Wednesday 29 October 2014

REVIEW: SAVE RILEY BY YOLANDA OLSON #SaveRiley @SymphonyYolanda







The first time is always the sweetest...

Riley is a daydreamer who works in a bookshop. She lives a lonely life and enjoys every moment of it. A chance encounter with a sexy, friendly foreigner leads to things she never thought were possible. 
Drugged, kidnapped, and taken back to his native country, she finds herself fighting for her life as he explores his most devious desires with her. The one he always wanted ... The one he has watched for so long ...

Meet Jaxton Whitlock; the sexually devious and insanely polite intellectual who finally has what he wanted. 

Riley.


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SAVE RILEY IS FREE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST!!

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Save-Riley-Yolanda-Olson-ebook/dp/B00MQIZKC2/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1414595434&sr=1-10 





Review by Mazzy Boss Lady


My rating: 5 of 5 stars

♦♦♦♦ I received an arc in exchange for an honest review ♦♦♦♦

**I'm going to give fair warning here, this book is NOT for the faint hearted. There are subjects written about that are taboo**

Now where do I start, but WOW more WOW and WOW.

Seriously this book is one serious mind f*ck, really when reading this don't try and figure it out because you wont and also if you think that the story is going one way, your in for a surprise.

There are no happy endings in this book and it's one hell of a dark read.

Jaxton is one psychopath, but was he always this way or was he made?

Riley all alone in this word and no one cares about her until ..........

Yolanda has seriously written one brilliant dark read here, and I recommend it to all dark read lovers out there.





About  

International Bestselling Author.
Alice in Wonderland Junkie. Horror Obsessed. Arsenic Laced.
Welcome.
Biography
Yolanda Olson grew up in Bridgeport, CT and currently resides in Bloomington, IL. Through her love of writing, she has channeled the emotions of early life experiences into characters that are intriguing and powerful. Her vivid imagination and her love of video games and horror movies are evident in her writing style.

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COVER REVEAL: A BEAUTIFUL STAR @Confidante_Lili

I am so excited to share this cover reveal with this you! Today we have the gorgeous new cover from A Beautiful Star. Lilliana is also sharing an exclusive excerpt with us!!!  



  Title: A Beautiful Star 
  Author: Lilliana Anderson 
  Release date: November 17 
  Genre: Contemporary Romance   
 iBooks preorder link - http://bit.ly/1qaAnvv    
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Blurb

 ***CONTENT WARNING*** New Adult Romance for ages 18+ due to sex scenes and adult situations.  

 BEAUTIFUL SERIES, BOOK FIVE - MAY BE READ ON ITS OWN OR AS A PART OF THE SERIES.  

 When Jonathan decided to help Lisa, he was trying to atone in some way for his past sins. He certainly wasn't expecting to be pulled into a night full of hiding out from the press with a journalist called Sandra Haegen, and almost being choked to death by a rockstar in love with his ex.   When Sandra decided to help Lisa by feeding Perry, she was just trying to be a good person. She also wasn't expecting to spend the night hiding from the press. Even more so, she wasn't expecting to spend the night with one of Australia's hottest young actors, Jonathan Masters. She also wasn't expecting to save his life.   And that's just the beginning.   From there, these two must find a way live with the past and look to the future - no matter what the personal cost.  



  Exclusive Excerpt: 


