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Shattered Dreams by J.R. Grant @bookjunkie34 #cover #reveal

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Release Date: 
September 2013

The book synopsis is:

Her entire life, Clover has always been a strong-willed girl, determined to make something of herself. When she dreams, she dreams big. And when she loves, she loves fiercely, with her whole heart.
Ben is a stereotypical type guy from the wrong side of the tracks. Growing up, he had to learn to fend for himself which hasn’t always been easy.

Together, Ben and Clover make plans for their future. Their love is unbreakable and no one can stop them no matter how hard they try. 

But not too long after their big day, lies and secrets are exposed. 

The kind of lies that will destroy your life.

The kind of secrets that will rip your heart out and force you to lose all trust and hope with anyone who crosses your path. 

But what happens when the love of your life is not who you thought they were?

Do you stay and try to move forward? Or do you let go of everything you thought you once had? 

Loving someone is not always easy.

But one thing you will learn in life is ‘You can never make someone love you, no matter how hard you try’ .

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A Night To Forget (Emma’s Story #1) by Jessica Wood @jesswoodauthor #spotlight #release

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Photo: ONE WEEK before A Night to Forget is released! WOOO! To kick off the countdown to the release, it's PRE-RELEASE GIVEAWAY time! This giveaway will be open until the day of the release - 6/21. I will have another special giveaway on the day of the release :). Enter here: http://bit.ly/12tE03O Please comment, like and share this post!!

 

A Night to Forget is the first book in the two-book series, Emma’s Story. The second book in this series, The Day to Remember is scheduled to be released in 2013.

What happens in Cancun doesn’t always stay in Cancun.

When Emma Anderson and her friends decided to spend their senior year Spring Break in Cancun, she expected some crazy memories to end their final college days. What Emma didn’t expect was to meet Brandon Fisher. Tall and sexy, with dimples that would make any girl swoon, Brandon Fisher was literally the man of Emma’s dreams. She couldn’t quite believe that this stranger, who seduced her every night in her dreams, actually existed.

After serendipitously bumping into each other, Emma could not resist Brandon’s pull and spent an unforgettable night with him. Passing it off as a spring break fling, Emma never expected to see Brandon again. But when she started her first day at her new job a few months later, there he was. The only problem was, Brandon didn’t even remember her.

 

 

About this author 

Jessica Wood writes new adult contemporary romance and chick-lit.

 While she has lived in countless cities throughout the U.S., her heart belongs to San Francisco. To her, there’s something seductively romantic about the Golden Gate Bridge, the steep rolling hills of the city streets, the cable cars, and the Victorian-style architecture.

 She loves a strong, masculine man with a witty personality. While she is headstrong and extremely independent, she can’t resist a man who takes control of the relationship, both outside and inside of the bedroom.

 She loves to travel internationally, and tries to plan a yearly trip abroad. She also loves to cook and bake, and—to the benefit of her friends—she loves to share. She also enjoys ceramics and being creative with her hands. She has a weakness for good (maybe bad) TV shows; she’s up-to-date on over 25 current shows, and no, that wasn’t a joke.

 And it goes without saying, she loves books—they’re like old and dear friends who have always been there to make her laugh and make her cry.

 The one thing she wished she had more of is time.

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Flight Of a Valentine by Angela Bradley @AngelaBradley33

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We all have cracks in our foundation , Right ? That question has never rang more true than it does to Angela Valentine right now .
“Flight of a Valentine” is the story of Angela Valentine , a girl with a newly broken heart and even worse a shattered spirit , who always finds herself on the outside looking in when it concerns family realizing now that it also includes love .

Angela would have never thought the one person she decides to let into her life and fall in love with would rattle her to her core when things didn’t work out . Bringing back all the old ugly memories of her childhood , unwanted , never quite important enough . Angela thought that the years and all the hours of sitting in her shrink’s office had helped her to move on from the past . She has never been more wrong about anything
Being born with a case of fight or flight . Fight after fight with herself , done with questioning herself . Angela feels she has run out of options and decides to flee to her home state of Virginia , the one place she doesn’t want to go, the place she fled from at the young age of eighteen. Now at thirty-three, it’s the only place she knows she needs to go to find the answers . In the hopes of realizing that the life she has built for herself in Atlanta is exactly what she wants and needs . Now if she can come to terms with herself and her past, maybe she can stop fleeing from situations that she can’t control and maybe just maybe finally fix the crack in her foundation of self .
Family drama , a hot younger man , trust worthy friends , family issues that most people can relate too . You can’t leave out the personal growth and realization we all experience at some point in out lives , usually when things have fallen off track and we lose control of the situation that stems from one bad decision after another . Sometimes we need to realize that it’s okay to be who, what and how we are and love ourselves for that . This is not a story of love, this is a story of falling apart and gluing yourself back together .
I think of this book as “Chick-lit with Edge ” . Anyone who likes a mainstream entertaining drama along with a few detailed provocative sex scenes will enjoy this book . The protagonist “Angela” has a strong voice, spirit and has always been her own hero

