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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: THIS TIME TOMORROW (Phenomenal Fate #2) by Tessa Bailey

THIS TIME TOMORROW

Series: Phenomenal Fate #2

Author: Tessa Bailey

Genre: PNR Romance

Cover Design:Hang Le Designs

Release Date: June 22nd, 2020

Will her stake pierce the very heart that beats in her honor?
Or will love triumph over duty?

Roksana, heiress to the vampire slayer throne, has performance anxiety.

She’s supposed to kill Elias, but so far she’s only succeeded in maxing out his credit card. Now her failure to stake the brooding vampire has sent her back to Moscow in disgrace to face her mother’s wrath. Expecting punishment by death, she’s given a rare reprieve. She now has three tasks to complete, the last of which is to finally kill Elias. She will not fail this time.

If only the memories of one magical evening—back when Elias was human—would stop holding her back. He claims to have forgotten that night. Why can’t she?

Three years ago, Elias was a SWAT team member on a guy’s weekend in Vegas. Playing poker and minding his own business, his life changed forever when a captivating blonde strolled past his table in a light-up bra. He followed Roksana as if compelled, his very bones demanding he do so, his soul resonating with the belief she would be important to him. Always. That turned out to be a vast understatement—and nothing has changed.

Roksana embarks on her mission, determined to win back her mother’s approval, but when an astonishing truth emerges in the eleventh hour, will her stake pierce the very heart that beats in her honor? Or will love triumph over duty?

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Excerpt

“Beers on me later,” Elias muttered, keeping his attention on the cards. “You can ask me whatever you want…”

He trailed off, that scrape between his shoulder blades growing more pronounced, until he couldn’t concentrate enough to decipher the suits of his cards. What the hell was going on? Throat dry, he laid down his hand and turned in his chair—

Silence fell around him when he saw her.

She was golden. Radiant.

Miserable.

The long-legged blonde limped through the casino with a beautiful pout on her face, a pair of high heels shoved under one arm. There was a fine sheen of dew on her incredible face, telling Elias she’d just escaped the stifling Vegas heat. Simply by existing, she commanded fealty and the casino seemed to part around her like the Red Sea, creating a path for her to complete a wobbly strut toward Elias’s poker table—and the closer she came, the more his lungs compressed, as if he was running out of fucking oxygen.

Who is she?

No idea. But the discomfort between his shoulder blades was gone.

Like a balm had been applied.

The girl was beyond gorgeous. He’d never noticed cheekbones on anyone in his life, but he noticed her high ones. The indigo blue of her eyes. And Jesus, he definitely noticed the way her soft mutterings made his heart flop over. Who are you?

Vaguely, he heard Latte ribbing him. “Bet you’d call her back, huh, Silent E?”

“Forget what I said about him being mysterious,” Kenny quipped. “Everything he’s thinking is right there on his face.”

More laughter. But the buzzing in his skull was already drowning them out.

Elias watched the blonde’s high heel fall out of her arms and flop sideways on the casino floor. He was on his feet before it stopped moving, abandoning his hand at the table without a thought so he could scoop up the shoe and follow. He didn’t have a choice in the matter. Going after her was a requirement, searing him, compelling him.

And a moment later, when she looked up at him from her seat at a slot machine, his world righted itself with a grinding snap. He hadn’t even known it was off kilter.

The blonde crossed her impossibly sexy legs and his body reacted swiftly, hardening.

“Well?” she said in a husky Russian accent. “Make it good. I only have five minutes before I wreak the havoc.”

5 MILLION ‘My Mate, My Life’ Stars

BOOM!!! The epicness was of THIS TIME TOMORROW is unparalleled! From one of the best all time heroes to one of the most kickass of female leads, heart thumping emotions, spectacular action scenes, and insanely HOT moments, all wrapping up the most brilliant and unforgettable love story, This Time Tomorrow is the definition of PNR PERFECTION!!!

I’m a huge fan of a good enemies to lovers, and my top fav trope is ‘fated mates’ and when I realized that This Time Tomorrow combined them both to say I was in book even is putting it mildly. I have so very much love so this book, that I fear I’ll extend my raving to new heights, lol, so be prepared for the swooning of swoon in this review.

What the hell was going on here?
This wasn’t just mental or sexual. It was chemical.
And he couldn’t stop it. Didn’t want to.

I was hooked on Roksana and Elias’ story even before I started it, just by their brilliant portrait on Reborn Yesterday, but never for one minute expected this level of instant connection, and recognition of a soulmate, we got here on the very first chapter. Ms. Bailey gives us such an incredible depiction of insta-love that it’s impossible not to believe in love at first sight, because I was right there with them falling. Deeply.

“Your beauty eats me alive, Roksana.” He nipped at her belly button through the leather of her dress, turning her nipples to tight, little bullets. “Not having you is hell. I live in hell.”

“I’m always this desperate for you. Every minute, every second, every day.

But of course Fate has its own agenda – or should I say evil villains, lol – and in one single night, the very one they met, they are ripped apart, their world turned upside down, obliterated, and put on opposite sides of the board. Now Elias is a vampire, and Roksana is the slayer that promised to kill him.

Gah, the angst, from that devastating night until their ‘reunion’ three years later about killed me. Actually it was so deliciously written that I was soaking up every push and pull between them just to witness first hand their internal struggle not to go to one another. And when things actually imploded and Elias had no chance to hide how very much he adored her, wanted her, worshiped her, OMG, I was almost screaming with how blissfully happy I was. I am so Team Elias!!!

“Tonight is your one free pass to speak to me with that trash mouth, vampire.”

“Every filthy word makes your pulse go crazy, baby. That fucking pulse. Even when you’re continents away, it haunts me.”

Their love story truly was EPIC, but the level of love, devotion and obsession that Elias had for this woman, really was a thing I will NEVER forget, like a character on itself. Yes, it was that big! Straight up there with my all time favorite best book boyfriends. He was the very definition of what a romance hero should be, and I soaked it all up. Every gesture, every thought, very word, it was a thing of beauty, seriously one major swoonfest all the way. Is it bad I want to frame so many of this man’s lines?! I want to make a Elias shrine just as worth as the metaphorical one he has for his slayer.

Roksana herself was a extraordinary female lead, so strong but yet fragile in her feelings and emotions, kickass but deep down insecure. So loyal, caring and trusting, that it’s no wonder Elias was devoted to her, even when ‘forced’ to stay away. She was branded in his heart from that very first encounter, and he had no wish to let her go.

They really are THE couple for me! I couldn’t have devoured their story any more greedily, enjoying to the fullest to every banter, every fight, every struggle, and specially every loving moment, which considering it’s Ms. Bailey’s work were talking about here, included every sexy moment, that are just as explosive as the intensity of their feelings, that coupled with her brand of deliciously dirty talk, is such to combust even the most frigid of… hearts. LOL

“The sun will be up soon,” she blurted. “You can’t follow me or you’ll die.”
“I will always follow you.”

“I love you, I have loved you and I will love you.”

His love for her was eternal, enduring, a ripple across time that would continue uninterrupted, no matter what happened.

