STROKE OF LOVE The Remingtons, #2 By Melissa Foster

STROKE OF LOVE

The Remingtons, #2

A New Adult/Adult Contemporary Romance

New York Times Bestselling Author

Melissa Foster

Published by World Literary Press

Release March 3, 2014

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Kate Parello runs a volunteer program in Belize for Artists for International Aid, where she deals with self-centered artists who use the program as a means to repair their marred reputations. She loves the country, the people, and what AIA stands for, but too many diva volunteers have turned her off to press-seeking celebrities altogether and left her questioning the value of the volunteer program. When she meets incredibly handsome and charming Sage, he stirs emotions she hasn’t felt for ages, even though he represents the things she despises.

Laid-back artist Sage Remington escapes his wealthy lifestyle in the Big Apple for a two-week journey of self-discovery to figure out how a guy who has so much can feel so empty. When he meets ultra-organized Kate, who lives her life the way he’s always dreamed of living his, the attraction is too hot to ignore, but Sage is there to figure out what’s missing in his life, not to find a woman.

Every look, and every late-night chat in the romantic jungle brings them closer together, but Sage can barely think past stripping away Kate’s misconceptions about him. Kate fights him every step of the way—even though she finds it hard to ignore the strikingly handsome, generous-to-a-fault artist who wants to do nothing more than right the wrongs of the world—and love her to the ends of the earth.

About the Author

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women's fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today's book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest, a social and support community for women, and the World Literary Café. When she's not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on  Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. 

Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.

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GAME OF LOVE

The Remingtons, #1

Release February 17, 2014

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Ellie Parker is a master at building walls around her heart. In the twenty-five years she’s been alive, Dex Remington has been the only person who has always believed in her and been there for her. But four years earlier she came to Dex seeking comfort, and then disappeared like a thief in the night, leaving him a broken man.

Dex Remington is one of the top PC game developers in the U.S. He’s handsome, smart, and numb. So damn numb that he’s not sure he’ll ever find a reason to feel again.

A chance encounter sparks intense desires in Ellie and Dex. Desires that make her want to run—and make him want to feel. A combination of lust and fear leads these young lovers down a dangerous path. Is it possible to cross a burned bridge or are they destined to be apart forever?

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Stuck in Between (Bound by Your Love) by Blakely Bennett Review

This story was something else all together! Jacqs is in a on again off again relationship with Bond, she loves him and keeps trying to make it work all the while Bond sleeps with everything that walks. Bond still wants Jacqs to be with him but cant be with her only, when Jacq finally realizes he will never change she knows its time to just end it while she still can.

Red is Bonds best friend, he has watched from the sidelines of Jacqs and Bonds relationship all the while silently pinning for Jacqs. He knows he loves her and is tired of the way Bond treats her so he finally decides to make his move before its too late.

Jacqs is shocked when she finds of Red liked her, they have spent so long "hating" each other that she was shocked when he came onto her. But when he does it shocks her even more that she likes it, she likes him and wow is the chemistry insane! They were so HOT together I think my pages were melting together.

When Bond finds out all hell breaks loose. Bond wants her back and wants to "try" to be with just her but that's not good enough for Jacqs especially because she has fallen for Red. Now this is when things get interesting!! Does she have to choose? and if so which one does she want to take the plunge with. I was so drawn into this book I didn't want it to end.

The scenes were steamy and all around dripping with sex! This is a must read!! Don't go without this one it is for sure to make your day much brighter.  

make it a double by Sawyer Bennett

MAKE IT A DOUBLE

BY USA Today Best-selling Author Sawyer Bennett

Last Call, #2

Adult Contemporary Romance

Releasing April 21, 2014

Cover designed by Vitalink

Brody Markham has endured a nightmare, spending the last five years in prison and losing everything that was dear to him. Now he's back home, trying to survive in a world he doesn't recognize anymore. While his family and friends desperately try to reach through to him, he shelters himself further and further away from their love.

Alyssa Myers has worked her entire life to distance herself from the luxurious and privileged lifestyle in which she was raised. Running her non-profit agency, The Haven, she is content to spend her days helping abused animals find sanctuary, which fulfills her in a way that money just can't buy.

Maybe it's that she recognizes in Brody some of the same characteristics she sees in her homeless wards, but Alyssa is powerless to stop her personal quest to make Brody whole again.

While Brody struggles to surface from the darkness, Alyssa tries to protect her heart in case he's not willing to accept the light that she offers him.

*MAKE IT A DOUBLE can be read as a stand-alone*

About the Author

USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn't have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.

   
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Last of the Red-Hot Cowboys: Hell's Outlaws by Tina Leonard Review

This book took place in Hell, Texas, its a small town with 98% males. Judy the town mayo gets this crazy idea that she is going to get a group of women together from out of town and make a hell's belle's bull fighting team.

