Friday, January 30, 2015

FAVORITE FRIDAY (#13)~ Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss



Have a favorite book? Series? One that you've just read or are currently reading? Favorite Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Books and Swoons where they spotlight some of their favorite reads. Everyone is welcome to join. Just enter your information on their linky or leave them a comment.

This week's Favorite Read is:

Release Date: January 22, 1990
Purchase: Amazon / Barnes and Noble



Synopsis:


In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medical school, and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm that have made Dr. Seuss’s books favorites for years.


Why it's one of my Favorite Reads:

This is probably the most inspirational book I have ever read... and it isn't even more than 50 pages. Like the synopsis says, this books encourages people of all ages and I am definitely one of those people.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

COVER REVEAL: Sidelines by Emma Hart





RELEASE DAY: MARCH 2, 2015


Three people. Three
motives. Three reasons.
When the game leaves the field in the second book in the USA
Today bestselling BY HIS GAME series and mixes with sex, lies, and betrayal,
the future isn't the only thing on the line...

Macey Kelly has sworn off men. Unless they’re going to zip
in and out of her apartment—and her vagina—quicker than they can give her an
orgasm, she’s not interested. Finding out her boyfriend of three years got her
cousin pregnant was a total confidence knock. Luckily for Macey, confidence is
something she has in abundance, so all Mitch’s asshole move
did was make her pretty cynical toward men.

The last thing Jack Carr needs at the start of the season is
for a dark-haired, sexy as sin, gyspyesque beauty to be consuming his thoughts.
Football is his life, which leaves no time for girls. Unless they’re the love
‘em and leave ‘em girls. Becoming one of the best running backs the league has
ever seen by racking up the yards is his top priority… not bedding Macey Kelly,
despite her affinity for blow jobs and total sexual abandon.
Avoiding each other is the perfect solution, but when your
best friends are in a serious living together kind of relationship, that isn’t
always an option. Sometimes, sex on tap is the easiest option. And the
sweetest.

Until Mitch shows up with a bombshell that could shatter
Macey’s perfectly carved out life. It’s been a year, but he isn’t giving her
up, not now he has a chance at winning her back. And he knows her buttons.
Every single one of them.
Unfortunately for him, Jack Carr isn’t a loser. The star
running back has his eye on the Vince Lombardi—and on Macey. But seeing her
hanging between them both isn’t something he’s down with, not when he discovers
why she’s so against anything more-ish, as she puts it.Macey quickly realizes
she’s the ball being passed between two desperate yet opposing teams, and that
only one of them can score the touchdown. But will the winner be the guy she
lived with and loved for three years, or will the winner be the guy who
understands her and makes her body come alive?
In this game, someone will be sidelined, and calling the
play isn’t always as easy as it seems.



(SIDELINED is a full-length, standalone novel. It's not
necessary to read BLINDSIDED before this book, but it is advised.)

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EXCERPT




“Put the drink down, M,” he whispers. “It’s fucking with you.”



“Really? I thought that was you fucking with me,” I respond, turning to him and pressing a hand



against his chest. “What the hell are you doing here?”



Like, right here. Literally.



“It’s my best friend’s birthday.” He smirks. “Why’ve you been staring at me all night like you wanna



suck and bite my cock simultaneously?”



“I assure you it was the latter.”



“Sure it was.” Jack steps into me again, and I grab my glass with the hand closest to him so I don’t



grab his ass or something, ‘cause, shit. He’s got a sweet as hell ass.



“It was.” I drink. Again. Where the hell are my girls? “I feel like dancing.” I finish the glass and twist



my body away from his.



His hand finally falls from me as I stalk toward and down the stairs. I slip into the moving crowd, but



I’ve barely moved my hips when two large, strong hands clasp me and tug me backward. The wall of



muscle my back slams into is solid, and I exhale on a whoosh, even as I close my fingers against the



ones clasping my hips.



“Nice try, baby,” Jack says into my ear. “Run if you want. I’m a running back. I’ll chase you and catch



you every fuckin’ time.”



