When I was seventeen, I disappeared. I walked out the door of my apartment with a backpack and never looked back. I left the life of Cora Mitchell behind, seeking freedom from my real-life nightmare. But my freedom came with a cost. I lived a fictitious life for the next six years, never letting anyone close enough to see underneath the facade that was Andra Walker. I was content with my simple little life. Until I met Julian. And the moment I started allowing myself to open up, allowing someone to see through the superficial, was the very same moment the Monster from my past would return to find me.
He Saved Me:
Julian
I’ve come to understand that I’ll always find her. She’s my north star, my sense of direction. In her, I’ve found my home. She tells me I saved her. But the truth is, she saved me.
But nothing good can ever last. Andra’s keeping secrets. She’s holding something back. I’m trying, desperately, to anchor her. To let me in, to let me help.
But will all my efforts end up with a ghost of a girl I love?
Andra
I'm used to disappearing. Vanishing into thin air, without a trace of who I've been or where I've gone.
But it’s so much harder to do with a broken heart and no hope for a happy ending. Sometimes the only people who can put all the pieces of us back together are the ones we least expect to. That's what Julian did for me.
Julian found me. But now, all Six wants is to keep me locked up, away from the world, away from the Monster. I can't live like that. It's not living at all. Because I still have unfinished business.
And I'm going to make sure the Monster gets what’s coming to him.
You've heard from Colt and Hunter Stone, and now it's time for Slade's story. You thought the other two were tough bad boys? Just wait. Slade Stone needs to straighten out his life. It's time, he decides, to get a real job, steer clear of trouble and think about a future. But his good intentions go completely awry when Britton Henley stumbles into his life and his heart. Now, like it or not, Slade is in deep. Britton Henley is out for one thing-- revenge. The last thing she expected on her path to avenge her twin sister's death was to lose her heart to Slade Stone.
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About the Author
TESS OLIVER
Tess Oliver is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Freefall. She is a former teacher, who now dedicates her morning caffeine rush to writing romance instead of teaching math and reading. Tess lives in California, the land of perpetual sunshine and traffic, with her husband, kids and five dogs. She is a longtime romance junkie, who likes her hero to be an alpha with a twist of compassion and if he has long hair and rides a horse or a motorcycle all the better. She writes young adult, new adult and adult romance in both contemporary and historical settings. When she’s not reading or writing romance, she can be found hiking, vacuuming up dog hair or baking goodies for her family.
Title: Fatal Pursuit Author: Elisabeth Naughton Published: July 28, 2015, Montlake Romance Genre: Romantic Suspense
Blurb
Five years ago, Aegis Security op manager Marley Addison’s lover died in a South American raid gone horribly wrong…or so she thought. When she receives a phone call telling her that he is still very much alive and in danger, she vows to bring him home safely, even if Aegis CEO and former Navy SEAL Jake Ryder has kept her out of the field for the last few years. Then Jake shows up in Colombia to help her, leaving Marley annoyed…and more than a little distracted by her alarmingly handsome boss.
As things between Marley and Jake heat up in the wilderness, they discover their rescue mission is filled with treachery. Now the domineering Jake has to rely on Marley for survival. But can she depend on him when their mission takes a shocking and deadly turn?
Fatal Pursuit is the pulse-pounding third book in Elisabeth Naughton’s scorching Aegis series.
Review
4.5 Hearts
4.5 Hearts for Jungle Love--It's
driving me mad! Making me CRAZY!
I’m a big fan of this series by Elizabeth
Naughton! This is the third book in the series centered on the Aegis Security
team. I have been waiting to see how the tension between owner Jake Ryder and
his assistant Marley Addison was going to pan out. I am so happy the author
decided to indulge us early in the series and get that itch taken care of!
Marley was raised in the security business,
traveling the world with her father. She knows the ins and outs of setting up
an op and making sure all the bases are covered. What she really misses is
being in the field to experience the action first hand. She had a falling out
with her father 5 years ago when her boyfriend was killed in action in South
America. She eventually wandered over to Aegis. Her new boss is not
appreciative of her skills in the field. He wants to keep her safe and running
things at the home office. I liked Marley’s feisty spirit from the first book.
