LATEST NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — Week of May 10, 2016

NEW RECOMMENDATION: The Bird And The Sword by Amy Harmon (Read my Review)
WOW!! This book was amazing! I just finished reading it. It’s a real genuine fantasy romance novel which is totally different than the contemporary romance stories I usually read. But in truth, the kinds of stories that captivate me the most are the ones that completely step outside the lines while still staying true to the elements I love and crave from the Romance genre. This book was BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, stunningly imaginative, poetic, thrilling, romantic, and exciting. It was like going on an adventure and being swept away in a fantastical fairy tale filled with danger, magic, and woven together with a love story! I’ve loved this author’s writing for a long time and this story was exceptional!!! If you’re looking for new book to read that is captivating and UNIQUE, try this!! — “Silence, daughter. Stay alive.”

 
NEW REVIEW: The Debt by Tyler King (Read my Review)
This was a great standalone friends-to-lovers romance with a sexy, swoony, tattooed and pierced tortured hero who was totally fucked up but utterly lovable and who melted my heart over and over again… and a strong, sassy, feisty heroine!! This was pure old-school New Adult Romance with that delicious balance of angst, hotness, witty banter, heart-break, and healing. And it’s all told in the male POV! — “Half the time I wanted to throttle that girl. The other half I wanted to wrap her in blankets and swear my undying allegiance if she’d smile again. I cherished the rare moments when she was relaxed, laughing, and more like her old self. I had a debt to her that I’d spend the rest of my life repaying. I owed her my head on a platter. And if ever given the chance, I’d take a bullet for her.”

 
NEW REVIEW: The Empty Jar by M. Leighton (Read my Review)
A heartbreakingly beautiful story of love and sacrifice. Note from the author: “This book is not a romantic fairy tale. Yet, it’s the most romantic story I’ve ever told. It’s a journey of pain and loss, of hope and happiness. It’s both achingly tragic and exquisitely beautiful. It’s a love story. The kind that sees you through the night and holds you when you cry. The kind that won’t give up and never lets go. The kind we all dream about and few find. But it’s real. I promise you, it’s real. I’ve seen this kind of love, and I’ve seen this kind of heartbreak. I got to see it up close and personal, and quite honestly, I will never be the same. I hope it changes you as much as it changed me.”

WEEKLY NEW RELEASES RECAP

• The Bird And The Sword by Amy Harmon (fantasy romance standalone — TOP FAVORITE)
• Hetch by River Savage (first standalone romance in Men OF S.W.A.T. Book series)
• The Debt by Tyler King (AWESOME standalone New Adult romance — tortured hero, feisty heroine)
• The Ending I Want by Samantha Towle (at the end of hope, he makes her want to live again, standalone)
• Dear Heart, I Hate You by J. Sterling (unexpected love, standalone romance)
• The Empty Jar by M. Leighton (heart-breaking but beautiful standalone, my review)
• Dirty Little Rendezvous by Emma Hart (“he’s hot, cocky, and British”, can standalone)
• His to Love by Stacey Lynn (he’s an undercover agent who has to seduce his former lover for his latest case)
• Honor Me by Chelle Bliss (Alpha male romance in the Men of Inked series)
• Love Emerged by Michelle Lynn (tattooed bad boy hero, they’re co-workers, standalone in Love Surfaced series)
• Country Kisses by Addison Moore (scarred heroine, and he’s her best friend’s brother, 3:AM Kisses standalone)
• The Rule Book by Jennifer Blackwood (workplace romance, she falls for her sexy boss)
• Cross by Cora Brent (novella in the Gentry Boys series, nothing is as it seems)
• Taxi by Cambria Hebert (standalone romance, her taxi driver takes off with her)
• Below The Surface by Elizabeth Lee (second chance romance (treasure hunters?), can standalone)
• Rush by Shae Ross (fun standalone, ‘he wakes up in a jail cell with the corseted beauty’)
• A Tempting Friendship by Kylie Gilmore (she’s a widow, he’s loved her for years, can standalone)
• Rekindled by CJ McKella (second chance romance, she’s homeless now)
• Behind The Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski (gritty suspense romance, In The Company Of Killers series)
• Vampire Girl 2 by Karpov Kinrade (paranormal romance sequel to Vampire Girl)
• An Introvert’s Tale by RK Ryals (standalone romance in The Embrace Yourself series)
• Glitter on the Web by Ginger Voight (rock star romance, she’s his new pretend girlfriend)
• Falling Under You by Laurelin Paige (erotic workplace romance novella, can standalone)
• Unrivaled by Alyson Noel (YA fiction/mystery/Hollywood)
• Danger, Sweetheart by Mary Janice Davidson (small town romance)

DETAILED LIST: NEW RELEASES

 

The Bird And The Sword by Amy Harmon — New Release!!

