Enlightened (Red Flags #2) by C.C. Brown ~ Cover Reveal

Blurb for Enlightened:

After being humiliated and having her heart broken, Cara vowed to never let love cloud her better judgments again. She knows the warning signs, she's seen the red flags, and she's now picking up the pieces and moving forward with her life.

Jason felt the effects of humiliation and heartbreak as well. He's realized the error of his ways and wants nothing more than to prove to Cara that he can be the man that she needs him to be.

Past secrets, family members, and new players threaten to keep the couple apart. Will a newly enlightened Cara be able to wade through the murky waters and find happiness with Jason, or will her heart and the outside forces keep the two apart?

Excerpt:


"This is too much. It's just too much to process right now." I muttered feeling flustered by the bombardment of a tangled web of deceit from all of the players in Jason's life.

"I know it’s a bunch of bullshit, Cara, and you certainly don't deserve it. But you need to know that I want to be with you more than I want to take my next breath."

I watched as tears filled his eyes. Jason blinked, trying to keep them contained when one escaped and slowly rolled down his face. The sight of tears falling from his eyes filled mine and I allowed my tears to fall as well.

He wiped my tears away with the pad of his thumb and asked, "Why are you crying?"

"Because you are. Because there is so much hurt in your world that has found its way into mine, and I just don't know where to go from here."

He smiled and continued to stroke my face.

"I know I'm a very broken man, Cara. But you make me feel whole. Please, don't give up on me?" I looked into his sparkling brown eyes and shed a few more tears. I wanted him, I wanted him bad, but I was also afraid of my world being torn to shreds by him again. It hurt being with him and it hurt like hell being without him. I felt like I was in the middle of a very cruel game of tug of war, and I wanted nothing more than to break free from all of it, but watching the pain soar through him hurt me just as much. I had no doubt that he was being truthful, but fear paralyzed me, and kept me from jumping straight back into his arms again.

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Molly's Curse by Sapphire Kande ~ Cover Reveal

Just before her eighteenth birthday a witch curses Molly. But could this sexual curse be beneficial? Molly isn’t too sure until she meets Tristan. After being at the mercy of men who don’t care about her, who only use her to satisfy her curse and keep her alive, Molly is sold to Tristan who vows to protect her. Molly's life is about to change yet again only this time Molly has hope that Tristan can save her. Will Tristan's protection be enough to save Molly from her curse or will it only lead to more harm?

Molly’s Curse is intended for readers over the age of eighteen as Molly and Tristan experiment sexually with bondage, blindfolds, and even a little fun in the outdoors

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Waiting On Forever by Ashley Wilcox ~ Cover Reveal

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Waiting on Forever by Ashley Wilcox
Expected publication date for Waiting on Forever is April 29th.

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Synopsis

College.

Parties, sororities and getting drunk.

Oh, yeah. And learning.

This may be true for most college students, but not for Leah Bennett. College life for her includes studying, working, and excelling in school. When it comes to the social ladder, Leah is at the bottom. Popular girls, hot guys and star athletes are of no importance to her, except for one.

Matthew Jacobs.

Matt is the starting wide receiver at SUNY Cortland, the most wanted guy on campus and Leah’s best friend. Although Leah’s feelings toward Matt run deeper than just a friendship, it is something she would never let be heard because the odds of someone like Matthew Jacobs going for someone like Leah Bennett are slim to none.

When Matt starts showing an interest in Leah that goes beyond friendship, she is dumbfounded and doesn’t believe it is possible – until one weekend that changes everything.

Will Matt and Leah’s popularity status get in the way of having a chance at a real relationship?

Or does status means nothing when it comes to true love?

Talania - A trip down memory lane by Crystal D. Spears ~ Cover Reveal

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Title: Talania - A trip down memory lane
Author: Crystal D. Spears
Cover Designer - Indie Pixel Studios

Synopsis:

What happens when you literally get a second chance at love?
Evelyn Beaumont can't remember from the ages of 14-19. She's a brain cancer survivor. She's now 20 years old and enrolled in college. There she meets Tristan Monroe, but it isn't for the first time. In fact Tristan and Evelyn were once in love. A love so strong it shattered him when she never came back to Laguna that Thanksgiving. Three years they spent together.
Evelyn wants nothing more but to have her memories back. With the help of Tristan and his brother Drake they embark on an emotional journey filled with videos, photos, memorabilia straight down memory lane.

