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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!!! ~ King’s Ransom by BT Urruela & CD Bradley

Title: King’s Ransom
Series: South Side Sinners MC #1
Authors: BT Urruela and CD Bradley 
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Cover Design: FuriousFotog
Dimitri King is a killer … and an addict. Born into one of the most ruthless motorcycle clubs that ever ran the streets of St Louis, the only life he has ever known is destroying him from the inside out. A lifetime of trauma, bad decisions, and heinous violence has left him on the brink of complete disaster, but one mission will change everything.

Annalise Hale, daughter of Senator Ronald Hale, is the prima ballerina of the St. Louis Ballet. The picture-perfect trophy from afar, her life is a delicate facade that hides unspeakable pain.

All she wanted was to escape.
 
She never dreamed of this.
 
Blameless in her father’s crimes, she is caught up like an exquisite pawn when the Sinners take her. Face-to-face with Dimitri King, like two sides of the same broken mirror, they have scars so deep, pain is the only feeling they know.
 
A match made in heaven but forged in hell, will they find their wounds fit together to create something beautiful or will the sins of their pasts be too great to overcome?

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ ZED by MV Ellis

Title: ZED
Series: Rough Ink #1
Author: MV Ellis
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 28, 2019
Cover Design: PopKitty Design
KINDLE UNLIMITED

 

Secrets from his past have scarred his heart. Can he trust her enough to learn to love again? 
 
In the eyes of the law, I’d atoned for the secrets of my past, but in my heart, I knew the debt I owed was too big to ever be repaid. I didn’t ask for forgiveness, because I knew I wasn’t worthy of it. Guilt weighed me down and scarred my heart.
 
If it wasn’t for my art, I’d probably be dead. The truth was, I had nothing else to live for. Or so I thought until Octavia Douglas came breezing unexpectedly into the picture. 
 
Sexy, stubborn, and smart enough to know better than to throw her future away on a guy like me, Vivi made me question everything I thought I already knew. I suddenly craved the happy ever after I’d never dared dream of, and knew I didn’t deserve.
 

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Chasing Paige by Ellen Devlin

Title: Chasing Paige
Series: Washington Guardians Hockey
Author: Ellen Devlin
Genre: Hockey Romance
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Publisher: Limitless Publishing

 
“Love at first sight.” It’s such a cliché. But when I saw her across a crowded room I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
 
One can say I’m the modest type. I don’t walk up to a girl, introduce myself and expect her to fall at my feet just because I’m a NHL player. If friends didn’t give me a little push me in her direction, I probably never would have approached her. But I’m so glad I did.
 
The electricity between us blew me away. From our first kiss to the first night we spent together it was clear. Paige was the one.
 
But something is holding her back, And with the trade deadline looming, she’s using it as an excuse to push me away.
 
Luckily, I know how to chase dreams; it’s how I made it to the NHL. I like a challenge, and I never quit until I get what I want. 
 
And what I want is Paige.

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Control Freak by Brianna Hale

Title: Control Freak
Author: Brianna Hale
Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 27, 2019
Cover Design: Maria @ Steamy Designs

Total control. I need it in every aspect of my life. Some would say that makes me an asshole. A freak. But as long as everything’s exactly how I want it I’m completely flexible. 


I’m kidding.
 
Okay, I’m not kidding.
 
Lacey needs someone in her life who’s bigger and scarier than her anxieties, and she wants that man to be me. Her boss. The Viking in a suit.
 
I hope she understands what she’s getting into. This daddy isn’t going to pat her on the head and tell her she’s a good girl for nothing. Especially not when she’s spinning out of control.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Where Forever Ends by K. Street

Title: Where Forever Ends
Author: K. Street
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Single Mom/Older Brother’s Best Friend Romance
Release Date: June 28, 2019
Cover Design: Letitia Hasser of Romantic Book Affairs

 

My life is split into two parts—then and now. 
 
Then:
I was a wife.
Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. 
Now: 
I’m a widow. 
A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief. 
I survive in the in-between, but surviving isn’t the same as living, and I’m not sure what living looks like anymore.
 
That is, until Jase Turner, my older brother’s best friend and my former crush, comes back into my life.
 
We’re two people tethered together by strands of similar sorrow. 
 
My husband had my past.
 
Jase wants my future. 
 
And maybe where forever ends is just a different beginning.
 

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Sorrow’s Queen by Ashleigh Giannoccaro + Murphy Wallace

Title: Sorrow’s Queen
Series: Cavalieri Della Morte
Authors: Ashleigh Giannoccaro & Murphy Wallce
Genre: Romance Suspense
Release Date: June 27, 2019

 

Sorrow slips in quietly when no one is looking — just like I do.
It robs them of life and joy — just like me.
Sorrow is a killer in the night, murdering hearts and leaving destruction in its wake — and so am I.
I am Tristan Sorrow, I stole happiness, and now she is mine.
He came in the dead of night to steal me, to take me home. He was sent to rob me of my happiness and murder my hopes.
Creeping in slowly, he was an unexpected twist in my tale.
But he stole the wrong thing, he made me his Queen.
Tristan Sorrow stole my heart — and my life.
Every love story is written tragically in the blood of those who fell.