Trace is one of the best at what he does and he will NOT get caught up in Judy's plan no matter what she throws at him. Even if her name is Ava and she is smoking hot and makes him crazy!

I loves trace even though he is a hard head cowboy that is kinda stuck in his ways. I loved all the extra characters too! Trace's "brothers" and Ava's other team mates. It seemed like it was going to be a perfect start to a series!

I LOVED some of the stuff Trace came up with when talking to Ava   "I think I'm in love with your mouth."   I just about died when Trace seemed to keep putting his foot in his mouth around her. 

I enjoyed Ava too she is a no nonscene kind of girl and needed this job she was not going to let some MAN get in her way even if he was sex on a stick! I didnt quite like how the Outlaws went behind Trace's back after they talked him into not training Ava but I see where it helped in the story! This is a western romance that just might be hotter then Texas in summer. 

Beautiful Failure (Beautiful #1) by Mariah Cole

Title: Beautiful Failure

Author: Mariah Cole

Genre: New Adult

Publication Date:December 17, 2013 

Tour Host: Dreams Come True Promotions

If you're looking for a heartwarming story about a girl who falls deeply in love with a troubled boy who changes her life--a sob story with pretty metaphors and a million ways that'll tell you how "broken" she is, STOP. Don't read another word of this.

I'm not that type of girl.

My name is Emerald Anderson and I'm not going to bullshit you: I flunked out of college after my sophomore year, I've been fired from every job I've ever taken, and I've never had a fully functioning relationship in my life.

I wish I could say that I had a cheerleader in my corner, someone who says, "No, Emerald--You're great and you are good at something!" but I don't. My grandparents are completely oblivious to my life, and my mother's dying words to me were "You're going to end up just like me one day. A beautiful nothing."

She was right.

As I decide to start my life over and take two jobs that will forever change me--one from the inside, and one from the outside, I keep my mother's words close to my heart so I can keep the sexy and mysterious Carter Black away.

He's the first man who's ever pursued me, the first man who seems bent on finding out why I am the way I am, but he's wasting his time.

I'm not broken. I don't need to be fixed. I'm perfectly fine being a beautiful failure...

Beautiful Failure was just that, this is not your typical romance that seems to be going around right now. Emerald had a hard life her mom was not so much a mother as she was a wanna be best friend, that was more messed up then any one. Her childhood consisted of her mother Leah had a rough life she was a prostitute and passed on certain values to Emerald such as "Do not make friends, make sponsors"  and that looks are more important than anything else. When something makes you feel like your going to cry suck it up and put more mascara on.

When Leah takes her own life Emerald is forced to go live with her grandparents she never met. She goes to college and flunks out after some crazy stuff goes down. (don't wanna give to much away) She has job after job never being able to keep anything longer then a few weeks if that.

When she meets Carter Black I don't know what to think at first, but soon feel in love with him. He was sexy, cool, confidant, sweet, a gentleman and much more all thrown into one hot as hell package. They go through ups and down you never really know how it is going to work out but it keeps you wanting more.

I was praying everything was going to work out for them Emerald deserves a happily ever after for once but not every gets what they wont. Emerald grows as a person from someone who drank and used drugs all the time because at first that was how she was the only time her mother would pay attention to her, to someone who was growing as a person and someone she wanted to really be.

I am not going to give anything away but can anyone else say OMG WHAT A ENDING?? lol Can't wait to see what else Mariah Cole has up her sleeve!!

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Chocolate Dreams at the Gingerbread Cafe by Rebecca Raisin Review

This was such a cute little book. It was rather short it took me a couple hours to read but it didn't feel like many short stories do. I was happy with the story and everything Rebecca Raisin was able to put into it. I didn't feel as if I was missing something or needed more from the story.

I loved Lil and CeeCee they were hilarious and made me want to be friends with them. Lil owns a cute little cafe and is in a relationship with Damon who has such a darling daughter named Charlie.

When Lil's no good ex husband comes back to town wanting cash was worried it was going to get ugly but I loved how it turned out and how a you felt like you were right there with them in a small town full of love and people that had each others back.

This was definitely a cute read, its one of those feel good stories when you just want a change from the standard romance and want something that feels like it could happen to anyone. Loved it! I love how no matter what the story Rebecca has a way of just making you feel good!

Reunited in Love (Hearts on the Line #2) by Nadia Lee

Title: Reunited In Love

Author: Nadia Lee

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publication Date: January 9, 2013

Tour Host: Dreams Come True Promotions

A Hot Sexy Contemporary Romance from Nadia Lee -- featuring an overprotective alpha billionaire hero who'll move heaven and earth for the woman he loves...

A temporary reunion...