“Sounds like a promise you can’t keep, doll,” I reply, my breath catching when he moves my hips



against his.



“Sounds like a promise you’re afraid of.”



I laugh and shove his hands away from me. I turn to face him. Even in the darkness, his eyes blaze



bright green, so fucking bright they’re close to blinding me every time the strobe lighting coasts



across his face. And, shit, it does it so many times, and every time, it illuminates every line and curve



of his perfectly sculpted jaw.



“You wish, Jack Carr. You fucking wish.”



His hands snatch mine and he pulls me through the crowd. I fight his hold, but his grip is too tight.



My heart pounds as he drags me through the hall with certainty, and in two minutes, I find myself



pressed against his goddamn car in the parking lot.



“What the fuck?” I shout, shoving at him.



He grabs my hands once more and pins them over my head, effectively bending me backward on the



hood of his SUV. “What the fuck?” he replies, leaning into me, his voice low. “Is that hard or soft,



quick or slow, deep or shallow? ‘Cause baby, I can fuck you all six of those ways in one go.”



“None of them,” I snap. “What the fuck, as in, what the fuck, asshole?”



“Oh, that what the fuck.” He bends forward a little more. Until his mouth is against my ear and his



hard body is pressed right up against mine. “Maybe it’s the what the fuck I felt when I felt your eyes



on me all night. Maybe it’s the what the fuck I felt when you looked at me like you wanted to fuck



me one minute, then the next, slice my balls in two. Maybe it’s the what the fuck you’ve got in your



eyes while you let me lie my body over yours in a motherfucking parking lot seconds after I ask you



how you want to be fucked tonight.”



“I don’t want to be fucked,” I reply, doing my best to slam my hands into his hood. I fail—shit, he’s



so fucking strong I can’t even twist my hands in his grip.



“Baby, your body says otherwise.”



“My body is an impulsive fuckwit.”



“Your body knows me.”



“Again, my body is an impulsive fuckwit.”



“You never did say.” He breathes against my jaw and brushes his lips against my skin. “How do you



want to be fucked?”



He tilts his face into my neck and kisses. Oh, hell, he kisses my neck, right beneath my jaw, where my



chin meets my neck, and I pause. I inhale sharply.



“Get in the goddamn car,” he orders, releasing me.



“Excuse me?” I push up and stare at him.



“Get in the goddamn car,” he repeats, pulling open his door and staring me. “Or have I gotta throw



you into it?”



“I am not getting into your car!”



He slams his door shuts and rounds on me. I step backward, but he’s too quick, and he wraps an arm



around my waist. My body slams into his yet again as he opens the passenger side door of his SUV



and throws me into it.



“Get. In. The. Goddamn. Car.”



“This is kidnap!”



He slams my door, and I both see and hear him laughing as he walks to the driver’s side. “Sure it is,



baby. I’m startin’ the engine now, so you got ten seconds to get the hell out before I drive. One…



two…”



From Emma Hart, the New York Times bestselling author of the
Game series, comes a brand new series where the game is realer, the tension is
tighter, the sex is hotter, and the stakes are the highest of all…

Two people. Two agendas. Two games.
What happens when the out-there It-Boy of football meets the
secret It-Girl of fashion?
As the daughter of Hollywood’s sweetheart, Leah Veronica
can’t even buy a coffee without finding her face on a magazine stand, so it’s no
wonder she’s launching her first fashion line in secret. With it debuting at
New York Fashion Week in just under a month, extra time in the spotlight is the
last thing she needs.
The son of the best quarterback the league has ever seen,
filling legendary shoes as the L.A. Vipers’ quarterback was inevitable for
Corey Jackson. So was meeting Leah Veronica—the first girl to hand him his ass
without putting a hair out of place.
Getting the handsome, prickly blonde into his bed becomes
his number one goal. But getting the sexy, over-confident footballer the hell
away from her becomes Leah’s—at least until she realizes the best way to do
that is to give him what he wants.
If only it was that simple.
When Corey discovers who she is, and private photos of
Hollywood’s finest find their way online, everything they thought they knew is
thrown into disarray.
And when secrets are exposed and hearts are shattered, they
have to figure out if they’ve been blindsided by love or reality, and if it’s
worth running the extra yard to win the game they never meant to play.









