Tuesday, February 23, 2016

{ Hard To Handle by R.C. Boldt }

Hard To Handle
By: R.C. Boldt
Genre: Romance


~ Synopsis ~

RC Boldt’s Teach Me series gives us a closer look at just how thin the line is between love and hate… 

Fifth grade social studies teacher, Laney Kavanaugh, is no stranger to being left behind – her father taught her that at a young age. That’s why she always has her eyes wide open when it comes to men. She’s determined she will never again be the one left behind. She doesn’t let sex blur what they’re really doing; it’s always just sex. 

Until Zach. 

Zachariah Mayson, fifth grade writing and English teacher, has been the bane of Laney’s existence from the moment they met at their shared elementary school. She can’t stand him. He gets under her skin like no other and is always utterly obnoxious in his attempts–and successes–in getting a rise out of her. 

Until the wedding. 

The night of their friends’ wedding, Laney gives in to a moment of melancholy, knowing she’ll never be able to let her guard down enough to let a guy close, let alone someday get married. She and Zach end up having the hottest night she’d ever experienced, showing her another side of him, a softer, sweeter one he’d hidden from her until now. Because now, he hoped she was finally ready to “see” him. 

But when you’ve always guarded yourself against falling in love, can you let go of the past in order to embrace the future? 





~ Within The Pages Book Blog Review ~ 
5 Star Review!!!

Hard To Handle is Book 2 in the Teach Me Series by R.C. Boldt and I loved every second of it.  

It was fun getting to know Laney and Zach better in Hard To Handle. In Wildest Dream (book 1 of The Teach Me Series) you saw the two tip toeing around each other and knew there was more to their story. I loved learning their story and what made them tick!
(Side note: you don't need to read book 1 to follow Hard to Handle
 but you are definitely missing out if you don't)

Where to start with Laney and Zach? 
Laney doesn't believe in love and marriage . She guards her heart from getting too attached because of circumstances when she was growing up. Zach from the moment of meeting Laney has been tongue tied and they starts off on the wrong foot.  They continue for years having a love/hate relationship.

The day finally comes when lines are crossed and the attraction that they both have towards each other is succumbed too! Laney guarding her heart only wants a sexual relationship and Zach is willing to give her that hoping that things will change. In Hard To Handle you are taken on an emotional roller coaster of ups and downs until finally coming to a stop.

My favorite parts throughout the book was when all the friends were together. I just love the comradely  between them - they have each other back no matter what and have no problem bashing on each other at the same time. I laughed throughout the book - Lawson just cracks me up!

Hard To Handle is a sweet romantic story! 

Can't wait to read more of the series!
 

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Cheers ~ E & L




Friday, February 19, 2016

{ AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT ~ Geri Glenn }

 ~ AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT ~
 ~ GERI GLENN ~
 
 
 
~ Author Bio ~

Geri Glenn is the author of Kings Of Korruption MC Series. The third book, titled Jase, is coming April 15, 2016!

Geri lives in beautiful New Brunswick, Canada. She is a military wife, the mother of two gorgeous, but slightly crazy little girls, and just recently was fortunate enough to quit her day job to stay home and do what she loves most - write!

Geri has been as avid reader for as long as she can remember. When she isn't writing or adulting in some other fashion, she can usually be found curled up in a comfy chair, reading on her iPad both day and night. Geri is an incurable night owl, and it's not uncommon for her to still be awake, reading at 4 am, just because she finds it hard to put the book down.

Geri loves all genres of fiction, but her passion is anything romantic or terrifying; basically, anything that can get her heart pumping. This passion has bled out onto her laptop and became the Kings of Corruption.

Writing that first book in the series has knocked off the #1 thing on Geri's bucket list, and publishing it has been an absolute dream come true. She hopes you love the Kings as much as she does.

~ Stalk Geri Glenn Here ~ 

♛ Amazon:  http://goo.gl/BlnP6R
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Ryker is book #1 in the Kings of Korruption MC series and can be read as a standalone!

