***Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway*** The Sordid Promise by Courtney Lane

Title: The Sordid Promise
Author: Courtney Lane
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Erotica

Publication Date: March 26, 2014
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Synopsis 

***Warning: Contains graphic language, frequent graphic sex, violence, and very dark themes.

***First and foremost, The Sordid Promise is a psychological thriller. The erotic elements are secondary. It is not a simple, happy story. This is a twisted, complicated, and broken story.
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When physical pain allows you to escape your reality; what do you do when the pain is no longer strong enough to quiet the emotional ache?

Diouana "Nikki" returned to her hometown six months ago to tend to her sick mother. She thought she'd left her "baggage" behind her on the opposite coast, only to find that it never left her side. As her self-destructive thoughts begin to consume her, her mother -- realizing Nikki's torment -- pushes Nikki to complete her last wishes.

Eric Brenton, Nikki's new neighbor, lives in a dark, chaotic world that is easily hidden behind his model good looks and cocky demeanor. Unapologetic about his dirtier intentions, he sets his sights on Nikki with an offer to help her. But his help comes with very unorthodox conditions and a huge price.

And Eric...comes with an extensive black box warning label

My Review

Holy mind-fuck of a book Batman!! That shit was off the hook cray cray and I’m not sure if I loved it or hated it! All I know is that I couldn’t put it the fuck down! I felt so confused most of the time trying to figure what the hell was going on…But I must like that kind of shit because...
I COULD NOT STOP READING IT!!!

This little doozy of a book will leave you feeling confused, aroused, CRAZY, constantly second guessing what the hell is going on, which characters to believe, all the while leaving you panting for more! The story of Nikki and the way beyond hot alpha crazy man that is Eric is one hell of a read that I will not soon forget.

I honestly can’t even really describe what the hell this book is about because days later I’m not even sure if I even know myself. All that I know is that I really think I liked reading it and being made to feel a little crazy in the process. Kudos Mrs. Lane I’m tongue-tied and frankly a bit speechless on how to review this book, other than to say it ‘s a crazy hot assed mess of a read with lots of cray cray and a ton of SEX! Hot and crazy SEX! I’m seriously at a loss for the words! 
(This is probably my shortest review this far!)

So if your looking for an emotionally charged erotic mind-fuck then this is the perfect book!

If you do decide to read it, please share your thoughts with me! I would love to hear others describe this book, because clearly I cannot :)

★★☆ 4 Mind Bending, I think I liked it Stars ☆★★

Reviewed by Gillian Grybas

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By way of Rochester, NY and several other places before I landed in California. I live with my husband, dog, daughter, and a demon masquerading as a dog.

When I began writing (I know this sounds familiar, over dozens authors state this) it was an outlet for me. Not only that, I was creating fan fiction before I knew what fan fiction was. Eventually, my writing evolved into standalone worlds with standalone characters.

While I write across genres (I find it hard to stick to one genre), I do have an archetype when it comes to the female protagonist — they have to have certain type of strength, strong convictions, and layered personalities. There will often be a lot of darkness and depth to my stories, but I don’t see the point in writing vapid characters who are thrust into “safe” situations.

Writing Science Fiction/Fantasy is my first love. If there is one thing for sure, I'm a bit of a misfit when it comes to Romance. I don't read it much, but I tend to write it a lot -- a very dark version of it.

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***RELEASE DAY BLITZ, EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY*** Adjournment by Emersyn Vallis

When Sidney Chandler chooses to leave home she walks away from her life as she knows it… her family…

Him…

She stepped back, allowing them all to heal… move on… live without her…

Now at the age of twenty nine and almost a decade behind her, she is a master of disguise. Long gone is the timid girl who lived blinded by the ideas of love. 

Until fate decides to intervene and the one man she has struggled to evade at all costs is pushed back into her life. He knows the real girl behind the façade, only he can pull her out of her self-imposed exile… breathing life back into her cold, protected heart.

Fate will do what fate wants and Sidney’s choices are no longer her own… but were they ever really hers to begin with?

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Turning around to go back inside my laughter stops. I don’t feel the crystal dish slip from my fingers. I just stand here… frozen.

There’s yelling and noise but it’s all muffled… like that night. 

I close my eyes. 

Breathe… Breathe… 

My heartbeat pounding through me the muffled sounds become clear and I hear Morgan screaming at me.

“Jesus, Sidney! Do you want Mom to kill you?” 

