail purchases especially for me? “We…should get to work.”

    ​His eyes move up and down over me again so deliciously slowly that I feel a shiver up my spine. “I’ll show you getting to work.” He takes a step toward me, and runs his hand up the side of my dress.

    I grab ahold of the hanger rack behind me as my knees start to get a little wobbly. “I’ll take you to the boardwalk first. Rides. Ball-and-hammer. Funnel cakes.” He’s reducing me to bullet points. I can’t even string two nouns and a verb.

    ​He pulls his hand away with a frustrated grunt. “Fine. But I’m buying it for you. No arguments. Got it?” he says finally, and then heads back to his changing room.

    ​The devil turns to the angel, who’s got her lips in a tight, prudish line. But the devil?  She gives zero fucks, and she raises her hip flask to me. “Here’s to romantic comedy.”

    ​Toodles, Man Wagon.

     

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    Jill’s Review

    Nicola Rendell delivers a delightful, quirky, fun, sexy romantic comedy that I just didn’t want to end!

    I know it is a little too early for that perfect beach read… but this would be it! But you know what it isn’t too early for? That book you want to escape outside into the beautiful sunshine all by yourself — soak up some rays and leave everything else behind you. And really Nicola Rendell’s writing is so HOT that you want to be alone and secluded when you are reading this (or maybe have a loved one close at hand 😉 )

    I absolutely fell in love with Penny & Russ — both as individuals and together. Oh and I can’t forget that big, slobbery dog, Guppy… and I’mm not even a pet person — don’t kill me, I’m allergic! The quirks and situations that came up just made them so endearing. It wasn’t that slicked up, glamorous love story. It was small town life at its finest. A one-week fling that threw them both for a loop when their undeniable chemistry turned into so much more.

    It is hard to explain just how fab this book is. It is one of those books that is just an EASY READ. Yes there us some drama and conflict in it… I mean there always has to be some, right? But the book has that perfect amount of smart, witty banter. The sexy times are just done so right and off the charts. Like, I’m telling you — Nicola Rendell should definitely be on your auto-buy list for HAF books! The characters (even those side ones) are quirky and fun and standout they are not ones that you will soon forget. They will leave you with a huge smile on your face after you swipe that last page.

    Just Like That is one that I more than recommend you shouldn’t think twice before you click this baby!

    I received a complimentary copy of Just Like That.

     

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  • Faking It by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde ~ Blog Tour

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    Faking It, an all-new sexy and romantic standalone by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde is available now!!

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    Faking It
    by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde
    Publication Date: April 11th, 2017
    Genre: Contemporary Romance

    Confirmed bachelor Max Sterling isn’t into rescuing damsels in distress, but when the very tempting Hailey Ellison needs his help, there’s only one thing for him to do. Step in and pose as her loving fiancé. Except there is nothing fake about his attraction to her, or how much he wants her beneath him in his bed, moaning his name. But what starts as a sexy, flirty, temporary engagement, quickly becomes something more serious that neither one ever anticipated.

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    Max was going straight to hell for lusting after another man’s fiancée. He was absolutely sure of it.

    As he followed Hailey out of the three story building she was about to purchase, he berated himself for allowing his attraction to this engaged woman to obliterate any self-control he’d had over his physical response to her. Just because he’d had her soft, curvy body pressed intimately against his a few minutes ago—okay, plastered against him would be a more apt description—it was no excuse for his unruly dick to leap to immediate attention.

    Yeah, bad choice of words, but leap it did, without his goddamn permission and before he could fully process what was happening—beyond the instantaneous knowledge that Hailey Ellison fit against his body as if she’d been created specifically for him to fuck. In a matter of seconds, the surge of heat and awareness brought on by having her full, lush breasts crushing against his chest, and her hips aligned so perfectly to his, had his cock perking up and responding to all that physical stimulation.

    God, he was such an asshole. It wasn’t enough that he’d gotten a boner, but in that brief moment he’d imagined what it would be like to take the embrace one or two steps further. To back her up against the nearest wall and slide one hand beneath the hem of her very prim and proper black skirt that hugged her hips and flared out around her knees. To wrap that thick, silky looking hair of hers around his other fist to pull her head back so his mouth would have unobstructed access to the creamy expanse of her throat, while his fingers slipped beneath the edge of her panties and touched her intimately, deeply.

    See? He was totally going to hell.

    Regretfully, and out of respect, he’d pushed her away. Because it was the right thing to do and the last thing he wanted was for her to realize his dick was hard. But mostly, he’d ended the embrace—no matter how innocent she’d believed the gesture was—because he had absolutely no business coveting another man’s fiancée.