Charlotte’s on the run from a bad bunch of bikers and looking for a fresh start. A tragic childhood has taught Ryker that commitment, in his world, is never a good idea. When Charlotte meets Ryker, she knows she should stay far away but when her past comes knocking, Ryker will risk his club and his life to save the one woman he may want, but can never have.


 
 
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¸.•´HAVE YOU BEEN KORRUPTED?

The second book in the Kings Of Korruption MC series can be read as a standalone and it is hot as hell! #KingsOfKorruption #GeriGlenn

Laynie is a blind woman trying to live every moment to it’s fullest. Tease is a biker who trusts no one. After crashing into Laynie, he finds that there may be more to life than the tragedy of his past.  He finds himself wanting to trust again. When the bullets start flying and the bodies start piling up, keeping Laynie safe may be the last thing Tease ever does. #GeriGlenn
 

 
 
 
 
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~ Coming Soon! ~
 

 

Jase is book 3 in the Kings of Korruption MC series and can be read as a standalone!
 Releasing April 15th, 2016!

Ellen’s worked hard for what she has – a cute house, a great job and a son she loves to pieces. When she meets Jase, she knows he’s a player and she’s not looking to be played. Jase is a player and he’s not ashamed to admit it. He’s a biker that likes to live free and have fun. If only he could convince Ellen to loosen up. She doesn’t know it yet, but his brand of playing is just what Ellen needs.
 
 
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★•**•★HYBRIDS IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER★•**•★
Releases Feb 26th!



Cyrus and Joey are fraternal twins and the children of a forbidden love between an angel and a demon. Trained from a young age to slay the very demons they descend from, they find themselves struggling with life, love and the difference between right and wrong. When Cyrus meets Emersyn and Joey meets Merrick they even find themselves struggling with each other.


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Cheers ~ E & L

Saturday, February 13, 2016

{ Under The Surface By Jaye Cox }

.¸.•*¨☆¸.•*´¨UNDER THE SURFACE •*´¨☆
☆¸.•´.  #AuthorJayeCox •*´¨☆


 
~ BLURB ~
 
Under the surface is the second book in the love is not enough series. Each book can be read as a standalone.
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“I don’t trust men, they only ever take what they want and throw you away like yesterday’s trash. The day I met Dex was no different, until I started to let him in. He could see ME, not the person I have become to avoid being hurt. Then I had to question everything I thought I knew, because he was different.”

Traumatised and screwed up, hard ass Ruby Sinclair never stays too long in one place, never letting anyone get too close. Always running to the only protection she knows –her brother. But a chance meeting with Dex, changes everything.

“My life was perfect and then one day everything changed, my whole life was turned upside down, FOREVER. I became a shell of the man I use to be. Then Ruby happened, she was the breath of fresh air I didn’t know I needed, or wanted. How can letting her in feel so wrong, but so right at the same time?”

Dex has inner demons that torment him constantly. It’s meant to be just for the night; the last thing he expected is a tattooed beauty oozing sex appeal to leave him breathless. Once he’s had a taste of her, will he be able to stop?

With an undeniable sexual attraction that devours them, neither one wants more, but both don’t want anything less.

When push comes to shove, will either of them give an inch?

Can he teach me to trust again?
Could she teach me to love again?

They were destined to cross paths... Because sometimes when two broken people come together, they can once again become whole.






~ Review by Within The Pages ~
 
Under The Surface captured my attention from page one! 
 
Under The Surface is a stunningly, sexy love story about overcoming ones past in order to move forward and have your happily ever after!
 
Dex is fighting a ghost that he can't get away from.  Ruby is fighting her own demons from her past!  With trust being an issue can they together overcome the past and move forward?  Together they make you believe happily ever after is possible even after being dealt a crappy beginning in life!
 
I truly enjoyed reading Under The Surface.
 I felt like I was apart of their family in a dysfunctional way!
 I have to say Jash made me laugh all the time...I think he and Dex are my favorite!
 However, I think I could very easily become addicted to all of them!
 
I look forward to reading more from Jaye Cox! 
 
