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Kayden: The Past by Chelle Bliss- Blog Tour and Review

10 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Blog Tour, Romance Book Reviews Tags: Addiction, Alcohol, Available on Amazon, Blog Tour, Book Review, Chelle Bliss, Drugs, Facebook, Florida, Goodreads, Indie Author, Love, Love at Last Series, New Orleans, Playlist, Romance

Blog Tour and Review

Kayden: The Past

Author Chelle Bliss

Published December 31st 2013 by Chelle Bliss

Synopsis

Kayden Michaels has a past filled with sex, addiction, and heartache. A past that he’s avoided sharing with the love of his life, Sophia, and held close to his core not risking rejection. Needing to get his addictions in check and gain control of his life for the sake of his family, Kayden is forced to confront his past and make amends for the path he’s walked.

Kayden must recount every carnal act and the betrayal from those he’s loved to identify the triggers that spur his addictions and overcome it all to be worthy of Sophia’s love – his sole reason to exist.

**(Note: CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE NOVEL, This is NOT a novella)**

Extended Excerpt ~ Prologue

I was an addict.

Sophia didn’t know this about me when we met – when I stole her heart.

I struggle every day with my sobriety, and Sophia is my compass. She’s what keeps me grounded and always points me in the right direction. She doesn’t nag or yell but smothers me in her love and understanding.

Sophia asked to hear my story, my past. She wanted to know everything about me…what led me to her. I gave her a condensed version – one that is closer to PG-13 compared to the NC-17 reality that I lived. No matter how much the person you love the most, the one who is the center of your universe asks about your past, you never give the full truth. I never want Sophia to compare herself to any of the women or experiences that I’ve had before her. Sophia is perfection in my eyes. No one could ever compare to her.

I’d like to say my life began again when I met Sophia, that I was given a clean slate. Sophia met me at the point in my life where I had given up on love. My life consisted of work and pleasure – pleasure from the unattached sexual relationships and the booze that had filled my nights.

When my life spiraled out of control, Sophia caught me in her web of security and love. She is my savior, the only thing that is true in my life. She can’t know my entire story. Who would want to know the true story of the love of their life, the father of their child?

The thought of Sophia being with another man makes my skin crawl and pisses me off. She’s mine, and I’d like to think that I’ve been the only man in her life and the first one to taste her, but I know I’m lying to myself. Ignorance is bliss, and I’d rather stay in the dark.

After our child was born, I thought it was necessary to get help to control my drinking. I needed to make sure I never walked down the path of self-destruction again. I had too much to lose. For the first time in my life, there was something more important than myself or even Sophia. There’s a tiny little life that depends on me and needs my love and adoration.

I didn’t want to go to group counseling – I’ve done that before, and it sucked; it wasn’t more than a temporary fix. I needed something to get to the root of my addiction and allow me to find other ways to cope with the pressures in life besides at the bottom of a bottle. The

counselor told me to write down the major events in my life – the ones that caused my drinking to go out of control or drove me to drink.

He said I needed to understand the cycle. What came first – the booze or the problems? He asked me to write a journal about my life. Everyone who I could remember that triggered my drinking, use of drugs, and events that were caused by my addiction that had an impact on my life. I didn’t see the use in writing it for someone else to read and analyze, but he said I would understand it in time.

Where do I start the tangled mess that was my life? Do I start with my first taste of booze, the first sniff of coke, or the crazy bitches I’ve experienced? There will be bits that I leave out; things I don’t want the world to know. I’ve included the ones that show what has molded me into the man I am today. The ones that will fill in the gaps on my troubled journey that Sophia and I overcame and show the depths of my depravity and addiction before Sophia walked into my life and turned my world upside down.

I’ll start at the beginning, what led me off the path of righteousness through my moment of self-destruction and finally salvation in the arms of a loving woman too good to be mine.

Short Excerpt ~ Explicit:

“Hey, where ya going?” she asked. “What about me?”

“I’m sure someone here would be happy to give you what you want. I got what I was looking for, babe.”

“You had me suck your cock and you’re just going to fucking leave me here?” she asked glaring at me with hatred so pure I could almost feel the fist she wanted to hit me with.

“I got what I came for. You were a total bitch to me for years; you don’t deserve what I’d give, how good I’d fuck you,” I said with my arms crossed against my chest.

“You’re a total cocksucker, Kayden,” she said poking me in the chest with each word to drive the point home.

“No, that would be you, babe,” I said with a smile, “Oh, and by the way, you have a little on your chin,” I said pointing at her face chuckling softly at the situation. I watched as she wiped her chin and I turned and walked away, leaving her there like she deserved.

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Kayden: The Past by Chelle Bliss

Book Links

US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FH3UTJC

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FH3UTJC

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NOOK: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/untangle-me-chelle-bliss/1117031384

About the Author

Chelle is an avid reader; consuming contemporary romance, dark reads, young adult, and all things erotica. Chelle wanted to create a book filled with characters that readers could relate to with real world problems and matching wallets.

Chelle loves to travel and her favorite cities are New Orleans and Paris. She currently lives in Florida with her amazing boyfriend. He’s showed her the love and passion that she has poured onto the page.

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Kayden’s Love Interests

Kayden’s Non-Relationship/Scratch that Itch Females

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Book Review

Kayden: The Past by Indie Author, Chelle Bliss is Kayden’s story. Readers meet Kayden in Untangle Me, Bliss’ debut novel and book 1 of the, Love at Last Series. Kayden: The Past, can be read as a stand alone novel, but I would recommend reading it AFTER, Untangle Me. To me, it just seems to be the more natural order, and/or if you are planning on reading book 1, then it may spoil the ending for you.

The Beginning…

High School… This is where it all starts. I mean, who doesn’t want to be popular in school. And Kayden is no different. Here is where alcohol and Kayden meet…

Kayden meets the First Love of his Life while on the job.

How many Loves will Kayden have before he finds … The One? Read and See…

Curious yet, well you will just have to read all about his sexual adventures in the novel!

Love and Revenge. Read to see how Kayden does it!

Lisa becomes a person that Kayden does not even recognize any more. One of my favorite parts is this,

This is what I am always doing to my husband when he is playing the, ‘block game’, aka Mindcraft. I mean I do not mind him being on it some, but not for hours, losing time and whole days while playing the silly thing. Maybe it just a wife thing or a me thing, there is work to be done and he is off in his whole little world. But Lisa was to controlling, not even letting him hang out with the guys, and checking his texts and so forth. A relationship is a give and take that needs to be equal among the parties involved. Lisa is more of a taker than a giver.

The End

How does that old saying go, save the best for last? Well Chelle Bliss does just that. When using Facebook myself to chat with her about her novel she remarked that I would not cry. Yet, being the emotional reader that I am these last chapters with Sophia and Kayden did find me shedding some very happy tears. Overall the ending was my favorite, favorite, favorite part.

I most definitely recommend this novel!!! 100+++++ percent!!!!!

It just amazes me how as a female writer Bliss writes so candidly and like the words are coming straight out of a mans brain. I enjoyed reading this novel. The material is very mature in content, so if you have trouble reading a novel that mentions cock, orgasm, and the F word a lot, well then, maybe this is not your speed.