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Angela Bradley was born in a small town located in the mountains of Virginia . At the young age of 18, she packed her car and headed for Atlanta, Georgia . Along Angela’s journey she has accomplished many of her life goals she had set for herself. A successful career in the Hair Industry (20+ yrs.) Including owning a Hair Studio, several acknowledgements in mass publications for her talents in the industry. Now Angela has achieved another one of her “Life Goals” of becoming a published writer. Angela writes about relatable issues in a real world . And has always lived her life by the motto “You only get one shot at this life , make it count. When my time is up, I want to slide into home with a big smile saying what a ride, what a wild ride.”

First Kiss by Ann Marie Frohoff @rockinwriterchk #review

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 ENTER to win I am giving away five copies of both books in the series

First Kiss (A Heavy Influence Novel, #1) Well I am so sad to end this book. I will say BEST BOOK I have READ.When you write a review and think about a character for a day to decide what to write that is when it is EPIC. The blending of love, angst, hate and heart break was perfect. When you say this was a five star book it means something left a great impression on you, the characters spoke, the author had style and communicated the message perfectly. This was the case for me. Even though I gasped and cursed it is a sign that the message was there. What I loved was of course the main characters. You MUST read book 1 it is short and it pissed me off that it was short, but it was just a set-up for this book. I got done last night and I actually sat here thinking all day what to write. This was the best book. I hope you know I dont say that often but I was so touched by it. So Jake and Alyssa live next door to each other and were besties growing up and then things took off for Jake and his band. So they just passed each other and then BAM fate happens and they started to talk again. Should I tell you who else I loved? Ok I loved Rachel, yeah I know right? She was with Jake in a momentary lapse in judgement at the beginning of the book. Not giving a spoiler here. Anyways she is the girl you love to hate. I did hate her and I tried so hard to think what if I was in her shoes, desperately in love with Jake, helping him and the band for 2 years, and then sex, drama and no relationship. But I loved how the authors style made me sympathize and then totally hate her to the point I wanna stab her with a pencil repeatedly. Alyssa’s sister who is older, yes I was made me dislike her too. The Allison story was great once her reveal came. I was wondering why I just “didn’t like” as opposed to I hated her. Kyle was my dude. How he loved his sister and covered for her and let her see Jake, well it makes me wish I had a brother.    I loved the Nicole and Nadine- the dialogue the friendship. A girl needs best friends like that. I think of my girls in Brooklyn and we were/still like that. There were so many memories that came back when I was reading their little gossip fest topics. 5b804-jakeandallyimageforfkbookcover Marshall and Bobby were so good.Bobby in the band as well as Mike (grrr growling like a pitbull) and Dumpster aka Dump. All of them had the best supporting roles. Now there was Sienna too. She was Dump’s girl and Rachel’s bff. Now she was a BFF but there is a big BUT, she was so fair and called Rachel out on things. Dump did too, he was a neanderthal but to Sienna, OMG he loved her. Aly and Jake were so perfect. I could care less about the age difference. The sneaking around and the drama was great. Notting (English dude with a really strange name)and Kate were very complex too. Jakes Dad passed away a long time ago. His Mom and his manager “had a thing” but they never made anything big or official. It has to be read and discussed. The author is golden! She has so many fantastic tunes in the book and they are going to come out too. Squeals if delight! I loved the songs! I want it to be big. We have to do something to get the word out. I am doing my part for sure. So the last reason is the story of love, health, growing up and redemption. We all fall down and some of us dont get up for a while. Some of us bounce right back. The story of love is epic and one that must be read. I know people would dis agree, but sometimes you do find the one.I feel like I am babbling but I love Jake. 5 stars This is a passage and it shows the depth that I look for in a book: “The sun hung low, casting a hue of golden tones over everything it touched. It was a luminous late afternoon and the intense heat was finally subsiding. Staring at the water, I wanted to go swimming. I was overwhelmed with mixed emotions, and the water would be a soothing remedy. I felt drunk. Drunk love, was that what I was high on? Was I in love? Was this what being in love felt like? I was almost certain it was”   HOW long until the next book??? The Fall???