 
 
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Reader comments.
~This story is so gut wrenching and beautiful.
~This is an explosively heartbreaking read.
~I love the depth and emotion this book evoked in me.
~Absolutely brilliant but tissues will be needed.


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Cheers ~ E & L

Friday, February 12, 2016

{ AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT ~ TONYA BROOKS }


{ Author Spotlight ~ Tonya Brooks }





~ Author Bio ~

Tonya  Brooks lives in Myrtle Beach, SC with her very own bad boy husband, who she happily admits is the inspiration for her male characters. She has two adult sons who refuse to read her books because moms are not supposed to know about sex, much less write about it.
When asked about her books, Tonya's standard reply is, "This ain't your mama's romance novel." Her books deal with raw, gritty, painful issues that real people face, with focus on the strength in overcoming them and there is always a Happily Ever After.
Her alpha males are as hot as a sultry Southern summer night, and the females have as much sass as sex appeal. When they meet, passions ignite hotter than a day at the beach and sparks fly like the Fourth of July. Look out for unexpected plot twists, some colorful language and ribald humor. Oh, and a goat. On a leash.
All of her books are currently being professionally edited and revised with individual character's point of view for ease of reading. Some scenes have been deleted and new ones have been added. One reader commented, "It's like reading an entirely different book!"



The Bad Baker Boys Series:
Book 1
Desire So Sweet: The Beginning

(This book was originally the prologue in the first book of the Bad Baker Boys Series, but due to popular demand, the character was given his own story which now serves as the beginning of the series and explains how the bad Baker boys came to be the bad boys we know and love!)

~ Synopsis ~

He thought he was a monster...

Jed Baker had lived through hell on earth and had the demons to prove it. Then he met an innocent girl who gave his troubled soul peace, but he couldn't bear to taint her sweetness with the death and violence threatening to consume him.

She knew he was a hero...

Ginny Lawson lived under the control of an abusive father who used her gentle nature and tender heart against her. She longed for someone to love her enough to save her, and when Jed rolled into town she knew that her hero had come.
~ Excerpt ~

CLANK
The sound of the door slamming shut reverberated through the ten by ten holding cell, as loud and ominous as a death knell. The hunter had become the prey and now he'd been caged like an animal. Jed Baker's spine stiffened in defiance at the thought. Fuck that. He'd been in tougher situations before and come out on top.
But this time he wasn't on a government sanctioned op to annihilate the enemy. This time he didn't have the best goddamn SEAL team on the planet to back him up. This time he didn't even have the right to fight his way out of the mess he'd found himself in. If anything, he was as guilty as sin.
With that thought in mind, Jed turned around as instructed, and stuck his hands through an opening in the bars. He didn't move a muscle when the handcuffs were removed, nor did he rub the red gouges where they had dug deeply into his wrists.
What he did do was level a killing glare at the dipshit deputy to reinforce the warning that he'd given the man earlier. Peters, or Deputy Fife as Jed preferred to call him, met his cold, hard gaze and took a hasty step back. Jed let his lips curl into a menacing smile and the deputy paled to ash again.
The little shit had a right to be scared. The only thing that had saved him from the ass kicking that he deserved was the fact that Jed couldn't afford to add resisting arrest or assaulting an officer to the charges already levied against him. If he had a hope in hell of getting out of this mess, he was gonna have to play nice.
Had it not been for the years of discipline that the Navy had instilled, he would have given in to the violent rage simmering inside and beaten the living shit out of Reverend Lawson, and the hell with
the consequences. But Ginny had been upset enough at seeing him arrested and slapped in handcuffs; watching him tear her father to shreds wouldn't have helped the situation.
He walked over to the cot and sat down heavily, elbows on his knees, head in his hands. Jed closed his eyes and pictured Ginny's face the last time he'd seen her. Her father had been dragging her to the car, her clothes in her arms, tears streaming down her pretty face. The fear in those big blue eyes would haunt him until his dying day.
Yeah, 'cause he really needed another demon tormenting him.
In the last six months he'd lost everyone and everything that had mattered to him. His teammates had been slaughtered, his best friend was learning how to walk again, his career was over, and he'd lost both his grandfather and his home. Hell, he'd even lost his goddamn mind. And just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, he'd wound up in fuckin' jail.
How the hell had it come to this, Jed wondered in despair.


