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Contemporary romance writer, political comedy writer, ghostwriter and editor. Lover of coffee & cocktails, world traveler, off-key singer, vegan and adventurer-ish!

NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Roughing the Kicker by Eden Butler

Title: Roughing the Kicker
Series: Sinners and Saints #1
Author: Eden Butler
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Reese Noble chased this dream for a decade.
 
Now it was here.
 
The NFL.
 
A pro career.
 
All eyes on the league’s new kicker.
 
Millions of people expecting her to fail.
 
But Reese wasn’t a novelty and the spot she landed on the New Orleans Steamers was one she planned to keep.
 
With her teammates giving her hell and the world doubting her every move, Reese will have to fight harder than anyone else to make her dream a reality. 
 
Even if that means following the lead of Quarterback Ryder Glenn —the only man who brought her to the edge of ecstasy and the depths of heartbreak. The same man who broke her heart ten years before. 
 
In this city, there is a thin line between sin and sainthood and only the strongest can walk it.

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COVER REVEAL!!! ~ Sweet Southern Summer by Colbie Kay and Chianti Summers

Title: Sweet Southern Summer
Series: Georgia Peaches #3
Author: Colbie Kay & Chianti Summers
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Cover Model: Tyler Halligan
Photographer: Randy RLS Sewell of RLS Model Images Photography
Cover Design: Tracie Douglas of Dark Water Covers

Fireworks are going to explode for Cayden Fisher this summer.

 

 
Brody tried staying away, tried to live life in the big city, but it wasn’t enough for him. A southern boy through and through, he missed his hometown roots—especially the girl that’s held his heart in the palm of her hand. He’s back to win her over once and for all, but one thing stands in the way—or, rather, one person: Zac.
 
Cayden has been chasing Zac for almost a year now, and he has yet to give into the fiery brunette, but with Brody ready to steal the girl he keeps pushing away, will Zac finally succumb to the temptations of the third Fisher sister?
 
Zac wants everyone to believe he’s a fun-loving guy always ready to dole out a joke, but there’s more to him than what meets the eye. Zac will have to forgive himself for his past before he can move on to have a future.
 
Will Cayden keep chasing the man she’s wanted for the past year, or will she turn to the man from her past?

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COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT!!! ~ Art of Survival Part 1 by Monique Orgeron

Title: Art of Survival: Part 1
Series: A Stern Family Saga
Author: Monique Orgeron
Genre: Contemporary Romance Suspense
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Cover Design: Serendipity Formats

 

 

 

You think you know me? You think you know the things I have been through?
 
My life, like I said before, has been written through my sons’ lives. 
 
But not all.
 
Once, there was a girl, who was left alone in this world to fight and defend herself.
 
She did exactly that and became,
 
Catherine Stern.
 
Becoming someone, I wasn’t, was not easy.
 
It came with strings that strangled every part of my old self out.
 
The girl I once was would have to be destroyed and replaced with a woman who would rule.
 
A woman who was a fighter and a survivor.
 
The problem is, I’m not sure I have what it takes to fight anymore battles and endure what is coming.

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COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT!!! ~ Hinder by Kacey Shea

Title: Hinder
Series: Off Track Records
Author: Kacey Shea
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Cover Designer: Cover Me Darling
Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Leighton Wellington has it all. Born with a silver spoon and a career mapped for success, he can’t fail. But Leighton dreams of ditching everything for a life of rock and roll. A little eavesdropping and a tiny bit of blackmail scores him the role as drummer for rock sensation Three Ugly Guys. The gig couldn’t get any sweeter.
 
That is, until the gorgeous, innocent assistant joins the tour.
 
Opal Evans can’t escape her past, but she can run from the small town she’s called home. In a group of rock stars, she discovers an idea of family she’s never known. But the secrets she must guard could break even the strongest of wills—especially with how paparazzi circle like vultures.
 
In Leighton she recognizes a kindred spirit, as well as someone willing to bend the rules. But as things spin out of control her relationship with Leighton could hinder his newfound fame. Can she keep things casual when her heart screams for more?
 
Hinder is the third book in the Off Track Records novels, and can be read as a standalone.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ End Game by Emily Goodwin

Title: End Game
Series: Dawson Family #2
Author: Emily Goodwin
Genre: NA Romance/Romantic Comedy
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Getting pregnant was the last thing Quinn thought would happen. But now Quinn’s focus is to start the family Archer’s always wanted. The hard part should be over, right? 
Wrong. 
Ghosts from the past begin to surface. No matter how hard they try, the universe seems to have other plans that threaten to tear Archer and Quinn apart.
Archer will not let the one thing he always wanted slip through his fingers. As events unfold, Archer finds himself going to lengths he never thought possible. After all he’s done to keep Quinn…will he lose her anyway?
END GAME is book two in The Dawson Family Series and concludes Quinn and Archer epic love story.

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COVER REVEAL!!! ~ Force of Nature by Melissa Toppen

Title: Force of Nature
Author: Melissa Toppen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Cover Design: Perfect Pear Creative Covers

 

 

 

I met Thad Mitchell for the first time when I was just a child. I didn’t remember much about him- except that he pushed me off a swing set when I was four years old and broke my arm. Not the best thing to remember about a person but there it is.
He moved away a couple years later and soon became a distant memory. That is until I walked into my parent’s house after being gone for four years to find him sitting at the kitchen table with my family like he’d been there all along.
The second his blue eyes found mine it was instant- the attraction, the spark, the zing as some people call it. In that moment my entire world shifted. Every second, every minute that followed became a whirlwind.
Thad didn’t just turn my life upside down; he ripped through it– an unstoppable force of nature that wouldn’t be satisfied until there wasn’t a single facet of my life left unturned. And yet somehow at the end of it all he was still the only thing I wanted.
Haunted by a past he can’t escape- the only question that remains is can I find a way to calm the storm that rages inside of him or will I end up just another causality in his unrelenting path of destruction?

