Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Token: Daring The Kane Brothers #1 by Kelly Gendron ~ Review & Giveaway


Token
Daring The Kane Brothers #1
by Kelly Gendron





USA TODAY Bestselling Author of Breaking the Declan Brothers Series, now brings you Daring the Kane Brothers! 
TOKEN is book #1 of five new shameless, sexy, and daring brothers who will make you blush all over!





I DARE YOU TO SAVE ME...

Retired boxer, TOKEN KANE is comfortable on a motorcycle but little does this Irish rogue know the next Harley he picks up will give him the ride of his life.
One week out of the year, HARLEY REDBOURNE puts away her good-girl and completely let's go. It's around the same time that her dark past resurfaces. But this year is different, when it's time to put her past away, the darkness wants to stay.




For the past ten years, Harley Redbourne hasn't had anyone waiting for her in the corner of the ring. She's had to go at this fight all on her own. She needs a cornerman, a trainer, a friend and as much as I don't want to toss in the towel, I know that I could be that for her  ~ TOKEN KANE






Review

Have you read Kelly Gendron's Declan Brother's series? If you have then you may recognize the Kane brothers. If you haven't...then what are you waiting for? Token is the first book in Kelly Gendron's newest series, Daring The Kane Brothers...a spin-off of sorts, of her fabulously sexy Declan Brothers series. It can be read as a stand-alone.

Token's boss has given him a job to do, bring back his Harley...but this Harley doesn't necessarily want to be brought back home. These two characters made me laugh, made me mad, made me melt! Between Harley's attitude and Token's bossiness it was hard to tell which one would win in a battle of the stubborns. For such a bossy, stubborn, alpha male, Token is very intuitive and able to read Harley like a book, which makes it fun when she tries to pull a few stunts on him.  Token is able to get Harley to open up about her past by sharing some of his...this leads to the discovery of a very traumatic incident from their past that they unknowingly share. 

Once again, Kelly Gendron delivers a fabulously sexy read with smokin' hot alpha dudes that will melt your heart and panties. Jax Declan has been my #! favorite character of hers (I still can't get that 'up against the wall' scene out of my head!) but Token Kane is a very close 2nd!








EXCERPT
“Touch me, and I swear . . .” I point at him. “I dare you!”
“You dare me now, do ya?” He stops close enough for his masculine scent to fill my nose, and laughs, his sexy smile spreading inside his beard. “Do ya know the meaning of a dare, my sweet little lass?” His eyes lower to my mouth.
My palms begin to sweat as I inhale him. Damn, he smells good, and it doesn't help that I haven’t eaten yet today. I’m starving.
“Yes.” I lick my lips, following his eyes as they move back up to mine.
“Then you might want to try another.” He leans down, his tempting lips so close to mine. “Because I’m not afraid to touch you, Harley Redbourne.”
“Is that a threat?”
“No. It’s a fact, and if you don’t get your stubborn little ass in my truck right now, I’m going to show you just how unafraid I am to touch you.”
“And what? If I don’t, you’ll what?” I stammer, stepping back. “Force me?”
“No, if you don’t do as I say, I’ll bend your stubborn ass over my knee and slap that naughty little tush until you learn to behave and do as you’re told.”
“Oh-ho, no, you won’t!”
“No?” His head swings lazily to the other side, eyes sparkling bright. “Dare me.” His arm comes around my straight back. He pulls me against him. “And I’ll show you just how unafraid I am to do that too.”


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USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Kelly Gendron is the author of the Trouble Maker series, Breaking the Declan Brothers, and Daring the Kane Brothers Series. When she's not writing steamy, blush producing romances, she's out meeting new people while representing a group of reputable nursing facilities. You can find Kelly in a quiet suburb, somewhere between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. If you Google her, she’ll pop up there too. And, please do find her. Kelly loves to hear from her readers, and meeting new people.


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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Passionate Addiction by Eden Summers ~ Audio book




PASSIONATE ADDICTION
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Written by: Eden Summers
Narrated by: D.C. Cole & Josie Minor
Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins 
Series: Reckless Beat, Book 2
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 03-02-17
Publisher: Eden Summers

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BOOK SUMMARY

He's been her ultimate untouchable desire...

Nothing says happy birthday like a rock god flying thousands of miles to surprise a woman he's never met. But that's exactly what happens to Gabi Smith when she gives her long distance best friend a flippant invitation to her laid back girls' night out. She never expected to turn on the dance floor and find Blake Kennedy's gaze holding her body captive.

She's his everything and he's never laid eyes on her...

