Test

Title: Test

Series: A Gentry Generations Story

Author: Cora Brent

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: September 27, 2018

PAIGE

He seems like nothing but arrogance with a beer in one hand and some clueless girl in the other. I can read Derek Gentry like he’s a neon sign that says ‘I AM A TERRIBLE IDEA.’

And I’m not tempted, no matter how hot he is.

I’ve heard the rumors. I know his story.

But I’ve got my own scars. I don’t need his.

Despite his muscled, blue-eyed Adonis kind of staggering good looks, he’s heartbreak wrapped in a seductive package.

However I never planned on falling into his arms on the worst night of my life.

I never planned on initiating a chain reaction of events that neither of us saw coming.

And I never planned on needing him so much I can hardly stand it. 

DEREK

Everyone has a history.

Mine’s a little worse than most.

I’ve hurt my family. I’ve hurt people I never knew. I’ve hurt myself.

And I’ve been hiding at the bottom of a bottle for so long I’m not sure how to do things differently.

Paige always struck me as the sort of uptight girl who would never give anyone a break. Little did I know what kind of mysteries she’s been keeping inside. Now I can’t get her out of my head.

We could help each other.

Or we could destroy each other.

Right now it’s anyone’s guess…

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Test brings up back to the Gentry family with a bit of a heavier story surrounding Derek Gentry. After screwing up in a pretty big way he's now labeled himself the black sheep of the family and is trying to battle his demons on his own. But then he meets Paige on one of the worst nights of her life and finds himself drawn to her like never before. She has her own demons that she's trying to fight away but maybe for them two broken people can make each other whole again. 

I really liked the emotion turn this book took on the Gentry Generations series and it made me feel so much more connected to this family than I already did. Seeing them come together to help Derek and be there to support him when not even he realized he needed it was just very amazing to read. And then seeing how he was with Paige just brought all the warm and fuzzy feeling along with even more emotion from seeing them both struggle. 

I thought there was still a great deal of romance in the book, which I loved, but the focus was definitely more on what struggles these characters were dealing with. So then I was slightly disappointed when there wasn't more of a clear ending on that but I could weirdly also understand why there wasn't. Which had me a little conflicted on the end. But either way this is certainly a book I recommend reading and it can be read as a standalone with no problem. 

I flushed and tried to choke out a laugh. “It’s funny how I can’t seem to stop embarrassing myself in front of you.” Derek shook his head like he thought I was being ridiculous. “Stop being embarrassed.” He started moving the piles of cassettes over to the desk and then switched off the power button on the stereo. I had no idea why. Maybe he was just trying to help clean up. Then he got on the bed beside me, stretched out and extended his arm. “Come here,” he whispered. I obeyed. Slowly, because I wasn’t sure what he had in mind. But Derek wasn’t after sex. He didn’t touch me while I got comfortable. Settling against his strong body seemed like the most natural act in the world. It didn’t feel dirty or even erotic. He switched off the bedside lamp, wrapped his arms around me and let me fall asleep with my cheek next to his beating heart. And there I slept all night, more soundly than I thought possible...

Cora Brent was born in a cold climate and escaped as soon as it was legally possible. Now, she lives in the desert with her husband, two kids and a prickly pear cactus she has affectionately named ‘Spot’. Cora’s closet is filled with boxes of unfinished stories that date back her 1980’s childhood and all her life she has dreamed of being an author. Amazingly, she is now a New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer of contemporary romance and begs not to be awakened from this dream.

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PERVERSION, book one in the Perversion Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author T.M. Frazier is live!

Love is supposed to be a fairy tale.

Ours is a death wish.

I'm the executioner for the Bedlam Brotherhood.

She's a con artist working for my greatest enemy.

I use her.

She manipulates me.

We find ourselves on opposite sides of a bloody war.

My heart and head tell me I have to stay away.

My lust for her doesn't give a sh*t.

Nothing's fair in love and gang war.

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T.M. (Tracey Marie) Frazier never dreamed that a single person would ever read a word she wrote when she published her first book. Now, she is a five-time USA Today bestselling author and her books have been translated into numerous languages and published all around the world.   T.M. enjoys writing what she calls sexy‘wrongside of the tracks romance’ with morally corrupt anti-heroes and ballsy heroines.   Her books have been described as raw, dark and gritty. Basically, what that means, is while some authors are great at describing a flower as it blooms, T.M. is better at describing it in the final stages of decay.   She loves meeting her readers, but if you see her at an event please don’t pinch her because she's not ready to wake up from this amazing dream.

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Cyclone

Cyclone

Janie Crouch

Linear Tactical Book 1

September 25, 2018

He’d protect her from any threat… 

But what if the biggest threat is him?

