Thursday, October 5, 2017

[Release Blitz * Reviews] WICKED BEGINNINGS by LA Cotton @authorlacotton #Reviews #Giveaways

Wicked Beginnings
LA Cotton


Release Date: October 5th
Genre: YA/NA crossover romance

When seventeen-year-old Eloise Stone finds herself half way across the world, moving into her Uncle's pool house, she expects things to be ... awkward. She doesn't expect to come face-to-face with the boy from last summer. The boy that made her feel things she'd never felt before. But a year is a long time, and Lo isn’t the same girl she was then. Besides, they’re family now.
It’s weird.
Maverick Prince acts as if he doesn’t remember her, treating Lo like nothing more than an annoying younger sister, and not in a ‘he cares’ way, just in a ‘he’s an arsehole’ way. One thing‘s for sure, he isn’t just dangerous for her sanity—he’s hazardous for her heart.
Lo thought moving to Wicked Bay was the worst of her problems, but as life begins to unravel around her, she’s going to find out it’s only the beginning…

The angst! This story is so intense, and the angst is so thick, I couldn’t put it down for a single second. The triangles are twisty, and characters are multidimensional. I spent the majority of the book frustrated, and so full of hope. I never expected what came next, and I was never disappointed. I want there to be more, and I am dying to get my grabby little hands on the next book! I strongly suggest that every human read this book! 
Reviewed by #TheUnratedBookshelf & Sweet Spot Sisterhood
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Leave it to L.A. Cotton to have you needy and on edge. Full of angst, energy, and chemistry that needs a warning Wicked Beginnings is all about the intrigue. It is full of eyebrow raising situations but not enough answers. 
I need more. I need it now. I want to know all those deep dark secrets hiding behind those hooded eyes. I am twisted with the need to know everything. 
It seems waiting is all I can do. But I will get more info if I have to shake these characters until they tell me everything. I mean it's only book one after all. 
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
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In a real fan of this author, her stories always pull me in I just love her writing style. 
I went through a range of emotions whilst reading, I was intrigued frustrated angry. I flipped between wanting to scream and wanting to slap some characters, yes the author almost brought me to physical violence.Eloise\Lo has moved to the US with her father for a fresh start where they will be staying with relatives. I'm going to be upfront her dad is a total waste of space I wanted to throat punch him. Lo I just loved she's a great female character, she's still dealing with past events but she's opinionated & feisty and I spent most of the story wanting to hug her.Maverick/Rick aaah ! He's what I would call deep and complicated and infuriating ..... but I fell hard for him. He's a character that little by little draws you in to his web, you know he's bad for you but you only live once right ?This is a story built on layers of secrets, just as one is answered another puzzle is found. I couldn't stop reading I wanted to know what was going to happen next. Family... friends... enemies it's hard to know who to trust. I'm left with so many questions bring on book two.
reviewed by Sweet Spot Sisterhood
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LA Cotton

Author of mature young adult and new adult novels, L A is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns. 
Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find L A immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life. 
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

[Blog Tour * Review] FROM DARKNESS by Staci Hart @jennw23 @imaquirkybird

FROM DARKNESS by Staci Hart, is LIVE!

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Bestselling author Staci Hart brings you an addictive romantic mythology series where love is the ultimate game, and Aphrodite always wins.

From Darkness by Staci Hart
Publishing Date: September 28th, 2017
I never wanted to leave her. But I had no choice.
I’ve spent the last three years raising my daughter and wishing for things I couldn’t have. When I came back to New York, I thought I could find my way back to her. But that path was lost, grown over and hidden from everyone, especially me.
Her obsession over her best friend’s death is dangerous, and the man she’s after could put her life at stake. She’ll never let it go, not until he’s behind bars or dead.
She just doesn’t realize it might not be him who pays in the end.
If only she’d let me help her. If only she’d let me in. When she sets her mind to something, that’s it. But there’s an exception to every rule, and I plan to be the exception to this one.
And I’ll protect her until my very last breath, whether she wants me or not.


5 of 5 stars 
I love the whole concept of this series, when the gods are bored they play a game with two mortals but this one has been my favourite.
Josie is a woman you will admire she’s a tough PI who’s had two heartbreaks two many. Jon is the man she loved but he left without a word then her partner/ best friend is murdered. Jon comes back to a Josie who’s only focus is catching a killer but Jon wants a second chance.
I really enjoyed the thriller element of this story, it was fast paced edge of your seat reading. Then we have the conflict between Artemis and Aphrodite with tensions simmering below the surface. Another dimension to the story is loyal Heff who’s unrequited love for Dita made me sad but I like an underdog so I’m rooting for him.  
Looking forward to the next book. 
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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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[Release Boost * Review] WITH THE FIRST GOODBYE by Len Webster @lennwebster @LWoodsPR

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Bros before hoes or so the saying goes.

However, Maxwell Sheridan threw that saying out the window the minute he hooked up with his best friend, Alex’s, poisonous ex. The moment he slept with her, he was hooked. Sloppy seconds was not his style, but she was a cruel addiction he couldn’t overcome. He thought his days of betraying his best friends were behind him. But Max learnt the hard way that history had a way of repeating itself.

