Showing posts with label Love Revolution. Show all posts
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Monday, June 3, 2013

BLOG TOUR: LOVE RESOLUTION by MICHELLE MANKIN ~ REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY




Welcome to my stop on the Love Resolution Blog Tour!
This tour is being hosted by AToMR Tours; find the tour schedule here.
My stop includes my review and the tour giveaway.



Love Resolution (Black Cat Records, #3)Series: Love Resolution (Black Cat Records #3)
Category/Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Michelle Mankin
Publication Date: 4/16/13
Format: Kindle
Pages:
Source: Received from author for review
To forgive or not to forgive…
There’s a storm brewing at Black Cat Records and lead singer Marcus Anthony and guitarist Avery Jones are at the center of it.
Brutal Strength is leaving Vancouver and heading out on a big stadium tour with the reprobate rockers from Tempest as their opening act.
Avery is forced to deal with a troubling figure from her past while being pursued by Tempest’s tatted bad boy, Bryan ‘Bullet’ Jackson.
Meanwhile, Marcus must battle his own internal demons as well as this rival for Avery’s affection.
Can Avery and Marcus keep their fairy tale happily ever after together when the prevailing winds of the real world are against them?
Love Resolution is the third book in the Black Cat Records series.
**A new adult contemporary novel with mature subject matter**
 

Rock 'n Roll can break your heart.

So... Avery and Marcus have come a looooong way since the first book in the Black Cat Records series, Love Evolution. And it has been a true whirlwind. A match that started out under very misleading and awkward circumstances, somehow Avery and Marcus managed to get through all the nonsense, and are a phenomenal rock star couple. When the real world of touring, photo shoots and media crashes into their everyday life, Marcus and Avery will be forced to find out if the truly have what it takes to make their love last. Add into this a fellow rocker who's gunning for Avery's heart, and the outlook doesn't look good.

I have to say, this series just gets better and better. I didn't fall in love with Love Evolution, but I was interested in the characters, story and what would happen next. Love Revolution veered away from Marcus and Avery and focused on band mate JR and tour assistant Sam. There was also an unlikely, and really endearing love story about Sam's superstar sister Sara and rocker Chris Alex. I enjoyed those stories, but was definitely ready to have more Marcus and Avery. The author really puts these two through the wringer in Love Resolution. It was soooo hard to see these two go through so much, but this brought more authenticity to the relationship between two rock stars. Or so I would imagine. I will also point out that I think the author's writing is getting progressively stronger with each book in the series.

Love Resolution was emotionally trying, but in such a good way. I really, really loved how it ended, particularly for the main characters. But, I also love what's cookin' for another character in the series, and am excited to read his story in book four. With the way the series has improved over time, I can only imagine how hard Black Cat Records #4 will rock!

 

Favorite Quote:

  He put a hand over hers, stopping her before she opened it. "This isn't over," he said softly near her ear. "I'm getting you back in my life where you belong, and I'm giving you advance notice that I'm not gonna fight fair. Whatever it takes, that's what I'll do." Taking her gently by the shoulders, he turned her around and ghosted the pad of his calloused thumb down her jaw line. "You belong to me."   ~80%



 Black Cat Records, #1 and 2

 

Love Evolution (Black Cat Records, #1)
Series: Love Resolution (Black Cat Records #1)
Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Michelle Mankin
Publication Date: 4/5/13

Format: Kindle
Pages: 278
Source: Purchased

Nineteen year old Avery Jones can play the guitar as well as any guy. Better Even.

Brutal Strength, one of the biggest bands around, needs a new lead guitarist.

Seems like the perfect fit, except for one big problem. Temperamental lead singer Marcus Anthony won't allow a woman in his band.

Read Love Evolution, a rock 'n roll adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.








Love Revolution (Black Cat Records, #2)
Series: Love Resolution (Black Cat Records #2)
Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Michelle Mankin
Publication Date: 11/14/12

Format: Kindle
Pages: 258
Source: Purchased


The 2nd book in the Black Cat Records Shakespeare inspired series has more MUSIC, more ROMANCE, and much, much, more STEAM...

The wheels of love are always turning at Black Cat Records. Things are just starting to settle down there, but two Texas sisters are fixin’ to stir things up again at the Vancouver record label. CEO Mary Timmons sets spirited country superstar, Sara Daniels, on a collision course with cocky rocker, Chris Alex. Meanwhile, Brutal Strength’s suave drummer, JR, has his head turned by pretty young intern, Samantha Daniels. Do all their highways lead to happiness or will the wheels fly off when the sisters’ tragic past comes back to haunt them?

