COVER REVEAL: Crafting Love



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Crafting Love
by A.E. Gamrat

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Series: Wine & Furniture; Book 1
Genre: Contemporary Romance



I, Kelly, am a small-town girl and love my small-town world. I get to work with two amazing, entrepreneur women. One makes wine, the other makes furniture, and I help to sell it it. On a sad, lonely night I bought myself a Cricut machine and I haven’t looked back. Now people call me the Cricut Queen. I even have a YouTube channel with a few thousand followers. Some friends and family can’t grasp my need to stay busy. Nights can be very lonely and quiet.

A night of Karaoke changes everything.

Kirk draws me in at hello and I don’t want to look away. He’s everything a girl could want. Nice, funny, could dance alongside the boys in Magic Mike. Yes, that hot. He is also very good with his hands and offers to help fix my leaking basement with his cousin. A friendship is born.

Love is a touchy subject, but a relationship can’t be ignored.

Between my crazy girlfriends, a budding relationship, and a jealous woman, this decade is starting off on a wild ride. The real question is: who will make it to the end?


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Growing up writing was second nature that soon become a distant memory. Turning 30 (not saying when) that memory was going to be brought back to life. Lover of all books I try to grab my audience in and never let go. Hoping to get all these thoughts and ideas down for everyone to enjoy, even if it’s a moment or a life time.

This is the new chapter of my life story. Hope everyone enjoys!


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COVER REVEAL: Keeping You

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Keeping You
by Jordan Bates

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Series: The Ink Well Chronicles; Book 3
Genre: Sweet Romance



One simple questions changed both our lives.

Can I keep you?

We were only nine then, and all that mattered to us was seeing each other again.

But that all changed as we grew up.

Years of pretending like we didn’t know each other. That nothing we felt when we were younger had ever happened.

As if that questions was never asked.

Who know that it would take so long for us to figure it all out? To stop pretending and finally realize that we had been there for each other all along.

It might have taken us 21 years, but it’s finally here.

And this is our story.


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The Pieces that Built Him
by Amber Lacie

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Series: Pieces Collection; Book 2
Genre: Romantic Suspense



The world was at my fingertips and I lost it, leaving my heart shattered as everything slipped through my fingers. But I had to let it all go. In truth, I am my own worst enemy.

Revenge was the only thing I cared about until her. It consumed me. It also pushed the only good thing I had away.

Now I’m fighting for the life of the woman I love, all because of a past I wouldn’t walk away from. Like I said, I’m my own worst enemy. The pieces I’m made of are bent, broken, and sharp. I cut everyone I love. But I won’t lose her.

Her life is on the line, and I’m going to save hers with mine …


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BOOK REVIEW: Scozzari by Jaimie Roberts

Every once in awhile there is a book that leaves me fairly confused. Sometimes the plot is good, but the characters are unlikable; sometimes the characters are great but the plot is horrible.

One of my biggest pet peeves is authors who do not fact check or do their research when writing their stories. Don’t get me wrong, I truly admire anyone who can write a novel. However, with Google literally at the fingertips of most people, there is no excuse for having factually inaccurate plot points or settings in a book. Really, it should be an amazing thing; theoretically, a person who has never left the US could write an accurate novel set in Paris. It won’t have the same reality of someone who knows the city personally, but it is possible.

That’s what makes something like Scozzari so frustrating. At the heart of the novel, there is a good story: tattooed bad-boy and love of his life meet again after being separated for a few years. Will they or won’t they? It’s a good plot line, with a subplot involving an obviously unstable admirer and a female lead who has serious baggage to worry about. It should be a great novel.

But it takes place in Virginia, in the suburbs of DC. And the descriptions of the area are completely inaccurate. (I should know; I live near there and am in the area 5 days a week). The descriptions of college are not anything like any college in the US; they’re closer to a small high school, with the attention on the comings and goings of people and bells ringing for classes. So help me, I’m a stickler for accuracy.

