Review of How to Beguile a Duke by Ally Broadfield

Blurb The spirited Catherine Malboeuf has just arrived in England to reclaim her ancestral home, Walsley Manor, and a valuable missing heirloom. Nicholas Adair, the attractive and frustratingly inflexible Duke of Boulstridge, however, is quite unwilling to sell the estate back to Catherine. Unless, of course, she accepts a small wager...
Nick will sell Walsley Manor if--and only if--Catherine secures an offer of marriage from an eligible member of the ton before the end of the London season.
Of course, Nick is certain he'll win. After all, no proper gentleman would ever marry a woman who conceals a cutlass in her skirts. Yet something about Catherine's unconventional disposition seems to ignite a need deep inside him. A need that won't just cost him the wager, but the very heart he swore to never give away...

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Review This was a great read, I loved it. I wasn't ready for it to end where it did, I could've read a few more chapters about the couple, but it ended in a cute spot.  This book has everything I love in a good book. Drama, Mystery, and my favorite, historical romance! Can't go wrong with that!  I was a little disappointed that the biggest mystery of the book was not resolved, but with the way it ended, it's kind of open for a sequel, if that's what the author wants to do.  The chemistry between the characters is great.  This book was pretty fast paced and really hard to put down.  I did fall asleep reading at one point, but that was just me needing a power nap.  As soon as I woke up, I started reading again right away.

Bio Ally has worked as a horse trainer, director of marketing and development, freelance proofreader, and a children's librarian, among other things. None of them were as awesome as writing romance novels (though the librarian gig came closest). She lives in Texas and is convinced her house is shrinking, possibly because she shares it with three kids, five dogs, a cat, a rabbit, and assorted reptiles. Oh, and her husband.
Ally likes to curse in Russian because very few people know what she's saying, and spends most of what would be her spare time letting dogs in and out of the house and shuttling kids around. She has many stories in her head looking for an opportunity to escape onto paper. She writes historical romance set in Regency England and Imperial Russia.
You can find Ally on the links below, though she makes no claims of using any of them properly.

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Cover Reveal of Beautifully Destroyed by Sandra Love

Title:  Beautifully Destroyed

Author:  Sandra Love

Release Day:  Late April/Early May


Blurb One Mistake.

One Pill.

Equals a lifetime of being destroyed.

Toria Jacob’s had it all; rich parents, a little sister that looked up to her and also she was the most popular girl in school. A cheerleader. A quarterback boyfriend. Great friends. She was a role model, until the day she decided to destroy everything. It started with a harmless party, and then she was offered a pill. She became hooked.

Now years have passed, she was now a high school dropout, and homeless. She is also addicted to that pill that destroyed her life. Until the day she met Jeb Turner, owner of Turner Hotels. He was determined to save this beautiful girl. But is Toria beyond destroyed to be saved? Will Toria destroy Jeb?


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Bio Sandra Love is a new to the author world, publishing her first book in 2013. She currently lives in Michigan, with her son and partner. Sandra is very lucky to have a sister Amanda, who has been there with her through everything, including helping her BETA reading her books. She is also very lucky to have her editor Genevieve Scholl. Sandra has four cats, Stubby, Odin, Thor and Freya. She loves to spend hours reading her favorite authors and writing. Her favorite genres are Paranormal, supernatural and romance. Sandra's first series of books (Broken Wings) is a Supernatural romance. She just finished writing Beautifully Destroyed with is due out late April or early May. She looks up to ALL authors, and loves reading their books. Look forward to many more books by her.

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Sandra currently has 5 books out, Broken, Broken Hearts: Kaleigh’s Revenge, Broken Prophecy, and To Love Again. She also writes under a pen name Diamond Davenport. The book is called Summer in Dallas.

Review of A Groovy Kind of Love by Karen Wojcik Berner

Title: A Groovy Kind of Love

Series: The Bibliophiles, #3

Author: Karen Wojcik Berner

Published: January 12th, 2015

Word Count: approx. 69,000

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Recommended Age: 13+

Blurb Uptight British lit lover meets a free spirit at a book club, and his world is turned upside down!
After placating to his father’s demands that he play Little League baseball and major in computer programming in college rather than his beloved English literature, Thaddeus assumed that several years into his career, he would finally get some peace and quiet.
Then he met Spring Pearson, the younger, free-spirited daughter of Hippie parents, at a book club meeting. Instantly smitten, Thaddeus finally worked up the courage to ask Spring out. But will an old college pinkie-swear promise Spring made fifteen years ago get in the way of this bibliophilic romance?
“A Groovy Kind of Love” is the third and final installment of Karen Wojcik Berner’s Bibliophiles series. Written as stand-alone novels, each book focuses on one or two members of a fictional suburban classics book club, revealing their personal stories while the group explores tales spun by the masters.