Doctor Anne Nichols is back in Oak Creek, Wyoming, only because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone. 

Except Zac Mackay. The very reason she left in the first place. 

Zac’s years in Special Forces taught him survival skills, and he’s created a company—Linear Tactical—to teach those skills to others, so they never have to live in fear.

Then why is Annie, the last person he’d ever want to hurt, afraid of him? 

Zac’s determined to wipe the fear from the eyes of the woman who has never been far from his mind. And fix the mistakes—his mistakes—that put that look there in the first place. 

But a predator has set his sights on Annie. And now survival skills will become much more than lessons.

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“What do you remember?” She forced the words past a throat that seemed to have dried up.

His hand moved to the back of his neck. “Honestly, not much at all. It’s sort of a blur.”

She retreated a step from him again. That night had been the most important night of her life. The best. The worst. It had changed the very fabric of her being. 

And it was *sort of a blur* for him.

***

He pulled her hands up and placed them on the wall above her head. “Leave them right there,” he murmured against her neck. 

He slid his nose along her jaw and hairline until he arrived at her ear. “I just want you to stand here and feel. There’s so many things I’m going to do to you, sweet Annie.”

***

“Only one rule,” he said against her lips. “Anything makes you nervous, brings back bad memories—you tell me right away. You don’t try to power through anything. We go as slow as you need.”

***

Damn it, this wasn’t what he wanted. He owed her more. Better. He had planned to make this first time last for hours, but now he just wanted to devour her. 

Where was all that famous Cyclone self-control? He’d stayed on task in the Special Forces even when bullets rained and explosions thundered close around him. 

But this woman’s kiss blew his focus straight to hell.

“God, Annie.” His voice was so gritty he didn’t even recognize it. “I don’t even know if I can make it to the bed.” 

Her hands slid down over his jeans and grabbed his ass, pulling him closer. “Then don’t.”

Hot Winter Nights

Hot Winter Nights

Jill Shalvis

Heartbreaker Bay Book 6

September 25, 2018

Who needs mistletoe?

Most people wouldn't think of a bad Santa case as the perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office manager at Hunt Investigations, isn't most people, and she could really use a distraction from the fantasies she's been having since spending the night with her very secret crush, Lucas Knight. Nothing happened, not that Lucas knows that — but Molly just wants to enjoy being a little naughty for once...

Whiskey and pain meds for almost-healed bullet wounds don't mix. Lucas needs to remember that next time he's shot on the job, which may be sooner rather than later if Molly's brother, Joe, finds out about them. Lucas can't believe he's drawing a blank on his (supposedly) passionate tryst with Molly, who's the hottest, smartest, strongest woman he's ever known. Strong enough to kick his butt if she discovers he's been assigned to babysit her on her first case. And hot enough to melt his cold heart this Christmas.

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Excerpt

It took Lucas Knight longer than it should have to realize he had a woman in his bed, but to be fair, he had a bitch of a hangover. Even worse than that, last night was a blur, prompting him to take quick stock. One, there was a bundle of sweet, soft curves against him. Two, his head was currently threatening to secede from the United States Of Lucas. And three, his side hurt like … well, like he’d been shot.

It’d been two weeks since he’d gotten caught in some crossfire on the job and he hadn’t yet been cleared for more than light duty – something he’d obviously managed to ignore last night given that he was palming a nice, warm, feminine ass.

Think, man.

Straining his brain, he remembered taking a pain med before going to O’Riley’s Pub to meet up with some friends. A client had been there, someone he’d recently helped save from a multi-million dollar corporate espionage. The guy had ordered shots to toast to Lucas and … shit. Knowing better than to mix pain meds and alcohol, he’d hesitated, but everyone had been waiting on him, glasses hoisted in the air. Thinking just one shot couldn’t hurt anything, he’d knocked back the drink.

Clearly, he’d been wrong and it’d been enough to mess him up big time, something he hadn’t been in years, not since his brother Josh had been killed. Shoving that away for another time – or never -- Lucas cracked open one eye, but when his retina was stabbed by a streak of sunlight glaring in through the window, he immediately slammed it shut it again. Taking a deep breath, he told himself to suck it up and opened both eyes this time, learning two additional facts.

He was naked and completely uncovered. 

And the woman snugged up at his side was rolled up in his comforter like a burrito.

What. The. Hell. 

Hot Winter Nights is the sixth book in Jill Shalvis' Heartbreaker Bay series but in my opinion can be read as a standalone without any spoilers from the previous books. Following Molly Malone, the office manager at Hunt Investigations, as she tries to prove that she can handle more than just office work. Seeing that she's trying to push out of the office and into more field work her brother brings in Lucas Knight, one of his close friends, and asks that he watch over Molly. What no one expected though was the feelings that start to develop between Lucas and Molly.