There are also a lot of phrases that are clearly British references. The author tries to brush this away by saying that a character has a parent that is British, but that’s kind of ridiculous. A 19-year-old like Jez would not pick up British terms. It’s inconsistent.

That’s another point in this story: the characters often seem like they have experiences that make them much older than late teens. It’s not that teenagers can’t experience bad stuff and become adults before they should. But very often in this book, I just felt like there were inconsistencies in the characters.

End result, I liked the bones of the plot, and there was enough to keep me reading, but faulty facts and locations/institutions annoy me and take me out of the story. And don’t get me started on the thinly-veiled Hannibal Lechter reference to pigs.

Still, decent enough to give it a recommend. See my Goodreads review immediately following.

Scozzari (Deviant, #3)

Scozzari by Jaimie Roberts
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I have definite mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it’s a likable story: tattooed, womanizing, bad-boy fighter is reunited with his childhood love…will they or won’t they re-kindle the romance? Throw in some past and current baggage that cause problems and it has a decent plot. The issue I have with the book is that it seems to be written by someone who does not live in the United States. There are several British terms used (bonnet for the hood of a car, snogging for kissing, etc.) even though the characters are American and live in Virginia. The writing is stilted, and it is fairly obvious that the author does not have a clear idea as to how American colleges work; the references seem more in the lines of a high school instead of a college. In addition, the amount of character background makes it seem like the characters should be much older than they are. Their experiences do not seem to fit 18 and 19-year-olds…more like early-20s. And it could have used an editor because there was a lot of exposition that could have been cut. It took too long to get to the heart of things. I’m giving it three stars for the plot itself and for some interesting characters. This review was written based on a complimentary pre-release copy.



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NEW RELEASE: Cassia by Annelise Reynolds & Dawn Sullivan

I shared the cover reveal for this book a few weeks ago, and I still love how the red pops! Now the book is finally available…yay!




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Cassia
by 
Annelise Reynolds & Dawn Sullivan

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Genre: Romantic Suspense





Live by the code
Lie by the code
Die by the code

Cassia

I’m known as Valentine, and the code was all I knew. After being recruited into The Company at the young age of sixteen, life as I knew it ceased to exist. Gone was the innocent girl who was terrified of her own shadow. I became something I never would of thought possible; a dangerous, lethal, killing machine. An assassin, working for the good guys … or so I thought.

My world came crashing down around me, after one fateful call. Now, I’m on a mission to take down every last one of those bastards who destroyed everything I believed in. And, I’m not alone. The only thing sweet about me, is the revenge I will serve.

Nash

I work for The Company, a private sector of our government no one knows about. If they did, it could compromise national security, and we would have to take appropriate measures. The kind that would involve elimination.

It was my job as Valentine’s handler to keep her safe. We’ve never met. She’s just a voice on the phone. A low, sultry, sexy voice. She knows me only as Sentry. I pass on the assignments from my boss, and she let’s me know when it’s completed. I used to think I was pretty good at my job, until things went to hell. Now, I’m one of those people who knows too much.





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NEW RELEASE: Van by Melanie Moreland

This is one of my favorite series, ever, and you do not want to miss my review for it. This time, it’s personal.




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Van by Melanie Moreland


Series: Vested Interest; Book 5
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Friends to Lovers



Vince Morrison, known to most people as Van.

Good with his hands, be it crafting a piece of wood, playing his guitar, or pleasing a lover — he excels at them all.

Friendly, flirty, and talented, he’s cool under pressure, and hot everywhere else.

But he keeps his heart closed, even as his interest and emotions are tested.

Olivia Rourke works alongside him at BAM.

Talented, private, and intriguing, she touches something inside him he can’t deny.

He wants to know her. In every possible way.

He wants her to know him. 

Her past tells her to stay clear. Van is everything that she wants, and exactly what she cannot have. She has someone else to think of who is more important.

Can either of them risk their hearts?



