Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Love Vindicated by Lila Munro


Steele Image Book One


In 1980, Kyle Montgomery’s life was seemingly perfect. Heavily recruited by Force Recon fresh from the Naval Academy, he’d been working black ops for the Marine Corps for six years and was on the cusp of being promoted to Major. He was on the fast track to bigger and better things, had all the right people vetting him, and he'd married the woman of his dreams and was exploring a lifestyle which could have ended his career. With the Iranian embassy under siege and the Middle East in turmoil, Kyle was sent on a mission which would change the course of his life forever.
Returning home after three months of being invisible, Kyle finds his wife has been murdered by the very people he'd been sent to protect. And instead of the government retaliating, they hand him his walking papers with the agreement they’ll never speak of the events again. It's like Kyle never existed. His wife never existed. And the people who maimed and tortured her never existed.
Resigned to never again walk that path, Kyle opens the first Steele Image club with the thought of providing a safe haven for others like him, those who were invisible to the public and most of the government. Those who had eclectic sexual tastes. Those who would later become his allies. And his enemies. And both will drive him back to the place he’d thought he’d let go of forever to vindicate his love…

 Excerpt:

Silence ensued as Kyle moved to the door to wait, placing his forehead on the smooth wood and asking himself if he was absolutely certain this was what he really wanted. Who was he kidding? It wasn’t just what he wanted, it was what he needed. Just one night then he’d neatly repair the fence which now had a hole in it and fortify it so when another Missy came along she didn’t rip another gaping abyss in it where the notion of what he was about to do could meander in like a lost sheep.

When a light tapping at the door came a few minutes later, he didn’t move. His dick reminded him why he’d made the call in the first place and strained toward the flesh and blood waiting ready and willing in the hallway. With his heart racing and a cold sweat erupting down his back, he stood still and took a few breaths.

“Kyle, baby, it’s me.” Sadie’s sanded smooth alto tone rolled through him, soothing as always. It was one of the things Kyle appreciated about the woman. Her voice was such a pitch whenever she spoke it never came out as a squawk or shrill instead it lazed along him like a river of warm honey. He’d often wondered what it would sound like when she came with ferocity and his intent was to finally find out. Just one night. “Kyle? Let me in, please.”

He pushed off the door and opened it only to stare at her unable to form a single syllable.

“What the hell is wr…”

Before she could complete her question, Kyle grabbed her by the wrist and jerked her inside, shut the door behind her, then shoved her up against the wall, and before he let the sliver of doubt snaking its way up his neck take root, he grabbed her head with both hands and devoured her mouth.


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About the Author:

Lila Munro currently resides on the coast of North Carolina with her husband and their two four-legged kids. She’s a military wife with an empty nest and takes much of her inspiration for her heroes from the marines she’s lived around for the past fifteen years. Coining the term realmantica, she strives to produce quality romance in a realistic setting. Her genre of choice is contemporary romance that spans everything from the sensual softer read to BDSM and ménage. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading everything she can get her hands on, trips to the museum and aquarium, taking field research trips, and soaking up the sun on the nearby beaches.

 Her works include The Executive Officer’s Wife, Bound By Trust, Three for Keeps, the Force Recon series, the Slower Lower series, the Identity series, and the Private Collection. Currently she is working on two new series set to release summer of 2013, the At Your Service line and the Steele Image line. She’s a member in good standing of RWA. 

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Wilted Wings Book Tour


Wilted WingsWilted Wings

Power, greed, and envy fill Damon and Ilisha’s world. Their hope of settling into a life of peace and family remains out of grasp. Damon is kidnapped and forced to stand trial for the death of his father while a breed of hybrids designed to destroy all angels is set loose. With no choice but to leave her earthly mother and baby behind, Ilisha struggles in a world of high politics and family feuds. She must become an ultimate warrior to save her husband and both the worlds she loves.

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About Shadow Stephens

Avid Cleveland Browns fan, animal lover, and paranormal addict are just a few ways to describe Shadow Stephens. Shadow grew up in Ohio and West Virginia, which gave her a fear of snakes and the ability to fix anything with duct tape. She has been writing since childhood, but wrote her first novel three years ago. She now resides in Utah with a veritable menagerie of pets and a million ideas in her head just waiting to be put on paper. When she isn't ghost hunting, Shadow can be found writing paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels. This will be her first published book, with many more to follow.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Literary Addicts Weekly Meme, Week 6/5






The theme of this week is -

What is your favorite children's book? Past or present....

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Well I cant pick just one fave children's book so I'll list a couple that I read.

