Grave Bound (Secrets, #1) by T. R. Graves @WarriorsSeries @Tale_of_Reviews

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GRAVE BOUND Emily Riddle is now 19 and has lived her entire life inside a commune led by her father, Owen. This has never been a happy place for her. She is surrounded by people who simply obey her father Owen, the leader. The entire story has you just holding your breath at times. I can’t even imagine how this life could be and aside from that writing it. It is a very tough subject matter that will conjure up some situations you never would have thought about. The description of life on this commune is so detailed. The young girls, like Emily are “promised” and have no choice but to enter into an arranged marriage. There is only life inside the chain link fence. There is no communication allowed. woman are more slaves and baby makers than anything.

When Emily hears from the worst man she knows, Lorenzo, that she was promised to him, my heart was broken. For the first time she reacts without automatically doing what she was trained to do, say yes and nothing more. She thinks she can’t live with him, have babies, stay married. She meets Tope (who turns out to be the D.A.) and his cousin Levi. It all at once hits her, (bam! little lightning bugs and fairy dust) she is in love with Levi. At that moment she formulates a plot, if not she will die before she marries Lorenzo. She makes some pretty strong statements. It is the turning point where she realizes that this may be the only opportunity she has to leave the commune. It is a know fact you don’t ever leave, if you do you are found dead.

Along with Em you meet her best friends and her Step Brothers, who are equally sick. They all beat women, talk down to them, marry them and go to the “Commune Hall” at night to have sex with the commune whores. Emily knows her Aunt Tess is her strongest advocate and Aunt Tess is so much stronger than anyone knows. There is where the secrets will unravel. She finds out so many things that leave her broken and feeling like there is no way out.

Fighting to escape the commune, her Dad, Lorenzo, and her brothers Emily is in for the battle of her life. Just read it and you will see.There are no words to express how exquisitely told the story is. I want so much more and I just know this is destined for great reviews. It is like no other story I have read.

The tour Giveaway an eBook copy of GRAVE BOUND and I will also giveaway a few copies via Amazon

14Mar2013

Lash by L. G. Castillo Cover Reveal

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Lash (Broken Angel #1) by L. G. Castillo

Genre:

New Adult Paranormal Romance

Expected Release Date:

June 24, 2013

Goodreads Link:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17306427-lash

Book Synopsis:

Decades after being banished from Heaven for saving a life he shouldn’t have, seraph Lash is given a chance to redeem himself. His mission: protect Naomi Duran, a young woman who has lost her faith. The assignment proves to be anything but simple when his superiors, the Archangels, withhold key information about Naomi and refuse to restore Lash’s powers. When an unexpected source reveals centuries-old secrets, his trust is shaken to the core, and he begins to doubt those whom he had once considered to be his greatest allies.

Determined to avoid anything that would risk his chances of returning to Heaven, Lash struggles with the greatest obstacle of all—his growing feelings for Naomi. But when her life is threatened by an unknown source, Lash questions the wisdom of the Archangels and his ability to keep her safe.

Soon, Lash will have to choose where to place his faith—in the home he has fought so hard to regain or in the forbidden love he can’t bear to lose.

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• This Will Be a Trilogy

TBN (Broken Angel #2)

Release Date: Fall 2013

TBN (Broken Angel #3)
Release Date: Spring 2014

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Author Bio:

L.G. (Linda) Castillo wrote her first story when she was ten and has been writing ever since. She took a break from writing fiction and poetry to focus on obtaining her Ph.D. in counseling psychology. She is now a licensed psychologist and currently works as a professor at a Texas university. Although she has published her psychological research in several professional journals and books, her dream is to publish a novel.

It wasn’t until she found the world of fanfiction that she became inspired to write stories again. She uploaded her first fanfiction novel under the pen name Lacrimosa Moon. With the support and encouragement of her readers (and lots and lots of caffeine), she wrote the first book of the Broken Angel trilogy, Lash, during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo 2012).

When she’s not writing, she scours the Internet collecting frequent flyer miles and uses them to travel with her husband throughout Europe.

Author Contact Links:

Website:

http://www.lgcastillo.com

Facebook:
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14Mar2013

Grave Bound (Secrets, #1) by T. R. Graves @WarriorsSeries @Tale_of_Reviews

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Some secrets follow you to the grave. Others send you there.

