We're excited to share the cover reveal for Shattered, by Pamela Sparkman and Deanna Gohn. Check out the gorgeous cover and excerpt, and be sure to let us know what you think!
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
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Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Secondhand Heart by Kristen Strassel |
We're excited to share the cover of Secondhand Heart by Kristen Strassel! Check out the excerpt below and let us know what you think!
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Title: Secondhand Heart
Author: Kristen Strassel
Age: NA
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Scheduled Release Date: October 7, 2014
Cover Designer: Designs by Hang Le
Cover Designer: Designs by Hang Le
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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Cover ReReveal + Excerpts: 5th Street Series by Elizabeth Reyes |
Elizabeth Reyes has brand new covers for her 5th Street Series, and they are hot, hot, HOT. We also have teasers from each book. Take a look, and be sure to let us know what you think.
Covers designed by Amanda Simpson at Pixel Mischief Design
Cover reveal hosted by Wordsmith Publicity
Series: 5th Street #1
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Publication
Date: 3/1/12
Veronica Cruz has
been through hell and back. After disconnecting with the world two years ago to
be at the side of her dying mother, she’s left alone, unemployed, overweight,
and feeling a decade older than her twenty-eight years. When her best friend
coaxes her into joining the local gym to ditch her depression and rejuvenate
her life, she meets Noah. Assigned to help Veronica lose weight, Noah is
everything she expected a young trainer to be—perfectly chiseled, supportive
and motivating. Add to that, he’s incredibly sexy. He’s everything she’s ever
looked for in a man. What she least expected was for him to fall for her, but
he has. There's just one glaring problem: Noah is eight years younger.
Noah Quintanilla has his eye on a boxing title—someday. Down for a few months with an injury, his maintenance-boy pay at 5th Street Gym won't cut it. He’s finally given the opportunity to train. The catch? His trainee is an out-of-shape woman with a free week pass. Taking on the challenge, Noah stumbles into one of the closest friendships he’s ever known, and before he knows it, he’s in love. But Veronica’s not having it—the age difference is too much. Their platonic relationship means having to watch her date other men—something that would make him crazy. Believing he's the man for her, Noah sets out to prove that age is but an illusion, and there's more to him than just a number.
Teaser from Noah
Gio tapped his gloves. “You’re good,” he
said then jumped out of the ring as the ref gave them a one-minute warning.
Abel finished up with the Vaseline then
looked at him very seriously. “Keep your head in the fight. You hear me? I’ve
never seen you fight with this kind of distraction out there.” His head
gestured in Roni’s direction, but he never took his eyes off Noah. “You need to
focus, or it’s gonna cost you. Just use that left jab of yours, and you should
be good. Only thing this guy has is speed.”
The warning bell rang, and Abel jumped
out of the ring. Noah stood up, glancing in Roni’s direction. She was facing
the ring now, but the guy was still leaning forward, talking to her from
behind. Focus, damn it.
Series: 5th Street #2
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Publication
Date: 5/21/12
When tragedy
strikes in the ring, Giovanni Bravo falls into a deep depression, walking away
from his dream of boxing to train instead. He agrees to a two month get-away,
helping train Felix Sanchez, his high school best friend and now welterweight
champ of the world. Once at Felix’s lavish boxing complex, he’s reunited with
Bianca Rubio, someone he remembers only as the girl with the innocent doe eyes
back in high school. Her refreshing, cheerful demeanor not only takes Gio’s
mind off his troubled conscience, he finds himself falling for her fast and
hard. The problem—Bianca is Felix’s girlfriend.
Having a sexy, famous boyfriend has its perks, but they come with a price. Bianca not only has to deal with the ongoing tabloid rumors about her boyfriend hooking with other women, but also his constant absence when he is on the road. So now that Felix will be in town for two whole months to train for his next big bout, Bianca is thrilled. He’s even asked her to move into his cabin while he's there. But when he leaves for days at a time to promote his fight, Bianca spends time getting to know Felix’s gorgeous new trainer and good friend, Gio. Increasingly drawn to his sweet smile and smoldering green eyes, she finds herself saying and doing things she normally wouldn’t.