~ Buy Links ~

Desire So Sweet:   http://www.amazon.com/Desire-So-Sweet-Baker-Beginning-ebook/dp/B014MQGT3E/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1454860009&sr=1-1&keywords=tonya+brooks
Book 2
Desire Had A Name: Matt's Story
(Newly Revised Edition)

~ Synopsis ~

Can’t keep her, can’t get rid of her...

Matt Baker discovered the hard way that you don’t always get what you want. Especially when what he wanted the most was an infuriating woman who blackmailed him into marriage, refused to share his bed and then caught the first bus out of town before the ink on their annulment was dry. He hadn’t seen Harley in twelve long years and now she was back in his life, just as desirable and frustrating as ever. But this time around, he’s determined to make her his, no matter what it takes.

Some things are better left in the past...

At least that was what Harley Abbott Baker told herself when she ended the marriage made in hell and left her miserable hometown twelve years ago. She had sworn never to return to Lakeside and she wouldn’t be back now if she had a choice. No sacrifice was too great to make for her son, even if it meant facing his father. Discovering that she was still susceptible to Matthew’s bad boy charm reinforced her determination to get him out of her life once and for all, no matter what it takes.




~ Excerpt ~

Certain moments in life are so achingly profound that they stay with you forever. Moments that permeate the very depth of your being and haunt the dark recesses of your soul. Moments where every detail is permanently etched into the brain with crystal clarity, ready and waiting for instant recall. As he stared into the face of the woman he loved, Matt Baker knew that this was one of those moments.

Her waist length hair shone like spun gold in the pale winter sunlight. Her beautiful face was void of expression, but the peach colored lips were trembling, and her sapphire eyes revealed the last thing that he had ever wanted to see. Pain. The pain in her big sapphire eyes killed him because he was responsible for it.

How he wished he could hold her one last time before she stepped on that damn bus and left town. Before she left him. Matt couldn't even begin to imagine a life without her in it. For eighteen years, she had been his. His to protect, his to love. Until he had hurt her and shattered his own heart in the process.

Tears filled his eyes and he nearly choked at the excruciating sense of loss. Before he realized what he was doing, Matt had swept her into an embrace that nearly destroyed his wavering resolve to let her go. He savored the bittersweet heat that filled him as he reveled in the absolute joy of holding her in his arms again.
Her hands slid under his leather jacket, her arms wrapping around him, nails scoring his flesh as she returned the hug just as fiercely. This was the last time he would get to touch her, hold her... love her. The knowledge was unbearable and he closed his eyes to stop the tears from falling.
'Don't go,' he begged silently. 'Please, don't leave me.' But he could not utter the words aloud because he didn't have the right to ask her to stay. Not after everything he had put her through, and all the pain he had caused her.

“We've gotta go, ma'am,” he heard the driver say impatiently.
It took every bit of strength that he had to let her go as she pulled away from him to board the bus. He stepped up beside the window and watched as she strapped their son's infant carrier into the aisle seat and settled herself on the inside. His wife and child. They were his whole world and he was letting them go, because no matter how much it hurt, it was the right thing to do.

She placed her hand against the glass in farewell and he placed his hand against it on the outside. When the bus began to move, she turned away and he could have sworn he saw her look back at him one last time. Hoping against hope that she would change her mind, that the bus would stop and she'd get off, he stayed rooted to the spot until it disappeared from view.

Only then did he sink to his knees on the sidewalk, head bowed as he fought the pain that threatened to tear him in two. No, his heart screamed in anguish. But it was too late. Any chance he'd had of making things right between them was long gone. Just like Harley Abbot Baker, the she devil who owned his soul.
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Book 3
Revised Cover Reveal:
My Name Is Desire: Mark's Story

(This book is currently being professionally edited so an upcoming re-release date will be announced soon!)


