Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Valentine Countdown Blitz Day Nine: Seeing Red by Alison Clifford





Alison is the author of the White Rose series and the New London books, and is a member of the Australian Crime Writers Association. 

She has served in both the Australian Army Reserve and the Royal Australian Air Force, and now lives in Tasmania with her family. 

Alison is a self-confessed stationery junkie, loves forests, and drinks too much tea.


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Have you ever enraged a murderer?

Redhead Nell, a civilian psychologist with the US Navy, takes her dream job at a submarine base to escape a protective family and build a life of her own. Meeting James, the handsome skipper of the submarine Scottsdale, is a bonus she hadn’t expected.

When Nell is attacked after a body is pulled from the local river, two investigations swing into motion, with no obvious link between them. The killer plots to keep the cases separate and conceal the damning secrets from his past that would lead to a connection, and his demise.

As his attempts to complete the cover-up fail, his frustration and rage turn toward the person who stands in his way.

The redhead shrink. 


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Snippet:

“Take some good advice. Let go. Allow yourself to find someone to come home to. You can’t keep the wall up forever.” James saw Tom’s smile emerge again. “You really like her; I can tell. I know you buddy, and I know how you think, but give yourself a chance.” Tom glanced down the path Nell and Doug had taken. “Give her a chance. I know you want to.”
“But the Navy comes first.”
“And she will understand that.”
“Will she?”



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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Valentine Countdown Blitz Day Eight: The Tea Shop by Bernadette Marie






Bestselling Author Bernadette Marie is known for building families readers want to be part of. Her series The Keller Family has graced bestseller charts since its release in 2011. Since then she has authored and published over thirty books. 

The married mother of five sons promises romances with a Happily Ever After always…and says she can write it because she lives it.



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Seeing the future is a curse that Abigail Weston has carried her entire life. Knowing how and when someone will be hurt, or the whereabouts of missing people, haunts her enough to move away from the town that no longer trusts her.

When real estate developer Carson Stone meets the intuitive Abigail, he can't help but feel the connection to her and wonder if love at first sight is possible, especially since they share a passion for old buildings. She believes they all should remain, while he builds new ones in their place.

No matter Abigail's feelings for Carson, knowing that their future is to be together does not ensure them a happily ever after, especially if she can't figure out what the other side is trying to show her--because in her visions Carson's future is dark and cold.





  

Snippet:

"Friends? You want to be friends?" He shrugged his hands in the air. "If that's all I get, then I guess I can settle. But that's not what I want, Abigail. It's not what I want at all."

"I can't give you the prediction. I can't go on thinking that you love me, or will marry me because I said I saw it. And I can't go on worried every single day that what I see, or don't see, could hurt you."




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Monday, February 5, 2018

Valentine Countdown Blitz Day Seven: Gifted By The Moon by Lillith Black





Lillith Black lives in Southern California, where she enjoys sun and warm weather and writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

She loves a good book; her favorite genres are paranormal romance, sci-fi and fairy tales. Her favorite shows include Doctor Who, Stranger Things and X-files. Her favorite book hero is Sherlock Holmes and, when she travels, she spends her evenings in the hotel room binging on Forensic Science.

She is currently working on a vampire romance Love Me or Bite Me.


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He was born to love her, but will she allow herself to be loved? 


Amaris comes from a poor broken family where she was never loved. On the night of her 19th birthday, she meets Gustavo, handsome, eloquent, wealthy. When he tells her that he is destined to love her, she rejects the idea, but the mysterious sparks that fly every time they touch, stop her in her tracks.

Gustavo reveals to Amaris that they both belong to an ancient order of the Moon, and he is born to be only with her, to love and protect her. When she falls violently sick, and only Gustavo knows how to save her, they are forced to travel across the world where Amaris discovers her true self and wakes up the powers that could start a war between two feuding ancient clans.

When the fight breaks out, and Gustavo and others are kidnapped, Amaris has to accept who she is and step into her power to save the ones she loves.




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Snippet:

She chuckled. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're so clever. But honestly, you knew me for less than 48 hours, and you bought me an expensive gift. I know you have money and all that, but it’s just not right.”

“Well, I don’t see what the amount of time I’ve known you has anything to do with helping a young lady in need.”

He bowed theatrically, but his smile faltered when he saw the expression on her face. “I’m not in need,” she bristled. “I don’t know if you took it upon yourself to make me your charity case or something, but I have taken care of myself this whole time, and I can take care of myself still.”

She raised her chin defiantly, but the pained look in his eyes took the wind out of her sails. “You are not my charity case, Amaris!” he cried out, grabbing his head with his hands. “You are my… Ah, damn it!”

He threw his hands up and turned, walking away from her before stopping, resigned. He looked up at the Moon, then his shoulders slumped, and he hung his head down.
Amaris, thrown off by his reaction and especially his words, stared at him, not knowing what to say. After a moment, she leaned the bike on its kick-stand and strolled towards Gustavo. She slowly put her hand on his back.

He spun around and his eyes burned into hers, the electricity sparking. Her breath caught, her hand falling by her side. He raised his hands and took her face gently, his eyes searching hers. “You are not my charity case,” he said, intensity in his voice.
She looked up, afraid to move. “What am I to you, then? Why does this always happen, this spark?”

