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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ In Too Deep by Dr. Rebecca Sharp

February 2019 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: In Too Deep

Series: Winter Games #4

Author: Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Genre: New Adult, Single-Dad, Enemies-to-lovers

Release Date: February 5, 2019

Nick

My life had been a series of unfortunate events:

Some of them out of my control, some of them entirely my fault.

I was only weeks away from being able to take my daughter and

finally be free from the past that had imprisoned us.

And then Tamsin Lucas showed up on my doorstep,

looking every inch the innocent angel yet begging to be ruined.

I told myself I could live not knowing her secrets or the reason for her hurt.

And I swore I could survive never touching her again.

Until I needed her to homeschool my daughter.

Now, I’m fighting to rein in my desire for the woman who’s always been perfect

and protect her from those who are out to destroy me.

Tammy was too good to want someone like me.

But what if I was too bad to care to stay away?

Tamsin

Making the right choice was the slogan for my life and the motto for my soul,

until all the right decisions led to a very wrong result.

In the moment when life felt like a catastrophe,

I ran to him. Nick Frost.

The callous man who was colder than the mountain

and possessed more secrets than it did snowflakes.

For one night, I traded sense for sensibility

and my well-kept order for his comfortable chaos.

I thought one night and one wrong choice would be enough

until he became my boss and wrong began to look a lot like right.

With every day that passes, I learn there’s more to his story than the world knows

and more to the unquenchable desire being written between us.

Nick was too bad to want someone like me.

But what if what we had was too good to keep me away?

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ The Italian Kitten meets The Russian Wolf by Grace Reagal

November 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: The Italian Kitten Meets The Russian Wolf

Author: Grace Reagal

Genre: NA Mafia Romance

Release Date: November 20, 2018
Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Do you know the story of Romeo and Juliet? Well, this isn’t their story. This is our story, Valentin’s story…my story.

In the world of the filthy rich, two of the most infamous crime families rule with iron fists. Drug trafficking, gang killings, ruthless wars—these are the men who have no moral compass.

Meet the Russian Mob, and the Italian Cosa Nostra. His family…and mine.

My name is Caterina Giovanni, daughter of the Italian Mafia. I’ve been clueless about who my family really is, what they’re capable of—until I meet him. Valentin Nikolaev, son of the Russian Mob.

Born and raised to one day take his rightful place as leader of his family, Valentin has one goal, and one goal only—to annihilate the Giovanni family. My family.

In the end only one mafia will be left standing on the ashes of the other.

Are you ready to find out which one?

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COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY!!! ~ Ballistic by Keri Lake

October 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: Ballistic

Series: A Vigilantes Novel

Author: Keri Lake

Genre: Romantic Suspense, NA

Release Date: October 30, 2018

On the streets of Detroit, it’s the code we live by. You take from me, I take from you. A balance of power, and a ceaseless war between rivals.

As a foster kid from the projects, I never had much, besides an unshakable addiction to women and drugs. Only took one glance into the amber eyes of a slave for me to realize my two worst vices could be one and the same.

And the woman behind those eyes quickly became my obsession.

Nicoleta is more than she seems. An enigma I’m determined to crack before time runs out and our enemies hunt her down. Except, she moves by her own trajectory, an unstoppable bullet on the warpath to track down the men who murdered a girl from her past.

Me? I’m the rogue whose path is less predictable. A junkie, fiending for the one thing I shouldn’t want: the only woman who gets me high. I want to keep her for myself, but when the unstoppable bullet finally hits her mark and secrets begin to unravel, another life must be paid.

A heart for a heart.

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COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT!!! ~ Immaterial Defense by Lauren Stewart

September 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: Immaterial Defense

Series: Once and Forever Series

Author: Lauren Stewart

Genre: Contemporary Romance/New Adult

Release Date: September 25, 2018
Cover Design: Pixel Mischief Design

She’s all alone in the darkness.

He’s lighting up the stage.

But not even the brightest spotlight can reach the shadows of a broken soul.

Declan

Every wanna-be rocker dreams of the day when crazed fans will pack their shows. But the more people worship me as some kind of musical god, the more I realize why singers are called “performers.” I’m just a pretender. A fake.

