What’s Eating Me by Elaine Spires #Spotlight #Giveaway @Elaine Spires

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Eileen Holloway is the obese,single mother of two demanding teenage boys. Her life is a daily struggle to keep ahead at work, to pay her mortgage and to deal with her overbearing, heavy-drinking mother. Until one day when Eileen’s life is turned upside down when she takes part in a reality weightloss TV show, Barbara’s Beautiful Bodies, which promises to change her life ‘for better and for ever’. Eileen is suddenly a celebrity who is recognized everywhere she goes and who loses a staggering amount of weight. But once the series is over, once she’s out of the limelight, how will Eileen cope with her new image and her new life, when food has always been what’s got her through the day?

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Elaine Spires is a diverse novelist as well as an award-winning playwright and actress. Extensive travelling and a background in education and tourism perfected Elaine’s keen eye for the quirky characteristics of people, captivating the humorous observations she now affectionately shares with the readers of her novels.

She wrote her first book What’s Eating Me in 2010. It was originally a play, a one-woman show performed as a monologue with a child actor – Elena-Beth Carter playing Eileen as a child in the background and Elaine performed it on the London and Edinburgh fringes. She loved the character of loved Eileen so much that she decided to expand the story into a book.

Her second novel was Singles’ Holiday, set on her beloved Antigua… the Caribbean at its most luscious, its most beautiful… silver sand, cobalt sky, warm, turquoise sea… and a bunch of complete strangers who only have one thing in common: they’re single!

And her third novel Sweet Lady, again set in Antigua, will amaze you with a massive twist which goes to show that nothing is as it seems!

When Elaine is not writing her ideas into her next book or play, she enjoys going to the theatre, visiting the cinema, eating out with her friends and she also loves to read! Elaine spends her time between her homes in Hadleigh, Essex and Five Islands, Antigua (W.I.)

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28Jun2014

Karma by Nikki Sex #Review @NikkiSexAuthor

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It’s books like this make me wanna scream 5+stars unbeatable nothing better #teamAndre For starters this book shows a lesson in basic respectability. When Marcy sees the $100 bill on the floor of the casino her mind goes into overdrive. Off the bat she says she is a single Mom, has a loser ex husband, is basically living hand to mouth, and has the decency to remember her upbringing and tell the Texan cowboy he dropped it. When he tells her that he wishes it was the only thing he lost at the casino he tells her that this is a reward for being honest. She is floored because that is a lot of money for a casino worker. We learn that author creates Marcy as a good girl who lives by the rules.

That said she is thankful for the little she has and he daughter Katie. I love the way the author creates Marcy and then goes further to explain things about her and Vegas. So we know in Vegas it is not easy for a divorced Mom to find a cheaper place to live or even a room mate that doesnt have a drug problem, is a stripper, or a prostitute. All of this starts a SLOW moving chain of events in Marcy’s life. Just think to yourself how many times you heard “Your mother raised a great boy, girl, insert name here**” THAT is Marcy and she is seemingly fine with the bad hand she is dealt. She is thankful she had a great Mom and since cancer took her Marcy has tried to rebound. She is grateful for her child even though Trent (insert every bad name for a penis you can =here) is a loser in every way imaginable, he gave her Katie.

kar·ma

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noun

(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

There is the next character that I LOVE and now I will explain Andre Chevalier. He is a dream, older, built, sophisticated man speaking with a French accent while inserting moi wherever he can. That alone just makes irresistible in every way. This man can charm your panties right off you before you are aware that they are falling down you leg. For this character I will use the word PERFECTION. Why? well he is a relationship and sexual counselor. Yes he knows a woman’s body and he teaches couples what is wrong with their sex life, love life, and shows them how to fix it. He does have another power aside from melting panties, he has the greatest intuition ever. He meets Marcy and his mind goes to his security expert and friend Mike Thompson. He thinks to himself, Mike and Marcy would be great. Then he thinks their names sound good together. He immediately decides to offer Marcy a job, this is the dream job she has always wanted so she is given a time and told to call by 9am and if not the job isnt hers. He doesnt really need her. He has a job but more one he has created for her. He seems in her a woman who needs a break. Andre wants Mike, his security team leader to interview and approve Marcy. Andre is so confident that Mike will be smitten with Marcy. I was too. That is the best part of this story!

