Wednesday, January 31, 2018

# GIVEAWAY Showcase Whiskey Sharp Unraveled by Lauren Dane

Welcome I'm so excited to be showcasing NYT & USA Today bestseller Lauren Dane's first in her new Whiskey Sharp series, Unraveled. Whiskey Sharp is Seattle's sexy vintage style barber shop and Whiskey Bar.
Lauren's publisher Harlequin is sponsoring a giveaway details below!
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ISBN-13: 9780373799381
Publisher: Harlequin
Whiskey Sharp #1
Release Date: 1-30-2018
Length: 352pp
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Maybe Dolan has lived independent, free-spirited and
unattached since leaving home at sixteen. Whiskey Sharp, Seattle’s sexy vintage-styled barbershop and whiskey bar, gave her a job—and a reason to put down roots. Cutting hair by day, losing herself drumming in a punk rock band by night, she’s got it good.

But a longtime crush that turns into a hot, edgy night with brooding and bearded Alexsei Petrov makes it a hell of a lot better.

Maybe’s blunt attitude and carnal smile hooked Alexsei from the start. Protecting people is part of his nature and Maybe is meant to be his…even if she doesn’t know it. Yet. He can’t help himself from wanting to protect and care for her.

But Maybe’s fiery independent spirit means pushing back when Alexsei goes too far. Still, he’s not afraid to do a little pushing of his own to get what he wants—her in his life, and his bed, for good. Maybe’s more intoxicating than all the liquor on his shelf…and he’s not afraid to ride the blade’s edge to bind her to him.

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Showcase His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp

Nothing warms a cold winter day better than a saucy historical romance and Candace Camp has just the ticket with her latest release, His Sinful Touch. There's a woman masquerading as a man who only remembers her name and of course a steamy romance too.
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ISBN-13: 9780373789962
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date: 1-30-2018
Length: 384pp
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Overview:

A lost identity. A dangerous mystery. And a deep love that can conquer it all.

When a mysterious gentleman arrives on his doorstep, Alexander Moreland is astonished to discover that the stranger is not a gentleman at all, but a beautiful young woman disguised as a man, and in great need of assistance. The woman remembers nothing except her own name, Sabrina, and has only the contents of her pockets as clues to her identity: a handkerchief, a pocket watch, a leather pouch, a torn scrap of paper and a gold ring.

Sabrina is certain that she is on the run from someone, or something—how else to explain the bruises on her face and the pervasive sense of dread she feels? She’s also certain that she trusts Alex to help her, and she can’t deny the sparks that fly between them. As they race through the English countryside, Sabrina and Alex must solve the mystery of Sabrina’s past—before whatever she’s running from catches up to them.

#GIVEAWAY Showcase Thanks Fur Last Night by Eve Langlais, Milly Taiden & Kate Baxter

I am thrilled to be showcasing this catchy title and cover Anthology, Thanks Fur Last Night by Eve Langlais, Milly Taiden and Kate Baxter featuring a brand new, never published shifter novella by each of these award winning authors.
St. Martin's Press is sponsoring a giveaway, details below.
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ISBN-13: 9781250159717
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 1-30-2018
Length: 400 pp
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Overview:

Enter a world of smoldering shifters in this scintillating anthology headlined by New York Times bestselling authors Eve Langlais and Milly Taiden with brand-new, never published novellas!

Bearing His Sin
Cole should have killed Anja the moment he realized she was his mate. Instead, he let her live and now they’re on the hunt, chasing the morons who think they can force her to marry another man. Like hell. And while this shapeshifting bear might have his share of sins, he’s not going to let little things like murder and mayhem prevent him from having the woman meant to be the keeper of his heart.