The next morning, I head into work to find yet another gift waiting for me on my desk. It’s a small white box with a blue ribbon tied around it, and the sight of it makes me stop in my doorway and immediately pull out my phone. “This needs to stop,” I say to myself with an annoyed shake of my head as I pull up Jonathan’s number and dial. He picks up within two rings. “Good morning, Red,” he chirps. “Stop sending me things,” I demand immediately. “You’ve got the wrong guy this time. Whatever you have, it wasn’t me. Maybe it was from that pretty boy you were kissing in the papers the other day.” “He’s not a pretty boy. You’re a pretty boy.” “That’s very sweet of you to say,” he jokes. “Well, I’m a sweetheart, what can I say. Listen, sorry to attack you, I should have checked the card first.” “You can call me anytime, for anything. I won’t hold it against you.” “Ok,” I laugh. “I’m hanging up now.” “Alright, you do that. But, Red, when am I going to see you again?” “I haven’t decided on that yet.” “You’re hurting me. I just want to be your friend and you’re putting up road blocks.” “I’m totally not buying this friend act.” “You should, because it can’t be more unless you want it to be. Besides, we have fun. We get along. You want fun, right?” “You’re trying too hard, Jonathan. I’m going now.” I can hear the smile in his voice. “Bye, Red.” Hitting the end call button, I walk over to my desk and pull the blue ribbon on the box to get to the card. For your tastebuds. Call me. Brad Smiling, I open the box and find a red velvet cupcake inside. When I bite into it–and yes­, I eat it immediately–it’s the softest, most flavour-filled baked treat I have ever had the pleasure of eating–and I’ve eaten a lot, so I know what I’m talking about. “You are very popular lately,” Erin, our receptionist comments on her way past my office. “You’re getting more deliveries than anyone else here. And the guy who dropped that off was H-O-T. Oh my lord, you are one lucky woman.” “He was here?” I ask, pointing at the box as I talk through a mouthful of cake. “I think so. Dark hair, brown eyes, tatts all over his arms? He was wearing a white bonds shirt, a pair of jeans, and some Vans. He didn’t seem like a courier to me.” “That’s him alright. How long ago?” “Maybe an hour? I told him you don’t get in until nine.” I swallow the last of the cake and lick the crumbs off my fingers and my lips, apologising that there was only one in the box as I do. Then I thank Erin for dropping by and when she leaves, turn to my phone again, this time ringing the correct person for a thank you.





  ***Beautiful Series***

 A series of stand alone novels and companions novellas (The Beauty in Between). Each Beautiful Series novel follows many variations on the love triangle, where one couple gets their happy ending, and the character who misses out becomes the main character in the next instalment.   The Beauty in Between are companion novellas that give fans of the main series background information on some of their favourite characters, or a short continuation of a couple's story. Readers can choose to read every book and its companion in order, or they can choose only those that interest them. For those wishing to read the series entirely, there is an easy to refer to reading order below -


 Reading Order (novellas) (Too Close) A Beautiful Struggle (book 1) (Phoenix) A Beautiful Forever (book 2) (Commitment) A Beautiful Melody (book 3) A Beautiful Rock (book 4) (Devotion)

 A Beautiful Star (November 2014) A Beautiful Reunion (March 2015) A Beautiful Scent (TBA)



  Lilliana Anderson Bio: Bestselling Author of the Drawn Series, the Beautiful Series, and the Confidante Trilogy, Lilliana has always loved to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has to offer. Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters as well as a biographical trilogy based on an ex-Sydney sex worker, named Angelien. Lilliana feels that the world should see Australia for more than just it's outback and tries to show characters in more of a city setting. When she isn't writing, she wears the hat of 'wife and mother' to her husband and four children. Before Lilliana turned to writing, she worked in a variety of industries and studied humanities and communications before transferring to commerce/law at university. Originally from Sydney's Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet life in suburban Melbourne.  


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Dual Cover Reveal: Something Reckless and Something Real by Lexi Ryan @writerlexiryan


DUAL COVER REVEAL


By New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author

Lexi Ryan



Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected release: December 22, 2014

Covers designed by Okay Creations


He talks dirty to me, but I don’t know his name.

He wants to tie me up, but I don’t know his face.

He turns me on, but I couldn’t point him out in a crowd.

I’ve fallen for an anonymous stranger, and tonight the anonymity ends. Tonight I want more than typed secrets and texted promises. I want something reckless. Heat. Passion. The thrill of being entirely possessed.

Because I suspect this anonymous stranger isn’t a stranger at all.

Lizzy Thompson met riverrat69 online through Something Real, a service promising to deliver meaningful relationships by forbidding its users to share names or photos until they’ve reached a certain benchmark. She was looking for love. He was researching an investment. They hit it off. Talked and flirted, hid behind screen names and cartoon avatars.

Now they’re breaking the rules and meeting in person. But Liz is prepared. She’s picked up hints and followed clues.

She’s ninety-percent convinced she’s discovered the identity of her dirty-talking online friend.

She wonders if her ex-lover Sam Bradshaw knows her identity too.

When she rolls the dice on one reckless night, her chance at something real could crumble.




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Expected release for SOMETHING REAL: February 2015

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About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s latest antics.


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COVER REVEAL: Coming For You by J.A. Huss @JAHuss




BOOK & AUTHOR INFO:

Coming For You by J.A. Huss
(Dirty Dark and Deadly #3)
Publication date: November 19th 2014
Genres: Adult, Erotica, Thriller

Synopsis:
JAMES
Who am I?
What am I doing?
Why am I doing it?
Questions are as dangerous in my world as secrets are valuable.
Answers, however, never come easy.

HARPER
Who am I?
what am I doing?
Why am I doing it?
I’ve never asked myself a single question about my life. Not even once. I follow orders. I keep my head down. I do as I’m told. But now the choices are everywhere.

SASHA
I don’t ask questions and I don’t need answers.
I know exactly what I’m doing.
Last Christmas Eve, my life fell apart.
This summer, I’m about to get even.




AUTHOR BIO:
J. A. Huss likes to write new adult books that make you think and keep you guessing. Her favorite genre to read is space opera, but since practically no one reads those books, she writes new adult science fiction, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and books about Junco (who refuses to be saddled with a label).

She has an undergraduate degree in horses, (yes, really–Thank you, Colorado State University) and a master’s degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. She used to have a job driving around Colorado doing pretty much nothing but shooting the breeze with farmers, but now she just writes, runs the New Adult Addiction and Clean Teen Reads Book Blogs, and runs an online science classroom for homeschoolers.

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Giveaway: The author is also hosting a giveaway for a signed copy of Come and Come Back and $15 gift card to celebrate the reveal,

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Cover Reveal: Body by Audrey Carlan

From the Author who brought you The Falling Series, Audrey Carlan proudly brings you
   
  her new Erotic Series ~ The Trinity Trilogy, Body, Mind and Soul.


Title:   Body (Trinity Trilogy, Book 1)
Author:   Audrey Carlan
Genre:   Erotic Romance
Release Date:   November 17, 2014
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SYNOPSIS:

Men ruin women. 
Especially men like Chase Davis. Good looking, intelligent, rich and powerful. I never stood a chance. 

I didn’t want to want him. 
I didn’t want to need him. 
I didn’t want to fall for him. 

He wouldn’t take no for an answer, and I let him consume me. Arrogant, confident, controlling, demanding … intense. 

When he entered my life, I was finally healing after having barely survived the men of my past. My soul sisters told me to take a chance. To let someone in. I let him in, and he surrounded me with a light so bright I was blinded by the truth... 

Men don’t ruin women. 
They devour them in every way that counts. 

Warning: This book is designed for audiences 18+ due to language, graphic sexual content, and themes that some may find disturbing. BODY is book 1 of a three-part trilogy. Book 1 has a “Happy for Now” type ending.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Audrey Carlan is a professional fundraiser for an international healthcare related charity by day, and a sensual and erotic contemporary romance writer by night. She lives in the sunny California Valley two hours away from the city, the beach, the mountains and the precious…the vineyards. She has been married to the love of her life for 10 years and has two young children that live up to their title of “Monster Madness” on daily basis. When she’s not raising money, sipping wine with her “soul sisters”, three incredibly different and unique voices in her life, she can be found with her nose stuck in book or her Kindle. A hot, smutty, romantic book to be exact!


In life she believes that all things have their purpose even if we are unable to determine the purpose immediately.
 