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New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and she also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet). She’s learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

Melanie is represented by Flavia Viotti at Bookcase Literary Agency. For questions regarding subsidiary or translation rights please contact her at flavia@bookcaseagency.com


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BOOK REVIEW: Van by Melanie Moreland

I’m going to start this one with a disclaimer: I’m going to discuss an event that may give away part of the plot towards the end of this review. I usually don’t like giving things away but I feel strongly about addressing it. So, look for the disclaimer.

I’ve only been writing this blog for a few months, and I’m continually trying to keep up on all of the ARCs I read. In between those, I try and catch up and write reviews of books I have read in the past, especially if they are a part of a series. This is one of those books that fit into both categories.

Van by Melanie Moreland is the fifth in her Vested Interest series. You can read my review of Bentley (the first one – I’ll get to reviewing the others someday). This one follows the same pattern as the others: a partner/member of BAM finds the woman of his dreams. It sounds simplistic, but it isn’t. I always look forward to these books. Ms. Moreland has a particular talent for creating real characters who you want to get to know.

Van is the carpenter/foreman/master of all things construction for BAM; Olivia is the designer. They each have baggage that keeps them apart, but you know it is inevitable. As I have mentioned before, you know it’s going to happen, it’s the WAY it happens that is the fun part.

I love that the characters are always real (although, I can’t say I know anyone exactly like the boys of BAM, but I sure would like to). And I particularly like the female characters in Ms. Moreland’s books, because they are strong, yet vulnerable, and they aren’t afraid to let their men help them when necessary.

The conflict in this story is especially good, as the character who causes it is even more despicable than usual. The description of the person and their actions (trying not to give anything away) made me wish I could punch the person myself, and it’s rare that I have that much of a reaction to a character.

I highly recommend this book, as well as the rest of the series. This is one of my favorite series, and it’s an excellent addition.

Now I am going to discuss that other part I mentioned at the beginning. So if you don’t want to know a plot point, stop reading NOW!

What really made me love this book is how the author addresses adoption, especially waiting/older child adoption. It is one of the only times that I have been 100% completely able to relate to something in a romance book.

We adopted our son when he had just turned four. Everyone we spoke to going through the same agency wanted babies, but for various reasons, we did not. We went through the lengthy and emotional process, gained our approval, and started receiving the “waiting child” bulletins from the agency.

We had only been looking for about a month when the picture of a little chubby-cheeked boy showed up. Both my husband and I looked at the picture and seemed to instantly know that he should be our son. We went through the next process of requesting and being matched, which was all more complicated since it was international.

The day we were matched is etched in our minds, just like Van describes. We could not wait to travel to Ethiopia to meet him and bring him home. The challenges mentioned in the book sounded so familiar. The emotions described by Van were our emotions. The instant knowledge as to which child to help…it’s all real.

It’s been 10 years this June, but reading Van’s account brought it all back like it was yesterday. I cannot stress enough how much I appreciate the thought and time that the author put into writing these sections. The children who are waiting are the ones who need the most love, and I loved that she wrote Van and Olivia as people who understood that.

Anyway, that’s my personal relation to the book, and the reason that I love it most out of the five in the series.

NEW RELEASE: Delivered by Eva Charles


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Delivered
by Eva Charles

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Series: The Devil’s Duet; Book 2
Genre: Dark Romance / Romantic Suspense



Gabrielle Duval belongs to me.
I’ve made sure of that.

Now it’s time to eliminate the man who kept us apart.
My father.
The devil himself.

His reign of terror ends here.
On my terms.


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A confirmed city-girl, Eva moved to rural Western Massachusetts in 2014. She found herself living in the woods with no job, no friends (unless you count the turkey, deer, and coyote roaming the backyard), and no children underfoot, wondering what on earth she had been thinking. But as it turned out, it was the perfect setting to take all those yarns spinning in her head and weave them into steamy love stories.

A romantic at heart, Eva looks forward to date night all week. The perfect evening includes well-crafted cocktails, a fabulous perfume, Cherry Garcia ice cream, and her husband, of course. If you add good friends, live jazz, and impossible shoes, she will follow you anywhere.