The Berenstain Bears:
 The Boxcar Children:


 Where the Wild Things Are:




Charlottes Web &
The Chronicles of Narnia:
A couple of my kiddos fave Children's Books are: 






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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Review~Bitter Angel Tour by Megan Hand












Title: Bitter Angel

Author: Megan Hand

Release date: April 1, 2013

Age Group: Mature Young Adult

Genre: Contemporary/Thriller

Tour organized by: AToMR Tours






Book Description:

Torn between two realities.
A choice that will mean life or death.
She won’t know anything… until she wakes up.

College sophomore, Lila Spencer lived Friday night twice. She doesn’t know how or why, just that she did. As if she split in half and went in two different directions.
Out clubbing with her friends, Heather and Nilah, the girls rock it out and party hard. What begins as an innocent night will lead to a deadly fight for their lives, and Lila might be their only chance for survival.

In bed with her boyfriend, Jay, Lila is safe and warm as she drifts to sleep in the arms of the man she loves. Until she is sucked into a horrifying nightmare of her friends’ deaths.

As the sunlight warms her face on Saturday morning, the two scenarios collide. But there can be only one outcome. Will she wake up in her warm bed with Jay by her side, devastated and grieving for her friends? Or was she there to save them?

The answer is just the beginning.

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About the Author

At twelve, Megan decided to write a novel. A month later, she quit. A reading junkie by nature, she started writing again in her twenties as a way to get the voices out, because who wouldn't want to create a Real Living Person out of thin air? Megan also plays the piano and sings. She teaches little kids and takes pictures of pretty butterflies. She eats way too much chocolate, is sort of a mad scientist with her blender, and spends an unhealthy amount of time LOLing on Facebook and Twitter. She lives in Ohio with her husband and very smiley son. Bitter Angel is her first published novel.


Social Media links:

Twitter – @MeganHandWrites; https://twitter.com/MeganHandWrites






 Time for my review:

This was a dynamite book and I highly recommend others to read this book. This book starts off with a bang and literally had me turning pages to see what happens next. It has such mystery and suspense that i would stay up all night reading. Plus this book got read in 2 days, which with kids and work isnt easy, so you know its good! 

This was my first time reading a book that was this graphic and to where the story line revolved around a group of rapist.

Lila is the main female character in this book and let me just say the girl rocks. To live two different nights and one of them very disturbing, then when she wakes and realizes she has the day over again goes on a mission to end this group of rapists gives her an A+ in my book any day. She was so brave thinking of just not letting anyone else get hurt by these psychos that she put her life in danger. 

Her boyfriend Jay is such a sweetheart. They both come from broken homes and he vows to never treat her the way his mother got treated. I must say though and Lila felt this way at periods that a girl loves a sweetheart but every now and then they need their badass sides to come out. He didnt really let his badass side show til the end. 

Alpha(the lead rapists of the group) is a sick twisted individual. Being the senators son and always being use to getting what he wants I guess got to his head too much. He is a sick bastard and what he does to another character Trigger to help him to make special drugs so these girls dont remember anything the next is just down right cruel. This guy though go what was coming to him at the end. I just wish Lila didnt get hurt right along with him.


The ending ends nicely..I want say much more then that cause i dont want to give it away but I was happy with the way it ended.


I never read anything from this author and I definetely was not disappointed and will definetly be reading more from her.


My rating:

5 * * * * *








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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Through the Valley Love Endures Promo



Through the Valley Love Endures

What if death came for you today? Would you be ready?
Forced to face his own mortality, Eddie Santiago fought to stay alive in a broken world. His incredible journey through heartbreak, abuse, and adversity left him with one truth: every life makes a difference.
This is the true and compelling story of his supernatural quest through the valley of death, doubt, and darkness. Eddie provides a passionate story that will capture the attention of even the toughest skeptics.
Angels, demons, heaven, hell, Jesus and the devil: are they fiction, or are they more real than anything else in the world?

About Eddie David Santiago

Eddie David Santiago has worked in the mental health/substance abuse field since he was 18 years old.  He holds bachelor degrees in both psychology and religious studies and has provided counseling related services for multiple mental health, substance abuse and human service agencies.  In addition, he earned his master’s degree in counseling along with certification in educational administration.
With over fifteen years of counseling related experience, Eddie founded the organization L.E.A.D. (Love Endures And Delivers) which offers interactive group trainings, seminar sessions, speaking opportunities for groups of all ages and crisis counseling sessions.
THROUGH THE VALLEY, LOVE ENDURES is based on Eddie’s early collection of writings, through which he found his voice.  He seeks to inspire others to find their voice and share their own stories.
Eddie resides in the Midwest with his beautiful wife Sarah and their three amazing children, Faith, Isaiah and Makaylah.

