LIVE – SWEET ESCAPE (Sugar Rush #2) by Nina Lane

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Today is the day – we are so excited to introduce you to the next brother in Nina Lane’s Sugar Rush series. You can meet Evan Stone, heir to the Sugar Rush Candy Company, in SWEET ESCAPE now! Find out more about SWEET ESCAPE now and how you can enter to win!

 

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ABOUT SWEET ESCAPE

When dessert goes wrong…

Hannah Lockhart travels the world and blogs about love. At least she used to before she promised to look after her sister’s bakery. Now, stuck in small town California for the next six months, Hannah is desperate to find romantic content for her blog or risk losing both readers and income.

Then a whipped cream disaster sends her into the arms of sexy, charming Evan Stone, heir to the Sugar Rush Candy Company.

Since childhood, Evan has been trying to overcome family concerns about his defective heart. Known as “The Heartbreaker,” he’s found an outlet with women. And when bad news strikes him, he seeks a diversion by offering to show Hannah the romance of the Bay Area.

Hannah jumps at the chance…as long as they keep things platonic. But soon Evan’s hot combination of charm, perfect kisses, and a serious sweet tooth melts her defenses.

As Hannah and Evan surrender to their delicious attraction, they are forced to confront the reality of her wanderlust and his heart condition. When love and hearts collide, can Hannah and Evan find their sweet ending?

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“So you don’t like surprises, dessert, or sugar.” Evan squeezed florets onto the tops of the napoleons. “What do you like then, Hannah Lockhart?”

“Spanish tapas. Russian vodka. The flamingos in the Laguna Colorada in Bolivia. The Great Barrier Reef. Masala dosa from a street vendor in Mumbai. Spicy Moroccan coffee that’s so good I learned how to make it myself. Watching the fog drift over the Paro Valley in Bhutan.”

“That’s it?” he asked dryly.

Hannah smiled. Evan winked at her. A warm, pleasurable current flowed between them.

“What do you like, Evan Stone?” she asked. “Besides dessert, I mean.”

“Sex. Christmas Eve. Grilled steak and Hennessey. Kissing. Wild Child Declairs. Golden Retrievers. Navy blue. Running. A woman who calls me instead of texting so I can hear her voice. Sex.”

Hannah’s pulse sped up. Freaking poetry, that list spoken in his deep, hypnotic voice. She wished he’d keep going. She could have listened to him forever, his likes flowing into her like hot honey.

Sex. Navy blue. Declairs. Sex. Sex. Sex.

“The fact that you have whipped cream on your ear and don’t know it,” Evan continued.

She blinked. “I have…”

He drew his thumb across her cheek to her ear. He took her earlobe between his thumb and forefinger and rubbed. A flame flickered in Hannah’s core. She struggled to pull in a breath. Had her ears always been such a heightened erogenous zone? Or was she simply reacting to the way he was caressing her earlobe with such gentle intent, as if he were enjoying the sensation as much as she was?

 

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He may own a candy company, but this wealthy bachelor is no Willy Wonka.

Sugar Rush Candy Company CEO Luke Stone is a devoted businessman who doesn’t do relationships. He does short-term affairs with clearly defined rules. But when a sexy bohemian angel propositions him in a bar, Luke is tempted to want more.

Polly Lockhart is horrified when she wakes the morning after her twenty-third birthday to realize she made a fool of herself with a sinfully delicious man. She tells herself she doesn’t have time for romance anyway, as she’s fighting to keep her mother’s beloved bakery afloat and finish her culinary studies. That all changes when her class tours the famed Sugar Rush headquarters, and Polly collides with her dream man again.

As she succumbs to their hot attraction, Polly soon realizes her bakery isn’t the only thing that needs saving. Luke, driven and unyielding, will burn out unless someone convinces him to taste the sweetness of life. But can Polly remember this sugar rush is only temporary?

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About Nina Lane

New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Nina Lane writes hot, sexy romances and spicy erotica. Originally from California, she holds a PhD in Art History and an MA in Library and Information Studies, which means she loves both research and organization. She also enjoys traveling and thinks St. Petersburg, Russia is a city everyone should visit at least once. Although Nina would go back to college for another degree because she’s that much of a bookworm and a perpetual student, she now lives the happy life of a full-time writer.

