Tuesday, July 30, 2013

COVER REVEAL



Title: Exception
Author: Patty Maximini

Release Date:  October 24th
Genre:     Contemporary Romance

Age Group:    Adult
Cover Designer and website: Okay Creations- www.okaycreations.com

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18103157-exception


BOOK DESCRIPTION:

With her life packed in boxes in the back of a U-Haul truck and a promise to her sister, Charlotte, that she’d find a way to let go and be happy, Emily crossed the country to escape the haunting memories of her past.

As she settles into her new life, Emily holds true to her promise and begins to open her walls to those around her and overtime, she selectively begins to trust again. However, some wounds are too great to overcome, and between her recurring nightmares and her fear of even the slightest physical contact, she wonders if she will ever heal completely.

In walks Taylor, a handsome out of towner, with his own past to overcome. Against all odds, an undeniable special friendship forms almost instantly between the two. Not minding his company or touch, Emily is jolted into realization that he is her healing, her strength, her protection and her escape from her daunting past.

He is her exception.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 
I’m Patty, and words have always been a passion of mine. I’ve always loved to read them, write them and learn them in other languages. Last year, I’ve decided to take that passion and turn it into a book, the result was Exception, my very first novel due this October.
Whenever I’m not sitting behind my computer, I’m either enjoying the company of my dear hubby, Alex, and our four four-legged babies or reading. I’m a firm believer in long hand written letters, love of any kind and good stories.
 
 
FOLLOW PATTY MAXIMINI
Twitter:   @pattymaximini
 

Friday, July 26, 2013

COVER REVEAL


Title:  Two Roads
Author: L.M. Augustine
Genre: New Adult Romance
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18071872-two-roads
Release Date:  August 26, 2013

BOOK DESCRIPTION

The only person poetry-loving Cali Monroe hates more than herself is Logan Waters, the geeky kid who lives in the dorm building next to hers.

Ever since Cali's parents told her she would amount to nothing, she has felt entirely inadequate. Friendless and alone, she takes on the mean girl role in hopes it will make her feel better--and Logan serves as the perfect target. He infuriates her with his obnoxiously long lashes, his all too perfect dimpled smile, and his complete lack of personality outside of his intelligence. So she begins hating him, and he returns the favor. Thus, their prank-filled, insult-driven rivalry is born, and torturing Logan quickly becomes the highlight of her life.

But when Cali's parents set them up on a blind date, she begins to realize Logan might not be as boring as she always thought. He shares her love of poetry, takes a sadistic pleasure in making fun of crepes, and he makes her blush when he calls her smile pretty.

And hey, maybe those long lashes of his aren't that obnoxious after all…

Two Roads is New Adult Romance about finding love, standing out, and learning to embrace who you are. It contains some language and mild sexual content.






L.M. Augustine is a YA romance author who is obsessed with writing about dorky teenagers, love, and happy endings. He currently lives in New England, where he spends far too much time reading books and screaming at his computer, and he believes that the solution to the world’s problems can be found in chocolate cake. Click To Subscribe is his first novel, but it won’t be his last.


FOLLOW L.M. AUGUSTINE
Website:   http://authoraugustine.blogspot.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAugustineYA
Twitter Username: authoraugustine
Genre:   Young Adult, Romance



Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Come Join PIMPIN AIN'T EASY PART 2

From Kris Adams
 
 
So by now, most of you have learned the the "Original" PIMPIN Ain't Easy is no longer. BUT, the BRAND new, 2 day old group PIMPIN Ain't Easy Part 2 is up and GROWING! Today I got to reveal the cover/banner! Squeeeee, yes I know, I'm a RA-tard but I owe it all to Joe Marvullo and Fotographer Eric Battershell. Now please, PIMP the page people! This group is better than the "Original" we have set up files/docs where authors, bloggers, editors, you name is can add their personal info at any time! Lets have fun and lets get PIMPIN!
 
 
 


Link To The Group Pimpin Ain't Easy Part 2:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/559739890732073/

Link To Joe Marvullo's Fan Page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ModelJosephMarvullo

Link To Photographer Eric Battershell's Page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ericbattershellFITography

Link To One Of Joe's Interviews With The Reading Cafe, Which Includes His Personal, Life's Story Of Inspiration: ***A MUST READ***
http://thereadingcafe.com/joe-marvullo-interview-with-the-cover-model/

Monday, July 22, 2013

Cover Reveal - Reality (The Life of Arie)

Cover Reveal

 
Reality (The Life of Arie) by Dani Hart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Book Description:




I am Arie Belle and up until my mother’s unexpected and mysterious death my life had been pretty simple, but then things became dark and, at times, hopeless. Even my uncanny ability to communicate with nature had turned its back on me. My only saving grace is my lifetime friendship with the boy next door, River, whom I had always thought of as my soul mate up until my eighteenth birthday when everything seemed to change. My body tingles with heightened sensations and my emotions veer out of control. They are further tested when Ashe, a beautiful stranger with a powerful draw, enters my life and challenges my heart and soul. Amidst the rush of feelings after years of numbness, my true destiny slowly unravels and my journey to find out what I am, to find my mother’s killer, and stop my own death becomes a frantic rush before the next full moon.