Ratings

5 Rosebuds -Writing Rating

Oh my gosh, this novel just begs for you to keep reading. The reader will be surprised and engaged on every page. This is a novel you will want to stay up all night reading!!! The reader is provided with the background to really connect and understand Kayden, how his past treated him, and how he treated himself in that past. Everyone deals with issues differently. I may not be happy when my hubs takes forever to get off the computer or forgets to pay a bill, but I still love him. Heck, half the time I want to slap him, the other half love and laugh with him. Kayden just found ‘LOVE’ in the wrong women before Sophia came into his life.

1 Teardrop – and that was a very happy tear at the end. Wonderful love story. Like I said, the ending was my FAVORITE!!!

5 Romance Raves- Oh, the sex was hot, hot, HOT!!!!! Kayden has skill, stamina and lots of adventure when it comes to this act. He will give anything and everything a try. He aims to please both his partner and himself. WOW!!!

TRUE! TRUE! TRUE!

READ THIS NOVEL!!!!

Hope you enjoyed this review,

Readers, at the end of, Kayden: The Past is a sneak peak into the next book in the Love at Last Series. This time the story is about Suzy. You remember her, she was Sophia’s colleague and roommate. Kayden even feels like she is the sister he never had. I am so excited, I am biting my nails waiting for the next installment in this series. So here is a sneak peak to get you excited…

Happy Reading!

For Sophia, May everyday with Kayden be filled with Love and may all your days be filled with a Kaleidoscope of colors…

Cover Reveal- Conklin’s Blueprints Revised by Brooke Page

08 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Cover Reveal Tags: Adult Contemporary Romance Genre, Amazon, Architecture, Blueprints, Brooke Page, Christmas, Conklin Series, Cover Reveal, Design, Drugs, Facebook, Indie Author, Love, Michigan, New Adult Contemporary Romance Genre, New Release, Romance, Twitter

Cover Reveal

Conklin’s Blueprints Revised

Author Brooke Page

Synopsis

Becca finally found her courage and faced her tormentor’s head on to get what she deserved; respect and Tyler Conklin. With her new found strength in herself, Becca faith in Tyler is solid, but is he willing to completely open up to her? They both have past baggage, and as Becca says Tyler’s is particularly old. Will they finally get over their inner turmoil?

With everything they have been through, you would think Becca and Tyler have learned that secrets get them nowhere. They have made great leaps and bounds in their relationship, but Becca can’t help but feel he is still keeping something from her. Between the local detective snooping around and asking questions at the Conklin building and Tyler’s evasive answers, Becca remains skeptical about his excuses. Even though the detective seems more interested in RJ’s “projects”, Tyler’s hands seem to be in the pot as well.

Unfortunately, Tyler’s past comes back in his face along with his shady business. Will Becca hold true to her new found confidence and claim what’s hers… including Tyler?

Book Link

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Excerpt

Tyler and I couldn’t keep our hands off of each other. We had never been as intimate or as connected as we were last night. Probably because we hadn’t touched each other for damn near a month. His hands delicately stroked my body everywhere, etching my feelings for him deeper into my heart.

I forgave him for telling RJ I was an easy lay, for saying he could “fuck me” whenever he wanted. I knew now that he didn’t mean it, and he was only afraid of RJ taking me away from him. Of course this was ludicrous; I would never let RJ touch me, but Tyler was haunted by his father’s every needing urge to get under Tyler’s skin and was paranoid because of his father’s affair with Margo.

Margo was Tyler’s old nanny who stole his virginity and had a leash on his heart for 10 years. He told me he didn’t love her, but whenever her name was brought up, his eyes turned cold with malevolence as though he despised her. Or as I saw it, his heart was still broken some from her betrayal with RJ. But Margo and Tyler never had an actual relationship, which made the entire situation one big mess that I had yet to completely grasp.

I took another deep breath and was startled by a large clanking noise coming from downstairs. Then I heard the faucet turn on and more clanking. Tyler must be in the kitchen. I stood up and was surprised by how my legs trembled.

Probably from all the make-up sex.

I smirked at my inner monologue. I picked up Tyler’s t-shirt off the floor and grabbed my black lace panties that he so quickly stripped off of me last night. I probably had only worn them for 10 minutes. I padded my way out of Tyler’s vast bedroom. The large wall was partially pulled to the side as always. I walked through the loft where all of Tyler’s plans and blueprints laid scattered amongst the floor and workspace. I found my way to the black spiral staircase and winced with every step down I took.

Wow was I sore! We were going to have to take it easy tonight or maybe keep the creativity to a minimum.

I looked out into the kitchen and saw Tyler standing at the stove attempting to flip an omelet. He turned his head slightly and saw me out of the corner of his eye. Once he flipped the omelet, he turned to face me; a huge grin was plastered on his face.

“Good morning. I was going to bring you breakfast in bed. Sorry if I woke you,” he said, leaning against the kitchen island holding a spatula.

I walked up to the island and sat down on the stool across from him. “You didn’t have to make me breakfast.” My eyes grew wide as my stomach grumbled at the two large plates filled with mixed fruit, bacon, and now veggie omelets that Tyler placed in the open spot on each plate. I hadn’t eaten a real meal in a long time.

Tyler pushed the plate over to me along with a fork and napkin. He turned to grab the tea pot and poured the hot water into a coffee mug that held a tea bag. “Of course I did. Making breakfast in bed for my girlfriend on a Sunday should be a given,” Tyler said, putting the mug in front of me and grabbing his plate to come sit next to me. He kissed my forehead as he walked by.

“Hmm and why haven’t I had this luxury before?” I said with an arched brow. His face fell. Shoot. I didn’t mean to upset him. “I’m kidding, thank you. It looks great.” I smiled, putting my hand on his forearm while picking up my fork. I dug into the omelet first. From what I remembered, he made great omelets.

A smile played on his lips as he picked up his fork, never taking his eyes off of me. We ate in silence, mainly because I didn’t want to take a break from eating. It was delicious. I pushed my plate away after eating half of it. I was stuffed. Tyler’s face scrunched when he noticed.

“Aren’t you going to eat more?” he asked.

I put my hand on my stomach. “I already ate too much.” Tyler flexed his jaw and turned back to his plate, scrunching his eyebrows.

I stood up and took my plate to the sink and began to clean the other dishes. While the faucet water ran, my mind drifted to Jamie. I was going to have to talk to her. Today. I couldn’t stand the thought of her being mad at me. I didn’t even have my phone to call her, not that she would answer. I turned off the faucet after I loaded the last pan and felt Tyler’s hands on my hips. He briefly kissed the back of my neck. “How are you feeling this morning?” he asked.

I leaned back into his chest. “Sore.” I sensed his grin on my neck. He slowly turned me around so we were face to face, my lower back pressed against the counter.

He lifted his finger and made a circle motion on my chest and gave me an unsure smile. “What about here?” he whispered, his eyes becoming concerned. I frowned and my shoulders fell.

Letting out a deep sigh, I said, “It still hurts.” His face fell even more. “But last night helped a lot. Thank you,” I said, tilting my head up to kiss him on the cheek. He gave me a lopsided smile and wrapped his arms around me.

His smile quickly faded into distress. Hesitantly he looked down at me. “Are we okay?” Tyler whispered, giving me a firm squeeze.

His unsure look was sobering and tore at my heart. Our bodies definitely connected last night, but he needed verbal reassurance. I reached up and ran my hands along his clean shaven jaw. “Yes,” I said, pulled his face down to mine. “Thank you for not giving up on me,” I murmured across his lips, giving him a gentle kiss.