Newly jobless and adrift, former investment banker Kerri Wilson travels to Virginia to see her best friend and regroup, only to run into billionaire playboy Ethan Lloyd. It's been years since she's snuck out of his bed after the most amazing sex of her life, and he's so not her type--she likes them tall, dark and manageable. But he's too hot to resist, and she succumbs to another sizzling, no-strings-attached (or so she thinks) night.

Unwilling to let her go this time, Ethan makes a simple proposition: a job, a place to stay, and an exclusive affair that will end when either of them finds someone else. But with her dark, painful past catching up to her, Kerri may have to bolt again--even though her heart is telling her to stay. And Ethan's not giving her up without fighting to make their "temporary" arrangement something far more permanent...

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The Hearts on the Line Series Reading Order

Book 1: Vengeful in Love (Natalie Hall & Alex Damon) – Free!
Book 2: Reunited in Love (Kerri Wilson & Ethan Lloyd)
Book 3: Redemption in Love (Amandine Monroe Lloyd & Gavin Lloyd)
Book 4: Sweet in Love (Brooke de Lorenzo & Pete Monroe -- out March 2014)

I didnt quite know what I was about to read when I started this one. I loved Vengeful in Love book 1 and I was worried this would not live up to my expectations. With that being said I was so mistaken! I think I liked this one even more if it is possible.

Kerri was a hard cookie to figure out. I kept wanting to shake her so she would see what was in front of her and to make her stop making her and Ethan's relationship seem so meaningless. Ethan knew that if he was to keep Kerri around it was going to take work but he was willing to work ten fold to make it happen and to make sure she couldn't run away again.

Kerri did not have a easy life that is for sure. With all the heart break in her past I could see why she was the way she was. Which made me want the best for her even more, sometimes I felt like she was her worst nightmare. She couldn't just allow herself to be happy and make the most of her life. She was always ready to run if needed. I think it made me want to root for her even more.

I really liked Ethan as a character we got a glimpse into him in book one and I wasn't sure how I was going to like him I mean he did almost ruin Alex and Natalie but I really did LOVE him. I loved everything about this book!! Nadia put some magic voodoo in her books that makes you not be able to put them down!! A definite MUST READ!! Although I would say you don't have to read book one to know what is going on I would say YOU SHOULD! Cause you will love them both!!

Bilingual former management consultant Nadia Lee has lived in four different countries and enjoyed many adventures and excellent food around the globe. In the last eight years, she has kissed stingrays, been bitten by a shark, ridden an elephant and petted tigers.

She shares an apartment overlooking a river and palm trees in Japan with her husband and son. When she's not writing the sexy contemporary romance series HEARTS ON THE LINE featuring hot, protective and possessive billionaire alpha heroes, she can be found digging through old Asian historical texts or planning another trip.

You can check out her latest projects or sign up for her new release mailing list on her website ( nadialee.net ).

20 Fun Facts About Nadia Lee: 

1. Nadia didn't learn English until she was in junior high school.

2. Nadia was bitten by a shark.

3. Nadia rode an elephant and petted tigers. On the same day. She still has both her hands.

4. Nadia has watched Toy Story 1-3 about 300 times.

5. Nadia has watched Happy Feet 2 about 50 times (not because she's obsessed with penguins and toys, but because of her 2 year-old son).

6. The first romance novel Nadia ever read was Johanna Lindsey's Gentle Rogue.

7. Nadia read lots of historical romance novels afterward and was astounded at the number of dukes and highland lairds running around on the British Isles.

8. Nadia discovered contemporary romance when she read Nora Robert's Born in Ice a few years later.

9. Nadia at one point flew so much that she had a black card from United. (Global Services). It was a nice perk, but to "earn it" you have to fly so much you get to be on a first name basis with quite a few cabin attendants.

10. Nadia's official mailing address was a Hilton in San Jose at one point. She kept that address for over a year.

11. Nadia speaks Korean fluently and still reads it faster than English.

12. Despite the fact that Nadia has lived in Japan for a decade, her Japanese is rather poor.

13. Nadia's favorite sashimi is fugu (blowfish).

14. Nadia's Street Team has an apple as its FB group favicon logo. She chose it because it's her son's favorite fruit (and first recognizable word).

15. Nadia doesn't enjoy watching romantic movies in general. She prefers action, suspense or thrillers.

16. Nadia chooses movies according to the hottie factor...then the synopsis.

17. Nadia reads the Wall Street Journal for fun.

18. Nadia wanted to be a plastic surgeon at one point in her life...until she realized she would have to take organic chemistry.

19. Nadia's bought only one car in her life--a Toyota Corolla--which she got in college. (No, she's not in her twenties...)

20. Nadia can still do the most basic antiderivatives (calculus) but she can't add and subtract in her head all that well.

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