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SALES, NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & UPCOMING BOOKS — Week of May 26, 2015

SALES, NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & UPCOMING BOOKS — Week of May 26, 2015

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Hey everyone!!! Check out the latest new books, sales, and news here!! And if you’re looking for a top favourite recommendation, here’s my Best Books of 2015 list! Enjoy!!

*** BREAKING NEWS!!! ***

 

Fifty Shades fans!! EL James just announced that GREY: Fifty Shades of Grey from Christian’s POV will be released next month on June 18th!!

She said: “For the readers who wanted to read Fifty Shades of Grey from Christian Grey’s POV — on June 18 (Christian Grey’s birthday) the book GREY: Fifty Shades of Grey told by Christian Grey will be released!”

  • Pre-order GREY (Kindle) (blurb included)
  • Pre-order GREY (Paperback)

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    *** NEW FAVORITE SERIES ***

     

    Consolation & Conviction by Corinne Michaels

    SQUEEEEEE!!!!! I just finished reading Consolation & Conviction back-to-back and LOVED them!!! I couldn’t put either of them down even for a minute!!! They were addictive, thrilling, emotional, romantic, sexy, and had ALL THE FEELS!!! If you love big, strong Alpha male heroes, heroines with kids, and military romances, then these are must-read!! Definitely a new favorite for me!!! (Read my Reviews)

    “He wasn’t supposed to be my happily ever after. He wasn’t even on my radar. He was my husband’s best friend — forbidden. But my husband is dead and I’m alone… One night with him changed everything. Now I have to decide if I truly love him or if he’s just the consolation prize.”

    Note: this is a complete 2-book series. Must be read in order.

    *** WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS ***

     
    *** THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES *** 

     
    5 STAR TRILOGY RECOMMENDATION: I recently finished all 3 books in a trilogy I LOVED!!! It’s sexy, swoony, and addictive. My heart was racing!! #1 Virtuous, 2 Valorous, 3 Victorious (more below). PS: I’d especially highly recommend this for fans of Fifty Shades, Crossfire, or Love Unscripted.

    This is my FIRST 6-STAR RATING this year!!! > The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel (My Review). Seriously guys, this was quite literally one of the best books I’ve ever read in my whole entire life!! ❤

    *** RT CONVENTION 2015: RECAP & GIVEAWAY ***

    I recently got back from this absolutely amazing and HUGE romance book event held in Dallas! I was there for almost a whole week and I met so many wonderful authors (including EL James!!!!) and readers there. It was an unforgettable experience!!! I have posted all my pictures from the event here!!

     
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    *** THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES ***

     

    The Other Man by RK Lilley — New Release!! (Standalone)

    “He was brazen as hell from the moment I laid eyes on him. He was aggressive, and dominant… I could tell at a glance that this man was dangerous. For so many reasons. Not the least of which being that rough, dirty, sheet-clawing sex fairly radiated off him… To say he wasn’t my type was putting it lightly. But you couldn’t tell that to my libido. Not even when I found out the truth. My lover had lied to me from the very start. Nothing about our meeting was a coincidence.”

     

    Beautiful Sacrifice by Jamie McGuire — New Release!!

    Maddox fans!! This is Taylor’s story! — “She’s broke and waiting tables, hoping to one day save enough to buy her a plane ticket… The moment he’s seated in her section, she knows he’s trouble. He’s charming, breaks promises, and gorgeous even when covered in filth—making him everything she believes a hotshot firefighter to be. She isn’t interested in becoming another statistic, and for him, a disinterested girl is the ultimate challenge…”

     

    The Way We Break by Cassia Leo — New Release!!

    This is the highly anticipated sequel to The Way We Fall.

    “He’s finally unburdened of the secret but now he must deal with the aftermath. He has vowed to set things right for her, and he’s determined to get her back. But the destruction left in the wake of the letter is not the only obstacle he must face. He must find a way to win her back by showing her their story isn’t over yet…”

     

    While We Waited (Reed Brothers) by Tammy Falkner — New Release!!

    This is the latest Reed Brother’s book!! I love this series!