Emily Riddle has lived her entire life inside a patriarchal commune led by her father. There are many rules, but the most important one, ‘keep it in the commune’, is the most difficult for her to follow… especially since the only people willing to champion her cause live on the outside.

When Emily learns her father has promised her to Lorenzo, a perverted man who has plans for her that extend well beyond marriage and kids, she rebels. Regardless of the consequences, she refuses to marry someone who’d rather beat her than caress her.

A day of hooky that starts out as a tiny act of defiance – sneaking out of the commune for a swim – turns into a day filled with hope. After spending time with Levi, a man camping near the lake, she finds what true romance looks like and catches a glimpse into a future that’s filled with love and admiration rather than hate and submission.

That tiny peek is enough to change the course of Emily’s existence and makes it nearly impossible for her to go back to the commune and pretend she’ll ever be able to tolerate the life chosen for her instead of the life she longs for. One that includes Levi.

Fighting to escape the commune, its leaders, and her fiancé proves to be more dangerous than Emily expected. The secrets she knows, as the leader’s daughter, will either follow her to the grave or send her – and Levi – there.

About the Author

The author of The Warrior and the Secret series—currently available—and the Moral Dilemma and the Underwater series—to be released in 2013/2014.

She lives in Texas with her husband, their nineteen-year-old daughter, and nine-year-old son. Besides being blessed with a supportive family, she counts her career as an administrator and registered nurse in not-for-profit hospitals among her most fulfilling accomplishments.

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The Fine Line by Tracee Ford @fordtracee winners Tess @tess_halim and Shelly @ShellyHammond14

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The Fine Line

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Shelly

@ShellyHammond14

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13Mar2013

Strictly Off Limits (Jade’s College Diaries 0.5) by Crystal D. Spears @crystaldspears

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Short, sweet, sexy and just what I liked. I will now go to bed dreaming of three brothers and a best friend. Maybe I can be like Jade, I really wish I could be like Jade. Drink up the Jade Water I hear it is really tasty! Now I bought the other books and I will say the Smile cover is hot too!

So from a chick lit book that is what I would say juicy, should there be a message? I think not. We read authors like this because they satisfy a need. As for Jade, she is clearly described, as well as her roomie and BFF, right away you fall in love with her. Overwhelming steam for sure! If you are sheltered, don’t know what a bar bell is, or a prude, do me a favor and don’t read it.

My thoughts are just that I loved it and I am naughty and proud

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Meet the author

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Crystal D. Spears is a 28 year old mother of two.
She enjoys the outdoors and loves spending time with her two daughters.
She currently resides in Indiana.
She wrote My Real Smile as a teen and updated it this year with new songs and IMS to Texting.
The Second and Third Novella of the Smile series will be published late Spring 2013.
Fidelity is her debut Novel releasing May 2013
Strictly Off Limits (Jade’s College Diaries) is a short erotic story that got excellent feedback and now she is making it a series of at least five.

13Mar2013

Corporate Affair by Linda Cunningham @Lindac4251 @Tale_of_Reviews

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Corporate Affair (Small Town Series) by Linda Cunningham
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Release date: March 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: Adult
Tour organized by: AToMR Tours
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My Review:

A look at the cover and banner simple enough and tells it all. I got this as an ARC and I hope nothing was changed! The setting is simply a dream setting. Aiden Stewart is from a wealthy family. Although they were not always wealthy, when he was born things for his family started to turn around. Yes he has an ego, he is arrogant, and we love him. One of the best scenes in the book is when Aiden, primed for the meeting to takeover and merge with ChatDotCom, realizes M. Jordan Fitzgerald is a WOMAN!

So a whole lot of chemistry is evident and immediately Aiden is smitten. Jordan is sooooo focused and plays the role of CEO very cool. In her head she is melting. Aiden Stewart is in his “hunting” mode and sparks fly. So the steam rate is on high and you should read it to see why. Clark’s Corner, Vermont is now the setting for a suspense “who dun it” and enter Christopher Fenton, bad news corporate takeover man. The plot, setting and characters are just wonderful. Jordan’s boss, Gene Palmer is stricken with cancer, and she is devasted. This man did so much for her she is in his debt. The relationship between the two is special.