This Time Tomorrow really could not have been a better read, to me utter PNR perfection, from cover – omg, that on itself is worship material right there! – to cover. Elias and Rossana’s love story not only gave me all the feels, but left me swooning for my man Elias, even now, days after I finished. Yep, he’s THAT amazing. The world building and story setting, just proved, once again, the masterful writer Tessa Bailey is, and the complexity of the characters and powerful love story just brought it to the very top of the romance podium.

And just like the first book, we are left with the most enticing of teasers for the next book, which I’m already counting the days for! The deceitfully laid back Tucker, is sure to conquer my heart just as much, and I. AM. HERE. FOR. IT!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“This life might end here. But my love for you will continue on into the next. It’ll still be just as strong this time tomorrow.”

“Elias, you’re everything. Everything.”
“Just to you.Always to you. My mate. My woman. My only.”

They were forever. Bonded. Indestructible.

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About the Author

Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.

Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the workforce as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.

She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eleven years and seven-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW: SOMETHIN’ ABOUT THAT BOY by Lani Lynn Vale

SOMETHIN’ ABOUT THAT BOY

Series: Standalone

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date:June 23rd, 2020

Banner Spurlock knew the moment that he walked into Kilgore High School and saw Perry Street that life was about to get interesting.

Forced to move due to a problem at home, a problem in the form of his ex-best friend hating him for something that Banner’s father did, Banner doesn’t think very much could improve in his life.

He left his status as king of Benton High School behind and moved to a new school where not only would he have to try out for a new football team and prove himself, but he’d also have to find a place for himself in the hierarchy.

Only, the moment that he arrives, he knows that finding a place for himself won’t be too hard. Especially when his reputation follows him all the way to Kilgore, Texas.

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Perry Street hates school. She hates her peers—most of them anyway—and she hates her classes. All she wants to do is finish her senior year, graduate, and find a place that will give her a full scholarship so that she doesn’t have to be stuck here forever.

That’s her goal, anyway.

Then she walks into first period, on her first day of her senior year, and sits down. Seconds later, he walks in and changes every single plan she’s ever made.

It isn’t long before Perry starts to fall for the bad boy who doesn’t care who he does and doesn’t impress. The boy makes her heart flutter. The boy makes her want things that she’s never wanted before. Not ever.

The boy brings trouble with him that nearly kills her.

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4.5 ‘Our Dreams Are Waiting’ Stars

Oh wow! There really is something about THAT boy! Deliciously light, funny and plenty of treats keep us enraptured from the very first page. I never expected to enjoy a HS romance so much, but it went beyond because I was HOOKED to it! A must read for every romance lover!

For real, I knew with Ms. Vale writing this trope, I would enjoy no matter what, but I should have known better, not only did I sucked up every moment, but I loved every single bit.

“I want your dad to actually like me. I plan on hanging around a lot.”

Only Ms. Vale could make me get lost in the high school drama and its setting, and still feel like I was reading about mature young adults, and a awesome and highly entertaining crew at that.

Banner was pushed to this school, but I’d say he hit the jackpot, not only did he end up meeting his one, the girl of his dreams, Perry, when he least expected on his very first day in his new school, but he also got ton of loyal buddies.

These two were so incredibly well match and oh so amazing together that I had no chance not to fall for them, in all their teenage/young adult glory. Much like other LLV characters, they are so down to earth and relatable that it’s impossible not to connect with them, even accounting their age. They were fabulously written, and for such a young couple they packed a big punch of raw chemistry. Their magnetism was palpable from the first meeting, and it only grew and blossomed along with their love for one another. They made my heart so happy!

“Just… don’t break my heart, Banner Spurlock. I’m trusting you with it.”

“You fit perfectly in my arms,”

I should have known by now, that Ms. Vale could pull of any genre and trope, but still it amazes me the freshness and novelty she manages to continue to bring, every time, even after reading dozens of her books. Her trademark writing style is always present, but always with a hint of something new, something that I can’t exactly explain, a lightness and deceivingly effortless story telling that gets us addicted and begging for more, each and every time. And Somethin’ About That Boy is the written proof of it, because it made me insanely curious about the rest of the crew, and even with a certain wariness about events revealed, and circumstances less than favorable, for my picky self, lol, I still am begging to know more, also to get a chance to see more Banner and Perry. That’s the LLV witchcraft right there! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I wasn’t sure when it happened. Somewhere in between meeting Perry Street and now, I’d gone and fallen in love with her.
No turning back. Fight anyone that tries to hurt her. Kill anything that does kind of love.

I’ll always wait for you, Banner Spurlock.”

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About the Author

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Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens. She hails from the Great State of Texas.

When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW: STARTING POINT ( Doomsday Preppers #0.5 ) by Elle Aycart

STARTING POINT

Series: Doomsday Preppers #0.5

Author: Elle Aycart

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: June 16th, 2020

Synopsis

After years of waging a losing battle, Megan’s resigned herself to kicking the bucket.

Discovering that the rural retreat of her childhood is now a crazy town full of Doomsday Preppers is a surprise, but whatever. It’s as good a place as any to wait for the end of her world. If the universe would be so kind as to send a hunk to make the transition bearable, she’d be good to go.

Alec can’t believe the woman he just rescued is the same girl who saved him all those years ago, when he was nothing but an angry street thug. She’s not the doe-eyed teenager he crushed on so sweetly, but she still draws him like a magnet, and by God that he’s not going to allow fate to take her away a second time.

Megan was Alec’s starting point. Now they’ve come full circle- and he vows to be hers.

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4.5 ‘Star Shower’ Stars

My heart is full! Starting Point’s perfect balance of deeply emotional, lightheartedly funny and steamy romance left me feeling blissfully overjoyed!

How I missed Ms. Aycart’s brilliant writing, and her returning with this little treat novella was the best of surprises. Diving back into preppers’ world couldn’t have made me happier, specially considering we are going back to the past and witness Alec and Megan’s love story, one of my favorite NoName’s couples. I already loved them from Sky’s the Limit, but after Starting Point I can say I don’t just love them, I ADORE them!

“I don’t think you really understand—”
“Understand what?” he interrupted. “That you are all I want, all I see? I understand that perfectly.”

“You don’t understand the term ‘casual relationship,’ do you?”
He kissed her on the lips. “When it comes to you, there’s no way in hell I can do casual. Never. Nor would I want to.”

I knew going in – based on the first book – that their story, considering Megan’s fight with cancer – and the hints in it that their journey would be an emotional and deeply intense one, well, it was so much more! They pulled at my heartstring until I was shedding tears more than once, not only by Megan resignation with her fate, and Alec’s helplessness, but also the easiness in which he showed his unwavering love and devotion for her. She was it for him, there was never a doubt in my mind of it. The way he kept on fighting for her, for them, his words and his actions, his care and his worshiping of Megan blew me awed and set Alec up there, together with my other all time favorite book boyfriends. He was dreamy as it get and the perfect match for Megan’s strong and witty personality.

Dying is easy, Megan. Living is hard.”

“Not acceptable. You die, you die fighting like what you are: a warrior.”

Elle Aycart truly has a talent in writing extremely deep situations and connections, but still keeping a light and happy thread on it, and this prequel proved just that. And lets not forget some insanely HOT sexy times. Not only their love and connection shone through, but their scorching chemistry was beyond palpable.

