tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48828825476054126812024-03-18T02:42:19.620-05:00I Read IndieMandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4978125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-53327202444425437992021-03-15T20:38:00.003-05:002021-03-15T20:38:43.919-05:00Goodbye I Read Indie, hello Mandy Reads Indie<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEFeLcXk0YyaZWFkye6mgN9hEURttl5BAz-ZFNPeB_Wvfe04Br2DLHc9_AGL5v75pXOKYjMrl4MIbQbCrsOeneCDsW-bRR6x1LVVsmQSmTHGIsCF0hfwJ3JGcAqz7LHYMtHIqDP_2I9wW/s2048/67A49EF7-D365-4E46-AD86-4FF1F3CD9124.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEFeLcXk0YyaZWFkye6mgN9hEURttl5BAz-ZFNPeB_Wvfe04Br2DLHc9_AGL5v75pXOKYjMrl4MIbQbCrsOeneCDsW-bRR6x1LVVsmQSmTHGIsCF0hfwJ3JGcAqz7LHYMtHIqDP_2I9wW/s320/67A49EF7-D365-4E46-AD86-4FF1F3CD9124.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I have decided, it’s finally time to officially close my blog and move things over to Instagram. My blog has brought me so much joy over the years...until it didn’t. What started out as a labor of love, ended up feeling like straight labor. The kind without an epidural and those contractions are coming in hot. </b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="s2"></span><br /></b></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I didn’t like going over here to post reviews and would sometimes go weeks without sharing anything. (Ok, maybe even months.) I quit signing up for book tours because I knew it would mean signing in and spending too long at my computer getting html’s to work or images to stay right where I wanted them. The thought of it all absolutely exhausted me. Then Blogger went and janked up their formatting. (I am still not over that betrayal.) </b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"> I soon discovered how simple and time reducing IG could be. Along with that came my new hobby of making edits for books. While I am far from being a Bookstagrammer, (those guys are beyond talented) I find posting on IG so much less stressful. </b></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="s2"></span><br /></b></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>So, goodbye Blogger & hello Instagram. Goodbye I Read Indie, hello Mandy Reads Indie. </b></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> I will keep my blog up for anyone still searching out books, reviews or old interviews. But there will be no new updated posts. </b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="s2"></span><br /></b></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A lot <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of you follow me on my personal IG acct @booknerd1 and it’s fine if you’d like to follow both. But my book only acct is @Mandyreadsindie. Message me for reviews or shares. Always happy to help. So, give me a follow over there and say hi!! </b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="s2"></span><br /></b></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>p.s. I want to say a heartfelt thank you to all the authors I have met over the last decade through the blog. An even bigger thank you to KA Tucker and Shelly Crane for making me get out of my comfort zone and start writing reviews. Those were the first 2 authors to nudge me into reviewing. And I honestly didn’t think anyone would want to hear what I had to say. I also want to say a huge thank you to all the authors that nominated me and this blog for awards such as Blog of the Year. My heart is full!! </b></span></span></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-55236907714513081312021-03-05T06:39:00.001-06:002021-03-05T06:39:43.526-06:00Now Live: WHEN THE STORM BREAKS by Emery Rose<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwYXZ6WKM3AqDpHIdpRc2MdGXybNQ9njGWUF3IcHfLltQIB0adHS6m-BWMzhQlm1cx_402sLQne18pBs_MHFN1BRAJV0GsI7oKLOBi5O0qPTLejd1pa15O5QZc7CcaMjXeZWtm0FQ245c/s828/6F0F88A1-D69E-4A18-BB4B-B3DFE63F05CF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwYXZ6WKM3AqDpHIdpRc2MdGXybNQ9njGWUF3IcHfLltQIB0adHS6m-BWMzhQlm1cx_402sLQne18pBs_MHFN1BRAJV0GsI7oKLOBi5O0qPTLejd1pa15O5QZc7CcaMjXeZWtm0FQ245c/s320/6F0F88A1-D69E-4A18-BB4B-B3DFE63F05CF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">🌟 ℍ𝕆𝕋 ℕ𝔼𝕎 ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔼𝔸𝕊𝔼 & 𝔾𝕀𝕍𝔼𝔸𝕎𝔸𝕐 🌟</span><p></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#𝟭-𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-align: center;"> </p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BOOK BLURB</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brody McCallister was only supposed to be a means to an end. My golden ticket to get me closer to what I really needed—a way to make peace with what I’d done when I was eighteen, dirt poor, and left to fend for myself.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I only had six weeks in the middle of a hectic world tour to do it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So the last thing I needed was to fall for a cocky cowboy. A walking contradiction with a charming grin, a dirty mouth, and a gift for healing wild and broken things. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His life was in Texas.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mine was on the road.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He guarded his privacy fiercely.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was constantly hounded by paparazzi.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyone warned me it could never work, that ultimately I’d be forced to choose—my music career or him. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I didn’t listen. I fell for him anyway. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hook, line, and proverbial sinker.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> But Brody was hiding secrets.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And when the storm finally broke, it destroyed everything in its wake ... including us.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">🌟</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Add WHEN THE STORM BREAKS to your Goodreads TBR➜ </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48720563-tba" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; 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background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PURCHASE LINKS</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AMAZON US → </span><a href="http://bit.ly/WTSB-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bit.ly/WTSB-CA</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"> </p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#1-click When the Stars Fall, Book one in the Lost Stars series of standalones!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzjjnCCCjgrOTiIabvT-2gSmrR7nZeC1PD3FvIgLQ5fWkXimVkgDybXnBdpbEhLmvGkkbKGX1g8t2FQq9eJxErocJrk1orQEl6aM03-S_y7Vx7Mf3O0B-ijmZibxnH1U56RfMkBRdudFH/s1280/Smoke-and-Mirrors-EBOOK+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="849" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzjjnCCCjgrOTiIabvT-2gSmrR7nZeC1PD3FvIgLQ5fWkXimVkgDybXnBdpbEhLmvGkkbKGX1g8t2FQq9eJxErocJrk1orQEl6aM03-S_y7Vx7Mf3O0B-ijmZibxnH1U56RfMkBRdudFH/w265-h400/Smoke-and-Mirrors-EBOOK+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lilah</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">One night is all it took.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">One night changed all of my plans.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One night laid a road map out for the rest of my life.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My heart now belongs to him- Antonio Robert Heart, the underboss of the Heart Syndicate that governs over New York and its five boroughs. He rules with an unwavering hand yielding the blade of his knife, but when his strong hands touch me, I become liquid. I melt into his all-consuming prowess.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The thing is, he doesn't want me... even though he craves me.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Antonio</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don’t date. I don’t love. I don’t want marriage and I do not want children. I only allow myself companionship when the desire is there.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lilah Tomlinson was supposed to be one night-one hour at the most.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was a fool.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My desire for her prevailed and I let her in... only to find out she has betrayed me. That muscle in my chest, the one she has penetrated and brought to life, it shrivels with the worst kind of anger: WRATH.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R6Y1PH3?pf_rd_r=GPJNYHAZD34T0FE3HZCC&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=fc0b0645-4c7b-446c-b606-ca25ca827c09&pd_rd_w=IZsZX&pd_rd_wg=Wcb7P&ref_=pd_gw_unk">AMAZON</a> GOODREADS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s1558/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s320/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">I am literally kicking myself right now. I started BREATHE WITH ME, which was Caelen & Sofia’s story, a while back. But another arc came up and I had to put it away. Bad thing is, I never got around to finishing it. Not that this story couldn’t be a standalone. It absolutely could. But there is so much back story and characters I would love to know more about had I read all of the Heart Series. There is so much to love about all these other characters.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok, onward we go into my thoughts of Antonio & Lilah’s story. I remember going along and enjoying their story and being “yeah this is an ok read” when the “oh what the heck did Lilah just say?” part happened. I had to read those last few sentences of that chapter a couple times. Then the rest of the story became like “hell yeah that’s what I’m talking about” kind of read. I was 100% reading whenever I could. I was in deep once that secret twist was revealed and only found myself sinking deeper as the story continued on and the twists kept coming.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Antonio is a complete alpha a-hole. He did nothing for me from the beginning. Up until halfway through that is. Then I was giving him lusty side eyes, knowing there was more to him. Of course he showed his alpha a-hole side a few more times, but I was willing to let those slide. I had faith he would redeem himself from his a-hole’ish tendencies.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SKOKE AND MIRRORS was a delicious, well written story that has me eager for what comes next for the Hearts. 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<span><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Genre: Contemporary Romance</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Release Date: February 1, 2021</span></span></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jude “Lucky” Lucketti wasn’t just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero who seemed to be in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Those weren’t exactly my best moments, but they were his.