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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!
Cover reveal, Fiction, New Releases, Romance

COVER REVEAL!!! ~ Love Me Like You Won’t Let Go by Melissa Toppen

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Title: Love Me Like You Won’t Let Go
Author: Melissa Toppen
Genre: 2nd Chance Romance
Release Date: February 22, 2019
Cover Design: Pink Ink Designs

 

 
You never get over your first love. It’s something I’ve heard countless times. Like someone has to point out that your pain will never go away. That your shattered heart will never mend.
 
Because that’s exactly what my heart did the day I watched Asher Evans board that train- it shattered, splintering into a million tiny fragments that I didn’t think I’d ever be able to piece back together. He was the boy I had loved since I understood what loving someone meant. The one who knew me inside and out. The one who swore he’d never let me go. It’s been six years since that day and even now the memory haunts me like it was yesterday.
 
I’ve done my best to move on, to rebuild, and for the most part I’ve done pretty well. But all of that comes crashing down when Asher strolls back into town like he never left.
 
I don’t want to want him. I certainly don’t want to need him. But that doesn’t stop me from doing it anyway. Only things are different now. I’m different. I’m not the girl he left behind all those years ago. I may have been foolish enough to give him my heart once but I won’t make that mistake a second time. Or at least that’s what I tell myself until I’m standing face to face with the one man who has the power to break me all over again.
 
Love Me Like You Won’t Let Go is a STANDALONE second chance romance.

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Blog Tours, Comedy fiction, erotica, Fiction, New Releases, Romance

NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Exposed by Lula Baxter

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Title: Exposed
Series: A Miseducation Romance
Author: Lula Baxter
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Contemporary Romance (standalone)
Release Date: January 23, 2019
“This is your audience, Prynne. Eight-million people outside that window, waiting to see what you have to offer.”
She chose the hotel for the view of New York.
I chose the hotel for New York’s view of me.
It’s her own fault for knocking on my hotel room door.
Didn’t she learn not to talk to strangers?
You never know what state of dress—or in my case, undress— you’ll find them in.
As it turns out, she’s trying to finish a romance novel.
There’s just one, tiny little problem.
One I’m more than happy to help her out with.
My one and only rule:
The curtains stay open. Always.
I know underneath that facade of innocence is a woman longing to be seen.
Soon all interest in that romance novel is lost in the world of public exploration.
The risk of getting caught is exciting…
…until both our secrets are EXPOSED.
This is an ultra-sexyStand Alone in the Miseducation Romance series with a Happy Ending. You do not have to read the others in the series to enjoy this one.
WARNING: This book includes a lot of full-frontal, birthday suit, bare it all, steamy scenes…mostly in front of windows, as well as filthy, dirty language so 18+ only!

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Rectify by Marley Valentine

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Title: Rectify
Series: A Redemption Novel
Author: Marley Valentine
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Cover Design: PopKitty Design
We weren’t just young, we were stupid and reckless.
He was the beginning of every bad decision I made, the enemy of everyone I’d ever loved.
 
I was a pawn in his game. A prize to be claimed, and a trophy to be flaunted.
 
Now we’re two adults with crooked pasts, trying to straighten out our future.
 
His heart belongs to his daughter, while mine is too tattered to give away.
 
Neither of us believe in happily ever after.
 
Not after everything we’ve been through.
 
So, why are we desperately trying to chase ours?

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Mister Uno by Belle Brooks

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Title: Mister Uno
Series: Mister, Mister Series #1
Author: Belle Brooks
Genre: Romantic Comedy- Humor – Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Twenty-five-year-old Anthea Links is a columnist for Rogue magazine. The job she loves is on the line when she’s faced with writer’s block and given a deadline she knows she can’t meet—that’s until her best friend, Pip, comes up with the perfect idea.
Anthea never says no to a dare, and this one is so perfect it will solve all of her problems.
Twelve men.
Twelve months.
Twelve articles.
But there’s a catch: Anthea can’t know the real names of the men she dates, and she must only refer to them by a Spanish number.
Mister Uno is unsuspecting victim number one. He’s domineering, alluring, wealthy, and a surprise packet Anthea never imagined.
Will Anthea be able to hide her identity from each gentleman suitor?
Will she complete the dare and keep her job?
And will she do it without falling in love?

