Its In His Kiss...Release Day Blitz!

It’s In His Kiss (Six Authors, Six Vacation Romances) - Release Blitz

Contemporary Romance

Date Published: April 2, 2014

  

Going on vacation never felt so good! Six steamy stories, six sexy men to take you away from it all and sweep you off your feet. Each sweet and spicy novella is approximately 10,000 words (35 pages) and is available exclusively in this collection. Your vacation getaways include:

Ashley Blake: In “Kisses on Fire” (Amazing Love #2.5), the last thing broken-hearted Abby Hunter is looking for is a vacation romance with sexy, mysterious Zane Andrews—until she finds the courage to stop running and start healing.

Ava Claire: In “Waiting for You,” Melissa Foster’s dream getaway to Santa Cruz becomes a solo trip after her boyfriend dumps her. Who would have guessed that wealthy entrepreneur Logan Mason would be part of her vacation package?

Rosalind James: In “Just for You” (Escape to New Zealand #0.5), rugby star Hemi Ranapia meets a beautiful—and very unimpressed­—blast from his past, and finds his fishing holiday taking a most unexpected turn.

Sabrina Lacey: In “The Fall” (Throbbing Hearts #0.5), Brendan Clark receives the gift of a weekend in Mendocino to lick some romantic wounds, and discovers an older woman with a broken heart of her own.

Kimball Lee: In “Curing Charlotte” (The Surrendering Charlotte Chronicles), publishing magnate Alexander Bly hopes that an exotic vacation will help Charlotte Christiansen regain her lost memories of their love. But the real cure may be in his kiss . . .

Ellie Meade: In “The Best Man,” Maid of Honor Kayley Frost finds herself in sunny Aruba, attending a wedding she should have never agreed to. After meeting the sinfully sexy Best Man, she discovers her long-lost confidence returning—and her world being set on fire.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Ashley Blake likes to combine a good romance with steamy love scenes. Her goal is to write stories that stimulate your heart and your senses!

Ava Claire is a sucker for Alpha males and happily ever afters. When not putting pen to paper or glued to her e-reader, Ava likes road tripping, karaoke, vintage fashion, and fantasizing about her favorite book boyfriends.

Rosalind James, the author of the Amazon-bestselling “Escape to New Zealand” series and “Kincaids” series, attributes her success to the suspicion that “lots of women would like to escape to New Zealand! I know I did!”

Sabrina Lacey's writing style blend of funny and sizzling has made her first series, “I Love My . . . Romance” an Amazon best-seller, hitting number one in both erotica and women's fiction. She writes from the heart, about the heart, and for the heart.

Kimball Lee is the author of the Amazon best-selling series “The Surrendering Charlotte Chronicles,” as well as the “Temptation Road” series and “LUC: In The Age Of Copies.” She writes romantic, funny, interesting, happy, sad, thrilling, often titillating, and always thought-provoking books that pack a lot of good reading into just the right number of pages, while leaving out the “boring parts”!

Ellie Meade is a wife and a mother of three rambunctious children. Her active imagination and passion for love stories inspire her to write sexy, edgy, and enthralling romance novels.

Review: The Bargain by Christine Feldsman

The Bargain by Christine Feldman

Adult Romance

Publisher: Crimson Romance on 7/22

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My Review: 8/10

Tomboy Shannon Mahoney has always been a lot more comfortable with power tools than high heels or lipstick, and she wishes she could reinvent herself and finally tell her perfect boss, Drew Kingston, she has had a crush on him since high school. But she is just as tongue-tied and awkward around him now as she ever was, and long-familiar patterns are hard things from which to break free . . . Ladies’ man Michael is a former bad boy looking for redemption. He is desperate to atone for past mistakes that he made with his family, but younger brother Drew has cut him out of his life and refuses to even speak to him. Which means Michael needs help getting to Drew. And so he approaches Shannon with a proposition: If she will get Drew to agree to hear him out, Michael will mentor Shannon in how to win his brother’s heart. Suspicious of Michael’s motives, Shannon initially enters into the bargain just to make sure Michael isn’t actually in town to cause trouble for Drew, but the two unlikely allies are surprised to discover they enjoy each other’s company far more than either expected. Shannon starts to realize that maybe love isn’t about reinventing yourself after all. It’s about finding your perfect match.

I loved this book, which is kind of unsurprising, considering how I felt about the first novel of hers that I read. So let's take it from the top.