Eva holds a BA from Boston College, and a JD from a Washington College of Law. She spent a career working in domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and civil rights. Aspects of this work often find their way into her books.

When she’s not writing sexy stories, trying to squeeze information out of her tight-lipped sons, or playing with the two cutest dogs you’ve ever seen, Eva’s creating chapters in her own love story.


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NEW RELEASE: Turning the Tide by Phoebe Alexander

It’s been, what, a couple of days since a new release? You are going to want to see this one, especially after you read my review.



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Turning the Tide
by Phoebe Alexander


Series: Eastern Shore Swingers; Book 5
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Romantic Suspense



Just when you’re about to give up … the tide can turn when you least expect it.

Luke Cannon was trapped between a rock and a hard place while the incoming tide threatened to drown him. With every year that passed, his hope of meeting his very basic human need for intimacy grew fainter and fainter.

Until he met her.

She was everything his wife was not. Giving. Caring. Independent. Sexy. Fun! All things he had convinced himself he didn’t deserve.

But love? He could never be worthy of that. He would settle for a touch. A kiss. Hell, a hug would be better than nothing.

He never expected the tide could actually turn.

And neither did she.






There’s a secret club in Ocean City, Maryland, where swingers from all over the mid-Atlantic converge every weekend to frolic and play in its many themed rooms. Welcome to the Factory, where in the midst of all the fun, there’s always a romance blossoming, sometimes where you least expect it.

Books of the Eastern Shore Swingers Series (Each features a HEA and they can be read in any order):

Book 1: Fisher of Men (Cap and Leah)
Book 2: The Catch (Calvin and Paisley)
Book 3: Siren Call ( Jessie and Sirena)
Book 4: Sailors Knot (Casey, Gabriel and Joshua)
Book 5: Turning the Tide ( Luke and Connie)


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BOOK REVIEW: Turning the Tide by Phoebe Alexander

If you have read any of my reviews, you know that I am not a fan of coming into the middle of a series, so I love it when I find an author who can write a story that reads well as a stand-alone, but has enough detail that I want to find the previous books. This is one of those cases.

“Turning the Tide” is actually the fifth book in the Eastern Shore Swingers series. It focuses on Luke, an ENT doctor with an absolute shrew of a wife, and Connie, a recent transplant from California. Connie is the sister of Casey (who I gather might be the focus of an earlier story). They meet at “The Factory,” a club for alternative lifestyles.

But this book is much more than another BDSM/swinger novel. Sure there are scenes (and they’re pretty hot) and the romance grows as the two find their way to acknowledge their true natures. But there is also a great subplot involving Luke’s wife that builds throughout the story, culminating in some pretty awesome scenes.

Ultimately the story belongs to Luke and Connie, and it is absolutely fantastic that they are older (40s and 50s). It’s about time that somebody acknowledged and wrote about something other than doe eyed 20 year olds being shocked at a new lifestyle. I loved that these were two mature people who had been around the block and were ready to embrace their new lifestyle. More of this please!

I will definitely be going back and reading the first four in this series, and I look forward to any future books from this author as well. My Goodreads review is below.

Turning the Tide (Eastern Shore Swingers Book 5)Turning the Tide by Phoebe Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really, really enjoyed this book. The romance between two older people who have seen a lot of life was a very refreshing break from the usual 20-something year-olds who pledge undying love in romances. Both Luke and Connie knew what they wanted and didn’t stand for games. The suspense part of the plot was well thought out and gave depth to Luke’s decisions. The man was certainly justified in his actions – it’s been a while since I found a character as loathsome as his wife. I especially liked how the author didn’t rely on the draw of the lifestyle to determine the arc of the story. The scenes of the lifestyle were interwoven seamlessly with the suspense plot, and I appreciated that the author presented the characters as normal, every-day people instead of focusing on the darker side like many other novels. This was the fifth in a series, but the first one that I have read. I liked the style of writing and the characters enough to go find the first four in the series. I definitely recommend this book. This review was written based on a complimentary pre-release copy.

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