My Andre

My Mike

and last is my Marcy

NOW for Mike. He lost his wife before they were able to have a child to cancer. He is extremely focused on work. He is a great guy, great brother, uncle and most of all son. Another spoiler her- his mother is treated well. So you know if they treat their mother well they will do the same for a wife. hhmmmm Trent never saw his mother, she lived in Florida and he could care less. Tells a lot about his character.

I loved every single page of this book. I want to scream about the “lessons” that Andre teaches Marcy, but it MUST be read. If ever there was a book that has great lessons for both men and woman this is it. I want to say that one little choice by Marcy starts a slow moving chain of events that creates the BEST book for me this year. I want everyone to read it. It has the relationships, the lessons in sex, the steam, the love and most of all the KARMA.

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28Jun2014

Escaping Me by Cat Mason @cat_mason_2014 #cover #reveal

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Daisy Shane has a plan for everything. She has a list, a real list. Her life has been planned out on a simple piece of paper that she carries in her purse. Stick to the list, her daily reminder since she was sixteen years old. Her list, now nearly complete, she decides to have a summer of fun with her fiancé Landon. Her new job arranged to start in the fall; she’s off to spend the next six months with Landon on tour with his brother, Grayson’s band, Shaft.

Things aren’t always what they seem. Landon has been hired as an assistant to the band and their manager, Tad. Daisy is now stuck on the road with six men as Landon pushes her further and further away with each passing mile.

Grayson Cole has spent his entire life shielding himself from letting people get too close. You can’t be hurt if you keep everyone at arm’s length. Traveling the country on a tour bus with his band left no desire to get to know anyone for longer than it takes to play a show. Everything changes when he sees Daisy.

The attraction and pull is one that both Daisy and Grayson are unable to resist. Grayson sees her as his Wildflower. Regardless of her status as his soon to be sister-in-law, he finds himself desperate to be near her.

Temptations, betrayal, and lies are all mixed with booze, tattoos, sex, laughs, and love as the Shaft takes stage after stage. Making friends along the way, Daisy must stop escaping herself. She must stop hiding behind a list and come to terms with what she really wants in life. Emotions and secrets unravel all around as Daisy learns to live the rough and rowdy life of taking Shaft on tour.

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27Jun2014

The Point G. Nykanen @AuthorGNykanen #review

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OMG Im jumping up and down here. I hate typing a review on my kindle, but this was great and I gotta get as much of it down as I can, so its fresh. Just as I always do when reading something I check off

The plot= excellent

The characters= excellent

The story continuity= excellent

The story did it for me all over my little charts! To start with the characters, first up is Jake, I started to hate him when he was introduced. I know that’s bad but he pissed me off. I mean Nora, come on, she was amazing, and he was sort of cold. So when they are leaving for the summer she expected him to define their relationship. Instead he is cold and distant. That is the way the author got me from the first chapter. She very creatively has Jake running a thin line. You are not sure whether to love or hate him. Either way I was hooked.

So Nora leaves to go home to spend the summer with her now widowed Dad William. As for William, I want him as a Dad. So if he exists then I want him to adopt me.

So the summer begins with Nora licking her wounds. I loved her dad and his sporting good store and thought this was just what she needed. She meets up with Lucy and before you know it they are having fun and a few drinks.

Lucy+ BFF Lucy =

Nora meets Dane. OK he had me! He was tall, athletic, fabulously good looking and the cousin to Cooper whom Lucy had an instant attraction to. They go out and I had a WTF moment. He was having the strangest internal dialogue. Calling her (Nora) naive. I was thinking it too so I read on and then…Dane becomes the sexual predator. He strings Nora along in a horrible relationship. The author created the BEAST villian in Dane. He was so handsome and perfect on the outside. The inside was dark, dingy, sneaky, dirty and nasty all over!