This powerful story encaptures the true meaning of love and the dark corners of life that can either suck you in or save you.
 


Book Title: Reality

Author: Dani Hart

Expected publication: September 2013

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal
 
 
 
 
 

About The Author, Dani Hart
 
 
My passion for writing started at a very young age.  It started with a multitude of diaries as soon as I could write well, then poetry, then short stories.  I received my BA at USC in Theatre with an unofficial minor in writing.  While at USC I wrote my first screenplay and post-graduation I was hired to write another screenplay, which I did successfully. I have since started several books, but have never had the courage or time to finish them.  I missed it, but I was discouraged from my years in the industry and I was scared to go back, so I had convinced myself I was too busy and it would be a waste of time.  Then I started reading again which reignited my passion for writing. I started writing a story that had been brewing inside of me over the years. The characters were slowly developing and itching to break out onto paper, so in the summer of 2011 I wrote the first two chapters.  Life got busy again and my passion was pushed aside, but then I met an amazing person who loved my story and encouraged me to start writing again. With that said, I am in a happier place now. I am fulfilling my inner desire and passion to write while raising a family and living life. Thank you so much for your support! And I hope to keep the stories coming!!!
 
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Original artwork created by www.nosimart.com
 


Author Dani Harts FB page: www.facebook.com/authordanihart

 
 
 

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Choices By Sydney Lane

I was originally given an ARC of this book. Due to circumstances, I was unable to do an ARC review.  Now after reading Choices, I kick myself everyday that it took me so long to read it! So, here we go.






Choices By Sydney Lane
 
Synopsis:

Fate brought her here, but will her choices destroy her dreams?

Quincy Priest made all the right choices in her small town, black-and-white life. But being perfect is tiring. So. Very. Tiring.

Wanting desperately to step out of her sister's shadow, Quincy jumps at the opportunity to attend college with her best friend. The quiet bookworm with family secrets comes out of her shell. But when Quincy meets not one, but two perfect guys, she has to make a choice. In doing so, she might forfeit the relationship she secretly longed to find.

Declan. Sweet, handsome, and perfect. He makes her feel cherished for the first time in her life.

Brody. Sexy, hot, and irresistible. He could tear down her carefully built walls.

Before she can become the woman she wants to be, Quincy will make mistakes. And suffer one unimaginable loss.
 
 

By Kris Adams
 
 To begin, I wasn't too sure about this story at first. There is a girl and 2 guys, typical story of some lost girl, and 2 guys after her, right? WRONG!
 
Quincy is the quiet, shy girl who decides one night she is going to go out and have some fun with her best friend Jenna. For the first time, she is free to do whatever she wants, where no one can tell her what to do. Those times we ALL wait for.
 
From the beginning of this book to the very end, I felt as if I was actually IN the story. That's how well this book is written and characters are portrayed. It's a whirlwind of emotions, emotions that are in fact REAL in EVERYONE'S lives, from happiness to heartache in the matter of seconds. It keeps you wanting more and more and definitely keeps you on your toes. It's a book that once you start, you cannot stop, and those kinds of books, are actually hard for me to come across these days.
 
Normally, I HATE the girls in the books I read, but I loved Quincy and even Jenna. It's a real life feel because we all have different kinds of situations in our lives and we can usually count on that ONE person to go to. As a woman, I adored their friendship.
 
As for the guys. Team BRODY here. Dear lord, I'm not too sure who I would compare him to in real life, but the Brody I have created in my head is delicious and HOT. Declan, the "other" guy, he's great too, but a bit too sweet for my taste. He definitely makes for a great best guy friend.
 
For this being Sydney's first book, I think she has an amazing future ahead of her in the writing business. It's takes a very strong, brilliant and patient person to write any book, but this book, this book is different and special. I'm not going to say anything more.  You will have to go and read it for yourself.
 
I HIGHLY recommend this book, but be *warned*, you will not only laugh but you will, cry. And if you don't, there is something wrong with you.
 
