[New Release] LUCKY NUMBER ELEVEN by Adriana Locke @AuthorALocke

Title: Lucky Number Eleven
Author: Adriana Locke

Genre: Romantic Comedy/Sports Romance

Release Date: September 7, 2017

Blurb

People say not to believe the things you read in magazines, but you know what? Most things you’ve heard about me are probably true.

I totally banged the reporter in the locker room after the championship game last year.

Those pictures in Expose from last summer? Those were not modified.

I’m also not really six-foot tall. (But let’s keep that between us.)

Now, I know you’re wondering about that last Expose headline—the one about me and my teammate (and ex-best friend) Finn Miller’s sister, Layla James. That one is a little more complicated.

Here’s the thing: I’ve played football my whole life. If there’s one thing I know, it’s how to adjust when the game changes. And if there’s one thing I always do, it’s find a way to win.

Granted, the stakes are higher. The playbook has changed. There’s more on the line than (another) MVP title. But guess what hasn’t changed? Me. I’m still Branch “Lucky” Best and I’m not about to fumble this one.

Grab a seat and a subscription to Expose. I’m about to make some headlines. (Again.)

A sexy, swoon-filled standalone novel.

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Excerpt

“One question,” Poppy interjects, looking at Branch. “What position are you?”

“I typically like the bottom so I can watch—oomph,” he says, getting another elbow from Finn. “Wide receiver. Why?”

Looking at Poppy, I can’t help but laugh as her eyes light up.

“You got a problem with wide receivers?” Branch asks.

“You do,” Finn interjects, giving me a narrowed glare. “They aren’t any better than quarterbacks.”

Branch looks from me, to Finn, and back to me. “Why do we not like quarterbacks?”

“My sister was dating Callum Worthington.”

“No shit?” His face puckers like he just bit into a lemon. “How in the hell did that cocksucker end up with you?”

“He didn’t. We’re not together anymore.”

Branch’s eyes heat, the look causing my pulse to quicken. “I’m not a bit sorry to hear that.”

“You better forget you heard any of that,” Finn warns. “This is my sister, Branch. Not a cheerleader or reporter or some chick from a dating app. Got it?”

“Finn, relax,” I say, shoving a swallow past the lump in my throat. “I appreciate the big brother spiel, but I can handle myself.”

“I know you can,” he says, pulling his gaze away from Branch. “But you can’t handle him.”

Author Bio

USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket.

Please contact Adriana at www.adrianalocke.com. She loves to hear from readers.

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[Release Blitz * Reviews] WE OWN TONIGHT by Corinne Michaels @AuthorCMichaels @InkSlingerPR

From New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Corinne Michaels, comes a sexy new STANDALONE romance novel.

WE OWN TONIGHT is available now!

I’m not a one-night stand kind of woman. I’m especially not the woman who has a few drinks at a concert and ends up in bed with my childhood celebrity crush, Eli Walsh.However, that’s exactly where I find myself.What’s a girl to do after a drunken mistake? Run. I grab my clothes and get away from the powerful, irresistible, and best-sex-of-my-life superstar as fast as I can. His gorgeous green eyes, rock-hard body, and cocky smile have no place in my world. My life is complicated enough.Someone forgot to tell him that.Eli is relentless. Pushing his way into my heart, wearing me down, proving he’s nothing like I assumed, and everything I need. But when my world shatters to pieces, he holds the broken bits together. Unwillingly, I fall desperately in love with him.He made me think we’d have forever . . . I should’ve listened when he said we could only own tonight.

