Release Blitz!- Searching for Perfect (Searching For #2) by Jennifer Probst

Title:  Searching for Perfect (Searching For #2)
Author:  Jennifer Probst
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: April 29th 2014 by Gallery Books
Goodreads URL: HERE
Plot:   The up-and-coming matchmaking agency Kinnections is the hottest thing to hit Verily, New York—just like Kennedy Ashe, social director for the service she owns with her two best girlfriends. A coach, consultant, and cheerleader rolled into one super-sizzling package, Kennedy creates dream dates, encourages singles to shine, and never refuses a challenge—not even Nate Ellison Raymond Dunkle, rocket scientist, nerd extraordinaire, and Kennedy’s newest client.

Kennedy vows to work her magic and transform this hot mess in a lab coat with a disastrous relationship track record into the most wanted man on the Verily dating scene. If only she could turn the wand on herself . . . 

Though she radiates confidence and sex appeal, Kennedy harbors deep-seated insecurities from a tormented past and lifelong struggle with weight issues. When she realizes she and Nate are cut from the same cloth and might be perfect together, can Kennedy learn to let her heart lead the way? Or will her fears sentence her to the sidelines as Nate finds love—with someone else?

☆✮ About The Author ✮☆

Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a master’s in English Literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again.

She is the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of The Marriage Bargain. She is published both erotic and sexy contemporary romance with Entangled, Decadent, Red Sage and TWRP. She has also written a children's book, Buffy and the Carrot, co-written with her twelve year old niece, along with a short story, "A Life Worth Living." Visit her website for more info!


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Blog Tour Stop!- Point of Return (Nordic Lords MC #1) by Stacey Lynn

Title:  Point of Return (Nordic Lords MC #1)
Author:  Stacey Lynn
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: May 13th 2014
Goodreads URL: HERE
Plot:   Deceit.

Destruction.

Death.

Olivia Masters grew up familiar with all of them. The daughter of the President of the Nordic Lords Motorcycle Club, Olivia always knew she wanted nothing to do with any of it. Her plans were made to leave the town she grew up in as soon as she and her boyfriend, Daemon Knight, turned eighteen.

But then Olivia was shot. Her mother killed in front of her. Fleeing became her reality.

Forced to return to her hometown of Jasper Bay five years later, events beyond Olivia’s control put her directly back into the life she swore she’d never return to.

Her dad wants her back in the family. Daemon wants her in his bed.

But just as Olivia begins to accept her destiny, history finds a way to repeat itself.

This time, will Olivia be strong enough to fight for the family she once turned her back on? Or will she once again flee from the only life that has ever felt like home?

☆✮ My Review ✮☆

Point of Return delivers readers with an ultra sexy story of love, loss, fate, choices, and redemption.

Olivia Masters....
An MC Princess who does not want the crown or anything to do with the Nordic Lords Motorcycle Club for that matter. Not even Daemon Knight, the boy who broke her heart and who will do anything to get her back in his life.

But running away from everything you know and a tragic past, Olivia is about to be thrown head first to confront her demons as well as “HIM” again. How will it all turn out? Will Olivia come to accept what destiny has to offer her or will she turn her back on it? And with external forces and betrayal posing to be a deadly threat, will they all make it alive? Or reach the point of no return?

Read and you will find out!

My thoughts: To be honest, I actually had no expectations when I first embarked on this read. Granted, I am a self-professed MC lover, but I was highly skeptical about a relatively new author taking a swing at the MC world.

However...

As my first Stacy Lynn read, I'm happy to say that I actually really enjoyed this book a lot minus any mention of the name Missy! Her involvement was disturbing really.

Point of Return definitely weaves solid ground to instill enough plot and characters to carry on this series as we can tell that this is just the beginning. I really hope that Ryker and Faith's love story comes into highlight and that Olivia and Daemon are still heavily kept in the mix as well as Jaden and Jules' past is revealed.

Gosh, I am so on board with this series! I already can't wait for more!!

A great, great start Stacy!

My Rating:

-Overall : 9

-Plot : 8.5-9

-Writing : 8.5-9

-Characters : 8.5-9

-Cover : 8.5-9

☆✮ Deleted Scene ✮☆

“Good evening, Olivia, I’m Doc.” He was older, maybe in his fifties like my dad. But his eyes held a tenderness even though I knew he held a bucket of secrets in them at what he had seen. If he was a doctor for The Black Death, there was no way of telling the things he knew. His graying hair was pulled back into a low ponytail at the base of his neck and I saw a variation of a club’s tattoo on his neck. The letters “BD” prominently displayed with an arrow woven through them. He wasn’t just a doctor. He was a member. “It’s nice to finally meet you. Heard a lot about the Prez’s daughter over the years.”

My shoulders tightened at hearing about my dad. I said nothing as I watched him carefully.

Beneath me, Daemon’s arm tightened and then let me go. “He has to check you out, Liv.”

I bristled at the nickname only he had ever been allowed to call me. Liv. Live. The one thing I had never truly done.

I nodded and shifted on the bed as the covers were moved and then adjusted over my lap. I closed my eyes but gripped Daemon’s hand with mine.

My head turned to the side, away from both of them as the pain caused tears to flow down my cheeks again. At least I didn’t throw up again.

A few minutes later, the blankets shifted again and the weight on the bed told me Doc was done. His warm hand rested on my thigh and I turned my eyes back to him.

“You’re a brave girl. I can’t see anything that’s wrong, but I’m going to give you a shot of Pitocin. It will make your muscles contract and stop the hemorrhaging.”

“No shots.” I hated the idea. I hated needles. Ironic that I worked in a tattoo parlor, I knew that.

He just nodded and Daemon’s hand gripped mine tighter. “It will only hurt for a second.”

And then a searing pain shot through my thigh. It happened right after the warning and I wasn’t given the time to prepare. I also wasn’t given the time to tense up.

“Ahhhh!” I cried out in pain and squeezed Daemon’s hand so tightly I was certain I could break his bones. He said nothing, but I noticed he was grinding his teeth together. And then the pain and the needle were both gone.

Doc gazed at me with sorrowful eyes. “Sometimes it helps to not know exactly what’s coming. Sorry for scaring you.”

I shook my head and squeezed my eyes shut to prevent more tears from falling. I had cried enough in the last ten hours to last a lifetime. Probably more than I’d cried in my lifetime.

“You shouldn’t be alone for the next twelve hours at least.”

“I’ll stay with her.”

I glared at Daemon. Maybe I was thankful he came to help, but I resented him so easily ingratiating himself into my life. “No. You won’t.” I turned to Doc. “I’ll be fine.”

He wrote his cell number on a card and dropped it in my lap. “Call me if you need me.” He nodded at Daemon and then he was gone as quietly as he came.

“Your dad will put me to ground if I don’t stay. I’m not leaving you alone again.” He shoved his hands through his hair, dislodging his ponytail. I watched his hair fall and frame his face, almost brushing my forehead he stared at me so closely. “Shit. I never should have left before. I knew that prick wouldn’t take care of you the right way.”

I sat up and pushed him away. I ignored the pain in my abdomen and the dull ache in my thigh from the needle. “Shut up. You don’t get to say that shit about Travis. He’s always been there for me.” Like you weren’t. I let the last of my thought linger silently between us.

A muscle in his jaw clenched. “You don’t know shit about what happened. And I’m not leaving until I know you’re okay.”

“Of course,” I replied smugly. “Heaven forbid the son my dad never had walk away from the daughter he never wanted.”

His lips pressed into a line so thin they disappeared. I watched his chest heaving deep breaths. He exhaled forcefully, and I smelled his breathe. Booze and smoke mixed with….sex.

I gagged. “Get your pussy breath away from me.”

“Jealous?” An eyebrow rose.

Absolutely not. The lie twisted in my stomach. I knew the familiar fire in me that once told me he belonged to me and only me and I’d kick any girl’s ass who looked at him the wrong way. Growing up in the Black Death, everyone learned to fight; even the girls. “Disgusted,” I sneered and rolled away from him. “There’s an extra tooth brush in the bathroom cupboard. Use it and you can sleep on the couch.”

“I’ll use the brush,” he spoke softly and rose from the bed. “But I’m not sleeping on that couch.”

“Then go home.”

“Liv,” he scolded in that demanding and confident voice he hadn’t possessed when we were younger. I turned my head slowly, unable to ignore him. “I’m not leaving. I’m going to brush my teeth, climb into your bed, and take care of you the way a man should. Just because you’ve been with that prick for so long, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know what it’s like to have a real man around.”

“And you’re going to teach me, I take it.”

“I’ll teach you everything you want to know.” He smiled seductively.

“Fuck off.”

“We can do that, too,” he muttered under his breath as he walked toward the bathroom.

I ignored it.

I also ignored him when he climbed back into my bed in only his boxer briefs and pulled me to his chest.

Then I ignored the way my heart skipped a beat at the feel of his arms wrapped around me and his warm, fresh minty breath on my neck, and the way the scruff of his cheek tickled my sensitive neck skin.

I hated him. I hated his life and everything he stood for. I hated the way he left me, feeling used and tossed aside for the promises made by my lying asshole of my father.

Mostly, I hated that my heart clearly didn’t think the same things as my head. Wrapped in Daemon’s arms felt too comfortable, too much like the safety of home I hadn’t had in years.

So I ignored all that too and closed my eyes.

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☆✮ About the Author ✮☆

Amazon Bestselling Author of Just One Song and Just One Week, Don't Lie to Me, and Remembering Us. I am a wife, a mom, and a writer. I can often be found curled up on the couch with a good book, or obsessively eating Skittles in a very complicated and organized manner. No joke.