    “She hates babies. He happens to have one. She hates liars. She’s pretty sure he is one. She never sleeps with a man more than once. He has only had sex with one woman in his whole life, and now she’s gone. He has boundaries. She has none…”

    Order: TTT, SSS, CCC, JJJ, FFF, RR/EEE, MMM, PPP, OO, BB, ZZZ, GGG, WWW.

     

    Searching For Beautiful by Jennifer Probst — New Release!!

    This is the third standalone in a series of standalone and this book features features a runaway bride and the man who wants to be more than just her best friend… — Genevieve MacKenzie has her life completely under control. About to wed the charming Chief doctor at the local hospital, she’s an up-and-coming surgeon with everything she could ever want. Until an escape through the church window on the day of her wedding sends her life into a tailspin… and flings her right into her best friend’s arms…

     

    Gus by Kim Holden — New Release!!

    OMG!! This is the standalone sequel to Bright Side, a deeply emotional novel that so many of you readers absolutely LOVED!!

    This is the story of Gus.
    Losing himself.
    Finding himself.
    And healing along the way.

     

    Uncaged Love: Boxed Set by J.J. Knight — New Release!!

    “Some love is worth fighting for.”

    Sports romance alert!!! Wow, this erotic, romantic suspense series is bundled together ON SALE at 50% OFF!!! It contains 800 pages, and the individual books have insanely HIGH ratings (an average of 4.9/5!!). It’s about an MMA fighter hero who rescues a girl with powerful raw talent of her own…

     

    Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry — New Release!!

    “An unforgettable new series” — She’s always been curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a Motorcycle Club over being a parent—but she doesn’t wants to be a part of his world… The hero has always wanted to join that Club. They’re the good guys. They protect people. They’re family. And while the gorgeous daughter of the club’s most respected member is in town, he’s gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, he knows it’s his shot…

     

    Catch & Release by Ella Fox — New Release!!

    This friends to lovers romance is the standalone sequel to Catch My Fall.

    “No amount of love could make him believe that he was worthy of her. Knowing that she deserved better, he pushed her away, when what he really wanted was to pull her closer… Sometimes hitting rock bottom is the only way to understand that you need to change. Realizing that losing her means losing everything, he knew it was time to man up and fight for the girl he loved…”

     

    Remember Me This Way by Sabine Durrant — New Release!!

    I’m intrigued by this psychological thriller!! The blurb says it has twists!

    A year after her husband’s death, Lizzie goes to lay flowers where his fatal accident took place. When she reaches the spot, she finds a bunch of flowers there tied to a tree. They’re addressed to her husband. Someone has been there before her. She loved him. She really did. But she’s starting to realize she didn’t really know him. Or what he was capable of…

     

    Rescuing The Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon — New Release!!

    This bad boy romance can be read as a standalone.

    “Seven years ago, he broke her heart. Now her career depends on playing nice in order to pull off the charity fund-raiser of the decade. She vows to keep things professional… but working by his side every day doesn’t make it easy to fight temptation, and it isn’t long before she finds herself falling for this bad boy all over again…”

     

    Back To You by Lauren Dane — New Release!!

    After a passionate but turbulent marriage to a rock star that ended in heartbreak and divorce, the heroine rebuilt her life in Portland, where she settled so their two young daughters could be close to their father while she tried to move on from the man who shattered her heart. Now she’s planning to marry another man. But her rock star wants to win her back… He knows he was a fool all those years ago but he could never drown out the memory of her love. For years, he’s had to deal with the pain of seeing her only because of their daughters, but it was never enough. Now he must prove that he’s the only man she needs, before he loses her for good.

     

    21 Stolen Kisses by Lauren Blakely — New Release!!

    This is a standalone. — “When I first met him I resisted. Like any forbidden love, I told myself he was a crush, and it would pass. That was a lie. It never faded. And I never expected he would fall for me just as hard. There were so many reasons that should have kept us apart, least of all, the decade that separated us. But, can I really start over when he’s still in my life? … The one man I’ve always wanted, is also the only guy I absolutely can’t have. And he wants me just as fiercely. Can I settle for anything less than the love of my life?”

     

    The Illusion of Annabelle by Jessica Sorensen — New Release!!