Tyler’s shoulders relaxed as he kissed me back, wrapping his arms around me tighter. He stopped the kiss and put our foreheads together. “Giving up on you wasn’t an option.”

. Tyler Conklin is infatuated with Becca, yet is apprehensive about a public relationship because of his hidden baggage. Not wanting anyone to know about his slight obsession with her, their potential relationship must be kept a secret. Will Becca put up with Tyler’s untold story for long? Will she tolerate being his secret?

Purchase Link

Amazon

About the Author

Mother of two, wonder wife, after school art/pottery instructor, self proclaimed runner, and Indie Romance Novel junkie!

This is Brooke’s second book, the first in the series was released back in September 2013 Conklin’s Blueprints.

Author Links

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https://twitter.com/BrookePage05

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Private North by Tess Oliver

08 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Blog Tour, Romance Book Reviews Tags: Amazon, Ancient Egypt, Antiquities, Blog Tour, Book Review, Christmas, College Romance, Facebook, Goodreads, Indie Author, Love, New Adult Romance Genre, Romance, Snow, Tess Oliver, Thriller

Private North

Author Tess Oliver

Blog Tour and Review

Publication Date: December 10, 2013

New Adult Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

When August “Auggie” Stonefield accepts an unpaid internship working for her favorite professor, she figures it will make for a quiet, uneventful winter break. But when the professor’s son, Dalton North, returns home broken and weary from the war, things are anything but quiet. And in the icy cold midst of winter, August Stonefield loses her heart and finds a burning passion she never knew she had.

An internship cataloguing ancient pottery. A war-hardened soldier who’s impossible to resist. A priceless Egyptian artifact. And a devious scheme that is fraught with danger. Antiquities major, Auggie Stonefield, is about to experience a winter break she will never forget.

Book Excerpt:

I pulled the cover up to my chin like I’d done as a young girl when I was certain the closet monsters were coming out to get me, but I couldn’t relax enough to sleep. The house was quiet and dark again. I climbed back into my slippers. I peeked out into the hallway and everything was still. I tiptoed to the kitchen hoping a glass of milk would make me sleepy.

I scuttled around the corner, and a gasp stuck in my throat. The refrigerator door was open, and the light pouring out illuminated his broad bare back, showing every line of hard muscle . . . and every small scar. There were many. His pajama pants hung low on his narrow hips, and I stood as quiet as a mouse for a guilty second and stared at his incredible physique.

He still had not heard me, and I wondered if he was still lost in the agony of his bad dream. I tiptoed without a sound, but as I neared he seemed to sense me. He continued to stare into the refrigerator as if he expected something to jump out into his hands.

“I’m sorry if I woke you.”

“Please don’t apologize.” His shoulders tensed as I moved closer to him. Even in front of an open refrigerator, heat rolled off of him in searing waves.

He shut the door but didn’t turn around. He leaned his forehead against the freezer door. I stepped closer. My hand trembled slightly as I reached up and touched him. The muscles of his back tightened and then relaxed. I trailed my fingers over the tiny scars that were splattered across his shoulders. The tiny ridges were hard, and I could feel the pain of each one in my fingertips. I stood on my toes and lowered my mouth to his skin. He sucked in a sharp breath as I pressed my lips to the scars. I kissed him over and over again wanting to absorb the pain that still clung to him physically and mentally. And he let me kiss him. His broad shoulders lifted and fell with each shallow breath as I ran my lips across his marred skin.

**Excerpt**

“Tell me what to do.” I kissed his neck. “I want you to forget the pain, all of it,” I whispered. I pushed his long hair behind his ear. “I want you to feel only me, touching you, kissing you.” I took his bottom lip between my two lips and tugged on it. “I’ll do anything . . . just ask.”

Dalton North POV:

This isn’t in the book, Tess has written it just for the blog tour for us.

The throbbing in my head took my mind off the relentless pain in my leg. It had become my sort of twisted way of dealing with the constant agony. Get drunk enough for a skull-pounding hangover and it dulled everything else.

I made a stupid-ass attempt to mask the uneven sounds of my footsteps, but the wooden hallway floor made it pretty damn laughable. I wasn’t even completely sure why it mattered, except that I knew the girl was standing just around the corner in the kitchen. I’d heard her silky laugh twice before I’d even left my bedroom.

She stood in the kitchen helping with breakfast. Long auburn hair cascaded down the back of her sweater and I could see only the side of her face as she smiled sweetly at my dad. I’d been in a desert that was so hot just taking a breath hurt, a place where you learned not to trust even your own shadow, a place that could only be described as hell, and the only way to survive the nightmare of it all was to believe that somewhere else in another place, another time, another dimension angels existed. And now I’d come home and found one standing over the waffle iron in the kitchen.

She looked up as I entered the room and that was all it took. I could not look away. Her thin fingers trembled almost imperceptibly as she tucked her hair behind her ear. I dragged a chair out from the table and sat down hard and watched her. She grew more and more flustered by my scrutiny but I couldn’t stop myself. She was a piece of heaven that had floated in through the darkness and I wanted to watch her. And, even though she nearly bit through her plump, highly kissable bottom lip with agitation . . . it seemed . . . that deep down she wanted me to watch her.

Buy the Book:

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-North-Tess-Oliver-ebook/dp/B00H8XT0GC/

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-North-Tess-Oliver-ebook/dp/B00H8XT0GC/

Book Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19266489-private-north

About the Author

Tess Oliver is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of Freefall (Custom Culture, #1). She is also a full time teacher and lives in California with her husband, two kids, and a pack of pampered pets. She loves horses, chocolate, and Jane Austen books. She has a BS in Nutrition Science and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction.

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The novel begins right as the college Auggie is attending is finishing up exams and beginning winter break. The holidays are coming. Auggie’s best friend Rylie is heading home to have a REAL family Christmas. Which is something that Auggie has always wanted, though her parents are always making the holidays a traveling affair. Auggie has talked to her mother this year, and is excited about their stay at home this year plans. She and her mom are going to make cookies, Christmas dinner (no staff help or fancy dinnerware), and maybe even a gingerbread house.

But…

Instead she gets a call from her mother on the opposite coast (California) and the family is now heading to France for the holidays. Auggie puts her foot down and says–NO! She refuses to go, her mother promised her. Yet, another let down from her family. Auggie comes from a wealthy family. One of the servants even helped her learn how to ride a bike. So why should plans for REAL family Christmas be a surprise let down. Yet, it is for Auggie.

So what is she going to do over break…

It just so happens she gets a request from one of her favorite teachers to help catalog ancient Egypt pottery relics. He provides directions and tells her that his son Ethan (school hottie) is going to be there. Making the requests seem twice as enjoyable for Auggie.

The drive up to the professors house is filled with snow covered roads. At one point while glancing away for only a moment to check the directions she nearly runs over someone.

She is shaken after finding out the person is not hurt and manages to make it to the professors home.

(Would a student actually go to/be asked to a professors home in real life for a project?)

Auggie enjoys the project and works quite competently and briskly is typing in the details needed in order to catalog the artifacts. She works long hours and enjoys the sight of the snow outside the office window.

The next thing she knows is that the person from her incident on the road is actually one of Professor North’s sons. And he comes with some serious emotional and physical baggage.

During her stay at the North’s Auggie hears mention of a ‘Gold Band’ after an outing with the guys on snowmobiles. . The family seems very tense, but she tries to stay out of their way as much as possible. Later Professor North shows her the object that his sons had mentioned in her presence. She is amazed at the wonder of the item.

