SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT BY PENELOPE WARD!!!

New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Penelope Ward brings us a brand new second chance standalone

MACK DADDY

releasing on February 13, 2017

   

Cover designer: Letitia Hasser, r.b.a designs

Cover Model: Anthony Gomez

Cover Photography: Duc Nguyen       

From New York Times bestselling author, Penelope Ward, comes a sexy, STANDALONE second-chance romance.

They called him Mack Daddy. No, seriously, his name was Mack. Short for Mackenzie. Thus, the nickname. Perfect, right?

So was he: perfect. The perfect physical male specimen.

At the private school where I taught, Mack Morrison was the only man around in a sea of women.

Everyone wanted a piece of the hot single father of the sweet little boy.

I was riddled with jealousy, because they didn’t know that—to me—he was much more.

They didn’t know about our past.

He’d chosen my school for his son on purpose, because Mack and I, we had unfinished business.

As my friend Lorelai so eloquently put it: “Unfinished business between two people who are clearly attracted to each other is like an eternal case of blue balls.” And I was suffering in pain from my case.

I was still intensely attracted to Mack. I tried to resist him, immersing myself further into a relationship with another man just to protect my heart.

Not to mention, getting involved with a parent was strictly against school rules. But seeing Mack day in and day out was breaking me down.

And soon I might be breaking all the rules.

Author's note – Told in alternating points of view, Mack Daddy is a full-length standalone novel.

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Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She’s a fifteen-time New York Times
bestseller of twelve novels. Having grown up in Boston with five older brothers, she spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family- friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 12-year-old girl with autism and a 10-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island.

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Promo Blitz, Trailer & Excerpt: Juniper Smoke (Part I & II) by Sadia Ash

 

Title: Juniper Smoke 

Series: Juniper Smoke, Part I & II

Author: Sadia Ash 

Release Date: July 16th, 2016

Synopsis:

Juniper is a sassy, nerdy scholar whose dream is to curate Celtic artifacts in Ireland. However, her reality is taking care of her autistic twin and couch potato mother. Her life is work. Home. Repeat. Until she meets Kyle, while hanging 40 feet from a museum scaffolding.

Kyle Paxton is damaged and robotic. He has a mental condition that makes him see the world in numbers and data. He even schedules dating with clockwork precision. Haunted by the ghost of his psychotic girlfriend Chloe, who committed suicide, he tries to avoid relationships. He only has friends with benefits and puts seasonal time limits on them. One girl for two seasons. Winter. Summer.

When he becomes the museum board president, they are forced to work together. Kyle breaks all his friends with benefit rules for Juniper and she falls for him. Galaxies collide and Kyle’s clockwork world spins off its axis. But when the tragic secrets of his past catch up with them, he loses her. Juniper grapples Kyle. He may be the one, but Juniper always runs away from the people she loves.

Over time, several cities and several tries, Kyle and Juniper are tested by family, career and a very powerful arch-nemesis, Denise, as they try to find each other. Can love survive the test of time?

Find Juniper Smoke on Buzzfeed Top Ten Romance Novels of 2016!

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Excerpt:

Entering the Four Seasons Hotel ballroom with one arm around Juniper’s waist, Kyle’s eyes honed in on his competitors and colleagues. The world’s top CEO’s, innovators and inventors in his field were present today. The theme was Click and Electrify in honor of companies making innovative camera products.

Kyle was not focused on Click and Electrify.

He was electrified by the girl walking by his side, every inch of her beautiful. Inside and out. It had taken him a few weeks to see that Juniper Mills was the most beautiful girl he had ever met. It wasn’t the green flecks in her irises, her full bitten lips, the sheen of her hair, the arc of her waist, the sway of her hips, or even the way she looked tonight.

Her beauty was rare—the kind that radiated from the glow of her kindness, her intellect, her quiet dignity, her confidence despite her uncertainty, and even her adorable flaws. It was a quiet beauty. A silent scream. It was something primal inside her that had screamed at him to pay attention. It was something that had settled inside him since the day time they met. He just didn’t know it was there. Threading his fingers in hers, he tried to recall a time in his life that he had been happier. He couldn't.