As it becomes more and more difficult for each to resist the other, Gio crosses the line between them. He hopes that one kiss will alleviate the overwhelming temptation and clear both their systems, but it does just the opposite. Their temptation suddenly becomes an obsession--an obsession that quickly forces Gio to realize this is more than just lust. He's fallen hard and to his delight so has she. Now he's forced to make the hardest decision of his life. Risk losing his long time friend or walk away from the only girl he's ever loved.
Teaser from Gio
“I was serious, you know,” she said casually.
He glanced at her, his eyebrows pulled
together. “About what?”
“You’re gonna be sore tomorrow.”
He chuckled now, really reminding her of
Felix and how cocky he’d been about it his first time out. “Did you forget I
work out every day?”
“I knew you’d say that because it’s
exactly what Felix said. This is a different work out, Gio. You’re gonna feel
it tomorrow—everywhere.
I promise.” He smiled, obviously not worried about it. “I mean it. You might
even consider soaking in the hot tub tonight. Felix was so sore the next day,
and he didn’t even go as long or as hard as you did.”
A sudden evil smile spread across his
face, and his eyes just about sparkled with humor. “Is that right, Bianca? So
you’re saying I went longer and harder than your boyfriend?
Series: 5th Street #3
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Publication
Date: 2/7/13
Womanizer—check.
Cocky—check.
Dangerous—checkmate.
Cocky—check.
Dangerous—checkmate.
Staying away from him was indisputably the sensible thing to do. The problem? She wasn’t just drawn to him; she was utterly mesmerized...
Charlotte Brennan is no stranger to heartache and mortification. Her past is full of both. So when amazing and incredibly intense Hector Ayala, literally jumps into Charlee’s life, her walls are immediately up. Letting her guard down and sharing her past and deepest secret is not happening. Charlee is not looking to get her heart crushed once again. However, her willpower proves to be no match for Hector’s mesmerizing pull.
Guilt is a profound emotion to deal with and no one knows this better than Hector. So when he gets the chance to make up for a past indiscretion that’s been gnawing away at him for months, he takes it. Doing so means he’ll also have to pass up pursuing Charlee, the only girl he’s ever been so fascinated by. But his inability to explain why they could never be has him dealing with a new kind of
guilt—the guilt of knowing he is unwillingly breaking her heart.
Teaser from Hector
Nestor smiled at Hector.
“Looks like I’ll be getting laid tonight.”
“You think so?” Hector
asked ready to slam Nestor against the wall.
“Oh yeah,” Nestor
continued, smiling big.
Nestor almost walked
past him, but Hector stepped in front of him. “And what makes you think that?”
Nestor backed up a step,
pinching his brows. “Because I just invited some chicks to a keg party tonight,
and they said they’d be there.” What had turned into a somewhat defensive
expression eased into a smirk and Nestor added. “Hell, I may even have me a
twofer.”
“Really?” Hector did his
best to sound as calm as he could. “The redhead you were talking to out there?”
Nestor’s smiled. “Yeah,
Charlee.”
Just hearing him say her
name made Hector want to punch him in the fucking throat. “Charlee ismy
friend which means she’s off limits to you.” He turned to the other guys who
were listening also and raised his voice a notch. “To all of you.” Nestor began
to frown, pushing Hector’s agitation to another level. Speaking louder and more
demanding, he took a step closer to the idiot. “You have a problem with that,
Nestor?”
Series: 5th Street #4
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Publication
Date: 8/13/13
Coming off the
worst divorce in the history of marriages, Nellie Gamboa’s looking to let loose
and make up for years of neglect. When months of building sexual tension
between her and the young hot boxing stud, Abel Ayala, finally peak, she makes
him an offer no man would refuse.
No promises. No demands. Just pure unrestrained passion.
Abel’s training for the biggest fight of his career. He has no time for a social life, much less a relationship. So this arrangement couldn't be more perfect. A beautiful woman asking him to help her alleviate her neglected desires—no strings attached. What more can he ask for?
As the lines between lust and something much deeper, begin to blur, Abel finds himself in an even bigger fight.
The fight to regain control of his now demanding heart.
Teaser
from Abel
And finally Abel.
Feeling crazed with anticipation, Abel’s
eyes searched for the ice/vending machine room like the one on his floor. The
moment he saw it, he pulled her in it.
He answered her confused expression with
a kiss as he closed the door and pushed her against it. “I need to refuel.”
