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Leah Parker is furious when she finds out she’s been paired up for a class project with deadly silent, tough as nails, and incredibly intimidating Brandon Morris. Though she’s known him for years, Leah has made it a priority to stay away from him for a reason. As they are forced to spend time together however, Leah comes to find that there is more to Brandon than what meets the eye.

When a series of unexpected events forces Brandon to reveal his true identity, Leah suddenly finds herself fighting to come to terms with who he is and with the fact that by fulfilling his destiny she will come to lose the only guy she’s ever loved. As a family secret is unveiled and old threats possess new risks, they both have to find the strength to do what is expected of them. Even if that means losing each other in the process.

Love brought them together. His bloodline threatens to pull them apart. Will Brandon choose duty over love? Or will other forces far beyond their control separate them first? Continue reading CBLS Blog Tour: Enchanter →

FMB Blog Tour: Hereafter

March 20, 2013Blog Tour, Excerpts, GiveawayBlog Tour, Books, Excerpts, FMB, Paranormal, Reading, Romancetricia kristufek

Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Hereafter! Check out this haunting paranormal romance, and don’t miss the giveaway for Hereafter Trading Cards!

Title: Hereafter

Series: Hauntings at Inner Harbor #1

Author: Joya Fields

Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Decadent

Format: Ebook

Length: 132 pages

Purchase: Decadent Publishing | Amazon | Barnes and Noble |

Book Description:

When by-the-numbers accountant Rob Morrison, a skeptic of all things paranormal, moves into a new apartment and discovers it is haunted by the corporeal ghost of a beautiful woman, he must hastily reconsider his beliefs and revisit his painful past.

With no memory of her time on earth, Angie Barsotti doesn’t understand why she’s compelled to visit the same apartment every night as a ghost caught between two worlds. If she’s to have a chance to move on, she needs to find the missing pieces of her life and death through the man who lives there…if only he’d believe in her.

Together they struggle to find the truth about her death and stumble upon a very pleasurable way to time travel, hopeful they can prevent her death. But someone doesn’t want them to discover the truth. And if she’s human again, will she have any memories of her time as a ghost…and more importantly, will she remember the man who helped her find her way? Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Hereafter →

FMB Blog Tour: Frost

March 19, 2013Blog Tour, Excerpts, GiveawayBlog Tour, Books, Excerpts, Fiction, FMB, Reading, Romancetricia kristufek

Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Frost.

Title: Frost

Series: 1Night Stand -Sleepy Hollow #3

Author: Taryn Kincaid

Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance

Publisher: Decadent Publishing

Format: Ebook

Length: 12636 words | 39 pages

Book Description:

Dagney Night, a sought-after succubus, is no stranger to blazing hot sex. But as Valentine’s Day approaches, she longs for something more. When oddly erotic paintings arrive for display at her art gallery, arousing everyone who views them, she wonders about the mysterious artist who created the works.

Maxwell Raines, a fire-sex demon, lives a life of solitude and seclusion behind the walls of his compound at Sleepy Hollow, channeling his lustful impulses into his art—until his muse deserts him and his temperature rises past the danger point. He needs sex. Now.

When Madame Evangeline arranges a torrid Valentine’s 1Night Stand for them, will the flames of their encounter be too hot to handle? Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Frost →

CBLS Blog Tour: Eighty-Eight Keys

March 18, 2013Blog Tour, ExcerptsBlog Tour, Books, CBLS, Reading, Romancetricia kristufek

Eighty-Eight Keys

by Catherine Lavender

New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense

Published by Whimsical Publications LLC

Release Date: January 28, 2013

Heat Level: Sweet

Word Count: 54,000

Available at…

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/279687

Blurb

Leah is a young woman who is trying to break free from a strict religious background and pursue her dream as a pianist in the world of show business. While trying to find her independence her heart is held captive by Jason Rowe a local basketball star who established an organization to help troubled youth. When Jason is found murdered in his home, Leah is determined to get answers from a closed investigation. During her state of emotional turmoil, Leah finds comfort not only in the melody of her music, but in the arms of a married man named Calvin. With her dreams at her fingertips, Leah is tangled in a web of lies and deceit. Despite the fear of learning the truth, Leah has to realize that only the truth can set her free.