As they entered the hall, she looked up, the bones of her face illuminated by lavender lights.

  “How stunning.”

“Yes.” He was still staring at her.

Decked out with blue and purple lights, laser displays, strings of LED lights, and floating jellyfish holograms, the hall was high-end meets high-tech.

She tossed him a teasing smile. “What’s up with jellyfish? Is that an engineering thing?”

“No. Just décor props. The theme is electric. Though to be exact, they should have used eels. Or electric rays. Jellyfish and fireflies have bioluminescence, not electricity. They emit light.”

Like you, Juniper.    

About the Author:

Sadia Ash has worked for film and TV publicity with the Prenner Group, did news and TV placement for Aeros (a NASA project), edited scripts for indie films, and fundraised. A lot. A serial volunteer, she has raised funds for many charities that educate and help girls.

Currently working on two other novels and a film script, Ash hopes to see the sunlight outside her window one day. She holds an MA English degree from Loyola University in Chicago, and a Screenwriting Certification from UCLA. Originally from Chicago, she lives in California with her husband and two sassy kids.  

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Release Blitz: Bound by J.S. Scott & Cali Mackay

Title: Bound 

Series: A Dark Horse Novel

Author: Cali Mackay & J.S. Scott 

Genre: Dark Romance

Release Date: January 5th, 2017

Synopsis:
Anna

What are the chances of me getting kidnapped in a small town in the foothills of Colorado by a man who is the subject of an international manhunt?

I'd say probably the same odds as winning the lottery...several times. Except I wasn't that lucky. 

I moved to this tiny town and opened a small diner to find some peace. I used to love staring at those beautiful, majestic, snow-capped mountain peaks. Now all that sight brings me is sorrow and heartache. 

Still, I'm here. 

I can't leave. 

I can't just run away like I wished I could. 

Then, on one cold, winter's evening, my entire world changes when a desperate man, one wanted for the rape and murder of a young woman in Seattle, drags me away from my diner and back to a dark place that I never wanted to go again. 

My kidnapper calls himself Phoenix. But I know who he really is. He's a cold-blooded murderer who would probably snuff out my life without one bit of remorse. 

As I remain his captive, dependent on his mercy, I have to pretend to trust him so I can try to make my escape. 

I'm defiant by nature; he wants me to submit. 

I hate the way my body reacts to him, craves him, but he considers that a victory. 

So one of us is going to lose this battle, and I'm not so certain the winner is going to be me....

Please Note: Bound is a full-length novel of approximately 50k words. Bonus books included so if you liked this novel you can also enjoy Forced by Cali MacKay, and Simon's story from The Billionaire's Obsession by J.S. Scott.

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Cover Reveal, Excerpt & Giveaway: Stay (Bleeding Stars #5) by A.L. Jackson

Title: Stay 

Series: Bleeding Stars #5

Author: A. L. Jackson 

Release Date: January 23rd, 2017

Synopsis:

From NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author A.L. Jackson comes the next sexy, gripping Bleeding Stars Stand-Alone Novel… 

I’m Ash Evans. 

The life of the party. 

Hot. Rich. Charismatic. 

A tattooed rock star with the world at my feet. 

I burn through women faster than the strike of a match.   

I’ve embraced my lifestyle and live it to the fullest. 

Until the day my lifestyle caught up to me.   

Willow Langston found me at my lowest. 

Literally. 

Facedown in a puddle of my own blood.   

I owe her my life and I have three months to repay that debt. 

What I never should have done was touch her. Kiss her. Take her to my bed.   

Love wasn’t supposed to be a part of the equation. 

I gave up that nasty complication a long damned time ago. 

Now I want her more than my next breath. 

But she doesn’t know what I know.   

Do I leave to protect her? Or can I face my demons and ask her to Stay?

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I'm so excited to bring you the story of Ash Evans, Sunder's most notorious bad boy and the girl who brings him to his knees! This is one of my favorite stories I've written, and I can't wait to get him into your hands! He's coming to January 23 - so in the meantime, enjoy a little Ash!

Her lips parted, and her expression churned in confusion.

Lust. Need. Want. Fear.

All of them played out across her delicate features.

I shouldn’t have. I knew I shouldn’t. But there was nothing I could do to stop myself.