Love Revolution is a rock ‘n roll romance inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and is the second book in the Black Cat Records Trilogy.


 



 

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GIVEAWAY

 


About the author:
Michelle Mankin is a young adult romance writer as well as a self proclaimed giant... inside of her own mind!
For many years she worked in the insurance industry as an underwriter. Somehow, the boredom didn't kill her but the hour and hours of looking at facts and figures provided ample time for her mind to wander.

Love Evolution is her debut novel. A rock 'n roll romance based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It is the first in a planned trilogy using the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare combined with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
 
When she is not putting her daydreams down on paper, you can find her traveling the world with her family, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend as she takes the children to school and back.
 
Connect with Michelle at:
Website  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  GoodReads
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

{SPECIAL FEATURE & GIVEAWAY} LOVE REVOLUTION by MICHELLE MANKIN

Love Revolution (Black Cat Records, #2)Series: Black Cat Records #2
Genre: Young/New Adult
Publication Date: 11/14/12



The 2nd book in the Black Cat Records Shakespeare inspired series has more MUSIC, more ROMANCE, and much, much, more STEAM...

The wheels of love are always turning at Black Cat Records. Things are just starting to settle down there, but two Texas sisters are fixin’ to stir things up again at the Vancouver record label. CEO Mary Timmons sets spirited country superstar, Sara Daniels, on a collision course with cocky rocker, Chris Alex. Meanwhile, Brutal Strength’s suave drummer, JR, has his head turned by pretty young intern, Samantha Daniels. Do all their highways lead to happiness or will the wheels fly off when the sisters’ tragic past comes back to haunt them?

Love Revolution is a rock ‘n roll romance inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and is the second book in the Black Cat Records Trilogy.

You can purchase Love Revoluton at:
Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Smashwords


Excerpt






The 2nd book in the Black Cat Records Shakespeare inspired series has more MUSIC, more ROMANCE, and much, much, more STEAM...
A lone spotlight illuminated JR as he began to lay down a heavy beat. Strobes flashed as Avery stepped out from behind the black curtain to meet Marcus at center stage. He reached for her, but she leaned away, just out of reach. She winked at him and smiled at the audience. The crowd roared their approval...For Sam, the spotlight stayed on JR. She didn't notice anyone else. Frenetic, yet fluid, he flailed away on the drums like a madman, a modern day Keith Moon. His sticks spun like twin rotator blades on a Chinook helicopter, and his knees moved up and down, pistons pounding out a rhythm.
Her whole body came alive at the first touch of his warm lips on hers, the tender way he‘d looked at her the moment before a tantalizing preview of the gentle way he was devouring her lips now
An anticipatory thrill ran down her spine as Chris Alex stalked her. Sara cast her gaze around the room, trying to avoid gaping at his naked torso. No use. Pupils dilated, her eyes followed the trail of brown hair down to the point where it tapered and disappeared into the waistband of his low hanging jeans. Oh, no. Wrong place to look. Look up. Look up. Icy fire ran through her veins. She licked her dry lips and nervously balled up her hands...
 
Book One, Love Evolution
Love Evolution
After the death of her twin brother, nineteen year old guitar prodigy Avery Jones finds herself desperate, alone, and out of options. Hope arrives in the form of a job opening with Brutal Strength, one of the biggest rock bands out there. Only problem is temperamental lead singer Marcus Anthony doesn't want a woman in the group. So Avery and her manager Trevor come up with a plan involving a Bieber haircut and men's clothing. No one seems to be onto their little con. But what happens when Avery starts falling for Marcus? Will she be able to continue with the farce or will the whole thing come crashing down around her like a house of cards?
Love Evolution (the first in a planned trilogy) is a rock 'n roll romance based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
 


Michelle Mankin is a young adult romance writer as well as a self proclaimed giant... inside of her own mind! 
For many years she worked in the insurance industry as an underwriter. Somehow, the boredom didn't kill her but the hour and hours of looking at facts and figures provided ample time for her mind to wander.

Love Evolution is her debut novel. A rock 'n roll romance based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It is the first in a planned trilogy using the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare combined with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
 
When she is not putting her daydreams down on paper, you can find her traveling the world with her family, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend as she takes the children to school and back.

 
GIVEAWAY
I have a great giveaway for one lucky winner, courtesy of author Michelle Mankin.
 
The Prizes:
 
If the winner is a US resident:
  • Print copy of Love Revolution
  • Brutal Strength Band Tattoo
  • Bumper Sticker
If the winner is International:
  • Love Revolution ebook 
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