The author creates some really really good characters with Nora, Lucy, William, Aunt Sara, Dane, Cooper and Jake. This was a thrilling book. SO Im screaming here to read it. Dont read it like I did camping at the beach, you will scare yourself senseless. There are so many twists and turns here that you will keep yourself on edge.

I think the best part was the turning in the plot. For Dane it was like “OMG he is that good” that people dont see the slimy sexual deviant he is. If you love angst, romance and a side order of thrilling suspense then grab it!

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G. Nykanen was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This small, rural land mass seems to cultivate a wide variety of colorful characters who provide a plethora of inspiration. The Point, Nykanen’s first novel, is filled with nuances of these local characters and the landscapes one might find in the north woods.

Well traveled thanks to her husband’s government career, she has lived in Europe and many of our United States over the last twenty years. She has recently returned home, moving back to her beloved Upper Peninsula where she resides with her husband and three children.

With The Point now completed, she will continue working on her next novel, Accumulation, along with continuing to develop other stories in the works.

27Jun2014

Unspoken Promises by Gabbie S. Duran @gabbiesduran #review @EJBookPromos

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This was a great follow up to book one. It sort of picks up right where book one left off. If you have not read book 1 then I say READ it now! There are less dreams for Abigail concerning Matt’s sister. The problems between Matt and Abigail have yet to be solved. The author creates this high and low by adding obstacles for both characters. There is a time when I wanted to hate Abigail for something she does to Matt.There is also a time when I wanted to smack her but I have to remember she is still without her memory. As for Matt, well just as many instances I wanted to smack him. I remind myself that he is young and not nearly as worldly as she is. Aside from that he was very “active” let’s say, before he met and moved Abigail into his house.

There are still problems for this duo that must be resolved. I really want to get to her career. I know she is not physically ready to really work as she used to but I hope book 3 focuses on more of her future. I really see them together as a couple but there is always a but…Can Matt be faithful? There was so much drama for him in this book that I think maybe he has been cured of the wandering eyes.

I enjoyed the minor players in this book as well as Matt and Abigail. I liked how Kelly plays a role in the friendship area. I think Trey is the perfect friend to both Abigail and Matt. When he feels she is right he sides with her. When Trey feels like Matt has done wrong he sure tells him so.

The good base is there for the next chapter I cant wait!

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Emily always had a way of making me see the answer to my problems. While growing up, she was always there to lend an ear. Listening without judgment to every single word. I don’t know how many times I depended on her for an answer, and no matter how many times I asked, she always responded.

The day she died, it felt as if she took a part of my soul with her, and I had let her. She deserved it more than I did. It wasn’t until the day Abigail walked into my life that I knew that part of my soul had returned. It’s as if Emily was giving it back to me, knowing I desperately needed it.

Abigail was the light at the end of a darkened tunnel that I was trapped inside of. I had refused to keep walking forward when Emily died, but Abigail finally forced me to take the steps to awaken her. She helped me find the light within myself.

Dropping down to the ground, my knees hit the earth, sending a jolting pain up my legs. I stare down at the grave marker, realizing it’s the first time I’ve laid eyes on it. The elegance of the black marble represents the extravagant taste of her husband’s family. I had blown off their countless phone calls when they had contacted me to help choose the marker. I didn’t care. It would have made me face the reality that she was never coming back. The agonizing disbelief of seeing it brings tears to my eyes.

I sit there with the silence surrounding me as I allow the tears to fall and the agony takes over me. I miss her so fucking much. I keep wishing that she were still here with me. Just a phone call away like she was before. I’m selfish, I know, but I hate the fact that she’s no longer by my side when I want her to be.

After what seems like hours of sitting there crying alongside her, I somehow find the courage to speak. “I fucked up, Em,” I say crying at her grave. “And I don’t think she’s ever going to forgive me. You always told me that me fucking around was going to come back and bite me in the ass and you were right.” The words come out as a whisper as I continue to speak. “I can’t stand the thought of losing her, as I did you,” I cry down to her, expecting an answer, but all I receive is silence.