That was until one moment on a bridge would change it all.

Josephine Faulkner is struggling. Mentally, physically, and emotionally. Life has caused her to grow up. Gone are the wild days, black hair, and dating men her ambassador father would never approve of. But juggling work and life has meant that university hasn't been high on her priority list.

When Maxwell Sheridan finds her on a bridge, dropping small stones into the lake, a friendship and connection between them blooms.

He offers to tutor her. She offers him her compassion.

But their undeniable attraction and friendship will be tested.

And her name… Andrea Wallace.





The book title should have been a clue that I would cry and I did a lot I really wasn’t prepared for all the feels this book would give me. 
I haven’t read the previous books in the series but I managed to follow the story but I will be going back to read them. 
Maxwell made a mistake and he can’t let go of the guilt. Josephine has so much on her shoulders she’s struggling to live her life, family college friends there’s no time left for herself.
I really enjoyed this story but both main characters infuriated me no joke if they’d been in front of me I think I would have slapped them. They don’t talk to each other there are huge things going on and they don’t tell each other. aaaahhhShe didn’t tell him about ......He just .......
I need book two ASAP
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About Len Webster:

Len Webster is a romance-loving Melburnian with dreams of finding her version of ‘The One.’ But until that moment happens, she writes. Having just graduated with her BBusCom from Monash University, Len is now busy writing her next romance about how a boy met a girl, and how they fell completely and hopelessly in love.

She is also not a certified explorer, but she’s working on it.

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#BlogTour #Reviews SCANDALOUS by L.J. Shen @lj_shen @jennw23


Scandalous, the highly anticipated next standalone in the Sinners of Saint Series by LJ Shen is available NOW!


Scandalous by LJ Shen

Publishing Date: September 29th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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They call him The Mute for a reason.

Hard, cold and calculated, he rarely speaks.

When he does, it’s with disdain.

When he does, his words aren’t meant for me.

When he does, my stomach flips and my world tilts on its axis.

He is thirty-three.

I am eighteen.

He’s a single dad and my father’s business partner.

I’m just a kid to him and his enemy’s daughter.

He’s emotionally unavailable.

And I am…feeling. Feeling things I shouldn’t feel for him.

Trent Rexroth is going to break my heart. The writing isn’t just on the wall, it’s inked on my soul.

And yet, I can’t stay away.

A scandal is the last thing my family needs. But a scandal is what we’re going to give them.

And oh, what a beautiful chaos it will be. 

5 of 5 stars
I said that I wouldn’t fall for another hothole but then Trent landed on my kindle and I literally fell over a cliff in my eagerness to start reading.
We know from the previous books that Trent is the strong silent one in the group but he’s also the biggest a****le, just the way I like my men. He’s moody, arrogant, opinionated and charismatic and he’s a single dad to Luna who is the cutest little girl.
Edie is the girl you want to be on your side she’s such a bundle of energy. Edie has a smart mouth that often gets her into trouble. She has a prickly exterior
that is a camouflage for a sweet loving young woman who puts everyone before herself.
Age is a number and that’s how i felt about these two because they are meant for each other and throw Luna into the mix and you have perfection.
There is something about the way LJ writes the words she uses, her writing style that brings her characters to life. This was my favourite one of the series it tied everything together and showed all our boys as men with families. The perfect conclusion to a fantastic series.  
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Trent Rexroth is a Hothole. He is The Mute. He is a single dad. He is a millionaire. He is a lot of things...
SCANDALOUS is every broken girl's dream. A quiet jerk who destroys your world one naughty look at a time. A beautiful little girl who steals your heart. A broken young woman with too much baggage. 
Everyone is afraid of something. The "scandalous" relationship in this book is hot and heavy. The naughty stuff dreams are made of. 
But everyone has a breaking point...
I love the Hotholes. I love each one in his own way. I love Trent's no f@©ks to give attitude. I love his strength even with his overwhelming self doubt. I love the way he loves his daughter. He won't replace Vicious in my naughty dreams but I loved learning more about him. I love knowing what makes the silent giant tick.
To all those out there harboring a Hothole crush or two (or four), know that Trent will not disappoint you. Also it seems there might even be a younger generation...
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5 of 5 stars
Silent but deadly...to my freaking nerves! LJ Shen makes you love the ones you should probably hate. She's Shameless in reprogramming what we want, and so, so NEED! Trent is officially my Second favorite Hothole! I could never replace Vicious, after all, he owns me! I knew this book would break me, but I read it anyway. I suggest that every breaking adult should read this book, and if they don't...well, they probably suck at life. I want more, and I want it right now! So, so much more... 