A dead lover, with a trail of broken hearts…

A married man, with a double-life…

A dream chaser, with a killer at her heels…

A piano, with eighty-eight keys… Continue reading CBLS Blog Tour: Eighty-Eight Keys →

Review: Caught in a Moment

March 14, 2013ReviewsBook Reviews, Books, Reading, Reviewstricia kristufek

Caught in a Moment by Martin Dukes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“I don’t runner bean believe it. We’re like Robin turnip Hood or something.”

Alex Trueman finds himself with a very unusual ability–he can daydream himself between time. What starts as a harmless wandering, pulling pranks on his classmates, turns into something more when he gets stuck in Intersticia. Alex learns he’s not alone in this daydream and there are rules that must be followed or all of the inhabitants of Intersticia will be at risk.

This delightfully fresh tale follows Alex as he struggles with the position his daydreams have put him in. A wide range of personable characters make up the world of Intersticia with Alex, helping and hindering him in his quest to return to normal time.

The language is very British/European, so American readers may have to use context to get a few of the slangs and references, but that shouldn’t stop readers from reading. And while the ending was appropriate, it was also abrupt, though probably intentionally so.

Challenging our outlook on time itself, Caught in a Moment is sure to entertain young adult and adult readers alike.

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CBLS Blog Tour: Gone

March 13, 2013Blog Tour, Book Trailer, Excerpts, GiveawayBlog Tour, Book Trailer, Books, CBLS, Fiction, Giveaway, Reading, Romancetricia kristufek

Welcome to my stop on the CBLS Blog Tour for Gone! Check out the excerpt, trailer, and giveaway below!

Gone

by Barb Han

Romantic Women’s Fiction

Category(ies): Mystery/Thriller

Publisher: Etopia Press

Release Date: January 11, 2013

Heat Level: Steamy

Word Count: 77,000

Buy Links

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gone-ebook/dp/B00AZDI3PQ/

ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-gone-1041392-152.html

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gone-barb-han/1114108626

Blurb

How far would you go to find a child that never existed?

Elizabeth Walker awakens in a mental institution, the aftermath of a nightmare in her veins. All she can think of is saving a little boy—her son. But the orderlies who rush in and jab her with needles assure her she has no son. So does her mother, who demands her doctors keep her calm and prevent her from these troubling delusions. But Elizabeth’s nightmares are so real, and her arms still feel the memory of holding her son. And her instincts tell her to trust no one. Her child is gone. Her memories are gone. Everything is just…gone.

Ex-military medic David Kerrigan will never stop blaming himself for the childhood tragedy that took his younger sister’s life. Working on assignment at the facility, he’s drawn to Elizabeth, and he’s not sure that everything about her case is on the up and up. David knows full well he can’t change the past, but what if he can save this one person? And maybe helping Elizabeth might just save them both…

Warning: This title is intended for readers over the age of 18 as it contains adult sexual situations and/or adult language, and may be considered offensive to some readers. Continue reading CBLS Blog Tour: Gone →

CBLS Blog Tour: Urban Renewal

March 12, 2013Blog Tour, GiveawayBlog Tour, Books, CBLS, Giveaway, Reading, Romancetricia kristufek

Urban Renewal

by Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Genre(s): Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Champagne Books

Release Date: March 3, 2013

Heat Level: Steamy

Length: 70,000 words

Blurb:

Movie star Mercedes Montague has it all – the fame, the fortune, and the glittering celebrity lifestyle. But she lost herself somewhere along the way. On a publicity tour for her next movie she realizes she’s just fifty miles from her hometown. Mercedes – real name Marie Dillard – decides to bolt and go home to see if she can find what’s left of herself. Hiding away in her grandparents’ old home in a working class neighborhood she’s haunted by memories and reminders of her first and only love, Joe Shelby.

Marie’s stunned when Joe shows up at her door. Passion kindles between them from the first moment their eyes meet but she won’t let it consume her unless it’s going to include a lasting love. As they renew their relationship, Marie and Joe face many struggles.

Can a movie star return to reality or is love just a distant dream?

