Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Book Review, Giveaway: Blood and Betrayal by Kylie Hillman


Blood & Betrayal: The Complete Black Shamrocks MC Series Box Set
Author: Kylie Hillman
Genre: MC Romance 
Release Date: December 5, 2016 
LIMITED TIME $.99 -$1.99 at various retailers!!



Brotherhood before blood.

It's that simple.

Until, the brotherhood betrays blood...

  
On the surface, the Black Shamrocks MC is exactly what an outlaw motorcycle club should be. Unapologetically brutal. Unquestionably ruthless. Unwaveringly loyal. The brotherhood appears rock solid, allied and impenetrable. Their various blood ties only serve as a reminder of the generations of kinship that came before them. 

Dig a little deeper and the illusion begins to shatter. Beneath a well-cultivated facade of unity, old tensions simmer and new alliances are created. Game plans are being put into action. Legacies are being secured. Deals with the devil are being made. 

While these betrayals are being executed with cold efficiency, a new love is born. It's a love that those undermining the club never saw coming. It's a love that threatens to derail the upcoming coup. It's a love that could unite them all and stop evil in its tracks if it's allowed to prosper. 

When those closest to you are plotting your downfall, is it possible for love to conquer all? If the war needed to defeat those responsible could cost you a loved one, would you be willing to pay the price? Unfortunately, the answers don't matter anymore... because, ready or not, the Black Shamrocks MC is about to be engulfed by BLOOD & BETRAYAL.









Five full length novels - Seizing Control, Making Choices, Seeking Redemption, Tempting Fate, and Finding Nirvana 

Two novellas - Soothing Suffering and Conquering Circumstances 

A never-before-released story - Craving Control is a 40,000-word story from Brendan Taylor's point-of-view. The villain finally gets to have his say! 

Extended epilogues for all surviving characters at the end of Finding Nirvana. This takes place six months after Finding Nirvana finishes and features the Christmas wedding of a much-loved character. 

And, last but not least, the prologue and first chapter to Conan, Black Shamrocks MC: First Generation. The first book in the spin-off series will be released in February 2017 and features the parents of the MC members everyone met in the Black Shamrocks MC series.

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A never-before-released story - Craving Control is a 40,000 word story from Brendan Taylor's point-of-view. The villain finally gets to have his say! Extended epilogues for all surviving characters at the end of Finding Nirvana. This takes place six months after Finding Nirvana finishes and features the Christmas wedding of a much-loved character. And, last but not least, the prologue and first chapter to Conan, Black Shamrocks MC: First Generation. The first book in the spin-off series will be released in February 2017 and features the parents of the MC members everyone met in the Black Shamrocks MC series.



Making Choices-

-As voices fill the bar, desolation threatens to choke me. This Club has been my life since I was old enough to prospect. I respect my patch, honour our traditions and processes, and couldn’t love my brothers more if they’d been brothers by blood. In my mind, and I’d always assumed my brother’s minds, we are blood brothers. 

Watching the men who I’d throw my life on the line for fight amongst themselves, I’m left wondering if this is the beginning of the end. Will this treachery succeed in taking us down, or will we rise and face the challenge as the brotherhood we thought we were? What a fucking night. 

And it’s only just beginning.











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Review:

After the fourth book ended, I thought we could be reading more of Maddi's and Miks story. But that is not the case.  Instead we get to read the story from Joel's point of view, along with the newest character Sascha.  I can honestly say that the first chapter to this book tore my heart out, especially after everything that we have been through with the characters. But that is usually the case with dark romances, they aren't frilly romances with rainbows in the sky. These books are dark and gritty to the core, and the only thing that can survive is love. I really do love the amount of emotion that the author tied into the story. 

Since I write honest reviews, I have to say I was a little disappointed that we didn't see a lot of Jasmine (Sascha's daughter.) Well not as much as I would have like. So that kinda bumped a star from the book. But other then that, this book was great! 