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REVIEW – WRONG BROTHER, RIGHT MATCH by Jennifer Shirk

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SYNOPSIS:

Matchmaking guru Kennedy Pepperdine’s life is perfect. Perfect job. Perfect friends. Perfect boyfriend. Except…when she gets trapped in an elevator with a handsome stranger, she accidentally confesses a secret: maybe her perfect boyfriend, Justin, isn’t so perfect for her after all. But a matchmaker should be able to successfully match herself, right? Thankfully, she’ll never see the handsome stranger again. Until she heads home with Justin for the holidays and learns that the sexy stranger is none other than Justin’s older brother, Matt.

Matt Ellis is trying to be on his best behavior for his mother—it is Christmas, after all. But when he recognizes the beautiful woman from the elevator—the one he hasn’t been able to stop thinking about for months—his best behavior is being held by a thread. Matt’s always sacrificed for his family, and nothing is more important than their happiness, but the more time he spends around Kennedy, the more he wonders if her supposed “right match” might just be the wrong brother.

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****4.5 STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}

Yes, she still loved Justin, but every time she was in a room with Matt, it was all she could do not to get caught up in the magnetism of attraction that was building between them.

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Well, I have another book to add to my list of favorite Christmas romances! Wrong Brother, Right Match was a sugary sweet story that I found to be fully entertaining and satisfied this very sappy Holiday romance junkie. So if you’re just like me, go and grab yourself a nice hot cup of cocoa and get all cozy under a nice warm blanket and dive into this story!! We get a lovable Heroine who is yearning to belong to a close-knit family and dreams of celebrating a magical Christmas, and a delicious Hero who is torn between family loyalties and what his heart truly desires. I found this story to be completely engrossing and although it was missing the steam, I really didn’t feel that it was even needed. This would make the PERFECT Hallmark Christmas Romance!!

Kennedy Pepperdine is a young entrepreneur. She is the CEO of her very own online dating service called Match Made Easy. It has a 99% success rate and she and her boyfriend Justin happen to be one of the couples that make up that percentile. Kennedy seems to have it all going for herself at the moment but things weren’t always so perfect in her life. Growing up with a single mother who spent most of her life marrying the wrong men, really took a toll on Kennedy. She vowed to never make the same mistakes that her mother did. She wants a stable relationship with a guy who shares all the same interests and what she has with Justin completely fits that bill. Her perfect and uncomplicated existence gets challenged during a business trip in Vegas. Kennedy ends up getting stuck in an elevator with an insanely handsome guy and while she is experiencing a full-blown panic attack, the guy ends up kissing her. This kiss is like no other she’s ever had before and even six months later Kennedy can’t seem to forget that handsome stranger. Things are about to get seriously interesting and a whole lot messy for her when these two unexpectedly cross paths again.

It’s nearly Christmas and Kennedy is traveling with her now fiancé, Justin, to his family’s home to spend the holidays with them. This is also the first time she’s meeting them and she is beyond excited. Finally, she thinks she will be a member of a Norman Rockwell type family and will be participating in old family holiday traditions. Never did she expect that Mr. Hottie Elevator guy would be the one to greet them when they arrived at her soon to be in-laws home.

Matt Ellis is also more than a little shocked when he finds out that his little brother’s fiancé is the hot redhead that he kissed in that elevator. He too has not been able to forget her the past six months and he also remembers their conversation in which Kennedy confessed that she wasn’t sure that her relationship was going to last with Justin. So now the two meet again and things are anything but easy between them. There is apparently a bit of hostility coming from Matt towards Kennedy. Matt has had his heart broken in the past by a woman who claimed to love him so he’s just a little more than cynical when it comes to love.

