August 2, 2016

Blog Tour and Review: 27 Truths




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From USA Today Bestselling author, MJ Fields, comes a gripping story of love and it's many truths.  #Whatsyourtruth


27 Truths: Ava’s Story is NOW LIVE!


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Ava Links was raised seeing the different sides of love.
The beautiful and the broken.
Through it all, she knows the journey she is taking will lead her to the man she is destined to be with. The man she has always loved, Luke Lane.


But as we know, there are no guarantees in this world, no promises that can not be broken, and no way you will know what tomorrow brings.


**** A note for the readers****


At present time, this story is slated as a duet. In the writing process things change. This story has been begging to be told for two years.
Although not necessary, The Love series, The Wrapped series, and The Burning Souls series can be read before The Truth About Love.


This is not Steel or Caldwell, but at the core is a strong family just the same. It does not promise an HEA or laughs. This is heart, heat, and will evoke feelings that are not always pleasant.


To the lovers of my first works. You have been patient. You have been... persistent. The wait is almost over.
After you read this, please remember you asked for it.
Love you anyways.
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Excerpt
He grabs the back of my neck and pulls me toward him. His hungry mouth takes mine fiercely, and I groan into his. With his other hand, he cups me, and I can’t hold back the cry that leaves my throat.
He breaks our kiss and grabs the hem of my shirt, pulling it up.
“Hurry,” I quietly beg.
We both kick off our shoes as he unhooks my bra, and I unfasten his belt.
“Hurry,” I beg a bit more loudly as I allow my bra to fall from my arms and immediately finish unfastening his belt then push down his pants and boxers.
My body is seconds from falling apart, and he isn’t even inside me.
I whimper as he pulls off both my sweatpants and thong in one swift movement.
“Hurry,” I close my eyes and beg as he pulls his sweatshirt free.
Keeping my eyes closed, I hold his hips and try to slow down my pace as I run my hands up his strong body.
“Hurry,” I say as I run my hands up his biceps, his shoulders, and link them together behind his neck.
God, I’ve missed you, I think as he lifts me up, and I wrap my legs around his hips.
He thrusts inside me fully, holding nothing back.
“Yes,” he hisses as he pushes me up against the wall and takes me hard and fast with urgency and need.
“Damn you, Ava,” he curses the pleasure he gets from me as he moves his body, taking what he needs from me, giving me what I need from him.
“Can’t hold back,” he grunts as his pace hastens.
“Don’t you dare,” I cry as I meet his thrusts.
I wrap my arms around his neck and hold on to him more tightly than ever before, feeling his body calling mine to release almost immediately.
I bite down on his shoulder, and my back hits the wall as he fucks me harder, faster, and without restraint or apology.
We come together, and to me, it’s a sign that the universe has finally aligned. This is our time. His and mine, mine and his. And I know the minute I tell him I love him, everything will be as it should.


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This is a spin off—an epilogue if you will from previous series by this author.  However, it can be read as a stand-alone.  I had not read the Love Series or the Wrapped Series and had no problem jumping into the characters in this book. 

Now what to say about a book so wrought with pain, it is beauty?  I could tell you about the people.  Ava is sassy and strong and wants so much to be loved.  Luke is an ass.  T. is just too adorable.  The families are fluid and well-meaning and messed up all in one.

But what I want to tell you about this book is that it is LOVE.  It is love in all its truest, purest forms. Hope.  Longing.  Angst.  Anger. Defensive. Joy. Broken. Unconditional.  Beauty. Friendly. Timeless. Love is LOVE.  We can’t help who we love fall in with and we can’t help who loves us.  It just is.  Given without expectation.  Promised for eternity. 

If you have read the other books, perhaps the tale will mean more to you.  If you haven’t, I know you will be moved by the passion of the story.  What makes a book stand out in my mind, is whether or not it moves some emotion in me.  Does it cause me to think just a bit differently?  This book is that and more.

The author promises a duet before this is finished.  Not necessarily an HEA for this book but I am satisfied with the ending.  I would be content if it ended here. 

*ARC received from the author for an honest review.



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USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields love of writing was in full swing by age eight.
Together with her cousins, she wrote a newsletter and sold it for ten cents to family members.
She self-published her first contemporary, new adult romance in January 2013. Today she has completed seven self-published series, The Love series, The Wrapped series, The Burning Souls series, The Men of Steel series, Ties of Steel series, The Rockers of Steel series and The Norfolk series.
MJ is a hybrid author and publishes an Indie book almost every month, and is signed with a traditional publisher, Loveswept, Penguin Random House, for her co- written series The Caldwell Brothers. Hendrix, Morrison, and Jagger. All three books in the series are published. The Caldwell brothers don’t grow into alphas, when their mother passes away they become her legacy, her good in the world of bad.
MJ was a former small business owner, who closed shop so she could write full time. She lives in central New York, surrounded by family and friends. Her house is full of pets, friends, and noise ninety percent of the time, and she would have it no other way.
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Review: Trouble Walks In



Title:  Trouble Walks In
Author: Sarah Humphreys
Published: August 2, 2016, Sourcebook Casablanca
Genre: Contemporary, Suspense


Big city K-9 cop Ronan McGuire loves women, loves his dog, loves his job - but when old flame Maddy Morgan moves into his jurisdiction, he can’t think about anyone else.
Ronan knows she’s way out of his league, but he’s determined to help Maddy live life to the fullest.

