REVIEW Hope for Christmas by Becky McGraw

SYNOPSIS

Cowboys are a different breed...
They work hard, play hard and love harder.
It's all about the ride, until the right woman
makes them fall.

Cord Dixon, Mr. Laramie in the world of western clothing modeling, loses his job because he refuses to sleep with his female boss. Christmas is coming, and his bills are due, so he takes the only job he can find. A mall Santa. Socialite wedding photographer, Hope Carlisle’s life disintegrates when she ruins the wedding of the year. In one fell swoop, she loses her best friend, her business partner and her fiancé. Unemployed and needing a job fast, Hope takes a job as an elf photographer at the local mall. She is not looking forward to her new job, until she meets her sexy Santa. Individually, Hope and Cord’s lives seem to be a hopeless mess. 

But with the magic of Christmas in the air, they work together to reclaim their lives and find love in the process.

Hope For Christmas was originally included in the holiday anthology Santa Wore Spurs. This novella launches The Cowboy Way series.

REVIEW

I started and finished this book in one day because I could not put it down. This is the first book that I have read by Becky McGraw and it will not be my last.

Cowboys, socialite, models, mishaps and Santa all lead to a fabulous story of about guilt, family, loyalty, jealousy, love, and learning to trust.

Cord Dixon left his family ranch home to become a model for Laramie Jeans and due to him saying no to a certain proposition he finds himself jobless and dressed in a Santa suit and not sure if he would be welcome back home. Hope Carlisle meets said Santa as she is his elf photographer because of a certain mishap in her past. On Hope's first day Cord loses it and decides to quit which leaves Hope without a job till she has a brainwave and makes her own offer to Cord - which he accepts.

This story held me captive with the ups and downs of Cord making amends with his family, the budding romance/attraction between Cord and Hope, both frightened to say how they felt and what they wanted. The show of friendship from Cords friends to help him repair his family home, throw this all together and it all lead to an amazing love story that give you that feel good factor after finishing a book. Congrats Becky McGraw - LOVED it. 5 stars.

ABOUT BECKY

A Jill of many trades, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Becky McGraw has been an optician, a beautician, a legal secretary, a real estate broker, web designer, graphic artist, and romance writer. She knows just enough to make her dangerous, and her humor-laced contemporary western cowboy, and military, police procedural romantic suspense novels varied and interesting. Becky resides in Florida with her husband of thirty-three years and her dog Abby. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America Published Authors Network.

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COVER REVEAL SHANE by Jo Raven

 

Title: Shane ( Damage Control 4 )

Author: Jo Raven 

Genre: Contemporary Romance 

 

 

 

 

 

Once upon a time, my life was good. I had a family, I had a girlfriend, and hopes for the future. That was long ago, but I remember it. A hazy dream of what could have been.
That’s gone now. I lost it all. Life fucked me over, and now I’m scared of my own damn shadow. 
I’m training to be a tattoo artist, but I bet I’m not good enough. I have a roof over my head, but every morning I’m scared shitless that I’ll find myself on the street again – or worse, back in prison. 
And every time a pretty girl looks at me, every single fucking time, I know I can’t be with her. Not only because she’ll find out I’m an ex-con and run the other way, no. It’s more than that. I just can’t. The thought of anyone touching me, the thought of getting aroused from that touch brings back every damn nightmare from my past to swallow me whole.
Can’t fucking do it. 
Not even if it’s the prettiest girl on earth – Cassie. With her long blond hair and her pretty tits, her short skirts and high heels, she’s all my fantasies rolled into one. See, the fact she kissed one of my buddies? That’s good. The fact she looks at me like I’m a bug under her shoe? Even better.
Because it means she’s not interested in getting hot and sweaty with me, and that I can keep living that fantasy.
The fantasy that she wants to be with me as much as I want to be with her – even though I know it will never happen.