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Cheers ~ E & L

Thursday, February 11, 2016

{ Rescuing Rayne by Susan Stoker - Now Live! }

Rescuing Rayne
By: Susan Stoker


As a flight attendant, Rayne Jackson is used to cancellations, but she never dreamed her latest would lead to a whirlwind tour of London with a handsome stranger…or a life-altering night in his bed. One evening is all the enigmatic man can give her, and Rayne greedily takes it, despite suspecting it will never be enough.

Heading home after another extreme mission, Keane "Ghost" Bryson hadn't planned to seduce someone during his layover, but Rayne is too sweet to resist. Being a Delta Force member means lying to protect his identity, which is unfortunate, considering Rayne seems made for Ghost, right down to the tattoo on her back. For the first time in his life, regret fills him as he slips away the following morning.

Both are shocked when, months later, they meet again—under the worst possible circumstances. Seems fate has given them a second chance…if they can survive the terrorist situation they're in. If Rayne can forgive Ghost his lies. And if Ghost can trust Rayne to be strong enough to endure the secrets and uncertainty that come with loving a Delta Force soldier.

** Rescuing Rayne is the 1st book in the Delta Force Heroes Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings. 
 



~ Review By Within The Pages ~

What an amazing story about two lives crossing paths not only once but twice - talk about destiny!

Susan Stoker has done it again with Rescuing Rayne!!!

Just when you think Susan Stoker can't make another Sexy Alpha Male come to life she does! Ghost is protective, dominating, sexy and romantic (don't tell the others on the Delta team)! A total Alpha Male!

Rescuing Rayne is everything I love in books all rolled up into one - from a great storyline to sexy, protective Military Men! I could not get enough!

I can't not wait for more from this series!




~ Buy Links ~ 
Rescuing Rayne, Book 1, Delta Force Heroes
 
 
Cheers ~ E & L

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

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{ Desire Had A Name by Tonya Brooks }

Desire Had A Name
By: Tonya Brooks
Genre: Romance


~ Excerpt From Desire Had A Name~
An excerpt from their backstory:

"What did you mean?" 
Pausing in the act of drowning his food in ketchup, Matthew asked, "When?"
"When you said you would be that man," Harley reminded him.
"I'll tell you when you're eighteen," he replied and took a bite of his burger.

Harley was more confused than she had been before. "So you want me to wait until I'm an adult before you'll even tell me what the hell I'm waiting for?" 

Matthew reached across the table and took her hand in his. Tingles of awareness shot to the oddest places when he rubbed his thumb lightly over the back of her fingers. "Me," he said quietly, his obsidian gaze ablaze with emotion. "I'm asking you to wait for me, Harley."

Mesmerized by the tenderness she saw in his eyes, her heart began to flutter in her chest. "For you," she repeated in a daze.

"Yeah," he confirmed and squeezed her fingers gently. "Can you do that?"
Wait two years for Matthew? Hell, Harley had already waited a lifetime and she still couldn't believe this was happening. "Yeah," she barely breathed. "I can do that."

 ~ Review By Within The Pages Book Blog ~

I loved getting to know Matthew, Harley
 and all the Baker's Family!

Desire Had A Name is about two people who loved each other from an early age but let circumstances get in there way! Years pass when Matthew and Harley are brought back into each others lives and discover that their feelings for each other didn't go away!  Secrets are revealed and things from the past are brought to light and we find out if Matthew and Harley can survive it.

Tonya Brooks did a great job keeping the story moving along. I enjoyed her use of flashbacks between the past and present time.  I only wish that more would have been explained regarding Harley's past in the beginning of the book. 

Desire Had A Name left me wanting to know more about the other Bad Baker Boys! 
I truly enjoyed reading Matthew's story and would recommend the book to anyone looking for a sweet and sexy love story!  



 ~ Buy Link ~
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Desire-Had-Name-REVISED-PROFESSIONALLY-ebook/dp/B00KH58L2C/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1454325001&sr=1-4&keywords=tonya+brooks


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Cheers ~ E & L