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We became friends, and it didn’t matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common—like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out, I couldn’t say no.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It should’ve been easy, but it wasn’t.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had just one rule—no kissing the bride.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.</div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carian Cole has a passion for the bad boys, those covered in tattoos, sexy smirks, ripped jeans, fast cars, motorcycles and of course, the sweet girls who try to tame them and win their hearts. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">Born and raised a Jersey girl, Carian now resides in beautiful New Hampshire with her husband and their multitude of furry pets. She spends most of her time writing, reading, and vacuuming.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">I’m a soldier.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">A cattle rancher.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">A Hayden.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">My family’s legacy is spread out in front of me, just waiting for me to seize it. If it weren’t for one outdated rule, I’d be the owner of the Hayden Cattle Company and my aging father could retire.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">When Dakota Wright shows up to buy and develop twenty acres of Hayden land, I see more than a pretty mouth and strawberry blonde hair. I see a way around the decree keeping me from getting what I want.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">And, as luck would have it, Dakota has a big problem of her own. We strike two deals: one for the land, and a second that’ll make both our problems a distant memory.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">It isn’t too long before I realize I’m in over my head. I’ve convinced myself the ends should justify the means, but everything begins to fall apart when my birthright is no longer all that I’m after.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">I never thought there’d be anything I could love more than my ranch and my country. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">I was wrong.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Turns out, I want it all.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Including her.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">She’s late. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Dakota was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago and I feel like a dumbass for being so keenly aware of that. Watching the clock like a whipped schoolboy. Pathetic. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">I walk away from the window that faces the road, and go to the kitchen to rinse out my coffee cup and set it on the drying rack. Somewhere in the distance, a car door slams shut. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before I open the front door, I’m careful to rearrange my features. Cool indifference is what I’m going for, maybe with a side of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I forgot you and everything about that night.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">I pull open the door just in time to watch Dakota falter on the second step. She regains her footing and keeps going. When she notices me standing in the open door, she stops short, her eyes wide, and she sucks her bottom lip between her teeth. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesus… </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">this girl. How am I going to spend a morning with her in my truck? From three feet away I can smell her sweet, mouthwatering scent, the same one I couldn’t define that night at the lake and don’t have a prayer of defining now. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Her jeans are so tight she might as well have them painted on, and they’re tucked into cowboy boots. I draw in a shaky breath, but it doesn’t quite fill my lungs. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">“You’re late,” I say, and it sounds angry even though I don’t mean it to be. I don’t like the way she puts me off-kilter. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">“My apologies,” she says tartly, in a way that conveys she isn’t sorry in the least. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">A throat clears and we both follow the noise with our eyes. Gramps sits in a chair, watching us. I must not have noticed him when I was looking out the window. I was too busy watching for Dakota. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">He stares at me, waiting for me to introduce him. “Dakota, this is Leroy Hayden, my grandpa. Gramps, this is Dakota.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Dakota walks over and shakes his hand. “It’s nice to meet you,” she tells him, smiling down at him. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I can already tell he is dazzled by her. “You can just call me Gramps. Are you a friend of Wes’s?” The excitement in his voice at me possibly having a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">friend</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is mortifying. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">“Uh, no.” Dakota shakes her head. “I’m here on business.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Gramps turns a confused look to me. “We need to get going, Gramps, but Dad is inside. He can explain the business that Dakota is here for.” To Dakota, I say, “Ready?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">“It was nice to meet you, Gramps.” She winks at him and turns, going back down the steps. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">For a moment I’m frozen, struck dumb by the sway of her hips and remembering the night she was swinging them on the dance floor. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">I hurry after her. “This way,” I tell her, chucking my chin sideways toward the side of the house where I park my truck. </span></p>
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Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-74854173629567647102021-01-03T14:33:00.002-06:002021-01-03T14:33:22.225-06:00Now Live: TEMPTED by Ava Harrison #5StarReview<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq6UxF7n25t63XvUxCDbgjUOZBQuD78U5zhGASQjy3XK73sqBJwX5roiyA9NL-I13XGceZCqLn7uvLhrJc064dc5UDDQIq1bA7DpMT-h6mVeEdUubxn_-EvHDYVQ0lOqwNr7llxcNNxKn/s1600/mail.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq6UxF7n25t63XvUxCDbgjUOZBQuD78U5zhGASQjy3XK73sqBJwX5roiyA9NL-I13XGceZCqLn7uvLhrJc064dc5UDDQIq1bA7DpMT-h6mVeEdUubxn_-EvHDYVQ0lOqwNr7llxcNNxKn/s320/mail.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3faI8x3HM0Nn5IAhzXb35fxj-tW3T0AaVmdSa2Mr-_inBo9ul9sRyE4rVygtbwdbuWOmlGhtZAbToMHtNmsQUJflm5u9uaZTgdIAsx3nd60cZpt39kp4GsdvIEPlGW4geidZEZeFbXxeC/s1600/mail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1047" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3faI8x3HM0Nn5IAhzXb35fxj-tW3T0AaVmdSa2Mr-_inBo9ul9sRyE4rVygtbwdbuWOmlGhtZAbToMHtNmsQUJflm5u9uaZTgdIAsx3nd60cZpt39kp4GsdvIEPlGW4geidZEZeFbXxeC/s320/mail.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="freeText7598153598246803594" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Unemployed. Check.<br />Zero prospects. Check.<br />An eviction notice in hand. Check.<br />Life in shambles? Check. Check. Check.<br />Desperate to avoid living on my sister's couch, I took a job in the one place I shouldn't.<br />That's where I first saw him.<br />Drew Lawson.<br />Elusive bad boy.<br />Owner of the hottest club in the city.<br />And apparently my new boss.<br />Temptation comes in many forms.<br />For me, it's the way he looks at me.<br />The way he feels.<br />He's my addiction.<br />My secret.<br />I know I should keep my distance.<br />I could lose everything--even myself.<br />But I can't.<br />And neither can he.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 class="yiv3892365472null" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span id="yiv3892365472docs-internal-guid-1a0ba112-7fff-204c-0df9-4291240e827c">Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited!</span><br /><span id="yiv3892365472docs-internal-guid-8b3ede4d-7fff-8d25-5540-bfaf7c4a82d5">US: </span><a href="https://valentinepr.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc853a28bc7647e8e0cb10d13&id=438d2d2ef9&e=2291f798c1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/34QPjYW</a><br /><span id="yiv3892365472docs-internal-guid-8b3ede4d-7fff-8d25-5540-bfaf7c4a82d5">WW: </span><a href="https://valentinepr.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc853a28bc7647e8e0cb10d13&id=fec6e714bd&e=2291f798c1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://mybook.to/temptedah</a><br /><br /><span id="yiv3892365472docs-internal-guid-1a0ba112-7fff-204c-0df9-4291240e827c">Goodreads: </span><a href="https://valentinepr.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc853a28bc7647e8e0cb10d13&id=46f59cfba7&e=2291f798c1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/39lTA9N</a></span></span></h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3DltKn-VhGZz9d3W2TTGrvuPw7tVCSdINm0P87jLGrNIthMDSDzZxOfLRFh5L5tYFU3-3ZVh_uRrFTA8UZGDqihiBUQUBy2T1LFWYwKYl3qM8uO-qYHvEXtUdvjH4KL5gvPnWApoMpm4/s1080/thumbnail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1080" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3DltKn-VhGZz9d3W2TTGrvuPw7tVCSdINm0P87jLGrNIthMDSDzZxOfLRFh5L5tYFU3-3ZVh_uRrFTA8UZGDqihiBUQUBy2T1LFWYwKYl3qM8uO-qYHvEXtUdvjH4KL5gvPnWApoMpm4/w640-h594/thumbnail.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s1558/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s320/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">TEMPTED was absolutely fantastic. It had me completely absorbed in the story and embedded straight up in these character’s lives from the start. The book was absolutely raw and gritty to the nature of addiction. I felt, for once, an author got it right when it comes to addiction and the people who deal daily with the temptations their vice brings. A lot of times it seems authors will gloss over the reality of it and have characters being stronger than they really are. Harrison made no such mistake with this book and Bailey’s addiction. For once we see the daily struggles an addict deals with.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Bailey was an amazing girl. I rooted for her and hoped she would kick her addiction to the curb and stay clean. My heart kicked my rear in my chest when things got scary for her and things got questionable. But man, this story had it’s grip in me good. I couldn’t stop reading even if I tried. It was all I did today.