Review: Winging It

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Title: 

Winging It

Author: 

Sandra Sookoo

Release Date:

July 20, 2011

Publisher:

Purple Sword Publications

Word Count:

approx. 53,600

Purchase Links: 

Purple Sword Publications

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://sandrasookoo.com/

Description: 

Joy and despair, light and dark, you can’t have one without the other.

Devlin Addams has recently returned home from Afghanistan.  Haunted by memories that he survived the fighting while his buddies didn't, as well as chased by the knowledge his mom is crazy, he’s having trouble acclimating himself to civilian life. Now, armed with a dog and a therapist, he constantly battles the urge to end it all.

Lia Farry—because her Fae name is a mouthful—has tumbled into the Mortal Realm through the Veil between worlds by mysterious circumstances.  Thrust into a new and harsh human existence, finding anything to be happy about is hard. If she can’t go home, she’ll have to make it work.

Forced to interact, Dev’s protective instincts kick in, but he’s unprepared for the onslaught of lust Lia represents.  He wants a normal life but not at the expense of getting involved.  Lia knows she soothes his torment yet she’s battling her own problems. Desiring Dev is a dangerous prospect.  Add in a meddling Fae queen and suddenly life as they know it will change forever.  Love is at stake.  A leap of faith is all they have to depend on.

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Review: When We Were Amazing

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Title: 

When We Were Amazing

Author: 

Christine London

Release Date:

November 11, 2011

Publisher:

MuseItUp Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 80,000

Purchase Links:  

MuseItUp Publishing

Author's Website:

http://www.christinelondon.com/

Description:  

Aussie wine heir Bryan Lassiter wanted nothing more than to be a self made man. When online love Carrie Sorrell flies half way round the globe to visit him, she’d no idea his magnetism would erase both their fourteen-year age difference and her common sense. As fate and a powerful family collide to tear them apart, will she have the strength to let him go or will it be the secret she’s so carefully protected that destroys?

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Review: Between Seasons

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Title: 

Between Seasons

Author: 

Aida Brassington

Release Date:

October 30, 2011

Publisher:

Word Count:

approx. 69,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Author's Website:

http://aidabrassington.wordpress.com

Description:  

There are things Patrick Boyle will never forget: the sound of his own neck breaking at the moment of his death in the fall of 1970, the sweet taste of his mother's chocolate cake, and the awful day his parents abandoned him in his childhood house-turned prison.

Nineteen-year-old Patrick wonders for decades if God has forgotten all about him or if he's being punished for some terrible crime or sin over a lovely forty years trapped in an empty home. But when Sara Oswald, a strange woman with a mysterious past, buys his house, old feelings reawaken, and a new optimism convinces him that she's the answer to his prayers.

Things are never simple, though, especially when she begins channeling the memories of his life and death in her writing.

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Review: The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn

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Title: 

The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn

Author: 

Sharon Gerlach

Release Date:

July 2011

Publisher:

Running Ink Press, LLC

Word Count:

approx. 89,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Smashwords

Barnes & Noble

All Romance

Author's Website:
http://sharongerlach.wordpress.com/

Description:  

Sarah-Jane Quinn has many secret dreams: to own the bed-and-breakfast inn where she stayed as a child; to finally capture the elusive Coleridge “Collie” Tate, on whom she has an enormous crush; and most importantly, to be someone’s top priority for once in her life.

But Collie is a single father with a potential custody battle on his hands, and Sarah ranks roughly Number 917 on his list of concerns. So when Gus Haldemann, the sophisticated director of Human Resources, shows an interest in her, she finds it not only flattering (and mystifying), but tempting and irresistible.

And then Sarah is brutally attacked by a violent stalker. In the aftermath, she must re-evaluate her priorities and decide which man reaches deepest into her heart – and let the other go forever.

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Review: Strings Attached

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Title: 

Strings Attached

Author: 

Anne Holly

Release Date:

May 2011

Publisher:

Wild Horse Press

Word Count:

approx. 56,000

Purchase Links: 

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Author's Website:

http://www.anneholly.webs.com/

http://annehollystringsattached.weebly.com/index.html

Description:  

How do you relate to a man who doesn't want you to?

Josie Sergeant has learned one thing by carving out her living from the wilds of the Canadian north: perseverance, optimism and the willingness to do what has to be done can overcome even the harshest of obstacles. Life has taught Theo Sabich, a fellow rancher from Australia, that optimism is a fool's hope.