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Ann Marie (“Annie”) Frohoff grew up in sunny Southern California. As a teen and young adult she spent her time frequenting and living in nearly every beachside city up and down the coast. She settled in Hollywood at 19 working in film and TV. Soon her itch to keep moving took over again, taking her to Hawaii for a time and then back to LA. She’s now settled in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Her wanderlust and propensity to live life out loud has brought her many life experiences so many of us only dream about. Always the storyteller, it would be of no surprise to those who grew up with Annie, that she made the transition into a book and screenplay author. You could say that she woke up one day and had an epiphany, deciding to go to school for screenwriting. It’s with this inner fire she set out to write her first screenplay. Soon after, such work made it into the hands of an agency creative executive who challenged her to write a novel to support the complex ensemble cast of characters she’d created. Thus, after only a couple of years and many hours on the road immersing herself in her subject matter; her edgy modern day “Walk The Line meets John Hughes Classics” debut novella, SKID OUT, has been completed, along with the first installment in her Trilogy. SKID OUT is the prequel novella to the HEAVY INFLUENCE TRILOGY. The first installment in her Heavy Influence Trilogy, FIRST KISS, is set to release June 11th 2013 — The series is a story about young, reckless love between a rising rock star and his younger muse, spanning 10 years of their tumultuous and passionate relationship. Each book in the Trilogy will come with a soundtrack of original music, of which the lyrics will appear in the pages of the books. (Alternative Rock Genre). Annie has now also delved into the supernatural fantasy world with her writing partners Shaun Barger and songwriter/musician Matthew Reich. Taking inspiration directly from song lyrics and building an entire realm of vastly complex characters and plot lines; weaving history, fantasy and heavy doses of romance together. You will be kept turning the pages of “The Zodiac Wars: My Gemini” novellas and “Precious Metal: The Prince and the Gypsy” book series. Both series of books are currently in development. Links: www.facebook.com/heavyinfluence

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FIRST KISS will have you on the edge of your seat and feeling things you may have forgotten about! Now available on Amazon.com!

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Modern Suburbia By Chris Merlo @ChrismMerlo #review #debut

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Published: March 21, 2013
Words: 70,148 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301183210

Set in the fictional suburb of Teal County, it seems to be filled with every form of entertaining consumption one could desire. Sounds perfect on the outside, but you know what lurks in the perfect neighborhoods right? Lies, some truths, secrets, and social drama. This was a great debut. I enjoyed it very much, more because of the attention to details and characters. I adore when a book gets you to really become engrossed. Nothing like paying attention to something and forgetting the world. I always say there is a book for every mood. This will be appealing to the broad spectrum. Men and woman alike will really enjoy it.

Nathan and his tech buddy Aiden are the main characters. Nathan was meticulous in planning his, let us say events for now. They reminded me of how JR Ewing was back in the day. Just ruthless in business and keeping secrets.  Around every corner I waited for Nathan to get busted, but in Larry Hagman fashion, he has a trick up his sleeve. I loved all the twists and turns this novel went on.

So Nathan heading back to his roots to finish one last thing. Does it work? Yes a very enjoyable journey and a great debut. There are a lot of rich characters from the FBI guys to Emily and Aiden. For sure a must read!

4 stars

 

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My name is Chris Merlo and I am a 33 year old suburbanite, born and raised, which might hint as to the inspiration for my book. I’m an athletic and eclectic type who enjoys the deliciousness of all that the arts has to offer, which includes the art of writing. I have written poems, essays, speeches, songs, short stories, and now my first novel. Another passion of mine is friends and family, and I love being around people and the social life – consider me like a social butterfly. It seems there’s not enough time in one day to do all of the things my hyper ADD mind would like to do, but being busy is certainly something I’m good at. Life is rarely boring for me.