I really enjoyed this story and actually thought that it had a little more suspense than the previous book. It was still pretty light and definitely a fun read but it kept me on the edge more than I was expecting. And that was something I really enjoyed along with seeing how Molly and Lucas handled all of that suspense. I thought they were a great couple and I was glad that Lucas never tried to baby Molly and instead sat back and watched as she did her best to prove to her brother and the rest of Hunt Investigations that she was more than just the office girl. That trust he had in her was the best part of their relationship and what had me swooning over him. 

Overall, this is definitely a book I would recommend reading. It was a lighthearted read with those hints of suspense that were enough to keep me captivated without taking over the sweetness of the romance between Molly and Lucas. 

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I Bet You Cover Reveal

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new swoon-fest of a novel about what happens when you look beyond labels and take a chance on love.

I Bet You, an all-new sexy college romance standalone is coming October 29th, and we have the hot new cover!

Cover Designer: Shanoff Designs

Photographer: Wander Aguiar

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Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publishing Date: October 29, 2018

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Sexy Athlete: I bet you…

Penelope Graham: Burn in hell, quarterback.

The late night text is random but Penelope knows exactly who “Sexy Athlete” is. And why she shouldn't take his wager.

Ryker Voss.

Football star.

Walks on water and God's gift to women.

Just ask him.

His bet? He promises Penelope he’ll win her the heart of the nerdy guy she’s been crushing on. His plan—good old-fashioned jealousy. Once her crush sees her kissing Ryker, he'll realize what he's missing. Sounds legit, right? The only question is…why is Ryker being so nice to her?

Penelope Graham.

Virgin.

Lover of sparkly vampires and calculus.

His mortal enemy.

Penelope knows she shouldn’t trust a jock, but what’s a girl to do when she needs a date to Homecoming? And Ryker’s keeping a secret, another bet, one that could destroy Penelope’s heart forever.

Will the quarterback score the good girl or will his secret mean everyone loses at this game of love?

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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills writes about strong heroines and sexy alpha males that sometimes you just want to slap. She's best known for her angsty, heartfelt new adult college romances. A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice; Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero. She's also addicted to frothy coffee beverages, Vampire Diaries, and any kind of book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females.

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Royally Yours Cover Reveal

 

Princess Lenora Celeste Beatrice Arabella Pembrook had an unusual childhood. She was raised to be a Queen—the first Queen of Wessco. 

It’s a big deal. 

When she’s crowned at just nineteen, the beautiful young monarch is prepared to rule. She’s charming, clever, confident and cunning. 

What she isn’t…is married. 

It’s her advising council’s first priority. It’s what Parliament is demanding, and what her people want. 

Lenora has no desire to tie herself to a man—particularly one who only wants her for her crown. But compromises must be made and royals must do their duty. 

Even Queens. Especially them. 

** 

Years ago, Edward Langdon Richard Dorian Rourke, walked away from his title and country. Now he’s an adventurer—climbing mountains, exploring jungles, going wherever he wants, when he wants—until family devotion brings him home. 

And a sacred promise keeps him there. 

To Edward, the haughty, guarded little Queen is intriguing, infuriating…and utterly captivating. Wanting her just might drive him mad—or become his greatest adventure. 

** 

Within the cold, stone walls of the royal palace—mistrust threatens, wills clash, and an undeniable, passionate love will change the future of the monarchy forever. 

Every dynasty has a beginning. Every legend starts with a story. 

This is theirs. 

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Got it Bad

Got it Bad

Christi Barth

Bad Boys Gone Good Book 3

September 18, 2018

Kellan Maguire's on the run from the mob, living a secret life. The only bright spot is his U.S. Marshal handler. Yeah, he wants to handle her....a lot. And in spite of all the rules it would break, Federal Marshal Delaney Evans secretly fears she’d risk everything for one night with Kellan. Even though Delaney’s career, her entire world, could implode if she admits how important he is to her. And all that is before the biggest complication of all hits...

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Got It Bad bring us to the last Maguire brother, Kellan, the "good guy" out of the three. Throughout the series we've seen him flirt hard with the U.S Marshall protecting him and his brothers and now we get to see what happens when Delaney finally gives in to his charms. Their attraction could mean not only the end of Delaney's career but the end of the Maguire brother's protection. Yet it's too strong for either of them to ignore. 

