Monday, October 2, 2017

#NewRelease THE GHOST WRITER by Alessandra Torre @ReadAlessandra


The Ghostwriter
By Alessandra Torre

Genre: Psychological Suspense / General Fiction

Standalone, 316 pages




SYNOPSIS:

I have three months to write the last book of my life. Three months to confess the details of that day, and how it changed everything for me.

My name is Helena Ross. I’ve written fifteen romance novels, ten of which have become international bestsellers. But this one isn't a romance. This novel holds only the truth, which I have run away from for four years. The truth, which I have hidden from the police, from my loved ones, from the world.

This final book?

It's my confession.



PURCHASE LINKS:


iBooks: goo.gl/9k39mg



Paperback: amzn.to/2wYktK8






About Alessandra Torre: 

Alessandra Torre is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels. Her books focus on romance and suspense. Torre has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK, as well as guest blogged for the Huffington Post and RT Book Reviews. She is also the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.com.



Connect with Alessandra: 


Facebook Reader Group: http://bit.ly/2s4U9NI



Amazon: http://amzn.to/2rpz0M7



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[Release Blitz* Reviews] THE BROTHER by K Larsen @klarsen_author #Excerpt

Dark Romantic Suspense
Nora Robertson is struggling to find her place in society after being held captive for half a year. Her sense of normal is skewed at best, in love and life but, she is trying to recover with the help of her support system. She pines for a home and a love she can no longer have. A love she knows was wrong but still clings to and desires secretly. 

Liam Lockwood stumbled across a photo in a magazine of his ​long forgotten brother causing buried secrets, heartache and obsession​ ​to bubble to the surface.​ ​When Liam sees something he wants, he takes it. He always has and this time will be no different despite his father's warning. Payback for a dark and broken childhood now has a name, Nora Robertson.

When Liam and Nora's paths collide everyone in their wake will be left stumbling when the truth reveals itself.
Attraction is not random.
I have been anticipating this book since the very second I finished The Tutor, which by the way should be read deforestation you even touch this amazing masterpiece of a book. Nora's Back! She's damaged and learning to cope with her past. Liam has a vendetta. These two are two souls that shouldn't work, even be around each other...ideally. But they do, and they are. They are so wrong, and it becomes so right!! I highly recommend this this book, and The Tutor to all my little Darklings! These books, and this author are truly Fantastic!!
Reviewed by #TheUnratedBookshelf & Sweet Spot Sisterhood
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

If you are still twisted up in the mindf@©k that was The Tutor, prepare to be confused, needy, and a lot desperate. 
The Brother is just that, Holden's brother. He's curious. His needs, wants, and unusual desire to punish his brother leads him on a one way trip to an inconceivable emotion. A destination that can't be...
Nora. His destination is Nora's life. His obsession is Nora.
It's a crazy adventure, a struggle really between two halves of each of them. Both Nora and Liam are trying to figure out how their world I is and what they can do about it. 
In a dark and dreary world, they must decide which lines to cross, which ones to hold, and which ones to eradicate. 
So raise you glass and toast to new beginnings and old feelings. To harsh reminders and being blessed with friends. To brothers and sisters in life even if they are not blood.
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ✮

If you’ve not read The Tutor then STOP you need the story in that book first.
Nora is still struggling after returning to the ‘real’ world after being released from her nightmare. To the outside Nora looks like she has it to together but on the inside she’s a mixed up slew of emotions.
Liam is Holden’s brother and we he sees an article on the ordeal Nora suffered it sets in motion an obsession. I’m going to be honest at the start he kind of creeped me out he’s a full on stalker. His reading for his obsession with Nora is ..... skewed to say the least so why did I end up liking him ??
I enjoyed this book not as much as the first one, it lacked some of the suspense and impact of that story. 
reviewed by Sweet Spot Sisterhood
⭐⭐⭐⭐✮