Bought by the Bear
Josilyn Martinez just needed the money to help raise her nephew. That's it. There's no other reason she would take a job posing as a shifter's mate so he can assure his grandmother he's settled down. There's no reason to stay at his place so they learn "more about each other." And there's definitely no good reason she should get involved with the hard, hot, and handsome shifter that's hired her.
Xander just needs a fake mate for a week to get his grandmother off his back. But what's a bear shifter to do when the impostor mate he hired turns out to be his actual mate? All sweet, luscious curves and a heart of gold, Xander's not going to let his mate get away. Now all he has to do is show her that they belong together, one kiss and touch at a time...

The Alpha and I
Devon Kincaid is happy with her new life in Lowman, Idaho. Her little bar on the outskirts of the tiny, isolated town is doing well, and she’s not even interested in finding a man. But when she finds a bleeding man—a hot, hard, handsome, naked bleeding man—in the snow one night, Devon brings him home to care for him. He’s definitely not like any man she’s ever met before, but what she doesn’t realize is that he’s not just a man…
Liam Murphy isn't simply a werewolf. He's the Alpha. In a heated battle with a deadly bear shifter, he's moved his pack to the Sawtooth Wilderness in order to draw danger from them. He was hoping to escape his problems—but the last thing he expects to find in the isolated Idaho wilderness was his mate. Fragile and unfamiliar with the violent supernatural world, the only way he can protect Devon is to make her what he is: a werewolf. He only hopes that in the process convincing her to enter fully into his world, that he doesn’t drive away the one woman he can’t live without.

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#GIVEAWAY Showcase Here We Lie by Paula Treick DeBoard

It's my pleasure to bring you a new release by Harper Collins/Harlequin's newest imprint Park Row Books featuring more mainstream fiction. Today I'm showcasing Paula Treick DeBoard's latest women's fiction novel, Here We LIe, it's a timely tale in lieu of the #MeToo movement.
Park Row Books is sponsoring a giveaway of this title, details below.
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ISBN-13: 9780778330264
Publisher: Park Row Books
Release Date: 1-30-2018
Length: 368pp
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“A complex look at the long-standing consequences of privilege and toxic masculinity…. Compulsively readable!” —Kate Moretti, New York Timesbestselling author of The Vanishing Year

Megan Mazeros and Lauren Mabrey are complete opposites on paper. Megan is a girl from a modest Midwest background, and Lauren is the daughter of a senator from an esteemed New England family. When they become roommates at a private women’s college, they forge a strong, albeit unlikely, friendship, sharing clothes, advice and their most intimate secrets.

The summer before senior year, Megan joins Lauren and her family on their private island off the coast of Maine. It should be a summer of relaxation, a last hurrah before graduation and the pressures of postcollege life. Then late one night, something unspeakable happens, searing through the framework of their friendship and tearing them apart. Many years later, Megan publicly comes forward about what happened that fateful night, revealing a horrible truth and threatening to expose long-buried secrets.

In this captivating and moving novel, Paula Treick DeBoard explores the power of friendship and secrets, and shows how hiding from the truth can lead to devastating consequences.

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#GIVEAWAY Showcase Sisters Like Us by Susan Mallery

Today I'm so happy to bring you a showcase of Susan Mallery's latest novel, #4 in her Mischief Bay series, Sisters Like Us.
Susan's publisher Mira has provided an exclusive excerpt for The Reading Frenzy and is sponsoring a giveaway of Susan's last Mischief Bay novel, A Million Little Things, details below.
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ISBN-13: 9780778330905
Publisher: Mira
Mischief Bay #4
Release Date: 1-23-2018
Length: 368pp
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Overview:
The grass is always greener on your sister’s side of the fence…

Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother’s ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper's fresh-baked cookies.

Spending half her life in school hasn't prepared Dr. Stacey Bloom for her most daunting challenge—motherhood. She didn't inherit the nurturing gene like Harper and is in deep denial that a baby is coming. Worse, her mother will be horrified to learn that Stacey's husband plans to be a stay-at-home dad…assuming Stacey can first find the courage to tell Mom she's already six months pregnant.