    “She had dreams of becoming a dancer. But the summer before her senior year, her life is ripped away… Six months later, the girl who dreamed of being a dancer can barely walk… One night she takes things one step too far. Put under house arrest, she can no longer run away from her problems. With the help of her cute, sweet neighbor, Luca Benton, she rediscovers the girl she used to be, and finally learns the truth about what really happened that horrible day that changed her life forever.”

     

    Utraviolet by Jessica Sorensen — New Release!!

    “Hidden in the mountains is a quiet town. In that town, there is a field where a secret is buried deep beneath the ground. And in that field is where she was found abandoned with no memory of her past and haunted by visions of the future… Nine years later, her life is almost as normal as any 18-year-old. That is until she starts foreseeing the murder of a guy she’s never met before, but whose face is branded into her mind… Constantly plagued by the vision, she decides to track him down and warn him of his impending death. But when the search leads her back to that town, she learns there’s more to the sleepy town than meets the eye.”

     

    The Cage by Megan Shepherd — New Release!!

    A “gripping new series about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race” and the heroine falls in secret love with their mysterious and handsome jailer!

    When she wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. Four other teens have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora’s past. None of them have a clue what happened, and all of them have secrets…

     

    Something Wicked by Teresa Mummert — New Release!!

    This is an erotic BDSM romance.

    Gabby plays a very dangerous game, Drake is eager to teach her the rules… She wants nothing more than to be an author, but she is stuck working for a magazine that she despises. When she is tasked to interview an actor at a movie premiere, she reluctantly sets off to do her job. he doesn’t make it easy for her and she is soon thrown into his world and in over her head.

     

    Behind Your Back by Chelsea Cameron — New Release!!

    This is the first in a 2-book NA romantic suspense series. Sequel: June 9th.

    To get to him, I need to use her. I’ll play her like a violin and have her falling in love with me before she even knows what’s happening. It will be easy. I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again. She’s just a girl. A tool to get what I want. When I’m done with her I won’t think twice about walking away. At least, that was what I thought. Until I met her.

     

    Conviction by Corinne Michaels — New Release!!

    This is the highly anticipated sequel to Consolation and it concludes the story. These two books have to be read in order (same couple).

    “He wasn’t supposed to be my happily ever after. He wasn’t even on my radar. He was my husband’s best friend — forbidden. But my husband is dead and I’m alone… One night with him changed everything. Now I have to decide if I truly love him or if he’s just the consolation prize.”

    *** 2 UPCOMING BOOKS I CAN’T WAIT FOR ***

    Note: Pre-orders are NOT charged until release day!

     

    A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson — Pre-Order Now!!

    WOAH!!!!! Oh wow!!! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the sound of this! Can’t wait to read it! The story is about a “strong-minded prison tutor who discovers that her sexy bad-boy student is far more than he appears to be…”

    Haunted by nightmares of her father’s murder 15 years ago, she decides to face her fears by teaching inmates at a New York prison. There she meets arrogant inmate, who’s as handsome as he is dangerous… As teacher and student, they’re forced to leave their animosities at the door and learn that one should never judge a book by its cover…. and she realizes there’s much more to her angry student than she thought, leaving them to face a new, perilous obstacle: their undeniable attraction to one another. <------ OMG!!  

    The Song of David by Amy Harmon — Pre-Order Now!!

    This sounds AMAZING!! — “I won my first fight when I was eleven years old, and I’ve been throwing punches ever since. Fighting is the purest, truest, most elemental thing there is. For me, heaven was the octagon. Until I met her… If heaven was the octagon, then she was my angel at the center of it all. The girl I wanted to fight for, the girl I wanted to claim. The girl who taught me that sometimes the biggest heroes go unsung and the most important battles are the ones we don’t think we can win.” <-- LOVE!!