Excerpt
Six Months Ago 
 I saw the headline first. The Tutor Captive Speaks Out For First Time Exclusive! I admit I was curious. I’d heard the news reports. Seen the reporters trying to get the meek redhead to talk to them last year. I was waiting in line at the grocery store- a task normally done by my assistant- when I picked up the rag and flipped it open to the article. Immediately nostalgia sucker punched me. One of the featured pictures showed the redhead, a young girl and…my brother. I slammed the magazine shut and slapped it on the conveyor belt with my groceries. Fucking Holden. When I slip into my car, I yank the magazine out and read the article. Held captive. Cuts. Love. Emotional abuse. Scars. Moving on. Single. Raise awareness about abuse and PTSD. Blah blah. “Dammit,” I mutter. Although I don’t recall an awful lot from my childhood I do remember my mother and her specific brand of abuse and my brother’s. I pull my cell phone from my back pocket and dial my father. “Liam,” he answers. “Sir.” “Burn through the money already?” His voice is tight. I groan. “No. Have you seen the latest edition of,” I flip the magazine over, “People Weekly?” “Why would I have son? You in it?” His voice grates my nerves. He has two tones of voice, condescending and stern. “No, but your other son is,” I say. I run a hand through my hair. It’s just long enough to consider scheduling a hair cut. My father would prefer it cropped close to the scalp, but I’ve always kept it longer. “Excuse me?” He barks into my ear. “Holden Douglas Lockwood, remember him? He’s featured in the magazine.” I wait for his retort. His slew of curses but only silence greets me. “Dad?” “I’m here. Come to the house now.” “Yes, Sir,” I say. I end the call and toss the magazine on the passenger seat. I start the car while pulling up Carol’s contact to send her a quick text that I won’t need her tonight. She texts me back immediately to let me know she left dinner in the fridge for me. The drive to my father’s house isn’t long but it gives me too much time to focus on my the short movie clips that play in my mind from my former life. Mountain life. Memories of Holden screaming and my father shouting. Holden coming into our room with blood dripping down his torso as I cowered in the corner. Holden covering my mouth in the middle of the night and drawing thin slices along my scalp. What Ma did to him, he did to me, but less so. And hidden. When I told Dad what was happening he snapped. Without warning, he threw me in his truck and drove us away. He told me to never speak of our cabin. To never speak of Holden or baby Laura or Ma again. Nightmares kept me up most nights until Dad started to beat them out of me of with his belt. We started fresh four hours south of that damned mountain. He created an empire for us. Sent me to the best schools and now I run the business he started. We have wanted for nothing. I have no idea how Holden or Ma or Laura faired. Except now- I do. I know they are all dead from that damned article. I pull into Dad’s gated driveway and leave the car running at the front door. His valet takes my keys as I pass by him. I don’t bother knocking on my way inside. Dad sits behind his oak desk. He hand carved it. Sanded it for days. Stained it and had his security detail move the enormous hunk of wood into his office. Two fingers of whiskey reside in a glass to his left. “Sit,” he says. I do. He does not offer me a drink. “Show me this article.” I lean forward and toss the magazine on his desk. He flips to the article and reads silently. When he finishes, he grunts and slaps the magazine closed. “We don’t have anything to worry about. They got his last name wrong.” “But Dad, what about the cabin? There could be things there that lead back to us. Pictures or, I don’t know?” “There’s nothing Liam. Holden’s dead. Laura’s dead and your mother is dead. Good riddance. It sounds like Holden took up her ‘art’. He was destined to get caught.” “That’s all you have to say? Laura and Holden were your children too.” “I let them go a long time ago and you should have too.” “Don’t you care at all?” “No. Your Mother was bat shit crazy. Love made me do stupid things for that woman. Move that damned mountain to commune with nature. Live off grid to aid her art. I gave her enough years. I have nothing left for her-not even curiosity.” “But Holden, Laura?” I say. “I couldn’t care for an infant on my own and Holden was too far gone by then. I could however, save you. Are you not grateful for that?” Save me. The words sound sincere rolling off his tongue but saving me from Ma and my siblings didn’t spare me his abuse. I cannot say this however. “Of course I am. I just…” “Don’t over think it Liam and don’t tell anyone about this article. Understood?” “Yes Sir,” I answer. “Good,” he says while lifting his glass to his mouth. I watch the amber liquid slosh back and forth and yearn for a glass of my own. The first time I’ve heard of, or seen my brother since we left was in a magazine for being a psychopath and my father wants to simply sweep it under the rug with no explanation. It baffles me and irritates me simultaneously. I say nothing to my father because is not the kind of man you push.
 ------------------K Larsen------------------
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[Cover Reveal] A LITTLE TOO LATE by Staci Hart @imaquirkybird @jennw23