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26Jun2014

The Point G. Nykanen @AuthorGNykanen #Debut #Spotlight

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Befuddled by her current relationship woes, Nora Reynolds leaves college at semester’s end to drive north of nowhere to her hometown of Iron Bay. Vulnerable and on the rebound, she is the perfect prey for fledgling felon Dane Buchman. Dane takes advantage of the unaware young woman, feeding his appetite for mischief until a rather violent shift in their relationship reveals to him what he’s really been craving. Driven by his new found hunger, Dane feels unstoppable, until former high school rival and town deputy, Doug Sanders, navigates the trail of Dane’s destruction.

The Point is a dark thriller that will allow you to witness a truly dangerous sociopath wander through madness guided by a treasured family heirloom, and a pensive young woman find her way after discovering, that which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. With echoes of the Coen brothers’ Fargo, the folksy town of Iron Bay and the nearby north-woods community of Deer Lake are the destinations for Mr. Buchman’s many misdeeds.

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26Jun2014

Harp’s Voice (Harp’s Song #2) by Cassie Shine @CassShine #Review

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The worst thing about getting an ARC is that you cant record your hi-lights through Amazon. Just my luck there are so many great quotes here too. Aside from that OMG How about that cover? I LOVE it. The girl is Harp to me and she is so clean and young it is perfection!

If you have not read Harps Song buy it here on Amazon. It is really necessary, in my opinion, although the author does a little back tracking to fill in the blanks. Why miss out on it? So the first book got to me. I was troubled by Annie, a mother, who hated her child. She abused Harp and it was very painful. Then the other shoes drop and you learn she was raped by her sister’s boyfriend. A heartbreaking vision of a 17 year old who is not believed when she tells her parents she was raped. Eventually they come to an impasse and Harp begins repairing their relationship.

In any book that approaches therapy in a positive way, such as this, I applaud the author. There is no shame in going to a therapist! Learning to effectively deal with your issues makes us all better people. Give it a try if you need help communicating, expressing or forgiving. If you have been abused or raped, it is a necessity. There is no way to heal without therapy.

This follows Harp through her first year of college. Her relations with Connor, his mother Catherine and Annie really grow. Harp is a fantastic example of how resilient someone can be. I really want to say more, but unfortunately with the plot I cant.

There are also a few minor characters like Harmony (love the name) who is Harp’s room-mate in college. She knew Harp kept her at arm’s length and when Harp finally opens up, well Harmony needs her to find and repair her aura! Loved her. I liked, not loved, but liked cause I felt threatened by him, but Jayden was a TA in college with Harmony & Harp. Then there is Logan who is Harps cousin-brother. He was cool!

This is a deep thought-provoking book so please grab book 1 and then this one. Bravo Cassie Shine you created a great group of characters and an even better story!

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I love to read. Even after stuffing my face I will still eat dessert. I am a 14-year-old girl at heart.

I grew up in Kansas City where my love of classical music was cultivated … and yes, I was in the band. After college, I lived in St. Louis before moving to California with my hubby. Despite living in the OC, you won’t find me on The Real Housewives… . Instead, you’ll find this midwestern gal-at-heart writing at my local Starbucks or Bread Co. (Panera to everyone else not from the Lou). We currently live with our two furry kids, Finnegan the Fat Cat and resident jerk, and Molly the Sweet Dog, our teddy bear.

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24Jun2014

Karma by Nikki Sex @NikkiSexAuthor #Spotlight

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best of the year Sometimes love has nothing to do with luck, and everything to do with karma…

Marcy Paget worked full-time putting her husband through University. When he finally became a success, he dumped her for a trophy wife more than ten years younger, leaving Marcy to raise their four year old daughter on her own.

Even though Marcy knows she is better off alone than with a cheating husband who doesn’t love her, she is still struggling to make ends meet.

When an ethical dilemma presents itself she makes a choice – never realizing the incredible karmic chain of events that will follow her decision. . .

