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RELEASE & REVIEW BLITZ – Beholden by Dr. Rebecca Sharp

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Beholden by Dr. Rebecca Sharp is LIVE! Donโ€™t miss this heartwarming standalone story of love and loss in the Carmel Cove series. #One-click today!

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๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž.
 
The loss of her parents took her from Carmel Cove and the loss of her grandfather brought her back. Unexpectedly inheriting the shambles of her familyโ€™s coffee shop, her first instinct is to run. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.
 
So, Laurel makes a plan: fix up the business, sell it, and get out of town. And it wouldโ€™ve been perfectโ€ฆ if the building hadnโ€™t come with a condition: a stubborn, broody, and distractingly sexy contractor.
 
Eli Downing made a promise to look after Laurel, and offering to repair the coffeeshop is just the start. Heโ€™s not going anywhere whether she likes it or not. And for as many walls as she pays him to fix, heโ€™s determined to tear down the same from around her hardened heart.
 
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง. To her familyโ€™s legacy. To her loyal hometown. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต.
 
Unfortunately, Carmel has only given Laurel one outcome she can rely on. And when loss draws another line in the sand, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ?



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To celebrate the release of Beholden, Rebecca Sharp is giving away a $25 Amazon gift card! Head to her Facebook page to enter: https://www.facebook.com/drrebeccasharp/


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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

Lordy…. this was the first book Iโ€™ve read by Rebecca Sharp and it was a fabulous introduction to her work and this new series!

BEHOLDEN was full of emotion that you could feel deep down. My heart broke for Lauren and the losses she had suffered, you can empathise completely with how she feels about returning to her home town, trusting people and letting her walls down.

Eli… he was a fantastic leading man. He himself hadnโ€™t had the easiest life but ending up in Carmel Cove and meeting the old man who helped him out led to him becoming the man that he was now… and he was perfect for Lauren!

I enjoyed the suspense and mystery thread that ran through this book and Iโ€™m thinking (ok, kinda hoping) that this is picked up again as we go through the series as I have my suspicions about some of the people involved and I want to see if Iโ€™m any where near the mark!!

Dr Sharp has given us a beautifully written story, full of loss, love, hope and redemption. Your emotions will run riot reading BEHOLDEN, youโ€™ll feel everything our characters are going through but itโ€™s believable and makes you think (I highlighted more than a couple of quotes and phrases!)

Thereโ€™s a host of great supporting characters who I canโ€™t wait to read about in upcoming books – and a couple who already have a book written (that Iโ€™ve just bought on kindle since โ€˜meetingโ€™ them).

As I said, my first read by this author but it wonโ€™t be the last and Iโ€™m itching to find out Jules and Mickโ€™s story in BESPOKEN!

A definite 5* read and a top 10 book of this year for me.



 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Dr. Rebecca Sharp, while using a pen name, is actually a doctor living in Pennsylvania with her husband – the love of her life.
She enjoys working in her practice with her father as well as letting her creativity run free as an author. Growing up she’s always loved a good love story and finally decided to give writing one of her own a go.
After graduating with her doctoral degree, she now enjoys spending that thing called free time traveling with her husband, cooking, and knitting.
 
AUTHOR LINKS
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Reader Group: http://bit.ly/BecomeASexySharpie
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Mailing List: http://bit.ly/StaySharpSignUp
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BLOG TOUR – Dirty Rich Betrayal: Love Me Forever (Mia & Grayson Duetย #2) byย Lisa Renee Jones

Title: Dirty Rich Betrayal: Love Me Forever

Series: Mia & Grayson Duet #2

Author: Lisa Renee Jones

Release Date: May 12, 2020

ABOUT LOVE ME FOREVER

The second book in Mia and Graysonโ€™s duetโ€ฆ

Grayson Bennett returns.

