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Saturday, June 21, 2014

~Cover Reveal: My First, My Last!


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Title: My First, My Last 

Publication Date: July 21, 2014 

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance 

Word Count: Approximately 78,000 

Publisher: MyLit Publishing 

Format: eBook and Paperback



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Fate has kept them apart for twenty years.
Their roads hadn't crossed and the stars didn't align until now...

Matured, more experienced, pierced, tattooed and hot as hell, Adrian steps back into Mia's life to reclaim his first love.
And the moment she sees him she can't even remember her own name.
Adrian Reed had always remained in Mia's heart. After all, he was her first boyfriend and the man she'd lost her virginity to, but that was twenty years ago. His sudden appearance at a bar, on a girls night out, has Mia acting like the fifteen year old girl she was when they parted.
But life now is not as simple as it was twenty years ago. With two kids, a hopeful ex-husband and new insecurities, Mia finds opening up to a new relationship more challenging.
Will she give her first love another chance, or will she push him away, this time for good?

About 

Author of Erotic Romance, Lacey Silks writes her stories from life experiences, dreams and fantasies. She likes a pinkish shade on a woman’s cheeks, men with large feet and sexy lingerie, especially when it’s torn off the body. Her favorite piece of clothing is a birthday suit.
When she’s not thinking about writing steamy stories, which is a rare occasion, Lacey enjoys camping and skiing with her family (not at the same time of course). She’s a happily married wife blessed with two kids who adore going to the library. She’s an early bird by nature, but loves the nightly adventures with her hubby which provide good content for her books.


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Friday, June 20, 2014

~Cover Reveal: The Muse~

The Muse Synopsis:
Release: Summer 2014

What if the truth about a famous painting was not what it’s been told to be? What if it was not even the original work and a different painting had inspired its creation? The story of a painting… The motivation behind the work, Flaming June—Romanticist painter, Lord Frederic Leighton’s magnum opus—a woman sleeping in a chair. Hauntingly beautiful, but with its inspiration locked away in the mystery of times past.

1811...
Burdened with family skeletons and agonizing guilt, an unwilling Lord Rothvale, one Graham Everley, returns from a long sojourn in Ireland to attend to the obligations awaiting him in England. The last thing he imagines to find is his destiny, but find her he does. Imogene Byron-Cole, a girl as lovely as her past is tragic. Graham can’t walk away from her, and so he marries her instead, in spite of an increasingly tangled web of troubles that threaten to destroy the very foundation of his entire existence.

As Graham and Imogene start out on their journey together, they express their love through a series of portraits. The art ensnares them completely, and in the end, becomes their salvation, bearing them through their deepest pain of loss, and inspiring a masterwork.

[This will be book one of a three part saga in the Rothvale Legacy Historical Prequel series.]




Cover Design credit:  Michelle Preast https://www.facebook.com/IndieBookCovers

~SPOTLIGHT ON AUTHOR CHELSEA FINE~


About the Author
Chelsea lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she spends most of her time writing stories, painting murals, and avoiding housework at all costs. She's ridiculously bad at doing dishes and claims to be allergic to laundry. Her obsessions include: superheroes, coffee, sleeping-in, and crazy socks. She lives with her husband and two children, who graciously tolerate her inability to resist teenage drama on TV and her complete lack of skill in the kitchen. 

Chelsea's Social Media Links
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~Excerpt~


I reach Mr. Perkins’s office and quickly park before climbing out of the car in my high heels.

The inheritance really could be only twenty dollars—or less—and spending an afternoon chained to Daren Ackwood to find it could be a complete waste of time, not to mention horribly awkward given our romantic encounter last night, but it’s worth a shot. Because if it turns out to be a substantial amount of money, everything could change.

Not only could I go back to nursing school, but I could afford a decent apartment and buy myself some time to find a new job—one where my boss isn’t demanding I work for free or flash him in order to pay off my mother’s debt.

Ugh. My life can really only go uphill from where I’m at.

I know money can’t buy happiness, and I believe that. But it would be nice to be out from under Big Joe’s threatening thumb. And sleeping in a cockroach-free apartment while eating regular hot meals wouldn’t be bad either.