All right, he needed to get laid more
often. This was ridiculous. Obviously he’d been spending too much time training
and not enough socializing, because he’d never felt this kind of urgency. Duly
noted—he’d move a few things around in his schedule. She lifted her leg,
bringing it around him.
“Careful,” he warned, biting her lower
lip, “or I may just finish you up right here.”
“Do it,” was her only response, and he
froze.
Pulling back to look in her eyes, he
could see she was serious. “Right here?” He asked, his hand already traveling
down under her dress.
She nodded as his fingers felt the
dampness between her legs and how hot she already was, pushing his heart into
overdrive. He squeezed his eyes shut as he leaned his forehead against
hers.
“Sweetheart, don’t play with me.”
“I’m not,” she assured him breathlessly.
About Elizabeth Reyes
"I
write because I must. It's not a choice or a pastime, it's an unyielding
calling and my passion." ~Elizabeth ReyesUSA Today Bestselling Author, Elizabeth Reyes continues to answer her calling on a daily basis. Since releasing her debut novel FOREVER MINE (MORENO BROTHERS #1) in 2010 she has since published five more in that series, FOREVER YOURS, SWEET SOFIE, ALWAYS BEEN MINE, ROMERO and MAKING YOU MINE, with more stories about the Moreno family and their friends to come. She's also published a second series, 5th Street which includes, NOAH, GIO, HECTOR, ABEL. FELIX the fifth in the series is scheduled to release November 13th 2014. Her Moreno Brother's spinoff series FATE includes FATE, & BREAKING BRANDON, there is also more of this series still to come. Her latest release and first in a brand new series is DESERT HEAT about the diverse but equally sexy Santiago Brothers living in Las Vegas.
When she's not writing (which is rare)she spends as much time as she can with her husband of over twenty years, two teen children, Great Dane, Dexter and big fat lazy cat, Tyson.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
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Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Again by Lisa Burstein |
We are so excited to share the cover for Again, by Lisa Burstein! We also have an excerpt from chapter one. Be sure to let us know what you think!
Title: AGAIN
Author: Lisa Burstein
Age Group: NA/Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 22, 2014
GoodReads
How far would you go for a second chance?
Eleven years after flunking out of college, Kate has finally hit rock-bottom. Losing her job and boyfriend in one drunken night, she’s determined to fix her life by going back to the moment when she let partying and sex take over and do things right. At twenty-nine, she heads back to freshman year of college, with a catch.
Pretending she's nineteen with a new roommate and full class schedule is easy. When she meets her shy, sexy and seven-years-younger RA Carter, following her self-imposed sobriety and celibacy rules is proving to be anything but.
A senior enduring years of regret, Carter is more than ready to graduate. He’s anxious to move on from the party his freshman year where he witnessed his frat brothers about to commit a sexual assault. Instead of doing the right thing and stepping in, he looked the other way and left. His guilt has made for a lonely four years.
When he meets the new freshman on his floor, spunky and confident Kate, he wonders if his time as an outcast has finally come to an end.
Kate and Carter’s growing friendship and undeniable attraction make it harder to hide the demons from their respective pasts. But when their secrets are finally revealed, will their chance at starting over together still be there?
Excerpt
Chapter One
Kate
College-take-two started with me hiding in
the dorm lobby men’s bathroom. Unfortunately, I didn’t notice the urinals until
after I ran inside.
I stood with my back tight against the wall
gasping air like it was Riesling and I was at an all you can drink happy hour.
How the hell did I think I’d ever pull this off? Pretend
to be a nineteen-year-old freshman at twenty-nine-years old?
Going back to college might not have been
one of my best ideas—but it was the only one that might finally change my life.
I wanted to change my life. I needed
to. It was just hard to convince myself of that once I was actually on campus
with tons of real freshman all around me.
I guess it’s a lot easier to fantasize
about living your life over again than to actually go through with it.
“Are you lost?”
I turned and found a built, blonde-haired
hottie washing his hands. He dried them quickly, crossed his arms over his
broad chest and leaned against the sink.
That
was the moment I realized I was in the men’s bathroom. The moment my breathing
went from gulping Riesling at an all you can drink happy hour to puking it up
into the disgusting toilet at the back of the bar when drinks went back to full
price.
My knees went wobbly. My mouth was dry; my
head seemingly floating on top of my neck. I couldn’t tell if I was suddenly
unbalanced because of how handsome he was, or the realization I clearly was
lost.