    *** TRILOGY RECOMMENDATION ***

     

    ➜ Virtuous (Quantum #1) by MS Force (Read my Review)
    ➜ Valorous (Quantum #2) by MS Force (Read my Review)
    ➜ Victorious (Quantum #3) by MS Force (Read my Review)

    SQUEEEEE!!! OMG!!! I read all 3 books in this new trilogy back-to-back and LOOOVED every word!!! My heart was RACING since the first chapter — the CHEMISTRY was off-the-charts!!! — and I literally could not put it down!! — The hero is a SWOONY world famous movie star who is also a sexual Dominant… and he falls in love with a young teacher he runs into at a park who has sworn off sex. They’re total opposites but they’re trying to make a relationship work. The dialogue is GOLD and I loved EVERYTHING about the entire series!!! Pure BOOK HEAVEN!!! 😀

    I’d recommend these for fans of Fifty Shades, Love Unscripted, & Crossfire. It had amazing writing, a captivating and gripping story, characters I fell in love with, and a romance that made my heart melt. I could NOT put it down. To be blunt, there was no stupidity ever and all the drama was from sources external to the relationship (which I LOVED)!!! It was just about two people from different worlds falling in LOVE and trying to make an unlikely relationship work. I loved all 3 books and highly recommend them. If you’re looking for SEXY, SWOONY, and utterly ADDICTIVE story, try this 5 STAR SERIES!!

    The full series is now available for purchase: #1 Virtuous, #2 Valorous, #3 Victorious

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    *** CURRENT SALES & PRICE DROPS ***

    *** This page is no longer being updated. See this post for the reason why. ***

    *** 6-STAR RECOMMENDATION ***

     

    The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel (Read my Review)

    OMG. OMG. OH. MY. GOD!!! I can honestly say with full certainty that it was probably one of THE best books I have EVER read in my whole life. I am UGLY CRYING right now. Tears POURING down my face. Crying with noise. But, don’t be scared of it. This isn’t a tragic story and it’s not depressing (I’ll come right out and say it’s a happy ending ‘cuz I don’t want to scare you away). It’s just POWERFUL beyond words. One of the most profoundly BEAUTIFUL stories I’ve ever read. As I read through the book I’d get these full body CHILLS (and then tears right after) over and over and over again. The EMOTIONS it evoked were totally overpowering. I absolutely LOVED it. For the first time this year, I’m giving a book 6 STARS!!!

    About the book…. After her beloved husband’s sudden death over ten years ago, the heroine never expected to find love again. But now she’s planning her second walk down the aisle. So why isn’t she more excited? … When she starts seeing her late husband in her dreams, she begins to wonder if he’s trying to tell her something? Attempting to navigate between dreams and reality, she must uncover her husband’s hidden message… where she finds rewards greater than she could have imagined.

    *** UPDATED LIST: BEST BOOKS OF 2015 ***

     
    I’ve recently posted my list of Top 10 Best Books of 2015 so far. If you’re looking for a great new recommendation, be sure to check them out!! All of those books are favorites! Just click here!

    Here are a few of my most recent favorite books and recommendations:

    *** UPCOMING BOOKS: PRE-ORDER NOW ***

    Note: You are NOT charged for pre-orders until the book is released.

    *** This page is no longer being updated. See this post for the reason why. ***

    *** FIFTY SHADES MOVIE: NOW AVAILABLE ***

     

    There are 2 available options:

    ✦ The Blu-ray™ & DVD combo pack will include the Theatrical version AND an exclusive Unrated version with a never-before-seen alternate ending, along with almost 2 hours of all-new behind the scenes Bonus Features (interviews, featurettes etc). Pre-order here! (May 8)

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    Comments

    1. GOSH, I love this site! It has informed me so much since I started my own journey as an author! Thanks for the well-organized presentation and the thorough reviews!!!

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    2. I absolutely loooved Consolation also and I’m starting Conviction today!! I can’t wait. My anxiety has been building the last week for the release of this book! Love Love Liam also 🙂
      I hope Conviction lives up to the goodness of Consolation! Happy reading!

      Btw..I’ve been coming to your site for a long time, but rarely comment. I just wanted to say I appreciate your reviews, weekly list of releases and the time you put into your awesome site! I’ve come across & read alot of good books from your recommendations, so thanks! 🙂

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      • Hi Keisha!! I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying the blog! I’ve just started Conviction too and can’t wait to see what happens! I’m at 27% now!!

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