It was equally fantastic to get a look on the past of this prepper community, and see again so many familiar faces, that left me once again curious about their future, in particular Alec’s gang.

Starting Point was indeed the perfect come back for Ms. Aycart, this novella was the perfect little read to get us back hooked to this world, and her writing. Steamy, emotion packed and hilariously funny, this book left me craving even more, of not Megan and Alec – yes, I want to witness their HEA! – but all the Doomsday Preppers. I. NEED. THEM. ALL! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“I want you. You, heart included, not just your body.”

“I don’t want to die staring at a hospital ceiling or an IV drip, surrounded by faces full of pity.”
“You won’t, baby. If you die, you’ll die staring at me, and it won’t be pity on my face. It will be love.”

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About the Author

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After a colorful array of jobs all over Europe ranging from translator to chocolatier to travel agent to sushi chef to flight dispatcher, Elle Aycart is certain of one thing and one thing only: aside from writing romances, she has abso-frigging-lutely no clue what she wants to do when she grows up. Not that it stops her from trying all sorts of crazy stuff. While she is probably now thinking of a new profession, her head never stops churning new plots for her romances. She lives currently in Barcelona, Spain, with her husband and two daughters, although who knows, in no time she could be living at the Arctic Circle in Finland, breeding reindeer.

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REVIEW & GI’S FAV: A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT (Victorian Rebels #7) by Kerrigan Byrne

A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT

Series: Victorian Rebels #7

Author: Kerrigan Byrne

Genre: Historical Romance

Release Date: June 2nd, 2020

Synopsis

This Knight of the Crown is driven by a painful past and a patient fury… and his entire life is a lie.

Sir Carlton Morley is famously possessed of extraordinary will, singular focus, and a merciless sense of justice. As a man, he secured his fortune and his preeminence as Scotland Yard’s ruthless Chief Inspector. As a decorated soldier, he was legend for his unflinching trigger finger, his precision in battle, and his imperturbable strength. But as a boy, he was someone else. A twin, a thief, and a murderer, until tragedy reshaped him.

Now he stalks the night, in search of redemption and retribution, vowing to never give into temptation, as it’s just another form of weakness.

Until temptation lands—quite literally—in his lap, taking the form of Prudence Goode.

Prim and proper Pru is expected to live a life of drudgery, but before she succumbs to her fate, she craves just one night of desire. On the night she searches for it, she stumbles upon a man made of shadows, muscle and wrath… And decides he is the one.

When their firestorm of passion burns out of control, Morley discovers, too late, that he was right. The tempting woman has become his weakness.

A weakness his enemies can use against him.

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5 Million ‘You’re My Biggest Prize’ Stars

ALL. THE. FEELS! Mind blowingly enrapturing, heart dauntingly romantic and soul touchingly emotional, A Dark and Stormy Knight is PERFECTION in its masterful writing!!!

I believed I was prepared for this book, well I was wrong, the way I fell HARD for these two, and their utterly brilliant story, surpassed all my wildest bibliophile’s dreams!

He was the knighted war hero Chief Inspector because he had to be, and he’d become the Knight of Shadows because London had needed him to be.

So he wouldn’t have spent the past twenty odd years so acutely alone.
not be so bloody broken.

Ah, how my heart broke for Inspector Morley… I knew – at least I thought I did – already from the previous books how broken and lonely Carlton felt, but to witness it first hand, omg, I just wanted to wrap him in my arms, that’s how utterly alone he felt, how tortured he was.

Now occupying his days as Chief Inspector and his nights as a vigilant, he has no time or desire for liaisons of any kind, not that he allows anyone to get close to him, so when Prudence falls right into his lap, their insane and palpable instant attraction doesn’t allow him to turn her away…

Morley blinked down at her, suddenly wishing he’d ever thought to steal a moment from crime reports and newspapers to crack the spine on a book of verse.
Because the woman in his arms was a poem, and he hadn’t the words to describe her.

The kind of siren that would dash a man like him on the rocks.
And still, he’d go willingly.

Kissing her was dangerous. As was the sweet detention of her arms.

Prudence Goode had just discovered all her present and future to be a farce, and that all around her were keeping her in the dark, and even making ‘fun’ of her and her cheating fiancée, and his many affairs. As she was not allowed to cancel the betrothal, she decide to make one sole decision for herself, one night at her own terms with a lover of her choosing, and let’s just say that the fates had something more planned for her than a lover for hire, lol.

That one single night replete with passion and carnal desires and fulfillments, they never expected to see each other again – not that both hadn’t tried to find one another, but the anonymity of the encounter and their common complicated situations, didn’t allow for it to happen. Well, not until Morley is called to a murder scene on a wedding day, to find none other than Prudence, the bride, covered in blood and with the murder weapon in her hands. And like things weren’t complicated enough she announces to him she’s with child, his child. Let’s just say that Morley obsession with order was blown to smithereens, lol. His solution, marriage to him!

He was a Chief Inspector. A vigilante. A knight. Her lover. A husband.
Her husband.

What a complicated man she’d married. Possessed of dichotomy between a heart capable of such unequaled valor, gallantry, and courage tied to a mind bedeviled by skepticism, enigma, and for lack of a gentler word, fear.

I absolutely ADORED Morley and Pru together! The setting of their first encounter, and then the surprise baby and marriage of convenience were the perfect stage for their passage from lust to love, and to witness their blossoming love and adoration, just made my romantic heart soar. A true EPIC LOVE STORY!

Not only were they scorching hot together – and their sexy times were epitome of steamy! – but Ms. Byrne gave them such incredible depth, and complexity, that it made me love them that much more for their fragility and their flaws as it did for their qualities. Their growth, and mature reactions even when heart broken just made me fall even hard, and the way that Carlton acknowledge his mistakes and groveled, omg, talk about a major swoon-fest. SO MANY brilliant lines – there was one there that gave me all of vibes of my favorite quote of Mr. Rochester, another of my ultimate fav – that just put him up there with the most swoon worthy of book boyfriends…

“You are the epitome of every desire or dream I’ve conceived of since before I can remember, and that is a very specific kind of torment. An unparalleled beauty, a superb lover, a woman of grace and kindness and intellect whom I can only respect and admire. A fantasy in the flesh, here in my house. With my name.”

The intimacy he felt forming between them, the bond that wove between his ribs and hers, stitching their ticking hearts together, was made of some stronger material than the steel and ice he’d encased around his heart.

Oh my, there was no chance to resist falling for this man, for this couple. A Dark and Stormy Knight left me spellbound with not only these characters but also with all the previous couples, specially with the delicious male banter and camaraderie between all the man, in particular with Dorian, Ash and Argent. I lived for those little snippets between the Victorian Rebels’ males and I was left joyous as can be.

Kerrigan Byrne had me already obsessed with her exquisite and masterful writing, and this book just proved once again why she is my gothic romance queen. The genius story setting, the passionate and intricate characters, the unforgettable love story, and the suspense background, such just right from the first page and leave us with a heart warning sensation that lasts even after days of finishing the book. That is proof of the epicness right there and I’m always here for it. Already counting down the days until the next book!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“What do you have to say for yourself?”
“I—I love you, too.”