A powerful man, the king of the world to some, but he is nothing without Mia Cavanaugh. She is his life, his heart, the reason he breathes. Shaken by an attempt on her life, Grayson is ready to marry her, love her, protect her, but the threat isn’t over. He has lost everyone he loves before Mia. He will do anything it takes to protect her and call her his forever. 


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EXCERPT

My lips part Miaโ€™s and I can taste a million missed moments on my tongue, a million wants, and needs. A million demands my body craves and I want to bury them all inside her. I reach up and catch the top of her blouse just above her buttons and yank, tiny buttons flying everywhere. She gasps and already Iโ€™ve unhooked the front clasp of her bra. Already, my gaze is raking over the swell of her high breasts, the pucker of her pink nipples. 

โ€œGrayson,โ€ she whispers, and there was a time not so long ago that I thought Iโ€™d never hear my name on her lips again, at least not spoken with that raspy burn of a plea. And thatโ€™s what my name is on her lips right now: a plea. 

I know what she wants, what she needs and I need. That forbidden burn of submission she has often admitted to wanting, the need in her that answers my need for control. For her, itโ€™s the only time she allows herself to fully let go, to dare to give me that control, and fear nothing. For me, inside that control is her trusting me, her being all-in in every possible way. Iโ€™d like to say I know she is, and on most levels I do, but the bite of her leaving is fresh. Her believing I cheated is a bleeding wound, only now healing. But it is healing. That said, itโ€™s true, absolutely fucking true, that her submitting right here in our bedroom and showing me how much she trusts me, feels urgent. It feels necessary.

Cupping her hands behind her back, I yank her to me hard and fast, her naked breasts smashed to my chest. Iโ€™m about to kiss her and turn her over and spank her when she says everything I didnโ€™t know I needed to hear in a mere three words. โ€œI was lost without you.โ€ A moment later, she pushes to her toes and presses her soft lips to mine. 

Just like that, she spreads a softer, sweeter emotion through me and that dark hardness only she understands submits to her. She owns me. There was a time when I might have tried to fight such an absolute need, but there was never a chance. Not with Mia. 

I tear away her jacket and toss it aside, cupping her head and slanting my mouth over her mouth, drinking her in, drugging myself with that sweetness of hers that is so damn perfect. The kind of sweetness that brings a man to his knees and Iโ€™m already there. Iโ€™ve been there. Her fingers tangle in the thick strands of my hair and itโ€™s as if weโ€™re swept into a far, far land, in the middle of an ocean where only we exist. Where weโ€™re drowning in each other.

Itโ€™s Mia that ends that kiss, tearing her lips from mine and reaching for my tie. Impatient, I grab it and yank it out of my collar. Another time, Iโ€™d use that tie, Iโ€™d twist it around her wrists. Five minutes ago, before her confession, before her kiss, Iโ€™d been in that place where the past year fucks with my head. A place where Iโ€™d lost her and my father. Iโ€™d have done just that. Iโ€™d have used sex to take us away, to consume us, and run from the pain. Instead, Iโ€™m here, Iโ€™m present, and I donโ€™t want to be anywhere but here and present. 

Iโ€™ve barely tossed it aside when sheโ€™s fumbling with my buttons. โ€œWhy are you not naked right now?โ€

โ€œYou first,โ€ I murmur, turning her around and unzipping her skirt. She kicks off her heels and when my hands slide under the material, I slide it, and it alone since sheโ€™s still pantyless, down her hips. She steps out of it and when I might otherwise hold her here, I donโ€™t. Not now. Thatโ€™s not what I want now. She rotates to face me and just her standing there willingly naked and vulnerable is enough. I donโ€™t care about control right now. And my need for that is a dangerous black hole I need to avoid. 

Trust.

I have to give it to get it. 

I have to remember that my walls created her fears.

I unbutton my shirt and then just tear my shirt over my head. Iโ€™ve barely tossed it aside and sheโ€™s pressed against me, soft and warm. She presses her lips to mine again, and the minute her tongue strokes mine, that need only she stirs inside me explodes...