We begin our story with our main character, Shannon. Again, like the last book of Christine's I read, she was instantly likable AND (get this) relatable! Her awkwardness I could immediately feel for, along with her school girl crush for her employer that barely knows she exists.

And then there was Michael. Sigh. I mean, is it wrong to be attracted to a fictional character? I think not. Michael was so bad boy-ish. I loved the sweet side of him that I saw only when he and Shannon connected. Like Shannon, I thought I got off on the wrong foot with him, but by the end of the story he had grown on me.

If you read the blurb for the book, you're probably thinking, "Aw, what a predictable plot." But really, it's not. The way the story was written was incredible. Even when there wasn't action, I found myself interested. I mean, I even passed up watching Lifetime movies to read this book.

The romance was so incredibly sweet. My god. Not only that, but both of the characters go through their own journeys of finding themselves. The whole story was a beautiful tale, and I'm incredibly glad that I read it.

But then again, all this is expected from Christine Feldman.

If you're looking for a really good read, I highly suggest you pick this book up. It'll be worth your while.

See my review for Coming Home, another novel by Christine S. Feldman.

Until next time...

Heroes and Hearts Review and Interview!

Fantasy

Date Published: November 24, 2012_by BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

(Book 2 is set to release on May 3rd, at the end of the tour)

Hi guys! I am happy to bring to you guys a review and interview of the book Heroes and Hearts by Noemi Betancourt, brought to you by My Addiction is Reading Blog Tours. I had the pleasure of reviewing this book so I'm happy to share my opinion with you...

I feel like I start every review with 'let's start with', so let's begin with Isabelle. I loved how feisty and strong our main character was. Talk about a heroine! Isabelle didn't take any crap from anyone and gracefully beat her way through any problems that came about throughout the novel. I love this girl. 

Another thing I liked about the story was the many different characters, and the history in the background. Every character basically has their own story, and the possiblities of the fantasy world are endless. That, I particularlly liked, as well. I liked stories where my imagination can rush to the ends of the pages...

The only thing I did not care for was the length of the story. I really wish it was longer! I think a few extra pages would've given the story more time to develop, and  time to flourish into something even greater than it was. 

So I choose to keep this book on my shelves :p I think y'all who like the royal fantasy novels will enjoy this one a lot. 

I know you guys are sick of my blabbering. Without further ado, here's Noemi's interview with the Serial Reader!

1.To start off Noemi, you're the first person to be interviewed on the Serial Reader. How do you feel about that?

Wow! I must say I’m flattered to have the honor of being the first interview of such an interesting and intelligent blog. 

2. Okay, getting right into it, where did the inspiration from Heroes and Hearts come from?

I wrote the premise of Heroes and Hearts when I was nine years old. I’d already been reading a lot of Sci-fi/Fantasy at that point and the one thing that bugged me was how most stories involved men and boys but not females, unless they were the end goal such as a princess in need of rescuing, a witch who needed to be killed or a queen who needed help saving her own kingdom, retrieving a stolen treasure, etc. So I started writing stories that involved a female hero and the storyline for H&H was the first one I came up with. The romance angle was extended only recently as I started reading, and became more involved in, the romance genre.

3. There's a lot of pain and emotion in Heroes and Hearts. Not to mention romance;) Did those emotions stir from real live events or just an active imagination?

I think every good story yanks at the reader’s heartstrings whether it makes them happy for the hero/heroine or cry in anger or sympathy. One of my all time favorite stories is the Harry Potter series mainly because I was caught up in Harry’s plight with his family and Rowling made me want to deck Umbridge and had me sobbing like a baby reading Books 6 and 7. I wanted my readers to be in the moment as they read the story and have a memorable experience so I tried to make the emotions of the characters as realistic as possible.

4. How long have you been writing for?

I first started writing when I was seven years old. After reading the Velveteen Rabbit I felt compelled to write a story I called the Velveteen Doll. Sadly, I don’t remember either story well and I think it was probably pretty uninspired. I didn’t really start coming up with my own storylines and characters until I was about nine and when I haven’t been jotting down scenes and dialog that come to me I’ve actively taken part in Sci-fi and Fantasy RPGs so I guess I’ve been writing for about 30 years. (Where’s my walker? Get off my lawn!)

5. Heroes and Hearts is a little shorter than the average story. How would you say that impacted your writing? Is it a struggle to cram all your ideas into that length or was it a struggle to make the book longer?