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Through
 The Valley Love Endures:  Why didn’t I
speak out sooner?



I have been getting messages and book reviews from people all over the world.  I am even getting messages from the real life characters in my book as well as goodhearted community members from where I grew up, who were wishing they would have known the extent of my suffering.  I am so very grateful to the people who are making love a priority in their lives.  With that being said, a common inquiry keeps surfacing.  The question being asked is, “Why didn’t you speak out sooner?”
In my book I made failed attempts to speak out, but could never find my voice.  In my earlier years the threats had me to intimidated to say anything.  There were also some adults who covered up or contributed to my mistreatment, which made the matter even more complicated.  As time went on, I found myself as a young teen desperately trying to survive and fit in, so I tried not to bring any unwanted attention to myself. 
In addition, sometimes people who go through trauma want to be left alone until they believe they have enough strength to work through the pain.  A number of them can wait as long as ten to twenty years to say anything, while others speak immediately needing to be heard because the pain is too much to keep in.  I was the one with scars that no one else could see.  With having experienced deep levels of trauma myself, I understood this.  It is why, as a counselor, I have been able to successfully counsel clients with deep scars.  For example, I’ve counseled a number of rape victims over the years who were always questioned by people as to why they never said anything.  The people in their lives couldn’t understand why it took them so long to come forward when others would have supported them and brought justice much sooner.  However, to some, a deep level of guilt and shame overtook them, thus robbing them of their voice.  When they finally find the strength to tell their story and heal, they do so in way that tries to help bring awareness and hope to others to not be afraid. 
I didn’t how to stand for truth even if it meant I could be the only one standing.  I was trapped in a deep level of fear and pain, which I had no idea how to overcome.  Looking back at it now I am able to share with others the importance of speaking out sooner.  Not only that, but to also point out the importance of taking the time to look around you to see who is hurting and how you can help.  God put an array of people in my path that would have stood with me in love.  I have come to learn that people can’t stand with you if they don’t know.  They can’t walk with you if you aren’t talking to those closest to you.  I am saying this as a person who was too afraid to speak out.  I can now say if I had found the strength to sooner, then maybe the outcome would have been different.  I will spend my life fighting for this dream of hope of a better tomorrow.  For the innocent ones without a voice, I want you to know that I still believe people can change and love will light the way.  I hope to continue to be part of, and invited to, speaking engagements that desire to bring the lost and hurting home.  One hope, one dream, one voice.  To God be the glory….
  








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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Review~Off Limits by Sawyer Bennett





Title: Off Limits

Author: Sawyer Bennett

Release date: April 16, 2013

Publisher: Big Dog Books, LLC
 
Age Group: New Adult

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tour organized by: AToMR Tours




Book Description:
“There is a vulnerability there, hovering just below the surface. And I want to pick at it until I expose it. Then I want to kiss it."

Two years ago, Emily Burnham, had an epiphany about the shallowness of her life.  And she made it her mission to become a different person…a better woman.  Out from under the controlling thumb of her mother, Emily is tasting the real world for the first time.  And she likes it.
Nixon Caldwell has served his time in the Marine Corps, surviving two brutal tours in Afghanistan. He is back home, surrounded by what he likes best…isolation.  It's certainly the easiest way to avoid confrontation of the consuming guilt that is weighing him down.
When an accident brings Emily and Nix together, he soon learns he is not the master of his own fate. Struggling with his own pain, Nix tries to guard himself against Emily’s charms.  He wants her in his bed, but he doesn’t want her in his heart. 
Having grabbed life by the horns, Emily wants it all.  But is she willing to accept just the small part of himself that Nix is offering?  Can she reach the part of his soul that he has deemed to be Off Limits?
This book is the follow up novel to Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett. It can be read as a stand-alone.


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About the Author:
 
Sawyer Bennett is the pen name for a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn't have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.







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My Review:

This was a really good book. It had me on the edge of my seat to find out the secrets Nix Caldwell was keeping and to see if he would open up to Emily was very interesting and suspenseful.

Emily was a rich spoiled brat and what some call trust fund baby. However she goes off to college and is set on changing her image and reputation and she succeeds very well. I love how she was a strong fierce woman. She stood her ground even when Nix was a cold hearted bastard to her and even when he shoved her out after getting close with him. She embraces her body and her sexuality and I love that in a woman. 