As luck would have it, Justin leaves Kennedy at his mother’s house for a few days while he is called back to Boston for work. While Justin is away, Matt is the designated tour guide for Kennedy and although at first things are tense and awkward, there is no denying the strong attraction that exists just beneath the surface. Kennedy can’t ignore the intense feelings she has whenever she is with Matt. It’s a spark that doesn’t ever surface between her and Justin. Matt struggles with his feelings of family loyalty vs. what his heart truly desires.

Will Kennedy choose messy and passionate over easy and safe? Can Matt finally put his wants first over his inherent sense of family responsibility?

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LIVE – WRONG BROTHER, RIGHT MATCH by Jennifer Shirk

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Anyone but You #3
Jennifer Shirk
Releasing Dec 5th, 2016
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Matchmaking
guru Kennedy Pepperdine’s life is perfect. Perfect job. Perfect friends.
Perfect boyfriend. Except…when she gets trapped in an elevator with a
handsome stranger, she accidentally confesses a secret: maybe her perfect
boyfriend, Justin, isn’t so perfect for her after all. But a matchmaker should
be able to successfully match herself, right? Thankfully, she’ll never see the
handsome stranger again. Until she heads home with Justin for the holidays and
learns that the sexy stranger is none other than Justin’s older brother, Matt.
Matt Ellis
is trying to be on his best behavior for his mother—it is Christmas, after all.
But when he recognizes the beautiful woman from the elevator—the one he hasn’t
been able to stop thinking about for months—his best behavior is being held by
a thread. Matt’s always sacrificed for his family, and nothing is more
important than their happiness, but the more time he spends around Kennedy, the
more he wonders if her supposed “right match” might just be the wrong
brother.

 



Jennifer
Shirk 
has a bachelor degree in pharmacy-which has in NO
WAY at all helped her with her writing career. But she likes to point it out,
since it shows romantic-at-hearts come in all shapes, sizes, and mind-numbing
educations.
She writes sweet (and sometimes even funny) romances for Samhain Publishing,
Avalon Books/Montlake Romance and now Entangled Publishing. She won third place
in the RWA 2006 NYC’s Kathryn Hayes Love and Laughter Contest with her first
book, THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME. Recently, her novel SUNNY DAYS FOR SAM won the
2013 Golden Quill Published Authors Contest for Best Traditional Romance.Lately she’s been on a serious exercise kick. But don’t hold that against her.

 

 

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LIVE – WOMANIZER by Katy Evans

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Release Date: December 5th, 2016
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Synopsis:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Evans comes a brand new contemporary romance. WOMANIZER is a full length standalone, and no other books in the series need to be read.

You’ve seen the headlines: Womanizing billionaire player! Watch out! Stay away!

We were just two strangers. Facing a forbidden attraction, a chemical connection. Neither of us expected or wanted it to amount to more.

But I had never been drawn to a guy the way I was drawn to this one: my brother’s best friend, and CEO of the company where I interned.

Even knowing I should stay away, I proved to be too human, after all.

The chemistry was amazing.

The laughs were incredible.

I opened up to him in more ways than I’d opened up to anyone before.

But sex was as far as I’d go.

Just sex because he was too irresistible.

Just sex because I wouldn’t be falling for him.

Just sex because I’d leave in three months, and I’d like for my brother not to kill me, and for nobody to find out he was my wicked little secret.

He wasn’t the One.

He was just a womanizer.

But for a time, he would be mine.

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About the Author:

Katy Evans is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her debut REAL shot to the top of the bestselling lists in 2013 and since then 9 of her titles have been New York Times bestsellers. Her books have been translated into nearly a dozen languages across the world.

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COVER REVEAL – HATE STORY by Nicole Williams

Coming December 26th
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Nina can’t let herself fall in love with the man she’s going to marry. Both of them have experienced the sting and sham of love and have no intentions of falling victim to it twice. Love is expensive—hate is free.

Three years. A million dollars. A solution to both of their problems. They planned it all, from the story of their first meeting to the date of their divorce. Nothing could go wrong.

But what they didn’t consider was chemistry, and Nina and Max have no shortage of it. After too many near-kisses, Nina convinces herself that hating Max is better than loving him, and the more she gets to know this soon-to-be-husband of hers, the more she discovers just how very much she truly, madly, and deeply . . . hates him.