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NEW RELEASE BLAST!!! ~ Paper Cuts Anthology

Title: Paper Cuts

Authors: R.B. O’Brien ~ Ashlee Shades ~ Rachel De Vine ~ Roman Newell ~ Sebastian Nox ~ Xtina Marie ~ Mark A. Morris ~ Summer Layne

Genre: Poetry

Release: June 27, 2019

 

Blurb:

Paper Cuts is for poetry addicts, people new to poetry, and for anyone who loves the aesthetic beauty of the written word. In short, this collection is for everyone, connected as we all are as human beings, who feel and live deeply, where each page, each line, each word cuts into the heart, but not as to leave a wound unhealed.

Like skin exposed to the elements whose layers become more beautiful, textured, and interesting the more vulnerable one allows, so too does poetry. It isn’t just inked or typed onto paper, but it is cut from the blood of one’s soul. Through an examination of all life’s moments of vulnerability, people can and do endure: From pain can come love; from boredom can come romance; from darkness can come light; and from dullness can come the vivid color of sensuality. The collection, then, provides insight into what a paper cut means for our hearts and souls and, ultimately, how they are healed. It is a realization that the deepest part of human existence is just brimming right below the surface, and if we let it, we can live and feel fully.

They say that when the heart physically breaks there is a flow of both blood and water. These eight diverse poets explore the attrition, fatigue, and water and blood that come from myriad paper cuts, and teach us: We bleed but do not die.

 

Buy Links: (Kindle Unlimited)

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Affliction by Natalie Bennett

Title: Affliction
Series: Deviant Games #2
Author: Natalie Bennett
Genre: Dark Romance Suspense
Release Date: June 27, 2019
Cover Design: Opium House

 

 

 

I thought this town was the solution to my troubles, but my sordid past is the least of my problems.
A wealthy family of miscreants has claimed me as one of their own.
They watch me from the shadows.
They taunt me with their riddles.
Torture me with cruel seduction and lurk around every corner to ensure I can’t escape them.
When the clock strikes twelve a bargain is made, and a sinister game begins.
Eleven will play.
But who will win?

 

 

 

 

 

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NEW RELEASE & GIVEAWAY!!! ~ The Celtic Cowboy by Jessica Marin

Title: The Celtic Cowboy (Bear Creek Rodeo)
Author: Jessica Marin
Genre: Contemporary Western Romance
Cover Designer – EDH Graphics

 

The Celtic Cowboy, part of the Bear Creek Rodeo series, is now LIVE in KINDLE UNLIMITED!

Blurb

 

Another Kearney brother has arrived from Ireland to concur your heart!

Adeline Murphy

In Texas, two things are gospel – football and rodeos. Growing up as the daughter of a football legend made me practically royalty, but it’s not a crown I’m interested in. Football life isn’t for me, no matter how hard my family pressures me with their motto of “If you can’t be them, marry them.” Living in the shadow of my football star brothers was exhausting and I eventually became invisible all together. I bide my time working at my family’s car dealership until I gather up the nerve to tell them that I’m living life on my own terms. I have my own dreams and they don’t include marrying a football player or a cowboy.  

My resolve was strong, until a cocky Celtic cowboy sauntered into my life. Ryan Kearney might not wear a football jersey, but wearing a cowboy hat and chaps was just as lethal. Devilish good looks with a mouth that could even charm the panties off a nun, I knew I was in trouble when he set his sights on me.

A roll in the hay with a playboy cowboy is the last thing I need… especially when I’m already falling for him. 

Ryan Kearney

As an up and coming bull rider, I’ve learned that rodeo life is grueling, but it’s the life I’ve chosen. The pounding of your heart and the thunder of applause that rings in your ears when that buzzer calls out the end of the eight seconds is a sound like no other. My dream to be a professional bull rider in the American Pro Rodeo Circuit is finally becoming a reality when my brother and I leave Ireland to compete for our shot at Nationals in Las Vegas. If I want the title of the best bull rider in the world, being mediocre isn’t enough. To be the best, you have to beat the best, which requires me living, breathing and sleeping rodeos. Being in a committed relationship isn’t even on my radar. So I do casual relationships and it seems my notoriety as the Playboy Cowboy preceded me to America. What can I say? The ladies love cowboys and I love the ladies.

Charming them into bed is my second favorite pastime, so when the warm brown eyes of Adeline Murphy lock on mine and burn with yearning, I know I have her right where I want her. Except I don’t. The sexy spitfire seems immune to my charm and makes me work hard for her attention. 

The chase has become a game – one that I’m determined to win and to make her mine. I wasn’t looking for forever, but I can’t imagine my life without her. 

Bear Creek Rodeo is a series of contemporary western insta-love novellas written by bestselling authors Jennifer D. Bokal, Amy L. Gale, Sara Jolene, Jessica Marin and Kirsten Osbourne.

 

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Shadowed by Rina Kent

Title:Shadowed
Series: Team Zero 
Author: Rina Kent
Genre: Mafia Romance Suspense
Release Date: June 27, 2019
She ran from monsters but fell into the trap of the most dangerous one.

 

 
Zoe
Shadow is as untouchable as his name. A fighter. A killer. A mafia man.
To avenge my mother’s death, I barge into his world head first.
It starts as a game. A bet. A push and pull. But then it spirals into a web of secrets and forbidden desires.
The more I get to know the man within, the harder he consumes me.
He’s too much. These feelings are too much.
I run, but can I hide from a monster?
 
Shadow
To protect my deadly secret, I drown in killing and madness. The facade hides my darkness and pushes everyone away. 
Not her.
Zoe provokes me. Challenges me. She twists her fingers in my black heart and stirs a part I thought was long dead. 
Then she runs.
She calls me a monster.
Well, this monster will never let her go.

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