When their beloved siblings' impetuous marriage plans pit Josie and Theo against one another to defend their families, they find more than they bargain for. And when they start seeing each other as more than enemies, they face their greatest challenge - finding the courage to reach out for happiness.

Under the northern lights, their attraction ignites beyond their control... The trouble is a one-time "no strings attached" release of passion is easier said than done when love is hanging by a thread. 

Joey’s Review:

Review: Take This Regret

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Title: 

Take This Regret

Author: 

Amy Lichtenhan

Release Date:

July 28, 2011

Publisher:

TWCS Publishing House

Word Count:

approx. 91,000

Purchase Links: 

TWCS Publishing House

Amazon

Author's Website:

www.amylichtenhan.com

Description:  

There are some mistakes we make that we will regret for the rest of our lives.  For Christian, it was the day he betrayed Elizabeth.

 

Christian Davison has a plan for his life.  He is determined to become an attorney and to one day take his place as partner in his father’s law firm.  Nothing will stand in his way, not even Elizabeth Ayers and their unborn child.

 

After Christian cuts her from his life, Elizabeth spends the next five years struggling to provide for her daughter and willing to sacrifice anything to give her child a safe, comfortable life. 

 

For five years, Christian has regretted the day he walked away from his family and will do anything to win them back just as Elizabeth will do anything to protect her daughter from the certain heartache she believes Christian will bring upon them.

 

When Christian wrestles his way into their lives, Elizabeth is faced with asking herself if it is possible to forgive someone when they’ve committed the unforgiveable and if it is possible to find a love after it has been buried in years of hate.  Or are there some wounds that go so deep they can never heal?

 

They say everyone deserves a second chance.

Joey’s Review:

Review: A Broken Christmas

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Title: 

A Broken Christmas

Author: 

Claire Ashgrove

Release Date:

October 26, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 46,000

Purchase Links: 

The Wild Rose Press  

Author's Website:

www.claireashgrove.com

Description:  

The truest gifts are damaged ...  

Fourteen months ago, Aimee Garland had the perfect marriage—until her husband blindsided her with a divorce. Now, he’s home and she intends to get her answers. Yet the crippled man she confronts bears scars her years of nursing cannot heal and the secret he’s hiding is tearing him apart.

Delta Force operative Kyle Garland divorced his wife to protect her. His top-secret missions expose him to constant danger, but the threat to Aimee doesn’t come in the form of insurgents or bombs. Rather, his soul-deep love and dreams he silently nurtures are her greatest hazard. When a career-ending injury brings him home for Christmas, he must bury his feelings and hide the monster he’s become.

As she forces him to confront his demons, will the holiday shred the fragile bonds they share, or will the spirit of Christmas heal their broken hearts?

Joey’s Review:

Review: Painted Jezebel

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Title:
Painted Jezebel 

Author:
Jolie Pethtel 
Release Date:
September 30, 2011 
Publisher:
MuseItUp Publishing 
Word Count:
approx. 65,000 
Purchase Links:
MuseItUp Publishing 
Author's Website:
http://websd-jezebeljinxcom.webs.com/

Description:  

Publicist Finn Mackenzie has always been lucky, until an ill-fated affair with a vindictive writer leaves him one chance for redemption: a spectacular public appearance by the elusive best-selling romance author, Jezebel Jinx.

Unfortunately, the cute but kooky writer refuses to cooperate. Jezebel believes she’s cursed with bad luck. Riddled with anxieties, she never leaves her home— until the gorgeous, albeit desperate Finn whisks her away to a writer’s conference, against her will.

After the initial shock wears off, Jezebel’s dormant hormones kick into high gear around the hunky Finn.

When his ex turns up murdered and Jezebel is the prime suspect, ill-planned sexcapades are the least of their worries.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Embracing the Lemonade Life

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Title:            

Embracing the Lemonade Life                                 

Author: 

Sandra Sookoo

Release Date:

August 15, 2011

Publisher:

Desert Breeze Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 33,000

Purchase Links:  

Desert Breeze Publishing

Amazon 

All Romance

Author's Website:

http://www.sandrasookoo.com

Description:  

Clara Tildon, a cancer survivor, has no time for defeatism. She’s opened up the Cute as a Button B & B in Bridgewater, Indiana, and along with her guinea pig, is embracing the lemonade lifestyle. Everything is perfect, except for the nagging sensation that she would still like to fall in love.

Jake Yates has returned to Bridgewater, the town he grew up in, for his friend’s wedding and he’s not happy about it. The people of Bridgewater can keep their small town life, it’s in his past and that’s where he intends it to stay. Even loneliness can’t make him reconsider his decisions.