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">TEMPTED is without a doubt a definite must read. I absolutely recommend. So far all I have read of Harrison’s book have been must read material. 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font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">‘slow burn, angsty, steamy read with cliffhanger. Definitely recommend.’</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">‘Wow, where do I begin... this book had me turning the pages quicker than I read...’</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">‘I am hooked... this story dug its claws so deep into me.’</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Blurb:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">He told me that it was inevitable he’d have me…</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">I swore I would never let a man control me again… until I met him.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Wedding Planner, Sophie Ward, is surrounded by love and happiness every day of her life, but happy-ever-afters happen to other people not her. She’s had enough heartbreak and has vowed to never let a man control her again. When the surprise new owner of Gladstone Country Manor tears into her life, his sizzling looks and cocky arrogance stir a reaction in Sophie that she isn’t expecting. Art Black is a wealthy entrepreneur who’s into fast cars and fast women. He likes to exercise control in all areas of his life and the bedroom’s no exception.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">He always gets who he wants, and he wants Sophie.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Sophie fears Art's trouble, a heart breaker wrapped in a handsome veneer but she can't deny the attraction she feels for him. Even though she does her best to fight her feelings they soon become embroiled in a steamy relationship, which pushes her boundaries, and she begins to learn the truth about the man she’s falling for.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Sophie knows there’s more to Art than he's willing to reveal and she's worried her heart won't be able to survive a break from this man. When secrets are uncovered that threaten to unravel their happily-ever-after, Sophie’s wants to run, but will Art let her go? </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Dark Desires is Book One in The Black Series coming 08 Jan 2021. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Contains some triggers: mild BDSM/discussion of abuse/Ending-Cliffhanger</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Book Two coming March 2021. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">AVAILABLE TO PREORDER FROM KINDLE UNLIMITED</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">AMAZON UK</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NHWHSYM/ref=nodl_ </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">AMAZON US</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Desires-Black-Book-1-ebook/dp/B08NHWHSYM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sallyanne+johnson+dark+desires&qid=1609265446&sr=8-1</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">KOBO</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/dark-desires-42</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">SMASHWORDS</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1058603</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Photo by @trulytrendypr</span></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-52538500104507398762020-12-18T07:00:00.006-06:002020-12-18T07:00:08.440-06:005*Review: BULLETPROOF by Amanda Faye<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Banner" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-41078" height="225" src="https://theredhatterblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/banner-2.png" width="400" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One bad decision would change my life forever. I couldn't have anticipated when I walked home from work that night that I'd bear witness to the murder of our city's most notorious gangster. The bad guys didn't notice me at the time, but I sure have their attention now. I've sacrificed everything with one goal in my life, to be a doctor, and to save lives. Nothing, not the criminals who walk our streets or Detective Michael Hill, the mule-headed cop determined to protect me, is going to get in my way.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michael</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took a vow to defend and serve. First, in the marines, and now, as a Detective for Lake Ansley PD. Women and romance have no place in a life like mine. But from the moment I laid on eyes on Dr. Evangeline Williams, she's sparked every protective instinct I have. Smart, stubborn, and a little bit of a badass; I can't help it if she reminds me of myself. If I keep showing up at the same places as her, it's only to keep her safe. I don't do relationships after all. However, I'm not the only one watching her now. If she's not careful, I'm going to watch her get herself killed.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s1558/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s320/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Evan is such a beautiful, fun soul. I loved that she loved her job and wasn’t a damsel by any stretch of the imagination. But she wasn’t too hard that you couldn’t love her and connect with her either. Michael was the tough, alpha male. But also had a kind, sweet side. It just took a bit of searching to bring it out. Together these two were everything. There was lots of back and forth and give and take. But in the end, the chemistry and pull between them both was too intense. And they fell. They fell hard. And they fell fast.</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">The story was brilliant and had me hanging on to each and every word Faye breathed out upon the pages. I had this story in a white knuckled grip at every free moment. The story was a rush and had me on the edge of my seat towards the end of the book. And that romance? Holy hell was it ever savage and wild. It set everything inside of me ablaze. Beautifully, brilliantly and wonderfully done!!</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Completely and utterly blown away by this amazing story, I loved every freakin’ second I was immersed in this story and entangled up with Michael and Evan. Faye absolutely killed it!! Give this book all the stars!!</span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
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<!--/wp:paragraph-->Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-45845455493398672932020-12-17T07:00:00.001-06:002020-12-17T07:00:03.642-06:004*Review: HER MARINE NEXT DOOR by Aliyah Burke<p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-212393 aligncenter" height="148" src="https://indiesage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/HerMarineNextDoor_Tour.jpg" width="400" /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><strong>HER MARINE NEXT DOOR</strong></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">by Aliyah Burke</span>
<span style="color: black;"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> December 14, 2020</span>
<span style="color: black;"><strong>Genres:</strong> Adult, Entangled: Brazen, Contemporary, Romance</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-212392 aligncenter" height="400" src="https://indiesage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Her-Marine-Next-Door-500.jpg" width="267" /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My next door neighbor Parker Jax is not my type. He’s covered in tats, rides a motorcycle, and his parties keep me up all night. The fact he’s sexy as sin doesn’t change the fact we are oil and water.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I’m a quiet artist. He’s a rowdy marine. I’ve got a broken heart. I’m convinced he doesn’t have a heart at all.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Thankfully, my bad-boy neighbor is on leave from the Marines for only thirty days. But then the jerk has to go and show me that he has a soft side beneath all those hard muscles. He actually leaves his own party to help me, and he didn’t even have to.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Fantastic. Now I owe him.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I’m not worried, though. What are the chances he’ll need me to do anything before the month is up?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">But when a woman shows up with a kid at her side, knocking on Parker’s door, it turns out those chances are pretty good...</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55967710-her-marine-next-door"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-212520 aligncenter" height="92" src="https://indiesage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NicePng_goodreads-png_2331558.png" width="299" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s1558/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s320/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">This was a great, quick read by a new to me author. Right before I started it, I went to read a few reviews and went in thinking I wouldn’t like it after what I had read. But I really did and thought the story was great and it held my attention throughout.</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">My problem with the story was not with the characters, like several of the reviews seem to focus on. Mine was with the editing. Now while I usually don’t mention mistakes and errors if the book is an arc, especially if the author lets me know it is not done being edited, but there was no mention that this book was still in edits. So with that being said, a lot of sentences had to be reread because they came off confusing. There was even some guy’s name mentioned, and I am assuming there was a name change at some point and it got left in the manuscript. Also, there was mention of going to a jewelry store to get a ring, and then nothing else about it until the end. Like I said, confusing at times.</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">All in all, the story was an entertaining read that had lots of heat. Parker and Skylar’s chemistry was off the charts and they had this super charged intensity that was constantly sparking whenever they were near one another. I would absolutely recommend this book. 4 Stars!!</span></span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">ABOUT ALIYAH BURKE</span></strong></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">A USA Today Bestselling author, Aliyah Burke is an avid reader and is never far from pen and paper (or the computer). She loves to hear from her readers and can be reached</span> <a href="http://aliyah-burke.com/blog/contact/" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aliyah-burke.com/blog/contact/</a>