She runs a tight ship. It seems as if she goes off half-cocked, but she does
have a plan that included some muscle for back-up.
Jake, however, is an overbearing, sexy as hell,
alpha male. He is REALLY not pleased that Marley put herself in danger! I liked
that we got to see a bit of his vulnerability and that inner dialogue that
battled his true feelings toward Marley. Best part of the book was the time
they spent in the jungle. Sharp wit and humorous action. Oh and that
ayahuasca—those meddling natives—made for some steamy, hot sexy times! LOVED
it!
Through lots of twists and turns, Jake finally gets
his head in the right place. He enjoyed the jungle adventure too as he tells
Marley:
“All I want….the only thing I need, is to make you
as happy as you were that night in the jungle when you danced around the fire
for me.”
Awe…puddle of mush right there! I am sure we will
see the overbearing, bossy Jake in future books-that’s how he runs a tight ship
with his team at Aegis. But, it’s nice to know Marley gets the soft, sexy side.
So happy these two ended up together! Loved seeing the rest of the Aegis gang
again. Very much looking forward to the next book. I’d kind of like to see
Marley’s brother get his HEA.
*I received and ARC from Netgalley for an honest
review
About the Author
Before topping multiple bestseller lists—including those of the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal—Elisabeth Naughton taught middle school science. A rabid reader, she soon discovered she had a knack for creating stories with a chemistry of their own. The spark turned into a flame, and Naughton now writes full-time. Besides topping bestseller lists, her books have been nominated for some of the industry’s most prestigious awards, such as the RITA® and Golden Heart Awards from Romance Writers of America, the Australian Romance Reader Awards, and the Golden Leaf Award. When not dreaming up new stories, Naughton can be found spending time with her husband and three children in their western Oregon home. Visit her website at www.ElisabethNaughton.com to learn more about her books.
Down and out with an injury keeping him away from the game, Assassins’ defenseman Jordie Thomas lives for the blades of his skates on the ice and the feeling of oblivion off it. With no choice but to heal, he’s forced away from the sport that runs through his veins. With everything at stake and darkness setting in, he quickly finds himself spiraling even further out of control. As his life begins to come crashing down around him and his contract with the Nashville Assassins on the line, he’s given an ultimatum. Ready or not, Jordie is forced to face his past, the fears that consume him, and the one woman he let walk away. Kacey King had her professional dreams come true, yet her heart was battered and broken. With an Olympic gold medal around her neck, she’s ready to look forward to the future but without the one manshe wanted in it. She’s missing the key pieces of her heart she left months ago with the only person who was capable of destroying it, causing her to falter in all her plans to move on. In the game of life, there are winners and losers, and neither Jordie nor Kacey want to be on the losing bench. If only Jordie could convince Kacey he’s a changed man and that he wants her right by his side as his MVP for the biggest and best parts of a life they build together. With emotions running high and the game on the line, can two proud people find happiness with each other, or will their hearts and souls be left in the cold? Will they see that sometimes having someone by your side who knows the good, bad, and broken is better than going it alone and losing everything through the back of the net?
They are out of time on the game clock and fighting for the win of their lives.
But overtime was made for an Assassin like Jordie.
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“What? Scared I’ll get my feelings hurt?” “You don’t have feelings, Jordie. You’re allergic to them,” she said simply, her hand digging deeper into his skin. He smiled, covering the grimace that was surfacing. She did her job great, but she had always been a little rough. “That’s not true. I have feelings for you.” She paused and looked up at him. “Wanting to fuck me may be a feeling but not the feelings I want.”
When not rooting for her beloved Nashville Predators, she’s probably going to her husband’s and son’s hockey games and her daughter’s dance competitions, taking pictures, scrapbooking, or reading the latest romance novel.
She lives in the Nashville area with her husband, two children, and a bulldog.