Gabi means more to Blake than life itself. She's his strength, his savior, and the only person who helped to vanquish his demons. No one means more to him than his angel. So when things between them start to sizzle, he's ready to fight for the future he never thought he would deserve.

Skeletons from his past will threaten his only chance at love....

Blake has come a long way - with Gabi's help - to leave the hell of his youth behind him, but sometimes memories don't want to stay buried. Determined to stand on his own for once, Blake is willing to stretch the truth to keep his troubles from burdening the woman he adores.

Little white lies can create black holes in any relationship. Only time will tell if an Aussie with a heart of gold will forgive her bad-boy boyfriend or if the deceit will end his passionate addiction.

©2013 Eden Summers (P)2017 Eden Summers

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BLIND ATTRACTION

Written by: Eden Summers
Narrated by: D.C. Cole & Tracy Marks
Length: 7 hours and 20 minutes
Unabridged Audiobook
Series: Reckless Beat, Book 1
Release Date: 10-17-16
Publisher: Eden Summers
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BOOK SUMMARY

He can seduce with a single glance...

Peering down at a sea of fans, rock star Mitchell Davies can't deny the innocent beauty of a woman in the front row. He'll stop at nothing to get to know her. When a public altercation leaves her weak and defenseless, he takes the opportunity to be her savior.

She's been sheltered from the world...

Alana Shelton wants to spread her wings and experience life away from her restrictive upbringing. But she isn't prepared for a gorgeous stranger to sweep her off her feet while at her most vulnerable.

Attraction will bring them together, but their pasts will try to tear them apart...

He wants to teach her how to trust, but she'll show him how to love.

In a glamorous world of rock-and-roll, only time will tell if they're up for the challenge.

©2013 Eden Summers (P)2016 Eden Summers

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Eden Summers is a bestselling author of contemporary romance with a side of sizzle and sarcasm.

She lives in Australia with a young family who are well aware she's circling the drain of insanity. Eden can't resist alpha dominance, dark features and sarcasm in her fictional heroes and loves a strong heroine who knows when to bite her tongue but also serves retribution with a feminine smile on her face. 

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Flash of Fury: Endgame Ops #1 by Lea Griffith ~ Review

Flash of Fury
Endgame Ops #1
by Lea Griffith





Their spark is immediate

Kingston McNally lost men when someone betrayed his team, and now he's out for retribution. His quest for the enemy's courier leads him to Cameroon and Allie Redding, a petite Peace Corps volunteer as stubborn as she is brave. Their attraction is immediate, but Allie has secrets of her own...and she's not giving them up easily.

But their secrets could burn them both

Allie's life has been spent hiding in plain sight, but she's had enough of her cloak-and-dagger existence. On her way home, her plane is hijacked-and King saves her life. But that doesn't mean she owes him anything...even if he is the most damnably sexy man she's ever laid eyes on. He's got black ops and secrets                                      written all over him, and trust is a two-way street







Review:

I love a good romantic suspense book, I love action, adventure, and of course lots of the romance too.... Flash of Fury has all of that and more, a lot more. 

Okay, the more...Flash of Fury is the first book in what I will assume will be a series, that being said, the more I refer to is...more characters, more subplots, more background than is probably necessary.  Yes, I want to know the main character's teammates...but, a little goes a long way in my opinion. There was just too much going on (possibly to set up the next book/books in the series) for me, this took away from the main story of Kingston & Allie.

After dissecting the book, and focusing on Kingston & Allie's story, it was great...it was exactly what I want & need from a fabulous romantic suspense book. There were bad guys, fight scenes, action, intrigue...and yes, plenty of romance too. I just wish I didn't have to dissect it so much. This DID NOT, however, turn me off from trying again. I will indeed check out Endgame Ops #2 when it comes out.









Lea Griffith began sneaking to read her mother’s romance novels at a very young age. She cut her teeth on the greats: McNaught, Woodiwiss and Garwood. As she got older, her need to devour all genres of romance–including contemporary, paranormal and sci/fi–grew. Any romance novels she couldn’t buy were borrowed or traded in her quest to read about that elemental emotion that keeps us strong: love. She still has most of those books; dog-eared, their pages yellowed with age, they still bring her joy.
Lea lives with her husband and three teenage daughters in rural Georgia and she writes her own stories now. With two dogs, a cat and a beta fish named Coddy George, there is never a dull moment. When she’s not working her day job you can usually find Lea at her keyboard, using every spare second to write. Shifters, artificial intelligence, and gene splicing, oh my! Nothing is off-limits when it comes to her writing.