A chance meeting. A fleeting kiss. Suddenly two polar opposites get a unique chance at love. But can Clara give up living in the moment long enough to see Jake as an opportunity she needs to plan for? Can Jake alter his well-laid plans to fit Clara in his life? Or will they both let love get away? 

Joey's Review:

Review: V-Day

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Title: 

V-Day

Author: 

Anne Holly

Release Date:

August 31, 2011

Publisher:

Rebel Ink Press

Word Count:

approx. 12,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Author's Website:

http://www.anneholly.webs.com/

Description:  

It all started with a serenade…

A family like Daniel’s and the solitary pursuit of musical excellence is enough to make a young man crazy. No wonder all Daniel Vouks dreams of is getting away. He knows his violin will take him places in life, but the only place he really wants to be is next door. He’s been in love with his neighbor since he was fourteen, but can he ever make her see him as more than just a lovesick kid?

V-Day is the story of a Valentine's Day weekend Daniel fears he may regret, but will never, ever forget.

Joey’s Review:

Review and Giveaway: Change of Heart

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Title: 

Change of Heart 
Author: 

Jackie Chanel 
Release Date:

June 2011 
Word Count:

approx. 160,000 
Purchase Links: 

Amazon 

Smashwords 

Author's Website:

http://www.jackie-chanel.com/

Description:  

Asia Pierce always gets what she wants. There's only one thing she wants...the one thing she can't seem to get right...the perfect man and the perfect relationship. With three men vying for her heart, which one will she choose? Or will she let her past decisions and bad relationships prevent her from making the right choice?

 Joey’s Review:

Review: Haunted Heart

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Title: 

Haunted Heart

Author: 

Carolyn Rosewood

Release Date:

July 1, 2011

Publisher:

Etopia Press

Word Count:

approx. 73,000

Purchase Links:  

Etopia Press

Author's Website:

http://carolynrosewood.com/

Description:  

Rowena Sommers thought moving back home to restore her beloved Aunt’s home was the key to starting over. Van Whitney thought taking the job would keep his business afloat. When a ghost hunter tries to convince Rowena the home is haunted, can these two escape the past and find a future together?

Babs' Review:

Review: After Midnight

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Title: 

After Midnight

Author: 

Sarah Grimm

Release Date:

September 30, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 79,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://www.sarahgrimm.com/

Description:  

Thirteen years—that's how long Isabeau Montgomery has been living a lie. After an automobile accident took her mother's life, Izzy hid herself away, surviving the only way she knew how. Now she is happy in her carefully reconstructed life. That is until he walks through the door of her bar...

Black Phoenix singer/front man Noah Clark came to Long Island City with a goal—one that doesn’t include an instant, electric attraction to the dark-haired beauty behind the bar. Coaxing her into his bed won’t be easy, but he can’t get her pale, haunted eyes nor her skill on the piano out of his head.

Can Noah help Isabeau overcome the past? Or will her need to protect her secret force her back into hiding and destroy their chance at happiness?

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Brodie's Bride

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Title: 

Brodie's Bride 
Author: 

Amie Louellen 
Release Date:

June 2011 
Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press 
Word Count:

approx. 75,000 
Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Amazon 
Author's Website:

http://www.amielouellen.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnhC1dKx_Xc

Description:  

Waking up next to a beautiful golden-haired stranger isn’t the worst thing that has ever happened to Brodie Harper, but staying in a fake marriage in order to gain a new construction contract could very well be.

Savanna Morgan just wanted a way out of an engagement to a man she didn’t love. Marrying Brodie seemed liked the perfect answer at the time. Less perfect the next morning when she finds herself disowned by her father and flat broke.  Now she must make it through the weekend. Monday they can get it all annulled and forget it ever happened.  

The real problem may be keeping their hands off each other until then.

Joey’s Review:

Review: The Innocence of Roast Chicken

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Title: 

The Innocence of Roast Chicken 
Author: 

Jo-Anne Richards 
Release Date:

Republished May 2011 
Publisher:

Rebel ePublishers 
Word Count:

approx. 83,000 
Purchase Links: 

Amazon 
Author's Website:

http://joannerichards.com/

Description:  

After an idyllic childhood and magical holidays on her grandparents’ chicken farm, the conundrum is why Kate – now married to Joe, a human rights’ lawyer – is so cynical, closed and unforgiving.