BLP REVIEW – Tracy

Really enjoyed this second instalment in Grayson & Miaโ€™s story.

Intrigue, action, heat and passion, Lisa Renee Jones packs it all into her books.

Following the events in Dirty Rich Betrayal we find out just how deep the problem goes but thankfully the Walker brothers and their guys are on the case. If I had one wee gripe it would be that everything was too neatly packaged, but I suppose after everything that theyโ€™ve gone through maybe that wasnโ€™t a bad thing!

Iโ€™m not a huge fan of millionaire characters but LRJ is one of the few authors who write these leads where I really enjoy the stories and like the books.

Definitely read Dirty Rich Betrayal before you pick up Love Me Forever to understand Mia & Graysonโ€™s journey to this point, itโ€™s another great read.

A solid 4* read for me and Iโ€™m looking forward to whatโ€™s next from Ms Jones.



THE SERIES

Dirty Rich Betrayal (book one) โ€“ Available Now 

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Love Me Forever (book two) โ€“ Available Now 

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Check out the other couplesโ€™ duets in the Dirty Rich series โ†’https://bit.ly/2YSwxhK


ABOUT LISA

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling WHITE LIES and LILAH LOVE series. 

Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

CONNECT WITH LISA

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Twitter โžœ https://twitter.com/LisaReneeJones

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RELEASE BLITZ – Dare to Resist (Dare Nation #1) by Carly Phillips

DARE TO RESIST

Dare Nation #1

By Carly Phillips

Release Date: May 12


Heโ€™s about to find a baby on his doorstep โ€ฆ and his assistant in his bed. 

Austin Prescott is a lot of things. Ex football player. Sports agent. And as of this morning? Father. Finding a baby on his doorstep should have been a joke but the pink sticky note and baby carrier she came in is deadly serious.

Whatโ€™s an out of his depth bachelor to do? Call his tempting and beyond gorgeous executive assistant and beg her to move in.

Quinnlyn Stone agrees to help Austin until he can straighten out his messy life. Itโ€™s just another item on her very long To-Do list. Itโ€™s absolutely not because sheโ€™s attracted to her very single and extremely handsome boss.

Close quarters. A baby. Undeniable chemistry. What could possibly go wrong?

 

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BLP REVIEW – Tracy



Meet the Author

NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire. 
She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. 
The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer. 
Carlyโ€™s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub. 
Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. 
Want to keep up with Carly? Sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive TWO FREE books at www.carlyphillips.com.

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RELEASE BLITZ – The Breakup Artist (Cupids #4) by Lila Monroe

Title: The Breakup Artist
Series: Cupids #4
Author: Lila Monroe
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: May 11, 2020
Blurb
It’s a game of exes and oooohs! Enjoy the sizzling new standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author, Lila Monroe!

Iโ€™m an expert in break-ups. From the slow fade, to extreme ghosting, to, โ€˜but you never said I couldnโ€™t send pics of my junk to your step-sister on Instagramโ€™ – Iโ€™ve seen it allโ€ฆ and built a mini-empire along the way. My blog, the Break-Up Artist, uses my past heartache to help people move on – and avoid weeping on the floor at 3am consuming their body weight in spray cheese and Oreos. Ahem.
Now, I have a new job that could mean the big-time: helping a famous Hollywood it-couple navigate their tricky break-up. Except not everyone wants them Splitsville. The movie studio needs to keep them together to promote their big movie, and theyโ€™ve sent someone to make sure I fail in my first VIP gig.
Wes Baxter. Also known as my ex.
Also ALSO known as, the guy who broke my heart so thoroughly, I had to turn myself into a self-help guru just to get over him. 
Iโ€™m determined to follow my own advice (no drooling over Wesโ€™s perfect abs, or remembering how he rocked my world) but being trapped together at a luxe country retreat isnโ€™t helping thingsโ€ฆ And neither is Wesโ€™s early-morning naked swim habit. Soon, love is in the air, the sparks between us are hotter than ever, and Iโ€™m seriously questioning my โ€˜no backsiesโ€™ policy. 
Wes swears heโ€™s changed. He wants to try again, and heโ€™s got an annoyingly sexy way of convincing me. But can second chances really work? Or has the Break-Up Artist finally met her match?
Find out in the sizzling new romantic comedy from USA Bestselling author, Lila Monroe!
Cupids series:
1 Cupids Anonymous
2 Whatโ€™s Your Sign?
3 The Romeo Effect
4 The Break-Up Artist
5 The Romance Plan