Auggie and Dalton (Professor North’s oldest son) find that they are attracted to one another. She shares how she ended up there, about how her plans for making cookies, gingerbread houses, and even decorating own Christmas tree got turned into a trip to France instead. Thus, she accepted the invitation to catalog the Egyptian Antiquities (which is her major).

In a way this short novel is like a thriller and a romance in one. The professor gets a lot of phone calls that fluster him, and his mood changes for the worst from the beginning to the end of the novel. Dalton knows something is up, but he is just not sure what. He is a pretty smart guy. Very aware of his environment. I like this novel for several reasons. One being that it is not your average millionaire, biker, corporate man hero read. Dalton is a fictional character, but there are real persons with issues and military experiences similar to his. A second reason is that Auggie, even though she does see Dalton as attractive, she also sees him as a person. A person in more pain than just physical. It is almost like his pain is her pain. And third, because Auggie sees Dalton as an individual. Someone who is talented, strong, and caring.

Auggie and Dalton’s relationship does not begin until halfway through the novel. But when it starts it is pretty seductive. My favorite was the fireplace scene. I guess because I have often wondered what it would be like surrounded by snow, and having a warm and cozy fire in the fireplace; a perfect place for romance and memories to be made.

Towards the end the action and thrills come faster and faster. I could see the pages decreasing and I am going, OK, how is this going to end, what is the story behind it all going to be?

Which I will leave you guessing, I do not want to spoil if for you…

When the end came, I wanted more. More I tell you, more… How did Auggie spend the rest of her school break? What did the future hold for Dalton and for Auggie? Did her parents ever find out about the happenings and danger she was faced with over the break? Did Dalton ever teach Auggie how to use his pottery wheel?

I am hoping that since Rylie was introduced in the beginning of the novel that a second book will come out about her, and have information about Auggie and Dalton.

Because, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW…

Ratings

4.0 Rosebuds- Writing provided interest in the characters, their was mystery, that at least caused me to want to know more. Grammatical errors were far and few. There was a lot of detail in the novel, you could almost feel the cold frosty weather outside. Left me craving more of this story.

4.0 Romance Rave

The romance was limited to only a handful of scenes. Yet, though they were few, they were spicy!!!

This is a perfect and quick read for a rainy afternoon, snow filled holiday, or just any day and time, you want to read a romance that is short and sweet, but with a little mystery and thrills too!

New Years Book Blitz- Day 3- Featuring T.H. Snyder

08 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Book Blitz, Giveaway Tags: Amazon, blogs, Book Blitz, Facebook, Giveaway, Indie Author, Love, New Age genre, New Release, New Years, Romance, TH Snyder

New Years Book Blitz

Day 3

Author T.H. Snyder

Pierced Love

Publication Date: December 13, 2013

New Age Genre

Synopsis

Zar Evans is not your typical high school senior; in fact she is anything by normal. Dressing to the trendiest Goth fashion, Zar wears nothing but black from head to toe. Not that this warrants unwanted attention, but she is also top in her class and is looking at a full academic scholarship to Iowa State in the fall.

Loudon Clarke is an all star athlete. He plays three varsity sports and has the world in his hands. Except for one thing; Loudon is failing majority of his subjects. He is about to be suspended from the basketball team risking his athletic scholarship.

Zar and Loudon would normally never cross paths, until these two are brought together when Zar’s brother proposes to Loudon’s sister. With an upcoming wedding and a lot of planning Zar and Loudon are stuck with one another regardless of their differences.

Zar has hidden behind the pain she deals with on a daily basis for years. Loudon has never had to feel pain nor the ignorance of his peers. Can opposites really bring these two together or will they be pulled even further apart.

Only one thing is for sure, it is impossible to fight the connection of pierced love when one is willing to change for happiness.

Purchase Links

Touch Me

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Touched By You

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Pierced Love

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About the Author

t. h. snyder is my pen name.

I was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania Sept 1979.

For six years I worked in the field of higher education while earning my Bachelor and Master Degrees in Management from University of Phoenix.

I’m a single mother to two children who are my world.

I became an avid reader in spring of 2012 and since has read over 250 books. My genre of interest ranges from Romance to thrilling Paranormal.

This is more than just a hobby for me, it’s a passion to read the words of great authors and bring life to their stories with my reviews and character castings.
I started writing my first novel in June of 2013 and anxious to see where this journey takes me!!

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New Years Book Blitz – Day 2- Featuring Annalisa Nichole

07 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Book Blitz Tags: Adult Contemporary Romance Genre, Adult Romance, Amazon, Annalisa Nichole, Blog Tour, Book Blitz, Debut Novel, Facebook, Indie Author, Love, Love and Loss, New Release, New Years, Romance Series, Take a Chance, Widower

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Day 2

Author Annalisa Nichole

Take a Chance

Publication Date: January 7, 2014

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Synopsis

Willow Emery is in the middle of chemotherapy when she literally runs into Asher Wellington on the sidewalk after treatment with a rather unfortunate outcome. She is alone in a new city and doesn’t need anyone in her life. If life has taught her anything it’s that you can’t rely on anyone.

Asher is a young widower, devastated by the tragic death of his wife Olivia three years earlier. He has given up the idea of ever finding the kind of love that he shared with his late wife. Will one fateful day bring two lost souls together? Will taking a chance lead them to a happily ever after or will the challenges they face keep them apart?
This is a mature audience book and is intended for adults only.

About the Author

Annalisa Nicole

I am an “Indie” adult contemporary romance author. I am a wife and a stay at home mom. I have been married to my wonderful husband since 1996. I love being a stay at home mom to our two teenage boys. We have a handful of pets, a dog named Lucy (who is in my books), a guinea pig named Flufy, (my son spells her name that way) and a cat named meow-meow, who adopted us many years ago and has never left.

I never liked reading as a kid and I only started reading romance novels in the past few years. Soon I couldn’t get enough of them. My Kindle and I are inseparable now. A thought occurred to me in December of 2012 that maybe I could write a romance novel. So I went to work with the encouragement of my husband and my sister-in-law. It didn’t take long to figure out that I really enjoyed writing.

I entered my book in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest in January of 2013. Needless to say my three hundred word pitch didn’t even make it through the first round. My book never even got read. So now what do you do with a 50,000+ word book? With more encouragement by my wonderful family I decided to self- publish it. So here I am today a self- published author. It has been a lot of hard work but I wouldn’t change a single thing.

It has not been an easy road and there has been a lot of self- doubt, but I stuck with it and I wouldn’t change a thing. I’ve been blessed to have been put in contact with some amazing people that have supported and encouraged me every step of the way.

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Website http://www.annalisanicole.com/

Take A Chance – Running Into Love Book 1 (Only available on Amazon right now)

http://www.amazon.com/Take-Chance-Running-Into-Love-ebook/dp/B00GBJB94A/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1384186327&sr=1-1&keywords=annalisa+Nicole

The second book in the series will be published February 25th Take A Chance will be available on B&N by February 1st (I hope)

New Years Book Blitz – Day 1 -Featuring Author Kate Benson

07 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Book Blitz Tags: Adult Romance, Amazon, Blog, Book Blitz, Debut Novel, Facebook, Indie Authors, Kate Benson, New Authors, Romance, Teasers, The Promise

New Years Book Blitz

Featuring

Author Kate Benson

The Promise

The Promise Synopsis

Devastated by circumstances beyond her control, Sophie Ryan’s life rips her from the arms of her first love, Jack. With only memories of their lost love, she’s forced to start over in a new town; surviving on her own for the first time since he left. Trying to begin her new life, fate decides a different direction for her, causing her to make a choice she never thought she’d have to.