Standalone fantasy romance: “Swallow, daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til the hour. You won’t speak and you won’t tell, you won’t call on heaven or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, daughter. Stay alive.”

The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would sell his soul and lose his son to the sky.

My father has a claim to the throne, and he is waiting in the shadows for all of my mother’s words to come to pass. He wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free.

But freedom will require escape, and I’m a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. I can’t speak or make a sound, and I can’t wield a sword or beguile a king. In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left, and who could ever love… a bird?

 

The Debt by Tyler King — New Release!!

Standalone: “She saved my life… and I ruined hers. She’s my best friend. We share a house, our friends, a life. She knows all my secrets, except one. My desperate need for her is inked on my body, it’s the best I can do. But she needs to hear the words.

Growing up as foster kids, she made me feel whole. And what did I do? I destroyed our chance to be together. I ran out on her when I should have stayed, and something broke between us… Now I’ll do anything to fix it.

I’ll never leave her again. I won’t ever let her feel afraid again. But the more I try to protect her from my pain, the more I just make things worse. I’m terrified that if I tell her everything, she’ll never forgive me. I’m even more terrified that it may be too late to make her mine. I have to try to give her what she needs… it’s a debt I’m determined to repay.”

 

Hetch by River Savage — New Release!!

“Saving lives is the end goal.
It’s a responsibility I live with every day, the reason I wear the badge.
Built on a brotherhood that runs deeper than blood, this way of life has become my very existence…
Until her.
I thought I was saving her.
I never expected her to be the one saving me.”

 

The Ending I Want by Samantha Towle — New Release!!

Standalone: She had the perfect life—until she was sixteen. That was when everything changed. From that moment on, life went from bad to worse…to the worst. [Her] brain tumor has returned, and she decides she’s had enough. She’s going to take her fate into her own hands. No more hospitals. No more surgeries. No more anything. It’s her decision. The ending she wants.

She just has a list of things to do before she goes. First, go to England. Second, kiss a stranger… Only, she didn’t expect him, the stranger—with his handsome face, his six-foot-three of gorgeousness, and his oh-so-hot English accent—to change things. To change her. To change the ending she wanted. What is a girl, who is standing on the edge of nothing, to do when offered the chance of everything?

 

Dear Heart, I Hate You by J. Sterling — New Release!!

Standalone: I didn’t plan on him… Or for him.
Or anything that had to do with Cal Donovan from Boston.
Meeting him had been a complete and utter surprise, taking me completely off guard. I met new people every single day in my line of work and none of them affected me. Wasn’t that the way of things though? You could meet a thousand people and none of them would mean anything to you, but then you’d meet one and they suddenly meant everything.

 

The Empty Jar by M. Leighton — New Release!!

Standalone: Three months touring Europe. Romantic. Dazzling. Unforgettable. The trip of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter… We couldn’t have known it would work out this way. No one could. No one could’ve guessed that something so beautiful could be so tragic. But it is tragic. Yet so, so beautiful.
That’s what sacrifice is—beauty and tragedy. It’s pain and suffering for something or someone you love. And this is the ultimate sacrifice. One stunning act of true love.
This is our story. Our true love story.

 

Dirty Little Rendezvous by Emma Hart — New Release!!

Can standalone, spin-off of Burke Brothers series: Sometimes the past becomes the present… And he’s hot, cocky, and British.
Leila Burke expected a lot of things when she joined her brothers on tour in Europe. He wasn’t one of them. Jase Masters had no idea what to expect when he agreed to support Dirty B. on tour. She definitely wasn’t it.
It’s been eighteen months. He remembers that night a little too well. She insists she has no idea who he is. He’s rugged and determined. She’s wild and free. Together, they’re a tornado. Keeping it from touching down is the least of their worries.

 

Love Emerged by Michelle Lynn — New Release!!