Standalone novel. No cliffhanger.
*Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.*

SHANE is book 4 in the series Damage Control - a series set in the same world as Inked Brotherhood. The boys of Damage Control were taken in by Zane Madden and Rafe Vestri and offered apprenticeship and work in the tattoo shop Damage Control.
Next in the Damage Control series: OCEAN (Damage Control 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jo Raven is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, best known for her series Inked Brotherhood and Damage Control. She writes edgy, contemporary New Adult romance with sexy bad boys and strong-willed heroines. She writes about MME fighters and tattoo artists, dark pasts that bleed into the present, loyalty and raw emotion. Add to that breathtaking suspense, super-hot sex scenes and a happy ending, and you have a Jo Raven® story.

 

 

 

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HAPPY RELEASE DAY EXPOSURE by Kelly Moran

AUTHOR: Kelly Moran

Released: 18th January 2016

Genre: Erotic Romance

ISBN:9781310660030

My Rating: 5 STARS *****

"A sexy, emotional romance that tears up the pages." ~KIM KARR, New York Times Bestselling Author.

His best friend...His muse...His fantasy...

Noah Caldwell has spent ten years biding his time for the chance to tell his best friend Raven Crowne the truth. He wants her. With the threat that brought him to her in the first place finally behind him, they begin a hot affair he's only dreamed about. And reality is far better than fantasy. Yet beautiful Raven has her own dark history, one he's trying desperately to release from her. But as their passion deepens and turns into more, his past rises up from the shadows to claim one last victim…and Noah could lose the only person he can't live without.

*A stand-alone novel with a HEA*

"I want you. And I usually get what I want. I had to wait too long to have you already." He lifted his head, the rasp of his shadow filled the quiet as his cheek brushed hers. Her lashes fluttered to half-mast, cementing his belief she wasn't unaffected. "You live inside your head, where all the power is overruling your ability to enjoy. It's why you've been unsatisfied with your partners. I want you, and you need to learn to let go." He leaned in to whisper against her mouth, until even a tremble couldn't come between them. "It'll be so good, Raven."

Kelly’s been known to say that she gets her ideas from everyone and everything around her and there’s always a book playing out in her head. No one who knows her bats an eyelash when she talks to herself. Her interests include: sappy movies, MLB, NFL, driving others insane, and sleeping when she can. She is a closet caffeine junkie and chocoholic, but don’t tell anyone. She resides in Wisconsin with her husband, three sons, and her black lab. Most of her family lives in the Carolinas, so she spends a lot of time there as well.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This story is a different style for Kelly Moran and she has amazed me with it so if you want a truly hot love story then check this book out - I loved it from start to finish.

Noah and Raven have been friends for ten years, theirs is a non sexual/touching friendship and it has been driving Noah mad, as he has been secretly yearning after Raven for years, Raven however has felt safe and secure with him and looks forward to his company. Until one Friday night when everything changes.

Noah has secrets and Raven has issues and this book deals with both of these with flair, it was great how you found out about both of these characters and their pasts and the bits in between.

I would definitely recommend this book as 'A MUST READ'. I must say Kelly Moran's books have always held my attention so I was pleased to receive this to review, as I love her old writing style and this new more erotic book was no exception - CONGRATULATIONS Kelly on this fabulous new book.

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Mills & Boon's MAN of the YEAR 2016

Courtney Hayles has been announced as the Man of the Year 2016

Here is the Cover reveal for IT HAD TO BE YOU, with the Mills and Boon's Man of the Year 2016 on its cover - Courtney Hayles who is a drama teacher. The judges - HELLO!'s own editor Rosie Nixon, Robin Windsor from Strictly Come Dancing aand ‘It Takes Two’ and Loose Women presenter Denise Welsch all loved his fabulous attitude and undeniable charm.

IT HAD TO BE YOU by  Barbara Hannay & Nikki Logan

(due to be released 28th Jan)

SYNOPSIS

Molly Cooper’s Dream Date

Molly Cooper has traveled all the way to London to find her dream man! The trouble is, the sexy emails with hot millionaire Patrick Knight – the man she swapped houses with – are strangely addictive. But what do you do when you realise the one you really want is a world away…sleeping in your bed?