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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Happy Release Day ~ Brighter Than The Sun: KGI #11 by Maya Banks ~ Review

Brighter Than The Sun
KGI #11
by Maya Banks


The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business.
Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background.
Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. 
Handling jobs the U.S. government can’t...
 
As the last unattached member of the Kelly clan, Joe is more than ready to risk life and limb on any mission he’s assigned to, but when it comes to love, he’ll keep his distance. He’s content to watch his brothers become thoroughly domesticated.  
 
Zoe’s had nothing but heartbreak in her life, and she’s determined to start over with a completely new identity, thanks to her college friend, Rusty Kelly. But it’s the gorgeous smile and tender words of Joe Kelly that begin to weaken her resolve to never risk her heart again. And Joe will have to put everything on the line to save Zoe, when secrets of her past resurface—and threaten to tear them apart…






Review:

The last Kelly male standing will finally fall....in love! I have been waiting on Joe's book and I can certainly tell you that it was well worth the wait! Of all the books/series Maya Banks has written, KGI is my favorite series!

For all outward appearances, Rusty Kelly has brought home her good friend Zoe, to visit. But big brother Joe, thinks there is more to Zoe and her visit than meets the eye and he is correct. Zoe is on the run from a former BF, who used her to get to her father, a mob boss, and then threatened to kill her. Rusty takes Zoe under her wing, giving her a new identity and bringing her home to protect her. Joe Kelly, the confirmed Kelly bachelor, decides to befriend his sister's friend to discover what's going on and the unexpected attraction to Zoe sends him for a loop.

It was great too see so many of the Kelly's make appearances in this book. the camaraderie between the teams, the dynamics of the family, the action and suspense all focusing in/around the KGI headquarters made me realize why I fell in love with this series in the first place.

I know that many who have read this series are anxiously waiting on Rusty & Sean's book...and as much as I want their story too, I can wait patiently because it will mean the end of this series. I took heart in seeing their relationship develop just a bit more in this book.





About Maya Banks (from her website)

My name is Maya Banks and I live in Texas with my husband and three children and our assortment of pets. I’m more of a cat person, but my daughter became convinced she NEEDED a dog. So convinced in fact that it became her mission to convince her father and me. She prepared a Maya's Dogtwo page hand written proposal that detailed WHY she needed a dog, and well, after I sent her to her father (I knew he wouldn’t tell her no) we embarked on the search for the perfect dog. The journey that was two hours away and that I got pulled over for speeding while I was on the phone with my agent who had an offer from a publisher for one of my books… The officer wasn’t impressed. He wrote me a ticket anyway. Thus, I now tell my daughter that her dog turned into one very expensive concession! But isn’t he cute?


When I’m not writing, I love to hunt and fish with my family. We all love the outdoors and go on family hunting trips every year. We also love to travel. One of our more recent trips was to Scotland, which was every bit as comical as National Lampoon’s European Vacation. You know the part about “Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament” as they went round and round the roundabouts? Yeah, that was us, only we couldn’t even get out of the airport in Glasgow without hitting three of those suckers.


Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of a writing career is getting to meet so many wonderful readers. There’s nothing better than dishing books with someone who loves the romance genre as much as I do. Romance readers are passionate and vocal. We love our books, love our happily ever afters, and we love to spend time talking to others about our favorites. THIS is why I love my job so much, and I’m so grateful to readers who gave ME a chance when I began my career. So thank you.


Love,
Maya Banks


Happy Release Day ~ Stormchaser: Cutter Cay #4 by Cherry Adair ~ Review


Stormchaser
Cutter Cay #4
by Cherry Adair






In the darkest storm...

Nick, Logan, and Zane Cutter are a tightknit, unstoppable force in the family treasure-hunting business. Now that half-brother Jonah has arrived at the scene, he’s got a lot to prove—and a powerful enemy who wants to stop him dead in his tracks.

Love will find a way....

A perilous sea journey. A bitter nemesis. A woman whose spectacular beauty and talents are to die for…Over and over, Jonah will be tested. Is he worthy of carrying the Cutter name? With his eyes on the prize, Jonah will fight with all his heart. But desire often comes with a price. . .









Review:

As a huge fan of Cherry Adair's books, especially the Cutter Cay series, I have been waiting a LONG time for the release of Stormchaser. Let me tell you it was well worth the wait!!