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Because of Liam by Erica Alexander

Title: Because of Liam
Series: Riggins U Series, Book 2 (stand alone)
Author: Erica Alexander
Genre: Coming of Age Romance
Release Date: August 2, 2018

 

River Devereaux has always faced the world without fear.
She’s sarcastic, confident and doesn’t hold back.
After a single night changes everything, River retreats into herself and is
constantly watching over her shoulder.
Even then no one ever dares stand in her way.
Until him.
That irritating man knows how to get under her skin.
Too bad she’s sworn off men, even if he’s sexy as sin.
 
 
Liam Cole used to be carefree until life stepped in the way and forced
him to shun everyone he knows.
After five years in the Marines, he’s having a hard time adjusting to
civilian life.
All he wants to do is to forget the past and be left alone.
Until her.
That hellion of a woman challenges him every step of the way.
Too bad she hates him, even if she’s the best part of his days.
 
In a battle of wills, each tries to top the other, but when they are forced
to face their own fears, the resulting consequence is something neither could have ever imagined.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Audrey and the Hero Upstairs by R. Linda

Title: Audrey and the Hero Upstairs
Author: R. Linda
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Publisher: Limitless Publishing
My road to recovery began with Brody—the man who saved my life.
Without his courage and determination, I’d have died in the fire that took the lives of my entire family. If that’s not a hero, I don’t know what is.
Brody has been by my side every step…but the emotional scars are as crippling as the physical ones, even if they’re harder to see. The anxiety of being around people, seeing their disgust, feeling their pity—I’m not sure I can handle it.
Maybe it’s wrong, but feelings are developing between us, leading to stolen glances and sneaky kisses. The problem is I’m not quite eighteen, he’s twenty-five, and we’re living under someone else’s roof. It would be so much simpler with someone my own age, like Bennett, the hottest guy in school.
 
How can Brody and I possibly be together? And if we were, how would we explain all this to our friends and Brody’s family—who also happen to be my foster parents? I’ve already lost so much…but can I lose someone who shouldn’t even be mine?

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PRE-ORDER ALERT!!! ~ Love’s Promise by KL Ramsey

Title: Love’s Promise
Series: Relinquished Series 4
Author: K.L. Ramsey
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 9, 2018
Being an only child from a broken home, Jack Sanders adopted the Jackson family as his own. Drew, Ryan and Shep were like his brothers, but three little words from the baby sister of the family sends Jack’s world spiraling out of control. Maddie Jackson is in love with Jack, and that’s all he has ever wanted.
 
Can Jack have Maddie and not lose his best friends?
 
Maddie knows what she wants and plans on Jack Sanders not figuring out what hit him until it was too late. Being the little sister of three alpha males, Maddie has lived a sheltered, protected life but she is ready to go after what she wants. Her brothers don’t want Jack “playing” with their little sister. They know how Jack uses women until he gets bored and then leaves them broken hearted. But Jack meets his match in Maddie. She is as feisty and fiery as her brothers and completely knocks Jack off his game. 
 
Maddie’s brothers become the least of their problems when Jack uncovers a scandal at his new job. Now, Jack and Maddie’s brothers must put aside their differences and work together to keep her safe. Is their love enough to over come all obstacles?

 

 

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Enthralled by Elizabeth Jordan

Title: Enthralled
Series: Orion’s Shield – Book One
Author: Elizabeth Jordan
Genre: Paranormal Historical Romance
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Cover Design: Edie Keith

Lady Caroline Alton is young, beautiful and in London for her first season. She is excited about her first foray into society, but family secrets seemed to be piling up around Caroline more and more each day. She thought she might discover the great secret in her own life one day, except when she did, she had a feeling that it just might change everything. When she meets Lord Thomas Steele at her home in London, she is immediately intrigued by the handsome, dashing young barrister, who is a friend of her father. Each time she sees him, she becomes more and more aware that he, too, is deeply involved in the secrets that surround her, and she sets out to prove to him that she has the courage to face whatever it is, and to stand beside him as he confronts the evil that threatens him.
 
Thomas, the youngest son of a Marquis, has been fighting an uphill battle against vampires most of his life. London is under attack and Thomas is the captain of the guard of Orion’s Shield, a clandestine group of vampire hunters sanctioned by the Prince Regent himself. Having been attacked and bitten by a beautiful and seductive vampire at a young age, Thomas struggles against the forces of darkness that have never stopped trying to consume him. An ancient and powerful evil has come to England, and a physical battle, as well as a spiritual one must be waged against it. If the battle is lost, it will leave Regency England vulnerable to hell on earth. And yet in the middle of the fray, two souls try to find their way both to the light and to each other before the darkness destroys whatever happiness they may find.… Can love truly conquer all, or will evil consume them both? 
 
Enthralled is a debut novel by Elizabeth Jordan. It is a clean and sweet historical regency romance novel of approximately 62,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers and a guaranteed happily ever after.
 

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