Maddy has immersed herself in work and swiftly made a name for herself in the hot New York City real estate market. She’s looking for safety, not love, but Ronan McGuire is as persistent as he is sexy, and his crooked smile is hard to resist. But all other concerns are wiped away when Maddy goes missing and Ronan and his bloodhound K-9 partner are tasked with finding her and bringing her home.
 










I've loved this author for awhile now.  I have read all her paranormal work but this is the first contemporary from her for me.  I didn't realize is was a 2nd book but it can totally be read as a stand alone.

I liked how Ronan and Maddy go from friends to lovers.  They have known each other their whole lives yet not been together.  Tragedy allows Ronan to make his move but Maddy may still not be ready.

The McGuire family was absolutely wonderful.  I look forward to ready more about them.  The book has a suspense element that tied in nicely to the plot and didn't overwhelm the story HEA story line.  Of course Bowser is one of the best secondary characters in the book.  Wouldn't have been the same without him!

Great writing. Great read.  Look forward to more from this author.

*ARC via Netgalley




Sara Humphreys is the award winning author of the Amoveo Legend series. The third book in the series, UNTAMED, won two PRISM awards--Dark Paranormal and Best of the Best. The first two novels from her Dead in the City series have been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award. Sara was also a professional actress. Some of her television credits include, A&E Biography, Guiding Light, Another World, As the World Turns and Rescue Me.

She loves writing hot heroes and heroines with moxie but above all, Sara adores a satisfying happily-ever-after. She lives in New York with Mr. H., their four amazing sons, and two adorable pups. When she's not writing or hanging out with the men in her life, she can be found working out with Shaun T in her living room or chatting with readers on Facebook. 

For a full list of Sara's books please go to www.sarahumphreys.com

August 1, 2016

Cover Reveal: Refrain

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People dream of a love that runs deep.

So deep it feels like it's always been with you, just waiting for the person who'll own your heart and soul forever. So few ever find it, but for Rhyson Gray and Kai Pearson, happily ever after was only the beginning...


One of the biggest rock stars in the world and one of the brightest rising stars make a life together. Sometimes it's glamour-filled days and blissed out nights, but it's mostly staying true in the too-bright glare of the spotlight. It's long stretches where the road is lonely and the work is hard. It's living in a love that's the safest place you know even while danger lurks at your door.

Book 3 of The Soul series is an emotionally-charged epic conclusion that had to be told and should not be missed for fans of this series and this couple!



E X C E R P T

She slides onto me, a scalding clasp of flesh. That first thrust steals our breath at the same time, pounds our hearts together, twines our souls into one accord. Rising, falling, she milks me with tight, shallow pumps, her movements barely perceptible, but rippling through me. She captivates me with the tiniest undulation of her hips and takes me so deep I’m sure I’ll come out on the other side of her.

Her nails claw into my scalp, stirring a sharp pain into the bliss. She digs her fingers into my shoulders, gripping to hold on as I thrust into this tight, slick fantasy. I piston up and into her with enough force to break her, but she clutches me. Clings to me.

I don’t want to come. I want to fuck her infinitely. If I could seal us in this moment, preserve it in amber, I would. I’m not just inside her body. We inhabit each other’s souls. And this thing watering her eyes, clogging my throat, clamping my chest, it’s more than emotion, more than a feeling that could fail or flee. It’s the most precious thing I’ve ever had. If this is light, it’s blinding until she is all I see. If this is sound, it’s music. We are the verse, we are the chorus. And as we come together, her cries harmonizing with mine, this love resounds. It’s loud; so deafeningly loud that all I hear is her. And all she hears is me. We are our own refrain.


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Book 1, MY SOUL TO KEEP
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I just can't write about myself in third person for one more bio! I'm a wife, a mom, a writer, an advocate for families living with autism. That's me in a nutshell. Crack the nut, and you'll find a Southern girl gone Southern California who loves pizza and Diet Coke, and wishes she got to watch a lot more television. You can usually catch me up too late, on social media too much, or FINALLY putting a dent in my ever-growing TBR. I love to hear from readers at kennedyryanwrites@gmail.com.

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