Minus a penis lost.
“Shit,” I reached for the door handle with
sweaty palms. At least I was making the kind of a stupid mistake a real
freshman would.
My wide, wild eyes probably made me look as
confused by my surroundings as any other student arriving, but honestly I was
terrified and not because I’d almost caught this guy with his pants down,
because this whole idea was insane.
“It’s okay,” he said, walking toward me,
waving his large hands to calm me. “This is definitely not the worst thing I’ve
seen someone do the first day back.” He smiled showing teeth that reminded me
of toothpaste commercials. It brought out the sweetest dimple the size of an
M&M on his chin.
Fuck me. I smiled back.
He paused; eyeing me up and down, perhaps
noticing the tight body I was showing off in a desperate attempt to appear
nineteen.
“What makes you an expert?” I asked hoping
to change his focus, Maybe he wasn’t regarding me for the reason I thought;
tight body or no, I was not nineteen.
I was twenty-nine. Why the hell would anyone believe any different?
He pointed to his red polo shirt.
Turns out he was doing his job.
The area above his right pectoral muscle
read Resident Advisor, Hudson University. There was something I couldn’t
identify in his sea-glass blue eyes; almost like he was holding back, putting
up a good front.
I knew his look well. It was one I’d
mastered. When it got too hard to wear my own everything-is-fine-mask I doused
it in alcohol and sex and bad choices, but that wasn’t a solution anymore.
And clearly, everything wasn’t fine.
“I need to get out of here,” I grasped for
the door latch again, trying to put out the fire blazing in my neck and face.
He reached from behind me and also went for
the door. His hand brushed against mine blistering enough to brand my skin.
My pulse popped like the last minute of
popcorn in a microwave. I needed to get away from him. I would have usually
chastised myself for even glancing in his direction. Not that I had much choice
considering I’d been the one who put us in such close and uncomfortable
quarters.
Twenty-nine-year-olds didn’t spontaneously
combust from a college kid’s accidental touch. But damn, this guy was fine. My
RA back in college-take-one was nothing like this. If he had been I might have
made it past the first semester.
I might have passed my actual
college-take-one classes.
Of course, I also might have spent it
studying what was under his khakis.
“Let me help you,” he said, pushing on the
latch as I continued to pull. His voice was a deep vibrato, as deep as his blue
eyes seemed.
“I can open a door,” I said, pulling as
hard as I could. Nothing happened.
Apparently I couldn’t.
He lifted his arms I-surrender-style and
stood back stifling a laugh. “It’s a push.”
“I knew that,” I looked down as I finally
pushed the door open and we exited the bathroom. Not because I was embarrassed,
though who was I kidding?
I kept my eyes away from his. I didn’t want
to show him my face. Have him laugh and say, what the hell are you doing here old lady? Or even worse, are you here helping your daughter or son
move in?
It was one thing to be told you had a
baby-face your entire life. It was another to put it to the test next to actual
babies!
That was why I’d run into the bathroom. Too
bad my early-onset cataracts had obscured the mammoth M and stick figure dude.
We stood in front of the door, the dorm
lobby brimming with students and their parents. I should have just walked away,
but I liked the way he was checking me out, his gaze sliding from my just
purchased Uggs to my just purchased
white winter hat with cat-ears smashed over my recently highlighted blonde
hair. I had been doing my best to look student-like.
But I was pretty sure I looked like Hannah
Montana.
It had been easy to Photoshop my high
school transcript so it seemed like I graduated a year ago. Simple to change my
one semester of F’s to A’s, to take the SATs again, to get a fake ID, to dress
like any other nineteen-year-old. It took an hour to sublet my rent-controlled
New York City apartment.
Being here and acting like a college
freshman would clearly be a lot harder.
Be sure to add Again on GoodReads!
About Lisa Burstein
Lisa Burstein is the author of the Young Adult Novels: Pretty Amy and Dear Cassie, and the New Adult Novels & Novellas: Sneaking Candy, The Next Forever & The Possibility of Us. She is also a contributor to the essay collection, Break These Rules: 35 Young Adult Authors On Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her very patient husband, a neurotic dog and two cats. Again is her self-publishing debut.
