Tuesday 31 May 2016

All That Glisters - CJ Fallowfield

You got to love Charlotte! I FINALLY met her at the Leeds Author Event back in March. It feels so long since I went to that! only 39 days to go until Edinburgh though! Eeeeek so excited! 

CJ has furnished my kindle with an ARC in exchange for an honesty review.




All That Glisters. 

29147647The spin off to the best-selling erotic romance standalone, The Temptress.

Hunter Donovan. He was everything I openly loathed, but everything I secretly desired.

Cocky, arrogant, and crude. When Hunter wanted something, he pursued, relentlessly, until he got it. And right now, I was his prey. The trouble was, I didn’t want to be added to his endless list of conquests.

Gorgeous, masculine, with a body made for sin. The most perfect specimen of male I’d ever set eyes on, and he knew it. The trouble was, I saw the pain he was trying to hide, and I wanted to heal him.

He wanted my body, but I wanted his heart.

Coco Barella. She was everything I openly desired, but everything I’d convinced myself I didn’t need.

Beautiful, sexy, and sassy, all of the qualities that I wanted in my bed. Compassionate, loving, and perfect, all of the qualities I didn’t need in my life.

I needed to pull her to me, but at the same time I wanted to push her away.

When the sexual magnetism between two people is so hot, that it can scorch everything around it to ash, who will emerge from the flames victorious? 
 


Book Links


UK Link - All That Glisters

US Link - All That Glisters

Rachels Review

I loved The Temptress so much I was afraid to read this book and it not live up to its awesomness (yet that's a word!). I should not have worried. This book was (in alphabetical order) amazing, dirty, hilarious, hot, romantic, sexy, steamy and totallyworthit! (yes that's a word also lol).

I must say I feel I liked it more that I did the Temptress. I'm brave and I'll say it! Hi, my name is Rachel and I liked All That Gliters better than The Temptress. There I said it, its out in the open and now I feel like I can move on.

Books like this are the reason I want to open a romance only books store. Imagine going to a place where you can gab to all the customers about your chosen genre of literature. Amazing. Id so have this as my book of the Month with a Charlotte Fallowfield display (maybe a shrine of some sort).

I seriously cannot wait for C.J's next book. I'm sure it will be amazing!
 

Monday 30 May 2016

Keeping Hope cover reveal - Rachael Tonks

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Title: Keeping Hope (Broken Girl series Book 2)
Author: Rachael Tonks

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Bound. 
Gagged. 
Petrified. 
Kennedy has been snatched from the safety she feels with Cole and is forced back into the hands of the devil himself.
Her Master.
A man who is determined to take back what he feels is rightfully his. 
His child. 
His chosen. 
In the process of reclaiming Kennedy, he has every intention of making her suffer as punishment.
Can Cole find her? 
Will she be saved before it’s too late?
Will lives be lost before they find their way back to each other?
When you have nothing left, all you can do is continue Keeping Hope.

Keeping Hope is the second and final installment of the Broken Girl series.



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Rachael Tonks is a new to the scene author with a love of books, and a particular love of the romance genre. As a child Rachael could always be found with her head in a book, but it wasn’t until the beginning of 2015 when Rachael’s love of books really took over. Reading spurred on her desires to put pen to paper, and write down the story of the characters screaming for their story to be told. Starting out her career with a new adult romance novel, she is currently working on her second novel which she plans to release mid-2016. Rachael lives in the steely suburb of Sheffield, in the north of England with her husband, 3 beautiful children and her 2 crazy dogs. She loves nothing more reading with a good cup of tea and is self-proclaimed chocoholic!


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Friday 20 May 2016

Sale!!! Pretty Hot by Donna Alam






Blurb


A Charming playboy. A girl on the run from love. An exotic location where the weather isn't the only thing that's hot.

Kate Saunders is sure of only one thsing as her flight to a new life lands in a new country: short of joining a convent, her new job teaching at an all-female school is just what she needs.

Until she meets Kai.

Cultured and worldly, Kai lives a life of wealth and privilege where he always gets what he wants. And what he wants next is Kate. He's determined their relationship is only going one place: his bed.

The road to hell isn't only paved with good intentions, it's also littered with underwear as Kate struggles to resist Kai's sweet, filthy mouth. Talented of tongue he may be, but he's also not quite who he appears to be. Kate's life is about to take a turn for the complicated, leaving the one she left behind look easy.






Purchase Links

FREE

AMAZON US / UK
B&N / KOBO / iBOOKS






Reviews


“Wow. Just… WOW. This was a completely different book, in a great way. This book, as the title suggests, brings the heat. It is also one of the funniest books I have read in a long time.” ~ Give Me Books 

“This was so much more than I'd bargained for, excellent writing, great plot, hot dominant alpha male. But what I really found a breath of fresh air was the comedic value. Think Alice Clayton or Tara Sivec style.” ~ Kelsey’s Korner 

“I soaked this book up like a sponge. When it was over I wanted to cry but then I found there was a book 2. Oh boy, my inner bookworm was squirming for more. Get the book, go on and one click it; it’s a no fail guarantee from someone who reads about eight books a week.” ~ Reviewer





Excerpt


In the dark, I come to, my face plastered against the sofa cushion, an empty glass cradled to my chest. My phone is ringing. Wincing, I switch on the kitchen light, mentally preparing some choice vocabulary additions for my mum, just in case. I have two missed calls from Australia, along with the current one.