$50 gift card (Amazon or iTunes)

Signed paperbacks of the complete Black Shamrocks MC series

ARC's of each of the books in the spin-off series, Black Shamrocks MC: First Generation sent to their device of choice a week before each book's release day. 







Kylie Hillman is an Australian author.
Wife to a Harley-riding, boating and fishing, four-wheel driving quintessential Aussie bloke.

Mum to two crazy, adorable, and original kids.

Crohn's Disease sufferer and awareness campaigner.

She’s also an avid tea drinker, a connoisseur of 80s/90s rock music, and is known for lacing everything she says with sarcasm and inappropriate innuendo.


Formerly working in finance, she was forced to reevaluate her plans for her life when severe Crohn's Disease brought her corporate career to a screeching halt. Restarting her childhood hobbies of writing and reading to alleviate the monotony of being sick and housebound, she found her calling, and is enjoying life to the max. A typical day is spent in the "real" world where she hangs out with her awesome family and "book" world where she gets to chill with her fictional characters.

Kylie writes the books she wants to read. A lover of strong men who aren't perfect and aren't afraid to admit it, straight talking women who embrace their vulnerabilities, and real life gritty stories, she hopes these themes shine through her writing. An avid reader of all genres, Kylie hopes to release books that keep the reader on the edge of their seat—be it with suspense, romance, or laughter.




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Monday, December 5, 2016

Cover Reveal: Lila by Elizabeth Reyes




 Lila 

(A Boyle Heights novel)

by Elizabeth Reyes

 Contemporary Romance

Coming: Winter 2017

Cover Designed by: Amanda Simpson of Pixel Mischief Design





Synopsis:

When two unlikely paths cross . . . compatibility seems improbable.

Adrift in a foul-mouthed world of ass kicking to survive life on the tough streets of Boyle Heights, Lila is anything but a refined girlie girl. Fighting tooth and nail for those she loves has left her with a chip on her shoulder as big as the gloves on her fists.

After years of being surrounded by glamorous glitzy women, Sonny didn't even realize how much he's yearned for someone of real substance. So, when he meets the unapologetic, sexy-as-hell Lila, her in-your-face candor awakens something in him he's never felt before.

Despite Lila's suspicions about Sonny's intentions, the two begin a seemingly innocent, yet deliciously dangerous, online flirtation as his business keeps him away a lot.

The more their rapidly growing connection intensifies, the more Lila feels Sonny is too perfect to be true. But when she's blindsided by the truth about who Sonny really is . . .

Compatibility suddenly feels impossible.




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Author Bio:

"I write because I must. It’s not a choice or a pastime, it’s an unyielding calling and my passion."


USA Today Bestselling Author, Elizabeth Reyes continues to answer to her calling on a daily basis. Since releasing her debut novel Forever Mine (Moreno Brothers #1) in 2010 she has now published 24 full-length novels total and fast at work on the next. The excitement her Moreno Brothers, 5th Street, and Fate series have garnered has far exceeded her wildest dreams. It is with as much excitement that she'll continue to put out books related to these series as well as introduce brand new ones very soon.


Stay tuned for more exciting news about what's in store for 2017!


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Book Review: Heartbeats by Sarah O'Rourke

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He’ll fight her every step of the way. She’s fighting because there is no other way to keep him alive.

Legendary FBI profiler Matteo Cassano gives the orders. He is not accustomed at all to following them. The control-freak legend of the FBI could have any woman he wants, and often had in the past. But when he meets the amazing, younger Brenna Langley, he might have finally found the woman that could change his entire life.

Brenna Langley is professional, focused, and determined to move ahead in her career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Having tried a few failed relationships, she had decided that romance would not be in the cards for her. That was, until Matt Cassano enters her orbit and she finds herself on a secret, covert mission to save the great man from himself.

But what happens when these two determined personalities clash and the change is more than either one of them bargained for? And when Matt’s health becomes an issue, can the fledgling relationship survive?