“I want to reward you.”
“You are my greatest prize,”

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About the Author

Author Kerrigan Byrne Kerrigan has done many things to pay the bills, from law enforcement to belly dance instructor. Now she’s finally able to have the career she’d decided upon at thirteen when she announced to her very skeptical family that she was going to “grow up to be a romance novelist.” Whether she’s writing about Celtic Druids, Victorian bad boys, or brash Irish FBI Agents, Kerrigan uses her borderline-obsessive passion for history, her extensive Celtic ancestry, and her love of Shakespeare in almost every story.

She lives in a little Victorian coast town on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State with her wonderful husband. When she’s not writing you can find her sailing, beach combing, kayaking, visiting wineries, breweries, and restaurants with friends, and hiking…okay…wandering aimlessly clenching bear spray in the mountains.

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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: YOU BELONG WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #14) by Kristen Proby

YOU BELONG WITH ME

Series: With Me In Seattle #14

Author: Kristen Proby

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Hang Le

Photography: Eric Battershell

Release Date: January 21st, 2020

Synopsis

From NYT Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes an all new stand-alone novel in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!

Elena Watkins is used to getting what she wants. She grew up the daughter of one of the most powerful mafia bosses on the west coast, an indulged, rich girl who got away with everything.

Except the love of her life.

Archer was the king of their high school. His charming grin swept her off her feet. Days after graduation, they ran away together and eloped. Elated to spend the rest of their lives together, Archer and Elena were on cloud nine.

Until Elena’s father discovered what they’d done.

He swore to keep them apart, even if it meant taking Archer’s life. Knowing what her father was capable of, Elena left Archer, and never looked back. The pain of leaving him would pale to the pain of losing him.

That’s what she’s told herself every day for twelve years. But now her father is dead, and Archer is back. Finally, they should be able to piece the broken pieces of their love back together.

But the mafia has a long memory.

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5 ‘ You’re Worth It’ Stars

Oh wow!!! You Belong With Me is a heart palpitating, passion filled blend between the most perfect of second chances and the most taunting of mafia romances. Truly the BEST of both worlds packed up in one EPIC love story! Mind and heart gripping in every way!

Ahhh, the feels… Even as a die hard fan of Ms. Proby’s writing I was not prepared for this book, because right there on page one, the very Prologue, it wrecked me and brought me to tears – the emotional kind ones, lol – talk about jumping right into the emotional rollercoaster of the mafia lifestyle…

No, the pain of losing Archer forever is far worse than any physical pain could ever be.

So get ready for THE journey! The pain, the heartbreak that we feel right off the bat are just a sneak peek into the rainbow of emotions this book, and this couple will make us feel. Elena and Archer may very well be my new favorite KP couple.

“This could be so dangerous for you.”
“Not being with you is dangerous for me.”

“The risk of being with you is better than the agony of being without you.”

After being torn apart by Elena’s dad, and ten years of separation, a decade of running for E, Archer finally found her and nothing will keep him apart from her now.

What I adored the most, really the very best?! The way Archer had been not only relentlessly searching for her after finding out why she had broken his heart that many years ago – moment we got to witness in the previous books of the series – but the way he was willing to do ANYTHING to win her back. So Alpha, and so very ‘ultimate book boyfriend’!

“We’re as complicated as it gets, honey.”

“This is a very expensive courtship,” she says, swirling the wine in her glass.
“You’re worth it,”

So, so many swoon worthy moments in this ‘courtship’ that I had a hard time picking up just a few from them.

Add to that an incredibly strong and resilient heroine in Elena, and it truly was a winning duo in this couple. The setting (the small coast side town of Bandon, Oregon) was so romantic and intimate that made us focus on THEM, and that just made their reconnection that more believable and intense. Elena and Archer gave us plenty of scorchingly hot moments yes, but also deeply emotional ones too.

Even with the mafia element and the conflict and internal battle it created, I never once felt too overwhelmed by its ‘darkness’, au contraire, I just felt it added positively to the intrigue and made their love and connection shine that much brighter, because they were willing to fight together for it, they had lost too much time already, after all…

We were both robbed of it. We lost so much time. We lost each other.

“You’re everything. It feels like I’ve loved you my whole life.”

Sigh, Archer and Elena were just outstanding, the relationship was just so genuine and raw, that Ms. Proby’s usual maturity of the characters stood out even more, because they themselves could see how different they were from the young adults they were one decade ago, but one thing never changed – in this case it just escalated – , the bone deep love they felt for one another.

Not only the dreamy relationship of the main couple was everything I dream for my second chance romance reads, but all their connections with the side characters including some of the other Montgomerys – and yes, though we don’t get to view much of them, they were there for them too – just added that much richness to the world building.

You think the fucking mafia is scary? Try fucking with the Montgomerys.

Kristen Proby truly outdid herself with You Belong With Me, with not only her usual brilliant and realistic story telling talent, this intensely emotional journey with Elena and Archer, introduced us to a whole new and tantalizing KP Mafia world that left me BEGGING for more. I can’t wait for Carmine, Rocco and Shane’s own books, for which I know I’ll be counting down the days. And like that wasn’t teasing enough, that ending with the hint of Shawn’s story, omg, I’m soooooo here for all these coming Proby’s gems!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“The heart knows what it wants, E, no matter how old it is.”

We’re as entangled, emotionally and physically, as we’ve ever been. It’s intoxicating. Addicting. And I don’t have to give him up, now or ever.

“Is she worth it?”

“And more.” I tap my glass to his. “She’s worth everything.”

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In the Series

COME AWAY WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #1)

FIGHT WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #2)

PLAY WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #3)

ROCK WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #4)

SAFE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #5)

TIED WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #6)

BREATHE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #7)

FOREVER WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #8)

STAY WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #9)

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INDULGE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #10)

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LOVE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #11)

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WONDER WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #11.5)

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DANCE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #12)

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DREAM WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #13)

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Kristen was born and raised in a small resort town in her beloved Montana. In her mid-twenties, she decided to stretch her wings and move to the Pacific Northwest, where she made her home for more than a dozen years.

During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before the dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.

Not only did she publish one book, she’s since published close to thirty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion Series.

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two pugs and two cats.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW: MAY CONTAIN WINE (SWAT Generation 2.0 #5) by Lani Lynn Vale

MAY CONTAIN WINE

Series: SWAT Generation 2.0 #5

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: May 12th, 2020

This is for charity. This is for fun. You are a professional. You can do it.

Those are the words that Calloway Alvarez chants to herself as she watches all the large men gather into the small room where she’ll be doing the interviews for her employer—Hero Magazine.

Honestly, she’s convinced herself that she can’t accomplish the task at hand.

That is until she hears his voice, and her head turns to see him standing there.

Louis Spurlock. Greek god. SWAT officer. Keeper of her secrets. Ultimate fantasy. Man who will break her heart.

***

Louis Spurlock has been playing nice.

He’s been biding his time, giving Calloway the space she thinks she needs.

But then he sees her taking photos of his friends in all states of dress, talking to them all as if they’re best friends, and that little thread of control he’d been managing to hold onto unravels.