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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

๏ฟผLila Monroe books are a lot of fun and The Breakup Artist was no different.

I really enjoy second chance romance and the way Wes and Katieโ€™s relationship had ended and her subsequent career made for good reading.

Five years have passed since this pair last saw each other and they are both very different people from who they were when they were together. I liked that both characters had developed as they did and that they could both admit that they still had a spark, even if Katie was hellbent on ignoring it to start with.

Their interactions with Katieโ€™s clients gave us some crazy moments and when she realised that Wes was actually trying to work against her her fiery nature and sass just seemed to enamour her ex even more.

Some communication between them would have helped avoid the drama that came between them but then again, would they have tried as hard and realised what they really wanted if the drama hadnโ€™t occurred?

Even though itโ€™s the fourth book in the Cupids series it could be read as a standalone – which helps as Iโ€™ve only read one of the previous three books, even though I have them all on my kindle, but thatโ€™s something Iโ€™m definitely gonna be resolving ASAP.


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Coming Soon
Releasing August 17



Author Bio

Combining her love of writing, sex and well-fitted suits, Lila Monroe wrote The Billionaire Bargain. Lila enjoys writing, as it gives her a flexible schedule to spend time with her kids and a wonderful excuse to avoid them. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, who strips out of his well-fitted suits nightly.

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RELEASE BLITZ – Life & Limb (PASS #2) by Freya Barker

Title: Life & Limb
Series: PASS, #2

Author: Freya Barker


Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: May 11, 2020
Photographer: JW Photography
Models: Katie McCain & Josh Faust

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.


Growing up a military brat and spending eight years overseas with the Army Medical Corps, clinical social worker, Willa Smith, has had enough of rules and regulations. Still able to work with veterans as she did at the VA Hospital, she is much happier at the new and far more relaxed South Avenue Shelter, until one of its residents is implicated in a murder.

Former military turned security operative, Dimas Mazur, has worked for PASS security, his brotherโ€™s company, since he returned stateside after a disabling injury. The job keeps him busy, but when a homeless veteran he knows runs into trouble with the law, he doesnโ€™t hesitate to jump in. The strong-headed counselor at the shelter where his friend stayed is an unexpected bonus.

Until she puts herself square in the sights of the man heโ€™s trying to take down.

 

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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

Youโ€™re guaranteed a few certainties when you pick up a Freya Barker book, namely youโ€™re gonna pretty much โ€˜getโ€™ the characters, youโ€™ll encounter some real life issues that are more than believable (that youโ€™ve maybe personally encountered or are familiar with), youโ€™ll definitely be pulled in to an action packed, fast paced, engaging story and youโ€™re without doubt gonna get snark, humour, heat, attraction and smokinโ€™ hot sexy times when it comes to the leads!!!

Dimas and Willaโ€™s story is the second book in the PASS series and we were introduced to Dimi in the first book, which featured Jake & Rosie.

I need to start by saying that on initial impression in Life & Limb I thought Dimas was gonna be a bit of a player and that I wasnโ€™t gonna like him as much as Iโ€™d originally though (or hoped)…. but hey, why did I worry?? Ms Freya always gives you a reason to feel for her main characters and Dimas Mazur was no different!