This isn’t a love story. This is the other kind.
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Nicole Williams is the New York Times and USATODAY bestselling author of contemporary and young adult romance, including the Crash and Lost & Found series. Her books have been published by HarperTeen and Simon & Schuster in both domestic and foreign markets, while she continues to self-publish additional titles. She is working on a new YA series with Crown Books (a division of Random House) as well. She loves romance, from the sweet to the steamy, and writes stories about characters in search of their happily even after. She grew up surrounded by books and plans on writing until the day she dies, even if it’s just for her own personal enjoyment. She still buys paperbacks because she’s all nostalgic like that, but her kindle never goes neglected for too long. When not writing, she spends her time with her husband and daughter, and whatever time’s left over she’s forced to fit too many hobbies into too little time.
Nicole is represented by Jane Dystel, of Dystel and Goderich Literary Agency.
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REVIEW – WOMANIZER (Manwhore #4) by Katy Evans

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SYNOPSIS:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Evans comes a brand new contemporary romance. WOMANIZER is a full standalone, and no other books in the series need to be read.

You’ve seen the headlines: Womanizing billionaire player! Watch out! Stay away!

We were just two strangers. Facing a forbidden attraction, a chemical connection. Neither of us expected or wanted it to amount to more.
But I had never been drawn to a guy the way I was drawn to this one: my brother’s best friend, and CEO of the company where I interned.
Even knowing I should stay away, I proved to be too human, after all.
The chemistry was amazing.
The laughs were incredible.
I opened up to him in more ways than I’d opened up to anyone before.
But sex was as far as I’d go.
Just sex because he was too irresistible.
Just sex because I wouldn’t be falling for him.
Just sex because I’d leave in three months, and I’d like for my brother not to kill me, and for nobody to find out he was my wicked little secret.
He wasn’t the One.
He was just a womanizer.
But for a time, he would be mine.

*****Mel’s Review*****

5+++ “I’m All In” Stars!
(ARC provided by author)
(BR with Patty & Dee)

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Olivia Roth is a beautiful 22 yr. old woman from Texas that is about to leave home & be on her own for the first time. She’s starting her first official job, and is excited to be an independent woman. Her brother Tahoe landed her an internship at one of the biggest Fortune 500 companies in Chicago called Carma Inc. it’s one of the toughest raiding firms in the country, and the CEO is her brother’s best friend Callan Carmichael.

Callan Carmichael is a 28 yr. old hot, smart, ruthless, sexy, unattainable billionaire bachelor. He’s known for being a womanizer & a shameless player, and is the last of his friends that’s still single.

Callan & Livvy meet & sparks fly. They share an instant connection & chemistry , and just click. Livvy knows as her brother’s best friend Callan is forbidden to her, but she’s still drawn to him, & finds him absolutely irresistible. Seeing him becomes the highlight of her day.

Callan knows he should stay away from Livvy. He’s her boss & she’s his best friends little sister, but he can’t stay away. His want for her becomes unbearable & soon they are acting on their intense attraction, & seeing each other in secret.

Livvy planned to do her internship for three months & go back home to Texas. She never planned on meeting a man who made her feel wanted and beautiful. A man who gave her laughter & the best sex of her life.

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-This is dangerous and definitely not good for me- and I still want it. I want more of it, of Callan Bad Boy Carmichael.

-I see a man. A man who I want to love. And a man who I want to love me.

-I have no shame when it comes to you. No rules I won’t break for you. Something about you gets to me like nothing ever has.

-“Your irresistible. I can’t keep my eyes off you, my hands off you.”

-I want everything.

The more time Livvy spends with Callan, the more she craves him & can’t resist him. Her plan for just sex turns into more & she fears she won’t get out of this without a broken heart. He shows hers tenderness others don’t see, pushes & challenges her to be her best, makes her feel alive and leaves her breathless.

This man who doesn’t do commitments or invest himself emotionally is suddenly finding himself wanting more with a woman. He loves spending time with Livvy & can’t get enough of her. He’s totally addicted to everything Livvy & can’t imagine her not being in his life.