Unsure of commitment after his failed engagement, Chase Mitchell finds himself stuck on a path of failed conquests and late nights at the bar. That is until he finds a pair of mesmerizing green eyes sitting in hi usual spot. Something about this quiet girl forces him to question everything he has ever thought about love.

As Sophie looks down at the fork that’s presented in her path, will she choose the right direction? Will she be able to move towards the arms of the

Exclusive Excerpt from

The Promise by Kate Benson

The light from the bathroom splays across the bed, illuminating her features just enough for me to see the way the blush heats the soft planes of her face. Her long, thick eyelashes rest there just above her cheeks, brushing her newly sun-kissed skin. I can just barely see the light dust of freckles that dance across the bridge of her nose.

As she gives me the small smile that always causes my breathing to hitch, those rogue dimples of hers pop up and are just begging to be kissed. She opens her eyes and I feel my heart stopping for what feels like the millionth time today.

Every time she looks at me, everything else simply ceases to exist. My girl is beautiful. She’s simply breathtaking and she really has no idea. I’m under her spell, completely enraptured by her, but she doesn’t seem to have a clue.

I tighten my grip on her bare waist as I trace the outline of her perfect lips, continuing to marvel at her before I’m able to speak again. “You are absolutely everything to me, Sweetheart. I didn’t even know my heart was capable of feeling so much. Before I met you, I was just floating and I didn’t even know it,” she opens her eyes again and they meet with mine. “But now I’m alive. I wouldn’t be able to exist without you, Sophie. Don’t ever doubt what you mean to me. Ever.”

Amazon Buy Links:

US: http://www.amazon.com/The-Promise-Series-ebook/dp/B00H62TMJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386562460&sr=8-1&keywords=the+promise+kate+benson

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Promise-Series…/dp/B00H62TMJA

Author Information:

Bio

I grew up in Texas and moved to Florida when I met the love of my life 13 years ago. I wrote my first poem when I was five and it was about my love affair with pickles. I still love pickles but I like to think my writing has grown since then. I absolutely adore anything to do with books whether it’s writing them or devouring them in one sitting. I live on music, love, and sweet tea. I am known for my silly but blunt personality. I’ve been lucky enough to find the love of my life, marry him and now we’re working on our happily ever after. He inspires me in everything I do, but especially in telling love stories. I’m an ordinary girl living an extraordinary love and I’m so happy I get to share it with the world through my writing. I can’t wait for you to read my debut novel, The Promise!

TOP TEN LISTS

10 Things You Don’t Know About Kate Benson

10) When I was fifteen, I had a dream about my wedding day. In the dream I married someone I didn’t know at the time. When I was twenty one, I met him while I was on vacation. He’s now my husband.

9) I love to use swear words.

8) My favorite singer ever is Freddie Mercury and I celebrate his birthday every year. I make a cake, watch (and sing along to) at least one Queen concert, wear moustache earrings and a Betty Boop shirt. Sometimes I even wear a cape. Yes, you read that right. I have a cape and it’s awesome.

7) My favorite color is hot pink. I wear at least one hot pink thing every day.

6) I love tattoos and have ten of them.

5) I don’t know how to roller skate and I can’t do a cartwheel. However I can air guitar like nobody’s business

4) Ever since I had an accident in one on my twelfth birthday, I’ve been terrified of go-carts.

3)I am a huge music lover and listen to it any chance I get. If I can’t, I’m singing in my head. I also get really nervous if I try to drive without the radio on and find it impossible to listen to Outkast without shaking it like a Polaroid picture

2) My two favorite books are The Color Purple by Alice Walker and The Edge of Never by J. A. Redmerski. They are also the only two books that have ever made me sob like a baby.

1) I am a lover of all things vampire. Shiny, decaying, gross, hot. I don’t care. I love them all. Yes, Edward Cullen is my favorite. Yes, I know he glitters in the sun. Yes, I love him anyway.

Kate’s Top Ten Reads

1) The Color Purple by Alice Walker

2) The Edge of Never by J. A. Redmerski

3) Real by Katie Evans

4) This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas

5) Naked by Raine Miller

6) Protect Me by Jennifer Culbreth

7) In Flight by R. K. Lilley

8) Never Have I Ever by August Clearwing

9) Pulse by Gail McHugh

10) Misjudged by Sarah Elizabeth

Kate’s Top 10 Book Boyfriends

1) Andrew Parrish- The Edge of Never by J. A. Redmerski

2) Remington Tate- Real by Katy Evans

3) Jesse Ward- This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas

4) Ethan Blackstone- The Blackstone Affair by Raine Miller

5) Noah Wellington– Never Have I Ever by August Clearwing

6) James Cavendish- In Flight by R. K. Lilley

7) Gavin Blake- Pulse by Gail McHugh

8) Travis Maddox- Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

9) Kellan Kyle- Thoughtless by S. C. Stevens

10) Jude Ryder- Nicole Williams

Playlist for The Promise by Kate Benson

Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis

Skinny Love by Birdy

If I Was Your Woman/Walk On By by Alicia Keys

Brass Monkey by The Beastie Boys

So What? By P!NK

Just Got Started Lovin’ You by James Otto

Bust a Move by Young MC

Drift Away by Dobie Gray

Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

Real Love by John Lennon

Animal by Neon Trees

Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Lovesong by Adele

Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran

Sail by AwolNation

#Beautiful by Mariah Carey featuring Miguel

Don’t You Want It by The White Buffalo

S&M by Rihanna

Pussy is Mine by Miguel

Bad Things by Jace Everett

Lithium by Nirvana

I Wanna Hold Your Hand by The Beatles

The One That Got Away (Acoustic) by Katy Perry

Oh! Darling by The Beatles

Sweet Pea by Amos Lee

When You Say Nothing At All by Keith Whitley

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Bloodstream by Stateless

Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

I’ve Been Loving You Too Long by Otis Redding

Rumor Has It by Adele

I Want You by Kings of Leon

Wicked GamesThe Weeknd

Party Like a Rockstar by Shop Boyz

True Blue by Madonna

Girl of my Dreams by Etta James

Gorilla by Bruno Mars

Howl by Beware of Darkness

You Can’t Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

Your Side of the Bed by Little Big Town

Please Don’t Leave Me by P!NK

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katebensonauthor

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/24034636-kate-benson

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Katebensonauthr

The Promise Series Fan Page of FB: https://www.facebook.com/ThePromiseBookSeriesbyKateBenson

Thank you so much for your support! ❤ KB

Anna

Shocking Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom Book Review

05 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Book Review, Romance Book Reviews Tags: Amazon, Book Review, Britain England, Facebook, Goodreads, Indie Author, Love, New Age, New Age Romance Genre, Review, Rock Band, Romance, Room 103, Room 103 Series, SD Sidebottom, Shocking Heaven, Tattoos

Shocking Heaven

Room 103 Series

Author D.H. Sidebottom

Publication Date: April 28, 2013

New Age Romance Genre

Synopsis

Leaving her past behind, Eve Hudson embarks on student life. Determined to take control of her life and move on from her turbulent past, Eve strictly orders no drama, no bullshit and definitely no relationships.

