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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Release Blitz for Brew Girl by Eliza David!

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What happens when a feminist meets the chauvinist of her dreams?

When Zoe Taylor was a pudgy brown little girl in the mid-Eighties, she dreamed of being one of the tall, thin, and white BrewGirls – the spokesmodels for Windy City Brewery, the staple beermaker of Chicago for over a century.

Fast forward to 2016 – Zoe’s thirty-five, more curvy than pudgy, and working for Windy City Brewery as their lead marketing director. Her BrewGirl aspirations far behind her, Zoe is a self-proclaimed feminist who enjoys spending time with her best friend Ben, avoiding judgmental glares from her marriage-minded mother Marjorie and uptight twin brother Franny, and being a stellar employee to her demanding boss Diane.
Everything in her life changes the day she meets real-life Ken Doll Nick Webster, a twentysomething sales ingénue she’s forced to work with on a beverage launch. After greeting her with a compliment about her breasts, Zoe instantly hates him. Two months later, she falls in love.

But when she suspects that Nick is still carrying on with his rumored playboy ways, Zoe becomes unrecognizable to herself. From spying to crying, Zoe’s focus shifts from herself to monitoring her younger boyfriend’s every move. When she uncovers a heart-wrenching secret that threatens to tear both her relationship and her family apart, Zoe has to find her voice again.

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Reggie Davis. Former high school classmate and current corporate attorney. Six-five, skin the
hue of almond, personality the hue of douchebag. Zoe hated him at seventeen so she wasn’t sure what made her think she’d like the thirty-five-year-old version of him any better. She would have expressed as much, had he’d allowed her to get a word in edgewise. He was quite the Chatty Cathy over dinner at Alberto’s in Lincoln Park, Zoe’s grown up neighborhood of residence – only fifteen minutes away from the suffocating suburbs of Hampton Estates where her parents and brother still lived.

"So, I started at Lowe & Bernstein’s about nine years ago, fresh out of law school. I'd like to
make partner within the next year – ambitious for someone my age, I know, but I really feel I have what it takes,” he said, pinching the topknot of his silk tie. “When you know you're greatness, others will know too. That's my life's motto. I also..."

Does this man ever. stop. fucking. talking?, Zoe wondered as she fought to keep her eyes from
rolling in the back of her head. He was completely full of himself and Zoe found nothing interesting about Grown Up Reggie. At least High School Reggie was the captain of the basketball team and (according to rumor) hung like a Clydesdale. Remembering the big dick rumor made her click the ‘Accept As Friend’ button two days before but she knew it was a mistake. She widened her eyes and nodded as he continued on and on about his last trip to the Rockies.

“At the right altitude, the whole damn place is beautiful. One day, I’ll have to take you there,”
Reggie said with a brown-eyed wink.

Zoe grinned a toothy smile. “We’ll see, won’t we?” We won’t.

Reggie laughed, tilting his head back in a fake show of enthusiasm. Zoe gave a quiet sigh as she sank her fork into her cheesecake slice. If she hadn’t logged on that day and saw that announcement.

The one that hit her like a semi driving at a hundred miles per hour:

Michael Steed is married to Simone Hawkins-Steed.

Zoe’s breath had caught in her chest as she read the illuminated words on her laptop’s screen.
Her high school sweetheart was...married. Zoe had straightened her back in her office chair as she let the realization wash over her. I should be happy for him, she thought. Indeed, she should have been, as it was her whom ended things with him. Michael had planned a surprise proposal and executed it in front of Zoe’s family after Thanksgiving dinner. Her parents were in on it, Zoe’d found out later, after she had responded to the proposal with a no. Marjorie was devastated; Paul cringed and gave the devastated Mike a remorseful slap on the back. Zoe’s uptight twin brother, Franny, shook his head at her while his wife Stacy stuttered something about dessert in an effort to diffuse the awkward situation.

Ten years later, Zoe continued to defend her rejection anytime her mother brought up the ill-
fated memory – and straight-chaser Marjorie never missed an opportunity to bring it up. Zoe avoided her mother after she’d read the announcement online, knowing that Marjorie’s reaction to it would do nothing but piss her off. Zoe was barely out of college back then and was just starting her career climb when Michael, then in serious student loan debt for an English degree he barely used as a high school counselor, proposed. The two had fought constantly about trusting each other, another reason for Zoe to avoid matrimony. The third reason was the simplest: Zoe didn’t want to get married to anyone.