I hurry down the sidewalk toward Mr. Perkins’s office, tripping a little in my shoes. Maybe wearing the skirt and heels again wasn’t such a great idea. But I wanted to look professional and responsible, and the gray dress is too hot and the only other pair of shoes I own are my beat-up sneakers from last night. I didn’t think a pencil skirt and a pair of dirty sneakers really said I can be trusted with my deceased father’s money. So I went with the pumps.

I wobble as my shoe catches on a small pebble and curse under my breath.

High heels really are a bitch.

Up ahead, I see Daren round a corner and hurry toward the office, now just a few yards down the sidewalk. I relax a little, knowing he’s not there yet. As we near each other, my stomach fills with butterflies. I don’t know what I’m more anxious about—the inheritance or seeing Daren.

We reach Eddie’s door at the same time.

“Good morning.” He smiles broadly.

“Morning,” I respond with a cheerful smile of my own.

Our smiles are exaggerated, like we’re trying to prove just how “okay” we are with the thing that never happened last night. Then our eyes meet in brief a clash of lust, and tension fills the air.

Daren is the first to break it. “So. You ready to do this?”

“I am,” I say.

The tension returns, but this time it’s laced with nervousness. We’re about to lock ourselves together. For money. The morning after we dry humped each other against a bar. It’s nothing less than weird and desperate. Which begs the question, why is Daren doing this?

I know why I’m subjecting myself to this craziness but I’m still not sure why Daren has agreed—especially without knowing how much money is at stake. Is he in it for the thrill? Is he just bored?

Whatever his reasons are, I’m grateful.

We enter the office and Eddie looks up from his messy desk, his glasses perched on his shiny head. Today he’s wearing a yellow button-up shirt with a plaid bow tie to match his plaid pants. The look suits him.

“You’ve returned,” he says brightly, standing to greet us. “I guess this means you’ve come to a decision about Mr. Turner’s letter?”

“We have,” I say.

Daren nods. “Yes.”

“Excellent.” Eddie clasps his hands together. “What have you decided?”

Daren and I exchange an anxious look. My stomach does a flip-flop, afraid he’s going to change his mind, but then he gives me a subtle nod and I nod back.


We turn to face Eddie, hold out our wrists, and at the same time say, “Cuff us.”

~Review: Perfect Kind of Trouble (Finding Fate #2) by Chelsea Fine~

Sometimes when perfect falls apart, a little trouble fixes everything . . . 

Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Turner has lost everything. After spending most of her life taking care of her ailing mother, she just wants to spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So when her late father-a man she barely knew-leaves her an inheritance, she finally breathes a sigh of relief . . . until she learns the inheritance comes with strings. Strings in the form of handsome playboy Daren Ackwood, her father's protégé. To see any of her inheritance, she's forced to team up with him. From his expensive car to those sexy dimples, Kayla's seen his type before. But Daren isn't who he seems to be . . .

Struggling to make amends for his family's mistakes, Daren has a life more Oliver Twist than Richie Rich these days. He's beyond grateful that James Turner included him in his will, but working with Turner's princess of a daughter to fulfill his cryptic last wish is making Daren wonder if being broke is really so bad. Still, she's just as beautiful as she is stubborn, and the more time he spends with Kayla, the less it feels right being without her. Soon Daren and Kayla begin to wonder if maybe the best gift Kayla's dad could have left them . . . was each other.


Overall Rating:  4.5 Rockin’ ★★★★☆

“Every other guy on the planet is just that:  a guy.  But Darren is a force.  And I am a feather.”


“From way up here, you can see the whole world, he said.  And when you can see the whole world, your troubles don’t look so big.”


“This is why we give into the storm of love.  This something that is neither word nor feeling, found in quiet gazes and cookies in the dark.  Hidden in cotton candy secrets and gentle shower soapsuds.  It creeps up on you and slips inside, and before you know it, love owns you completely.”


Perfect Kind of Trouble is the second book in Chelsea Fine’s new Finding Fate series.  I was instantly drawn into the romantic possibilities, antagonizing history, and a forever kind of love that the author creates between the two main characters.  I was also utterly thrilled that Chelsea reintroduces a few of the characters from one of my favorite books of all time, the first in this series ~ Best Kind of Broken.  


Daren Ackwood is a ladies’ man, with a heart of gold.  Not many people really know the real Daren, they only see what he lets them see.  However, his dad is in jail, he lost his home and his car, has only a few dollars to his name, and has no plan for the future.  He doesn’t think he would ever deserve anything better than what he has in this moment.  But when the one man who really knew him dies, he is thrust into a tailspin of a scavenger hunt with a woman who might just end him completely.  It’s a woman that he can’t say no to, a woman that he can’t get enough of and yet who may not even want him as a friend.