Some loves will last ‘til your dying breath Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of herself to trust. Layla has a new problem, too. A Lilin—the deadliest of demons—has been unleashed, wreaking havoc on those around her…including her best friend. To keep Sam from a fate much, much worse than death, Layla must strike a deal with the enemy while saving her city—and her race—from destruction. Torn between two worlds and two different boys, Layla has no certainties, least of all survival, especially when an old bargain comes back to haunt them all. But sometimes, when secrets are everywhere and the truth seems unknowable, you have to listen to your heart, pick a side—and then fight like hell…
“Armentrout is a major talent…I just can’t stop reading!”
--New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter
“Armentrout works her magic with swoon-worthy guys and a twist you never see coming.”
--#1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines on White Hot Kiss
Roth cleared his throat. “Shortie, look…look at your hand.”
Look at my hand? Why in the world would he be asking me to do that in the midst of all the cray?
“Do it,” he said quietly and too gently.
The dread exploded in my gut like buckshot, and my gaze dropped to my left hand. I expected to see the weird marbling of black and gray, a mixture of the demon and Warden that existed inside of me and a combination I’d become almost familiar with by now. My nails had lengthened and sharpened, and I could tell they were hard enough to cut through steel, as hard as my skin, but my skin…it was still pink. Really pink.
“What the…?” My gaze traveled to my other hand. It was the same. Just pink. My wings twitched, reminding me that I had shifted.
Zayne swallowed. “Your…your wings…”
“What about my wings?” I almost screeched, reaching be‑ hind me. “Are they broken? Did they not come out—” The tips of my fingers came into contact with something as soft as silk. My hand jerked back. “What…”
Stacey’s watery eyes had doubled in size. “Um, Layla, there’s a mirror above the fireplace. I think you need to look in it.”
I met Roth’s gaze for a second before I spun around and all but ran to the fireplace I was sure Stacey’s mom had never used. Clutching the white mantel, I stared at my reflection.
I looked normal, like I did before I shifted…like I was going to class or something. My eyes were the palest shade of gray, a watered-down blue. My hair was so blond it was almost white, and a mess of waves that went in every direction like usual. I looked like a colorless china doll, which was nothing new, except for the two fangs jutting out of my mouth. I wouldn’t show them off at school, but that wasn’t what caught my attention and held it.
It was my wings.
They were large, not as massive as Zayne’s or Roth’s, and normally they were almost leathery in texture, but now they were black…black and feathered. Like legit feathered. That soft, silky thing I’d felt? It had been tiny feathers.
Feathers.
“Oh my God,” I whispered at my reflection. “I have feathers.”
“Those are definitely feathered wings,” Roth commented.
I whipped around, knocking over a lamp with my feathered right wing. “I have feathers on my wings!”
Roth cocked his head to the side. “Yeah, you do.”
He was absolutely no help, so I turned to Zayne. “Why do I have feathers on my wings?”
Zayne shook his head slowly. “I don’t know, Layla. I’ve never seen anything like this.”
“Liar,” hissed Roth, shooting him a dark look. “You’ve seen that before. So have I.
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# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.
She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
☆ ☆ New Release and Giveaway from Sawyer Bennett ☆ ☆
Wicked Fall (Wicked Horse, Book #1) is available now! The first release in the all new Wicked Horse series, Wicked Fall is a standalone.
Blurb
Never in your wildest dreams could you begin to imagine all the filthy and depraved things that go on inside The Wicked Horse. Step inside and Woolf Jennings will make every one of your dirty fantasies come true.
He’s covered in a facade of deception. An enticing blend of multi-millionaire and hot-as-hell Wyoming rancher, those that think they know Woolf Jennings admire his abilities to preside as CEO of his family’s cattle and oil empire. But only a privileged few truly understand what fuels the glitter of depravity in those gorgeous blue eyes. Only a few know he’s opened up a sinfully erotic and private sex club named The Wicked Horse right at the base of the beautiful Teton Mountain range.