This book was amazing. It will definitely be in my top 5 list for 2016. This story was everything I love about reading. I adored Callan Carmichael and couldn’t put this book down. I love this series so much & highly recommend Womanizer!

 

 

*****Dee’s Review*****

5 Smoking Hot Stars*****

(ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review)

Author Katy Evans is the creator of some of the hottest and my most favorite fictional boyfriends, and with Womanizer she really takes the cake; sexy Callan Carmichael is a hero impossible to ever forget . This sexy CEO will be the star of my dreams for many nights…

 

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Tired of never being taken seriously Olivia asks her brother Tahoe, for help landing an internship. She’s lived under the shadow of her brother’s success, but now she wants to achieve her own goals in life, but it’s not easy for a young woman, as the business world is predominantly male.

Olivia gets an internship in one of Chicago’s most important business firms. True, it is owned by her brother’s best friend, notorious womanizer, Callan Carmichael, but she’s never met the man and she’s totally motivated to thrive and succeed in her new job and make her brother and family proud.

After a hard first day, Olivia goes into the building’s terrace to clear her mind from all the day’s craziness when she meets a sexy stranger, and they end up sharing a cigarette together. After that first drag and one look into his eyes, Olivia was addicted. For the next following days, she finds herself at the same spot craving the stranger’s company paired with the nicotine hit.

 

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Olivia is doing amazing at her new job but the stress of it is taking a toll on her, so what better way to relieve some of the pressure, than to spend one night in bed with her favorite stranger? What happens when she wakes up from the best sex of her life and learns that she actually just slept with your boss ‘AKA’ brother’s best friend?

Olivia and Callan are addicted to one another, but they know that their relationship comes with hard terms, and an expiration date. Read this amazing story and find out, if their love becomes a forever type of love, or just a memory of a hot forbidden romance.

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*****Patty’s Review*****

*****FIVE STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
(BR with Mel & Dee)

His eyes make me lose track of time. Everything about him drives me crazy…his smell, his touch, his voice.

 

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Leave it to Katy Evans to create yet another irresistible Billionaire Playboy book boyfriend that had my heart racing!! I absolutely loved Womanizer so much that once I had the time to sit down and enjoy it, the hours flew by in the blink of an eye and before I knew it, the story was over. What made this book so incredibly addictive for me was the hero, Callan Carmichael. We met him in the previous books but never did I truly appreciate how incredibly sexy this man could be. He sure did give Malcolm Saint a run for his money. Although, I must admit Malcolm is still my favorite in this series by just a tiny millimeter!! This was one hell of a steamy take on the ”romance with the big brother’s best friend”trope!! Get ready to have your panties nearly obliterated by the scorching hot steam that generates between Callan and Livvy.

 

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Olivia Roth lands a highly coveted summer internship at Callan Carmichael’s corporation with the help of her big brother, Tahoe. For the next three months, she will be living in the heart of Chicago and gaining invaluable experience. Her plan is to learn as much as possible and then when she goes back home to Austin, Texas, she will eventually open up her own business which will specialize in reviving companies that are in danger of going out of business. By the time she turns twenty-eight she will then be ready for marriage. She finds herself feeling a bit lonely during her first few days in Chicago until one afternoon she ends up on the company’s terrace and meets “Hot Smoker Guy”. This guy is the most beautiful man Livvy has ever laid her eyes upon and for some reason she thinks he works in the mailroom. For almost a week she finds herself going out to that terrace around the same time every afternoon where she shares a cigarette and highly engaging conversations with the “Hottie” from the mailroom. One night while at a club the two run into each other and Livvy uncharacteristically invites him back to her apartment where the two share one hell of an explosive night in bed. Unfortunately, they’re in for a rude awakening when Tahoe calls Callan’s cell phone the next morning and they then realize who they just spent the night with.