Separately they may be a mess, but together Harper and Stacey can survive anything—their indomitable mother, overwhelming maternity stores and ex’s weddings. Sisters Like Us is a delightful look at sisters, mothers and daughters in today’s fast-paced world, told with Susan Mallery’s trademark warmth and humor.

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Audible Review Adam - Riding Hard #1 by Jennifer Ashley

I love Jennifer Ashley's impressive romances whether historical or contemporary, paranormal or real life so when I got the chance to snatch the kindle version for $0 and added the audible version for $1.99 I grabbed it. And the kindle version is still free!
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Adam
Riding Hard, Volume 1

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Stuntman Adam Campbell returns home to Riverbend, Texas, after being seriously injured in a movie stunt gone wrong. He settles in to heal at his family's ranch, where his four brothers, famous trick riders, train horses.

Adam is stunned to find Bailey Farrell working there—she was the shy girl who'd helped Adam graduate high school so he could run off to Hollywood. Except the budding Bailey, with whom Adam had a brief but intense affair, has blossomed into a beautiful woman. Now the sparks that had once ignited between them threaten to explode.

Adam is beaten-up, broken-down, and has lost his nerve—the stunt that injured him also killed his best friend. The only one he can turn to is Bailey, but will Bailey, who has come back to Riverbend to lick her wounds after a painful divorce, be willing to help him again?

Review Celo's Quest by Deborah Cooke

I'm so happy to be featuring Deborah Cooke's newest dragon shifter story, Celo's Quest. Celo's Quest is a short story in her Dragons of Incendium series and falls between Wyvern's Outlaw and Wyvern's Angel and is included in the print edition of Wyvern's Outlaw. For those living under a rock Deb is my all time favorite author, I love everything she writes and would follow her stories to the ends of the earth. If you're not familiar with this series its a mix of paranormal and sci-fi romance and it's fantastic. For all her fabulous novels check out her website-https://deborahcooke.com/
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ASIN: B0778VH67T
Publisher: Deborah A Cooke
Release Date: 12-26-2017
Length: 54pp
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Overview:
In this short story, Celo, the hidden prince who understands the language of wild creatures, unearths a forgotten secret. He accepts a challenge and embarks on a quest, seeking the solution to the riddle beyond the forests of Regalia.

Showcase - Hang Time by S.W. Lauden Greg Salem book 3

Today I'm showcasing S.W. Lauden's final book in his Greg Salem trilogy, Hang Time.
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ISBN-13: 9781945572715
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
Greg Salem Mysteries #3
Release Date: 1-16-2018
Length: 288pp
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Overview:

Touring in a band is murder. Or is it suicide? After narrowly surviving a hellish season with a murderous drug kingpin, Greg Salem and his sidekick/drummer are back at home in The Bay Cities. A tour looms for their infamous punk band, Bad Citizen Corporation, but first Salem & Associates must wrap up a jealous husband case tied to a cheating hip-hop bombshell. BCC plays a warm up show when a dead body turns up in their dressing room―the first of many during this ill-fated reunion.

The final book in the Greg Salem trilogy, Hang Time, brings together the colorful cast of characters from Bad Citizen CorporationGrizzly Season in a thrilling and atmospheric series finale fueled by sex, drugs, backstabbing band mates, cheating spouses and vicious cops. The non-stop action will keep readers dangling until the very end.

Audio review of American Drifter by Heather Graham & Chad Michael Murray

I had the pleasure of reviewing American Drifter for LibraryJournal so when I was offered the chance to review the audio version I jumped at it. I'm including my print review courtesy of LibraryJournal plus my audio review.
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American Drifter

By: Heather Graham, Chad Michael Murray
Narrated by: Chad Michael Murray
Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
Release date: 11-14-17

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New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham has teamed up with celebrated actor and celebrity icon Chad Michael Murray to weave a tale of passion and danger in the captivating thriller suspense, American Drifter.