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Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.com/e/B00JAVVG8U
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audrey.carlan.1
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7831156.Audrey_Carlan
Email address: carlan.audrey@gmail.com
Website: www.audreycarlan.com


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A Week in New York by Louise Bay @louisesbay


A sexy, romantic fiction novella series
Installment #1
Release: October 21, 2014
Each novella is around 30k words
Anna Kirby is sick of dating. She's tired of heartbreak. Despite being smart, sexy, and funny, she's a magnet for men who don't deserve her.
A week's vacation in New York is the ultimate distraction from her most recent break-up, as well as a great place to meet a stranger and have some summer fun. But to protect her still-bruised heart, fun comes with rules. There will be no sharing stories, no swapping numbers, and no real names. Just one night of uncomplicated fun.
Super-successful serial seducer Ethan Scott has some rules of his own. He doesn't date, he doesn't stay the night, and he doesn't make any promises.
It should be a match made in heaven. But rules are made to be broken.
 A Week in New York is the first in a series of three novellas.





REVIEW BY MAZZY BOSS LADY

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

♦♦♦♦ I received an arc in exchange for an honest review ♦♦♦♦

This was a fantastic start to a great series, it was funny, witty and romantic. The plot was easy to follow and the characters likable.

Let's see where the next book takes us.





Playlist

A New York State of Mind
Alicia Keys

No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
Barbara Streisand & Donna Summer

Same Kinda Man
Candice Glover

One Night Only
Jennifer Hudson

I Wanna be Your Lover
Prince

Ain’t Nobody
Chaka Khan

All The Lovers
Kylie Minogue

About the Author

I write sexy, romantic, contemporary novels - the kind I like to read!
Ruined by romantic mini-series of the seventies and eighties, I love all things romantic. There's not enough of it in real life so I'll settle for books and films.
I love the rain, the West Wing, London, days when you don't have to wear make-up, being alone, being with friends, elephants and champagne.





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COVER REVEAL: Asylum by Lily White @eroticlilywhite

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Genre: Erotic/Psychological Thriller
Release Date: November 2014
Cover Designer: Cover Me, Darling
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        Words are funny things.   Their meaning, the pictures they paint in the minds of those that hear them: they’re not always the same and to me at least, that makes them meaningless.   Take for instance the phrase ‘black widow’. Those words conjure the image of a spider, an eight-legged creature with the red imprint of an hourglass on its abdomen.   However, instead of speaking of an arachnid, of the resident of a spindly and dew-laden web, the people who whisper those words are talking about something much different.   They’re talking about me.   From what I’m told, I’m called the Black Widow because no man I’ve ever loved has survived.   Yet, I have no memory of any of it.   My new home leads me to the definition of another vague and meaningless word.   It’s a place where I’m supposed to seek refuge.   A place of retreat and security.   It’s a place where I’m supposed to be kept safe because I’m sick.   But the definition for this place is wrong and the word becomes meaningless when you’re tucked away and made silent by drugs and pretty white jackets.   My name is Alexandra Sutton and this is the story of what happened when I was imprisoned inside an Asylum.   Insanity house fine art shoot Asylum T1             The Author         Lily White is a dark writer who likes to dabble on the taboo side of eroticism. Most of the time she can be found wandering around aimlessly while her mind is stuck in some twisted power play between two characters in her head. You may recognize her in public by the confused expression, random mumbling, and occasional giggle while thinking up a scene. Lily's favorite things in life are reading, thinking about reading, buying books for reading....and writing. Her other secret pleasure is meeting with her plot editor in public to discuss her books and watching the shocked expressions of the people around her that don't realize she's talking about a book. When Lily is not reading, writing, wandering or freaking out innocent bystanders, she's sleeping.



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Serial, Volume Two (Serial #2) by Jaden Wilkes & Lily White @jwilkesauthor @eroticlilywhite


TITLE: Serial Volume Two
AUTHORS: Jaden Wilkes & Lily White
RELEASE DATE: October 27th 2014
GENRE: Erotic thriller
 
BLURB
Follow along as Jude teaches Ronnie her new place in his life while battling the rising need to kill...while Ronnie adapts to Jude's mysterious ways and increasing demands...and as Donovan hunts Jude and fights his own dark urges.
*This is the second instalment in the exciting erotic thriller, Serial...a serial about a serial killer and the one he loves and the one who wants to destroy him*


 
Serial: Volume Two by Jaden Wilkes
EXCERPT
“How was your day?” she asked, with the intimacy of a long married couple.
I crossed to the bed and sat beside her, inhaled her scent, the intoxicating mix of expensive bath products and her unique underlying flavor.
 