A Little Too Late
Staci Hart

Publishing Date: October 24th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: QuirkyBird Designs

I wasn't supposed to fall in love with the nanny.

When my wife left, she took the illusion of happiness with her, and I've been caught in a free fall ever since. For nine long months, I've been fighting to figure out how to be a single dad, how to be alone.

For nine long months, I've been failing.

When Hannah walked through the door, I took my first breath since I'd found myself on my own. She slipped into our lives effortlessly, showing me what I've been missing all these years. Because Hannah made me smile when I thought I'd packed the notion of happiness away with my wedding album.

She was only supposed to be the nanny, but she's so much more.

The day my wife left should have been the worst day of my life, but it wasn't. It was when Hannah walked away, taking my heart with her.
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Staci Hart
Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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[Coming Soon] HAREM OF DOLLS by HB Jasick @HB1085 @PublishingWild #TalesAfterMidnight #Excerpt

#ComingSoon
Blurbage
Jude Mckinley has always been a hopeful romantic, 
falling hard and fast every time. 
Consumed with passion, Jude would always risk his heart. 
But it never lasted!
 His dolls never stayed. 
In the end they always left,
but not completely...
Excerpt

 Prologue
I wake to the sun peaking in through my curtains, and lazily reach over to feel the cool vacant spot next to me. I slap my hand around the spot, feeling for the body that is supposed to be there, before jumping up quickly in a panic. Shit!

“Spencer?” I belt out hoping she might just be in the bathroom, but I get no answer. I immediately start moving frantically around the room trying to take inventory of everything around me on the floor. Please, not this one too…

I notice her bra hanging from the lamp, and her jeans on the floor. I spot one of her boots under the edge of the bed, and realize my shirt from last night is missing. I blow out a sigh of relief before something else crosses my mind and I am, once again, freaking the fuck out. 

I quickly grab my boxer briefs and slide them up my legs, and rush out of the bedroom door, and down the stairs. 

“Hey yo, Spencer!” I shout again as I approach the end of the hall. Still nothing. Where could she have gone? She’s not even wearing pants?

I swiftly jog down the stairs, taking them two at a time. My heart rate picks up, and it has nothing to do with my quick movements. My mind is racing with fear. This one can’t leave too, we just started dating! 

Spencer and I have always been nothing but friends for years, ever since we met in college. About four days ago we were hanging out at a local pub when she surprised me by admitting to me that she was interested in being more than friends, and I had to admit that the feeling was mutual. We agreed to go on a date to see if this was something we actually wanted to pursue. One thing led to another, and she ended up back at my place with her legs wrapped around my face. I usually don’t bring my dates back home on the first date, but this is Spencer we are talking about. I really liked Spencer, and I really hope she doesn’t choose to leave like all the others.

I start calling out for her again, and that’s when I hear it. The sound of a gasp, and what appears to be something shattering and splattering across a marble floor. I take off at a run towards the back of the house, and stop abruptly, finding Spencer. She’s frozen in place and staring straight into a room I was hoping to not have to explain for a while, or ever. Fuck!