Shipwrecked with Mr Wrong

Conservationist Honor Brier loves working in her island paradise. It’s the perfect place to lick her wounds in peace…until arrogant playboy Rob Dalton is shipwrecked on its shores. Yet Rob’s passion for life is impossible to resist – and he’s infuriatingly attractive! Could Mr Wrong actually be oh-so-right?

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I would like to congratulate Courtney for being chosen as Man of the Year 2016 and would like to wish him a fabulous year.

REAL LIFE MODERN DAY HERO MAN OF THE YEAR REVEALED TOMORROW on the cover of IT HAD TO BE YOU

 

 Following the nationwide hunt launched earlier this year to uncover a real-life modern-day romantic hero, Mills & Boon, along with a panel of celebrity judges, have now chosen their winner, to be revealed and crowned Man of the Year 2015 on January 14th '16. The proud winner will be the cover star of the Mills & Boon special Valentine's release, It Had To Be You, which features two page-turning romantic stories from authors Barbara Hannay and Nikki Logan and will be released on 26th January '16. 

  Synopis Molly Cooper’s Dream Date Molly Cooper has traveled all the way to London to find her dream man! The trouble is, the sexy emails with hot millionaire Patrick Knight – the man she swapped houses with – are strangely addictive. But what do you do when you realise the one you really want is a world away…sleeping in your bed? 

  Shipwrecked with Mr Wrong Conservationist Honor Brier loves working in her island paradise. It’s the perfect place to lick her wounds in peace…until arrogant playboy Rob Dalton is shipwrecked on its shores. Yet Rob’s passion for life is impossible to resist – and he’s infuriatingly attractive! Could Mr Wrong actually be oh-so-right?   

 So if you want to find out who is this years REAL LIFE MODERN DAY ROMANTIC HERO, then check back tomorrow to see his picture on the front of the book cover  IT HAD TO BE YOU.

***HAPPY RELEASE DAY & REVIEW*** ON THE ROCKS by KIM LAW

Sassy tomboy Ginger Atkinson would rather be captaining a deep-sea fishing boat than baking pies, yet she still wishes she had a man to bake for. Sure, the pretty redhead is happy running her late father’s Turtle Island ferry business, but everyone in the world is finding love except her. Stuck on the wrong side of thirty, she’s trying to accept singlehood by building a dream home—for one.

In high school, Carter Ridley loved to sneak off with his good friend Ginger to watch the sun rise over the ocean. But after graduation, his path took a different route. One that, unlike Ginger’s, did get him the spouse and house of his dreams. At least, until a scandal shattered everything.

Running from his heartbreak, Carter returns to Turtle Island, where he discovers that Ginger is all grown up. His teenage friend has become the woman he’s always wanted. But will Carter’s pain scare him away from a chance at happiness? Or can he be the loving partner Ginger’s been looking for?

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

If you like a book that contains great characters, its heartfelt, childhood friendships, low self esteem & trust issues, its romantic and has plenty of humour - then this is definitely a book for you.

This story revolves around Ginger - she returned home after the death of her father to run his boat business and she loves it. The only downside for her is that she can never seem to find love and she feels inadequate as a woman.

And Carter - he is called back to his childhood home to check on his younger sister who is pregnant and alone and his parents are away travelling and are worried about her and about Carter too. Carter however, is not in a good place and he is very angry with the world after his failed marriage/divorce and does not need to be babysitting his sister and can not wait to leave the island.

So here we have a woman (Ginger) who wants to find love, a woman (Julie) and her brother (Carter) who both want to be alone to get on with their lonely lives and what a story this gives us.

A little background - Ginger and Carter used to be childhood friends, lived next door to each other, they used to tell each other secrets, were always their for one another in times of need and both loved to watch the sunrise. Then time happens and college beckons and childhood friendships are lost and an unknown crush was never found out.