A young veteran of the US Army, River Roulet is struggling to shake the horrors of his past. War is behind him, but the memories remain. Desperate to distract himself from the images haunting him daily, River abandons the world he knows and flees to the country he’s always dreamed of visiting: Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro is everything he hoped for and more. In the lead-up to Carnaval, the city is alight with music, energy, and life. With a few friends at his side, River seems to be pulling his life together at last.
Then he meets the enchanting Natal, an impassioned journalist and free spirit—who lives with the gangster that rules much of Rio.
As their romance blossoms, River and Natal flee together into the interior of Brazil, where they are pursued by the sadistic drug lord, Tio Amato, and his men. When River is forced to kill one of those men, the chase becomes even deadlier. Not only is the powerful drug boss after them, the Brazilian government is on their trail as well.
Will the two lovers escape—and will River ever be free of the bloody memories that haunt him?

#Giveaway Showcase Strong To The Bone by Jon Land Blog Tour - Partners in Crime Tours

Strong to the Bone

by Jon Land

on Tour December 4, 2017 - January 31, 2018

Sophia Rose Reviews - Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer

It's that time again for Sophia Rose to take over the blog reviewing a thriller by prolific author Georgette Heyer originally released in 1953, Detection Unlimited.
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Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer

#4 Inspector Hemingway

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Published: 10.1.10

Pages: 385

ASIN: B003YFJ4TG

Rating: 4

Format: ebook

Source: Library Loan

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Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his brain. He is discovered by his niece Mavis, who is just one of ten people in the village in the running for chief suspect, having cause to dislike Warrenby intensely. Only Chief Inspector Hemingway can uncover which of the ten has turned hatred into murder.

An upstart solicitor is killed and everyone -- who at one time or another wanted him out of the way -- feels panic stricken.

January Library Love Feature

I signed up for the 2018 Library Love Challenge hosted by Angel’s Guilty Pleasures & Brooke Blogs

The idea is to save money by borrowing books from and thus supporting the library.

On this blog I'm excited to be featuring the books that my library in-person book club will be reading each month.

If you're interested there is still time to sign up HERE and there is a giveaway associated with the challenge too!

January Book Club read

Hidden Figures

ISBN-13: 9780062363602

Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: 12-06-2016
Length: 368pp

Overview:

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program—and whose contributions have been unheralded, until now.

Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as “Human Computers,” calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws, these “colored computers,” as they were known, used slide rules, adding machines, and pencil and paper to support America’s fledgling aeronautics industry, and helped write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.

Drawing on the oral histories of scores of these “computers,” personal recollections, interviews with NASA executives and engineers, archival documents, correspondence, and reporting from the era, Hidden Figures recalls America’s greatest adventure and NASA’s groundbreaking successes through the experiences of five spunky, courageous, intelligent, determined, and patriotic women: Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden, and Gloria Champine.

Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of five women whose work forever changed the world—and whose lives show how out of one of America’s most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.

Showcase - A Wedding at Two Love Lane by Kieran Kramer

I'm so happy to be showcasing Kieran Kramer's #2 in her Two Love Lane series, A Wedding at Two Love Lane. Library Journal says this about Kieran's debut in the series "Upbeat, quirky, and fun, this holiday treat nicely launches Kramer's new contemporary series."
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ISBN-13: 9781250111067
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 1-2-2018
Length: 352pp
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Never say never when it comes to love.

Greer Jones has made a real name for herself at the elegant matchmaking agency Two Love Lane. For a lot of reasons—including a past engagement she broke off—practical tech expert Greer is more interested in the business of love than the experience of it, but she can’t help but covet a gorgeous wedding gown that’s the prize in an upcoming cocktail-party contest. In a moment of brazen inspiration, Greer asks a handsome Brit she’s only just met to accompany her to the party. He agrees—and Greer believes her date is a starving artist. Little does she know the truth. . .