Blinking feverishly I look down to see she caught it just as it was about to smash. I can’t bring myself to worry about that right now. I look back up and watch as Simon, the boy I was so in love with just moments ago pulls away from a girl that up until this point was my best friend. A girl I thought I was going away to college with, a girl who knew how I felt about him. 

This is not happening… at my party no less…

“Breathe… You’re in control…” Molly whispers, her hand connecting with my back startles me. 

You know when you witness something and you know you should look away but you can’t because it’s one of those moments, those damn life changing moments that your brain makes sure to take notes on so that nothing is missed, no detail is overlooked, and nothing is ever forgotten. It’s one of those moments in life that you know instantly will repeat itself over and over in your head until it eventually causes you to change. It will break you and from those pieces in that moment will rebuild you. I thought that night was my moment, but I guess that was just a giant stepping-stone to this. Maybe I was wrong about fate… maybe it forgot about me.

My pulse continues to beat through my body in a deep throbbing rhythm, the darkness of a black out building up. He steps back from her, slightly turning his head in my direction and I know he knows I’m standing here, he just refuses to turn and look at me. I’m so dumb, I should have seen this coming. I mean did I really think I was so different from any of my predecessors? Women, real women, who have actually given themselves to him completely only to find out the next morning they’re just one in a crowd of many. Nothing special and forgotten about as soon as he received whatever it was he wanted from them. 

I did… because he told me I was. We had a plan…

 

Emersyn Vallis is a first time author with Adjournment being the first book in the Fated Series. Currently residing on the east coast with her husband and three children she is typically mistaken for being quiet and reserved her friends often describe her as a spastic spider monkey and always the first to be there with her quick wit to pull you back up when you’re feeling down. After reading as a hobby for most of her life it wasn’t until she had discovered R. L. Mathewson’s ‘Neighbor from Hell Series’ and Tara Sivec’s ‘Playing with Fire Series’ that she came up with the idea to fuse comedy and suspense together and her passion for writing was born.

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***SPOTLIGHT TOUR, Review & GIVEAWAY*** Beautifully Awake by Riley Mackenzie

Title: Beautifully Awake

Author: Riley Mackenzie

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: October 2, 2013

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Synopsis 

Diagnosis: Sleep-running
Treatment: Truth
Prognosis: Beautifully Awake

Lili Porter hates the rain. Bad things happen in the rain. As a small town social worker dedicated to protecting children, she is forced to start over to escape her rural disaster. Determined to follow her father’s advice—head up and chin high—Lili finds herself in a new city, taking on a new system, this time healthcare. In doing so, she gets something she never expected, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at life in the hospital.

Lili learns that a surgeon’s hands have the power to heal more than physical wounds. And a prescription for truth can cure three years of sleep running and leave you beautifully awake.

My Review

Finally I reached out and bruised the hair from those familiar eyes, the mirror reflection of my own. You were awake. Your eyes were open. But the light was gone. There was nothing but darkness. Three years of complete emptiness. 

It was time to close your eyes. 

TRUTH...

The best feeling ever, finding a new Author, in this case, Authors. Falling absolutely in love with their writing and then having the pleasure to tell you all about this wonderful story.

Lili Porter is Sleep Running...

It's Lili's safe haven. Her time to heal. For the last three years Lili has been drifting, emotionless and colourless. Terrified of waking up to life and running away from a past to protect herself at all costs. Until Dr Chase Colton crushes her walls and makes her feel safe again, introducing her to honest Intimacy, Truth and Love.

Dr Chase Colton, Chief or Neurosurgery at Philadelphia Hospital.

Dr Sexy. Dr Compassionate. Dr Jackass. Dr Affectionate. Dr Dreamy. Dr Bossy. Dr Stubborn. Dr Possessive. Dr Sweet. You name it.

Lili is a case worker at the same hospital and finds herself on rotation with the new head of Surgery.

After a few rough starts, Chase and Lili, can't keep away from each other. Dr Intensity has a power over her. She accepts it as what it is, knowing the man has the ability to possibly awaken her but can also break her down.

Chase has his own deep dark secrets that leaves you intrigued to know why Dr Mystery is the way he is. He runs hot and cold. Hard and soft. But there is no denying the steaming chemistry between them.

"You come first, or we come together…. Understand?" It wasn't a question. It was an order. And probably the sexiest thing I ever hear. "Answer me, Blue." The heat from his breath against my sex almost sent me over the edge. 

My lips released him just long enough to pant, "Understand." 

They were on fire. Holy shit the sex was freaking OFF the Charts. Chase is Bossy and Dominate but in a soft sexy way.

