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Monday, May 6, 2019

HeartBreaker by Magan Vernon




Title: HeartBreaker
Series: Heart Duet #2
Author: Magan Vernon
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: May 6, 2019



Blurb

I’ve broken my fair share of hearts.

They don’t call me a former teen heartthrob for nothing.

Now, I’m a single dad and things are finally
looking up for me in life and love for that matter.

But then the ghost of Hollywood past showed up
at my doorstep. Now I have to decide if it’s time to go back to my old life,
for her, or if I keep it all in the past...for her.

***

HeartBreaker is told from the Male POV









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Playlist



Playlist
for HeartThrob and HeartBreaker
(Don’t
judge. You know you love some 90s Teen HeartThrobs)

·         I
Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys
·         Wonderwall
by Oasis
·         Iris
by Goo Goo Dolls
·         Livin
La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
·         MMMBop
by Hanson
·         Give
It To You by Jordan Knight
·         It’s
Gonna Be May by NSync
·         All
or Nothing by O-Town
·         Every
Other Time by LFO
·         The
Hardest Thing by 98 Degrees
·         What
Makes You Beautiful by One Direction
·         On
The Way Down by Ryan Cabrera
·         Crazy
For This Girl by Evan and Jaron
·         One
Time by Justin Bieber
·         What
A Girl Wants by Christina Aguilera
·         IDOL
by BTS
·         Back
Here by BB Mak
·         Stitches
by Shawn Mendes
·         Sucker
by Jonas Brothers
·         Boys
In The Band by New Kids on The Block










Excerpt



As soon as
I opened the front door, Juniper and the dog ran to each other like they were lifelong
friends who hadn’t seen the other in years.
“Princess
Cupcake, you’re here!” Juniper cooed, taking the little eight-pound spiky
brown-haired dog in her arms. She petted her behind her perky little ears, the
dog closing her eyes and panting in response.
“Princess
Cupcake?” Roo asked.
I shrugged,
looking up to see her and her sister both standing in the doorway.
I was
afraid after our talk this afternoon that Rachel wouldn’t come. But seeing her
there had me smiling even wider.
“I guess
Juniper and I may have to discuss a name change,” I said, stepping aside and
letting everyone into the foyer.
“Come on,
Princess Cupcake, come see my room.” Juniper and Ariana charged up the stairs.
“Hey, be
careful. A dog is a live animal, not a toy,” I yelled on deaf ears since the
girls had already ascended the stairs and rounded the corner in a flurry of
giggles.
“I’d better
check to make sure Squeaky, err, Princess Cupcake is okay,” Roo said before
bounding up the stairs after the girls.
I waited a
full five seconds before I wrapped my arms around Rachel, crushing my lips to
hers.
She stilled
as her first reaction then slowly her body melted against mine. Her mouth
parting as our tongues met.
Her kisses
were sweet like her vanilla lip gloss and strawberry bubblegum. I wanted to
stay in that moment with her. To get lost in those lips.
But reality
slapped me back when she put her hands on my chest, gently pushing against me
until she broke our kiss.
“As much as
I enjoy that, I have a feeling there’s something else going on in that pretty
blond head of yours. Like maybe you’re still thinking about L.A.?” She raised
her eyebrows.
I swallowed
hard. “Maybe.”
She
blinked. “So, is getting the dog a deciding factor and we’re just here for
moral support?” Her words trailed as she caught her swollen lip between her
teeth.
Letting out
a deep breath, I leaned back, dropping my hands from her waist. “I don’t know,
Rach. I’ll be honest. I’m still twisted about the whole thing. I guess I
figured the dog would help make this decision.”
“Seriously?
After everything earlier today and you still don’t know what you want.” She
shook her head, muttering under her breath. 
I winced as
if her words verbally slapped me. “I know. It’s hard to say no to Trish. It’s a
great opportunity in L.A. for Juni and me.”






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Author Bio



Magan Vernon has been living off of reader tears since she
wrote her first short story in 2004. She now spends her time killing off
fictional characters, pretending to plot while she really just watches Netflix,
and she tries to do this all while her two young children run amok around her
Texas ranch. Find her online at www.maganvernon.com




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Cain by Alexis Noelle



Title: Cain

Series: Deathstalkers 2nd Generation #1

Author: Alexis Noelle
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: May 6, 2019





Blurb

When I found her that night I had no idea what I was getting into.
She’d been hurt, destroyed.
I couldn’t walk away from her.
Little did I know that helping her would change my entire life.
Now she’s in danger, someone is after her and I need to protect her.
The only problem is that once I make her mine who will protect her from
me?









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Author Bio


I love reading romance books! I feel like being able to lose yourself in
a book in one of the more exciting aspects. The books I love to read and write
will be ones that make you feel for the characters. You should have an opinion
on every character in a book. Whether you love them, hate them, or think they
are up to something.