I was so excited to get this book and see Kellan and Delaney together and giving in to all that sexual tension that's been between them these past two books. And it was so worth the wait because I loved getting to see them as more than protector/protectee and getting all my questions answered about whether or not Delaney would actually give in to the charming almost-lawyer. 

I thought that they were pretty damn cute together too and I was surprised when getting to know both of them more. Kellan intrigued me with how he was the brother that wasn't in the mob and knew nothing of his brothers dealings with it yet he also wasn't as straight-laced as I originally thought and I ended up liking that a lot. Not only did we get to see him get his chance with the woman he wanted but in the story we also got to see him become more confident in himself and find something to make him happy career wise. He really shined through in this book and it was very enjoyable to read. 

I do have to say that I was expecting the whole mob storyline to be a little more settled at the end but it also didn't leave me with questions about it so it wasn't much of a bother that it wasn't. And I did really like the epilogue that gave us more of the brothers as they were all settled in to their new lives together. Now I'll just be hoping that we will get a story for Lucien sometime in the future because I feel like he definitely has one to tell. Hint hint wink wink Ms. Barth? 

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Guilty As Sin

Guilty until proven innocent.

That’s the way the world works, right?
I’m tired of being convicted without evidence, all because my last name is Gable.
The Riscoffs might own this town, but I’m done following their rules.
If only I could forget just how easily Lincoln Riscoff can drag me under his spell.

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Guilty as Sin is the second installment in Meghan March's Sin trilogy. Picking up where the first one left us we're thrown back into the crazy world of drama and secrets in the town of Gable. 

I have to say that I actually enjoyed this book a lot more than I did the first. Not that I didn't like the beginning but I felt like in this book we got to learn a lot more about Lincoln and Whitney and I felt a deeper connection tot hem. There were also less times that the book changed back to the past, which was one of my major reasons for struggling a bit with the first book. 

For me this book was definitely more about getting to know the characters and less about their twisted tale of secrets, which was actually a good thing for me. There are still a ton of questions we're left with though so I can't wait to get the conclusion and see how this story is going to tie together. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels, Meghan March has been known to wear camo face paint and tromp around in woods wearing mud-covered boots, all while sporting a perfect manicure. She’s also impulsive, easily entertained, and absolutely unapologetic about the fact that she loves to read and write smut. Her past lives include slinging auto parts, selling lingerie, making custom jewelry, and practicing corporate law. Writing books about dirty talking alpha males and the strong, sassy women who bring them to their knees is by far the most fabulous job she’s ever had. Sign up for Meghan's newsletter and receive exclusive content that she saves for her subscribers: http://meghanmarch.com/subscribe To get the inside scoop on a daily basis, search Meghan March's Runaway Readers on Facebook and join the fun. 

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Dirty Headlines

   

"Dirty Headlines is a fantastic enemies to lovers office romance with a perfect filthy asshole hero that I wish I'd written myself." - Laurelin Paige, New York Times bestselling author.

Dirty Headlines, an all-new sexy, enemies-to-lovers romance from bestselling author L.J. Shen is LIVE!

Célian Laurent.
Manhattan royalty.
Notorious playboy.
Heir to a media empire.
…And my new boss.

I could have impressed him, if not for last month’s unforgettable one-night stand.

I left it with more than orgasms and a pleasant memory—namely, his wallet.

Now he’s staring me down like I’m the dirt under his Italian loafers, and I’m supposed to take it.

But the thing about being Judith “Jude” Humphry is I have nothing to lose.

Brooklyn girl.

Infamously quirky.

Heir to a stack of medical bills and a tattered couch.

When he looks at me from across the room, I see the glint in his eyes, and that makes us rivals.

He knows it.

So do I.

Every day in the newsroom is a battle.

Every night in his bed, war.

But it’s my heart at stake, and I fear I’ll be raising the white flag.

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It's not often that I say a heroine was my favorite character in a story, I'm usually all about the heroes. But in Dirty Headlines it was Jude that had me crushing big time. I loved how down to earth she was and I absolutely adored all of the music references she threw out there. I'm a huge music lover and it made me giddy every time she would mention a favorite band or song of mine. 

Then we have Celian who brought all of the sexual tension and raw heated up energy to the story. I have to say that compared to some of L.J Shen's other heroes he was a pretty tame and not as much of an asshole as I was expecting, but he was still a big 'ol jerk towards Jude. But then we got to see his softer side that actually cared about Jude and it made his usual brash attitude worth it.

Overall, this story was one I found very intriguing and I loved the reading experience with these two characters that butted heads so often. Their banter was so sassy it had me cheering Jude on every time she defied Celian and gave him attitude right back and I loved it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat.

Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets people's’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards.

She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.

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