Still true.

"Zoe? Hello in there?" Reggie asked, interrupting Zoe’s thoughts. She had no idea how long he’d
gone on his last tangent.

She sat up straighter in the chair. "Oh...sorry, Reg. You were saying?"

He smiled with an air of his trademark smug, giving Zoe a quick flashback of their days at Bradley High. "I was asking if you'd like to have a drink...or, we can always go back to my place." He raised an eyebrow at Zoe, the casual sex request ringing loud and clear. Zoe parted her lips to deliver the rejection and then thought back to Mike.

He's married and happy without me.

Try saying Yes to a man for a change.

"Let's go to your place," Zoe said, tossing her cloth napkin on the table. Maybe if I put something
in his mouth, he'll stop talking, she thought as Reggie raised his hand to get the bill.



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I'm Eliza David and my genre is what I coin as 'Cougar Lit'. I write about the fictional realities of flawed but fabulous women in their late thirties and early forties, navigating life while dealing with experiences such as divorce, death, empty nests, career changes, and sexual awakenings.

The Cougarette Series - my debut collection released in 2015 - is about a 43-year-old divorcee finding love again with a 25-year-old man. It contains six books - The Cougarette, Cougarette in the Country, Cougarette Takes Manhattan, Cougarette On Top, Girls' Night In, and The Cougarette's Secret. My next novel, BrewGirl, is available for preorder now and drops on February 20, 2016.

Born and raised in Chicago, I currently reside in Iowa City. When I'm not writing, working full time, or raising my two children with my loving husband, I enjoy hobbies such as reading, fitness and the occasional bit of celebrity gossip. I am also a featured blogger for the Real Moms of Eastern Iowa.


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Decline (Book 1) Declan Reede: the Untold Story Series
Declan Reede: The Untold Story series
By: Michelle Irwin
Genre: New Adult Romance

*Warning - Due to adult content & language this series is not intended for anyone under the age of 18.*


Hold on tight, stick to the racing line, and watch for the corners.

Four years after making the decision to leave his hometown behind, all of Declan Reede's dreams have come true. Unapologetically foul-mouthed, driven, and well known for his off-track antics, his success seems unstoppable. At least until Queensland Raceway and a chance sighting of the girl who once held his heart. Now, getting around the track seems an impossible battle as he struggles to return to his previous form. With his career racing downhill faster than his V8 on Mount Panorama, there's more than just his reputation on the line.

What will it take to put the brakes on his decline?



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Michelle Irwin has been many things: a hobbit taking a precious item to a fiery mountain; a young child stepping through the back of a wardrobe into another land; the last human stranded not-quite-alone in space three million years in the future; and a time-travelling madman in a box. All of these feats and many more were achieved through her voracious reading. Eventually, the cast of her mind took over and spilled onto the page.

Michelle lives in sunny Queensland in the land down under. A lover of love and overcoming the odds, she primarily writes paranormal and fantasy romance.

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Vanessa Vale's Their Reluctant Bride release

 Their Reluctant Bride
Book 6
Bridgewater Ménage Series

Genre: Historical Western Erotic
Word count: 35,000

Synopsis:
Emily Woodhouse is a penniless, homeless widow thanks to her recently deceased husband. His gambling ways have placed her in a desperate situation. Faced with working off his debt in the basest of ways, she chooses instead to accept Tyler and Xander's unconventional marriage proposal. She won't be marrying one man, but two.

Tyler and Xander know instantly that Emily is the one for them. Not only does the widowed young woman rouse their protective natures, she knows of their customs regarding a two husband marriage. Despite the fact that Emily needs the safety they can offer, she isn't eager to remarry. She might be reluctant, but they will show her what it will be like with two men to cherish, protect and possess her.

But the past catches up with them in the most dangerous of ways. Only in facing the past can they forge a future together.