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eARC BOOK REVIEW- Wrecking Ball by B.N. Toler

Title:  Wrecking Ball  
Author:  B.N. Toler
Publication Date: April 24th, 2014 by Self
Goodreads URL: HERE
Plot:   When Brandon and Sophia met, something clicked. A guy who didn’t believe in love at first sight, suddenly believed. A girl who believed a bad boy would always be bad, changed her mind. With Sophia by Brandon’s side, he knew he could conquer the world, and Sophia had never felt more loved or wanted in her life. They were good together.

But even the strongest of foundations can be crumbled. 

Sometimes all it takes is one moment, fleeting as it may be, to crush what was once strong and indestructible, like a wrecking ball. 

Now Sophia has left and as she rediscovers herself, Brandon is left holding the shattered pieces of their lives, trying to figure out how to put them back together. 

He loves her.

She loves him.

All he needs now is to make her remember that.

☆✮ My Review ✮☆

♬ We clawed, we chained, our hearts in vain
We jumped, never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell
A love no one could deny

 ♬

A perfect marriage...only not so perfect..
Growing apart, one single indiscretion knocks their entire foundation apart.

Now, two hearts at a crossroads and two children's futures in question...

Can they pull it together? Or is it simply not meant to be? Not so happily ever after?

My thoughts: Normally, I tend to stay away from these types of reads because often at times the characters need to grow and rediscover what they have while apart from another and this leads to extramarital affairs. I hate that!!

However, what changed my tune about this was how B.N. Toler made it tasteful and much needed for them to realize what they gave up and what they had in one another. Or in other words, what made their union and connection so effortless and ultimately worth fighting for.

I have to say that while embarking on this journey, that I was not expecting for it to be so emotionally draining and yet educating. B.N. Toler writes in a manner in which enraptures readers into first hand experiencing Brandon and Sophia's struggles and vulnerability into their imperfect love and it rising from the ashes of destruction and into the light once again.

A lovely, lovely read that got me a little weepy and teary eyed at times!! It was so moving Great job Ms. Toler!!

♬ I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me

♬

Music courtesy of: ♬~~Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus ♬

*I received an ARC via author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!!*

My Rating:

-Overall : 9.5

-Plot : 9-9.5

-Writing : 9-9.5

-Characters : 9

-Cover : 8.5-9

☆✮ About The Author ✮☆

B N Toler's first novel HEALER was released in July 2013. B N Toler lives in Virginia with her husband and three kids and is currently working on HYBRID, the 2nd in the HEALER series.

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eARC BOOK REVIEW...Rules of Harte (Harte, #1) by Brooke Harris

Title:  Rules of Harte (Harte, #1)  
Author:  Brooke Harris
Publication Date: May 27th, 2014
Goodreads URL: HERE
Plot:   Evangeline Andrews doesn’t want him, but she needs him. Julian Harte doesn’t need anyone, but he wants her. 

Eva has been passed over her whole life. A happy home, men, fashion sense…it all eludes her. She’s run away from New Jersey to find sanctuary in Dublin. But the office bitch, a nymphomaniac best friend and the nice-guy-she’s-just-not-sure-about all threaten to complicate things. 

The company social event of the year is looming. Everyone who’s anyone in the office will be at the masquerade ball. Eva has been invited, well, instructed to attend by her mysterious boss - or else. But she can’t go alone. 

Enter Julian Harte, a sexy escort with a fascination for games. Eva is about to learn the rules are complicated and Julian doesn’t do losing. 

Will Eva’s thick skin be enough to protect her when all the masks come down? Or will she discover she’s not the only one wearing more than one mask? 

Let the games begin. 

Recommended for 17+ years 
Explicit erotic scenes, adult language and native sexual slang.

☆✮ My Review ✮☆

One naïve foreigner looking to restart a future in a foreign country.
+ One wealthy escort with a dark and mysterious secrets.
ONE mandatory masquerade ball that will change everything.

Will Evangeline Andrews be the belle of the ball? Or will the ball drop when all the masks come off?

My thoughts: What an awesome book filled with secrets, intrigue, and suspense!! I had no idea where the author was going to take the plot but it all turned out to be to the books benefit.

I swear, Julian Harte was one enigma of a man!! I couldn't figure him out or his agenda!! Was he being genuine in his affections for Eva? Or was it all just for play? Gosh!!

And Eva, I liked her but she was a little too timid and gullible throughout. I hope that all changes though as we embark on book two of the series.

So exciting!

All and all though, a great book debut that left me wanting more!! Awesome job Ms. Harris!

*I received an ARC via the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!!*

My Rating:

-Overall : 9

-Plot : 9

-Writing : 9

-Characters : 9

-Cover : 8.5

☆✮ About The Author ✮☆

Brooke has too many of a lot of things; shoes, books, and kids. Luckily she loves them all to pieces. She never has too much wine, if you believe that. Rules of Harte is her debut into the steamy stuff and she's currently working on the second book in the series.

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