<span style="color: black;">Facebook, twitter, Instagram, or via email.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">She is married to a career military man, and they are owned by 4 Borzoi. Her days are spent sharing her time between work, writing, and dog training/showing.</span></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To the media, he is The Villain.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I need him to do me another, small solid.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only Cillian doesn’t hand out free favors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I’m the eldest Fitzpatrick brother’s little toy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To play, to mold, to break.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too bad Cillian forgot one, tiny detail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Persephone wasn’t only the goddess of spring; she was also the queen of death.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He thinks I’ll buckle under the weight of his mind games.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He is about to find out the most lethal poison is also the sweetest.</span></div></span><p></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: inherit;">About L.J. Shen</strong></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to twenty different countries.</span></div></span><p></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Born in Blood</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Sworn in Blood…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">…isn’t only the motto the Famiglia lives by. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Bleeding for love is something every couple in this book has experienced. Through hardships their love morphs into something even more beautiful and resilient. A love each of them is willing to fight for</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This anthology contains stories for the following couples:</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Aria & Luca</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Romero & Liliana</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Growl & Cara</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Mauro & Stella</span></p>
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Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-10339728426101065762020-12-15T08:00:00.001-06:002020-12-15T08:00:06.011-06:00Now Live: BULLETPROOF by Amanda Faye<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Banner" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-41078" height="225" src="https://theredhatterblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/banner-2.png" style="text-align: center;" width="400" /></p></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Bulletproof, the first in Amanda Faye's The Doctor and The Detective Series, is now LIVE!</span></h2>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Evangeline</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One bad decision would change my life forever. I couldn't have anticipated when I walked home from work that night that I'd bear witness to the murder of our city's most notorious gangster. The bad guys didn't notice me at the time, but I sure have their attention now. I've sacrificed everything with one goal in my life, to be a doctor, and to save lives. Nothing, not the criminals who walk our streets or Detective Michael Hill, the mule-headed cop determined to protect me, is going to get in my way.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michael</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took a vow to defend and serve. First, in the marines, and now, as a Detective for Lake Ansley PD. Women and romance have no place in a life like mine. But from the moment I laid on eyes on Dr. Evangeline Williams, she's sparked every protective instinct I have. Smart, stubborn, and a little bit of a badass; I can't help it if she reminds me of myself. If I keep showing up at the same places as her, it's only to keep her safe. I don't do relationships after all. However, I'm not the only one watching her now. If she's not careful, I'm going to watch her get herself killed.</span></p>
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<!--/wp:paragraph-->Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-80183152666106046902020-12-10T18:49:00.003-06:002020-12-10T18:49:37.363-06:00Book Blitz & 5*Review: QUEEN OF THORNS by Bella Di Corte<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieqNPaqOvrzq2GeRpszfrr2Stihi99FreVFfuzeO_bRItFGq3FWpSe0V1hUgRqg7pxQtt-d-q7AG0pefGB7e1YS-Vt1QjsnsxnYkFzuBK6vdkFspv-2NWgsYcjsEGX1w8UMDdJLJ6UyJa/s1200/Book+Blitz+FB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieqNPaqOvrzq2GeRpszfrr2Stihi99FreVFfuzeO_bRItFGq3FWpSe0V1hUgRqg7pxQtt-d-q7AG0pefGB7e1YS-Vt1QjsnsxnYkFzuBK6vdkFspv-2NWgsYcjsEGX1w8UMDdJLJ6UyJa/w400-h200/Book+Blitz+FB.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: Queen of Thorns (The Fausti Family, #2)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Bella Di Corte</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Genre: Contemporary Romance</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Release Date: December 10, 2020</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hosted by:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://buoniamicipress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buoni Amici Press, LLC.</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-ca81312d-7fff-88cb-30a3-58452f8fe6d6" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Available Now Kindle Unlimited </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ejgZt0" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://amzn.to/3ejgZt0</span></a></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Man of Honor is Available now +read free with #KU:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/33x9idL" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://amzn.to/33x9idL</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Book Description:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The moment Scarlett Rose appeared in the window of her parents’ dance studio, twirling like a beautiful figurine in a music box, she became mine. Irrevocably.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She knew me better than I knew the lines of my own hands, though I had never confessed to her whose blood ran through my veins, the famiglia that I belonged to. My legacy created a savage beast that lurked beneath my skin, ready to battle for family and honor, but he only went to war for one—her.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was one catch, an arrangement she didn’t know about. I sent her away so that she could follow her stars. But now, I was back to retrieve what had always belonged to me—my ballerina girl.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Book II in the seven-part Fausti Family saga.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s1558/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s320/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">After reading MAN OF HONOR and QUEEN OF THORNS, I am absolutely, 100% convinced, these are the two most romantic reads I have ever laid eyes on. I felt it all the way in my soul. The writing was so utterly beautiful in such a way, you ached for more of it. Yearned to be a part of the story. It dug it’s self deep into my core and I was so far lost to it’s captivating presence that when the end came I literally cried. Cried!!</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">QUEEN OF THORNS rocked my soul with it’s poetic words and it’s fierce and beautifully written tale. The Beauty. The Beast. The romance that stands the test of time. Again, like MAN OF HONOR, this story was everything a romance should ever strive to be. 5 Stars!</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodreads book link: </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55340310-queen-of-thorns?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=HyktsrFxe4&rank=6" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55340310-queen-of-thorns</span></a></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUWkV5E05FRNt7-yqe5kfqgLz04aHSPHA4Z_8wTFSBP5KxiitVp_-0kurD5nQuwKlZmaHFD_bte8-9PB8woQXmBYiUwBy63V5iGh4Q37cOIxWYnGLwxNFSlHsV0u5nMxpd5D3R5nI2WfU/s1851/84FB4119-4984-4C33-9EE1-A265FB281B4F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="1851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUWkV5E05FRNt7-yqe5kfqgLz04aHSPHA4Z_8wTFSBP5KxiitVp_-0kurD5nQuwKlZmaHFD_bte8-9PB8woQXmBYiUwBy63V5iGh4Q37cOIxWYnGLwxNFSlHsV0u5nMxpd5D3R5nI2WfU/s320/84FB4119-4984-4C33-9EE1-A265FB281B4F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bella Di Corte has been writing romance for seven years, even longer if you count the stories in her head that were never written down, but she didn’t realize how much she enjoyed writing alphas until recently. Tough guys who walk the line between irredeemable and savable, and the strong women who force them to feel, inspire her to keep putting words to the page.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Apart from writing, Bella loves to spend time with her husband, daughter, and family. She also loves to read, listen to music, cook meals that were passed down to her, and take photographs. She mostly takes pictures of her family (when they let her) and her three dogs. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bella grew up in New Orleans, a place she considers a creative playground.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She loves to connect with readers, so don’t hesitate to email her at </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">belladicorte@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> if you’d like to reach out. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On BookBub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/bella-di-corte" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/bella-di-corte</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-86793423615758822582020-12-09T11:02:00.000-06:002020-12-09T11:02:04.857-06:004*Review: THE SAVAGE ONE by BL Mute<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3vUTJ3bUr-nnCmdn6G9EEu493LKS_BiULbCV4adJlpVU5L_fvNrI9SzrvfapUUmATOPpFvmt7NwK7IVVyirel7IlY-fM2u1SPF9NbxcUGyhMhra19Io5Qo9RpS3fOcle-3eo7fZcW48M/s475/%2527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3vUTJ3bUr-nnCmdn6G9EEu493LKS_BiULbCV4adJlpVU5L_fvNrI9SzrvfapUUmATOPpFvmt7NwK7IVVyirel7IlY-fM2u1SPF9NbxcUGyhMhra19Io5Qo9RpS3fOcle-3eo7fZcW48M/w268-h400/%2527.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: THE SAVAGE ONE</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: BL Mute</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: eARC for honest review</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Savage-One-Mafia-Romance-Hale-ebook/dp/B08M13WZDX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+savage+one+bl+mute&qid=1607533246&sr=8-1">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53177429-the-savage-one">GOODREADS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"You can't be a queen in a crumbled kingdom..."