Sweet Callie Hayes has returned home to Wyoming and is looking forward to starting her life over again. After a night of impetuosity, she’s managed to put herself right in Woolf’s line of sight… the man who she foolishly offered up her virginity to years ago and was flatly turned down.
Now Woolf is seeing that Callie is all grown up and has a kinky side to her that leaves him as confused as it does turned on. Worse yet, both Callie’s dirty desires and sweet heart are getting under his skin, and making Woolf question everything he’s ever believed about himself.
Title: Wicked Fall Author: Sawyer Bennet Published: July 28, 2015, Big Dog Books, LLC Genre: Contemporary
Blurb
Never in your wildest dreams could you begin to imagine all the filthy and depraved things that go on inside The Wicked Horse. Step inside and Woolf Jennings will make every one of your dirty fantasies come true.
He’s covered in a facade of deception. An enticing blend of multi-millionaire and hot-as-hell Wyoming rancher, those that think they know Woolf Jennings admire his abilities to preside as CEO of his family’s cattle and oil empire. But only a privileged few truly understand what fuels the glitter of depravity in those gorgeous blue eyes. Only a few know he’s opened up a sinfully erotic and private sex club named The Wicked Horse right at the base of the beautiful Teton Mountain range.
Sweet Callie Hayes has returned home to Wyoming and is looking forward to starting her life over again. After a night of impetuosity, she’s managed to put herself right in Woolf’s line of sight… the man who she foolishly offered up her virginity to years ago and was flatly turned down.
Now Woolf is seeing that Callie is all grown up and has a kinky side to her that leaves him as confused as it does turned on. Worse yet, both Callie’s dirty desires and sweet heart are getting under his skin, and making Woolf question everything he’s ever believed about himself.
First off, Sawyer Bennet is my girl. I have read everything she has written. There hasn’t been a bad book in the
bunch. This book, folks, is THE HOTTEST
book she has written! You will read it
and want your own Woolf Jennings and you will not share him!
Woolf is the younger brother to Tenn Jennings. We meet Woolf when Tenn and Casey from Sawyer’s
Last Call series came home to Wyoming to get married. Tenn has turned over his heir status to Woolf
and lets him run the family’s billion dollar company. Woolf loves the ranching part of the business
but is unsettled and not happy with the tediousness of running a Fortune 500
company.
Enter Woolf’s best friend Bridger. Bridger’s needs run a bit dark and he has
immersed Woolf in the lifestyle that goes with sex clubs. The two decide to open a night club –Wicked Horse-and
offer exclusive memberships to—The Silo—a high end place for members to engage
in their wildest sexual fantasies.
Then re-enter Callie Hayes.
Callie returns to her home state after her marriage falls apart. She still holds Woolf Jennings deep in her
heart. Woolf tries hard to keep Callie
in the pure and innocent world he remembers her in. What happens is that Callie has grown
up. She wants to spread her wings and
she wants Woolf to take her there.
“…..I’m a big girl and while I’m fighting through some
unease at this completely new experience, I’m also perfectly capable of
handling the Big Bad Woolf.”
Back to the hotness that is Woolf. I love a hero who is so confident, he steps
up to the plate and doesn’t worry about what others think. Woolf is out to protect Callie and capture
her heart—that’s it. It helps that he is
a gorgeous, rugged rancher, too. Along
the way there are some sexy times that will make you squirm in your seat. The first time Callie visits The Silo--you can feel the sexual tension through the pages of the book! Do not read this in mixed company!
So intrigued by the whole night club and all the secondary
characters in this book. I know that
Bridger’s story is going to knock me out with feels. Looks like we may read more about the
security manager, Cain, first. Pick up a
Sawyer Bennet book. You will love her
characters!
* ARC received for an honest review.
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Bestselling Author, Sawyer Bennett is a snarky southern woman and reformed
trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories
that were floating in her head. Her husband works for a Fortune 100 company
which lets him fly all over the world while she stays at home with their
daughter and three big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report
she doesn't have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of
milk chocolate.
Sawyer is the author of several
contemporary romances including the popular Off Series, the Legal Affairs
Series and the Last Call Series.