I can see this being a series involving Ashley who Jordan knows since High School and Kyle her husband. They have a very interesting life and family background. I think that Aiden’s sisters and their families can be explored as well. The offices for the New England area are in a very romantic setting in idyllic Clark’s Corner, Vermont. Mrs Noyes who runs The Inn on the Green where Aiden stays is into every bit of gossip. You just know that she will have stories in her vault. So being I am boldly hinting I want more MORE Please

Overall an excellent read with a balance of romance and suspense that borders on terror! I can give it the extra ***** for steam so there I give it a 5+ because Aiden is juicy and delish!!

About the Author
Linda has written steadily throughout the years, but usually other people’s papers, speeches, or articles for agricultural trade magazines. Her only published work of fiction was a children’s book, “The Copper Angel of Piper’s Mill”, written in 1988 when her children were still small. Now that the kids are out of the house, Linda is writing fiction again, and this time it’s personal! She writes full time and it’s Romance!
Linda lives in a romantic stone house in the green mountains of Vermont surrounded by her gardens and her animals who include horses, sheep, cats, dogs, chickens, a parakeet and various wildlife visitors who wander in and out at will. When time permits, she also enjoys sketching and painting.

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Also by Linda Cunningham

Small Town Girl Buy on Amazon

The Protectors Buy at Amazon

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13Mar2013

Corporate Affair by Linda Cunningham @Lindac4251 @OmnificPub @Tale_of_Reviews

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Corporate Affair (Small Town Series) by Linda Cunningham
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Release date: March 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: Adult
Tour organized by: AToMR Tours

Goodreads
Trailer

Book Description:
A smart, sexy entrepreneur. A wealthy, arrogant ladies’ man set on purchasing her company. And a hotbed of chemistry neither one of them anticipated. Aiden Stewart is just going through the motions of running the family business, a mega communications company snapping up all the competition. His trip to a tiny New England town to negotiate the purchase of ChatDotCom is nothing more than an interruption in his plans for his next female conquest. The last thing he expects is for Chat’s CEO M. Jordan Fitzgerald to be a woman who takes his breath away. Jordan is focused on business, not romance. She’s got too much at stake, working to protect Chat’s employees, as well as making sure her family is taken care of. Falling in love is not part of the business plan, but resisting the man she really should not want is proving impossible. When a rival wants to take over Chat too, Jordan struggles to keep her personal life from affecting the business deal. With secrets that could ruin everything, she has to decide if she can balance business with pleasure. Linda Cunningham introduces hot new characters in her second Small Town novel, a steamy office romance set in idyllic Clark’s Corner, Vermont.

Linda lives in a romantic stone house in the green mountains of Vermont surrounded by her gardens and her animals who include horses, sheep, cats, dogs, chickens, a parakeet and various wildlife visitors who wander in and out at will. When time permits, she also enjoys sketching and painting.

Facebook Twitter @Lindac4251 Blog

Also by Linda Cunningham

Small Town Girl Buy on Amazon

The Protectors Buy at Amazon

Tour Giveaway: (10) eBook of Corporate Affair– Open International

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12Mar2013

Strictly Off Limits (Jade’s Diaries, Strictly Series) 0.5 by Crystal D. Spear @crystaldspears

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I am giving this away to 12 lucky ladies (or men) CLICK HERE

Not intended for readers 17 and under.

Welcome to Manning Maine, South Carolina. At South Carolina’s top college a girl named Jade Allen attends— a girl who likes to have fun. A girl who had her heart stepped on by Layden Malcolm, A girl who slept with her gorgeous best friend with his own reputation; Nate the easy lay Williams, A girl who crushes on a stranger from the dorm hallway named Dean Walker a guy who also has a reputation; one with a saying too “Walk-er on outta there”.
What happens when all four collide and you throw a twin brother into that mix and five collide? Jade Allen gets herself stuck in situations with all four men. When you’re being tugged at which way do you go? The best friend who ignored you after some fun? The ex-boyfriend who cheated on you with a fake bimbo blonde? Dean “walk-er on outta there” who she named Mr. Chiseled or the twin who is relentless in pursuing her?
Follow Jade as she mentally curses herself for the situations she finds herself in. She refuses to give away her heart again. Why can’t she have a little fun too? Why can’t she have a nickname too? She quickly learns she’s special to all these men and a storm is quickly brewing.
She learns you can have mind blowing sex on a card table, bathroom stall, a communal shower in her dorm, a Range Rover and a few other places.