</span></span></div><span id="freeText1190673658157875069" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;">Charlie</div></span><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;">Even as Teddy’s child grows in my belly, I feel myself locked in the jaws of grief I can’t escape. But I can’t allow my emotions to distract me. A very real threat lurks in the shadows, eagerly waiting for me to let my guard down for even an instant. Cameron is out there somewhere—and it’s only a matter of time before he finds me. Lucas vowed to protect me, yet with each fluttering kick I feel, I’m reminded that I’m more vulnerable than ever.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lucas</div></span><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText1190673658157875069">Charlie was a liability to the family. But as the right hand to the mafia king, it wasn’t my job to question such things. I trusted Teddy and gave him the loyalty and respect he deserved. He ordered me to keep her safe, and that’s what I did. I never meant to fall for her, but with him gone, I will honor my word by keeping Charlie and his unborn child safe... no matter what it takes.</span> </div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My take....</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I never understood the chemistry between both Charlie and Teddy, and after what he did to her in book 2, I never understood the hold he had. Even after his death. I failed to comprehend that hold and her love. It just wasn’t there for me. The love would have evaporated the second he laid a finger on me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I adored the growing feelings between Lucas and Charlie and looked forward to seeing if that relationship could grow and be something healthy and rewarding. Two things it was not between Teddy and Charlie. These growing feelings and Charlie’s pregnancy made for such an interesting and intense read.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These books are the first of Mute’s that I have read and from what I have gathered she puts her heart into her stories. They are raw and grit, something that is hard to find in a lot of books. 4 Stars!</span></div></span><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-16904802653342371912020-12-01T13:18:00.000-06:002020-12-01T13:18:37.443-06:00Now Live: HOLIDAY WITH YOU by Claudia Burgoa & Grahame Claire <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3108 size-large" height="235" src="https://claudiayburgoa.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/HolidayWithYou-fb-banner-1024x379.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Holiday with You by </span></strong></h2>
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<p data-reactid=".muetjp3x8g.0.0" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Contemporary Romance | Small Town | Holiday Romance</span></p>
<p data-reactid=".muetjp3x8g.0.0" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3109 size-large" height="400" src="https://claudiayburgoa.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/HolidayWithYou-683x1024.jpg" width="267" /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><p data-test-bidi="" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><strong><i>USA TODAY Bestselling authors Claudia Burgoa and Grahame Claire bring you an enchanting holiday romance that’s sweet and full of light.</i></strong></span></p>
<p data-test-bidi="" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Audrey’s boss gave her one objective—head to the small town of Winter Valley, and acquire that bed and breakfast the company has had their eye on forever. A big sale like this could change her career . . . and she’s the only one who could convince the owner to make the deal.</span></p>
<p data-test-bidi="" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">On her way, she crashes into the truck of sexy, unavailable, single Dad Colin Bradford. The repairs won’t be done until Christmas Eve, so she’s stuck in Winter Valley until her car is fixed.</span></p>
<p data-test-bidi="" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">There’s something magical about being in a small town at Christmas. Life is slower than her hectic job in the city. She finds herself falling for Winter Valley . . . and for Colin. </span></p>
<p data-test-bidi="" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Though acquiring that bed and breakfast is much harder than she planned . . .</span></p>
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<h4 class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Not-Outcast and all-new angst filled sports romance from New York Times bestselling author Tijan is available now!</span></h4>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cutler Ryder was everything I wasn't.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He was the hockey star. I was an outcast.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">His two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me.</span></div><p></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Years passed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I got my life together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cut went onto NHL stardom.</span></div><p></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I loved Cutler Ryder since the first moment I saw him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The only problem? He never knew I existed.</span></div><p></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores.</span></p>
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Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-2331779450327090952020-11-22T07:00:00.013-06:002020-11-22T07:00:00.122-06:005*Review: TWISTED PRIDE by Cora Reilly<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Dfb38SCEdutHyBhxYzfvTCXauJFOTmSqexYe5Mflb_QjI_EKCeWEwq8cX_I2enAPoAlIjcANAo-Ac5yerX855TPy0lg93vbWRiW3uuSl7oMsyt0JUdvvS7Yti2LbvW6_1lmW3wnjrKqr/s475/1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Dfb38SCEdutHyBhxYzfvTCXauJFOTmSqexYe5Mflb_QjI_EKCeWEwq8cX_I2enAPoAlIjcANAo-Ac5yerX855TPy0lg93vbWRiW3uuSl7oMsyt0JUdvvS7Yti2LbvW6_1lmW3wnjrKqr/w266-h400/1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: TWISTED PRIDE</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Cora Reilly</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: KU</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Pride-Camorra-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B07N5KNNCK/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=twisted+pride&qid=1605924462&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWjJGMFlXV1ZQM0Y3JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTI4MDAzMzIxUkg5S0JVVjdVMyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTI1MTg1MzVJMUNPRE8xRko1RSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43721791-twisted-pride">GOODREADS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Remo Falcone is beyond redemption.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">As Capo of the Camorra he rules with a brutal hand over his territory – a territory the Chicago Outfit breached.</span></div><span id="freeText1351210701370200742" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now Remo is out for retribution.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A wedding is sacred, stealing a bride sacrilegious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Serafina is the niece of the Boss of the Outfit, and her hand has been promised in marriage for years, but kidnapped in her wedding dress on her way to church by Remo, Serafina quickly realizes that she can’t hope for saving. Yet, even in the hands of the cruelest man she knows, she is determined to cling to her pride, and Remo soon understands that the woman at his mercy might not be as easy to break as he thought.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A ruthless man on a quest to destroy the Outfit by breaking someone they are supposed to protect.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A woman intent on bringing a monster to his knees.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText1351210701370200742" style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Two families that will never be the same.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">My take...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">I started FRAGILE LONGING and realized I was missing a huge part of Danilo and Serafina’s past and how it came to be that Sophia got promised to him instead. I needed to know what all went down when Serafina was taken so I went in search of her story with Remo. I put FRAGILE LONGING on pause and quickly devoured TWISTED PRIDE. It consumed me like all of Reilly’s books have done. And I loved every single word. Every single emotion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TWISTED PRIDE was beautiful, heartbreaking, and completely consuming. Every bit of me was twisted up and entangled in this world. And at the end of the book I cried happy tears. 5 Beautiful Stars!</span></div></span><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-22578946978342814792020-11-22T07:00:00.010-06:002020-11-22T07:00:03.389-06:005*Review: STALKER OF MINE by Jagger Cole<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrvo59VcdrPd5PTxXCAhPAnT-kj7HaFja11DU0zfegFANdTDWKPYKuGFntJoNlJapgR3wcNLfZNT9IuaxyPVpAZVK6owmVorbYKtNGBfdUVzvgOdC7L1g6psbXJBf-feayBXTS8t7iMNj/s475/1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrvo59VcdrPd5PTxXCAhPAnT-kj7HaFja11DU0zfegFANdTDWKPYKuGFntJoNlJapgR3wcNLfZNT9IuaxyPVpAZVK6owmVorbYKtNGBfdUVzvgOdC7L1g6psbXJBf-feayBXTS8t7iMNj/w268-h400/1.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: STALKER OF MINE</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Jagger Cole</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: eARC from author for honest review</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stalker-Mine-Obsession-Jagger-Cole-ebook/dp/B08LL6VTKZ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=stalker+of+mine&qid=1605924746&sr=8-2">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stalker-Mine-Obsession-Jagger-Cole-ebook/dp/B08LL6VTKZ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=stalker+of+mine&qid=1605924746&sr=8-2">GOODREADS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">True love lasts a lifetime.</span></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But obsession lasts forever.</span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mackenzie Shipley has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">She doesn’t know me at all, actually. To her, I’m a ghost or a familiar shadow haunting her dreams. She never saw me the night I first laid eyes on her. She has no idea what I did that night, either. But I’ve watched from the shadows ever since. I’ve kept her safe, and kept the wolves from her door.