Livvy ends up trying to avoid Callan, which I just thought was impossible because he’s not a man that a woman could forget that easy and boy can he lay on the charm. It seems to take a huge amount of effort on Callan’s part to break through Livvy’s walls that she puts up to protect herself. This lucky lady manages to totally captivate the once notorious womanizer of Chicago and instead of taking what he is offering she tries to blindly stick to her idiotic life plan. I did find Livvy to be a bit delusional and naïve at times, but Callan had me seeing so many stars in my eyes that I was able to overlook some of the irritating qualities of the heroine. There is no denying how amazing the chemistry was between Callan and Livvy. I was easily swept off my feet by this story!!

 

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WOMANIZER is currently available. If you like romances with Billionaire Playboys then you definitely need to one click this one asap!!

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REVIEW – A VEIL OF VINES by Tillie Cole

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SYNOPSIS:

To most people, princes, princesses, counts and dukes are found only in the pages of the most famous of fairytales. Crowns, priceless jewels and gilded thrones belong only in childhood dreams.
But for some, these frivolous fancies are truth.
For some, they are real life.
On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, people have always treated me as someone special. All because of my ancestral name and legacy. All because of a connection I share to our home country’s most important family of all.
I am Caresa Acardi, the Duchessa di Parma. A blue blood of Italy. I was born to marry well. And now the marriage date is set.
I am to marry into House Savona. The family that would have been the royals had Italy not abolished the monarchy in 1946. But to the aristocrats of my home, the abolition means nothing at all.
The Savonas still hold power where it counts most.
In our tight-knit world of money, status and masked balls, they are everything and more.
And I am soon to become one of them.
I am soon to become Prince Zeno Savona’s wife…
… or at least I was, until I met Achille.
And everything changed.

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****FIVE SPLIT-APARTS STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}

Something had happened in the universe the day we had met. There was a cosmic shift, some destined alteration to the very fabric of who we were. The sun and the moon had aligned and cast us into one another’s hearts, never to be torn apart.

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It’s no secret that Tillie Cole is one of my favorite authors. When she announced that she was writing something different from all of her other books, well let’s just say I had a very hard time being patient!! She has yet again written a novel that I could rate no less than five stars. I mean this story had so much going for it. An endearing Heroine, a beautiful and damaged Hero, the gorgeous backdrop of Umbria, Italy, and most of all a “sweep you off your feet” tale of soul mates and forbidden love!! This book definitely appealed to the fairy tale and sappy romance lover that I am to my core.

I found the first 30% of the book to be a little slow but once I got passed that point, something finally clicked and I found myself feeling deeply connected to this story. Caresa Acardi, the Duchessa Di Parma is a young woman born into Italian royalty. Her life is about to change in a big way. She is to marry Prince Zeno Savona whose father has recently passed away and who was Caresa’s father’s best friend and business partner. The families are heavily involved with Savona wines. The business has been plummeting since King Santo’s death. People are not convinced that Prince Zeno can run the winery successfully. He has spent years being the ultimate playboy and never showing any interest in the family business. When Caresa arrives in Italy, she is taken to the palace in Umbria and briefly meets her fiancé. He leaves her that night due to business engagements in Florence. There isn’t a spark between them during their first encounter. I was thinking that somehow that would all change but we soon learn that Prince Zeno is not the true Hero in this story. The next day Caresa decides to take a walk around the grounds and comes across a barn that has two of the most beautiful horses she has ever seen and a vineyard that has the sweetest smelling grapes. She soon meets the man who takes care of that vineyard and he is nothing short of strikingly beautiful. Caresa feels an instant connection to him.

Achille Marchesi has lived his entire life on the Bella Collina vineyard. He and his father mostly kept to themselves and since his father’s passing, Achille has managed to lead a very solitary life. We learn early on that Achille has struggled through most of his life and his father kept him secluded on the farm in a misguided attempt to protect him from society. Right away something about him pulls on Caresa’s heartstrings and she has the same effect on Achille. We get this beautiful tale of human split-aparts which explains how we all have that soul mate that is our true other half that we are separated from at birth and only a very rare few of us are ever reunited with that person who makes us complete.