“This spark means something. I want to tell you so much… what it all means… but I don’t want you to run away.” He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead against hers.

The feelings she never thought would happen now swept through her, making it hard to breathe. The way he held her felt like something she only read about in stories fit for the extraordinary, unique, beautiful women that had it all.

He opened his eyes and leaned his head back. He scanned her facial features, taking her in, and then his eyes stopped on her lips. He leaned in, paused for a moment, and then lightly brushed her lips with his own. She gasped, surprised, but he didn’t relent and planted a soft kiss on her trembling lips.




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Saturday, February 3, 2018

Valentine Countdown Blitz Day Six: When Sparks Fly by Ines Bautista-Yao






Ines Bautista-Yao is the author of One Crazy Summer, What’s in your Heart, Only A Kiss, When Sparks Fly, All That Glitters, and Someday With You. She has also written several short stories. Among them are “Plain Vanilla,” “A Captured Dream,” one of the four short stories in Sola Musica: Love Notes from a Festival, “Things I’ll Never Say,” part of the Summit Books anthology Coming of Age, and “Before the Sun Rises,” part of the Ateneo University Press anthology Friend Zones. 

She is the former editor-in-chief of Candy and K-Zone magazines and a former high school and college English and Literature teacher. She is also a wife and mom who lives in the Philippines with her husband and two little girls. Her books are available digitally on Amazon and Buqo.ph.

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Twenty-four-year-old photographer's apprentice Regina has always felt like the plain, dull orange next to the shiny red apple that is her best friend Lana. But then she meets Ben—the first guy to ever break Lana's heart, and the first guy to ever make Regina feel that he only has eyes for her. 

As Regina finds herself falling hard for Ben, she also finds herself breaking all the rules of best-friendship. Will she give up the love of her life for Lana, or will she finally realize that she deserves her share of the spotlight, too?











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Snippet:

When she slid into the driver’s seat, she leaned her head back, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, allowing herself to sink into the semi-darkness. What had just happened here? She reached for the cup of coffee, took a sip, and noticed, in the dim light coming from the lampposts outside, that there was something scribbled on the cup in thin, black marker. Pulling it back and peering at it, Regina noticed that it was a number. A phone number. And a name: Ben. That was it. No message. No request to call. Overconfident worm. So why were her fingers aching to reach for her cell phone and punch in those numbers? Why was she so tempted to veer the car around and head back to El Tomador in the hopes that he would be there waiting for her?



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Friday, February 2, 2018

Valentine Countdown Blitz Day Five: Up In Smoke by Hannah R Conway




Hannah R. Conway is a military wife, mother of two, middle school teacher, and speaker. Her novels are a deployment experience of their own, threaded with faith, and filled with twists and turns sure to thrill, and encourage. Hannah is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, and My book Therapy. She and her family live near Nashville, Tennessee.

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"Life heats up for Leanna Wilson when an accident claims her parent’s lives. Her dreams of a high profile law career are reduced to rubble when she returns home to assume custody of her sister, Brie. Without the financial means to take legal custody of her sister—or a binding will to place her safely in her arms—Leanna’s future becomes more uncertain than ever. Already prepared for a blazing custody battle, with less than capable relatives, Leanna’s world is set ablaze when her ex-fiancĂ© complicates matters in an attempt to destroy her future and her faith. US Army, SSG Garrison Burke has spent the last few years alone—balancing flag and fatherhood since the tragic death of his wife. Facing deployment, Garrison is desperate to find a safe caretaker for his son, Ezra—preferably anywhere but the abusive home he grew up in. So, when Leanna Wilson walks unexpectedly back into his life, he’s not sure if she’s a blessing or a curse. More importantly, Garrison cannot seem to forget how he betrayed Leanna many years ago. Yet, as Leanna and Garrison begin to run out of time, they start to see that the solution to their problems might lie within each other, but will they forget the past and allow their broken hearts to mend? As sparks begin to fly and their love is rekindled, a marriage of convenience will either make their wildest dreams come true or cause their best-laid plans to go up in smoke."



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Snippet:

He twisted her arm tighter and she yelped. “Let me go.”
“You may want to start packing Brie’s bags now.”
“You’re hurting me, William.”
“Now you know what it’s like. To want something and not get it. To love someone who won’t love you back. It hurts, Leanna. You hurt people.”
He was at least partially right. She’d hurt him. Used him to fund her bank account, much like he was now using her to satisfy his need to control. Leanna twisted but couldn’t loosen his hold. He pulled her closer.
“I’d take your hands off her, now.” The voice, familiar, called from the front yard.
William jerked his hands away and spun around. He paused, then let out a small laugh. “Ha. Of course.”
Leanna rubbed at the handprint on her arm, then peeked around William.
A man in uniform, dress blues at that. She sucked in a sharp breath, hand against her mouth.
Garrison. Her lips parted.
William stepped from the porch, hands in the air, and then dropped them to his side. He bumped Garrison’s shoulder as he passed giving a sidelong glance at Leanna before climbing into his car. He winked before driving away.
Garrison followed William down the drive with his stare. He turned his attention back to her.
There he stood, like a ghost. A memory from her past, but he was very much in the present.



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