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve also kept any and every man, worthy or not, from her. With threats, bribery, or worse. You could call it selfish. You could say I’ve deprived her of a life. But I do not care.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">Everything I do, I do for her. My job is to watch her. My life is forfeit to keep her safe. There’s never been another woman but her. Mackenzie is my addiction. My obsession.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">My true love, and then some.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">But a crime was committed that first night I saw her. I’ve buried my demons deep. But the past is coming for her again, and I’m not sure how invisible I can remain.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">They say true love lasts a lifetime. But when it comes to Mackenzie, a lifetime’s not good enough. I want her always. I want her for forever. And nothing is going to stop me.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">My take...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">STALKER OF MINE was a fast paced, delicious, dark and sultry romance. I knew it would be different than anything I have read of Cole’s and it absolutely was. I may have questioned my sanity a few times with how much I was enjoying it and Oren’s dark, devious ways. His obsession was unhealthy and bordered on psychotic, but I couldn’t get enough of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cole’s writing has always fascinated me from the very first book of his I read. And this one didn’t just fascinate me, it consumed me. I impatiently wait to see what he publishes next. 5 Stars!</div></span><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-30324423669397787002020-11-22T07:00:00.001-06:002020-11-22T07:00:02.656-06:005*Review: THE BRIBE by Willa Nash<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeK_8Fr2epJ_WCDBxVDui1s2dRz4pTzGp1EPFfghFhje9lWi5eNkOQs6D10Up345QY2XrMHUo3ReQE5sOt3EPHgYQwul9V7mqlDOkig8Z0oMb93zHEHRojVVeEcfcej2sZnXKDbaC-anw/s400/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeK_8Fr2epJ_WCDBxVDui1s2dRz4pTzGp1EPFfghFhje9lWi5eNkOQs6D10Up345QY2XrMHUo3ReQE5sOt3EPHgYQwul9V7mqlDOkig8Z0oMb93zHEHRojVVeEcfcej2sZnXKDbaC-anw/w266-h400/1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: THE BRIBE</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Willa Nash</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: KU</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bribe-Calamity-Montana-Book-ebook/dp/B08DP2L6GB/ref=sr_1_2?crid=10ZMPO24D0JEG&dchild=1&keywords=willa+nash+the+bribe&qid=1605924070&sprefix=willa+nash+the+b%2Caps%2C227&sr=8-2">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53078968-the-bribe">GOODREADS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Duke Evans didn’t expect to interrupt a beautiful woman in a staring contest with a bison on his favorite hiking trail. He also didn’t expect to see her again after rescuing her from the surly beast. As the sheriff in Calamity, Montana, he’s had his fair share of surprises but none as pleasant as pulling over a shiny black car and finding his mysterious hiking companion behind the wheel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only, she lied to Duke. She gave him a name as fake as her hair color. According to her driver’s license, her real name is Lucy Ross, the famous country music singer whose sudden disappearance has been a hot topic in the media over the past two weeks.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He’s not sure why Lucy lied about her identity or why she’s in Calamity. And she’s not talking. Instead, she offers him a bribe to keep her secret.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But Duke doesn’t want her money. He wants to know why this woman is on the run. And as long as the star shines on his badge, he’s going to find out.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My take...</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">THE BRIBE may be Nash’s debut book, but this author is no stranger to writing amazing romances. All under the name of Devney Perry. I read a few of her Jamison Valley series and was in complete love with what I read. I would have kept on, but they were removed from KU. Sad face.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I was super stoked to read THE BRIBE to see how the story would play out. And guys, it was brilliant and I absolutely loved it. I read it quickly and inhaled all that I could of Duke and Lucy. They stole my heart from the start and never gave it back. Now the long wait for February to read THE BLUFF!! I cannot wait!! 5 Stars!</span></div></span><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-21003137823156509512020-11-21T07:00:00.005-06:002020-11-21T07:00:05.066-06:005*Review: CARTER REED 2 by Tijan<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSuZL94q00RzE2LY-IquC-E3O8KOLxPJdiJDptbyuHL25nxGZ6-0XcCxlFxnPFqYAFXsL9uKCz687GzpnwhvjbFZyzC4nSTPp5ZCFU2dbyh6K5dEBfZ5m_T-uZ6jTvDysEEeTygRj8MKe/s460/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSuZL94q00RzE2LY-IquC-E3O8KOLxPJdiJDptbyuHL25nxGZ6-0XcCxlFxnPFqYAFXsL9uKCz687GzpnwhvjbFZyzC4nSTPp5ZCFU2dbyh6K5dEBfZ5m_T-uZ6jTvDysEEeTygRj8MKe/w276-h400/1.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: CARTER REED 2</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Tijan</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: ebook from KISS APP</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carter-Reed-2-ebook/dp/B00WKU6W28/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=carter+reed+2&qid=1605923638&sr=8-2">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25042819-carter-reed-2">GOODREADS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Carter bought his way out of the mafia to protect Emma, but when an old ghost returns to the Mauricio Family, a chain of events starts that can harm everyone. While Carter must decide to return to the Mauricio Family or not, a face that is oddly familiar to Emma comes into her life. She’s given the chance to discover more about her family while tension between the rivaling Mauricio and Bertal Family comes to a head in an explosive way. The truce is officially off, and when the two worlds collide, Carter’s decision is made.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">He didn’t start this war, but he will end it.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He will do anything to protect Emma.</span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My take...</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">This series has consumed me for days as I immersed myself in all things Carter and Emma. Tijan has blown me away with every single one of her books lately. I cannot seem to pull myself away from them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One thing about the CARTER REED series is I wish I had read them first before I read COLE OR BENNETT MAFIA, because those would have came after. And now I am thinking how I may have missed some mentions of Carter from those books. Especially Bennett, since I read that one a while back. I do believe it’s time for a re-read.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So much happens in the second book, mostly surrounding Emma. But Carter is pulled in so many directions as well. Get ready to experience so many emotions. 5 Stars!</span></div></span><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-11755572645501240652020-11-21T07:00:00.003-06:002020-11-21T07:00:02.479-06:005*Review: THE HITMAN'S OBSESSION by Jagger Cole<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MeU1zTE50YaqKC6QErQmj-SzUkkHGeEaszXB_kuR4_U2e9QTCyIuXaLld2gpv5KgNOp-rGK4Rxd786QduMuuIo22cWXQauiW0pXdk1iA5AZhV8uic4dNi7sWD1KnHu4xzJ-0DvD5wFHB/s475/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MeU1zTE50YaqKC6QErQmj-SzUkkHGeEaszXB_kuR4_U2e9QTCyIuXaLld2gpv5KgNOp-rGK4Rxd786QduMuuIo22cWXQauiW0pXdk1iA5AZhV8uic4dNi7sWD1KnHu4xzJ-0DvD5wFHB/w250-h400/1.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: The Hitman's Obsession</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Jagger Cole</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: eARC from author for honest review</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hitmans-Obsession-Age-Mafia-Romance-ebook/dp/B08L41PDJ2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+hitmans+obsession&qid=1605923160&sr=8-1">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55654423-the-hitman-s-obsession">GOODREADS</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">I was born into a dark kingdom. I’m a mob princess—a pretty little flower in a gilded cage. No boys ever climbed my tower. No men ever got through the walls built around me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span id="freeText11941102184533866474" style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No one, except Vincent Cave.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My bodyguard, my shadow. My gruff, silent, watchful guardian angel. A teddy bear to me, but a savage to anyone who’d seek to harm me.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First he was my innocent crush. Then, it wasn’t so innocent.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eleven years older, and utterly gorgeous. Eyes that make my knees weak, arms I could get lost in, and lips that mine wanted to taste since I knew lips could do that.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m back after three years away at boarding school. I thought that would cure me, but there’s no cure for Vincent Cave. Not when three years have made him hardened, and growlier, and even more irresistible.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the danger he always shielded me from comes calling, it’s Vincent and me, alone, on the run.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve grown up. He’s noticed.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was just a crush. Now, it’s just dangerous.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText11941102184533866474"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking for the perfect blend of steamy and sweet? Some heat with your feels? This is just what you need! No cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My take...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">This one hit a bit different than what I have read of Cole’s other books. I am not sure what it was but I fell even more in love with this author’s writing, his storytelling and the characters. Cole gave us flashbacks that started off 12 years prior and as the book progressed, the flashbacks got closer to present time. It was nicely done and coincided with the current chapter in some way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Age gap romance & crime family plot, equals 2 of my favorite tropes. This book gets all the stars!!</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-18620254710716275132020-11-21T07:00:00.001-06:002020-11-21T07:00:09.871-06:005*Review: ENEMIES by Tijan<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA-o5zcIczx2Azzn7LVjqoxTJKgs8tXmwlBmxOxmvwQmyCd0jX2weqTmSujvCp2SAwojQtXnggaLZRlPjwaH1KULNeoFkytUx7-c2uKNiHtvNm9pYp-74yg-Oa4c9W1JBPD_f9b-11ul2/s475/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA-o5zcIczx2Azzn7LVjqoxTJKgs8tXmwlBmxOxmvwQmyCd0jX2weqTmSujvCp2SAwojQtXnggaLZRlPjwaH1KULNeoFkytUx7-c2uKNiHtvNm9pYp-74yg-Oa4c9W1JBPD_f9b-11ul2/w263-h400/1.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: ENEMIES</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Tijan</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: ebook from KISS APP</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Tijan-ebook/dp/B0827CRPSJ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3KOQW1LAI38YD&dchild=1&keywords=enemies+tijan&qid=1605922909&sprefix=enemies+%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-2">AMAZON</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49047293-enemies">GOODREADS</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goodreads...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Stone Reeves was my neighbor, and I've hated him since sixth grade.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gorgeous and charismatic, he became the town's football god, while I became the town's invisible girl.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He went to a Division 1 school for football, while my father was fired by his father.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">His team won the National Championship, while my mother died the same day.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He was a first round pick for the NFL ...</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">... while I made the worst decision of my life.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I'm in Texas trying to pick up the pieces of my life.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But, Stone is here.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stone is </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">everywhere</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn't matter that disaster has struck my life again.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn't matter that he's the one trying to console me.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn't matter that he's the nation's newest football obsession.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because for me, he always has been and always will be my enemy.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My take...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ENEMIES was the agnstiest of angstiest books I have ever read. Well, maybe not but it was still pretty darn angsty. And poor Dusty was dealt blow after blow of hurt and pain. Too much for one person to even imagine. The story was fabulous and had me reading every free moment I could find. Seriously. I was awoken at 3am and immediately picked up my phone to read. I knew they would find their happily ever after but I knew they still had to face a lot more before they got there. Tijan has quickly became one of my most favorites to read. Her books are brilliant, angsty, and have some of the best characters I have ever read about. I want to read all her books!! 5 Stars!!</span></span></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-47324350228730617692020-11-13T08:00:00.001-06:002020-11-13T08:00:09.838-06:00Now Live & 5*Review: MERCENARY by Bella Di Corte<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSPmpRk_2EiNNv9oivEIhtDXqRzDYVCbVxC6br-r8sjCLSCeknYx8Bz1m4zEb6-C20QU5-dXx0I-nZePoq-q6opv-_50B_e4jC1qpt8ZRM8MLDfWEgp7XY-egOZ7plhpSzPIAuWrrLzP1/s1200/Release+Blitz+FB.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSPmpRk_2EiNNv9oivEIhtDXqRzDYVCbVxC6br-r8sjCLSCeknYx8Bz1m4zEb6-C20QU5-dXx0I-nZePoq-q6opv-_50B_e4jC1qpt8ZRM8MLDfWEgp7XY-egOZ7plhpSzPIAuWrrLzP1/w640-h320/Release+Blitz+FB.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLd-XDmuRrdC0HhTB4s8BdvH44xuKMMAoC9_141v7GVUhanuGhjFQ0i2bwfmBzGhUPbuGf4rGO8kSZlYLV4OynK8SqGPBRDwHXDPKJb3eYxJov2fLBwoRHvAZSO6Js_TujeuS-McnjW-QO/s2048/Mercenary_Ebook_Amazon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLd-XDmuRrdC0HhTB4s8BdvH44xuKMMAoC9_141v7GVUhanuGhjFQ0i2bwfmBzGhUPbuGf4rGO8kSZlYLV4OynK8SqGPBRDwHXDPKJb3eYxJov2fLBwoRHvAZSO6Js_TujeuS-McnjW-QO/w266-h400/Mercenary_Ebook_Amazon.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Title: Mercenary (Gangsters of New York, Book 3)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2150e483-7fff-7970-d7ef-8413cb15f761"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Bella Di Corte</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: Mafia Romance </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Release Date: November 13, 2020</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hosted by:</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://buoniamicipress.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buoni Amici Press, LLC.</span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon:</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/305FLqV" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://amzn.to/305FLqV</span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Machiavellian (Gangsters of New York, Book 1)</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><a href="https://amzn.to/2BARiF4" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://amzn.to/2BARiF4</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marauder (Gangsters of New York, Book 2): </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2YtrWlo" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://amzn.to/2YtrWlo</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I had something to live for.</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moment I saw him, I knew. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His eyes would hypnotize.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His lips would speak the most beautiful promises. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His body? Made for pleasure</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But if Corrado Capitani thought that he could fool me into thinking he was a good man, he was wrong. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moment I saw him, I knew the truth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those eyes hid his poisonous heart. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those lips were vessels of deception. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That body? Made for inflicting pain</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He wasn't sent from heaven. He was sent to drag me back to hell.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I had something to die for. </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alcina Parisi had a price on her head, and she'd eluded the best. She thought no one would ever find her, but I did. Everyone in our world called me Scorpio--the man who never let the enemy go. But she was a weapon, not an adversary, and I'd claimed her as mine.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mercenary is the third of three books set in the savage world of the Gangsters of New York series.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodreads book link: </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54821424-mercenary" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54821424-mercenary</span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGopvrbVaNegGJudzflPi0zRmqot42hCx9kmATd4SFQcItv9B6o4xpwwY16nZcxLUhwF8lho7xyziYQ8XJd9FZ9x644XgDSIXjzxP_DXDTFPcnzlDdPQDUIU9NS-DEQg3JfX0l4O9JV-2G/s1080/Mercenary_Teaser2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGopvrbVaNegGJudzflPi0zRmqot42hCx9kmATd4SFQcItv9B6o4xpwwY16nZcxLUhwF8lho7xyziYQ8XJd9FZ9x644XgDSIXjzxP_DXDTFPcnzlDdPQDUIU9NS-DEQg3JfX0l4O9JV-2G/s320/Mercenary_Teaser2.jpg" /></a></div><p style="font-family: inherit;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t1vRy8t2esbMHNPCmRxNPG6Mfv19gahTspT8114LpYHj0OirDezvOfkZ1C8nRx47xhvEq8QlkM2A4pOTVyel1LhCb2DL_yBHXDIPWMsMgUKPu6e02SrX-2nBPor1dIM_vWHDI5mpgvhA/s2048/thumbnail_Image+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t1vRy8t2esbMHNPCmRxNPG6Mfv19gahTspT8114LpYHj0OirDezvOfkZ1C8nRx47xhvEq8QlkM2A4pOTVyel1LhCb2DL_yBHXDIPWMsMgUKPu6e02SrX-2nBPor1dIM_vWHDI5mpgvhA/s320/thumbnail_Image+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bella Di Corte has been writing romance for seven years, even longer if you count the stories in her head that were never written down, but she didn’t realize how much she enjoyed writing alphas until recently. Tough guys who walk the line between irredeemable and savable, and the strong women who force them to feel, inspire her to keep putting words to the page.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apart from writing, Bella loves to spend time with her husband, daughter, and family. She also loves to read, listen to music, cook meals that were passed down to her, and take photographs. 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Home: </span><a href="http://belladicorte.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://belladicorte.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BellaDiCorteAuthor" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; 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Because when you kiss me, when you touch me, you take me to heaven, too.”</i><br /><br />Mac and Mari gave us a beautiful love. Cash and Keely showed us such an intense love. But Alcina and Corrado showed up and showed out. What they had cannot be named. Their love was flat out all consuming. It tore through everything like a fiery inferno and devoured anything in it’s path. I literally sat on certain scenes and just reveled in it. Covered myself in it and let is consume every waking moment.<br /><br />And that freaking conclusion? Holy crap. Mind blown. Game changer. Seriously. Holy. Effin. Crap. My girls Mari & Alcina are savage. And that’s all I am saying about it. Because this whole last part of the book needs to be read. Then read again. Then you need to give a freaking slow clap of respect to these two women for the amazing Queens they are.<br /><br />With each book, Di Corte is giving her absolute all. The books get better. The men more fervent. The ladies more fierce. Or maybe it just seems that way with how consumed I am with the story and these characters and their lives.<br /><br />Di Corte is one of the best at giving us mafia romances. If she writes it, I will be reading it. All the stars!!