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This book completely wrecked me. I mean ugly ugly cry. Before you start reading We Own Tonight by Corinne Michaels make sure that you have a box of Kleenex. Trust me, you're gonna need them.....multiple times. This book literally had me hooked by the end of chapter one. Heather is so relatable. I felt like I could be her. I too have had a parent die and a sister that had a vicious disease. She took care of her sister like I've taken care of my father since I was just a girl myself. Heather really hit home for me. She is also a cop. She lives to protect and serve. Then there is Eli, the Rockstar/actor. What isn't to like about him. He has fame and fortune. He has it all except for love. Then as fate would have it Heather and Eli cross paths at a concert where his band is playing. I'd like to say to say they fell in love and lived happily ever after. The end. 
But hold up, it didn't quite rock and roll that way. What does take place is an epic love story with as many ups a downs and twists and turns as the most exhilarating roller coaster. By the way, there are roller coasters in this book. It isn't just a metaphor. 
Corinne Michaels ripped my heart out, stitched it back up only to yank it back out again. Then she went and made it whole. Only she knew it was lacking something. It wasn't until everything came to fruition that she mended it and but it back for good. I can only wish for a love like this. Don't be afraid to let love in, your heart speaks volumes, listen to it. 
Those letters from her sister just about did me in. Cue the ugly ugly crying. Yet they also provided some much needed comic relief. 
I love love love the storyline and characters. I'm always down to read about a hot Rockstar. Lol. I love Heather and Eli's banter and chemistry. What was supposed to be a one night stand turns into an epic romance. Yes there is love and loss and the is also a HEA without a cliffy. Well, I take the cliffy part back, but you will understand why after reading it. I love the dual perspective. I love knowing what is going on in their heads and seeing their internal struggle. 
We Own Tonight is by far the best book I have read this year. I cannot say enough good things about this book. It truly is one-click worthy. I give it 5 Epic Love Stars. If I could give it more than 5 stars I would. This book was the first book I have read by Corinne Michaels and I will definitely be checking to see what else she has to offer. I love discovering new to me authors. If you haven't read anything by this author, have read everything, or anything in between be sure to check this one out. This review is for The Sweet Spot Sisterhood Blog. Enjoy!

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Corinne Michaels is the author of nine romance novels. She’s an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. She enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak and finding a way to heal them through their struggles. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love. 

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[Release Blitz* Review] WEAPON by DH Sidebottom @DHSidebottom

WEAPON

D H Sidebottom

Release Date: August 30, 2017

We were all saved, freed, or just gathered as children when our families chose to leave us or hurt us, or when they simply didn’t want to nurture us anymore. Or they all died.

We are no longer children.

We are Three Blades’ Assassins.

Weapons.

Trained by the best, to be the best.

I’m known for being cold, ruthless, and merciless. There’s no empathy that runs in my blood, no love or compassion. All that flows through my veins now is the icy chill of carnage and hate. I relish in bloodshed and pain. I am aroused by violence and slaughter. Assassination is as erotic as it comes.

Yet, I’m loyal and fiercely protective of my Sisters. I live by the truth, as brutal as it sometimes is, and I fight for every breath that still fills my lungs. If you hurt me or mine, then I will take the pain that has lived in me since I was born, and I will make every single drop of it belong to you.

I am Elsie Grey.

And I am the ultimate Weapon this world has ever seen. 

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Dawn is back yes she's back with a huge bang.What a totally unique one of a kind story that right from the start pulls you in and doesn't let go and even when it was over your still feeling the story in your bones.I love that the author isn't afraid to think out the box with her characters. Elsie is a very strong young woman living a life that would send many crazy. From a young age she's been trained to be one thing a killer she is quite literally a weapon. Surprises and twists are woven seamlessly into an intricate story. Questions are answered mysteries solved but I know more is to come from the assassins and I can't wait. 
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About D H Sidebottom

D H Sidebottom is a full-time mum/author. 
She lives in Derbyshire, England with her children, two crazy dogs, a couple of cats and her pet rat who keeps her company in her cave.
She is an avid reader and her tastes range from horror to erotic, but she loves to help new authors get into the 'scene'. She has an obsession with the name Frank and can never work on just one book, usually writing 2 or 3 at the same time.
She loves rock music and tattooed guys, and has a weakness for coffee, wine and Belgian buns.
Dawn is currently busy in her cave working on several books.
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[Cover Reveal] BEAUTY by Mary Catherine Gebhard @marycgebhard @ArdentPRose