“It was good,” I replied and felt her lean towards me. She pressed her little body against mine with such a familiarity that for a moment I almost dropped my guard and flipped her over on the bed for a fuck.
 
Instead I lifted my arm and let her snuggle in, cozy herself against me and hoped she didn’t feel my heart throbbing against my ribcage in surging desire.
 
“I was kinda bored,” she said, “is there any way to get cable in here? Maybe internet access? I’ve watched all the DVDs you provided and I’ve read every book a couple of times over.”
 
That was impressive, I hadn’t thought her the type to read so quickly. She’d been with me almost two weeks now and didn’t seem like the brightest bulb in the box, as they said.
 
“No cable,” I told her, not wanting her to see the recent coverage on the disappearances from the Waffle House, hers included. “I’ll get you Netflix, how’s that? You can watch movies and TV and such.”
 
“Sounds good,” she replied, “any chance of wifi or a tablet or something?”
 
“Not yet,” I said, “Billy’s still out there, who knows where he’ll be watching and waiting to find you. He’s apparently pissed that you got away. I’ve heard through the grapevine that he’s willing to pay top dollar to have you killed.”
 
She flinched when I said it and dropped her gaze to the floor. “Did you talk to him? Did he…say anything?”
 
“I haven’t spoken to him directly, I’ve just heard things. You don’t still…care for him, do you?”

“Oh god, no. I don’t know why I wasted so much time with him in first place. I’m so embarrassed that I stuck with him, that you saw…”

Her voice trailed off and she felt stiff against me. She was highly self-conscious of her terrible choices, her shitty background and her impoverished upbringing.
Perfect.
I could deconstruct her and rebuild her into the kind of women she should be. The kind of woman who was worthy of being my Pet.
I had about a month to work on her before the wedding. I promised myself two weeks and I’d be taking her to meet the parents.
A month and she’d meet all my friends, be brought into my social circle and seal my status as normal and right on target.
I squeezed her and moved to get up. Her eyes snapped up to my face and she whispered, “Please don’t leave me, don’t go.”
“Don’t you have enough food? Are you running out of pain meds?”
“It’s not that,” she replied.
“What is it?”
She didn’t reply right away so I hooked my thumb under he chin and pulled her to face me. Her startlingly blue eyes were wet with unshed tears. “I don’t want to be alone,” she said, “Please stay with me. Hold me tonight.”
How could I tell her no? How could I deny her my touch?
I thought about the girl strapped to the table in the warehouse and calculated my odds. She should still be alive by the time I went to her again. For that night I decided to hold my Pet, I caressed her and let her presence wash over me, dispelling the red tide that was rising in me even as I sat back down beside her.
She leaned against me again, my beautiful girl, exquisite in her naked vulnerability.
So delicate and so fragile.
So easy to crush if I gave in, just said fuck it and let the red heat rise.
But I didn’t. I fought it and I fell.
Even farther in love.
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MEET JADEN & LILY
JADEN WILKES
 

Jaden is the pen name of a girl living on the prettiest farm in BC. She shares her space with her husband, her children, and an Irish Wolfhound named Tiberius. She can now be found lurking in the dark corners of the internet looking for artful porn gifs, dirty poems and places to promo her work.
LILY WHITE

Lily White is a dark writer who likes to dabble on the taboo side of eroticism. Most of the time she can be found wandering around aimlessly while her mind is stuck in some twisted power play between two characters in her head. You may recognize her in public by the confused expression, random mumbling, and occasional giggle while thinking up a scene. Lily's favorite things in life are reading, thinking about reading, buying books for reading...and writing. Her other secret pleasure is meeting her plot editor in public to discuss her books and watching the shocked expressions of the people around her that don't realize she's talking about a book. When Lily is not reading, writing, wandering or freaking out innocent bystanders, she's sleeping.