That was until she met deep and moody Jax Cooper, The vocalist for local band ‘Room 103’.

Jax is arrogant and egotistical, an alpha male straight through to his core, but so damn hot, and Eve soon finds his relentless pursuit of her, harder and harder to resist.

But both hold tortured souls and secrets, secrets that could blow their whole lives apart…literally.

Except sometimes it’s not secrets or damaged spirits that threaten their relationship…it’s life itself.

Eve soon finds out that if you’re going through hell, then the only way out the other side, is to just keep going.

This book contains explicit sex scenes, strong language, Self harm and lots of heartache. And of course…one hell of an alpha male.

Book Link

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I kept seeing good reviews for the Room 103 Series when I first starting blogging in Sept/Aug. 2013. So I finally decided to give it a try here recently. Now all I can say is, WHY did I not read it sooner??? Shocking Heaven is book 1 in the series. And it is absolutely AMAZING!!!!

There are several characters in this series. There is the band, Room 103, the Hero and Heroine, brothers, mothers, and even the British Mob!

Shocking Heaven introduces the reader to college students Eve and Jax. Thus, making this a New Age Genre read. Yet, this first novel covers around 5-6 years of time and contains a Part 1 and a Part 2. The whole novel is 50 odd chapters and contains a Prologue and Epilogue.

Every page takes the reader farther and farther into emotional situations. Let me forewarn you. If you are an emotional reader like I am, make sure you have lots of tissues handy. I am not ashamed (though my mother once told me it was silly for me to cry so over reading a book) that I had tears running down my face through the entire novel. Jax may play the guitar, but this novel really played on my heart-strings!

The Hero and Heroine hit nothing but brick walls all through the novel. Every time anything good seemed to be going either their way, they ladder of life would slide out from under them and they would be left dangling with a major life issue. Needless to say, Eve lives life according to her tattoos and lets nothing, NOTHING get in her way or slow or down. She is a very strong Heroine.

Both Eve and Jax come from very troubled and extremely unhappy families. Their childhoods were a struggle to survive. The two meet in college and well, you will just really have to read the book to see their adventure in Love.

Room 103 totally ROCKS!!! The novel is filled with mentions of music, and several that the band themselves wrote.

The theme of this book is to, NEVER GIVE UP!!!

Just read and find out what some of Eve’s tattoos say! They kept her going strong!!!

***

The author lives in England. So the dialect and the writing may confuse you a little. But, I know you can figure it out.

Just PLEASE read the novel if you have not already done so.

The New Age Genre is really not my go to read. I like my Hero and Heroine to be a little older. But this book did not disappoint in the least. It was very engaging and gave create details on the past of Eve, her brothers and Jax and his family life.

The ending will leave you happily surprised. Yes! That is the only spoiler I will give you!!!

***

Ratings

Romance- 5 Heart-Throbs!!!

One Very Sexy Read Indeed!!!

A 5-Tear Worthy Read

This novel is a total Emotional Roller-coaster Ride!!!

5-Rose Review

Writing was Excellent, Concise, Interesting, Evolving, Engaging

One AWESOME Read!!!

Get Your Copy Today and Happy Reading, Anna

One of my Favorite Reads of 2013/2014

Kayden: The Past by Chelle Bliss BOOK BLAST and GIVEAWAY

05 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Book Blitz, Giveaway, Release Event Tags: Adult Contemporary Romance Genre, Amazon, Book Blast, Book Tour, Chelle Bliss, Drugs, Facebook, Giveaway, Indie Author, Love, New Release, Romance, Romance Series

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Kayden: The Past

Author Chelle Bliss

Blurb

Kayden: The Past Blurb – Short

Kayden Michaels has a past filled with sex, addiction, and heartache. A past that he’s avoided sharing with the love of his life, Sophia, and held close to his core not risking rejection.

Needing to get his addictions in check and gain control of his life for the sake of his family, Kayden is forced to confront his past and make amends for the path he’s walked.

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AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00FH3UTJC

NOOK: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/untangle-me-chelle-bliss/1117031384

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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authorchellebliss1

Twitter: @ChelleBliss1

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Baby Girl Series by Scott Hildreth Blog Tour

03 Jan 2014 2 Comments

by ReadingWritingandReviews in Blog Tour, New Book Release, Romance Book Reviews Tags: Amazon, Body Art, Book Review, Dominance, Erotic Romance, Facebook, Goodreads, Indie Author, Kansas, Love, Male Erotic Author, Motorcycle, Poker Run, Scott Hildreth, Series, Snarky Blogger, Submission, Tattoos, Wordpress

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Baby Girl Series

Author Scott Hildreth

Publication Date: August 24th 2013

Erotic Romance

Book 1

Baby Girl

Synopsis

Erik does not believe in love and he doesn’t live in a mansion – he rides a motorcycle in a MC. He does not have an airplane. Erik is extremely confident, real, and knows what he wants. He wants a woman to submit; with no commitment for love. Erik will settle for nothing less than owning Kelli.

When these two begin to spend time together, things begin to change; personalities, interests, and the need for affection. What happens is something that must be experienced by the reader. This book is, again, not watered down. This book has tremendous depth to those that are looking to find it. It will, upon completion, allow you into the minds, hearts, and heads of people as they develop a D/s relationship.

Again, if you have always wondered about what a Dominant/submissive relationship is all about – less the airplanes, mansions, and billions, read Baby Girl. It’s real, it’s raw, and it’s got the hottest, steamiest real sex you can imagine.

Can a love so strong that it can’t be broken develop between two people that don’t believe in love? What if the relationship is a Dominant/submissive one? This series is real, raw, and different than anything you’ll ever read. Read what develops between these two, and you’ll believe again. Prepare to be ruined from ever being satisfied by another erotica series.Erik Ead is the mid thirty something ever elusive bachelor. He suffered the loss of his father at a very young age and then his mother during a turning point as an adult. Both losses combined altered his emotional state of commitment.

Erik only seeks partners who are willing to be his submissive with no emotional attachment.

“Dominance, once experienced in a relationship, ruined any chance of me being satisfied in a non-dominant role.”

Kelli is the young twenty something college graduate. She is home for the summer working at her father’s car dealership. Just like Erik, Kelli also suffer the loss of a parent at a young age. Whereby, leaving her father to raise her all on his own. Kelli is missing something from her life that she didn’t realize until she found Erik.

Erik and Kelli’s relationship evolves but on unconventional terms. They each have needs that the other can fulfill. There are no hearts and flowers in this book, but what you will find are heart-felt struggles as two people come to terms with their meaning of love and commitment.

The first in a series of four books that is easily enjoyed as a stand alone.

Book Trailer

Book Link:

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Book 2

Publication Date: October 31st 2013

Synopsis

In this book, the second of three, we see the exposure of these two characters, as well as the other characters of Book I, to life…

This Book is different than Book I in that it is more of the living, and less ‘thinking’.

Someone steals from the motorcycle club, and Erik begins to question loyalties, life, trust, and his exposure to people – the few he lets in his in his life.

These questions leave him seeking answers. Kelli sees changes in Erik and takes advantage of her opportunity.

This is what everyone wished for in Book I and did not get to read. Erik and Kelli ‘doing’, and less ‘thinking’.

Prepare for a ride like no other, this book takes us on a journey through the lives of many, primarily Erik and Kelli.