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Private Messages by Connie Lafortune

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Title: Private Messages
Author: Connie Lafortune
Genre: Contemporary/2nd Chance Romance
Release Date: January 23, 2019

Lilianna

For so long, my very existence teetered on the brink of death
That’s what happens, when you lose the other piece of your heart
I can’t sleep, write or work
Until, I meet him
The one who won’t let me fade back into the darkness
Now, I’m feeling things that I shouldn’t
But the man is determined to breathe me back to life
And, it’s been so long since I took a breath
 
Zane
 
I’ve been called a cold heartless bastard one too many times
However, I didn’t get to where I am by not taking chances
I’m the successful owner of Club Syn
And then I meet her
I’m torn between my mysterious caller and the raging storm
Now, I’m feeling things I’ve never felt before
One is untouchable, the other continues to push me away
And, it’s been so long since I’ve been inspired

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COVER RE-REVEAL & REVIEW TOUR!!! ~ The Perfect Comeback by Kacey Shea

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Title: The Perfect Comeback
Author: Kacey Shea
Genre: Sports Romance
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Cover Design: Najla Qamber
Cover Photography: Wander Aguiar
Cover Model: Forest

 

I don’t do boyfriends. Or dating. Or random hookups.

 

 
Not when fictional men do it so much better, and not when my heart has been through the wringer. So when retired MMA fighter Matt Haywood crashes into my life, I’m not impressed. Quite the opposite actually. I avoid him at all costs.
 
At least, I try. 
 
His persistence wears me down and it’s me who ends up wandering into his gym looking for more. I have to admit he’s nothing like I assumed. He’s witty and smart. His physical condition could win awards. Problem is, somewhere between rolling around on the mats together, I let down my guard.
 
I thought I was over relationships. That I’d never risk my heart again. But he’s out to prove it’s never too late for a comeback.

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COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY!!! ~ The Gift by SR Jones

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Title: The Gift
Series: Bratva Vows Duet #1
Author: SR Jones
Genre: Mafia Romance
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Cover Credit: Obeithion Covers
Keep your friends close, and your enemies in your bed….
 
VIOLET
 
Taken,
Kidnapped,
The innocent waitress
nobody would miss,
Nobody would care about…
Given to him,
A cold-blooded, unforgiving hitman,
With sexy eyes and an irresistible body.
But he doesn’t know who I am,
Or what secrets I hide. 
ANDRIUS
 
A gift—mine,
To own, to keep.
To do with as I please.
But she’s so much more,
More than I ever imagined.
And I vow to get to the bottom of this…
This beautiful, mysterious, and broken gift.
Because now she belongs to me.
 
***NB: The Gift is a full length novel that is part one of a two part story. It contains dark themes so trigger warnings apply***

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Seize the Love by Rae Matthews

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Title: Seize the Love
Author: Rae Matthews
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Starting over isn’t something anyone wants to do in their forties, unfortunately, that is where I find myself. I wanted to believe that love lasts a lifetime, I wanted to believe that no matter how bad things got there was always love to hold us together. I was as it turns out, wrong. My marriage became a statistic, but at least I got the house. It is probably the only thing keeping me sane. 
 
Heartbroken and alone with the help of my friends I hope to be able to find happiness again. The dating world is not what it used to be, would I find happiness, more sorrow or learn to live without love. 
My biggest fear isn’t that I won’t find love again, it is that I will find love again; the kind of love that can last a lifetime. My fear is that I will be too afraid to follow my heart. For now, all I can do is keep trying and remind myself that when I find it I need to Seize the Love.

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EXCERPT REVEAL!!! ~ The Pickup by Nikki Ash

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Title: The Pickup
Series: Imperfect Love Book 1
Author: Nikki Ash
Genre: Sports Romance Standalone
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Cover Image: Sara Eirew Photography
Cover Designer: Jersey Girl Designs
Somebody once said we don’t decide who we love. The world decides for us. But I disagree.
 
I believe love is a decision.
Who we love, how we love.
It’s in our control–in our hands.
I grew up having no clue about the true meaning of love. Money. Cars. Houses. Status. Fame. That’s what love means to the people around me.
It wasn’t until the woman I picked up in a bar came back into my life and showed me love can be so much more.
So, what’s the problem?
The woman I’m falling in love with believes in fairytales. She compares everything to a storybook and wants the happily-ever-after.
So while she’s stuck on recreating stories that have already been told, page by page, I’m showing her it’s time we write our own book.
Nobody ever said the journey of falling in love would be easy, just that it would be worth it.

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Mafia Queen by Bella J.

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Title: Mafia Queen
Series: Royal Mafia Series #4
Author: Bella J.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: January 22, 2019
There once was a girl who was sold to the devil. The devil ruined her. Destroyed her. Turned her into his pretty, broken girl.
 
But then her savior came. Her king. He pulled her from hell and cloaked her with his darkness—a darkness that hid her from the devil who wanted his pretty, broken girl back.
 
By saving her soul and stealing her heart, he managed to put all the broken pieces back together, and she finally found the strength to rise from the ashes.
 
Brave, fierce, dauntless, ready to slay the devil when he comes for her—and he will come— that girl became a fighter.
 
She became a queen.
 
And that girl…is me.

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