Beauty

Hate Story #2

Mary Catherine Gebhard

Release Date: September 21, 2017

Genre: Dark Romance

Blurb
Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale.
My prince was a Beast with blood on his hands and ice in his veins. My family offered to save me. The only price: leaving the tattered pieces of my heart behind.
Our love was irrational. Cruel. Unforgiving. Nothing like the storybooks said it should be—but it was perfect.
The longer we were apart, the more I lost myself. He was vicious and domineering, but I craved the submission. Together we were destructive, but I was addicted to the devastation. Still, I thought titles mattered. To my family I was princess, and to the Beast I was slave. I was too naïve to understand that even though he’d been my captor, he’d broken the shackles on my soul.
Once upon a time, I thought love meant happily ever after.
Now I know better.

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Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale. 

I thought selling myself to a mafia boss was noble. So what if they called him the Beast? I grew up in rags, and he would lift me to riches. All I had to do was give him my soul. 

He was punishing. Insatiable. Captivating. Nothing like I expected him to be. Each day my reality blurred, leaving me wondering if I was slave or princess.

The longer I stayed, the more I lost myself to him. Even after every cruelty the Beast visited upon me, I longed for his touch. Even after every savage word he spoke, I begged for his lips. I thought the worst thing he could take was my body. I was too naïve to guard my heart.

Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale.

Now I know better than to speak of happily ever afters. 

Beast is the first book in the Hate Story duet. About what it means to fall in love with the person who has absolutely destroyed you, it contains disturbing and graphic situations that may be a trigger for some.

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Mary Catherine Gebhard 

bites off more than she can chew. She's lived in Salt Lake City, Utah her entire life but occasionally goes on vacation from reality. Don't worry, she sends postcards. 

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[Cover Reveal] HOT STUFF by Kim Karr @authorkimkarr @TheNextStepPR

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Title: Hot Stuff

Author: Kim Karr

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: September 27, 2017

Cover Designer: Michele Catalano-Creative

Cover Model: Andrew Biernat

Photographer: Wander Pedro Aguiar

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Get ready to fall in love with this new standalone sports romance from New York Times bestselling author Kim Karr.

He’s the newly drafted quarterback. 
Hot. Arrogant. Too sexy for words.
Ready to score. 
I’m an athletic intern, and the coach’s daughter.
Driven. Determined. 
Prepared to conquer the world. 
Completely off-limits.

The NFL is full of rules. Rules I’ve never broken. Never challenged. Never even scratched—until the day Lucas Carrington crashes into my life with his hard body and I-don’t-give-a-f*ck attitude.
After I almost injure my father’s star player, I volunteer to make sure he’s in top shape. At first, it’s hell. I don’t like his attitude, his cockiness, his easy smile. Don’t like the way he oozes sex. Or how his penetrating eyes follow me everywhere.  

That doesn’t stop me from wanting him. 

He’s meant to be a distraction—something to occupy my mind for these precious few remaining hot summer nights before I’m forced to leave football behind forever.
I know what we’re doing will lead nowhere good. I know we’re crossing the line. And I know my father will never understand.
None of that matters.  

But maybe it should. 

Rules aren’t meant to be broken. 

Or are they?​

 

 

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Kim Karr is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author.

She grew up in Rochester, NY and now lives in Florida with her husband and four kids. She's always had a love for reading books and writing. Being an English major in college, she wanted to teach at the college level but that was not to be. She went on to receive an MBA and became a project manager until quitting to raise her family. Kim currently works part-time with her husband and recently decided to embrace one of her biggest passions--writing.

Kim wears a lot of hats! Writer, book-lover, wife, soccer-mom, taxi driver, and the all around go-to person of her family. However, she always finds time to read. One of her favorite family outings was taking her kids when they were little to the bookstore or the library. Today, Kim's oldest child is seventeen and no longer goes with her on these, now rare and infrequent, outings. She finds that she doesn't need to go on them anymore because she has the greatest device ever invented--a Kindle.

Kim likes to believe in soul mates, kindred spirits, true friends, and Happily-Ever-Afters. She loves to drink champagne, listen to music, and hopes to always stay young at heart.

 

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