If you are a fan of Cherry Adair's work then you have come to expect thrilling, sexy, "take you to another place" kind of stories and that is exactly what you will get with her latest release. This is Jonah (Cutter half sibling) & Callie's story. Jonah thinks he has a lot to prove to his brothers, world famous treasure hunters, and may have just found the way to do it...by discovering the lost city of Atlantis. To prove his theory, he hires Dr. Calista West, an absolute non-believer and unbeknownst to him, a relative of the family's biggest rival. Working closely together to solve the mystery that is Atlantis, the sparks fly between Callie & Jonah and make for a really enjoyable read.

I found this book to be fast-paced with lots of action & drama. The slightly far-fetched mystical part had me scratching my head a bit...but not enough to take away from the bottom line. I did however wonder at the somewhat abrupt ending...I know book #5, Hurricane, is being released in April so I hope this one will get a complete wrap up there. Although part of the Cutter Cay series, Stormchaser can be read as a stand-alone....but I think you should read the entire series!!






Always an adventurer in life as well as writing, New York Times best-selling author Cherry Adair moved halfway across the globe from Cape Town, South Africa to the United States in her early years to become a interior designer. Now a resident of the Pacific Northwest she shares the award- winning adventures of her fictional T-FLAC counter terrorism operatives with her readers.

Cherry settled in beautiful San Francisco, where she started what eventually became a thriving interior design business. "I loved being a designer because it was varied and creative, and I enjoyed working with the public." A voracious reader when she was able to carve out the time, Cherry found her brain crowded with characters and stories of her own. "Eventually," she says, "the stories demanded to be told."

When asked why she chooses to write romantic action adventure, she says, "Who says you can’t have adventure and a great love life? Of course if you’re talking about an adventurous love life, that’s another thing altogether. I write romantic suspense coupled heart-pounding adventure because I like to entertain, and nothing keeps readers happier than a rollercoaster read, followed by a happy ending."

Popular on the workshop circuit, Cherry gives lively classes on writing and the writing life. Pulling no punches when asked how to become a published writer, Cherry insists, "Sit your butt in the chair and write. There's no magic to it. Writing is hard work. It isn't for sissies or whiners."

Cherry loves to spend time at home. A corner desk keeps her focused on writing, but the windows behind her, with a panoramic view of the front gardens, are always calling her to come outside and play. Her office has nine-foot ceilings, a fireplace, a television and built-in bookcases that will house approximately 3,500 paperback books.

"What can I say? My keeper shelf has been breeding in the middle of the night, rather like drycleaners' wire clothes hangers.”




Thursday, March 2, 2017

Cover Reveal ~ Wild Ride:Raven Riders #3 by Laura Kaye

From New York Times Bestselling author Laura Kaye, comes the next steamy standalone romantic suspense in her Raven Riders Series, RIDE WILD

Check out the amazing cover and a note from Laura below!

   

A Note from Laura Kaye:

Dear Readers,

I’m SO EXCITED to share the newest cover in my Raven Riders series, which is about a different kind of a motorcycle club with a protective mission! Ride Wild is about Sam “Slider” Evans, widowed dad to two little boys. From his very first mention in Hard As Steel, Slider has called to me to write his story – and now I’ll be doing just that! And I think this cover captures him SO WELL! So give it a look, and then be sure to check out Ride Rough too – Maverick’s book is coming April 25 AND if you pre-order, you’ll get a bonus story about Beckett Murda and Kat Rixey from the Hard Ink series having their baby!

So much good stuff coming your way!

Thanks for reading! Now enjoy this cover!

Laura



About Ride Wild (Raven Riders #3):

Brotherhood. Club. Family. They live and ride by their own rules. These are the Raven Riders...

Wild with grief over the death of his wife, Sam “Slider” Evans merely lives for his two sons. Nothing holds his interest anymore—not even riding his bike or his membership in the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. But that all changes when he hires a new babysitter.

Recently freed from a bad situation by the Ravens, Cora Campbell is determined to bury the past. When Slider offers her a nanny position, she accepts, needing the security and time to figure out what she wants from life. Cora adores his sweet boys, but never expected the red-hot attraction to their brooding, sexy father. If only he would notice her...

Slider does see the beautiful, fun-loving woman he invited into his home. She makes him feel too much, and he both hates it and yearns for it. But when Cora witnesses something she shouldn’t have, the new lives they’ve only just discovered are threatened. Now Slider must claim—and protect—what’s his before it’s too late.

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And don’t miss the first books in the Raven Riders Series!

HARD AS STEEL now available RIDE HARD now available RIDE ROUGH coming April 25th, 2017

   
 

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for Pre-Ordering Ride Rough, Coming 4/25/17!

   
 

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    About Laura Kaye: Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink, Raven Riders, and Blasphemy series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.                

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