Excerpt (NSFW version):

Xander looked at me for one short moment, then lowered himself to his knees and began lifting up the long hem of my dress.
I tried to swat his hands away, but he was not to be deterred.
“What are you doing?” I squeaked. It was one thing to agree to marry and… fuck them, but it was another to do it right now.
“I’m going to show you how it’s going to be between us,”
“Yes, but why are you on your knees? Shouldn’t we be in bed? It’s not dark out,” I stammered, my palms pressing against the wood of the door.
He looked up at me and grinned. His teeth were white compared to his tanned skin and dark beard.
“You are a little reluctant after all.”
All of a sudden I was very reluctant.
“Don’t worry, baby, he’s going to make you feel good,” Mr. Tyler said, his voice a smooth timbre. He moved closer. Backed against the door, one man at my feet and the other just beside me, I had nowhere to go.

Excerpt (SFW version):
You need a wife and Emily is perfect.”
“She’s just lost her husband. How could she be perfect if she’s clearly not interested?” I angled my head toward the direction she’d gone.
“Her husband gambled and drank to excess. While she never once confessed it, I believe he hit her. He was cruel to her at the very least. She is not the least bit sorry he’s dead. In fact, if she weren’t such a nice person, she’d be dancing on his grave.”
The idea of anyone hurting Mrs. Woodhouse made my hands clench. She was too small, too… dainty—even with her lush curves—to protect herself from the likes of a man Olivia described.
“Then she can find a man she truly likes this time around. She’s young, beautiful. She’s a catch for any man in town.”
Olivia grinned. “So you think she’s beautiful?”
“Any conscious man would think so,” I countered.
“Then you should offer for her.”
I sighed, exasperated. “Why?”
“Because you and Xander need a wife.”
I shook my head. “We do not need a wife.”
“I see the way you look at the couples at Bridgewater. Everyone’s happily married. It’s hard, I’m sure, for you to witness since no one else marries like we do. Like your parents. You want a marriage with Xander like all of us at Bridgewater. Admit it.”
“Of course I admit it. I won’t marry any other way.” I put my hand up. “That does not mean that our bride should be Mrs. Woodhouse.”
Olivia pursed her lips. “She has to marry.”
My brows went up. “Again, why?”
“The bank is taking the ranch. Debts, most of them I’m sure are because of her husband’s gambling. She has no place to go. No money. She’ll have to get a job and there are none, unless she wants to work on her back.”
“Olivia,” I warned.
“What? It’s true.” Olivia took a deep breath. “She’s going to have to marry. A woman doesn’t have any other options. It might as well be you.”
I frowned. “Is that a compliment?”
“Of course, it is. She deserves someone—or two someones—who will be good to her. I know you and Xander would be. Plus, I know her well and she knows about how we marry. I like her. Trust me, you’ll be well suited.”
I turned so I could look at the woman’s retreating figure. Well suited? I had no doubt we’d be very compatible in bed. She would be no hardship to look at. That did not make a marriage, but it certainly helped.


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Vanessa Vale bio:
USA Today Bestselling author

Who doesn't love the romance of the old West? Vanessa Vale takes the sensual appeal of rugged cowboys a step further with her bestselling books set in the Montana Territory. They are much more than just sexy historical westerns. They're deliciously naughty reads that sometimes push the boundaries of fantasy. It's pure escapism with quite a few very hot, very alpha cowboys.

When she's not writing, Vanessa savors the insanity of raising two boys, is figuring out how many meals she can make with a pressure cooker, and teaches a pretty mean karate class. She considers herself to be remarkably normal, exceedingly introverted and fairly vanilla, which does not explain her steamy stories and her fascination with cowboys, preferably more than one at a time.

She lives in the Wild Wild West where there's an endless source of 'research' material.

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BLOG TOUR, JADE WEST: DIRTY BAD SECRETS


 DIRTY BAD SECRETS 
JADE WEST 
GENRE: EROTICA 

COVER DESIGN: ROMANTIC BOOK AFFAIRS





It’s been three years since I set foot in Club Explicit, and three long years since I set eyes on Andy Morgan.
He doesn’t want me here, doesn’t want to know me, doesn’t want to even hear my name.
But I’m back on his doorstep, in his office, in his life… with a suitcase full of dirty bad secrets.

Faye Devere is out to claim her old life back. Three years in Italy have come at a heavy price, and she’s running back to the only anchor she has left: her fifty-fifty share of Club Explicit, and the man she left to pick up her pieces.
But Andy Morgan’s long over it. Long over her.
Club Explicit is his baby now. His club, his rules, his way.
Andy’s not a man who shares easily. And certainly not with the woman who upped and left without so much as a goodbye.