 
You can find Choices on Amazon:
 
 
Goodreads:
 
 
 
You can follow Sydney Lane on Facebook:
 
 
About Author Sydney Lane:
 

 
Sydney Lane lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and children. Growing up in Smalltown, USA, Sydney dreamed of being a writer. After spending an obscene amount of money to go to college, Sydney finally decided to follow her heart. With her babies in bed and husband neglected, she worked by the light of her laptop and wrote Choices. Sydney is very active in charity work for anti-bullying and depression awareness groups.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

COVER REVEAL:

Choices of Fate by S. Simone Chavous



Book Title: Choices of Fate

Author: S. Simone Chavous

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Release Date: 06/16/2013



  
BOOK DESCRIPTION

On her own since the day she turned eighteen and left the group home where she grew up, twenty-five year old Alexa Ryan has made a comfortable life for herself. She has a great job, the perfect apartment, every material possession a girl her age could desire. Unfortunately, she also has an unusual condition that has forced her to keep everyone at a distance.

Ethan Kellar has spent his entire life running from destiny. When he was just a boy, a powerful seer prophesied his role in events that would determine the outcome of the secret war his people had been fighting for centuries. A role he was determined not to accept, leading him to avoid letting anyone get too close, until the night Alexa fell into his arms.

Drawn to her in a way that he has never experienced, Ethan decides to take the ultimate risk by trusting Alexa and revealing to her all that he truly is. Thinking she is an ordinary woman, he believes that she could be his key to preventing the prophecy from being fulfilled and allowing him to live the life he has always wanted, one that he chooses. Having been so consumed with the desire to determine the course of his own life he wants no less for Alexa and knows he must tell her everything, give her a choice. Before that happens they surrender to the intense physical attraction between them and he realizes too late that in trying so hard to change his fate, he may have set the events of the prophecy in motion.

In that moment, Ethan makes the most difficult decision of his life and does the only thing he can to save Alexa. He walks away.

Consumed by grief, Alexa falls into a deep depression until she learns that her brief encounter with love resulted in a child and somehow finds the strength to put herself back together for the sake of her baby Chloe.

Nearly two years after Ethan walked out Chloe develops an unexplained illness that sends Alexa in search of anything that can help. Her pursuit leads her back to Ethan and thrusts her into his dark and mysterious world, unlocking the secrets of her past and revealing threats to their future. Together, Alexa and Ethan fight to protect Chloe and their love, but there is one battle Ethan fights alone as he struggles to choose his own path and avoid the choices of fate.
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
 
S. Simone Chavous spent seven years as a tax accountant before deciding to pursue her true passion as an author.

Choices of Fate, the first book in the Fate Trilogy, is her debut novel.

She lives in northern Indiana with her boyfriend, two beautiful daughters and their rambunctious vizsla, Lily.

Monday, July 1, 2013

Sinister Kisses by Adriana Noir



Book Description

After a chance encounter in the woods leaves her shaken and reeling, the last thing Taylor McAvay wanted to do was accept an invitation to dinner. Then again, after seeing what Sebastian Baas was capable of, she felt she had little choice. The guy did just save her life, and the feel of his partner’s assault rifle pressed against her cheek still lingered in her mind.

What she discovers surprises her. Beneath the armor and fatigues, is a smart, attentive, and sophisticated man. Unable to resist, Taylor finds herself drawn in by the Special Agent’s charm. Everything about Sebastian, from his imposing presence to his hypnotic eyes, pulls her under his spell. When a drive by shooting leaves her apartment riddled with bullets, she falls under his command as well—not to mention the shadow of a lethal, underground organization known as SKALS.

Her lover has a dark and dangerous side he tries to keep hidden, but when a series of events sends their lives spiraling out of control, she realizes there is much more to him than meets the eye. Whether she wants to leave or not doesn't matter. Taylor soon learns, when it comes to Sebastian and SKALS, there is no escape.

**DISCLAIMER** This is NOT your average romance. It's not a feel good story. It's a dark, gritty, sometimes erotic psychological thriller with a heavy emphasis on plot. It also contains elements of dominance and discipline with dubious consent, psychological conditioning, and mental manipulation. There’s also gunfire and violence. If any of this offends you, this may not be the book for you.


How to Purchase:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinister-Kisses-SKALS-ebook/dp/B00BZKITMK/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1372711796&sr=1-3&keywords=Sinister+Kisses









Even with the disclaimer added on to the book description, I don't think I was mentally or emotionally prepared for the ride that Sebastion Baas took me on!

Before I get to far into my review, and you begin to think I DID NOT like the book, I will say I give Sinister Kisses:  4 stars. Adriana Noir is without a doubt an amazing writer.  She brought out feelings (although not always good) in me while I was reading this book, that even surprised me. For a writer to make you feel so many different emotions within the same book, they are definitely doing their job, whether you love or hate the outcome. I would have given 5 stars, but I just couldn't quite figure out if I could live with Sebastian and his "abusive" (for lack of a better word) side.