Willa I was on board with from the get go. I liked the way she thought but I really enjoyed watching her character development and how she began to reassess some of her long held beliefs. She wasnโ€™t afraid to speak her mind, knew what she wanted but wasnโ€™t too stubborn or afraid to admit that she might have been living her life looking at things with an overly critical POV. 

I liked the threads running through the story and while I thought I had a couple of characters pegged I didnโ€™t quite get them right until more crumbs had been laid and we were heading for the end of the book. Characters were on-points as ever, we all know some folk like Willaโ€™s parents, it was great catching up with Rosie & Jake and what was happening in their lives and I loved the hints at Breeโ€™s possible leading man. I cannot wait for more in this series!!!

5* recommended read – and while you donโ€™t have to have read Hit & Run before you dive into Life & Limb you should IMHO grab a copy and familiarise yourself with the PASS team and what theyโ€™re all about.


๏ฟผ

USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories.
Driven to make her books about ‘real’ people; she creates characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy, but just as deserving of romance, thrills and chills in their lives.
Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We’ve Read All Year Award for “Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon โ€œReaderโ€™s Choiceโ€ Award for Best First Book, โ€œSlim To Noneโ€, and Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with โ€œFrom Dustโ€, Freya continues to add to her rapidly growing collection of published novels as she spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!


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RELEASE BLITZ – Wild (Wolf Ranch #2) by Renee Rose & Vanessa Vale

Title: Wild
Series: Wolf Ranch #2
Authors:
Renee Rose & Vanessa Vale


Genre: Paranormal/Western Romance

Release Date: May 7, 2020
Blurb
Pack Rule #2: Always protect your mate
I protected my country. Protected my platoon.
Now all I wanted to protect was her.
Too bad that wasnโ€™t an option.
I couldnโ€™t fall for the beautiful slip of a female. 
The baby sister of my brotherโ€™s new mate.
She was way too young. Way too human. 
Still in college. And too bright a force of nature.
She had her whole life ahead of her.
And I had the Green Berets begging me to reenlist.
But my wolfโ€ฆ he wanted her. 
But if I let her go without claiming her,
I might not survive the moon madness.

BLOG TOUR – Unforgettable (Cloverleigh Farms #5) by Melanie Harlow

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โ€œHoly SWOON! This is a sexy, small-town romance at its finest.”

Claire Kingsley, Amazon Top 10 Bestselling Author

Unforgettable, an all-new swoon-worthy not-to-be-missed second chance romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow, is out now!

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Back then, I had it all.

Wicked fastball. Killer instinct. Cocky grin. Full package.

(And believe me, I knew how to score.)

My senior year, I was a first round draft pick with a two-million-dollar signing bonus. Before I could even legally buy myself a beer, I made my Major League debut.

Point is, I was invincible.

Until one day I wasnโ€™t.

After tanking my careerโ€”during the World Series, no lessโ€”the last thing I want to do is return to my hometown, where every jerk in a ball cap has an opinion about what went wrong with my arm. So when my sister drags me back to town for her wedding, I vow to get in and out of there as quickly as possible.

Then I run into April Sawyer.

In high school we were just friends, but Iโ€™d always wanted her, and Iโ€™d never forgotten herโ€”the red hair, the incredible smile, the crazy, reckless thing we did in the back of my truck the night we said goodbye. Itโ€™s been eighteen years, but one look at her and I feel like my old self again. I can still make her laugh, she can still take me down a notch, and when the chemistry between us explodes, itโ€™s even hotter this time aroundโ€”and I donโ€™t want it to end.

But just when I think Iโ€™m ready to let go of the past and get back in the game, life throws me a curveball I never saw coming.