I live in Levittown Pennsylvania, with my two kids, and two dogs. On top
of starting a writing career I am a full time teacher, and a full time mom. I
love spending time with my kids, although I have to hide the computer from them
when I am writing! I love being active and being able to do any activity
outdoors.

I have always thought as an author the most important critic is your
reader, so I would love to hear from you. If you read the book and loved it or
hated it, tell me. As long as it is in a constructive way I will always answer
and interact with you. I want fans to feel free to tell me what they want for
the characters in the story and what they want to see happen.




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BOYFRIEND BARGAIN by Ilsa Madden-Mills

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“Who can turn down a sexy hockey star with a big . . . stick? Zack is hot hot hot, and Sugar is the perfect blend of sweet and sassy! Their chemistry sizzles in Boyfriend Bargain!”
-- Melanie Harlow, USA Today bestselling author

Boyfriend Bargain, an all-new sexy and emotional sports romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills, is available now!
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Wanted: one hot guy with rock-hard abs and a big stick


Broke and desperate, Sugar Ryan has no use for arrogant, bad boy athletes . . . until she’s forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all.

If only he knew she was alive.

Her mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way possible.

Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom—but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does—frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: no falling in love.

But after one (um, two) smoking-hot hookups, he’s done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.

Will this hockey star score his forever girl or will their Boyfriend Bargain end in heartbreak?

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About Ilsa Madden-Mills
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is best known for her contemporary romances ranging from new adult angst to romantic sports comedy.

Seven of her ten novels have placed in the Amazon US Store Top Six Best-seller List: Dirty English hit #1; Fake Fiancée and I Dare You hit #2; I Bet You, Filthy English, and Very Bad Things all placed #6 in the Amazon US Store.

The Last Guy, her collaboration with Tia Louise, hit #4.

A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.

She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online.
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The Chase by Jax Hart

Title: The Chase
Series: Dom Diaries Anthology
Author: Jax Hart
Genre: Contemporary/New Adult/Dark Romance
Release Date: May 27, 2019



I was born this way.
Arrogant.
Dominant.
Unbending.
Even men cower in my presence; sensing the danger in me.
So why does this slip of a girl invade my thoughts?
Somehow she got past my defenses... and the only way to regain control is to make her bend.
But when things don't bend--they break. 
She wouldn't bend.
I refuse to break.

From AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JAX HART comes a tale of cat and mouse. A story of a dangerous man and the lengths he goes to find the one woman who is an enigma to him.

PART of the DOM DIARIES ANTHOLOGY by the League of Extraordinary authors! THIS IS A STANDALONE STORY!





He towered above me in another flawless suit, looking expensive and totally fuckable.
“Are you stalking me? That’s it, right? You are some rich, perverted stalker, who gets his rocks off by torturing women like me?”
He patted the dogs on the head, grabbed their collars and unclipped their leashes so I could untangle myself.
As I stood, he leaned down and brushed his lips against my ear. “You have no idea, princess… just how I thought about torturing you.”
Goosebumps broke out despite the ninety-plus degree day.
A tingle ran up and down my spine and settled low in my belly where it spread like wildfire.
I was so fucked and he hadn’t even touched me yet.




Jax Hart: Singer, a songwriter, living creatively through art. Dirty Romance author from the great state of Washington. Duke is his first full-length novel. He generally hates most people, plays the bass guitar, and enjoys camping trips with his son. 

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Fairy Tale Lies by DK Marie

Title: Fairy Tale Lies
Author: DK Marie
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 3, 2019
Cover Design: Creative Paramita



Greta and Jacob aren’t looking for love, but when they meet their attraction is white hot, melting away all self-restraint. Both times.



The first is a stormy spring afternoon, spent indulging in each other’s bodies. They parted ways convinced they’re nothing more than an erotic chapter in the other’s life. However, when they unexpectedly meet again, Jacob isn’t willing to let Greta slip away. He convinces her to give them a chance.

Lust turns to love, but resentments fester. People close to Greta repeatedly interfere until Jacob’s convinced Greta will never see him as anything more than a blue-collar nobody. A temporary indulgence. Greta fears she isn’t strong enough to stand against both her family’s scorn and Jacob’s growing anger.

As tempers flare and passions deepen, Greta and Jacob have to decide if their love is strong enough to shatter the cynicism and misconceptions of what it means to be each other’s fairytale ending.