Sebastian Baas: I am all for ALPHA males, I love them in fact, but this guy needs a whole NEW term created to describe him.  Sebastian starts out sweet, definitely over protective, but caring, and as the book goes on we enter "Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde" territory.  There is no doubt I LOVE how sexy he's described: dreamy green eyes, deep dimples, curly hair....who wouldn't be swooning over Mr. McDreamy...but he would HAVE to be sexy as hell, for me to put up with the rest of him, Mr. McCRAZY!! lol I even dig the mysterious aspects of his job in the beginning, it all added to his appeal.  However, his alpha tendancies crossed the line SEVERAL times into crazy, psychologically manipulating, abusive, I can't even describe the man that is Sebastian Baas, you have to read and figure him out for yourself.  There was a point during the book where Taylor contemplates leaving Sebastian, and at that point in the book I HATED this guy, I mean I almost put the book down and gave up...but it was like one of those "train wreck" situations, you want to turn away, but some sick part of you just has to take another peek at the wreckage.  Well of course I kept reading, and that darn Adriana Noir, found a way to make me feel for the a**hole lol...I actually found myself hoping the two of them worked out.  I don't want to give tooo much away, for those who have not read Sinister Kisses yet, so please just go BUY THE BOOK, meet Sebastian, and then let me know your thoughts!


Taylor gives true meaning to the phrase "STAND BY YOUR MAN."

Taylor McAvay: Young (19 years old). Beautiful (dark hair, gorgeous gray eyes, body most women would covet). EXTREMELY Naive. The chance meeting that brought her and Sebastian face to face, should have sent her running for the hills!! However, she was intrigued by the man who would not take no for an answer that a second meeting was planned, and sealed her fate.  As much as I didn't want to like Sebastian, I found myself disappointed in Taylor for not being able to walk away.  In the beginning of the book I got the impression that she was this strong independent woman, at 19 she's living on her own, taking care of herself, content with not having a man in her life. She was HAPPY.  Give her a week with the enigma that is Sebastian, and she's taking orders, submissive even, no longer voicing her opinions (most of the time out of fear)...yet she LOVES this man that she barely knows, so much, she willing to put up with whatever to be with him.

I just kept screaming at Taylor, "Why are you still there?!?!?!"

I know this review may appear as, "I did't like the book."  However, I totally enjoyed it.  This has to be the first time I've read a book that I was conflicted, so much so that I started asking myself, "could I do this for the man I love?"  I mean, I love my husband, I really really really love my husband, but I don't know if I could live the life Taylor has submitted to, in order to keep my love. There are soo many awesome twists and turns that take place in this book. Sinister Kisses has action, thrills, and it evokes so many emotions: made me angry, made me sad, frustrated...the list goes on.  This is definitely one of those books you have to experience for yourself, it's hard to take anyone else's viewpoint of it, because I think it's one of those things where you either love it or you hate...and obviously I loved it because I IMMEDIATELY purchased Bound by Vengeance when I finished Sinister Kisses...so the train wreck continues!! lol


About the Author

"I've always loved exploring the dark and shadowy things most people are afraid to see--let alone admit are there."
~ Adriana Noir
Adriana hails from a small town where unpredictable weather and inspiring locals abound. She's an avid fan of dark fiction, alphas, and anti-heroes. When she's not writing, she's usually running from large insects outdoors (aka providing the daily dose of entertainment for the neighborhood) or bonding with her mascot Boo, who's really a savage mountain lion trapped in a domestic cat's body.

She's also been known to stalk after those she suspects might be carrying chocolate. It is, sadly, her one true weakness.
She's had several short stories published. Her debut novel, Requiem: Book of the Fallen was released in October 2012. She's currently working on SKALS, a series of extremely dark, raw, and sometimes erotic thrillers.

Book 2 in the SKALS series:  Bound by Vengeance



~SKALS Book #2~
Revenge is a very personal thing…

After eliminating a hostile SKALS member turned rouge, Sebastian returns home to deal with the aftermath. He no longer trusts his security team, and to make matters worse, he’s got blood on his hands he can’t wash clean. Still, he is determined to try and put an end to the past and start a new life with Taylor.

Everything in him wants to be the man she needs him to be, but that decision won’t come easy. His family is in shambles, his director is breathing down his neck, and worse of all, Steven Laychee is circling, looking for a way to take down the man who killed his brother.

It’s not a matter of if Laychee will strike. It’s a question of when and who will remain standing in the end.

**DISCLAIMER** This is NOT your average romance. It's a dark, gritty, sometimes erotic psychological thriller with a heavy emphasis on plot. It also contains elements of dominance and discipline with dubious consent, psychological conditioning, and mental manipulation. There’s also gunfire and violence. If any of this offends you, this may not be the book for you. Intended for mature audiences only.


How to Purchase:
 
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Bound-by-Vengeance-SKALS-ebook/dp/B00CTXJM5U/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1368760190&sr=1-1&keywords=bound+by+vengeance+adriana+noir