While they take the stroll down memory lane; Evelyn must learn to deal with Tristan's groupies and learn to love again.

Is their love strong enough to overcome memory loss? Will all the proof he shares with her be enough?

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About the Author

Crystal currently resides in Indiana with her two children and husband of 12 years.

She loves the outdoors, photography, reading and writing.

When she is not spending time with her family you can find her in the cave writing, social networking and beta reading for some top notch Authors.

 

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Play With Me by Kristen Proby ~ Blog Tour and Giveaway

Book Description:
Will Montgomery is a successful professional football player and seemingly has it all. He’s not used to being told no, and certainly doesn’t take no for an answer. So when he turns his charms on his sister’s sexy rocker-chick friend Meg, he’s not only turned down, but met with open hostility, piquing his curiosity and libido. He’s determined to show her that he’s not the arrogant jock she thinks he is, and to get her into his bed.

Megan McBride is not impressed with Will Montgomery, his fat contract, fancy car, or his arrogant public persona. She doesn't have time for a relationship, and if she’s learned anything in life, it’s that loving means losing, so she guards her heart ferociously. But she can’t deny the overwhelming attraction to the sexy, tattooed athlete, and when Will starts breaking down her defenses and grabs hold of her heart, will she be able to admit her feelings for him, or will her troubled past cause her to lose the first man she’s ever truly loved?

Review

The With Me in Seattle series by Kristen Proby is one of my favorite series EVER! Yes, I said EVER! So when it arrived in my Inbox I was all happy dancing all over the place.....and I was not disappointed with this book! I absolutely adore these books. OH and the men.....how to even begin to describe Will....hot, sweet, sexy, caring...did I mention sexy.....LOL.....I could go on and on! 4.5 stars!

"Play With Me" is Meg and Will's story.  Megan is a pediatric cancer nurse who is sassy, blunt, and feisty. After a misunderstanding where she believes will has turned down a request to meet her patients, she has no interest in Will whatsoever.  Will is a huge NFL football star who is used to getting what he wants. He has it all....money, success, fame, an awesome family, but what we really wants is Meg. Meg's playing hard to get, but Will slowly weasels his way into Meg's life.  The chemistry between the two is explosive and the sex scenes, smoking hot.  I love their banter, and their playfulness with each other. Meg's been burnt in the past and has a hard time letting people in.  The question is can Will break down Meg's hard shell and win her heart or will Meg run away from what could be the love of her life?

I am so glad to have found this series, the books are amazing! I love the focus on family and how we get to see old characters in each book, see their relationships evolve, and are even introduced to some new characters.  The series just keeps getting better and better! I can't wait to see what Kristen has in store for us in the next book in the series, which is Leo and Sam's story! Let's see if Leo can steal my heart, because right now even though I love ALL the guys.....this girls heart still belongs to Nate ;)

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About the Author: 

Kristen Proby has made a living as a massage therapist, a medical biller, a registrar in an Emergency Room, and a professional photographer. But what feeds her soul is writing romantic, erotic love stories about strong women who don’t necessarily need saving, and gorgeous, alpha-type men who want to save them anyway.
Kristen lives in the amazing Pacific Northwest where, conveniently, her muse lives too.
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Take Me Break Me by Cari Silverwood ~ Blog Tour and Giveaway

Take me Break me blurb


Jodie is scraping the barrel trying to stay afloat. An idea arrives that could rescue her finances and bring her together in a kinky way with a man she never gave up on. She's terrified and fascinated, and tempted as hell.

Capture fantasies rule her eBook. Re-enacting one in a documentary would surely be irresistible viewing to millions of women?

But Jodie and Klaus discover that underneath an ordinary man dark desires may lurk. What will win in the end? The man and lover, or the monster?




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“I agree. This isn’t working.”

Pure agreeable statement, but she rocked back slightly before she nodded.

“Nice is bad, Jodie? You want mind fuck. You want mean. You want things you dream about. You have no idea.”