Not again…


 Harem of Dolls is HB Jasick's author debut. 
She lives in Springfield, MO with  two gorgeous daughters, that are just as crazy as she is, and her very laid back husband. She is a blogger, blog partner,  book reviewer, and a K-12 substitute teacher for 5 different school districts. She leads the Brownies in my daughter's Girl Scout troop.  
Her favorite things include: movies, music, books, weiner dogs, the color brown, lists, The Denver Broncos, sushi, coffee, and her absolute favorite Wine, Moscato d'Asti!! Her favorite types of stories include Dark Romance, Psychological Thrillers, RomComs, Dystopians, Horror, Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Taboo, Memoirs, and Historical Non-Fiction.
Her Favorite Books: Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy & Public Enemies by Brian Burrough

#TalesAfterMidnight
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Sunday, October 1, 2017

#NewRelease #Reviews LOGAN by Jay McLean @JayMcLeanAuthor

Title: Logan – A Preston Brothers Novel #2
Author: Jay McLean
Release Day: October 1, 2017




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BLURB

As a kid, Logan Preston was a brat.
Through his teens, he became the bad boy.
Now, at nineteen, no one knows what the hell to expect.

High school dropout, Logan Preston is a
good-for-nothing stoner.
A black sheep.
A disappointment.
The worst Preston Punk of the lot.
At least that’s how everyone in his small town
makes him feel.
But Logan Preston has secrets.
Secrets so dark and so deep below the surface that the only way he can fight them is to stay high, high, high.
He wears cockiness as a mask.
Arrogance as his armor.
Until one girl, one night, asks one life-changing question:
What's beneath the bravado, Logan Preston?





5 or 5 stars
When I knew we were getting Logan’s book I thought I knew what to expect but this raw, powerful emotional story was not it what we get is perfection. 
Logan is the unpredictable Preston the one you go to for a laugh and a good time. His family have become immune to his antics, you can imagine the eye rolls when they learn his latest escapades. 
Aubrey is the girl he never expected, she’s new in town and a bit of a mystery. Aubrey’s ex is responsible for her move she’s decided to start over but he’s left her wary and her confidence at an all time low. 
They have an instant dislike for each other, they trade insults all the time and to be honest the banter between them made me giggle. 
The truth in the story is why Logan is the man everyone sees, it shows the pain that can be hidden so easily. We see someone who seems to have it all with a close family that loves him who knew is pain and self loathing is soul deep. Aubrey could just be the one person who finally gets him and will help him face his demons. 
For me this is the author’s best book to date because it is a real, raw and truthful portrayal of a young man struggling with his life and the woman who just wants to love him and be loved in return. 
reviewed by Sweet Spot Sisterhood
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5 of 5 stars

Here's what I can in good conscience tell you:
Jay McLean is a mean meanie. She will taunt you with a hint that leads you in the right direction. She will fold you in a warm embrace. She will make you feel like family, love, and fairytales are real. 
Then...utter destruction of your soul and all you hold dear. She will rip your heart out. With what I can only assume is a wicked grin, she will display it in her hands while she causes more unspeakable damage to the remains. ( You may think...whoa this lady has issues, but trust me, my issues are with the author.)
It's not often an author can pull you into a book. I'm not talking empathy because I seem to feel a lot of books. I mean that the way the author writes feels like you are a Preston. Or even dumb name. You become a part of the story. It effects you the same way it does the other characters. It's impossible not to feel the hurricane of emotions that is present in this story. 
It is impossible not to need to read her entire back library. Ms. McLean is an incredible painter, story teller, and song writer all in one. The emotions, people, and story flow in an all encompassing way. 
So a word of advice...tissues. You need tons of tissues. Maybe even some Tylenol to cover the head ache from your crying jags. Yes, plural. You will cry more than once. Yes, it is worth it. Yes I volunteered to read it and once my Tylenol kicks in I would do it again.
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
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OTHER BOOKS IN SERIES:

More Than Forever (More Than #4): http://amzn.to/2gUKZOq


Lucas (Preston Brothers Novel) #1: http://bit.ly/2vLc8JP






AUTHOR BIO


She writes what she loves to read, which are books that can make her laugh, make her hurt and make her feel.

Jay lives in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, in a forever half-done home where music is loud and laughter is louder.

Jay McLean is an international best-selling author and full-time reader, writer of New Adult Romance, and most of all, procrastinator. When she's not doing any of those things, she can be found running after her two little boys, playing house and binge-watching Netflix.






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