STANDALONE. HEA. Romantica erotica.


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A mere ten minutes later, Bren found herself firmly wrapped in those arms of his, straddling his waist as he made himself quite at home on her leather sofa. Dropping another quick kiss to his waiting lips, she felt his hands slide under her blouse, his fingers finding the shallow indentation of her lower spine and stroking her sensitive skin gently.

Moaning as Matteo’s arms tightened around her waist and pulled her closer, Bren’s eyelids fluttered as she arched against his warm touch.  Biting her lip, she felt Matt’s devious lips smiling devilishly against her neck as his magic fingers skated up her toned sides, stopping only when he reached the satiny fabric barrier of her bra. “Oh, God,” she gasped as he leaned forward, dropping a slow, wet kiss to the center of her neck, her pulse pounding against his tongue. Tracing a slow, agonizing pattern up her neck and ending at her ear, Bren shivered as he slowly drew her earlobe between his lips.

Matteo grinned as he felt a shudder claim her aroused body, and he couldn't resist pushing her just a little bit farther. "So tell me, Brenna,” he whispered sensually against her flesh, his warm breath fanning her neck and pulling another quiver from her small body.  “Are you still thinking about keeping me out of your bed tonight, love?"

Sinking her teeth into her lower lip as she shifted in the cradle of his lap, Bren’s hand fisted in Matteo’s shirt, her nails digging into the soft material as her other hand desperately tried to unfasten the infuriating buttons she just knew had to be there somewhere.  “Now, Matt,” she said breathlessly, “I think we’ve proven that this couch is more than sufficient for our needs, don’t you?”

“Which needs would we be talking about, babe?" Matteo asked on a growl as he dropped his hand back to her waist.  Trailing one blunt fingertip up her side until he cupped the warm weight of her satin-covered breast in his hand, he rubbed his lips against the thrumming pulse in her neck as he murmured, "Maybe this need right here?"



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Heartbeats Buy Links

Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2h5PVlY
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N1O7ZG5  
Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01N1O7ZG5  
Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01N1O7ZG5



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Favorite Quotes:



Now, Catherine Nanetta, you are exaggerating and you know it.  Jealousy only brings out your wrinkles, dear, and lying is a mortal sin.  You don't want me to have to ask the priest to...


Only a mother's voice could hit that exact perfect tone, an incredulous mixture of guilt and shame, with just a touch of irritation thrown in for good measure.


I don't think I've ever heard of someone dying from eating their vegetables.  But I'm sure if it's going to happen, you'll do it with panache.


Now lie your butt back in that bed and rest or so help me god, I'm going to get Nurse Helga, Queen of Pain in here to give you an enema!



My Review:


Matteo Cassano has a demanding job with the FBI; an elderly yet vibrant and meddlesome mother; three sassy and mouthy younger sisters that he has labeled as harpies and the Sisters of Satan; a smoking hot new love affair budding with his FBI co-worker that has been leading a double life and nefariously woven her way into every aspect of his life; and the least of his problems is a newly discovered heart condition.  What is a coffee/red meat/sweets addict to do but ignore his Dr. and continue on in denial?  The storyline is heaving with humor, argumentative family drama, and erotic sensual scenes.  Oh my. 

Empress DJ



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Sarah O'Rourke is the alter ego of two best friends who bonded over their passion for romantic fiction and erotica. Born and raised in the southern United States, one lives near Louisville, Kentucky, while the other resides in Atlanta, Georgia.  Formerly an accountant and a chemist, they are now overworked, stay-at-home moms who adore their children, their husbands...and writing about love in every way possible.

Inspired by their dog-eared copies of Gone with the Wind and their almost warped DVDs of Steel Magnolias, they love to write wildly intense romantic/erotica stories that have multiple characters, but they focus on one couple that will ALWAYS have a happy ending…eventually!


Social Media Links

Twitter: @sarahorourke99 (http://www.twitter.com/sarahrourke99