Her eyes widened.

“Starting now. The rules are gone. I make my own rules.”

“Uh. What? They were your rules.”

I took down the list from the door and held it, slowly tapping the laminated paper against my leg. “No. They were not.”

After unfolding the flaps of the cardboard box, I tucked the list down inside and pulled out the two gags. “Rule one. You don’t talk unless I say you can.” As her mouth opened, with the buckles trapped in my fingers, I dropped both gags into view, and dangled them. “Talk and I use these.”

Like magic, her mouth clicked shut. Now I had her attention. That had worked. I was perhaps as stunned as she looked. She touched her tongue tip to her upper lip as I stood before her, and kept her gaze swinging from the gags to my face. I had a feeling I’d never had a woman so rapt in what I said. Addictive. The pulse of excitement had centered at my groin. Nothing I could do about it. I already knew that looking at women in bondage revved my engine. But I’d never done more than look at pictures.

Now I had an inkling that any situation where I got to hold the reins, really hold the reins, was like oxygen to a man in the throes of suffocation. Incredible.

I ran through my epiphany, convincing myself as much as her. Bluntness was called for.

“My conclusions. You asked me to do this because you still want me in your bed. You want me to fuck you.” Her gasp, I answered by swinging the ball gag. She uttered no words. “Somewhere in your plans, you hoped. The rules, I made up those in line with what I knew you’d be thinking. You knew I’d not step beyond, or not much.

“This,” I swept my arm across, “This room was your idea. Your rules. Lock me up. Make me yours for a while, but not too rough or dangerous because that isn’t in my rules.” I cocked an eyebrow. “Yes?”

Though she frowned and shook her head I went on. It didn’t matter if she deluded herself.

“You imagined some safe little love affair, with some kink on the side? Doesn’t work that way. Either you hand over control, or I walk. No documentary. Nod if you agree.”

I waited. I could almost hear the clocks ticking.

When she nodded slowly, my heart kicked back in. If it had beaten at all for those last few seconds, I’d been unaware.

“Good. This room is no longer your prison. The house is secure and private enough. You’re coming upstairs as long as you behave. I’ll install more cameras.”

No protests. Good. For a woman who liked having an opinion on everything this was exceptional. I could have walked on a cloud I was so hyper-aware of everything she did. Were her lips fuller, her cheeks flushed, her breathing faster? I thought so, but she didn’t know what I intended.

“Let me point out what could have happened if this stupid plan had gone wrong. If you picked a less restrained, a less sensible man. You’ve given me a hundred filthy dirty ideas about what I could do to you. I never knew what depths my mind could plunge to. Now I do. If anyone was mind fucked so far, it was me. Another man would follow through. You think these gags are bad? This one with the red ball is simple, it just stops you talking.” I laid the other, metal-and-leather gag across my palm. “This one is a spider gag. With this in, you can’t close your mouth and your mouth can be fucked. Do you have any idea of the things on the internet? Wait.” I held up my hand. “I guess you do, from what’s in those books you read.”

I bent and rested my hands on my knees. Mind fuck. This I could accomplish.

“You want a list? How about the list of things a man could do to you in this situation? I could make you wash my dishes naked with a gag in. I could tie you up, cut your clothes off and just stare at you all day – just because I could. I could make you be a piece of furniture and ignore you. Humiliating? Yes. I could train you to be an anal slut. I could fuck your ass all day long. I could collar you and make you crawl around on the floor like a dog at a convenient height for blow jobs. I could share you with the man down the street, stick needles in your nipples and use them and some string to fasten you to eyebolts in the ceiling. Want to try that one? And at the end of it all, if I was the worst sort of man, I could kill you and bury you out there on the beach.” I swung my arm up to point. “Maybe no one would ever find you.”

Now she was truly speechless, maybe even scared. Served her right. I watched the little swallows she made for a count of five.

“But I’m not going to. I’m your friend. Remember that, no matter what I do.” I smiled one-sided but I’m sure it didn’t reach my eyes. The eyes are the mirror to the soul and right then my soul was very dark.

Then I squatted in front of her, a couple of feet away, reached out and ran the tip of my forefinger along her plump bottom lip. “My rules. Open.”