    Yet, as she walked a few steps ahead of him, his disobedient gaze strayed from all that luxurious hair tumbling down her back and traced along the indentation of her waist. He shamelessly watched the mesmerizing sway of her hips, the perfect curve of her ass that made his palms itch to grab, caress, and smack just hard enough to make her gasp, then moan . . .

    Jesus, Christ, he thought with a firm shake of his head. What was he? A goddamn hormonal teenager who had no discipline when it came to a girl he was attracted to? It certainly felt that way, and he needed to get his shit together, like now.

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    Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde turn out fabulously sexy contemporary romances and Faking It is no exception.

    Hailey Ellison is looking for that perfect piece of real estate to expand her matchmaking business. Max Sterling is the sexy as sin bachelor who has been working his tail off trying to find a property that will exceed all of her expectations. There s just one itty bitty snag. He thinks she is engaged — after all she HAS been wearing a big ol’ engagement ring. And she may have been telling everyone she is in fact engaged when she is not! And the man she is supposedly engaged to — Max Sterling! And get this he ends up finding out! EEEK! Cue awkwardness. And… ummm… let’s add in that they are both (secretly) incredibly attracted to each other!!! Now — cue FAKE engagement!

    This book is sexy and sweet and a great book to just lose yourself in. You can just feel the chemistry and electricity between Max and Hailey. And what truly endeared them to me was that they felt real. Neither of them was perfect and they didn’t try to be. They didn’t see themselves as perfect… but they saw the OTHER as perfect for them. And isn’t THAT what we are all looking for. I loved how I gobbled this story up.

    I highly recommend this one — no faking about it!

    I received a complimentary copy of Faking It.

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    Carly Phillips is the N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of over 50 sexy contemporary romance novels, including the Indie published, Dare to Love Series. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, the mother of two nearly adult daughters and three crazy dogs. Carly loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers.

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  • Background Noise by RC Martin ~ Release Blitz

    Title: Background Noise
    Series: A Tennessee Grace Short
    Genre: contemporary/erotic romance
    Release Date: April 14

    Read this sexy, erotic, short, romance for FREE everywhere!

    He’s sexy, yet charming. He’s mysterious, but kind—and that dark, southern drawl of his gets me every time.

     

    I don’t know who he is, the gorgeous stranger hiding out in this small town, but maybe—for just one night—I don’t care.

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    She was meant to be mine. No other woman will do—but being engaged to the likes of me won’t be easy. The paparazzi, the media, my fans—we’re about to step into the eye of a storm.

    I’ve run from it before, but I won’t run from it again. She’s my sweetheart, and no bride of mine will be cast into the background—not by me. Not by anyone.

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    I’m a born and bred Coloradan. While I now reside in Virginia, the land of the Rocky Mountains is where I’ve left a piece of my heart and where my characters come to life. I started writing love stories when I was seventeen, and I haven’t been able to stop! With me, you’ll find that I dabble in a few different romance genres, but my voice is one that’s all about the heart. Writing is my dream; and as a dreamer, you can rest assured that there are many more novels in my head that I can hardly wait to share.

  • Craving His Command by Jenna Jacob ~ Cover Reveal


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    After being rescued from a monster posing as a Master, Mercy O’Connor—known as Symoné at Club Genesis—craves the chance to experience true surrender. The only problem is, she’s set her sights on sexy, commanding Sir Justice, who studies her with his dissecting, arousing stare…but never offers to show her his ropes. Worse, Mercy realizes she not only craves his dominance, she yearns for the notoriously aloof Dom’s affection.

    If Kellan Graham let himself believe in love at first sight, Symoné would own his heart. After having his life ripped apart, he’s spent years inventing ways to resist simple lust, but each time this beautiful submissive turns her pleading eyes to him, she ignites a complicated conflagration of desire Kellan can’t fight. He keeps his distance…until it becomes clear he’s not the only Dominant who wants her. Determined to guard his soul, Kellan invites her to kneel for him. But once he does, he realizes that falling in love with Symoné is not only a threat to his well-ordered world, it’s inevitable.

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    USA Today Bestselling Author Jenna Jacob’s erotic romance comes from the heart of submission. With over twenty years’ experience in the dynamics of the BDSM lifestyle, Jenna strives to portray Dominance and submission with a passionate and comprehensive voice. Her stories will make you laugh, cry, and may leave you with a better understanding of the fulfillment found in the BDSM power exchange.

    A married mom of four grown children, Jenna and her husband lives in Kansas. Her passions include her family, reading, camping, cooking, music, and riding Harleys. She loves to make people laugh with her outgoing and warped sense of humor. If you’re looking for hot romance with a kinky twist, pick up one of Jenna’s books.

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