Follow Jade, her men and her friends in “Jades College Diaries”.

This is a short story. I had a dream, typed it up in 10 hours and here it is. The responses have been overwhelming for Jade’s College Diaries. I was just going to do two short stories and be done with it. But, nope, Jade and Shamrock fans aren’t allowing it. So with that said—this will be a five part series. This is now the introductory into the novella series. Also, again as I said mixed reviews— yes this short story will now move onto an editor to be polished up.

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12Mar2013

Tuesday Teaser Grave Bound by T. R. Graves Excerpt #3 – Infatuation @WarriorsSeries @Tale_of_Reviews

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Grave Bound by T. R. Graves Excerpt #3 – Infatuation

Over the next few days, I plan to release four (4) excerpts from Grave Bound (Secrets , #1). Today is the day for #3. With it, there is no denying Emily’s infatuation with Levi, and his for her. I’m still looking for feedback. Don’t be afraid to share your thoughts. Enjoy!

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CHAPTER 3

Sweet Sorrow

Excerpt #3 (Levi Ian Bryson & Emily Ador Riddle):

With a mischievous grin, Levi twists until I’m the one lying back against the log. The way he studies my every feature… like he has to have me… makes my heart skip.

Almost but not quite touching, his lips hover right above mine. “I thought he’d never leave. Would you mind terribly if I kiss you again? I’ve been waiting patiently long enough,” he says softly.

The heat coursing through me has grown scalding, a feat I wouldn’t have thought to be possible until now. I nod eagerly and meet his lips on their way down to mine. Levi kisses me long and hard, and it still isn’t enough for the two of us.

He props himself up on an elbow and uses his other hand to trace my neck, shoulder, and arm before sneaking his hand beneath my shirt’s hem and sliding it toward my belly button. He runs his hands over my stomach, my side, and back. There is a fire blazing along his path, and every part of me that hasn’t been caressed by him begs to be. Everything about this kiss makes our afternoon kiss and its excitement pale in comparison.

“Your skin in so soft. I’d give anything to see you in your bikini again,” he mumbles around our kiss.

“Maybe one day you will,” I murmur, knowing full well I would strip down to my swimsuit right now for him if Tope weren’t around.

Levi kisses me again, and this time it’s with an intensity that feels like he can’t get enough of me. He doesn’t pull back even the tiniest bit until Tope returns and loudly clears his throat.

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12Mar2013

Dreamscape by Christie Rich @authorchristier

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Dreamscape by: Christie Rich

March 12, 2013

Blurb:

Every night before Amelia falls asleep she makes a wish to dream of him – the man who calls her to their beautiful private oasis, her sanctuary where she is free of her greedy landlord’s threats. But tonight, he will not call Amelia to him. Tonight, another man will step into her world to claim her. Tonight, Amelia’s shattering reality will crumble – and disappear into the Dreamscape…along with her freedom.

When Amelia dreams tonight, her nightmare becomes her new world where Seth is her captor and anything is possible…except escape. Seth needs Amelia to break the curse that binds him to the Dreamscape. He must convince her that she was made to free him, that she was made to join him.

For if he fails, he will never escape his prison, and he will lose Earth to the Netherworld where the evil Erobos wait to consume the human realm and everything in it. If he fails, Seth will lose the one thing that matters to him: Amelia.

Author Bio:

I grew up daydreaming about fairytales, and my love for discovering new worlds has never died. I am not one of those writers who always knew I would write. I thought that was what other people did until one day a few years ago, I took a challenge from a friend and typed my first words. My journey has been wonderful, and I cannot imagine a day where I would ever give up writing now. My love for reading is what fueled my imagination in the first place and still does. When I am not writing or reading, I am enjoying family time with my husband and two children. We live in a quiet community under the Wellsville mountains in Utah, and I am so thankful for the rich life I have been blessed with.