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Trent’s gaze cut to mine and stopped when his grays met my blues. The fading noise of Vicious barking at people to move along, and my father finally letting go of my arm to move toward Jaime and Dean—probably trying to gain both allies and sympathy—died down. “I don’t like you,” Rexroth whispered under his breath, his voice harsh. “I never asked you to.” I shrugged. “You won’t be working here.” His arm brushed my shoulder, but I didn’t think it was by accident. I let loose a sugary smile, scanning his face and torso for no other reason other than to taunt him. “Good, you’ll be doing me a favor. My father is the one forcing me to work here. He’s pissed I turned down five Ivy League colleges. Remind me, Mr. Rexroth—which top tier university did you attend for your degree?” The low blow was supposed to retrieve some of my lost dignity, but bile burned my throat, shotgunned from my stomach. Trent Rexroth was known in Todos Santos as an exhilarating success story, rising from the gutters of San Diego. He went to a shitty state college that accepted even the illiterate, working as a janitor on campus after hours. Those were given facts he’d recited himself in an interview for Forbes. Had I really just tried to make him feel less worthy because he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth? It made me sicker than wearing my mother’s designer garbs. Trent smiled, leaning into my body, into my soul. His smirk was more frightening than any scowl, frown, or grimace I’d ever seen. It threatened to tear me apart and sew me back together however he pleased. “Edie.” His lips were dangerously close to my ear. A delicious shiver moved down my spine. Something warm rolled inside of me, begging to unknot and flower into an orgasm. What was happening, and why the hell was it happening? “If you know what’s best for you, you will turn around and leave right now.” I elevated my head to meet his gaze and showed him my version of a grin. I was born and raised in a world of intimidating rich men, and I’d be damned if I go down like my mother—addicted to xanax, Gucci, and a man who paraded her on his arm for a short, glorious decade before keeping her solely for public appearances. “I think I’m going to go find my desk now. I’d wish you a good day, Mr. Rexroth, but I think that ship has sailed. You’re a miserable man. Oh, and one for the road.” I fished for a Nature Valley bar in my mother’s purse and plastered it to his hard, muscled chest. My heart slammed into my neck, fluttering like a caged bird. I hurried after my father as he glided down the vast, golden-hued hallway, not daring to look back. Knowing I’d started a war and arrived unequipped. But I also knew something else that gave me a surfer’s rush—if I could slam the final nail in my employment coffin and make Rexroth vote against me, I’d be off the hook. I had just the plan for it. All I had to do was act like a brat. Game on.


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L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat. Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets peoples’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards. She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.


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Monday, October 2, 2017

#NewRelease #Reviews SHOW ME THE WAY by A.L. Jackson @aljacksonauthor


Show Me the Way 

The first stand-alone novel in A.L. Jackson's brand-new Fight for Me series...

"This book is absolutely perfect.” - Corinne Michaels, New York Times Bestselling Author

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The first sexy, captivating, stand-alone novel in the brand-new FIGHT FOR ME series from NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author A.L. Jackson . . .


Rex Gunner. As bitter as he is beautiful.

The owner of the largest construction company in Gingham Lakes has been burned one too many times. His wife leaving him to raise their daughter was the last blow this single dad could take. The only woman he’ll let into his heart is his little girl.

Rynna Dayne. As vulnerable as she is tempting.

She ran from Gingham Lakes when she was seventeen. She swore to herself she would never return. Then her grandmother passed away and left her the deed to the diner that she once loved.

When Rex meets his new neighbor, he knows he’s in trouble.

She’s gorgeous and sweet and everything he can’t trust.

Until she becomes the one thing he can’t resist.

One kiss sends them tumbling toward ecstasy.

But in a town this size, pasts are bound to collide. Caught in a web of lies, betrayal, and disloyalty, Rex must make a choice.

Will he hide behind his walls or will he take the chance . . .



5 of 5 stars
Rex and Rynna two wonderfully complex characters that you will fall in love with.  
After a self imposed exile Rynna returns to her home town after her beloved grandmother dies. We know the reason she left was traumatic but we don’t find out the details until later in the book.  
Rex seems closed off emotionally and rude the only time we see him happy is when his adorable daughter Frankie Leigh is with him. My favourite parts of the story is their relationship. The writer has effortlessly captured that hero worship Frankie has for her daddy and the unconditional love Rex has for his daughter.  
Second chance romance is a favourite genre of mine, I love the build up of a new relationship those little touches that speak of something so much more. Neither Rex nor Rynna are looking for anything more but they can’t deny the connection that is forming between them all. 
This is a beautiful tender wonderfully written love story between three people yes three Rex, Rynna and Frankie Leigh and I loved them all. 

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4 of 5 stars
Tortured souls longing for more in this lonely world. 
Show Me the Way is a second chance...third....fourth chance romance. It seems like Rex Gunner has no room for anything in his busy life. Not a girlfriend, not a friend with benefits, and certainly not the smoking hot sinful new neighbor. His intense attraction has him being an even bigger jerk to her.  
Rynna has come back for a new start on an old dream. But even this start leaves her questioning the dream. Only loyalty to her grandmother will keep her here. I mean the scenery is nice. The neighbor is hot. She has new friends too but the ghosts that haunt and taunt have her shaking with self doubt. 
I loved second chance romances. I love when the parties fight their attraction and connection. Show Me the Way has both those and more. It has a beautiful heart stealing little girl, an overprotective fearful father,and best friends who would do anything for you. It's a great mix and a sweet book. 
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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.
Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, and BLEEDING STARS novels. Be sure to check out her newest series, Fight for Me. The first novel, SHOW ME THE WAY, is out now.
If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.
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