I couldn’t help but think of Romeo and Juliet while reading this story. I wondered how these two lovers who were destined to be together could ever have their HEA when they had so much going against them. I found myself being completely swept away by the beautiful romance that is at the heart of this story. I’ve purposely left quite a bit out of this review so as not to spoil it for any of you who haven’t read this yet. I hope that you’ll enjoy it just as much as I have.

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BLOG TOUR – A VEIL OF VINES by Tillie Cole

To most people, princes, princesses, counts and dukes are found only in the pages of the most famous of fairytales. Crowns, priceless jewels and gilded thrones belong only in childhood dreams.
But for some, these frivolous fancies are truth.
For some, they are real life.
On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, people have always treated me as someone special. All because of my ancestral name and legacy. All because of a connection I share to our home country’s most important family of all.
I am Caresa Acardi, the Duchessa di Parma. A blue blood of Italy. I was born to marry well. And now the marriage date is set.
I am to marry into House Savona. The family that would have been the royals had Italy not abolished the monarchy in 1946. But to the aristocrats of my home, the abolition means nothing at all.
The Savonas still hold power where it counts most.
In our tight-knit world of money, status and masked balls, they are everything and more.
And I am soon to become one of them.
I am soon to become Prince Zeno Savona’s wife…
… or at least I was, until I met Achille.
And everything changed.
Caresa

As my papa’s G5 began its descent, I looked out of the window beside me and waited for the plane to break through the clouds. I held my breath, body tense, then suddenly the burnt-orange remnants of daylight flooded the plane, bathing the interior with a soft, golden glow. I inhaled deeply. Italia.
Fields and fields of green and yellow created a patchwork quilt below, rolling hills and crystal-blue lakes stretching as far the eye could see. I smiled as a sense of warmth ran through me.
It was the most beautiful place on earth.
Sitting back in my wide cream leather chair, I closed my eyes and tried to prepare myself for what was coming. I was flying to Florence airport, from where I would be swiftly taken to the Palazzo Savona estate just outside of the city.
I would meet Prince Zeno.
I had met him twice before—once when I was four, of which I had no memory, and again when I was ten. The interaction we’d had as children had been brief. If I was being honest, I had found Zeno to be arrogant and rude. He had been thirteen at the time and not at all interested in meeting a ten-year-old girl from America.
Neither of us had known at the time that that our betrothal had been agreed upon two years prior. It turned out that the trip my papa had taken to Umbria when I was eight was to secure a forever-bond between the Savonas and the Acardis. King Santo and my father had planned for their only children to marry. They were already joined in business; Zeno’s arranged marriage to me would also strengthen both families’ place in society.
I thought back on my New York farewell of nine hours ago and sighed. My parents had driven me to the private hangar and said their goodbyes. My mama cried—her only child was leaving her for a new life. My papa, although sad to see me go, beamed at me with the utmost pride. He had held me close and whispered, “I have never been more proud of you than I am right now, Caresa. Savona Wines’ stock has plummeted since Santo’s death. This union will reassure all the shareholders that our business is still strong. That we are still a stable company with Zeno at the helm.”
I had given him a tight smile and boarded the plane with a promise that they would see me before the wedding. And that had been that.
I was to marry Zeno, and I hadn’t protested even once. I imagined to most modern-day women living in New York, the process of arranged marriages sounded positively medieval, even barbaric. For a blue blood, it was simply a part of life.
King Santo Savona died two months ago. The shareholders of his many Italian vineyards, the stakeholders in Savona Wines, had expected his son, Zeno, to immediately step up and take charge. Instead, Zeno had plunged himself into the party scene even harder than before—and that was quite a feat. Within weeks my papa had flown out to Umbria to see what could be done.
The answer: our imminent union.
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After graduating from Newcastle University with a BA Hons in Religious Studies, Tillie followed her Professional Rugby player husband around the world for a decade, becoming a teacher in between and thoroughly enjoyed teaching High School students Social Studies before putting pen to paper, and finishing her first novel.

Tillie has now settled in Austin, Texas, where she is finally able to sit down and write, throwing herself into fantasy worlds and the fabulous minds of her characters.