Can standalone: I claimed Dylan McCain as soon as I saw him.
His disheveled dark hair and tattooed arms screamed bad boy.
Finally, I won, and he claimed me in return.
But in the light of day, he changed.
His smile further dented those dreamy dimples.
His panicked green eyes held layers of kindness.
Making sure the rules were clear, I walked away, showing him how little relationships meant to me. Now, two months later, we come face-to-face again—as coworkers.

 

Country Kisses by Addison Moore — New Release!!

Can standalone: “I fell hard for him the moment I met [him]…
He’s my best friend’s brother [and] he’s pulling me deeper, asking questions, wanting to know what makes me tick—wanting to know who gave me the scar that takes up the landscape over half my face. He wants far more than what I’m willing to give him.
If I let him in, let him into the most sacred chamber of my heart, I might end up with a wound far greater than the one that left that scar. The wound he has the power to inflict could never heal…”

 

The Rule Book by Jennifer Blackwood — New Release!!

Standalone: Starr Media Second-Assistant Survival Guide
1. Don’t call your hot boss the antichrist to his face.
2. Don’t stare at hot boss’s, um, package or his full sleeve of tattoos. (No. Really. Stop!)
3. Don’t get on the malicious first assistant’s bad side.
4. Don’t forget to memorize the 300-page employee manual.
5. If you value your cashmere, steer clear of boss’s dog.
6. Boss’s dimples are lust-inducing. Do. Not. Give. In.
7. “The elevator ate your clothes” is not a valid excuse for showing up to important meetings half dressed.
8. Don’t break seven of the rules within the first week of employment if you, ya know, are in dire need of money to support your sick mom.
9. Whatever you do, don’t fall for the boss. See rule eight about sick mom.
10. Never forget the rules.

 

Cross by Cora Brent — New Release!!

Novella in Gentry Brothers series: Two brothers…
And the girl next door.
A betrayal that severed the bonds of blood and loyalty. A tragedy that ended one life and shattered the rest. Everyone thought that because they knew how it ended they also knew how it started. They didn’t. And neither do you.

Warning: This one is not like the other stories. This one will hurt.
But I do promise you…nothing is as it seems at first.

 

Taxi by Cambria Hebert — New Release!!

Standalone: “One night as she steps out of a bar, she gives no second thought to lifting her hand to signal for a cab. After all, it’s the responsible thing to do. A common occurrence… A familiar-looking yellow taxi with black, faux-leather seats, running meter on the dash, and a smiling driver pulls up to the curb. She slides in. Gives the driver her address… But she never reaches her destination. Instead, she finds herself captive, at the will of a man who isn’t a driver… Trapped in a taxi she can’t escape, she begins to panic. As the miles between her and safety grow, hope dwindles. It isn’t until someone else joins her in captivity that her spark of hope is rekindled.

He’s strong, capable, and surely together they can fight their way to freedom. Then she finds out exactly why she’s been driven into hell. He may be an unwilling captive, but he isn’t going to help her. In fact, he’s there to do the exact opposite.”

 

Behind The Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski — New Release!!

In The Company of Killers series: Even professional killers need vacations, but for Victor Faust, his vacation in Venezuela is about more than relaxation and time alone with Izabel Seyfried. It is a chance for him to come clean to Izabel. But before Victor can spill his soul, reality proves that for some killers, vacations are just pipe-dreams… Attacked and kidnapped, Izabel finds herself stuffed in a suitcase, while Victor later wakes up imprisoned in a cage. In any other situation, Victor would find a way out and save himself and the woman he loves — but not this time.

 

His to Love by Stacey Lynn — New Release!!

Standalone: “He never saw it coming when his Mafia princess girlfriend dumped him and disappeared at the age of eighteen. He never forgot her, either, even after what happened next: the killing of his father, a Detroit PD officer, at the hands of one of her father’s men. He swore revenge, and now, ten years later, the kid who dreamed of a pro football career is a hard-nosed FBI agent, back in town to take down the crime family once and for all. But his mission gets complicated fast—because going undercover means seducing the only woman he’s ever loved…”

 

Honor Me by Chelle Bliss — New Release!!

Men of Inked series: “I had everything I ever wanted—a wife, a kid, with two more on the way. I was living the dream. After the babies were born, we hit a rough patch. I did everything to prove my love, to show her that nothing was more important than her. After some work and a lot of time, we found our groove again.