‘Kitten.’ This one husky word pulls taut invisible strings inside. If voices were a flavour, I’m sure Kai’s would be caramel. And despite earlier abstinence plans, I find I don’t mind being referred to as a feline by this man. ‘You do know the thing you’re holding to your ear is called a mobile for a reason, or are you avoiding me?’

I can almost hear his rancorously raised eyebrow down the line.

‘No, I like talking to you. You’re a pretty cunning linguist,’ I say with a giggle, then replay the statement in my head, surprised the words came out coherently.

‘Cunnilingus?’ Enunciated slowly, the word rings with salacious intent. ‘Are we talking dirty again?’

I don’t have a response. In fact, I can’t think beyond his mention of cunnilingus. The effect on my body is disconcerting, my knees requiring that I sit down.

‘I didn’t say that,’ I eventually answer, albeit a little breathlessly.

‘Don’t spoil my fun, I’m allowed to imagine.’ He laughs, the rich, seductive sound vibrating down the line.

And I like that he’s imagining. In fact, right now, I’d like to audition for a starring role in those thoughts. That I don’t answer doesn’t seem to put him off his stride, the words rolling down the line and straight to my lady-parts.

‘You’ve been on the sauce and that’s something I don’t need to imagine. Your face flushed with wine, lips plump with the taste of it . . . Tell me, did you enjoy a girly liquid lunch or are you drinking alone now? Drowning your sorrows and thinking of me, perhaps?’

‘I’m not lonely,’ I answer, realising this as true. Dubai hasn’t allowed me to be.

‘I thought you might be missing me.’ Forlorn. It’s like a sweater that doesn’t fit.

‘I had sundowners. Martinis.’ No need to mention the half empty bottle propped next to my arm. ‘Dirty. Like you.’ Crap. Did I just say that out loud?

‘And you like that, do you?’

‘Maybe.’ My fingertips jump and dance along the worktop as he hums down the line. It’s the best explanation I can come up with; a breath of appreciation that curls around my ear and shoots straight to my crotch.

‘Dirty from the girl who suggests cunn—’

‘Did not.’

‘It’s always good to know what’s on your mind. It’s even better when minds are synchronized.’






Also Available


#2 Pretty Liar

AMAZON US / UK
  
#3 Pretty Things

AMAZON US / UK





Author Bio


Donna Alam writes about exotic locations and the men you aren't married to, but might sometimes wish you were. Escapism reads with heart, humour, and plenty of steam.

Hailing from the North of England, she's a nomad at heart, moving houses and continents more times than she cares to recall. She once worked at a school like the one described in her Pretty Trilogy. Alas, there were no handsome millionaires hanging around there.

Eclectic reader and part-time perv, Donna is a huge fan of smart men and protagonists with a fair measure of inappropriateness.




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Wednesday 18 May 2016

When time falls still - Brenda Margriet

How pretty is the cover to this book! It's one case of when you can actually judge a book by its cover. I'm glad I never read the blurb about this book as, now I've read it, has a massive spoiler alert in there!

Just to let you folks know it was given this book in return for an honest review. 

Synopsis

Professor Charlotte Girardet is focused on one thing – securing tenure at a large, prestigious university. Her career is firmly on track, but her life is complicated by her attraction to rough and rugged security guard Justice Cooper. It isn't only Charlotte's heart in danger, however. Tensions blaze on campus after several students are viciously attacked. Struggling to balance her ambitions and her growing passion, Charlotte takes a leap of faith, and trusts Justice with her deepest secret. But when the assailant's attacks escalate to kidnapping, will Charlotte have the chance to decide between her long-held dreams or a new life with Justice?





Book Links

UK Link When Time Falls Still

US Link When Time Falls Still

Rachel's Review

This was one of the loveliest books I've read. 

It had a nice gentle story line, I did pick up a nicer language theme also. Most alpha type books are 'fuck' this and 'shit' that. Yes, it did have swearing but it wasn't so in your face.

I loved the interaction between the two main protagonists. I also loved the tension in the book towards the end also, made for an excellent last quarter of the book.

A nice read and probably one to be added in to my re read section for the future. 

Rachel's Rating

4 stars - a great read.

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Adjournment (Fate #1) Emersyn Vallis

Its taken me ages to finish this series. It been a horrendously busy time at work recently and my head has just not been it the game, plus I was ill :( sad time people, sad times!

Anyway I have been approached by the authors team for me to read and review this series. As always I have to tell you I was given this series in exchange for my honest review yada yada.