Ford Smith, as he calls himself, is actually Stanford Elliott Wentworth Smythe, the Eighth Baron of Wickshire. Fresh off a breakup with a money-grubbing siren who deceived him all the way to the altar, Ford has no desire to fall in love—especially with Greer who, like the desired wedding gown, is beautiful but only skin-deep. But soon Ford realizes that there’s more to Greer than meets the eye. Her professionalism is matched only by her passion for life and love. . .and, best of all, she has no idea that he’s to the manor born. Could it be that true love is priceless after all?

Showcase - Vindication - H. Terrell Griffin Oceanview Publishing

Today I'm featuring old friend Terrell Griffin's #11 in his Matt Royal mysteries, Vindication.
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ISBN-13: 9781608092765
Publisher: Oceanview
Release Date: 1-2-2018
Length: 320pp
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In this John Grisham style mystery, Matt Royal, the retired lawyer-turned-beach-bum is called back into the courtroom to defend his girlfriend J. D. Duncan’s Aunt Esther, who lives in the sprawling North Central Florida retirement community of The Villages. A best-selling author has been murdered after a book signing and Aunt Esther has been arrested. Matt has a history with the local sheriff—one which may not bode well for his client.

Matt reluctantly suits up for the courtroom and J.D. takes a leave from the police department to go undercover. A bizarre specter from the past haunts their investigation every step of the way. As they delve further into the case, the pieces of the puzzle refuse to fall into any kind of coherent pattern. Jock Algren arrives with his special skill set to expose the real murderer and free Aunt Esther, but to no avail. Not until the case goes to trial and the evidence is revealed does the truth emerge—and a strange kind of justice prevails.

Showcase - Cowboy Stole My Heart - Soraya Lane

Today I'm happy to be showcasing Soraya Lane's debut in her new River Ranch series with Cowboy Stole My Heart.
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ISBN-13: 9781250131010
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 1-2-18
Length: 304pp
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Overview:

It takes true grit to build a billion-dollar dynasty like the Ford family ranch. But when it comes to finding love, all it takes is one handsome cowboy to steal a woman’s heart in Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya Lane.

SHE’S RIDING SOLO
As one of the heirs to the River Ranch fortune, Mia Ford is practically Texas royalty. But that doesn’t mean she’s some pampered princess. She can saddle up and ride a horse as well as any man, even a hard-working cowboy like Sam Mendes. For years, she’s harbored a crush on the strong, silent horseman. But how can she make a move when she’s his boss?

HE’S TAKING THE REINS
Sam Mendes is through with love—or so he thought. Still recovering from a breakup, he’s doing everything in his power to resist Mia Ford. It’s bad enough she’s the kind of beauty who drives men wild with desire. It’s even worse she’s got him so worked up, aching to kiss her lips, when he’s supposed to be working her ranch. Is this lovestruck cowboy willing to risk losing his job—and breaking his heart—to win the girl of his dreams?

“Lane warms hearts of readers across the globe.”
—RT Book Reviews

Interview Anna Bennett - The Rogue is Back in Town

Welcome to 2018! I'm starting off the new year with a Coverlishous historical romance, I love the look on the heroine's face and an interview with author Anna Bennett about her novel The Rogue is Back in Town, #3 in her Wayward Wallflowers series.
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ISBN-13: 9781250100955
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 1-2-2018
Length: 352pp
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Hide your daughters and your maiden aunts…Lord Samuel Travis is back.
—The London Hearsay, special society edition

Equal parts scoundrel and seducer, he’s returned to London determined to mend the rift with his older brother. All Sam must do is take possession of a tumbledown town house. A seemingly simple task, except the house is occupied—by an infuriating, whip-smart beauty who refuses to do his bidding.

Miss Juliette Lacey’s wallflower days are over. She has a plan to turn her eccentric family into the toast of the ton—but the devilishly handsome rake trying to oust them from their home thwarts her at every turn. How can one man be so vexing and make her simmer with desire?
As her attraction to Sam deepens, Julie’s problems grow—she may have, once upon a time, secretly shared a kiss with his honorable older brother. Suddenly, Julie’s caught between a rogue and a marquess, between passion and respectability. Torn between two brothers, what’s a girl to do?