November 6, 2017

AMERICAN KING BY SIERRA SIMONE BLOG TOUR

"Enthralling and drop dead gasp-worthy."

- CD Reiss, New York Times Bestselling Author

American King, the stunning conclusion to The New Camelot Trilogy by Sierra Simone is available NOW!!

They say that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw, a secret sin, a tiny stitch sewn into his future since birth. And here I am. My sins are no longer secret. My flaws have never been more fatal. And I’ve never been closer to tragedy than I am now.

I am a man who loves, a man whose love demands much in return. I am a king, a king who was foolish enough to build a kingdom on the bones of the past. I am a husband and a lover and a soldier and a father and a president.

And I will survive this.

Long live the king.

I have been torn between DYING to have this book and hoping Sierra Simone would never finish it, simply because I didn't want these characters to go away. American King is the final book in this trilogy and it exceeded my expectations.

Sierra Simone created a world where these characters just lived and breathed. My heart was pounding, I had tears streaming down my face. I thought I knew what might happen with some of the book but there were curves I never saw coming. I truly feel this book was the perfect conclusion for this trilogy.

If you haven't read American Queen and American Prince you MUST do so before reading this. You won't regret it. These characters are so richly developed, so human you can't help but FEEL for them. From the moment I began reading these books these characters were just entrenched in my heart. I wanted the best for Ash, Embry and Greer-even when I didn't know what the best would be. Sierra Simone did.

I won't spoil anything with this book. I'll just say it was perfect to me. Each event that unfolded served these characters and the story perfectly. Was I happy reading this book? No. I wanted to throw my kindle sometimes. Other times I cried. But I never stopped reading because I knew this author was going to give me one hell of a story-and I was right.

I highly recommend this book.

3rd books in a trilogy are tough. By the 3rd book, you are invested in the characters and when the books are cliffhangers, the readers have had plenty of time to chat about the book, and to formulate their own theories as to how the book will, should and shouldn't end.

I can honestly say I loved the ending...and I was not right about how it ended. There were a couple of things I was right about, and there were a few things I sort of figured out...but most of it, nope. Didn't guess right.

And, as such there is really not much I can say about this without spoilers, either from this book or the first 2 in the trilogy.

The writing is strong, and it is flawless. Sierra Simone writes this so well, and you can tell it was a passion project for her. (If you read the afterword, there is a lot that gives insight into the author and the reasons for writing this series.)

I am going to keep this short. I am going to say there were tears, and there were moments where I was ready to throw my Kindle, and yell at Sierra Simone. I loved all 3 of the books, and I loved the ending.

I recommend this book, and this series.

When I was twenty-two, I met a prince. He seemed to be the exact opposite of everything I was—loud where I was quiet, smiling where I frowned, careless where I was careful, careful, careful. Embry joined the Army because Vivienne Moore wanted her son to craft the perfect politician's resume. I joined because it seemed like the place to continue my never-ending quest for honor; because becoming an officer in the Army had a certain cachet in my neighborhood; because I wanted to somehow cosmically return the favor for my college scholarship; because the structure and rigid hierarchy of military life appealed to me. Most importantly, I joined because I knew Carpathia was the most dangerous place in the world at the time, and I felt needed there in a way I can't describe. It was like a barometric pressure that made my bones and teeth ache when I tried to resist it. I knew that I was supposed to be there in the same way I knew that God was real or that I was bisexual. It was a fact, even if it couldn't be seen. And after all that, then I see this lieutenant refuse to break up a fight? When we were there on the brink of war and responsible for safekeeping innocents nearby? No. I wasn't an angry person, but I was a disciplined one, and the one thing I couldn't tolerate in other people was a lack of it. I only meant to shake some sense into him, to tell him clearly and unmistakably that he wouldn't get away with that shit while I was around, but then he turned, and I saw his face for the first time. And it was over. Done. One look at those winter-blue eyes and those delicate lips and I was finished. One glance at his lean, long body, and I was falling. Every part of me responded with heat and flush and wrenching want, like a hook had been fastened somewhere in my chest and was now giving an almighty tug, and the only thing to ease the ache would be to get closer, closer, closer. I'd never seen a boy so beautiful. Haughty as he was, overindulged and so obviously dissolute, he was the loveliest person, boy or girl, I'd ever seen. I still pinned him against the wall, though. And it was when I had him against the wall with my forearm on his throat and my body trapping his that he sealed his fate. As I was choking him, he looked at me with his whole world in his eyes.

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Sierra Simone is a former librarian who spent too much time reading romance novels at the information desk. She lives with her husband and family in Kansas City.

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TEMPTING SOPHIA BY JESSICA PRINCE - BLOG TOUR

Tempting Sophia, an all-new romantic standalone from Jessica Prince is available NOW!

Having my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete.

And I totally rocked at it.

Until the man who shattered my happily ever after came waltzing back into my life, determined to make me fall for him all over again.

He claims that I’m the love of his life. He wants a second chance, and it seems like he’ll stop at nothing to tempt the hell out of me. But if Dominic Abbatelli thinks he can win me back with his puppy dog eyes, heartfelt apologies, and declarations of love then he’s...probably right.

Second chance can be a lot of fun, especially when there is some tension with the couple and a reason that they are not able to avoid one another.