I broke our kiss, unable to stop my cry. My head fell back with the sudden intrusion, and I was rocked deep to my core. This felt good. "Blue, you're so wet for me. So tight. I want to be inside you so bad." 

As their relationship progresses, Lili's past comes out and leaves you hurting for the poor girl. With all her truths out, her biggest fear of losing Chase from it all comes crashing true. Chase is still a mystery, he leaves you craving for the truth. His past is so dark, you really can't guess it. But when the mystery of his darkness comes to light… Let me just safe, FUCK! Heart and soul breaking.

It's like you think you know where it's going, where it could possibly go, but what you get is a big kick in the gut, the wind knocked out of you and you're hopeless to the pain he holds on to.

Can they both find their light? Will each other be enough for what they each need? Will Chase find his Truth?

I didn't want to run away from any more of my life. I just wanted to feel. If that meant not always feeling happy, not always feeling comfortable, if it meant suffering through times of sadness and headache, then I was in. I wanted all in. If love was my only constant, then nothing else mattered. 

This was Brilliant. It had everything you could ever want.

A fun sassy best friend.

"Fine you're no fun, but if the are any hotties on your team this month, I'm gonna want details. Your eyes still work, right? Even if you vagina's sealed shut by now." 

A Tortured hero, who at time seriously melted my heart.

"And I told you, baby, you never have to thank me. I would feed your entire family every meal for the next twenty years to see that smile on your face." 

Then there were the sexy, oh god it's so hot in here moments…. The shower scene.. HOTTEST SCENE ever! That shit is hot. TRUTH

He wrapped his fingers around his hard shaft and squeezed. My mouth went dry; any and all moisture drenched my thong. "My girl likes to watch?" He stroked his cock, with more force than I ever imagined using. It was the hottest moment Ever. 

A funny as all hell, not at all annoying, strong an amazing Heroine.

This was part of the movie where you pushed stop or fast-forward, because it was just that embarrassing it made you stomach hurt. Pull. It. Together. There was only one possible explanation: I was having a full-out stroke.

With an amazing cast of Dr's, Nurses and Interns…. It was your favourite romance, with the hottest sexy times, sizzling chemistry and fun, hilarious banter mixed in with an episode of Grey's Anatomy all in one!

Freaking LOVE the Cover! First thing I thought when I found this.

I loved Loved loved that he called her Blue, love awesome nicknames. TOTAL Swoon right there.

I loved Ash. Seriously that man needs his own book. STAT

I loved the medical talk, the scenes, everything. I haven't read anything like it. It was refreshing to have it set in that background.

I loved their Truths. It was real and raw and heartbreaking but so beautiful.

I loved the mystery. The suspense. My chest was pounding the last 10% of the book! INTENSE!

You must grab this one ASAP. You will not want to miss this one.

Riley Mackenzie are 2 best friend Authors that have done a brilliant job on their Debut. Can not fault one thing. Bravo Ladies, You rock!

☆★✦ 5 Stars ✦★☆

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Yep. That's an “s.” There are two of us!


We’re East coast girls separated by Long Island Sound who met in Physician Assistant School and have been besties ever since. We can safely say that thirteen miles of water does not get in the way because we talk or text, no exaggeration, at least 150 times a day. No, really, we do—about everything and nothing. Shockingly, we never (we mean never) run out of things to say. Umm, ever. We definitely laugh A LOT and we’re a tad sarcastic. And if we’re being totally honest, one or two people might have, on occasion, used our names and ‘dramatic’ in the same sentence. But it’s hard to trust the sources since they married us.

It only took twelve years, two husbands, five kids, two dogs, and a two-week vacation in Cape Cod later to decide the romance world needed a splash of medicine. Write what you know.

So you can easily find us at 4 o'clock on Bank Street beach with a glass of cold Prosecco brainstorming. And guaranteed if we bump into you, literally, it’s only because our iPhones are glued to our hands (totally out of our control) either writing or editing our next novel (and yes, it is possible to do from your iPhone, we mastered it … damn those straight quotations).

When we are not working on our book or reading the latest angsty romance on our kindles, you basically name it and we have it going on. Soccer, lacrosse, golf, swimming, dance, gymnastics, football, chess, baseball, basketball, skiing, ice skating, school, homework, and more school.

Oh yeah, did we forget to mention our careers in medicine?

Needless to say, we realized fast that something had to go, so we opted for sleep. It’s completely overrated (yet so AMAZING) and delirium makes everything funnier. Good thing we share a brain and can pretty much complete each other’s sentences (definitely weird, we know), otherwise it might have taken us two years to write Beautifully Awake rather than one.