By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.


Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.






Monday, January 26, 2015

BOOK HIGHLIGHT: Stupid Boy (Stupid in Love #2) by Cindy Miles


Title: Stupid Boy


Author: Cindy Miles

Series: Stupid in Love #2

Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance



From Cindy Miles, bestselling new adult author of STUPID GIRL, comes the next installment of her blockbuster Stupid in Love series – STUPID BOY. 



Brax Jenkins and Olivia Beaumont are the most envied couple at Winston University—but the so-called “virginity dare,” orchestrated by Brax’s old fraternity, almost tore them apart. Now, a new dare is taking shape, and it’s sure to set emotions ablaze--more than ever before.



Winston’s “It Girl” Harper Belle isn’t just president of the Deltas--she’s also a master at keeping her ugly past a secret. So, when the Kappas’ dare hits closer to home for her more than anyone realizes, she devises a competition of her own as payback. Three sorority sisters will seek out a notorious womanizer on campus and--unbeknownst their “mark”--secretly train him to be the perfect boyfriend. Always up for a challenge, Harper targets the biggest player she can find: Brax’s wickedly handsome foster brother Kane McCarthy.



But, Harper discovers there’s much more to Kane than girls, games, and partying. His easy smile belies the quiet, old soul reflected in his deep brown eyes. All it takes is one night, one secret laid bare, and one kiss from Kane to shift Harper’s world on its axis. Suddenly, the girl who’s always walked a straight and narrow path can’t think of anything else except losing control.


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Excerpt

By the time I’d finished a very poor attempt at
studying for an Art test and exited the library, the tell-tale signs of pending
dusk had crept onto Winston’s manicured campus. The early November air felt
crisp against my cheeks as it whisked through, rustling the leaves and sending
several pirouetting to the ground to land in scattered colors on the grass like
some strange abstract stained glass. Knowing darkness would soon swallow
everything, I hurried to the campus coffee house and café that stayed open
until midnight. Inside, students sat at tables studying, their laptops open,
the light illuminating their faces and coffee cups by their sides. As I took my
place in line I selected my usual pre-packaged turkey sandwich and a bottle of
lemonade and stood, waiting to pay.

    “That’s all you’re eating?”

    I jumped at the voice behind me and turned to find Kane
there. Instantly, my insides froze. He gazed down at me, his hands shoved into
his pockets, those broad shoulders sort of hunching toward me, almost…cornering
me; his eyes as worn and soft as the leather jacket he wore.

    “Um, yes,” I answered. I gave a hesitant smile. “Not very
hungry, I guess.” What was he doing here? Suddenly I felt closed in—a feeling I
avoided at all costs.

    “So what’s good here?” he asked. His Boston accent was heavy
and void of the letter r, just like
Brax’s, only…softer. Quiet. The kind of voice that you had to pay close
attention to or else you’d miss what they were saying completely.

    I couldn’t believe he was talking to me. I shrugged,
pretended he didn’t bother me, and held up my sandwich. “Turkey?”

    He said nothing as he lifted three turkey sandwiches from
the cooler; his smoky gaze remained riveted to mine. Then, he bent his head
close. “Kane McCarthy.”

    I looked at him then, taken back by how his voice washed
over me and made my skin tingle. I forced myself to breathe; I wasn’t used to
being in this kind of situation. Guys just didn’t go out of their way to talk
to me. I made sure of it. But I didn’t balk. I mean, after all—Kane was my
potential reformation Dare. Right? Murphy’s words rushed back to me. Reform the barmy beast! I breathed.
Smiled. Pretended. “Harper Belle.”