Chapter 1

Greta Meier dashed down the carpeted hallway of Swift Financial, ignoring the agony of power walking in three-inch heels. That pain was minuscule compared to the dread pooling in her stomach. She’d lost track of time. Again.
Sure, she’d managed to fix the in-house software issue but, meanwhile, had forgotten about the new client meeting. Glancing at her tiny gold Rolex, she groaned. Less than five minutes to make it to the other end of the building.
She could picture her boss’s disappointed face, made all the more stressful because it was her father. The image had Greta quickening her pace to a near sprint.
Rounding the final corner, she sighed. The large glass doors were still propped open. Relief calmed some of her anxiety. She wasn’t late.
Inside the conference room, Rae motioned to the empty seat next to her. Greta nodded and skated alongside the outermost edges of the table, wishing she were smaller, invisible. Hoping no one would notice her near tardy arrival. The last thing she wanted was to come a crossed as the empty-headed daughter of the boss, who’d only gotten the internship through nepotism. Therefore, any misstep, even something minor as tardiness, ate at her confidence like termites to wood.
She took her seat next to Rae and tried to squash her rampant doubts. Running a shaky hand over her chignon, she made sure every hair was in place.
“Where’s Allen?” Greta glanced around the table while needlessly straightening the collar of her pale pink blouse. Realizing she was fidgeting, putting her anxiety on full display, she stilled and met Rae’s gaze.
She handed the client folder Greta hadn’t had time to look at and sighed. “Another virus was detected on Blake’s computer. He demanded we fix it, like yesterday. Allen’s working on it.”
Greta accepted the portfolio, her worry shifting to annoyance. She didn’t want to talk about her ex-fiancé, much less be reminded he was in-house counsel. Before their breakup, they hardly ran into each other at work. Now Blake kept inventing problems with his PC and contacting the IT department. Rae and Allen found it hilarious, but Greta despised the drama. It made her and Blake appear unprofessional.
Refusing to meet Rae’s playful smile, Greta looked down the table at her father. His back was to a large window with its blinds pulled. The leaves from the giant elm and oak trees swayed in a lazy breeze, helping to block Michigan’s hot summer sun from the room. She’d love to be out there, relaxing in the shade, enjoying her summer and free from stress.
Her gaze zeroed back in on her father, and, as usual, a mixture of pride and discontent filled her. She understood he only wanted the best for her, but sometimes his rigidness was stifling. Carrying her father’s expectations, and his disappointment of her, was a heavy burden to shoulder.
Thankfully, he hadn’t noticed her near-late arrival time. There’d be no displeased glances, no lectures about punctuality in the afternoon. He appeared distracted, deep in conversation with a man she assumed was a new client.
She gave an inward sigh of relief, allowing some of her distress to dissolve. Father’s career talks turned back the clock, and suddenly she was closer to seven than twenty-seven. Enjoying the reprieve, she relaxed into her seat and studied the client. He sat sideways, elbow propped on the table, large hand covering most of his face, as he spoke with her father. There was something familiar about the set of the client’s broad shoulders and his inky black hair.
Inexplicably, her heart began to race. Watching him filled her with trepidation and an unexpected yearning.
Her father faced the room, pulling her gaze from the stranger to the wall clock. Yup, ten on the dot. Since interning, a meeting never started late.
She glanced back at the client and choked on an exhale, her heart plummeting. He’d dropped his hand and was facing forward.
It can’t be him.
Her heart skipped with joy. Then promptly flooded with dread.
“You okay?” Rae whispered. Her voice sounded far away, wrapped in fog.
Greta couldn’t answer because the client’s familiar icy-blue gaze had locked on hers. His eyes widened in recognition.
He was clean-shaven, and today his hair was neat and combed back, but there was no mistaking him. Jacob. He had one of those striking faces, impossible to forget. The memories of the way those bedroom eyes had heated as he’d taken in her naked body, or how those full lips had ravished her, made him unforgettable.
However, she wished he’d slip from her memory and the conference room. Whatever his reason for being here wouldn’t be good for her.
“Good morning. Let me introduce Mr. Jacob Grimm.”
Hearing his name, he looked away and toward her father, allowing her to breathe.
Rae nudged Greta, probably waiting for an answer. Too bad. She was admitting nothing.
“He runs Rework, a business repairing, and refurbishing antiques. We’re taking it to the next level,” continued her father. “He plans on opening a brick-and-mortar shop in Detroit and developing a better online presence.”
Business owner? No, no, no.
There had been some mistake. That man wasn’t supposed to be sitting at her father’s conference table. Jacob was a deliveryman. He worked for his uncle. That’s what he told her at her mother and stepfather’s home. So, why wasn’t he out lifting heavy things and breaking promises?
Greta flipped through the file Rae had given her. Successful was an understatement. His client base was impressive, as were the big names in the dossier. Stapled to the back of the folder was a copy of Jacob’s license.
Foolish woman. Hadn’t her father always told her to come to a meeting prepared? Had she even glanced at the file and she’d have recognized Jacob in an instant. Remembered that foolish, impulsive afternoon.
As her father addressed the room, Greta focused on Jacob’s picture. It was safer than looking into the face of the actual man.
They’d only spent a couple of hours together, but his wicked full mouth and penetrating gaze had been impossible to forget. Along with his magical ability to push past all her restraints. Greta still couldn’t quite believe how easily her inhibitions had fled in the company of a perfect stranger.
She closed the folder and rubbed her sweaty palms on her pleated linen skirt. She stared at her father and tried to concentrate on his words, though he could’ve been speaking another language and she wouldn’t have noticed.
There was no way she could swallow her embarrassment and work with Jacob. Not even for a day, let alone a week or more.
Her pulse thudded in her ears. What if he bragged about his one-night-stand with the boss’s daughter? Father would kill her. Not literally, but professionally. He wouldn’t want the family name smeared with tawdry office gossip.
He’d promised, after she graduated with her Master’s in Web Development, she’d take over Swift’s websites and handle all the clients needing web development help. Would the offer still stand if he learned of her history with Jacob?
So much for proving herself with a summer internship. Greta wanted to weep at the disappearance of her imagined stellar portfolio. Swift Financial would have been wonderful on her resume.
Focus. I need to focus and get control of the situation.
Leaning in, she whispered to Rae, “I need to go. Would you and Allen mind handling this account? I’ll owe you one.”
“What’s wrong?” Rae’s forehead furrowed in concern.
That question was too big to answer now. Later. “Will you do this for me?”
Rae bit her lip. “I’ll try, but you know your father wants you in charge of web designing.”
Yes, I know. Hopefully I’ll come up with a stellar excuse to wiggle out of the Rework contract.
Avoiding that huge glitch in her escape plan, Greta mouthed a thank you and gathered her papers. When there was a pause in the main conversation, she addressed the room. “I’m sorry. There’s been a mistake. Allen Carnaby will handle this account with Mrs. Caitlin.” She started to rise. “I’ll find him.”
Greta wasn’t even out of her seat before her father’s stern voice stopped her. “No, Ms. Meier, the account is yours and Mrs. Caitlin’s. I have another project in mind for Mr. Carnaby.” His tone brooked no argument.
Darn it. So much for a quick and painless getaway.
She nodded. To argue was pointless and would only anger her father. Returning to her seat, she glanced covertly at Jacob. He’d lost most of his color and looked like he’d been poked with a cattle prod.
Replaying the exchange and realized she’d been addressed by her last name. Jacob must have caught it, grasped its significance. It seemed to have rattled him.
Good.
Maybe he didn’t want to share their secret any more than she did. Thank goodness. It would save her from her father’s wrath.
Next challenge—squashing her lingering thrill at seeing Jacob again.