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Excerpt:

โ€œBaseball was the only thing I ever did that made my dad proud. Without it, whatโ€™s left?โ€

I swallowed hard. โ€œHow about the rest of your life? All the amazing things youโ€™re going to do and be? Maybe you canโ€™t see them yet, but I can.โ€

He turned around and looked at me. Took my face in his hands. โ€œNo one has ever seen me the way you do.โ€

I smiled. โ€œMaybe no one ever bothered to look beyond the surfaceโ€”I mean, youโ€™re Tyler Shaw. The surface is pretty nice to look at.โ€

He kissed me hard then, and deep, his tongue penetrating my lips, his hands sliding into my hair. The kiss grew hotter as he moved me backward toward the bed, shoving his pants down, and lifting me onto the sheets.

โ€œGod, April,โ€ he whispered as his mouth traveled down my throat and his hands roamed over my skin. โ€œI want you so much. I want you so much it scares me.โ€

โ€œWhy?โ€ I arched beneath his lips and tongue and teeth and palms and fingers as they moved over my body. I put my hands in his hair.

โ€œBecause I keep imagining this life with you, this life full of things Iโ€™ve never wanted before.โ€

โ€œWhat kinds of things?โ€ As much as I loved his dirty mouth, his sweet words were just as thrilling, and I wanted to hear them all.

โ€œI want to share a bed with you every night. And wake up to you every morning. I want to make breakfast for you, see you in the stands at Central High baseball games, reach all the stuff in the high cupboards in the kitchen. I want to be the one you come home to.โ€

I smiled. โ€œDonโ€™t be scared. I want all those things too.โ€

โ€œBut what if I fuck it up?โ€ He kissed his way up the center of my chest and braced himself above me. โ€œWhat if Iโ€™m not good at it? What if I donโ€™t deserve it?โ€

โ€œTyler.โ€ I took his face in my hands. โ€œYou deserve it. Do you hear me? You deserve to be loved the way Iโ€™m going to love you.โ€

Then his mouth was crushing mine and we were pressed chest to chest, rolling sideways with our arms and legs tangled as we tried to get under each otherโ€™s skin. He left my side only for the twenty seconds it took to put a condom on, and then he was back, easing into my body. When he was buried deep, he stopped and looked down at me. โ€œI donโ€™t know what the second act of my life is going to look like, but I know youโ€™re the best part of it.โ€

My heart, already beating hard, threatened to burst right out of my chest. โ€œReally?โ€

โ€œYes.โ€

Tell me again, I wanted to say, even as his mouth possessed mine once more and he began rocking into me with deep, steady strokes. Let me hear those words again, because they meant I didnโ€™t have to be alone anymore. They meant the risk was worth it.

They meant that finally I could say to myself . . . This is what it feels like to fall in love.


BLP REVIEW – Tracy:

Each time I finish a Cloverleigh Farms book I think โ€œthat particular couple were my favouriteโ€…. but having just finished Unforgettable Iโ€™ve realised that each pair is very much a favourite, just for different reasons..

Iโ€™ve so been looking forward to Aprilโ€™s book but have been torn, as even with as much as I wanted to know her story, I wasnโ€™t quite ready to say goodbye to the Sawyer sisters, their significant others and Cloverleigh Farms.

I read this fifth and final book in one sitting. Melanie Harlow has this ability to grab your attention, reel you in completely and not let go until you reach THE END.

April & Tylerโ€™s story is one of second chances, love, forgiveness and understanding – both of yourself and those around you – of finding your way when you feel lost and alone, facing fears and the unknown and taking the opportunities and unexpected gifts that are sent your way, especially when you least expect them.

I adored April, such a big heart, always thinking of others and trying to work her way through some issues from her past, sheโ€™s a great character.

I loved Tyler, even though some of the things he did made me want to give him a shake, I got his fear, understood his focus and felt heart sorry that he couldnโ€™t see himself the way April and his sister, Sadie, did..

Youโ€™re most likely gonna need tissues for this read – definitely if youโ€™re a crier like me – as this story really tugs at the heart strings, but thereโ€™s also a lightness, happiness and love as well as a sense of hope and looking forward to new beginnings too. As always, family plays an important part in this story – of both blood and choice – we catch up with the other Sawyer sisters, their parents and meet a few great characters who are new to us.