I need something real. Something to break through the revolting glamour that’s bled into every part of my life. And for one perfect night, I found that in Sara.

Then she ran.

Sara

No sane woman would’ve ever walked away from Declan Hollis after only one night. But

walking away from him was the safest move for both of us.

I’ve spent so much time burying my old self in the past, trying to erase the vulnerable person I used to be. I’m smarter now—men are dangerous, and relationships are doubly so.

But the more time I spend away from him, the more I want to go back.

I may end up shattered all over again. Or maybe, just maybe, he’ll be the one to help me pick up the pieces.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ The Best Man by Kat Tammen

July 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: The Best Man: A Novel

Author: Kat Tammen

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 9, 2018

Emelia Sullivan and Andy Dalton have been friends since they were five years old—the day his family moved in to the house next door. Connected by bedroom windows that faced each other and a treehouse they shared in the backyard, the two became lifelong best friends. Emelia loved Andy with all her heart.

But not like she loved his older brother, Samuel.

Tall, handsome, and the absolute best at everything he ever did, Samuel Dalton captured Emelia’s heart without even trying. He was her first, and longest-lasting, crush.

Children grow up and move away from home. With effort, some ties are strengthened by time. Some are frayed, on the verge of breaking.

For Emelia, coming home to see Andy over summer break is easy. Finding out Samuel is home for the summer too, however, provides a challenge she is determined to overcome. Will a friendly competition for the title of “Best Man” help Samuel see Emelia is not the same little girl he left behind years ago?

No matter how long she’s been away, home is the place Emelia can count on, where everything always stays the same.

Until it all changes.

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HAPPY RELEASE DAY! ~ Barefoot Chaos by Marika Ray

April 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: Barefoot Chaos

Series: The Beach Squad Series

Author: Marika Ray

Genre: Contemporary Rom/Com

Release Date: April 19, 2018

Chaos – a state of complete disorder and confusion; unpredictable; a gaping void

I spend my days a buttoned up schoolteacher coordinating the CareDare program for my high school English students and my nights with my book boyfriends, not daring to think I could procure one in real life. It’s precise, it’s controlled….and boring as hell.

The tide shifts and I find myself with a hippie lifeguard who provokes me as much as he turns me on, a Senior class in upheaval, a crazy Beach Squad that wants to befriend me, a wild twin sister back in my business, and a public challenge to expose my long-held secret for the greater good.

Do I deduce this chaos is all serendipitous, meant to thrust me into my true place in the world? Ultimately, I have to decide if I can kick off my shoes, dig my toes in the sand, and trust in love again.

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Marika Ray spends her time behind a computer crafting stories, walking the beaches of southern California scoping out the lifeguards, and making healthy food for her kids and husband whether they like it or not. Prior to writing novels, Marika held various jobs in the finance industry, with private start-up companies, and then in health & fitness. Cats may have nine lives, but Marika believes everyone should have nine careers to keep things spicy.

Marika enjoys writing all types of fiction novels, based on what inspires her. Right now she’s working on stand-alone romances in the Beach Squad series, all about California lifeguards and their equally fearless women. Moderate suspense, a splash of humor, and lots of steamy romance…all with the beautiful ocean as a relaxing backdrop!

If you’d like to join the Beach Squad, getting access to frequent sneak peeks and access to Handcuffed Hussy (a novella in the Beach Squad series), simply sign up here: http://eepurl.com/db7W6z

More information can be found at http://www.marikaray.com

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NEW RELEASE!!! –> Keep From Falling by Amy Vanessa Miller ~ Excerpt BELOW!!

April 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: Keep From Falling

Series: Misfits Book 1

Author: Amy Vanessa Miller

Genre: Contemporary New Adult

Release Date: April 13, 2018

At the beginning of her senior year, Bree Porter had everything figured out. She knew who she was, what she wanted, and where she was going.

The only thing she didn’t know was how to tell the world that her childhood bestie, Skylar Hale, was also her secret girlfriend.

But only months before Bree and Skylar are set to start their lives together away from the narrowed minds of Markson Grove, Bree meets Evan Daniels and everything changes.