Let’s change it up, she says. And the moment the words are out of her mouth, he’s stripping to his skivvies, and throwing out a challenge while he’s at it.

Calloway won’t know what hit her when he’s through playing.

But he does know one thing for sure. When it ends, she’ll be his.

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4.5 ‘ You’re His One and He’s Yours’ Stars

Awww… There just something so incredibly satisfying about Lani Lynn Vale’s second chance romance! Funny, emotional, sexy and just the right amount of suspense, May Contain Wine checked all my romance loving heart’s boxes!

Yep, that’s right, Ms. Vale did it yet again, making me fall in love with characters that I could see myself holding a grudge against, after the previous books. Calloway I knew from the get go I’d love, because as Ares – from Ask Me If I Care – best friend we got to know her quite a bit, but Louis was the one surprising me…

There was something about the men of SWAT—their overprotective instincts, their extreme hotness, paired with their overall sense of danger—that just made them so appealing to everyone.

I’ll not reveal too much, but just Louis immediate acknowledgment he screwed up as young man, and his straight forwardness in what he wanted, and who he wanted for years after, his devotion and love that everyone could see, just made me melt on the spot, specially how he was willing to do EVERYTHING to prove to Callie she was his one, and that he was never letting her go. Him insisting to be her monthly blood donor was a dead giveaway, but when he decided she had time enough, and that he could not wait any longer for her anger to subside, oh my, he was indeed as swoon worthy as possible, a best book boyfriend for sure!

“I didn’t hide my attraction to you, nor my feelings when you would ignore me. I wore my heart on my sleeve, and the only one that didn’t notice was you because you were too busy ignoring me.”

Callie was both mature and resilient, even with her health issues and having her heart broken at seventeen, she still made a life for herself, and was able to ‘resist noticing’ Louis for many years, so she stood by her guns much longer than I expected. I think the timing for their reunion was perfect, both of them having grown up, but still keeping their unwavering love for all these years, the setting and all the elements that led them back together, specially with Louis taking back what he always wanted, sigh… It was insanely romantic, uber sexy, and beyond ALPHA!

I so loved and appreciated not only the second chance romance aspect, and Louis spot on groveling, but the fact that the present angst and drama was regarding outside the relationship elements, leaving them time to reconnect and for us to believe in their love and connection, while keeping us beyond entertained with all the happenings. It really was a beautifully executed and believable second chance, that I so adored.

May Contain Wine really was the perfect feel good read to brighten up my week, once again LLV’s winning formula hit a jackpot for me with Louis and Callie! A delicious read full packed with a array of emotions and enough suspense to suck us right in and leave us wanting even more, yep, I’m ready for more SWAT generation 2.0, and to see what Ms. Vale will give us on the clusterf@ck that is the Booth/Bourne/Dillan/Delani…

“I love you, too.”
“I’m… what?”
“You keep saying it, then running away like a little girl,” she said. “And I just wanted you to know that I love you, too. I’ve never stopped.”

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: THE FAE KING’S CURSE (Between Dawn and Dusk) by Jamie Schlosser

A FAE KING’S CURSE

Series: Between Dawn and Dusk

Author: Jamie Schlosser

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Cover Designer: Book Cover Kingdom

Release Date: April 17th, 2020

When I pulled Kirian from the icy waters of the creek behind my house, we were just twelve years old. As he looked in my direction with unseeing lavender eyes, I quickly realized our age was just about the only thing we had in common. He spoke with an accent, he had pointy ears, and he was so beautiful it made my heart ache. Oh, and he claimed to be a fae prince cursed by witches who stole his sight.

I thought he was crazy from hypothermia. Turns out, he wasn’t, and for some reason he keeps coming back. But a day in my world is a year in his. Every time I see him, he’s older. Wiser. Hotter.

Over the past six years, I’ve tried not to fall in love with him because the terms of the curse are clear: If he doesn’t wait for his fated mate in all ways, including an innocent (or not-so-innocent) kiss, he’ll be blind forever.

So when Kirian kisses me and pulls me through the portal to his realm, I make it my mission to do some damage control. It’d be a whole lot easier if he wasn’t determined to marry me… And if someone wasn’t trying to murder me every step of the way.

4.5 ‘I Wanted You Before I Even Knew You’ Stars

OMG, Talk about the BEST introduction to a brand new world! Between Dawn and Dusk is the most perfect little read to get us hooked for all the sequels!

What a extreme joy it was to get to witness Zella and Zeryth’s unmovable love and their fight for it. Their love story, truly is worked as the perfect introduction to all this Fae universe. They are definitely #relationshipgoals and I’m totally addicted to this world. The perfect fantasy appetizer to leave us salivating for even more… <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

5 ‘ I Choose You’ Stars

Aaaawww… The Fae King’s Curse has completely blown my mind! The perfect communion of the most enthralling of fantasy reads with the most passionate and perfect of romances! One of my top reads of, not only the year, but EVER!!!

First of all, I’ve got to point out I’d never in a million years know by the exquisite writing that this was Ms. Schlossers’ first venture into PNR/Fantasy, because, as an avid reader of the genre, I can honestly say TFKC was masterfully executed.

“Why?” I demand, panting. “Why would you do that?”
Gripping my shoulders, he leans down until we’re nose to nose. “Because I can live without my sight, but I cannot live without you.”

“You,” she whispers the answer. “You know I’ll always choose you.”

Quinn and Kirian first meet when they are twelve years old, and since them they have been basically inseparable. Well, as inseparable and two beings from different realms can be, lol. They have been each others friends, confidents, and slowly, day by day, with each daily visit via portal by Kirian, they not only grew together – well, Kirian faster as one day on human realm equals to one year in the Fae realm – but each day their relationship blossomed more and more, until their love could no longer be denied. There was just one problem. Or should I say, the bigger problem, that Kirian, now the Night Realm’s King was cursed, and just one kiss from Quinn could forever keep him blind…

“I hope to own your beautiful heart, your sweet lips, your perfect face, your soft hair, and your body.”

“I’m sorry,” she says between kisses. “I’m so sorry. So sorry.”
“Stop apologizing.”
“I can’t.” Kiss. “I’ve doomed you.” Kiss. Kiss.

Omg, how these two stole my heart! Their slow building love, their connection, their devotion… Sigh… These two are what romance reads are all about: deep characters completely and utterly IN LOVE with one another! The way that Kirian took care and cherished her, even knowing what was at stake, it was EVERYTHING! And Quinn, poor Quinn, how she lobed Kirian, her suffering for believing she was not the right person for him. Gah… These were just so PERFECTLY written, I would not change one single thing about these two! Now one of my fav OTP!!!

Quinn is everything to me. I’ll choose her. Always.

And I’ve never loved her more than I do right now. She’s my best friend, my partner, my everything.

Everywhere I go, I see him in everything around me. Because it’s not the location—he’s embedded so far into my soul, I know he’ll never leave.