Yeah Iโ€™m sad to see this series end but April and Tylerโ€™s story was a fantastic way to close. I cannot wait to see what Ms Harlow has for us next.

๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ


About the Author:

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USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she’s not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Schittโ€™s Creek, Homeland, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.

Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

Connect with Melanie:

Facebook: http://bit.ly/2RPwr51
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs
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Stay up to date, sign up for Melanieโ€™s mailing list: http://bit.ly/2P7MATT
Website: www.melanieharlow.com


BLOG TOUR – The Summer of Us (Mission Cove #1) by Melanie Moreland

 

THE SUMMER OF US
Mission Cove Book 1
by Melanie Moreland

Release Date: April 30th
Genre: Contemporary/Small Town/Second Chance Romance

Blurb:

She was the light in my dark life. The sunshine that warmed me and made me smile.
We had one summer. One perfect summer, until the day it ended.
Years later, she walked back into my life. Older. Sadder. More beautiful than ever.

How can I prove to her that summer was real?
How do I make her see that boy that loved her then, still loves her now?
How do we get back to the summer when we were us?

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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

I adore Melanie Moreland…. her writing makes me feel good – it also makes me cry at times, smile huge, swoon, sigh hard and feel the heat between her characters… but most of all, it gives me the feels. 

I loved that Linc and Sunny had a past. The heartache they both went through at the hands of others was palpable but that they could reconnect and try to see if that summer they were together could turn into a future was such a positive thing and in the grand scheme of Lincโ€™s determination to overwrite the past it was one of the best things they could do!

As teens they were both broken in some way and gravitated to each other and that was no different in the present. They were the balm to each otherโ€™s souls, but had to much time passed since that summer, had they both changed too much?

I was engaged in their story from the get go. I so wanted things to work for them – though I could understand both of their hesitance and uncertainty. 

The Summer of Us is one of my favourite reads so far this year and one I most definitely recommend you check out. 

A 5* read for sure IMHO. 


 


About the Author:

New York Times/Wall Street Journal/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She’s learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

Melanie is represented by Flavia Viotti at Bookcase Literaryโ€ฏAgency. For any questions regarding subsidiary or translationโ€ฏrights please contact her at โ€ฏflavia@bookcaseagency.com

 

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RELEASE BLITZ – Unforgettable (Cloverleigh Farms #5) by Melanie Harlow

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April and Tyler are just meant to be! I held my breath all the way to the end!” Sarina Bowen, USA Today bestselling author
.

Unforgettable, an all-new sexy and emotional second chance romance guaranteed to bring all-the-feels from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow, is available now!

Unforgettable AMAZON

Back then, I had it all.

Wicked fastball. Killer instinct. Cocky grin. Full package.

(And believe me, I knew how to score.)

My senior year, I was a first round draft pick with a two-million-dollar signing bonus. Before I could even legally buy myself a beer, I made my Major League debut.

Point is, I was invincible.

Until one day I wasnโ€™t.

After tanking my careerโ€”during the World Series, no lessโ€”the last thing I want to do is return to my hometown, where every jerk in a ball cap has an opinion about what went wrong with my arm. So when my sister drags me back to town for her wedding, I vow to get in and out of there as quickly as possible.

Then I run into April Sawyer.

In high school we were just friends, but Iโ€™d always wanted her, and Iโ€™d never forgotten herโ€”the red hair, the incredible smile, the crazy, reckless thing we did in the back of my truck the night we said goodbye. Itโ€™s been eighteen years, but one look at her and I feel like my old self again. I can still make her laugh, she can still take me down a notch, and when the chemistry between us explodes, itโ€™s even hotter this time aroundโ€”and I donโ€™t want it to end.

But just when I think Iโ€™m ready to let go of the past and get back in the game, life throws me a curveball I never saw coming.