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Review OMG...This whole series was great, but this book...just wow.  The back story, the drama, all the little twists and turns!  It was a slow read for me, but so worth it.  I'm so tired...I read the second half of book one, book two, and book three all in a few days.  The last 24 hours, I caught a couple hours of sleep here and a power nap there cuz I wanted to finish book three in time but I didn't want to skip book two, lol.  So worth the lack of sleep though, these books are so good!  Go buy them now, the bibliophiles are great characters and you will fall in love with them, just as I have.  Be prepared for an emotional roller coaster though.  I laughed, I cried, I about threw my Kindle at one point.  Just a really awesome read!

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Bio Karen Wojcik Berner writes contemporary women’s fiction, including the Amazon best-selling series, the Bibliophiles. An award-winning journalist, her work has appeared in several magazines, newspapers, and blogs, including the Chicago Tribune, Writer Unboxed, Women’s Fiction Writers, and Fresh Fiction. She currently serves on the Author Council of LoveToReadEbooks.com and is a member of the Chicago Writers’ Association.
When not writing, she can be found on the sidelines of her youngest’s football or lacrosse games, discussing the Celts with the oldest, or snuggling into a favorite reading chair with a good book and some tea.

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Review of Playing Without Rules by Rachelle Ayala

Blurb A ballplayer's girlfriend hides his daughter from him because she fears he's like his abusive father.
Marcia Powers wants nothing to do with ballplayer Brock Carter, especially after she told him to go away and pursue his dreams. She has more than she can handle with an elderly father, a business to run, and a four-year-old daughter posing as her baby sister.
Brock Carter's back in town to rekindle his romance with Marcia, and this time, he's not letting her run him out of town. Marcia is unable to resist Brock, but determined to keep her secret.
Brock's already lost his heart to Marcia once. Will he lose every dream, including baseball, when he discovers the real reason Marcia sent him away?

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Review This books was so great.  Heart warming and heart wrenching.  This author writes kids cute as hell!  I read this book in about 5 and a half hours.  I'm a pretty slow reader, so that's saying something.  I didn't make a lot of notes on this book, a small handful, but that's because I was so wrapped up in the story to notice anything.  I'm glad I didn't beta this one.  I'm in this author's street team and she posts chapters as they're written.  It would've been pure torture to wait for the next chapters in this one!  It's a total page turner!

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Bio Rachelle Ayala is a bestselling Asian American author of dramatic romantic suspense and humorous, sexy contemporary romances. Her heroines are feisty and her heroes hot. She writes emotionally challenging stories but believes in the power of love and hope.

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Promo of Defcon Darcy by AJ Lape

Blurb Fisher Stanton, Valley High School’s Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy Walker to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. Thing is, this body has secrets…and Darcy’s mysterious friend, Jaws, and the reporter, Tito Westbrook, have a vested interest. Both enlist Darcy to find the person responsible who has eluded them for years, but Darcy doesn’t solve crimes for free anymore, especially where Jaws is concerned. Knowing Darcy’s Achilles heel, Jaws blackmails Darcy into working for him.

In a true test of wills, Darcy and Jaws battle head-to-head to see who can outsmart the other—Jaws needs Darcy to help him end a bitter grudge war; Darcy needs Jaws to divulge the mystery surrounding her mother’s death. Haunted by a past that shaped her present, Darcy will stop at nothing to get answers. Even if it means breaking the law and being disloyal to her new boyfriend, Dylan Taylor, in the process.

DEFCON DARCY gives Darcy’s demons a name and ties up loose ends that made Darcy into the verb that she is. What she thinks she knows as truth, isn’t. What she wishes wasn’t true…is.

The problem is, when your life goes DEFCON 1, not everyone lives to tell about it.

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Bio A. J. Lape is the Amazon bestselling author of the Darcy Walker Series. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, two daughters, an ADD dog, a spoiled hamster, and an unapologetic and unrepentant addiction to Coca-Cola–and a lifelong love affair with bacon. If the FBI ever checks her computer, she’ll be wearing prison orange due to the various “wiki” articles she looks up…all in the name of career research, of course.