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Ann Marie (“Annie”) Frohoff grew up in sunny Southern California. As a teen and young adult she spent her time frequenting and living in nearly every beachside city up and down the coast. She settled in Hollywood at 19 working in film and TV. Soon her itch to keep moving took over again, taking her to Hawaii for a time and then back to LA.

 

She’s now settled in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Her wanderlust and propensity to live life out loud has brought her many life experiences so many of us only dream about. Always the storyteller, it would be of no surprise to those who grew up with Annie, that she made the transition into a book and screenplay author. You could say that she woke up one day and had an epiphany, deciding to go to school for screenwriting. It’s with this inner fire she set out to write her first screenplay. Soon after, such work made it into the hands of an agency creative executive who challenged her to write a novel to support the complex ensemble cast of characters she’d created. Thus, after only a couple of years and many hours on the road immersing herself in her subject matter; her edgy modern day “Walk The Line meets John Hughes Classics” debut novella, SKID OUT, has been completed, along with the first installment in her Trilogy. SKID OUT is the prequel novella to the HEAVY INFLUENCE TRILOGY.

 

The first installment in her Heavy Influence Trilogy, FIRST KISS, is set to release June 11th 2013 — The series is a story about young, reckless love between a rising rock star and his younger muse, spanning 10 years of their tumultuous and passionate relationship. Each book in the Trilogy will come with a soundtrack of original music, of which the lyrics will appear in the pages of the books. (Alternative Rock Genre).

 

Annie has now also delved into the supernatural fantasy world with her writing partners Shaun Barger and songwriter/musician Matthew Reich. Taking inspiration directly from song lyrics and building an entire realm of vastly complex characters and plot lines; weaving history, fantasy and heavy doses of romance together. You will be kept turning the pages of “The Zodiac Wars: My Gemini” novellas and “Precious Metal: The Prince and the Gypsy” book series. Both series of books are currently in development.

 

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It’s now available at Amazon (Kindle Edition) 

Twitter @rockinwriterchk

 

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FIRST KISS will have you on the edge of your seat and feeling things you may have forgotten about! Now available on Amazon.com!                

Beside Your Heart by Mary Whitney @wordymary @OmnificPub @Literati_Lit #review

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Beside Your Heart
by Mary Whitney
“It’s an emotional story that will take the reader back to those feelings that made the late teen years such a powerful time.”

Late one night Nicki Johnson plays with emotional fire and Googles her high school love, only to find his name splashed across the British gossip columns. Back in his native England, Adam Kincaid is successful and dating a woman from an aristocratic family like his own. With a career in politics, Nicki’s no slouch, but she knows Adam is living a world away from her life.

Yet there was a time he was no farther than the next locker. Nicki will never forget their year together in high school—the year of her sister’s death, the year her mother checked out. Adam helped Nicki through suffocating grief, and she led him through a coming of age. Was it just high school, or was it something more?

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I really enjoyed this book. The overall angst is what draws me in all the time. Nicki and Adam had a great connection. Nicki had a lot of things to deal with and it was equally as mental and physical. Suffering such heartbreak Nicki was at the lowest point. Sometime you think about someone like Nicki being so young and having to have to deal with very adult issues. I don’t know how I would do in the situation.

What got me ready to scream was Adam and his future. How can he have a girlfriend and worry about staying here in the states? That was another persistent part of my angst. I hope other readers will see that point too. I was thinking why bother, then the other hand saying, yes figure it out later. So there was a grappling between staying and what was going to happen for me.

Aside from Nicki and Adam, the story had really good structure and sub characters. I know the age thing is difficult, but, as an older woman it did remind me of some long ago issues. What I know for sure is the YA and NA audience will grab this one up. What I HOPE for is for the romance and contemporary fans to take a dive into the genre too.

5 stars

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Even before she graduated from law school, Mary knew she wasn’t cut out to be a real lawyer. Drawn to politics, she’s spent her career as an organizer, lobbyist, and nonprofit executive. Nothing piques her interest more than a good political scandal or romance, and when she stumbled upon writing, she put the two together. A born Midwesterner, naturalized Texan, and transient resident of Washington, D.C., Mary now lives in Northern California with her two daughters and real lawyer husband.