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“I love the passions. They create such sensation! Anger, grief, fear, love, hate, excitement. The fierce emotions make one feel. Such are a gift, so one knows one is alive. To live without passion is to have no life at all.”Read more at location 826

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“Should I be insulted that I’m so boring that you just went straight to sleep the moment you and I were alone?” His lips curled in a teasing smirk. “Or should I be flattered that you are comfortable enough to sleep with me?”Read more at location 1217

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This is where I was screaming be comfortable! She wont admit she wants you!

“There are so many questions I’ve wanted to ask you. I wanted to see the rest of the video, too. How did it end? Did Jennifer discover her sexuality? Did Charles find out how to please his wife? Maybe his wife needed to know how to please him? I feel like I got half way through a really good book, and then someone took my book away. Would you mind if I saw the rest of it, André? I want to know what happened.”Read more at location 2409

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“Because, ma belle,” he said. “I arranged to have that video come on, the moment that you came into the room.”Read more at location 2423

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“Your dad has you as his daughter – yet he doesn’t,” he began. “I think life is sometimes about what you earn or what you’re worthy of, not what you have. It’s called karma. Good or bad, everyone eventually gets what they deserve. Your dad doesn’t seem to want you.”Read more at location 3930

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It would be fun to watch the results. Light the match, and throw it in the ring. See what, if anything exploded.Read more at location 5743

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My Andre

My Mike

and last is my Marcy

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24Jun2014

Hunger The Seductors Series Vol 2 by BL Wilde @beewilde1 #Review

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Hunger

The Seductors Series Vol. 2

byB.L. Wilde

When we left Jade she had walked out on Oliver to return to The Seductors. It has been six months and she is miserable. Being secluded on lockdown has taken it’s toll but nothing compared to the destruction she faced when she left Oliver. I myself was devastated when she returned to Florida. So the surprising twist is (bit of a spoiler) someone doesn’t do good and she is called back on Oliver’s case. I mean I knew he was too good to just forget about. His family, life, and business have so much depth he is a goldmine in my book.

Now I cant describe the torture I went through for Oliver. I felt my heart breaking as he searched all over for his Jad. The book goes into the lengths he went to in order to find her. WOW He was just as in love with Jade as Jade was with him. I knew it and she kept it a secret. I think a lot of people will be surprised at the intricate story put together for Oliver. I will say it now she totally goes into geek mode again for Oliver. The nuclear weapons background is the best part of the book. Oh wait NO it isnt the heat between Oliver and Jade is the best.

Get acquainted with again with Uncle Richard= YUCK Then enjoy the ride! This mission is a classic. Such a talented author who captivates with the humor, sex and intelligence of her writing. I loved it! There are so many worthy Seductors I can really see advancement in the series. There are missions, characters and scenarios going through my mind since I finished.

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B.L. Wilde is a British author obsessed with many things, including heated love stories. Supported fully by her husband, she can often be found at her desk working on her next project.

Her journey into the world of erotica began when she started writing online stories
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24Jun2014

Hunger The Seductors Series Vol 2 by BL Wilde @beewilde1 #Spotlight

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Hunger

The Seductors Series Vol. 2

byB.L. Wilde

Summary:

When Jade walked out on Oliver six months ago, she left her heart behind. Little did she know her mission was far from over. Given a new mission—to secure a secret nuclear power core—she’s thrown back into his world and has to earn his trust once more. The only problem is that she’s competing directly with another Seductor that she despises, who has already been on the mission for two months.

Oliver was devastated when he discovered Jade had left him, so he closed himself off to the world, focusing solely on his job. Everything is thrown into chaos when she resurfaces, working for an old friend of his.

Will Jade be able to win Oliver back while fighting her jealously that another Seductor might steal the mission from her? Consumed with love, controlled by a hunger she has never
known, can she protect her heart a second time around if Oliver takes her back?

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About B.L. Wilde:

B.L. Wilde is a British author obsessed with many things, including heated love stories. Supported fully by her husband, she can often be found at her desk working on her next project.

Her journey into the world of erotica began when she started writing online stories
over three years ago, and she hasn’t looked back since.

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