When your battlefield is London’s horniest playground, and sex is the sole weapon left in your arsenal, it’s only a matter of time before the fight gets dirty… and the secrets get dirty bad.

WARNING: As is always the case with Jade West novels, please proceed with caution. The book contains hardcore BDSM and sexual practices that may offend some readers. Please use your own discretion. Most definitely 18+





















     

     
   




Jade West is a contemporary erotic author, real life submissive, and former sex chat-line operator, who is plenty used to getting people all steamed up with her dirty mouth. Her debut release, Dirty Bad Wrong, smashed into the Amazon top 100 in February 2015, followed by Dirty Bad Savage in June - an Amazon top 100 bestseller in 4 countries. Dirty Bad Strangers topped the erotica chart, reaching an impressive 13 overall in the US Kindle Store, and the latest tale of debauchery, Dirty Bad Secrets - returning to the heart of Club Explicit has just been unleashed on the public. 








Ylva Publishing February Releases

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Blurred Lines by KD Williamson

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Kelli MacCabe is a no nonsense detective with a tough exterior. Only a select few know her as a loyal, loving friend. Committed to her family, her friends, and her job, Kelli puts her needs behind everyone else’s.

As a surgeon, Nora Whitmore is used to being in control. The hospital is her life and leaves room for little else. Respected by her colleagues, but misunderstood by the residents, Nora takes what she needs and keeps everyone at arm’s length. In the process, she creates unexpected enemies.

Tragedy brings them together. As chaos grows around them, the lines between them begin to blur. Despite being from different worlds, friendship grows between them, turning quickly to attraction. Will these two strong, independent women find a way to deal with their individual baggage? Or will they be overcome by it?
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First Blood by JD Glass

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Samantha Cray has a secret hidden in her blood: she is the Wielder, destined to become one of the Circle—a group dedicated to the Light, who fight the Dark in all its manifest forms.

After a tragedy, Samantha decides to stay in Europe where she learns not only the secrets of her blood, but of the world as we know it, and when her best friend, Fran, visits her in London, she not only joins the Circle, too, she becomes so much more than a friend.

Together they must learn and learn fast, not just who to fight, but how to fight, because the Dark will stop at nothing…

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Cake by Jove Belle

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Kelly and Elana’s relationship is a recipe for disaster. First, they meet at a wedding, and that never works. Second, Kelly’s older brother is marrying Elana’s ex-lover. And third, Elana is still painfully, undeniably in love with said ex.

When it comes to other people’s lives, Elana Verdad is an expert. As a licensed psychologist and life coach, she helps people overcome obstacles. Her own life, on the other hand, is a disaster. Her lover left her for a man, so she drove over his mailbox accidentally on purpose. Now, not only did the judge take away her driver’s license, he also assigned her to community service at the local women’s prison. In what may be her worst idea ever, Elana decides to crash their wedding.

Kelly Miller may not understand her brother’s rush to marry his girlfriend, but when he asks her to bake his wedding cake, it’s not as if she can refuse. She’s in the catering business after all. At the wedding, she meets a beautiful, complicated, and seriously damaged woman. Although Kelly knows it’s crazy, she’s drawn to her nonetheless.

Despite the reasons they shouldn’t be together, there’s still an undeniable something between them. All they need is a chance to enjoy their slice of the cake.
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Fragile by Eve Francis

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At twenty-four, college graduate Carly Rogers finds herself still living with her cold and distant mother and her teenage half-sister, Cynthia. As Carly moves from one minimum wage job to another, she reads books alone in her room, reconnects with her best friend, Landon, and takes care of her great aunt Dorothy on the weekends. Her life is quiet and nonthreatening – until she meets Ashley at her new job.

Ashley is a fun, energetic, and intelligent woman who has been forced to leave her old life behind due to a medical condition. Through work, and the start of their own book club, each shares her past and her hopes for the future. When change comes, Carly is forced to make a decision. Does she stay where she thought she always belonged, or strive for something better? Is it possible for her and Ashley to build a new life without feeling like the fragile creatures everyone thinks they are?

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