Jamie Schlosser truly created a brilliant Fantasy Romance in The Fae King’s Curse. Not only was its universe beautifully crafted, so rich and complex, but so easily enrapturing, that completely transported us there right along with Kirian and Quinn. Every detail was magnificently described I felt THERE, seeing, smelling and feeling what they were feeling. Part of that experience was due too, to the extremely well written secondary characters, in every little appearance we could feel the care it was taken into account in that character, because we could not only ‘see’ them but ‘feel’ them. This book indeed was a masterful written fantasy romance of the highs quality I’ve ever had the pleasure to devour, and addictive to the point I’m begging the author will give us Damon’s story as soon as possible. One perfect HEA was not enough, I need all these three cousin’s curse, aka, books NOW!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“I told you you’re mine.”
“I think our hearts knew it the whole time.”

I’ve always been his, and he’s mine.

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Jamie Schlosser writes steamy new adult romance and romantic comedy. When she isn’t creating perfect book boyfriends, she’s a stay-at-home mom to her two wonderful kids. She believes reading is a great escape, otters are the best animal, and nothing is more satisfying than a happily-ever-after ending.

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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW: REBORN YESTERDAY by Tessa Bailey

REBORN YESTERDAY

Series: Standalone

Author: Tessa Bailey

Genre: PNR Romance

Cover Design:Hang Le

Release Date: March 16th, 2020

A timeless love story with bite.

It was a night like any other for funeral home director Ginny Lynn, until the

exceptionally handsome—and unfortunately deceased—young man on her

embalming table sat up, opened his emerald eyes and changed the course of her life

forever, making her feel quite fluttery while he was at it.

Humans aren’t supposed to know Jonas Cantrell, or any vampire, exists. It’s kind of a

major rule. Despite his instantaneous bond with perfectly peculiar Ginny, he has no

choice but to erase her memories of their one and only meeting.

That was the plan. Before a reluctant Jonas can wipe Ginny’s mind clean, she reveals

a secret that brings their worlds crashing together. Human and vampire. Past and

present. Darkness and light. And while their love is strictly forbidden, it might be the

only thing that can save them…

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“Will there be a million weeping women at your wake?” She tapped a finger to her lips. “There will be, I’m sure of it. The place will overflow with tears. I better make sure our flood insurance is up to date.”

As she commenced circling the table once more, her white lab coat scratched against the hem of her green plaid dress, which fell sensibly to her knees. It was cold in the funeral home, especially downstairs where P. Lynn Funeral Home’s guests were kept in preparation for their final goodbye, so she’d pulled on thick black stockings with a flower pattern before coming below to work the night shift.

Dressing with care was Ginny’s way of showing respect to the people she worked on—a fact her stepmother and reluctant business partner often scoffed over—but a T-shirt and jeans simply didn’t cut the mustard when she’d been entrusted with a loved one’s care. Ginny had designed and sewn her current ensemble in class and she definitely shouldn’t be wondering what Dreamboat here would think about the cut and fabric. Or if he’d notice she’d fitted it a touch tighter in the hip zone than usually made her comfortable.

“I need help.” She gathered her auburn hair over one shoulder. “You agree, don’t you? Finally, you’ve gotten peace and quiet from your multitude of admirers and here I come, trying to annoy you into reanimation so I can find out the color of your eyes. You must want to die all over again.”

Continuing her journey around the table, Ginny’s gaze ticked to the clock, reminding her she should have started working half an hour ago. Why was she so reluctant to begin? Where did she get off experiencing the weight of loss when she’d never crossed paths with this individual before?

“Anyway, I know what you’re thinking. She’s brought up my legion of female fans three times now. She must be jealous.” Ginny stopped beside Dreamboat and looked down at his regal brow, the masculinity of his jaw, and a horrible welling started in her chest. “I think you’d be right,” she whispered in a red-cheeked rush. “I think if you’d smiled at me even once on the subway a decade ago, I’d be out avenging your death right now. Isn’t that crazy?”

Just to be sure a terrible (wonderful) mistake hadn’t been made, Ginny lifted her right hand, letting two fingers hover over Dreamboat’s pulse. Her heart rate spiked at the prospect of touching him, which didn’t bode well for tonight’s task of filling his veins with formaldehyde. How could she give him the proper care he deserved if she couldn’t stop shaking?

A bracing breath passed between her lips.

She touched her fingers down to his pulse.

Nothing.

There had been no mistake.

He was thoroughly, devastatingly dead.

“I’m so sorry,” Ginny managed, her tears welling at such a rapid pace that one escaped, glopping heavily onto the man’s stone cold torso.

His eyes shot open.

His…eyes shot open?

4.5 ‘I Revere You’ Stars

O.M.G! Reborn Yesterday completely blew my PNR loving mind! So engagingly peculiar, sizzlingly sexy, effortlessly intriguing and mysterious! From the incredible world building to the extremely heart touching and complex characters, I was ENGAGED beyond belief. I neither wanted to put it down, nor for it to finish, that’s how BRILLIANT Ms. Bailey’s first PNR is! Utterly fantastical!

I was going to go with my standard review type, but after thinking a ton about it, I realize I need to keep this short and pretty, because I don’t want to give nothing away so you can enjoy every moment, and the thrill of unveil this that is the first of Ms. Bailey’s Paranormal Romance. It is so worth it all the anticipation, because Ginny and Jonas are EPIC! As is this world!

“Christ, Ginny, you are so endearing, it’s painful.”

It was a crime to cover those guileless hazel eyes for even a second. They were the epicenter of life and spirit and hope. Beautiful, beautiful girl.

She was addictive.
And endearingly kind. Funny. Gorgeous. Dreamy. Brave, if a little sad.

Ginny, a twenty four year old mortician, lives quite isolated – and not always by her choice – from the rest of the world, until one night, a body lands on the table, and her world conception of the world is blown away, a a whole NEW and dangerous world where vampires are real as well as other supernatural beings, and her quiet little life is no more.

I have to say, Ginny is now one of my all time fav female characters. It is so rare for me to be so completely enchanted by a female lead, but she did that! she’s just so quirky, endearing, and sweet. Her innocence is adorable and her peculiar individuality is just something so unique, that is no wonder Jonas is instantly enchanted, if he wasn’t already impacted by the instant attraction.

“It’s as if I already know what you’ll taste like. I recognize you.” His lips brushed across her pulse. “I recognize this like it’s welcoming me home.”

“With this kiss, I willingly damn myself to a lifetime of suffering.

“Mine,” he breathed, planting a hot, open-mouthed kiss over her pulse. “Inevitably, undeniably mine. May God help us all.”

“You’re a feast after a famine.”

Jonas, a vampire born in the fifties, on the other hand is the perfect example of the tortured – specially by his conflicting and undeniable pull to Ginny – soul. We could see and feel straight away these two were written in the stars!

Of course he had to be all that is Tessa Bailey’s deliciousness of male character, an Alpha in every way, protective, possessive and oh so sexy and evidently the filthiest of talkers (*that ‘angry sexy times tho…), but his decade of birth gave his a certain charm and this gentleman ‘caveman’ and a smooth talking ability that left me breathless and swooning constantly. His old school manners, that fit perfect with Ginny’s adoration of all things classic, made him so special and stand out amongst the Alphas we see and read about these days, and I fell HARD for it. The way he treated Ginny, revered her, truly worshiped and adored her, was a stamp of the classic EPIC love story!