It was more of a struggle to make the book longer. I’m not one to take three pages to describe leaves on a tree and I can’t stand writers that do. Heroes and Hearts is the intro to the rest of the Crystal Palace Chronicles series and is basically laying the groundwork for the world of Otherealm. During the editing process I tended to have to go back and add more details to answer questions that would come up or make things that were understandable to me as the person who created this world and these characters more straightforward to my potential readers. The books that follow will be longer and looking at the way book three is currently turning out I may have to extend the story into a fourth book so that there isn’t too much to follow in one book.

6. Who's your favorite character in Heroes and Hearts?

Hmm. Well, I think since I’ve been crushing on Prince Alaric my whole life I would have to say him. Like the rest of my characters, the prince has evolved over the years so he’s not as perfect as I’d written him originally but overall he’s still a good man with gorgeous eyes.

7. Why should we read HAH (Heroes and Hearts). Who should read HAH?

Heroes and Hearts is an original story with monsters and fantasy creatures other than vampires, werewolves and zombies (well ok, there are a few zombies). It takes you to a world that’s magical but imperfect and introduces you to characters you’ll love and love to hate! Due to the language and adult content and situations, this book is geared more towards the New Adult and Adult fiction, fantasy and romance readers and the recommended age is 16 and up. I really don’t want to get any angry letters or email from outraged parents, grandparents, teachers or clergy so please if you’re younger than 16 and pick up this book or the series, find a good hiding spot for it!;)

8. Anything else you want to say?

The sequel to Heroes and Hearts, Descendants of Quendaris, will be released by BookRix on May 3^rd and I’m currently working on Book Three, which I hope to have published by the end of the year. I hope you enjoy reading these books as much as I enjoy writing them. Feel free to send me an email or message with any questions or comments you have about my books or the writing process in general. I love to hear from readers and fans!

Thank you for your time Noemi. 

Thank you for having me!

About Noemi Betancourt

Noemi Betancourt has been a lifelong fan of Fantasy, ever since her father introduced her to the works

of Tolkien, Baum, and C.S. Lewis as a child. An avid reader, she has since developed her writing style

over the years, and after becoming enamored with the Romance genre, Noemi began to blend a guilty

pleasure with an old love. Her first novelette, Heroes and Hearts, is the first of many books and stories in

which she interlaces the Fantasy and Romance genres.

Noemi lives in a seaside bungalow on Florida’s Sun Coast, indulging in her other passions: cooking, caring

for her gallant husband (a disabled vet from the British Isles), and the three fur-babies who rescued

them.

Contact Info :
Email: noemi.betancourt.novelist@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Noemi-Betancourt/292029390913333
Blog: http://noemibetancourt.wordpress.com/
BookRix Profile Page: http://www.bookrix.com/-noemibetancourt

BUY LINKS
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Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Hearts-Crystal-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00C58QS60/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1364983764&sr=1-1&keywords=9783730917220
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Of Poseidon by Anna Banks: Review

Goodreads Description:

Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen — literally, ouch! — both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom . . .


Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

This is definitely an amazing book. Within the first hundred pages, I was hooked. At first, I thought it was a little silly, but you'll fall into it eventually. It definitely isn't a boring tale. It tells the story of...well, you saw the description. The story line is amazing. The dialogue is really funny. Like really funny. And I have a very strict sense of humor. Plus, it has a underlying romance and mythology story beneath it. So mythology fans, if you are looking for something different, with that Greek spin on it, this book is the way to go. It really is. And romance freaks  try something new with this book. Its good for even people who aren't even real serial readers.

So I'm keeping this book on my shelves. Amazing. 

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Meme: Waiting on Wednesday

This is my first meme, so bare with me. I don't really know what I'm doing.

Matter fact, I don't know if I spelled meme right.

But here is my WoW meme. I really want to read Fallen Too Far. I entered a giveaway and the book was Fallen Too Far. Its a romance novel and I've been seeing it on various blogs. I don't really read romance books, besides the usually sappy crap. 
I'm hoping this is something different. From the description, things heat up with her stepbrother. Isn't that a little weird? I mean, am I the only one thinking about this? Stepbrother or not, he's your brother!

Well, anyway. This is the book I'm waiting for. I know it already has been published, but I still want to read it. It sounds great. 
The book is to the left. Doesn't it seem like such a great book. Like they're really in love with each other?

I really need a boyfriend. 

And if you have a free copy, I'll kill you for it!

Just kidding, guys. Just kidding.