Sophia and Dominic are exes, although the reason they are in the past is a little tough to initially swallow, it is in character for Sophia so I was able to mostly let it go...and then they are thrown together by Dominic refusing to walk away and refusing to let them end all over again.

I liked that this was in dual POV, so it let you see how Dominic feels and the reasons he has decided that now is the time to get back with Sophia.

I thought the writing was strong overall, and aside from not totally believing the event that caused the initial break up, I was mostly able to engage with the characters. I liked them, and I wanted them to work things out. I liked that Dominic was honorable (yes, really) and that he is in love with Sophia, and lets her know, and shows her, and is determined to make sure that it works out for them.

I recommend this title overall.

“I can still tell when you’re lying,” he murmured, this time even closer than before. When I turned back, our faces were barely an inch from one another. It would’ve been so easy to lean in and press my lips to his. I still remembered how they felt against mine, how he could start a kiss so soft only to take it somewhere carnal a second later. “You get that little wrinkle between your eyes right here.” The tip of his finger gently stroked the skin between my eyes. I sat frozen for several seconds before my brain reengaged and I pulled back, casting a furtive glance around the table. “Okay, look,” I whispered, leaning in closer. “This is how this is going to go. You’re my best friend’s brother, which means you’re going to be a part of her big day, which means I’m going to be stuck having to breathe the same air as you on occasion whether I like it or not. Because I love her and want this to be the best time in her life, I’m going to agree to put our past aside and be civil. But I am not doing this for you. Are we clear? I’m doing this for her. So please, don’t make this any harder than it already is.” Despite starting out strong, my voice turned weak on that last sentence, belying the pain I still acutely felt. I watched with awe as Dominic’s face grew soft, making him even more handsome. “You know, no matter what you believe, I didn’t do any of this to hurt you, butterfly.” “Please,” I pleaded. “Stop calling me that.” “I’ll make you a deal. I’ll stop calling you that if you stop avoiding me like I have the plague. We work in the same building, for Christ’s sake. Can you at least pretend you don’t want to set me on fire every time you see me?” Oh, if only he knew what I really wanted to do to him every time I saw him. But that would give him all the power. “Okay, deal.” I extended my hand and successfully warded off a shiver when his large fingers engulfed mine in a shake. Quirking a brow, I gave him a skeptical look and said, “But this is for Lola… right?” He grinned a sexy Cheshire cat grin that showed off his perfect white teeth. “Whatever makes you feel better, baby.” I was fucked.

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Seducing Lola

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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That's why God created central air, after all. Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy--she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says. In addition to being a wife and mom, she's also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books--romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it's a passion...there's a difference. Not that she'd expect a boy to understand. Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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November 3, 2017

AFTERBURN AND AFTERSHOCK BY SYLVIA DAY-PREMIERE

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November 2, 2017

TOTALLY HIS BY ERIN NICHOLS - BLOG TOUR

Erin Nicholas

Totally His

Opposites Attract

Release Date Oct. 31, 2017

Blurb:

Actress Sophie Birch is used to having to look out for herself. So, when her theater catches fire and a big guy scoops her up into his arms to save her, she's going to fight every step of the way. Even if he's a cop. And really sexy. And his arms feel oh-so-good. Finn Kelly can't help but appreciate how good the woman in his arms looks in her sexy pink lingerie. Even if she's currently resisting arrest. But as the two get to know each other, they're both surprised by the things Finn is willing to do to get closer to her. And when Sophie's estranged father arrives in town and starts causing trouble, the stage is set for disaster...unless Finn can convince her that, for once in her life, she has someone to lean on.

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I enjoy Erin Nicholas. If she writes it, I will read it, because I know when I open one of her books, I am going to enjoy it. I am going to like the characters, and I am going to be able to believe in the relationship that she creates between them.

Finn and Sophie meet when he catches her rushing into a burning building and has to carry her out because she is resisting arrest and refusing to leave quietly. And, not only do you see in this scene that Sophie is feisty, you also get a good look at who Finn is...and that he really, at the end of the day, just wants everything to work out for everyone so they can all just go on about the things they need to do.

This carries through the book and both is the reason Sophie falls in love with him, and the reason she believes they are not able to be together.

By the end, there is a resolution that works and it is a real world resolution. And, this is the other thing I love about Erin Nicholas. Her characters live in the real world, the fixes to the situation are real world. They feel like a conversation, and a resolution, that could have happened in my own life last week. I love this about her books.

I recommend this title.

About the Author

I've been reading romance since my mom first let me into her book cupboard when I was about fourteen. LaVyrle Spencer, Julie Garwood, Debbie Macomber... they took my 'happily ever after' ideas from animated princesses to real people in the real world. I've been writing romance almost as long. Many a family car trip was spent with my head bent over a spiral notebook in the back seat. I'll confess that my very first attempts at fiction were fantasy and paranormals, influenced by my father's love of the Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and the original Alice in Wonderland. If Harry Potter had been around, I'm sure he would have been on the bedtime story shelf as well. But it wasn't long until I started writing about true love and that's where I've been ever since. I'm so thrilled to be able to share these stories with you! I hope that they make you smile, sigh, maybe even choke up a little. Most of all, I hope that they help you believe in magical things like first kisses, the spark of passion, and the power of true love.