Call it intuition, but she was no longer simply herself. Not merely Ginny. She bore the invisible mark of this vampire on her soul. This. Being together. It was supposed to be. Being without him wasn’t an option at all. It was taking a machete to the eternal ribbon of fate.

“I live for you. I crave you without cease. Your beauty, your blood and your spirit sustain me.
“I crave you, too.” She squeezed her eyes shut, feeling every word like a twist in her chest. “Constantly.”

Ms. Bailey had already my utter devotion to her words, but the way she completely encompassed everything I adore in PNR and still it was so Tessa Bailey… I’m at awe! Reborn Yesterday indeed was is now one of my all time favorite paranormal romance, and another proof to that brilliance is clever and intriguing way the author exposes these secondary characters, teases us with their snipetts of obvious connection, and insane chemistry, and leaves already begging for the next one. That is the case with Roksana and Elias, I’m already dying for their story!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“Some things a man doesn’t get over so easy,” he said, quoting The Quiet Man and making her heart soar. “Loving you is one of them. I will do it eternally, Ginny.

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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW: KISS OF VENGEANCE (True Immortality #2) by S. Young

KISS OF VENGEANCE

Series: True Immortality #2

Author: S. Young

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Release Date: March 3rd, 2020

Fionn Mór was once a high king of Ireland; a fierce warrior who led his tribes against the invading fae. It was a war he couldn’t win and to save his family he turned consort for the Fae Queen. Fionn escaped as the thing he once despised, and the people he loved betrayed him for it. Now, centuries later, it’s time to reopen the gates to Faerie to take his revenge against the Faerie Queen.

At sixteen Rose Kelly discovered family secrets that changed her forever. Years after, she’s still lost, traveling across Europe in search of that elusive missing ‘something’. When she’s attacked by a vampire, not only is she wrenched into a supernatural underworld she never knew existed, a knock on the head releases a spell on her mind and unlocks powers beyond her wildest imaginings. And with them more questions. Questions Fionn Mór claims to have answers to.

Following the powerful and enigmatic Fionn to Ireland, Rose quickly realizes she’s a pawn in his plan for vengeance. What begins as a passionate battle of wills leads to an inexplicable but undeniable connection. One that will force them to face an impossible choice between the deepest love… and the darkest revenge.

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A thudding, prolonged bass, followed by electronic pop filled the club. The ethereal voice of Ruelle echoed around the room. Rose knew the song. It was called “Live Like Legends.”

She looked out into the crowd of dancers to see they were writhing together, their movements becoming more sexual as the music built to a crescendo. Wondering at the strange feeling that had descended over her, Rose searched the dancers for something—she didn’t know what. Perhaps for something that was out of place in the sixteenth-century building turned nightclub.

“Hej, ti, naša pića!” A customer snapped his fingers in her face.

It successfully yanked her from her study of the dancers. “Don’t snap your fingers at me.” She didn’t care if he couldn’t understand her. Her tone was of the universal language of, “I don’t take shit from anyone.”

He sneered but thankfully shut up.

She’d just finished serving the rude guy when the music hit its peak, the bass and drums deep and booming, strings—most likely violins—frenzied, beautiful, and the electronic pop sound Ruelle was known for building to a climax in the same style of an epic movie trailer. Awareness scored her spine, turning the damp, warm skin of her nape cool. It felt like strong fingers clasping her neck.

The feeling was so ridiculously powerful, for a moment Rose thought there was someone touching her. She spun away from the cash register, nostrils flaring as she took in the space around her, finding not even her colleagues near. Both Petra and Josip were on the other side of the circle.

And that’s when she felt it.

Like all the air had evacuated the room.

Chest tight, Rose gasped as her gaze shifted over the parting crowds. Her feet moved without her command, stumbling toward the bar counter—as though someone had tied a rope around her, lassoing her. Holding her captive.

Then she saw him.

Head and shoulders above everyone else, she saw a hulking figure, hair of indiscriminate color illuminated every few seconds by the dancing beams of light. The crowd parted for him as he glided through the sea of bodies. For such a big man, he moved gracefully, light as air, impossibly so … almost otherworldly.

Longish hair framed his bold face, the ends tickling his angular jawline. His nose was a sharp blade to match the sharp angles of his cheekbones. Thick stubble covered the lower half of his face, surrounding a mouth pressed tight with concentration as his head swung from left to right, as though he were searching for something or someone.

Rose swallowed hard, her mouth dry. The man was mammoth. He had to be over six and a half feet tall. If his height wasn’t enough to draw attention, the way he dressed was. The club was hot, yet he swept through the rabble wearing a dark three-piece suit and a long, black wool overcoat.

He paused, his heavy brows drawing together. His body language reminded her of an animal catching a scent, alert, rigid—a hunter beneath that civilized attire. Then his head snapped in her direction and their eyes locked.

An invisible weight slammed into Rose’s chest, and she wheezed. Thankfully, the loss of breath lasted seconds, and she sucked in a huge gulp of air. “Fuck,” she whispered, shaking as the stranger continued to stare at her.

The lasers of light bounced off his face, highlighting eyes so green they couldn’t be human.

It’s the lasers, Rose told herself. No one’s eyes are that color unless they’re wearing contacts.

Nothing, however, explained the intensity of feeling that held her still beneath the man’s regard.

4.5 ‘The Gift Of Forever’ Stars

Wwwwooowww! Whimsically pungent, heartbreakingly gripping and passionately empowering, Kiss of Vengeance blew all my much adored fated mates trope to a whole new, soul impacting level! Fionn and Rose put me through the full emotional spectrum from the very first word, and I fully giving and could not put it down! Absolutely MAGICAL in every way!!!

After reading and falling hard for the first book of the series, to say I was dying for the next fated fae child was an understatement, and after seeing this blurb, omg, I was bitting my nails already. Well, as soon as it landed on my e-reader I dove right in and could not stop!

She was a pig to the slaughter, he thought dispassionately.
Unfair for her, true, but what was one small woman against a two-thousand-year-old vendetta?

“I am nothing if I am not my revenge.”

I will try to spoil as little as possible about the plot and key points, but straight away from the blurb, I knew this would have me on the edge of my seat. Rose, a ‘lost woman’ has been drifting through the world for years looking for something, that she has no idea of, until she his attached by a vampire, and well, lets just say that the door gates of the supernatural crash into her, and there is no way she can escape them. Enter Fionn, the mysterious ‘human turned fae’, that seems to be exactly what she needs. Except he has a secret agenda of his own…

“I am nothing if I am not my revenge.”

He just didn’t expect to me insanely drawn to Rose, talk about a wrench to his well thought out plans. And Rose, oh I loved her, and her security in herself and her sensuality. She recognized their palpable and acknowledged it, which I adored. Honestly there were so many thing I loved about this woman, I can without a doubt say she’s one of my biggest fictional girl crushes! And she was so sassy and kickass, I loved her ‘hold no barriers’ flirting, and specially enjoyed how it tortured Fionn.

Fuck.
She was the devil.
Rose Kelly was the bloody devil.

You are an ancient warrior. You’ve survived worse things than a bad case of blue balls.