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***Release Day Blitz,Review & Giveaway*** Where I Belong By J. Daniels

 

Title: Where I Belong
Author: J. Daniels
Genre: Contemporary

Publication Date: June 30, 2014
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When Mia Corelli returns to Alabama for a summer of fun with her childhood best friend, Tessa, there's only one thing keeping her on edge. One person that she’d do anything to avoid.

Benjamin Kelly. World’s biggest dickhead.

Mia hates him with a fury and has no desire to ever see him again. When she decides to start her summer off with a bang and finally give away her v-card, she unknowingly hands it over to the one guy that excelled at making her life miserable, learning a valuable lesson in the process.

Always get the name of the guy you’re going home with.

Ben can’t get the girl he spent one night with out of his head. When she leaves him the next morning, he thinks he’ll never see her again. Until he sees her lounging by the pool with his sister.

Mia is determined to hate Ben, even though she can’t forget him.

Ben is determined to prove he’s not the same guy he used to be.

What happens when the one person you wish never existed becomes the one person you can’t imagine being without?

My Review

Where do I start?? I loved this book and the complexity of the characters. I loved how Miss.Daniels was able to bring all the characters to life and show that not everything is so cut and dry in life. She was able to have me laughing till I cried with all the bantering and inner thoughts of these characters. And some of the one liners I will be chuckling over them for moths if not years to come, but in the same turn she was able to bring their heart aches to the surfaces and have me choking up and crying right along with them.

Mia Correlli is an awesome leading lady and I loved her spunk and personality. When Mia was younger she was a little heavy, wore thick glasses and had some skin issues, this made her the butt of all jokes with her best friends brother who was relentless in teasing and tormenting her. The teasing used to drive Mia to cry herself to sleep and starve herself to try and lose weight. Then when she moved away with her family she came into her own and became a beautiful young women. With her mother very ill she never got the chance to go back and visit her best friend in Alabama or really date in general, so when the opportunity to go visit for two months she decides to go but first she must lose her v-card so she can party it up all summer with her bestie.

She makes the journey to Alabama but stops at a bar to find the right guy for a one night stand and man oh mighty she can’t believe that a tall, tattooed and sexy as sin man wants to take her home. He was everything that she could hope for in a one night stand and he rocks her world.

“I could seriously climb you like an oak tree.” “Oh yeah? I think I’d like to see that.” His playful response makes me laugh and I’m quickly being pulled through the crowd and out the door.”

 The next day she parts ways with him and goes to her friend’s house thinking she will never see him again but well life has a funny way of throwing you some curve balls because when her best friends brother, the boy that was the reason for her nightmares shows up and it’s the guy from the bar who rocked her world….

“Benjamin Kelly. World’s biggest dickhead.”

Ben was an asshole as a young man but he has defiantly changed over the years and man oh mighty the things he says and does will make you melt on the spot. He has become a wonderful friend, brother and a father. And add in that he’s a man in uniform you may as well call it done because he could not become any more appealing..lol When his “angle” from his one night stand runs off he can’t believe it but when he finds out it’s his sisters best friend Mia he is stunned stupid. He can’t believe that the girl from his past is the one he can’t forget but he will not let her run from him again. Only problem is she still sees him as the asshat he was as a teenager.

“Fine. Whatever. But just know that this nice act doesn’t wipe out all the shitty things you’ve done to me” “that shit is still very raw. And no amount of bag carrying is going to make me forget.”

But that that doesn’t stop him from trying to win her over. And let me say the journey to winning her over had me swooning all over him. Their journey together is one that I think we can all relate to; it’s one of learning to forgive and open your heart and to remember that your actions and words can have a long term effect on those around us. I loved every moment of this book and look forward to reading the next books in this series. The other characters that I met so far Tessa (Ben’ sister) and Luke (Ben’s partner) have me counting down the days till I get to see their stories. Because with the heat that Ben and Mia bring I think that my kindle may just explode with Tessa’s sassy mouth and Luke’s sexiness.

So cheers to you Miss.Daniels and you have a brand new fan in me. Keep the sweet and spiciness coming because you my dear know how to tap into my brain and hook line and sinker my heart.

“It really should come with some sort of warning label.” “Mmm and what would it say? Multiple orgasms await you if you put this between your legs?”

★★☆5 Handcuffed Stars ☆★★

Review By Angela Deforge

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J. Daniels was born and raised in Maryland.

After putting her kids to bed, she escapes into her cheeky world where some of her characters kiss, and some of them do a lot more than kiss.

She is an avid reader and enjoys everything from unconventional romance to fantasy novels.

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