So swing back to now and one evening Ginger returns home to see an unknown car in next doors driveway and the blinds are closed, she gets an uneasy feeling and goes to investigate with her can of mace to see if Julie is ok. Ginger knocks and gets no answer, she then thumps but when the door is opened it wasn't Julie that opened it but Carter her childhood crush.

Both Ginger and Carter have never forgotten about their friendship and it was great to see them learn to trust one another again and with this the story evolves and we find out about the characters pasts and what has molded them into the people they are today and we see how friendships can be re- found and treasured once again. I loved how this story flowed from one part to the next, answering the questions that you have not even asked.

This is a well written Love story and I would definitely recommend it as 'A MUST READ'.

“I received a free, advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my unbiased review.”

As a child, award-winning author Kim Law cultivated a love for chocolate, anything purple, and creative writing. She penned her debut work, “The Gigantic Talking Raisin,” in the sixth grade and got hooked on the delights of creating stories. Before settling into the writing life, however, she earned a college degree in mathematics and worked for years as a computer programmer. Now she’s living out her lifelong dream of writing romance novels. She’s won the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart Award, been a finalist for the prestigious RWA RITA Award, and served in varied positions for her local RWA chapter. A native of Kentucky, Kim lives with her husband and an assortment of animals in Middle Tennessee.

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RELEASE BLITZ for Amie Nichols' The Good One

 

 

Expectations almost cost her everything.



Title:  The Good One

Author:  Amie Nichols

Genre:  Romantic Suspense

Cover Designer:  Sara Eirew

Release Date:  January 5, 2016

River Scott is the daughter of a billionaire. She runs her father's company and does what she is told, including cleaning up after her out-of-control, socialite, wild-child baby sister. 

 

After a tragic night fifteen years ago, River feels she has no choice but to continue on the path of being the good one, keeping her sister in check and always pleasing her father. 

 

She's in a dead-end relationship, but all she wants is love, passion, and sweep-you-off-your-feet excitement. 

 

Because of her sister, she meets ex-male escort, Damian Matthews. Their attraction is by far like nothing either have experienced. He gives her everything she wants and so much more. 

 

Unfortunately, this is not the guy River's father would approve of. He approves of Ryan Lane, a wealthy, successful playboy who is ready to settle down and start a life in politics. She knows Ryan is the smart choice, but no one makes her feel like Damian does. 

 

When River starts dating Damian, a set of events are put into motion changing everything she thought she knew about her family. 

 

Can River get what she wants without losing everything and hurting the one person she has sworn to protect for the rest of her life? 

This is a standalone novel. Due to strong language and sexual situations, this book is meant for adults over 18.

 

 

"The others are waiting for us." I grab some folders off my desk and walk past him. Before I can open the door, his arms have me pinned against it. His hands flat against the wood on both sides of my head. I stop, unable to move, as he presses his front to my back. I feel his rock-hard erection against the small of my back.

 

"Damian," I cry softly. I'm shocked, a little scared, and a whole lot turned on at the same time.

 

"Do you know that this has never happened to me from just looking at a woman? Not to mention, a fully clothed one." He breathes into my hair. "In fact, since I've met you, just the thought of you makes my dick hard. It aches for you. I ache for you."

 

 

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My true passion is romance with some suspense and mystery. Giving my readers a reason to turn the page, with edge-of-your-seat thrills.

 

I love to write about sexy characters, alpha males and strong females. No matter what my story entails, know that you will leave with a warm fuzzy feeling and a HEA always.

 

Real life, well, let's face it, can kind of suck sometimes. Full of stress and so many depressing things happening in the world. Reading is a way to escape the pressures of real life. This is why I like to give my readers a promise of a happy ending.

 

In life I think the simple pleasures are the ones that make the difference: coffee, wine, and a good book, to name a few.

 

I also love all animals, a soft spot in my heart for elephants. And of course, my fur babies. Two miniature dachshunds that make me smile every day.

 

 

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