Just when life had evened out, a familiar enemy came back to haunt us… When the danger gets too close, I’ll do anything to defend my family.”

 

A Tempting Friendship by Kylie Gilmore — New Release!!

Can standalone: “She’s finally ready to date again after five years of mourning her husband. She confides to her longtime friend that she’s signed up for an online dating site and is shocked when it’s him that shows up at her door on the night of her first date…

He has secretly been in love with her since college, and after fulfilling his promise to his deceased best friend to watch over her these past years, he can’t stand idly by and watch her date another man. It’s time to unleash a seduction that’s been a long time coming…”

 

Beneath The Surface by Elizabeth Lee — New Release!!

Can standalone: Daniella Alvarez and Dylan McKendrie used to be in love. They used to be a team. An inseparable force to be reckoned with. But, when tragedy struck, their relationship sank faster than the ships they used to scour the ocean floor for. Now all that’s left are scattered remains of what used to be.

Dylan, no longer seeking the mysteries on the ocean floor, now goes for the sure things and the guaranteed paychecks. When a longtime friend suggests he has hard proof that one of those legends that used to keep Dylan up at night could be real, he’s torn between going after the gold and maintaining the life he’d built since leaving The Florida Keys… Daniella was always a dreamer. She’s always been chasing what would most deem unattainable—professionally and personally. Everything she’d ever wanted seemed to slip through her fingers the day he left, which is exactly why his return has her seeing red. Can the two of them put their past aside long enough to figure out a mystery that has plagued them both for years? Can they work together to see what lies below the surface?

 

Glitter on the Web by Ginger Voight — New Release!!

After his viral video shoots him right to the top of the charts, he rises to fame.. All his faithful groupies want desperately to believe every word he sings, like he’s not another superficial jerk. One little wrinkle. He totally is.

After a vindictive ex goes public, he must find a [way] to save his career before it collapses under the weight of one lie… Enter his agent’s assistant, who knows what kind of arrogant fake he is and can’t stand him as a result. Still, it’s not every day you get a million bucks for telling one teeny tiny fib. Surely she can handle this lying, philandering opportunist for a year. It’s not like she’ll actually fall for the guy. Or will she?

 

Falling Under You by Laurelin Paige — New Release!!

Can standalone (novella): She has always prided herself on her intelligence and determination. She climbed out of poverty, put herself through school and is now a chief financial advisor. She’s a woman who won’t be topped. Not in business anyway. But she’s pretty sure she’d like to be topped in the bedroom.

Unfortunately most men see independence and ambition in a woman and they run… Then the most unlikely candidate steps up. Her much-too-young and oh-so-hot assistant surprises her one night with bold suggestions and an authoritative demeanor he’s never shown her in the office… It’s such a deliciously bad idea…but when he takes the reins and leads her to sensual bliss she’s never known, she can’t help but fall under his command.

 

Unrivaled by Alyson Noel — New Release!!

Everyone wants to be someone. Layla Harrison wants to be a reporter. Aster Amirpour wants to be an actress. Tommy Phillips wants to be a guitar hero. But Madison Brooks took destiny and made it her own a long time ago.She’s Hollywood’s hottest starlet, and the things she did to become the name on everyone’s lips are merely a stain on the pavement, ground beneath her Louboutin heel.

That is, until Layla, Aster, and Tommy find themselves with a VIP invite to the world of Los Angeles’s nightlife and lured into a competition where Madison Brooks is the target. Just as their hopes begin to gleam like stars through the California smog, Madison Brooks goes missing… And all of their hopes are blacked out in the haze of their lies.

 

Danger, Sweetheart by Mary Janice Davidson — New Release!!

Standalone: Rich, carefree, and used to the Vegas party lifestyle, he’s thrown for a curve when his former cocktail-waitress mother pleads he go back to her roots to save the town she grew up in. He’s used to using money to solve his problems, but when he arrives in Sweetheart, North Dakota, this city boy has to trade in his high-priced shoes for a pair of cowboy boots…and he’s about to get a little help from the loveliest lady in town…

She’s got no time for newbies. The prettiest gal to ever put on a pair of work gloves, there’s nothing she can’t do to keep a farm up and running. But when a handsome city-slicker rolls into town, her heartstrings are pulled. She’s about to teach him a thing or two about how to survive in Sweetheart. And he’s about to teach her a thing or two about love…

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