Nix is a bad boy image with tattoos and hard exterior as well as an interior. He dont let anyone in and is a retired Marine Corp sergeant with some secrets that make him be so cold hearted. However Emily comes along and she is able to slowly crack him and show his sensitive side which is amazing to see. 

I feel that Emily adn Nix are a great couple physically and emotionally. They wanted each other from the beginning although they fought it cause it was gonna be good for them as they thought. However I say it you feel it in your gut go with that intuition feeling! Im glad they finally listened to their intuition in the end.

The ending was great and I was very all the way around happy with this book. It was a fast read for me cause I kept wanting to see what was gonna happen next and the sexual scenes between Nix and Emily was mind blowing. The character were descriptive but not overboard to where it becomes boring. It was thorough all the way through to the end. This is a must read and I highly recommend it to all.

My Rating:

*  *  *  *  *
5 Stars!
















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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Indulging The Professor by Ella Jade


Indulging the Professor by Ella Jade


A  Pleasure Inn Series Steamy Short.
Featuring  Logan  and  Elyse  from  Master  of  The  Inn.

Meet the first guests to stay at Pleasure Inn…
Where all of your fantasies become reality.


Professor Marcus Santos has become unsatisfied in his life. His career is at an all time high but he has no one to share it with. He’s buried himself in his work for so long he’s missed out on a social life. His policy of not dating university students has limited his search to find the perfect girlfriend. While out at a bar one night he runs into his intriguing research assistant. Their brief encounter changes the dynamics of their relationship.

Shy graduate student Jacqueline Kincaid has been taken with Professor Santos since her freshman year. His charismatic personality and driven work ethic drew her to him, but now that she’s getting to know him on a personal level she can’t get him out of her head. He shows interest in her but won’t take things further than kissing.

Marcus offers her a special graduation present. Spend two nights at Pleasure Inn with him. Jacqueline jumps at the chance to move forward in their new relationship. Now that she’s no longer his student he wants more with her. Pleasure Inn is just the place to make all of their fantasies realty.

Excerpt:

Jacqueline stood at the large picture window. Coming up behind her, Marcus wrapped his arms around her waist and took in the sweet aroma of her hair. He loved the way her fragrance lingered in his car or office hours after they had parted. Her signature smell was a constant reminder of her and the memory of it had gotten him through some long, sleepless nights these past couple of months.

“You smell so good.” He moved her hair to the side and trailed his lips along her neck. He’d always been so careful with her. He never wanted to overstep or make her feel uncomfortable. Her decision to spend the weekend with him had changed things. He couldn’t seem to keep his hands off her.

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to touch you like this.” Their casual dates and late night research sessions were getting harder to deal with. Each time he took her back to her apartment he’d prayed for her to invite him in. He often wondered if he would accept. She seemed to quietly respect his position on the subject of dating students. Always letting him take the lead, she never pushed him further than he was willing to go. He appreciated that, but he had to find a way to make her see just how much she meant to him.

“What took you so long, Professor?” She leaned her head back offering him more of her neck. “I was beginning to think it was me.”

“Never.” He gripped her hips before slipping his hands under the thin material of her t-shirt. “I have rules. At least, I did before I met you.” He circled his fingertips along the soft skin of her stomach. “I don’t like to create chaos.”

“Is that what I am?” She placed her hands over his and guided them to her breasts. His palms grazed her hardened nipples. “Chaotic?”

Her boldness surprised him but didn’t stop him from cupping her full breasts in his hands. “Now that you’re no longer my student…” He swirled his thumbs over her aroused nipples. “I’ll create as much chaos with you as you can handle.”

She turned to face him, his hands still caressing her nipples through the lace of her bra. Leaning closer to him, she brushed her lips along his jaw as she threaded her fingers through his hair. “I want more.”

“You’ll have it.” He removed his hands from underneath her shirt. “I promise.”

***All books in the Pleasure Inn series stand alone but if you’d like to see how it all began check out Master of the Inn.


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About the Author:

Ella Jade has been writing for as long as she can remember. As a child, she often had a notebook and pen with her, and now as an adult, the laptop is never far. The plots and dialogue have always played out in her head, but she never knew what to do with them. That all changed when she discovered the eBook industry. She started penning novels at a rapid pace and now she can't be stopped.

Ella resides in New Jersey with her husband and two young boys. When she's not chasing after her kids, she's busy writing, attending PTO meetings, kickboxing, and scrapbooking. She hopes you'll get lost in her words.

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