DK Marie’s a voracious reader. Her number one love is romance and devours any and all of its genres, but also enjoys thrillers, horror, and non-fiction. Basically, if there are words on a page and a spectacular story, she’s diving in, heart and soul.



However, there’s one thing she loves even more, and that’s writing her own steamy contemporary romances. They’re a mixture of heart, heat, and humor. Brimming with confident heroines and kind heroes, all living, loving, and lusting in and around her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. 

When not falling in love with her characters, DK Marie is laughing, relaxing, and planning her next adventure with her family. Okay, and also drinking boatloads of coffee, chatting on social media, and dreaming about her next travel destination.



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Requiem & Reverie by Keri Lake




Title: Requiem & Reverie
Series: The Sandman Duet #2
Author: Keri Lake
Genre: Romantic Thriller/Romantic Suspense

Cover Design: Okay Creations
Release Date: May 13, 2019



Blurb


It takes a
killer to catch a killer.

And no one
understands the motives of ruthless murderer, The Sandman, quite like Rhett Voss. 

Having
spent his childhood in the shadows of the deranged lunatic, he’s become an
expert on the topic. Killing is in his blood, and as a hitman for hire, Voss maintains
a steady diet of carnage, himself.

Except
lately, it’s lost its appeal. Until he’s enticed to track down the clever
Sandman who has his sights set on Nola Tensley.

The
stunning single mom is a distraction Voss can’t afford, but to catch his elusive
kin, he needs to watch the next victim closely. Consequently, stalking her soon
becomes a dangerous obsession, turning a friendly game of cat and mouse
into more than he bargained for, when someone close to Nola goes missing.

Suddenly,
it’s no longer an old vendetta fueling Voss’s need to hunt down his enemy, but
new stakes that are sure to mean more bloodshed. Voss knows better than
anyone, though: to draw a killer out of hiding, one must have the right bait.

And both of them want Nola.






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Keri Lake
is a dark romance writer who specializes in demon wrangling, vengeance dealing
and wicked twists. Her stories are gritty, with antiheroes that walk the line
of good and bad, and feisty heroines who bring them to their knees.  When not penning books, she enjoys spending
time with her husband, daughters, and their rebellious Labrador (who doesn’t
retrieve a damn thing).  She runs on
strong coffee and alternative music, loves a good red wine, and has a slight
addiction to dark chocolate.



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