Tillie is both an independent and traditionally published author, and writes many genres including: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance, Young Adult and New Adult novels.

When she is not writing, Tillie enjoys nothing more than curling up on her couch watching movies, drinking far too much coffee, while convincing herself that she really doesn’t need that extra square of chocolate.

 

PROMO TOUR – HOLD MY BREATH by Ginger Scott

We’re celebrating the release of HOLD MY BREATH by Ginger Scott! Check out the excerpt, teasers, and giveaway below!

HOLD MY BREATH
NA Contemporary Romance-Stand Alone
Scheduled to release: November 18, 2016
BLURB:

Fractions of seconds can do lots of damage. One decision can ruin lives. A blink can be tragic. And loving a Hollister…can hurt like hell.

I would know.

They say the average person can hold their breath under water for two full minutes when pushed to the extremes. Will Hollister has been holding his for years. The oldest of two elite swimming brothers, Will was always a dominant force in the water. But in life, he preferred to let his younger
brother Evan be the one to shine.

Evan got the girl, and Will…he got to bury all of the secrets. A brother’s burden, the weight of it all nearly left him to drown.

The daughter of two Olympians, my path was set the day my fingertips first touched water. My future was as crystal clear as the lane I dominated in the pool—swim hard, win big, love a Hollister.

My life with Evan burned bright. He gave me arms to come home to, and a smile that fooled the world into believing everything was perfect. But it was Will who pushed me. Will…who really knew me.

And when all of the pieces fell, it was Will who started to pick them up.

In the end, the only thing that matters are those few precious seconds—and what we decide to do while we still have them in our grasp.

 

 

 

 

 

EXCERPT
“I need you to stay, Will,” she says. “No matter what…if you lose, if I
lose. If this gets hard, whatever this is. I need you to stay until we
figure it out. And even then, I just think…”
She lifts her head, and I cup her face in my hands, her eyes locking on mine.
“I think I just need you to stay,” she says.
I stare at her for several seconds, holding my breath, my mind racing with
all of my demons, with everyone else’s demons, too. I fear none of it is
possible. I’m going to break her heart. Those demons—they’ll destroy her.
But I can’t give her up. I need her to stay, too. Even though I can’t
promise it; even though I shouldn’t, I say exactly what she needs to hear.
I let myself believe it for the breath it takes to speak.
“Okay,” I say, bringing her lips to mine, kissing her softly then closing
my eyes as her forehead rests against mine. “Okay,” I whisper again.
I may have to break this promise, but for right now…for right now, I mean it.



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A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.

When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).

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REVIEW TOUR – HOLD MY BREATH by Ginger Scott

We’re celebrating the release of HOLD MY BREATH by Ginger Scott! Check out the review, teasers, and giveaway below!

HOLD MY BREATH
NA Contemporary Romance-Stand Alone
Scheduled to release: November 18, 2016
BLURB:

Fractions of seconds can do lots of damage. One decision can ruin lives. A blink can be tragic. And loving a Hollister…can hurt like hell.

I would know.

They say the average person can hold their breath under water for two full minutes when pushed to the extremes. Will Hollister has been holding his for years. The oldest of two elite swimming brothers, Will was always a dominant force in the water. But in life, he preferred to let his younger
brother Evan be the one to shine.

Evan got the girl, and Will…he got to bury all of the secrets. A brother’s burden, the weight of it all nearly left him to drown.

The daughter of two Olympians, my path was set the day my fingertips first touched water. My future was as crystal clear as the lane I dominated in the pool—swim hard, win big, love a Hollister.

My life with Evan burned bright. He gave me arms to come home to, and a smile that fooled the world into believing everything was perfect. But it was Will who pushed me. Will…who really knew me.

And when all of the pieces fell, it was Will who started to pick them up.

In the end, the only thing that matters are those few precious seconds—and what we decide to do while we still have them in our grasp.

 

 

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About the Author:

Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams and The Hard Count.

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.

When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).

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Twitter: @TheGingerScott
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thegingerscott/
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Website: http://www.littlemisswrite.com