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Cover Reveal of Ascension by R. M. Gilmore

R.M. Gilmore brings to an end the trilogy that introduced readers to a girl and a beast and all things in between.

Coming March 17th, Ascension, the final piece to the novella trilogy, drags Lynnie to edges of her existence and back again.

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Blurb Trying to put Havana, Arkansas behind her, Lynnie is becoming a woman and learning to be the beast that dwells inside her.
When old friends come back she must decide where she belongs in the world and learns letting go is harder than it seems.
With Puck as her ally, Lynnie braves the world and becomes what she was always intended to be; vengeance. Yearning for acceptance she does the unthinkable and travels farther than she ever imagined and into dangers she never expected.
In the final piece to her story, Lynnie learns just what it means to be Cu Sidhe.

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  Bio Living in the dead center of California, R.M. Gilmore writes mystery thrillers with a supernatural twist. Drawing from people and places in her life, she brings us the irreverent character Dylan Hart, the Dylan Hart Odyssey of the Occult series, and sweet Lynnie Russell, the Lynnie Russell Trilogy.
Gilmore has contributed to numerous anthologies, as well as, short story and stand-alone works-in-progress.

Gilmore also creates original artworks in various mediums including paint and clay. Her home is filled with eclectic music memorabilia, horror flicks, and droves of complete Lego sets. R.M. shares a home with her husband, kids, and more than thirty animals including a Labrador, frilled dragon, and gargoyle geckos.

When she's not insane with writing, household junk, and animal care, she loves to watch movies, digs detective shows, and imbibes in alcohol more than one person should.

R.M. Gilmore lives to laugh and will likely die laughing.

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Review of Commanded by Nicholas Bella

Blurb Title:   House of Theoden
Number in Series:  Season 2, Book 1
Author:  Nicholas Bella
Genre:  GLBT, Dark Erotica, BDSM, Paranormal

Théoden: On the evening of branding my new son, Noel, my King has called a special meeting of his Court. I can't possibly guess what this meeting is about, as everything within his kingdom is running perfectly. I do know one thing, Ara loves to entertain and be entertained, so at least that's something to look forward to. What I'm not looking forward to is having to see Nolan, Lord of District Four. We really don't get along. Well, as for my children, when the Master is away, the boys will play. In fact, I insist on it.
Noel: I've just received my official brand, the insignia of the House of Théoden. Along with the brand comes a load of responsibilities I am to adhere to. Apparently, my new life involves being an enforcer. I'm to be trained by Marco, my eldest and most sadistic brother. I'm not looking forward to that, not one bit. At least tonight, I'll get a reprieve. For tonight, we celebrate as only the House of Théoden can.

Warning: This serial contains strong adult content not meant for sensitive eyes. The novelettes in this serial will be filled with dark, twisted, raunchy and steamy scenes between powerful, sexy men that will either offend you or get ya revved up. This series will not be pulling any punches, and it won’t apologize for hurting your feelings, either. You’ll find no fluff and ruffles here. The vampires are not misunderstood, hopeless romantics looking for love. The werewolves are not cute and cuddly and the dragons aren’t the ones from your childhood. This is NOT a romance. There are approximately 19,100 words in this novelette.

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Review I'm really liking this serial.  There's nothing offensive in this episode, unless you have issues with guys having sex, then you shouldn't be reading this in the first place.  There weren't any lessons in this one, believe that's saved for the next book. 
I really wish this was a full novel.  This waiting for the next the next episode sucks, lol.  I hope I get the chance to read the next one, I can't wait to see what else happens!

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Season One: Chained in Darkness
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Season One is available now as a bundle on B&N and Goodreads!
Embraced, Episode 1 is available on B&N and Smashwords
It is currently FREE on both sites, so go get it!

Episode 1:  Amazon | Goodreads
Episode 2:  Amazon | Goodreads
Episode 3:  Amazon | Goodreads
Episode 4:  Amazon | Goodreads
Episode 5:  Amazon | Goodreads
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Bio About me? Hmmm, I'm just a person with a wild imagination and a love for words who was sitting around the house one day and said, "Why hasn't anyone written a book like this before?" As with every storyteller, I wanted to share mine with the world. I like my erotica dark, gritty, sexy... and even a little raunchy. I'm not afraid to go there and I hope you aren't afraid to go there with me. When I'm not writing, I love watching movies and TV shows, clubbing, biking, and hanging out with family and friends. I love life.

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