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A Fall For Me by K.A. Last @KALastBooks #review

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Fall For Me (The Tate Chronicles, #1)

 
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Fall For Me by K.A. Last
Series: The Tate Chronicles #1
Publication date: January 17th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal/Fantasy
 
Review:
I enjoyed this book a lot more then I thought I was going to. I have been reading some paranormal books lately and this was a little different. I was pretty invested in the characters right away. I liked the style of dialogues too. I loved the character Grace and Archer, not because they are twins, but because they are so freakin loyal! Even when I thought she was making a mistake, I loved the fact that she had such a strong will. I really want to know who Grace and Archer are like. I am thinking about a cast in my mind. 
 
As for the boys, excluding Archer, I liked Josh. I thought his character was opinionated too. I think the character of Seth was the epitome of a tough guy. He is an interesting character and I think he is tough on the outside, but something smooth and creamy inside. Like a caramel candy!
Maybe the next book will give us a chance to pull for Team Josh or Team Seth. Either way I need more protection angels! I look forward to reading the next book!
 
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K. A. Last was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, and moved to Sydney with her parents and older brother when she was eight. Artistic and creative by nature, she studied Graphic Design and graduated with an Advanced Diploma. After marrying her high school sweetheart, she concentrated on her career before settling into family life. Blessed with a vivid imagination, she began writing to let off creative steam, and fell in love with it. She now resides in a peaceful leafy suburb north of Sydney with her husband, their two children and a rabbit named Twitch.
 
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Beside Your Heart by Mary Whitney @wordymary @OmnificPub @Literati_Lit

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Beside Your Heart
by Mary Whitney
“It’s an emotional story that will take the reader back to those feelings that made the late teen years such a powerful time.”

Late one night Nicki Johnson plays with emotional fire and Googles her high school love, only to find his name splashed across the British gossip columns. Back in his native England, Adam Kincaid is successful and dating a woman from an aristocratic family like his own. With a career in politics, Nicki’s no slouch, but she knows Adam is living a world away from her life.

Yet there was a time he was no farther than the next locker. Nicki will never forget their year together in high school—the year of her sister’s death, the year her mother checked out. Adam helped Nicki through suffocating grief, and she led him through a coming of age. Was it just high school, or was it something more?

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Even before she graduated from law school, Mary knew she wasn’t cut out to be a real lawyer. Drawn to politics, she’s spent her career as an organizer, lobbyist, and nonprofit executive. Nothing piques her interest more than a good political scandal or romance, and when she stumbled upon writing, she put the two together. A born Midwesterner, naturalized Texan, and transient resident of Washington, D.C., Mary now lives in Northern California with her two daughters and real lawyer husband.

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Hers to Command (Verdantia #1) by Patricia A. Knight @patriciaaknight #debut #spotlight

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Hers to Command (Verdantia, #1)

 
For some, existence without their mate might seem like the end of their world–for the members of Verdantia’s Tetriarch, it would be.

Love triangles often create disastrous relationships, but the unlikely members of the Tetriarch face worldwide disaster without the successful bonding of their trio.The inhabitants of the sentient planet, Verdantia, are poised on the precipice of extinction following a brutal invasion by an off-world, nomadic horde. Verdantia’s capital, Sylvan Mintoth, must have its failing energy shield restored, or the planet is doomed. The Elders know the shield can draw energy from only one thing—a very arduous and grueling coupling of two specific people who were pre-chosen by the planet Herself and promised by prearranged marriage contract.

Conte Camliel Aristos deTano, Ari, has long spurned the marriage forced upon him. His contractual bride, Princess Fleur Constante, is the beautiful future queen. She was but six years old when the contract was signed. Though young and inexperienced, she is willing to risk everything, including her own sanity, to save her planet.

Verdantia draws strength from the duo, but the sentient planet whispers to Ari that a third is necessary – Ari’s aide de camp, Visconte Doral deLorion, an angelically handsome, skilled assassin who silently surrendered his heart to Ari long ago.

The trio struggles to make this surprising partnership harmonious, pushing through pride, scars of past abuse, fears of inexperience and distrust. To save Verdantia, they must overcome their individual weaknesses and realize their full potential.

Only the tetriarch and their combined synergy, can harness Verdantia’s immense power to shield its citizens from invasion.(

 

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Patricia A. Knight is the pen name for an eternal romantic who lives in Dallas, Texas with her horses, dogs and the best man on the face of the earth – oh yeah, and the most enormous bullfrogs you will ever see. Word to the wise: don’t swim in the pool after dark.

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