Erik Ead is Dominant. Kelli Park is submissive. Erik rides in a motorcycle Club. Kelli works at a BMW dealership. An unconventional relationship begins to develop that requires Kelli to be sexually submissive to the Dominant Erik. Erik is unforgiving when it comes to sex.

This book defines Dominance and submission as it happens in life.

If you’ve ever wondered what the lifestyle is really like, the Baby Girl series will clearly define it for you. Upon completion, you will know if you’re submissive or if you merely have a burning desire.

This series is not for the meek. Book II in a series of four can easily be enjoyed as a stand alone.

Book Link:

Amazon

Book 2.5

Publication Date:

November 6th 2013 by Scott Hildreth Books (first published October 30th 2013)

Novella

(Read between Books 2 & 3)

Synopsis

Everyone has a past, and Erik Ead is no exception. This book is about Erik’s sexual past. Kelli and Heather have stumbled onto Erik’s diary. Erik now sits at the fireplace contemplating his past, present love for Kelli, and where his relationship with Kelli will be headed in the future. Erik’s diary has been a place for him to compile all of his information regarding sexual experiences from the beginning.

Everyone has a past, and Erik Ead is no exception. This book is about Erik’s sexual past.
Kelli and Heather have stumbled onto Erik’s diary. Erik now sits at the fireplace contemplating his past, present love for Kelli, and where his relationship with Kelli will be headed in the future.

Erik’s diary has been a place for him to compile all of his information regarding sexual experiences from the beginning.

**This supplement is a novella intended to be read between book 2 and book 3.**

Be forewarned, this book is full of sex from Erik’s past.

Baby Girl, by Amazon #1 Best Selling male Erotica author Scot Hildreth

Book Link:

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Book 3

Publication Date: December 6th 2013 by Scott Hildreth Books

Synopsis

Kelli has developed into a woman that Erik cherishes, loves, and adores. He still, however, requires that she submit sexually and completely.

Erik has developed into a man that Kelli loves, respects, and wishes to please.

In this last of the four book series, Kelli’s father becomes ill. Erik and Kelli each struggle with the imminent death of her father, and how to handle the loss of the only parent between them.

As the book progresses, so do they. Their true colors begin to show, and they become more of what each other may not necessarily expect. What they do become is real.

A Dominant/submissive relationship that defines love? Yes. This book will cause you to second guess the content of whatever relationship you may currently have.

Erik is a psychiatrist and rides in an MC. Kelli is a college graduate. Kelli and Erik are attempting to have a loving Dominant/submissive relationship. One that is real, raw, and includes love.

Kelli is a woman that Erik cherishes, loves, and adores. He still, however, requires that she submit sexually and completely.

Erik is a man that Kelli loves, respects, and wishes to please.

In this book about the development of a loving, caring, meaningful Dominant submissive relationship, Erik and Kelli each struggle with the imminent death of her father, and how to handle the loss of the only parent between them.

As the book progresses, so do they. Their true colors begin to show, and they become more of what each other may not necessarily expect.

What they do become is real. This book is as loving, caring, and romantic as you’ll ever see an erotica become. It will leave you in tears.

Good tears.

And have you second guessing your relationship, love, and life.

Book Link:

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Other Novels by Author Scott Hildreth

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Be on the Lookout for Hildreth’s Upcoming Novel, Undefeated

About the Author

I have somewhat of an old school approach to life. I enjoy listening to music, riding motorcycles, talking to people, reading, and writing. I do not watch television or drink alcohol. The majority of my time is spend researching materials or interviewing people regarding what I am writing about. My preference is writing a story that makes an impact on the reader. An impact that causes them to sit and think when they are finished with the book. To have someone finish a book and say, “Great book…” is fantastic. To have someone finish a book and say, “This book made such an impact on me that I immediately read it again, it changed my life..” is what I strive for. My novel, Broken People, is just that book.

I will never forget the first time I actually felt as if I had helped someone resolve an issue in their life. I was in middle school. It started then, and has continued throughout my entire life. I have always made myself available to talk to people and resolve (or attempt to resolve) issues that they struggle with.

Having an exceptional ability to communicate has always been a gift of mine, and I have enjoyed doing so. Telling stories has always been second nature to me. Writing has been a passion of mine since I was a child. I have written poetry, romance, self-help, addiction, alcoholism, codependency, technical, and satire. There isn’t a genre or a topic that I feel more comfortable with. I enjoy writing about whatever it is that I feel passionate about at the time.
Being open-minded and often seeing abusive relationships unfold, I have always been passionate about abuse, or the prevention of it. My main focus has always been people that are incapable of helping themselves, primarily women, children, and the elderly. I have talked to hundreds of women that were in abusive relationships, and assisted many of them in removing themselves from these relationships.

I try to focus in my writings to develop a story that makes people stop and think. To look at a subject or subjects from a different point of view. If I am able to get my point across, and make the subject entertaining to the reader, I feel that I have met my objective. I feel that I have tremendous depth as a person, and have had some great experiences in my life. To date, what life has offered me has been nothing short of spectacular. My opinions, point of views, and perspectives on matters are just that; an opinion. There isn’t necessarily a right or wrong in what I write, but more of a belief. I always believe in what I am writing, and I further believe that the reader may benefit from viewing it from the written perspective.

I hope that you enjoy reading what I have written as much as I enjoy writing it. Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than knowing a reader enjoyed something I have written. Considering that, please take time to leave a book review if you have read something I have written.

“Stay Human”

Scott Hildreth

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http://scottdhildrethauthor.wordpress.com/

http://scottdhildreth.blogspot.com/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7162002.Scott_Hildreth

http://www.amazon.com/Scott-Hildreth/e/B00EJNZICE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scott-Hildreth/e/B00EJNZICE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1387461705&sr=1-3

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Book links for GR:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373868-baby-girl

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18745182-baby-girl-book-ii—for-the-ones-we-love

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18759429-erik-ead—let-s-be-honest

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19273047-baby-girl-iii—love-that-just-is

Amazon book links US:

http://www.amazon.com/BABY-GIRL-ERIK-EAD-EROTICA-ebook/dp/B00EQMK918/ref=la_B00EJNZICE_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387460730&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/BABY-GIRL-Ones-Love-EROTICA-ebook/dp/B00GCH74NG/ref=la_B00EJNZICE_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387460730&sr=1-3#_

http://www.amazon.com/BABY-GIRL-Lets-Honest-EROTICA-ebook/dp/B00GI9PXD6/ref=la_B00EJNZICE_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387460730&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/BABY-GIRL-III-Love-EROTICA-ebook/dp/B00H5X0W4O/ref=la_B00EJNZICE_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387460730&sr=1-2

Baby Girl

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I met this author via Facebook. You know how the suggestions pop-up for friends, showing you how many ‘friends’ you have in common. So I clicked and requested Author SD Hildreth to friend me, and by gosh…he did! I received a message thanking me for the friendship, and telling me about his upcoming blog tour. So I signed the form and now here I am. I just finished Baby Girl, Book 1 in the Baby Girl Series.

I like erotic novels. So I was excited and looking forward to this read. As I started reading, I just wasn’t into it. Erik is the Hero of the series. He is very intelligent, and has a degree in Psychiatry. Thus this novel tends to get deep in thought and meaning very quickly. I am used to emotional reads, just not ones that speak to the brain and well as the heart. However the more I read, the more I became drawn to this novel.