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Download your copy today or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited!
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Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/unforgettablemh

Add UNFORGETTABLE to Goodreads: https://harlow.pub/Unforgettable-GR


BLP REVIEW – Tracy

Each time I finish a Cloverleigh Farms book I think โ€œthat particular couple were my favouriteโ€…. but having just finished Unforgettable Iโ€™ve realised that each pair is very much a favourite, just for different reasons..

Iโ€™ve so been looking forward to Aprilโ€™s book but have been torn, as even with as much as I wanted to know her story, I wasnโ€™t quite ready to say goodbye to the Sawyer sisters, their significant others and Cloverleigh Farms.

I read this fifth and final book in one sitting. Melanie Harlow has this ability to grab your attention, reel you in completely and not let go until you reach THE END.

April & Tylerโ€™s story is one of second chances, love, forgiveness and understanding – both of yourself and those around you – of finding your way when you feel lost and alone, facing fears and the unknown and taking the opportunities and unexpected gifts that are sent your way, especially when you least expect them.

I adored April, such a big heart, always thinking of others and trying to work her way through some issues from her past, sheโ€™s a great character.

I loved Tyler, even though some of the things he did made me want to give him a shake, I got his fear, understood his focus and felt heart sorry that he couldnโ€™t see himself the way April and his sister, Sadie, did..

Youโ€™re most likely gonna need tissues for this read – definitely if youโ€™re a crier like me – as this story really tugs at the heart strings, but thereโ€™s also a lightness, happiness and love as well as a sense of hope and looking forward to new beginnings too. As always, family plays an important part in this story – of both blood and choice – we catch up with the other Sawyer sisters, their parents and meet a few great characters who are new to us.

Yeah Iโ€™m sad to see this series end but April and Tylerโ€™s story was a fantastic way to close. I cannot wait to see what Ms Harlow has for us next.

๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ


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About Melanie

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USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she’s not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Schittโ€™s Creek, Homeland, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.

Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

Connect with Melanie

Facebook: http://bit.ly/2RPwr51
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs
Bookbub: http://bit.ly/36kL7yB
Instagram: http://bit.ly/2NW3UtA
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2sVOz55
Stay up to date, sign up for Melanieโ€™s mailing list: http://bit.ly/2P7MATT
Website: www.melanieharlow.com


NEW RELEASE – The Summer of Us (Mission Cove #1) by Melanie Moreland

The Summer of Us
Series: Mission Cove; Book 1
by Melanie Moreland

Genre: Contemporary Romance
She was the light in my dark life. The sunshine that warmed me and made me smile.
We had one summer. One perfect summer, until the day it ended.
Years later, she walked back into my life. Older. Sadder. More beautiful than ever. 

How can I prove to her that summer was real?
How do I make her see that boy that loved her then, still loves her now?
How do we get back to the summer when we were us?



BLP REVIEW – Tracy

I adore Melanie Moreland…. her writing makes me feel good – it also makes me cry at times, smile huge, swoon, sigh hard and feel the heat between her characters… but most of all, it gives me the feels. 

I loved that Linc and Sunny had a past. The heartache they both went through at the hands of others was palpable but that they could reconnect and try to see if that summer they were together could turn into a future was such a positive thing and in the grand scheme of Lincโ€™s determination to overwrite the past it was one of the best things they could do!

As teens they were both broken in some way and gravitated to each other and that was no different in the present. They were the balm to each otherโ€™s souls, but had to much time passed since that summer, had they both changed too much?

I was engaged in their story from the get go. I so wanted things to work for them – though I could understand both of their hesitance and uncertainty. 

The Summer of Us is one of my favourite reads so far this year and one I most definitely recommend you check out. 

A 5* read for sure IMHO. 



About the Author

NYT/WSJ International bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them. 
While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys travelling, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip. 
Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She’s learned happily ever-afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story. 

Melanie is represented by Flavia Viotti at Bookcase Literary Agency. For any questions regarding subsidiary or translation rights please contact her at flavia@bookcaseagency.com

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