Fionn may have tried resist – for soooooooo long, crazy man! – but he really stood no chance against their epic level of attraction, not what Fates had in the works for him. He may have had a dark agenda, but there was no doubt in my being , due to the incredible way S. Young showed us his tale and thoughts, that the was struggling with his decisions and plans all throughout the story. I loved his character for it, his intensity, his charisma, honorability and charm were utterly irresistible. And it was as I could actually feel his sexiness exuding in every moment he was near Rose. So when all was revealed – which I have to confess that I don’t remember the last time a was devouring words this fast because I couldn’t wait for Rose to uncover his true plans – I felt every second of their pain, Rose’s was breaking my heart! I may have shed a couple of tears then, omg, the angst!!!

“Fuck the Fates.” Rose’s fury and betrayal tore through her as she focused on the thought of Gare d’Orléans, the city’s train station. “You’re dead to me, Fionn Mór. Come looking for me and I’ll make it so.”

There was so much richness in this world, it was impossible not to be transported to this paranormal universe. I love all this PNR, and when I knew from the War Of Hearts that it’s FATED MATES stories that we are getting here, I was psyched beyond measure. Hello, my fav trope in the genre, hell yes! I love specially how Ms. Young weaved it so it doesn’t feel instal-love..ish, the way that is set, specially in this book, where Rose and Fionn’s relationship and developing feelings is more of a slow burn romance, but with enough sizzle to light up a whole city. They are far, after all, lol…

“Once they meet and know each other, they love forever.”

“It’s the way of mates. Two souls recognizing their missing piece.”

Not only were Fionn and Rose EVERYTHING, but all these secondary characters that we are introduced – or that we met before in WoH – to us are immensely rich and so enticing that I want all of them to have their own stories! Something happens in this book that completely broke my heart, and yes, I totally ugly cried, and it’s regarding a secondary character, that’s how beautifully crafted they are.

Yes, the love story and the suspense/action are the big focuses of the book, but all these extra elements took the book once again to a whole new level!

“Until you, Rose. You make me feel more human than I ever felt when I was one.”

No one had ever kissed her like Fionn. Like she was air. Life. Food and water all in one.

She was his new obsession.
She was everything.

S. Young really does a fantastic job in sucking us into the story and never wanting to leave. Kiss of Vengeance was exactly that, I was so invested not only in Rose and Fionn’s EPIC story, but every single detail that surrounded them. This True Mortality series is masterfully crafted in a way that seems simple in its complexity, but simultaneously addictive in its passionate characters and fantastical world building. The banter, the emotional pull, the action, the fantasy, and the romance, it just surpasses everything expected and stays with us even after we finish, and addictively craving the next book. That is my state at the moment, specially considering the teasing during the story, I’m already counting down the days for my next TTM fix! I need Niamh’s book STAT!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Rose was in love with him.
Noble, wicked, selfish, loyal, stubborn, caring, protective, brutal, powerful, vengeful, loving, strong, fallible, vital Fionn Mór.
Rose loved him.

The gods, he loved Rose Kelly beyond anything he thought he was capable of. He loved every inch of her with every inch of himself.

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In the Series

WAR OF HEARTS (True Immortality #1)

About the Author

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S. Young is the pen name for New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young. Her debut adult paranormal romance War of Hearts (A True Immortality Novel) will be published October 2019.

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THE WRONG/RIGHT MAN

Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: RBA Designs

Cover Designer: Wander Aguiar

Release Date: March 3rd, 2020

Synopsis

Waking up to a text asking why you stood up your blind date is not the best way to start the day, especially when the man in question is standing half dressed in your kitchen.

Maybe Dakota Newton shouldn’t have assumed the gorgeous man with a devastating smile standing outside the coffee shop was her date. She probably— Okay, she definitely shouldn’t have slept with him, regardless of how hot the chemistry between them was. But how could she know Mr. Right was actually Mr. Wrong?

Braxton Adams has been called a few things in his life, but a liar was never one of them. That all changes when he’s approached by a beautiful woman who thinks he’s there to meet her for a date.

As a businessman, Brax knows to trust his gut and never let an opportunity pass him by, so he pretends to be someone he’s not.

Maybe he shouldn’t have lied. Maybe he should have come clean. But in the end, it doesn’t matter, because now he has to prove he’s not the wrong man but the right one.

So what if he’s not the man she’s expecting? She’s the one he’s been waiting for.

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5 ‘The Unexpected But Appreciated’ Stars

This is absolute PERFECTION!!! Passionate and oh so enthralling, The Wrong/Right Man completely absorbed me into its pages from that very first scene!
And Braxton… Oh boy, he now wins the crown for the most INTENSE, OTT possessive, protective and OBSESSED of ARR’s Heroes and that is saying a lot with all her OTT Alphas goodness!!! ADORED. EVERY. WORD!!!

The blurb alone got me obsessed with this story, I was absolutely giddy with excitement for this story, but what I got was even more than I was expecting! The intensity of the insta connection between Dakota and Braxton is beyond palpable, so much so I felt on the edge of my sit, waiting to see how this insane chemistry was going to unfold.

“The moment I saw you, I wanted you.”

He’s right; I can’t deny our connection. It’s like a living, breathing thing that’s taken on a life of its own.

Dakota was such a relatable character, sweet but fiercely independent, it was impossible not to put ourselves in her shoes, and boy oh boy, those shoes are looking mighty fine, because the way she mistakes the wrong man for her blind date, but he ends up being the PERFECT man for her, I’d say she’s one lucky lady!

Braxton… OMG, may I just say I ADORED every single thing about this man, even his cluelessness when it came to how overbearing he was being, made me fall hard for him. True OTT Alpha and I. LOVED. IT! Sexy, confident, devoted, giving and LOVING, this man really was the best and is now right there at the top – together with Nico, of course – of my fav ARR Alphas, and that is saying a lot with how much Alpha goodness she has given us. Braxton is as swoon worthy, sigh inducing as it goes!

“You are seriously the most frustrating man I have ever met in my life.”

” I’m a man who knows what he wants. And when I find something I want, I go after it until it belongs to me.”

His mouth is hungry, desperate, and branding as he kisses me, and in that moment, I know I’m already his.

Aurora Rose Reynolds really gave us in The Wrong Right Man her trademark feel good, emotional and sexy romance, with Braxton’s OTT Alphaness taking it to an even more delicious read. SO much so that this world she has here created and all these amazing secondary characters have left wanting even more of this gang, because even with that absolutely PERFECT Epilogue, I’d love stories for each of these guys with even more peeks into Braxton and Dakota, and their HEA! I’ll be stalking even more of this ARR Seattle deliciousness, because I neeeeedddddd all of it! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“Why do you think you’re falling in love with me?”

“I don’t think I’m falling in love with you.” His eyes stay locked with mine as his thumb glides over my jaw. “I am in love with you.”

“How do you know?”

“How do you know you need to breathe?” he asks in return, and tears start to fill my eyes. “Loving you isn’t something I think about. It’s something that has happened without me thinking about it and is as natural to me as taking my next breath.”

I’m just glad that Mr. Wrong ended up being Mr. Right.

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About the Author

Aurora Rose Reynolds

Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Him, Until Her, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars.

Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.

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