Erik is your Hero. He is in his thirties, well educated, loves life, and feels free when he rides on his motorcycle. In Baby Girl, the reader is introduced to Erik Ead at the BMW Dealership. Kelli is the Heroine of the novels. Her father is the owner of the dealership. She is home from school for the summer. She just graduated KU and is planning on heading to Columbia University for a Business Degree. During Erik’s time talking cars and body art, he notices Kelli. At first sight he sees the promise and possibility in this beautiful woman to be his new submissive.

Both Erik and Kelli are not into ‘Love’ or long term ‘Relationships’. From the very beginning Erik tells her flat out it is about sex. That he does not do relationships. Which is fine for Kelli since she is only in Old Town, Kansas for the summer and working as the receptionist at her fathers dealership.

Both of the characters come from backgrounds where they grew up in a one parent home. Erik explains throughout the novel how growing up in this situation effects a persons feelings as related to sex. So be prepared to read a lot of deep psychological reasoning on what makes a person who they are and what makes them who they are. A lot of information on love, relationships, why couple separate and how to keep them together. Some of the rationale actually makes sense.

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Kelli -‘Time decides who we have in our lives, our hearts decide how we feel about them, and our actions and attitude toward them determine how long they stay’.

Erik– (quote from novel Broken People, also by Scott Hildreth)

‘”…you don’t give someone your love. They take it. Love is taken. And, when someone takes your love, you will know it…”‘.

Kelli– ‘As we grow older we change. Our lives change. Patterns of living, what we deem to be important, and sometimes out beliefs even change’.

Kelli– Feeling loved is a large part of what we, as humans, need to survive. We yearn to be loved. The perfect love.

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Think on those thoughts…that is just an example of the emotional and mental depth this novel will lead you the reader to mull over.

In the meantime, I recommend this read!!!

Yes, there are erotic scenes in the novel. They usually happen in public. So just be aware, this novel has graphic elements and not for the light-hearted romance reader. The novel develops the happenings between Erik and Kelli at a rapid pace. Before you know it, they have already been seeing each other for six weeks. The novel will end leaving you, the reader on the edge of your seat wondering if they are in a relationship, have the two discovered love, and will she or won’t she (Kelli) go to Columbia as planned. So thank goodness there is a Book 2!!!

Ratings

pizap.com10.78884836751967671388732770426

One Hot and Erotic Read

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4 Rose Writing Rating

Characters are clearly detailed, background and present information. Writing is clear and presented in the voice of each Character chapter. Author creates a world that the reader can step right into the pages and sit at a table, movie seat, or coffee shop and watch all the interaction between the varied players in the novel.

Fun Facts:

-In each of Hildreth’s novels the reader will find a character named, Heather.

– When this review asked Hildreth why his novel did not use chapter numbers, his reply was, ” I find them simple and boring.”

– When asked why Kelli removed her dress while waiting on Erik to arrive for their first official going out date, Hildreth’s response was, “A girl like Kelli is very uneasy and nervous about appearance with Erik, but not so much with others. She feels a need to meet him with an unwrinkled dress.”

– In reading this novel, I began wondering if Erik Ead was really the author, Scott Hildreth. When asked, he replied, “I’m Erik Ead, yes. Basically that’s true.”

One Click your copy of Baby Girl … It will not disappoint!

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New Release Hollywood Hit by Maggie Marr

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New Release

Hollywood Hit

Author Maggie Marr

Hollywood Girls Club Series, #3

Available December 17, 2013

Adult Women’s Fiction (with romantic and mystery elements)

Synopsis

Being the niece of the biggest star in the world isn’t easy–especially when someone is trying to kill you.

Nikki Solange is a small town Tennessee girl. When she hits Hollywood and tries to become a movie Producer, she’s in for the culture shock of her life–and finding a D-list actor turned up-and-coming director floating face down in his Beverly Hills swimming pool is the least of it. Now Nikki must walk the gauntlet that is Hollywood and try to stay alive because someone from Nikki’s hard-scrabble past is out to make sure that she ends up dead.

Pretending to be a Hollywood playboy film producer is easy when one of the world’s richest men is backing you.

Ex Marine sniper Rush Nelson is back from his final tour in Afghanistan and is now a security specialist for one of the world’s richest men, media mogul Ted Robinoff. Backed by his boss, Rush has a solid cover-story that includes some serious Armani threads, a pulse-pounding car, and a limitless expense account. All to protect Robinoff, his business interests, and Robinoff’s family, which includes Ted’s superstar wife Celeste ‘Cici’ Solange and her pain-in-the-ass niece Nikki. Rush must achieve his directive without ruining his cover. Easy–except for one problem–Nikki Solange. Rush is falling for her.

When your mission is security, falling for the person you’re meant to protect is the number one rule not to break.

Guest Post

Nikki Solange is the perfect mix of tough and insecure. She is so resilient and has so much perseverance. She is a character who has been knocked down by life so many times and yet continues to get back up and keep going.

Author Quote

There was a path that each person walked, and you could shout to them, but somehow the wind that whistled through their ears on their own path always seemed to drown out the words of advice and wisdom. The best you could do when your paths met was reach out and give them your hand. –Christina Darmides

Marr: This quote, to me, speaks to the loneliness of life. How, even when we are loved, we often feel alone and bare the weight of our life and our tragedies alone, but also how we can reach out to each other and give and feel love.

Excerpt

Rush was screwed. Every which way. He looked over his shoulder, away from the full moon that cast a full glow across the Ojai Valley and toward the girl who slept in the bed. Her face was relaxed in the moonlight, a pale alabaster with her pretty rosebud lips still bee-stung from his rough kisses and her wild hair a fiery halo that framed her face.

Nikki got to him. Her combination of naïveté, innocence, bravado, and pain-in-the-ass nature got to him, pulled him tight, closer than he should have been or ever expected to be. This was not what Ted Robinoff had in mind when he’d told Rush to get close. A sick feeling clenched through Rush’s gut. No, Ted hadn’t intended that Rush should bed Ted’s niece. A deep inhale of breath pulsed through Rush. What was this? What had he managed to do—his weakness to this silly, sad sort of girl would cost him his job, might cost him his cover, might cost him his entire career.

He closed his eyes. You couldn’t build a relationship upon a lie. And Nikki knew nothing about him other than his lies. He was meant to protect her; this was a finite gig. A gig that was meant to end and he was meant to slip seamlessly into her past as she found a future with her type of guy. A guy who really wanted to be in entertainment or a doctor or lawyer or perhaps an executive that rolled with Ted.

Not with a man who lied for a living. Not with a man who used his body, his mind, his smarts, and the money of the man he worked for to ferret out the deepest secrets people never wanted exposed. Finding secrets, exposing lies, was Rush’s specialty, and that was not the type of man Nikki Solange should ever be in a relationship with—Rush didn’t want her to be.

He turned back toward the cathedral window beside the bed. Shadows bounced around the edges of trees. They would return to Los Angeles tomorrow. He would tell Ted what had happened. There was no other way but to shed this guilt and take the hit. Ted would decide how to proceed because Rush was too damn close to even see.

Book Links:

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About the Author

Maggie Marr grew up in the Midwest and made the move to Los Angeles to work in the movie business. She was a motion picture literary agent for ICM before becoming a full time writer. She’s written for film and TV and ghostwritten for celebrities. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.

Author social media links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maggie.marr.7

Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggiemarr

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/maggiemarr/boards/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/378432.Maggie_Marr

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