Always, always in the moment.

That was me.

I pressed her harder against the wall, my straining cock eager against her jean-clad pussy.

Desperate for friction.

Anxious for relief.

Everything sparked, and I could have sworn the room spun, the ground shifting below our feet.

She gasped out in surprise, eyes so damned wide. Her nails pricked where they dug into the flesh of my shoulders.

Hanging on.

What was this girl doing to me?

I leaned down, my mouth close to her ear. My voice came on a rough murmur. “Do you want me?”

About the Author:

A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.

Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, as well as the newest BLEEDING STARS novels. Watch for the next installment STAND, coming Spring 2017. 

If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book. 

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Release Day Launch: Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley

   
OMG, what an amazing way to start 2017! This is one of the books I've waited so long to read, and I know it will be amazing like every book written by Kristen Ashley! 

From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes ROCK CHICK REAWAKENING, the long awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Be sure you grab your copy today!

  

About ROCK CHICK REAWAKENING:

From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Ashley, comes the long-awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, Rock Chick Reawakening. A prequel to Kristen’s Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan—one of Denver’s most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground’s most feared crime bosses—into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.

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EXCERPT: 

Her face was stunning. Wide smile. White teeth and a good deal of them. Big eyes. Elegant nose. Soft cheekbones. All of this she highlighted with the expert use of makeup from what was clearly a gift of superior genes into something that shone like a Hollywood starlet.

A starlet of a stripper who looked a good deal like Dolly Parton, who also likely got home the night before, earliest, three in the morning, and was right then, only hours later, back on the stage helping another girl by teaching her some moves.

“Marcus, brother,” Smithie’s voice came at him. “You got a problem with the way I do business, and I give you reason to have that problem, then we have a talk. I don’t give you that reason, we don’t have conversations like this one. That’s our deal.”

Marcus listened to him while he watched Daisy talking to the other girl and then she ran across the stage, doing it gracefully in platform sandals, her stone-washed jeans tight on her ass and hips and all the way down her legs. Still, after she ran the four steps, she launched herself high, grabbing on to the pole at least three feet higher than she was, her body swinging around by just her hands.

When the swing ended, she climbed up the pole, hand over hand. Doing this quickly, taking herself up another four feet, she flipped her bottom half over, wrapping her skinny legs around the pole. She dropped back, her hair flowing down, and with her only hold on the pole being her legs, she arched her back and slid down slowly, somehow circling the pole as she did it.

She ended this doing a layout with her hands on the floor, her legs in slow and controlled movements coming over her head one after the other. Her hands pushing off, she was up.

Standing straight with perfect posture.

A Message from Kristen:

Dear Reader,

I’m beside myself with glee that this prequel to my Rock Chick series has been unleashed! There was some time when I never thought I’d write it. When I couldn’t be in that terrible place with Daisy. But I’m oh-so glad that she called to me, demanding her story be told so she could give it to me and now I can give it to you! I loved every moment spent with Daisy and Marcus. And I hope you do too!

~Kristen Ashley

Praise for Kristen Ashley and ROCK CHICK REAWAKENING:

 

"OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FREAKING LOVED IT!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVED IT!!! This was pure Old School Vintage KA GOLD!!!"

~Aestas Book Blog

 

"This novella is like the key to all the locked doors in this series."

~Angie's Dreamy Reads

 

"We inhaled Marcus and Daisy’s story, how could we not. It was everything to us and we cannot thank Kristen Ashley enough for writing it, in her much loved unique manner. The queen of epilogues struck once more and we smiled through copious tears of happiness, our hearts feeling full and complete. Whilst sad that it’s over we just can’t feel anything but happiness and love right now. It was Aces! Rock on…and be prepared to be swept of off your feet."

~Totally Booked Blog

 

"[Kristen] Ashley captivates."

~Publisher's Weekly

 

"There is something about them [Ashley's books] that I find crackalicious."

~DearAuthor.com, Kati Brown

 

"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when my heart (I mean... her heart) would break."

~Maryse's Book Blog

 

  About Kristen Ashley: Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorize and she hadn't taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen's Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning. Nothing's changed. Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she's blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched). Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.  

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