Her unrelenting attitude, combined with Joe’s loss of faith in his ability to promote change, precipitates a painful confrontation.  The necessary expiation reveals a child’s loss, a child’s feelings of impotence and a child’s anguish at her failure to pre-empt harm.

Kate’s liberation is evocative, elegant and compelling. 

Laura’s Review:

Review: Forever Freed

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Title: 

Forever Freed

Author: 

Laura Kaye

Release Date:

May 20, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 95,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.laurakayeauthor.com/

Description:  

A heart can break, even one that no longer beats.

I stalk my new neighbors, a single mother and her child, drawn by the irresistible scent of their joy and love. I crave their blood, starved for some healing respite from my ancient grief. Now to lure them into my grasp.

But they surprise me. Little Olivia accepts me without fear or reservation--talking, smiling, offering innocent affection that tugs at my long-lost humanity. Her mother, Samantha, seeks me out when she should stay away, offering sweet friendship, and calling to the forgotten man within me. They lure me instead.

Ah, Dio, Lucien, run and spare them while you can... 

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Storm's Interlude

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Title: 

Storm's Interlude

Author: 

Vonnie Davis

Release Date:

July 15, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 88,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://www.vonniedavis.com

Description:  

Nurse Rachel Dennison comes to Texas determined to prepare her new patient for a second round of chemo. What she isn’t counting on is her patient’s twin brother, Storm Masterson.

 

Half Native American with the ability to have “vision dreams,” Storm dreams about Rachel for three nights before her arrival. Both are unprepared for the firestorm of emotions their first chance encounter ignites. Even so, Storm has two things Rachel won’t abide: a domineering personality and a fiancée.

 

Yet, ultimately, it is Rachel’s past—an abusive, maniacal ex-boyfriend—that threatens to keep them apart…and Storm’s dreams that bring them together again.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Cold, Cold Heart

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Title: 

Cold, Cold Heart

Author: 

Viviane Brentanos

Release Date:

June 2011

Publisher:

MuseItUp Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 89,000

Purchase Links:  

MuseItUp Publishing

Author's Website:

http://viviane-brentanos.blogspot.com

Description:  

A world-famous rock star, a struggling single mum afraid to love. Will this explosive mix bring happiness or disaster?

Daniel Haynes has the world at his feet- fame, fortune, so why does he feel so empty inside? What is his interest in Rachel Warner, a girl from a quiet Home Counties English town? Why does she hold the key to his happiness? 

But Rachel Warner is scared. Daniel's interest in her threatens her ordered yet unsatisfying life because she has to live with the shadow of her ex-father-in-law breathing over her shoulder. Can she let go of her fears?

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Maid For The Billionaire

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Title: 

Maid For The Billionaire

Author: 

Ruth Cardello

Release Date:

April 21, 2011

Word Count:

approx. 52,000

Purchase Links:  

Smashwords

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://ruth-ebookexperiment.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Dominic Corisi knew instantly that Abigail Dartley was just the distraction he was looking for, especially since having her took a bit more persuading than he was used to.  So when business forces him to fly to China, he decides to take her with him, but on his terms.  No promises.  No complications. Just sex.

Abby has always been the responsible one.  She doesn’t believe in taking risks; especially when it comes to men - until she meets Dominic.  He’s both infuriating and intoxicating, a heady combination. Their trip to China revives a long forgotten side of Abby, but also reveals a threat to bring down Dominic’s company.  With no time to explain her actions, Abby must either influence the outcome of his latest venture and save his company or accept her role as his mistress and leave his fate to chance.  Does she love him enough to risk losing him for good?

Joey's Review:

Review: A New Dream

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Title: 

A New Dream

Author: 

Elaine Cantrell

Release Date:

March 22, 2011

Publisher:

Astraea Press

Word Count:

approx. 62,000

Purchase Links:  

Astraea Press 

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.elainecantrell.com

Description:  

What do you do when you lose everything?

After an auto accident destroys his pro-football career, Matt McCallum struggles to find a new dream for his life, but nothing engages him the way football did. After a stint in rehab, he takes a job managing a grocery store where he meets Violet Emerson.

Violet works in the bakery department, but her dreams carry her far beyond the doors of Chef’s Pantry. As soon as she can save the money, she plans to open a catering business. And she thinks the new manager’s broad shoulders and blue eyes are simply divine.

Thrown together at work, Matt and Violet find a common dream for their lives, but a loose end from Matt’s past returns to jeopardize their future. Will love be enough to save their new dream before it turns into a nightmare?

Babs' Review: