Book Blitz: Silver-Tongued Devil (Portland Devils)

Silver-Tongued Devil (Portland Devils) By Rosalind James
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Romance, Sports
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:

No more wild rides. No more wild side. 

Blake Orbison’s pro football career may have ended with a bang, but not calling the signals anymore just gives him more time to devote to his business enterprises, including the latest and greatest: the opening of the Wild Horse Resort in scenic north Idaho. 

And that other one, too. Blake’s on the marriage track, and he’s got a game plan. But when he runs into a trespasser leaping from his shoreline boulders into his lake, what’s a good ol’ boy to do but strip down and join her? 

Dakota Savage is nobody’s temporary diversion, least of all the man responsible for her family’s semi-desperate circumstances. Some people may think she has a piercing too many, but she’s had more than enough of being called trash in this town. 

She’s come home to Wild Horse to run her stepfather’s painting business, and any extra time she has goes into creating her stained glass. An overpaid, entitled, infuriating NFL quarterback is no part of her life plan, no matter how sweet he talks. No matter how slow he smiles. No matter what. 

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EXCERPT:

It wasn’t Jerry. That much, she could tell as he got closer. It was somebody a whole lot slimmer. Tall, check. Short dark hair, check. Black shirt, check. But no gut, and she thought there was some darkness around the jaw that wasn’t quite a beard. Another security guy. She could be cute enough for him. Maybe. What would he care, really, what she did?

“Hi,” she said as he approached. “Next time maybe don’t yell right when I’m jumping.” Taking the initiative. Projecting confidence. She was better at that than “cute.”

“Hell of a graceful landing,” he agreed, and glasses or no, she could see the flash of white teeth through the dark stubble just fine. Also that he had a pair of shoulders to die for, and some very nice arms in that T-shirt. Not to mention long legs in dusty jeans and work boots, and about six foot three of lean muscle. Nobody she knew, because she’d have noticed him. She might not be able to see him, exactly, but she could see enough.

Book Blitz: Weariland

Weariland by Mary Shotwell
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:

For fifteen-year-old Lason Davies, it all started with a text.

“HIDING PLACE.”

The last words of her murdered grandmother haunt Lason as she travels to England with her sheltering mother for the funeral. 

The crime is a sensation, but the clamoring reporters and news photographers aren’t the only ones interested in their arrival.

As her mother’s behavior borders on erratic (on a good day), Lason encounters a stranger from Weariland, a dreary world once known as Wonderland. 

He petitions Lason’s help in finding a secret family heirloom, a key to saving his land—and to Lason’s past. 

Lason is swept in an adventure through Weariland’s unpredictable realm, encountering colorful, fantastical characters and discovering her family’s elusive history. But if she isn’t careful, she may never return…

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Book Blitz: Finding Paradise

Finding Paradise By V.P. Ortiz
Age Group: New Adult
Genre: Romance
Release Date: September 24, 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:

Mila Quinn is ready to finally move out of the college dorms into an apartment with her longtime boyfriend, Ethan Lowe. 

But when Ethan reveals a big secret, her world is suddenly turned upside down, stirring up old memories of love and loss. Completely torn apart, she boards a plane to Hawaii to escape for the summer. 

Even though Mila wants to spend her time in paradise in isolation, fate has other plans when it drops sexy local Gage Madden in her lap. Hesitant at first, she agrees to let him take the reins on her island exploration. 

As Mila discovers the wonders of Oahu with Gage, it becomes harder for her to fight the budding attraction between them. 

But behind the curtain of island adventures and undeniable chemistry, trouble is brewing where Mila least expects it. Secrets begin to bubble to the surface that could destroy her all over again. Will Mila find her paradise? Or will she leave Hawaii with another broken heart?

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EXCERPT:

We’re not at this café for a normal lunch between a boyfriend and his loyal girlfriend. No, my dear, we’re here for an ambush. A bombshell. A catastrophic turn of events that’s about to turn my uneventful life upside down. And I’m supposed to have words at this point to speak? What are words?

“Mila…”

Ethan utters my name, but I can’t peel my gaze away from the image in front of me. My tunnel vision is focused on the small grayscale picture he slid towards me with guilty eyes a few minutes ago. The picture next to the Cobb salad that will never be eaten and next to the iced tea covered in condensation dripping down the glass, crying for me.

Book Blitz: Dominic (Benedetti Brothers #2)

Dominic (Benedetti Brothers #2) By Natasha Knight
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Romance
Release Date: November 11th 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:

Dominic 

I was the boy who would never be king. The monster who could never be loved.
Gia was just a job. Just another girl caught in a world of monsters. 

It didn’t matter that I liked the look of her.
I didn’t care that she cringed when she saw my soul.
I liked it.
I liked her fear. 

It called to the beast inside me and I wanted her. 

Monsters didn’t get to live happily ever after though. And I neither forgave nor forgot. Old debts needed to be settled. Enemies punished. 

It was past time I returned to the family business.
I’d been gone far too long. 

Gia 

All my life, I believed in fairy tales. Not the Disney kind. Never those. I always knew life was darker than that. 

I was the daughter of a foot soldier. The sister of a snitch. A complete and utter nobody.
Monsters had been part of my life for as long as I could remember, but none as dark as Dominic Benedetti. None as cruel. None as broken. 

I had no illusions about what he was. I had no desire to save his soul. And I couldn’t care about his bleeding heart. 

But love wasn’t always beautiful. It wasn’t always kind or sweet. It could be a twisted, ugly bitch. 

I’d always known this was the kind I’d find. The only kind that could touch me.
Because some of us, we belonged in the dark. 

And Dominic and I belonged in the dark. 

Author’s Note: Dominic is the second book of the Benedetti Brothers duet. It is a steamy standalone romance. To fully understand the motivations and history behind Dominic’s actions, I recommend reading the first book in the set, Salvatore.
This book is intended for mature readers. No cheating and no cliffhanger.

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EXCERPT:

Dominic

Fear has a distinct smell, something that belongs only to it. Pungent. Acidic. And at the same time, sweet. Alluring, even.

Book Blitz: Guardian of the Way By

Guardian of the Way By Diane Moat
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:

It’s been two centuries since someone murdered the last Guardian of the Way, closing off this world from the many realms of magic and fae. 

Cassiopeia “Cass” Wilson is an eighteen-year-old living on her own for the first time. The only magic she’s interested in is the kind that will help her pay the bills on time. 

Little does she know that a trip to the hospital after a fainting spell will change her life forever. 

Cass soon learns she may be fae, and everything points to her being the next Guardian of the Way. 

There’s just one problem: whoever—or whatever—killed the last Guardian wants Cass dead too. 

Cass quickly runs into problems, and an attack by djinn is just the first. But Cass joins forces with a wrath daemon, were-creatures, and fae on a quest to reach the Lighthouse—the site of the Way. 

Cass soon learns about wizards desperate to keep the Way closed to serve their dark purposes, and she comes to a crossroads: will she take the test to become the new Guardian and leave her normal life behind? Or will the Way remain closed to all who need it?

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EXCERPT:

Adrenaline wiped away all of Cass’s tiredness.

“Get out! I don’t care who you are. Leave now, or I’m calling the police.”

Cass would have to move away from the door for the men to leave. So I’ll just leave. She could call the police from out on the street. As she turned the door handle and shifted around to bolt, the second man spoke.

“Two more of us are posted outside, with more on the way. That’s not a threat…” It sure sounded like one. “…just an explanation. We aren’t…we can’t leave. Short of leaving, we’ll comply with whatever makes you feel safe. We brought your .38 out from the bedroom if holding it would help you.”