    Again, his eyes softened, and as we stepped up to the
cashier he gave her a nod and inclined his head toward me. Before I could say a
word, the cashier had rung our orders up together, and Kane handed her a
twenty.

    I looked at him, embarrassed. “Oh no, really, that’s okay,
you don’t have to—”

    Kane’s eyes moved over me. “Yeah,” he said quietly. “I do.”

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About Cindy

National bestselling author Cindy Miles writes edgy romance, ranging from contemporary love stories to sexy paranormals. A native of southern coastal Georgia, she loves reading (naturally), baking swoon-worthy desserts, traveling abroad, yoga, and classic rock. The cover for her upcoming New Adult romance, STUPID GIRL, was featured on USA Today’s Happily Ever After blog. In the novel, a volatile mix of bad boys, sassy smart girls, dark secrets, and red-hot romance add up to one wild ride through college.
Hang out with Cindy on her Facebook fan page at: https://www.facebook.com/officialcindymilesfanpage


Or check out her website: http://www.cindy-miles.com/


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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

COVER REVEAL: All Played Out by Cora Carmack

Holy smokes are we excited to bring you the cover for Cora Carmack's ALL PLAYED OUT! ALL PLAYED OUT is a New Adult Contemporary Romance and is the 3rd book in the Rusk University Series, published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. It is due to be released on May 12, 2015!! If you haven't had a chance to read this sexy, fun series yet, be sure to grab ALL LINED UP and ALL BROKE DOWN!




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About ALL PLAYED OUT:

First person in her family to go to college? CHECK.
Straight A’s? CHECK.
On track to graduate early? CHECK.
Social life? …..yeah, about that….

With just a few weeks until she graduates, Antonella DeLuca’s beginning to worry that maybe she hasn’t had the full college experience. (Okay... Scratch that. She knows she hasn't had the full college experience).

So Nell does what a smart, dedicated girl like herself does best. She makes a "to do" list of normal college activities.

Item #1? Hook up with a jock.

Rusk University wide receiver Mateo Torres practically wrote the playbook for normal college living. When he’s not on the field, he excels at partying, girls, and more partying. As long as he keeps things light and easy, it's impossible to get hurt... again. But something about the quiet, shy, sexy-as-hell Nell gets under his skin, and when he learns about her list, he makes it his mission to help her complete it.

Torres is the definition of confident (And sexy. And wild), and he opens up a side of Nell that she's never known. But as they begin to check off each crazy, exciting, normal item, Nell finds that her frivolous list leads to something more serious than she bargained for. And while Torres is used to taking risks on the field, he has to decide if he's willing to take the chance when it's more than just a game.

Together they will have to decide if what they have is just part of the experiment or a chance at something real.


And don’t miss the first two books in the Rusk University Series…

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ALL LINED UP, Book 1


ALL BROKE DOWN, Book 2




About Cora Carmack:
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Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.


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Monday, January 19, 2015

Quotes (#16)


Morning Swooners!

So I know this is pretty much my first real post for the new year. I can't deny that i'm still in a fog since i've gotten back from my very long holiday vacation. No worries though, i'm a fighter and i'll keep pushing through this funk and get back to those oh-so-amazing reviews and posts I talked about in my last December post. But for now, here are some quotes from a book I just finished reading. Let's get the day started!

“I want to savor this wonder, this happening of loving a book and reading it for the first time, because the first time is always the best, and I will never read this book for the first time ever again.” Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“I’ve loved him my whole life, and somewhere along the way, that love didn’t change but grew. It grew to fill the parts of  me that I did not have when I was a child. It grew with every new longing of my body and desire until there was not a piece of me that did not love him. And when I look at him, there is no other feeling in me.” Laura NowlinIf He Had Been with Me

“Just because something seems impossible doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try.” Laura NowlinIf He Had Been with Me

“I tell myself that relationships are hard work. No one is perfect. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.” Laura NowlinIf He Had Been with Me