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Sunday, August 3, 2014
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Cover Reveal: Cherish (Covet #1.5) by Tracey Garvis-Graves |
I am so excited to share the gorgeous cover for Cherish, by New York Times Bestselling Author Tracey Garvis-Graves. This
novella is a companion to Covet, and let me just say, I have been periodically begging Tracey for Daniel's story since I finished Covet. Be sure to let me know what you think!
Title: Cherish (Covet 1.5)
Author: Tracey Garvis-Graves
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Women's Fiction/Contemporary Romance
Fans of Covet by New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves will be delighted by this novella-length sequel.
When Daniel Rush wakes up in the hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, the last person he expects to see at his bedside is his ex-wife Jessica. Their marriage disintegrated after the death of their infant son Gabriel, and Daniel gave Jessie what he thought she wanted: the freedom to start over with someone else. But Daniel never updated his emergency contact information, and Jessie is the one who receives the call with the devastating news.
Daniel was Jessie’s one true love. Together since college, Jessie had dreams of raising a family with Daniel, and growing old together. When Gabriel died, Jessie buried those dreams with her beloved son and shut everyone out, including Daniel.
Daniel faces months of grueling rehabilitation and he’s going to need some help. Jessie is the last person anyone expects to volunteer, but this is her one chance to make amends, giving her and Daniel a shot at getting things right this time.
The road to recovery will be long and arduous. But with Jessie leading the way, Daniel just might be able to get his old life back.
Daniel knows how to covet. But can Jessie help him remember how to cherish?
*Please note that this is a novella-length sequel. Reading Covet before Cherish is highly recommended in order to enhance your reading pleasure.
See where Daniel's story begins, with Covet
About Tracey Garvis-Graves
Tracey Garvis-Graves is the author of On the Island and Covet. She lives in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa with her husband, two children, and hyper dog Chloe. She blogs at www.traceygarvisgraves.com using colorful language and a snarky sense of humor to write about pop culture, silly television shows, and her suburban neighborhood. You can e-mail her at traceygarvisgraves@yahoo.com. She’d love to hear from you.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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Cover Reveal + Excerpt: 42 Hours by Bethany Lopez |
We
are thrilled to share the gorgeous cover for 42 Hours from Bethany Lopez. We
also have an excerpt, so be sure to
check it out!
Title: 42 Hours (Time for Love #3)
Author: Bethany Lopez
Age Group: NA
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Release Date: 8/19/14
Cover Design - B Designs
Photographer - K Keeton
Designs
Models - Nathan Weller
and Kayla Ann
Eight years ago,
Scott and Gaby shared one very special night. Not wanting to ruin their
friendship, they didn't take things further...but neither of them has
forgotten.
When Scott’s friends stage an intervention to make him realize that his fiancé, Victoria, is all wrong for him, he takes time to evaluate his life. He’s earned a big promotion and just bought his dream car, but those things are just superficial. The one time he was truly happy, was with Gaby.
Gaby is in a good place in her life. She loves her job, has the best friends and family a girl could ask for, and is dating a sweet and sexy guy, but she’s never stopped thinking about that night with Scott.
Eager to find happiness again, Scott makes a plan to win Gaby’s heart during a weekend getaway, but she doesn’t want to be his rebound girl. Will 42 hours be enough to convince Gaby that it's finally their time for love?
Excerpt
“The other night, at
the bar, right before the band started…. You came back from the bathroom,
looking all flushed and embarrassed. Then you downed TJ’s beer… I’d meant to
ask you about it then, but the music came on, and we all got distracted. Did
something happen?”
I flushed at his
question, as I remembered the scene that had gotten me all flustered.
“Oh… God… I just,” I
felt like such a child, I could barely even talk about it, and it wasn’t as if
I’d walked in on them having sex or anything. “I ran into Brock’s brother
Brendan … The lead singer. Anyway, he and some girl were going at it pretty hot
and heavy in the hallway.”
“Hmmm,” Scott began,
as if unsure what to say next. “Have you never been in that situation before?”
“No,” I admitted, my
voice barely audible.
Here's
a fun photo of Bethany with cover model Nathan Weller!
The Time For Love
Series
8 Weeks
21 Days
About Bethany Lopez
Award-Winning Author Bethany Lopez began
self-publishing in June 2011. Since then she has published various YA and NA
books. She is a lover of romance, family, and friends, and enjoys incorporating
those things in what she writes. When she isn't reading or writing, she loves
spending time with her husband and children, traveling whenever possible.
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