A second’s hesitation at most. She shivered and her mouth parted. Mind fuck, here we come.

“Good. Jodie.” Then I very deliberately held up the spider gag, slipped it between her teeth, pulled her head forward, and held her there while I buckled it. Hair made a great anchor point. I slid my splayed fingers into the roots and tilted her head back then I added a rule.

“Second rule. You do my dishes whenever I say. You wear the spider gag. You don’t speak unless I say. But first…” Eyes locked on hers, I advanced one finger into her mouth and stroked her tongue. And she let me.

Had I hypnotized her? She did nothing but stare back. What I wouldn’t have given to fuck her mouth right then and there

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Pretending He's Mine by Lauren Blakely ~ Review and Giveaway

PRETENDING HE'S MINE by Lauren Blakely
Release date: March 2, 2013

Blurb:

Once upon a time in New York City, there was a down-on-his-luck actor
named Reeve, who was talented and gorgeous in that dreamy, broody sort
of way that makes all the women swoon. But show biz is a rough biz –
he lost out on a part in a big film, and now his day job hours have
been cut too. What’s a handsome young thing in need of a role to do?

Enter Sutton Brenner. She’s sexy and shrewd and the most top-notch
casting director there is. She’s this close to landing a coveted gig
casting a film based on a best-selling mega-romance novel, but there’s
a catch. After one too many transgressions with lovely single ladies,
the film’s philandering producer has been put on a short leash by his
wife, who’s forbidden him from working with anyone unattached.

So the happily single Sutton strikes a pact with Reeve – play the role
of her fiancee until she closes the deal, and he’s guaranteed to get
an audition for the starring role in the film.

But as the two play pretend, the lines between make-believe and
matters of the heart start to blur. Especially after that hot night in
the balcony of the Broadway theater. And that scorching afternoon in
the stacks of the New York Public Library. Who’s playing who? Or is
someone else really the director in the secret affair of their lives?

PRETENDING HE’S MINE is a 30,000 word companion novella in the New
York Times and USA Today bestselling CAUGHT UP IN US series.

(It’s not necessary to have read CAUGHT UP IN US to enjoy PRETENDING HE’S MINE.
This is not a sequel. However, CAUGHT UP IN US fans should be pleased
to know that Jill has several scenes and that both Kat and Bryan
appear in a key scene in this novella! There will also be a bonus
scene from CAUGHT UP IN US never seen before included in the novella!)

Review

WOW......pay attention everyone because this is how you write a novella. I've said it before....I don't usually read novellas but I would gladly read a novella that Lauren Blakely has written any day! I love her writing style and how she manages to make you feel like you are not missing out on any of the story or left hanging. I loved Caught Up in Us and I LOVED Pretending He's Mine! Be prepared, ladies the steam factor is turned up majorly in Pretending He's Mine! I think I've found a new book boyfriend in Reeve! 4 stars!

Sutton is a movie casting director who knows what she wants and likes to maintain control in her life. In order to land a major job she needs to find a fake fiancé. Reeve is an out of work actor who Sutton thinks will be perfect for the part. He's hot, has a great look, and is the perfect actor to pull off this stunt. Sutton propositions Reeve with an offer he can't refuse and before long the lines get blurred when there is instant chemistry and sexual tension between the two. One minute Sutton is hot, the next she's cold, and Reeve has to try to get her to let her guard down if he wants to have any chance of a future with Sutton. The question is can Reeve make Sutton believe that he really is not acting anymore.......and does Sutton feel the same way? After all, this was all just a game.....wasn't it?

I loved this story and I love that we get a peek of characters from Caught Up in Us....Kat and Bryan make an appearance, as well as Jill. If your looking for a quick, fun, sexy, story with some major steaminess than Pretending He's Mine is the perfect book for you! I can't wait to see what Lauren Blakely has in store for us next.


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Giveaway 

Lauren Blakely is offering a $10 Amazon or BN gift card here on Sugar and Spice to celebrate the
release of her new book PRETENDING HE'S MINE. In the story, Sutton is in the running to cast a movie based on a romance novel. Which novel would you most want to see made into a movie? Winner picked randomly at the end of day from all the comments.