“Stay I whisper to him. Stay in the car. Stay in this moment. But of course he never does.” Laura NowlinIf He Had Been with Me


“And it’s impossible to say and even harder to feel.” Laura NowlinIf He Had Been with Me

“This book is a treasure; I did not suspect it would be so good when I picked it up, but now I can feel the printed words seeping through my skin and into my veins, rushing to my heart and marking it forever.” Laura NowlinIf He Had Been with Me

Monday, January 12, 2015

RELEASE DAY LAUNCH: Filthy Beautiful Forever by Kendall Ryan










Collins Drake exercises control over all facets of his life. From his business, to satisfying his physical needs … it all happens on his command.


So when a woman shows up at his door and reminds him of a promise they made each other when they were just ten years old, it shouldn’t have the ability to rock his entire world.



Yet it does.



Because Mia Monroe wasn't just his childhood best friend, she wasn't just the girl he lost his virginity to and hasn't seen since, she's the one exception to his perfect control. And piece by piece, she's about to tear apart his carefully laid plans.













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AUTHOR:
Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including Hard to Love, Unravel Me, Resisting Her and When I Break.
She's a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. She lives in Minneapolis with her adorable husband and two baby sons, and enjoys hiking, being active, and reading.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

SERIES HIGHLIGHT- International School Series by Chanel Cleeton


Title: I See London

Author: Chanel Cleeton

Series: International School Book #1

Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance



Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change— and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than she bargained for.



When Maggie meets Hugh, a twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she always wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? Another guy, the one she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.



Half French, half Lebanese, and ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn’t do relationships. He’s the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and he’s everything she can’t resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.


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Title: London Falling
Author: Chanel Cleeton
Series: International School Book #2
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance

We weren't a relationship, we were a ticking time bomb...



Maggie Carpenter walked away from the hottest encounter of her life when she left the seductive glitz of England for summer break in her South Carolina hometown. Now that she’s returned to the International School in London—and sexy, privileged Samir Khouri is once again close enough to touch—she can’t help but remember the attraction, the drama … the heartbreak.



She can’t help but want him even more.



Samir can’t afford to fall for someone so far removed from his world, not when his time in London is running out. It's his senior year—his last chance at freedom before he returns home to Lebanon. There, he’ll be expected to follow in his father’s footsteps—not follow his heart to Maggie. But when a scorching secret hookup becomes a temptation neither can resist, they’ll both have to fight to survive the consequences … and find a future together.
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Title: French Kissed

Author: Chanel Cleeton

Series: International School Book #3

Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance



On the surface, Fleur Marceaux has it all. If only the facade matched reality. With one year left at the International School in London, Fleur’s struggling to graduate, her love life is a mess, and she can’t stop thinking about Max, her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. But all that pales compared to the blackmailer determined to destroy her.



There’s a social hierarchy at the International School and Max Tucker is outside the velvet ropes. After watching Fleur break his friend’s heart, Max knows to stay away from trouble, despite the crush he’s had on her since freshman year. But when they’re partnered on a project, Max learns there’s more to Fleur than meets the eye, and she just might be worth the wild ride.



The more time they spend together, the further Max falls. And when a kiss awakens a passion Fleur never imagined, she’s unable to resist Max, who she had thought was all wrong for her but might be the only thing that’s right. But will he stand by her when her secrets are revealed?


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About Chanel

Originally a Florida girl, CHANEL CLEETON moved to London where she received a bachelor’s degree from Richmond, The American International University in London and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever, until fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise and a fighter pilot with smooth dance moves swept her off her feet. Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in Asia.



Law school made Chanel realize she’d rather spend her days writing sexy stories than in a courtroom, and she hasn’t looked back since. An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she’s happiest curled up with a book. She has a weakness for handbags, her three pups, and her fighter pilot husband.



She is the author of I SEE LONDON and LONDON FALLING, published by Harlequin HQN, FRENCH KISSED, and FLIRTING WITH SCANDAL, the first book in a new three-book series to be released by Penguin/Intermix in 2015.


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