One glance. That’s all it takes for Bree to begin questioning everything she thought she knew about herself.

Skylar Hale has been running from her past for years. She won’t speak about it to Bree— she won’t acknowledge it at all— because it’s dark and scary and connected to a name that makes her tremble to her core.

Now the perfect life she created with Bree is on the verge of collapse, leaving her haunted by a past she’s desperate to forget and back to a world she never thought she’d see again.

*This book contains violence, coarse language, sexually explicit scenes, drug abuse, and illegal situations. Intended for mature reading audiences only.*

I look to the ground. “What are you doing, Evan?” I ask uneasily.

He sighs. “I don’t know,” he says. “I don’t know what you want. This is really weird for me. Because I know what I want, and I know that you know what it is.”

“What is it you want?” I ask, even though he’s right, I already know the answer.

“To be with you, to kiss you, to touch you. All the time.”

I stand there in silence for a long while, knowing what I want to say but knowing that if I say it, everything will change and I won’t be able to take it back.

“I think I want those things too,” I whisper softly, still looking to the ground.

He takes a deep breath. My words have surprised him and it seems like he’s trying to decide something now. I peer into his eyes, attempting to read him, and the moment that they make contact, his lips are on mine in a breathtaking kiss.

He lets go of my hand in order to place his hands on either side of my face. His lips are hot and moist, and so soft. The minute he opens them slightly, I begin to kiss him back, slowly at first, and then with an urgency I can’t begin to describe.

Evan’s body responds to this urgency right away, and he picks me up off of the ground and sits me on the hood of his car. I wrap my legs around him and I can feel him pressed up against me in a way that makes everything down there tingle. He begins to kiss my neck while caressing my breasts; I throw my head back and let out a gasp.

And then I think of Skylar.

“We can’t do this,” I say as I break the connection and I push him off of me gently.

He’s breathing heavily and his cheeks are red. “I know,” he says. “I’m so sorry.”

Amy Vanessa Miller is a Canadian independent author known for her shockingly edgy Misfits series.

She loves to push the boundaries with her writing and has always been a fan of angsty stories.

She is happily married to a loving and supportive man whom she’d be lost without; they have one son, two cats, and a dog together.

When she isn’t being mom and wife, or working at her day job, Amy can be found either curled up on the couch with a good book, writing imaginary characters for others to fall in love with, or binge watching TV shows on Netflix.

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NEW RELEASE!! ~ Mackenzie by M.A. Foster

April 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: Mackenzie

Series: Heritage Bay Series

Author: MA Foster

Genre: NA Romance (Stand alone)

Release Date: April 6, 2018

For every action, there’s a reaction.

Or in my case, a consequence.

One night.

One party.

One girl.

One time.

One unforeseen tragedy.

Two shattered hearts.

Two lives changed forever.

*Not recommended for readers under the age of 18 due to language, sexual situations, and language.

Standalone in a series.

M.A Foster was born and raised in Tampa, Florida and is currently suffering from empty nest syndrome in Land O’Lakes, Florida with her husband and her crazy dog, Rocky. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s searching for chocolate.

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HAPPY RELEASE DAY! ~ To Fall For Winter by Kelsey Kingsley

March 2018 writinstuff Leave a comment

Title: To Fall for Winter

Series: Kinney Brothers #2

Author: Kelsey Kingsley

Genre: Contemporary Adult Romance

Release Date: March 19, 2018

“You think I’m ready to ruin you forever?”

“Oh, Ireland… You’ve already ruined me forever.”

I’ve been called the Black Sheep. Troublemaker. And probably a dozen other words that are nowhere near that nice. My past is checkered. Full of questionable choices and even worse outcomes. But I’ve put it behind me. I’m on the straight and narrow now.

For two years, I’ve towed the line. Stayed out of trouble. Kept my head above water. And have not made even one reckless decision.

But then Snow came to River Canyon on the first day of winter.

Inked, pierced, and unafraid of speaking her mind, and going after what she wants, she made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Together, I knew we would make a mess.

I just couldn’t keep myself from getting dirty.