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-39173112953896622622020-11-12T08:13:00.000-06:002020-11-12T08:13:47.118-06:00Cover Reveal & 5*Review: QUEEN OF THORNS by Bella Di Corte<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJUy7I99fMEr8Ag1yffy20vN1fTuOyoSGv5EkH9CUJa7GbLUQKE0XAE7pRGsI1gSu7xpD2v6HGozdhrGkdnGnuVNCf9TbKe93ko0kl14qGa7f80oZBDWYg6Z2zcCtowgZ-NAtbv8Ab_Dl/s2048/QueenofThorns_Ebook.v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJUy7I99fMEr8Ag1yffy20vN1fTuOyoSGv5EkH9CUJa7GbLUQKE0XAE7pRGsI1gSu7xpD2v6HGozdhrGkdnGnuVNCf9TbKe93ko0kl14qGa7f80oZBDWYg6Z2zcCtowgZ-NAtbv8Ab_Dl/w266-h400/QueenofThorns_Ebook.v2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Title: Queen of Thorns (The Fausti Family, #2)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3f976e2-7fff-ffe9-eb70-ba161f6eaa2a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Bella Di Corte</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: Contemporary Romance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Release Date: December 10, 2020</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hosted by:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://buoniamicipress.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buoni Amici Press, LLC.</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Available Now Kindle Unlimited </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ejgZt0" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://amzn.to/3ejgZt0</span></a></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Man of Honor is Available now +read free with #KU:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/33x9idL" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://amzn.to/33x9idL</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book Description:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moment Scarlett Rose appeared in the window of her parents’ dance studio, twirling like a beautiful figurine in a music box, she became mine. Irrevocably.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She knew me better than I knew the lines of my own hands, though I had never confessed to her whose blood ran through my veins, the famiglia that I belonged to. My legacy created a savage beast that lurked beneath my skin, ready to battle for family and honor, but he only went to war for one—her.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was one catch, an arrangement she didn’t know about. I sent her away so that she could follow her stars. But now, I was back to retrieve what had always belonged to me—my ballerina girl.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book II in the seven-part Fausti Family saga.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodreads book link: </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55340310-queen-of-thorns?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=HyktsrFxe4&rank=6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55340310-queen-of-thorns</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEbQguhThodeYY-jR8psrHsZgREdymRX6RlU2izxosHUKO_R7YlfLCDbjs2PUxGcH-lylm41Rx_Xn-5RzjEr5xmqAVuaSGj_mLw_ArS17lNIjCgq7ekpzDkQWAEs5Zt-EXaZfZEyKQ6sd/s1200/825983_QueenOfThorns_1200_Teaser2_100920.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEbQguhThodeYY-jR8psrHsZgREdymRX6RlU2izxosHUKO_R7YlfLCDbjs2PUxGcH-lylm41Rx_Xn-5RzjEr5xmqAVuaSGj_mLw_ArS17lNIjCgq7ekpzDkQWAEs5Zt-EXaZfZEyKQ6sd/w640-h320/825983_QueenOfThorns_1200_Teaser2_100920.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUWkV5E05FRNt7-yqe5kfqgLz04aHSPHA4Z_8wTFSBP5KxiitVp_-0kurD5nQuwKlZmaHFD_bte8-9PB8woQXmBYiUwBy63V5iGh4Q37cOIxWYnGLwxNFSlHsV0u5nMxpd5D3R5nI2WfU/s1851/84FB4119-4984-4C33-9EE1-A265FB281B4F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="1851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUWkV5E05FRNt7-yqe5kfqgLz04aHSPHA4Z_8wTFSBP5KxiitVp_-0kurD5nQuwKlZmaHFD_bte8-9PB8woQXmBYiUwBy63V5iGh4Q37cOIxWYnGLwxNFSlHsV0u5nMxpd5D3R5nI2WfU/s320/84FB4119-4984-4C33-9EE1-A265FB281B4F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bella Di Corte has been writing romance for seven years, even longer if you count the stories in her head that were never written down, but she didn’t realize how much she enjoyed writing alphas until recently. Tough guys who walk the line between irredeemable and savable, and the strong women who force them to feel, inspire her to keep putting words to the page.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apart from writing, Bella loves to spend time with her husband, daughter, and family. She also loves to read, listen to music, cook meals that were passed down to her, and take photographs. She mostly takes pictures of her family (when they let her) and her three dogs. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bella grew up in New Orleans, a place she considers a creative playground.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She loves to connect with readers, so don’t hesitate to email her at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">belladicorte@gmail.com</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> if you’d like to reach out. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can also find her:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; 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font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On BookBub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/bella-di-corte" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/bella-di-corte</span></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s1558/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPCiF3IDyMKmBDGbYen4n861k-j3kCUm6dUEaXRK3TRqk7VtHBFx1b6VHmLPk9Bxr0iEXhELKX9D2uwipxBcLoixzCMbDXEiYDfBY_TVwX0ZjJE3h5DBtrvVp0UcL7GkidW-9k_oPsl3b/s320/D626CD0D-BEB9-4CBA-8883-64BE87140EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">After reading MAN OF HONOR and QUEEN OF THORNS, I am absolutely, 100% convinced, these are the two most romantic reads I have ever laid eyes on. I felt it all the way in my soul. The writing was so utterly beautiful in such a way, you ached for more of it. Yearned to be a part of the story. It dug it’s self deep into my core and I was so far lost to it’s captivating presence that when the end came I literally cried. Cried!!</span></span></div><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">QUEEN OF THORNS rocked my soul with it’s poetic words and it’s fierce and beautifully written tale. The Beauty. The Beast. The romance that stands the test of time. Again, like MAN OF HONOR, this story was everyth</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">ing a romance should ever strive to be. 5 Stars!</span></span></div></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Mandy IReadIndiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15368831434769680881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882882547605412681.post-13543803200136014652020-11-09T07:55:00.001-06:002020-11-09T07:55:33.755-06:00Cover Reveal: DON'T KISS THE BRIDE by Carian Cole<hello greyspromo.com=""> <img height="147" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/fyt0rVcfXdFPgJNHdgjHMonHA9Y-y-H9Q_9jN-IwsKbt1t7qPwlirLJ-q-YXVyfJRXGgKCRYFJBKm0zw98hXbeoQIK7LPrUYhSLhzz_nWGAmh3i6U29W3x5dozwzqhc_ZCE_zn_E" style="border: 0px; height: 147px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; width: 490px;" width="490" /><h2 class="null" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 17px;"><em><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e"> Carian Cole has revealed </span>the title, cover, and blurb for her<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e"> upcoming release, Don’t Kiss the Bride!</span></strong></em></span><br />
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<strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e">Coming Soon!</span></strong><br />
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<em><strong>We had one rule.<br />
Breaking it sealed our fate forever.</strong></em><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">My dream was simple. Graduate this spring, save up enough money to escape the house of horrors I was living in, and see the world in a cool RV with my cat, Gus. No strings.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">Then I passed out and face-planted in front of sexy, brooding Jude “Lucky” Lucketti, and he rushed me to the ER. It wasn’t one of my finest moments. But it </span>was one of his. I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and Jude was my knight in shining armor. He became my own personal hero, turning up in all the right places at the right times. <br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">But in reality, I was a girl with a serious eating disorder and a lot of bad luck, and he was a hot, older construction worker with lots of muscles and tattoos.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">Under his rough exterior, he was a good guy. We became friends, and it didn’t matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common—like our love of rock music and vintage cars, and a mutual anti-marriage stance after coming from broken homes.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">So when he proposed, it wasn’t like you think. He figured if he married me and put me on his insurance plan, I could get the medical treatment I needed and couldn’t afford. He even told me I could move into the extra bedroom at his house.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">I said yes.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">The arrangement would be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else. Within a year, we’d divorce.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">It should have been easy, but it wasn’t.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">I did, though.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">We had just one rule—no kissing the bride.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-3d158245-7fff-6378-1d82-bac5312ac976">Little did we know, breaking that rule on our wedding day would seal our fate forever.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e"><strong>Photographer:</strong> </span>Regina Wamba<br />
<strong>Models:</strong> Cherry Albrecht and Michael Kemp<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e">Goodreads: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/305OTLX">https://bit.ly/305OTLX</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 21px;"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e">Meet Carian</span></strong></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e"><img height="261" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/T-FCwnImRcy9l0BURlfy3vSO55Hpcjqyd8vS06AUEmu4Z7ctAdWGP9lRwdxaXNxbjVQOfFEm9cNbqh_ip_i9YsVa90aMvjhBF6t6YdTuMVZdDhK5Nrqp80ohG2yTuv5fV-HKPrNs" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="261" /></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9c26f538-7fff-1d1c-f0bc-d903860d377e">Carian Cole has a passion for the bad boys, those covered in tattoos, sexy smirks, ripped jeans, fast cars, motorcycles, and of course, the sweet girls who try to tame them and win their hearts.</span><br />
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Born and raised a Jersey girl, Carian now resides in beautiful New Hampshire with her husband and their multitude of furry pets. She spends most of her time writing, reading, and vacuuming.<br />
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