Kayla Turner is the heiress to an old money inheritance, but doesn’t even know it.  She has been living with her mother eighteen hundred miles away from her original home town of Copper Springs.  Struggling to make ends meet and thinking that her dad abandoned her; Kayla’s heart is heavy with grief and rage from what she thought was her father’s desertion.  With a heavy heart and even lighter pocket, Kayla begins a journey with an unforeseen foe…Daren Ackwood.


This story took me for a ride in so many directions.  There were many well played innuendos, with twists and turns that left me in a happy state of euphoria for quite some time.  The feelings that the characters experienced gathered me in their hold and wouldn’t let go until the very end.  I positively cherished reading every moment that brought the characters to the beautiful place that only Chelsea Fine can invent.  I will forever be a fan of the captivating stories that this author represents.  Perfect Kind of Trouble was such a great read on so many levels.  Exquisite writing Chelsea!!!  GrÄ“ta


Hero – Daren Ackwood 4.5 stars
Heroine – Kayla Turner 4.5 stars
Steam Level:  4.0 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Cliffhanger: No


Would I recommend this book: Yes!  Another great work by Chelsea Fine!

Would I read other books by this author: Yes!  Chelsea Fine is seemingly becoming one of my favorite authors.  The way she portrays her characters in her writing is beyond superior.  I am captured by her wit and romance and her heir of diligence with every work of art she perfects.  


***Received an ARC of this book from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review***

~Blog Tour: Perfect Kind of Trouble~




PERFECT KIND OF TROUBLE 
by Chelsea Fine 

Sometimes when perfect falls apart, a little trouble fixes everything . . .
Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Turner has lost everything. After spending most of her life taking care of her ailing mother, she just wants to spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So when her late father-a man she barely knew-leaves her an inheritance, she finally breathes a sigh of relief . . . until she learns the inheritance comes with strings. Strings in the form of handsome playboy Daren Ackwood, her father's protégé. To see any of her inheritance, she's forced to team up with him. From his expensive car to those sexy dimples, Kayla's seen his type before. But Daren isn't who he seems to be . . .

Struggling to make amends for his family's mistakes, Daren has a life more Oliver Twist than Richie Rich these days. He's beyond grateful that James Turner included him in his will, but working with Turner's princess of a daughter to fulfill his cryptic last wish is making Daren wonder if being broke is really so bad. Still, she's just as beautiful as she is stubborn, and the more time he spends with Kayla, the less it feels right being without her. Soon Daren and Kayla begin to wonder if maybe the best gift Kayla's dad could have left them . . . was each other.

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~Release Day: Red and Wolfe Part 3~

The Final Installment of Red & Wolfe is Now available!



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Red and Wolfe: Part One by Ella James

Contemporary Erotica 35 Pages
When Sarah "Red" Ryder loses her job as an art critic for a Boston newspaper, she's brokenhearted. Worse than that? She's broke. Her boyfriend recently left her - for a tatted-up hottie with a dick - so she's stuck paying her hefty apartment rent alone. After two months unemployed, there's no money left. With no immediate family to turn to, Red reaches out to her estranged grandmother, a reclusive writer living on an island off the coast of Charleston. Several days later, Red receives $30,000 and an invitation to visit.
James Wolfe is not Red's grandmother. But he beckons her. Red has the ability to give him something he needs. He won't take "no" for an answer, and he doesn't mind screwing her over. He lost his conscience six years ago, when he was tried for the murder of his wife. Since then, life is about him - and the paintings he does under the mysterious pseudonym "W."

Wolfe needs the island to keep painting. To live his life away from prying eyes. To keep up the anonymity of "W." 

Once he sees Red, he finds that he needs her, too. And Wolfe will have her. Any way he can.

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Red and Wolfe: Part Two by Ella James


Contemporary Erotica 65 Pages
Return to Rabbit Island for the erotic second installment of Red & Wolfe, the sensual story of exiled playboy James Wolfe and writer Sarah "Red" Ryder. This is an erotic fairy tale inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. The first installment was originally featured in the BEND Anthology, and can now be purchased here: tinyurl.com/lwdg844

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