Warning: This title is intended for readers over the age of 18 as it contains adult sexual situations and/or adult language which may be considered offensive to some readers. Continue reading CBLS Blog Tour: Urban Renewal →

New Release: End of the Line

March 8, 2013Excerpts, New ReleaseBooks, Excerpts, Fiction, New Release, Paranormal, Readingtricia kristufek

End of the Line (A Paranormal Short Story)

Cassie wants to die. When midnight rolls around, she stands on the tracks waiting for the train to come.

She loses her nerve the first couple of times but returns to try once more.

After all, third time’s the charm.

Author’s Note:

Depression is still somewhat of a taboo subject, yet it has touched most people’s lives, either personally or among family and friends. In “End of the Line” Cassie can’t make sense of her despair. All she knows is that she’s had enough. Continue reading →

Blog Tour: Dracian Legacy

March 7, 2013Blog Tour, Giveaway, Guest PostBlog Tour, Books, Fantasy, Guest Post, Readingtricia kristufek

Welcome to my stop on the Dracian Legacy Blog Tour! I have for you a great post about the making of the three main characters, Ren, Axel, and Dean! Don’t forget to check out the other stops on this tour. If you’re following along the tour, yesterday’s post (My Guilty Obsession @ http://myguiltyobsession.blogspot.com/ ) was about Chapter 1- Part 2, and tomorrow’s posts have (The Journal Jabber Radio @ http://www.journaljabberradio.blogspot.com) an Author Interview and (Whispers at Moonlight @ http://whispersatmoonlight.wordpress.com/ ) a Book Review. There’s also another post today over at Just a booklover @ http://justabooklover.blogspot.com about DEAN’s POV.

Book Title: The Dracian Legacy – Book 1 (Dracian Legacy Trilogy)

Book Cover: The designer for the cover is: Regina Wamba at maeidesign.com. I hope you love it, because I’m totally in… love =).

Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy Romance

Blurb:

Ren and Axel are caught between two powerful magical races: one destined to end the bloodshed, the other out for vengeance.

Seventeen-year-old Ren Pernell is prophesied to end the war between the Dracians and the Telalians. So when a Dracian, Axel Knight, is sent to find and bring back the prophesied one before she turns eighteen and Telalians discover of her existence, unexpected sparks start to fly between the two. Once Ren finds the truth behind Axel’s arrival, she wants everything to do with him and nothing to do with his mission.

Things prove to be difficult as Ren’s life is constantly threatened by forces that are beyond her control, including the leader of the Telalians.

With the clock ticking and Ren’s life in jeopardy, it is no longer just a mission for Axel. It becomes a personal endeavor to save the only one he’s ever loved. In a heart racing ending, they must find a way to evade the preordained war that won’t also end Ren’s life. Continue reading Blog Tour: Dracian Legacy →

Interview: Bathasar from Choices

March 6, 2013Blog Tour, Interviews, New ReleaseBlog Tour, Books, Fiction, Interviews, New Release, Reading, Romancetricia kristufek

Today I have a wonderful interview for you! It’s from Choices, the new release from Grace R. Duncan! The characters in this book are wonderful (yes, I’ve had the pleasure of reading) and this interview takes place with my favorite character, Bathasar. So, I give you Choices!

Blurb:

Born and raised a gypsy in the late eleventh century, Teman values freedom over everything. He and his best friend, Jasim, are thieves for hire—until one night they’re caught and their precious freedom is revoked. Given the choice between the dungeons or palace pleasure slavery, they become slaves, but Teman vows to escape someday.

Bathasar doesn’t want the throne. He supports his brother instead, which suits their sadistic father, Mukesh. When Teman, the handsome slave Bathasar has secretly been watching, saves his life, Bathasar requests a slave for the first time. Before long, Bathasar and Teman fall in love. But all is not well. One day Mukesh brutalizes Teman before the court, angering the empress of a neighboring nation. To appease her, he then offers her Jasim as a gift, and Teman decides to stay with Bathasar for now—despite the abuse he may suffer.

The peace doesn’t last. Mukesh plans to invade Jasim’s new country, and Bathasar must find a way to stop the destruction. But if he succeeds, he’ll ascend to the throne and have the power to grant Teman his liberty. Then Teman will surely leave him. What other choice could a gypsy make?

Buy Links:

Dreamspinner Press: Paperback | eBook

And now, the interview!! Bring out Bathasar! Continue reading Interview: Bathasar from Choices →

Tricia Kristufek

Editor