Adjournment



When I chose to leave home I knew what I was giving up. I knew I was walking away from life as I knew it and the plans that we had made. 


We…us…him and I… 

It’s funny to think of him in a different light…or life. 

That’s what it feels like, a lifetime ago. 
But I’m a different person now. I have rules and goals. And if it wasn’t for my parents' vow renewal I would have successfully evaded him for the rest of my life. This is not by choice, I can tell you that. 
I just need to focus and remember the key to this weekend is avoidance…and alcohol. But if anyone can pull that off it’s me, Sidney Chandler, queen of avoiding anything that will make me feel. 
It’s just one weekend, right? 
One very long weekend with my family…friends…my sisters and me…together, and our nemeses, the McAllister triplets. 
What could possibly go wrong? 
Everything. 
They say you never forget your first love, now just imagine how hard it is to forget your only. 
This is going to suck.

Hanging Pawns


We all have choices in life… paths to take… roads to follow…. 
It’s on those journeys that fate finds us and takes us where we need to be… Without a second glance we can be taken away from things we know… "people we love" and given a new life... 
One that can change us… save us… 
What would you do if fate dropped you at a crossroads? Would you go back? Or would you run like hell the other way? 

*Author's Note: This book is told from a different point of view and is said to be more like a prequel to Adjournment. This book will also answer a lot of questions you were left with from Adjournment. Sidney and Simon's story continues in Sacrifice and End Game.  


Sacrifice





For years my life was in a state of Adjournment… 
Fate had constructed a plan to push me away… to save me… 
There was a danger I never knew existed, one I had never sensed. 
My family positioned themselves around me. 
Like Hanging Pawns, they shielded me from it and I lived blissfully unaware… until now. 
Now, I know there are rules to this game... 
Sacrifices to be made in order to get to End Game. 
What would I Sacrifice for one more moment... one last look? Touch? Kiss? 
Everything... 









End Game



Once upon time, there were two girls living their lives completely unaware of one another and the dangerous game they had been placed in…
Until Fate found them…
Fate saved them, made them stronger & with time, Fate brought them together to become friends rather than enemies…
Until a cruel Queen made her move, threatened the Knight,
And an innocent Pawn was sacrificed.
Now the game is in our hands…
Fate might have set us up for this… but we control the moves now…
And we have our own plan.
Revenge.





Book Links

UK Links 


US Links


End Game - End Game (The Fate Series Book 4)

Rachel's Review

So I really struggled through the first book. I didn't like the format it was written in at all. But I perseverred with it and I'm really glad I did. 

These books were a real mixture of romantic comedy, tense situations and intrigue. 

I'd never heard of the author before but that's why I love being approached by authors and street teams, so I can newness in my life :-) I'm so glad I gave Emersyn a chance and agreed to review. 

Give the series a chance. Feel confused by the first book but be glad the second book is already out to get some answers, then move on through books 3 and 4 to complete your journey. 

Rachel's Rating

3.5 stars

I liked it in the end but I struggled to get into it. 


Sunday 8 May 2016

Filthy Bastard - Emily Minton and Shelly Springfield - Cover Reveal

Title: Filthy Bastard
Series: Grim Bastards MC
Authors: Emily Minton & Shelley Springfield
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: June 10, 2016 Cover Artist: Cover Me Darling
She's a poor little rich girl.
With a vindictive mother and an obsessed brother-in-law, all Adyson Sloan wants is a little freedom—for her and her sister. She dreams of having a little room to breathe and making her own choices. But when she's kidnapped by the Grim Bastards MC, freedom comes at a much higher price. Terrified, but determined to get back to her sister, Addy’s plans are ruined when she falls for a bastard with a chip on his shoulder.
He's a bastard without a heart.
Sergeant at Arms Brew Decker plays by his own rules. To him, nothing is sacred but the brotherhood. He lives and dies by the club and would do anything for them—even kidnap an innocent woman. After all, she's merely a pawn in the bigger game. But everything changes when he meets Addy. Suddenly, he'd do anything for his captive.
Can love between a rich girl and a bastard survive without someone losing it all?

USA Today Bestselling author, Emily Minton is a Kentucky native. She is proud to call the Bluegrass State home. She claims she bleeds blue–Wildcat Blue! She has been married to her husband, David, for over twenty years. They share two wonderful children. Emily loves to read and has more books on her kindle than most people could read in a lifetime, but she intends to read every single one. She has published nine books, but there are many more are floating around in her head. She hopes to get them all on paper before long. She loves sharing her dreams with her readers.

Shelley was born and raised in Kentucky and doesn't see herself leaving the bluegrass state anytime soon. Shelley and her husband have been together for sixteen years, and they share three beautiful daughters and one handsome son.Although Grim Bastards is her first published novel, she has been a fan of romance reads for many, many years. Shelley loves all sorts of genres of romance but Contemporary, New Adult, and Romantic Comedy are her all-time favorites.
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