Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Book Review - EVER-GREENE: A SOULS CHRISTMAS NOVELLA by Annabella Michaels



Title: Ever-Greene: A Souls Christmas Novella
Author: Annabella Michaels
Series: Souls of Chicago #7
Genre: MM Romance
Publication Date:December 1, 2017



Blurb



Join the Greene family and the rest of the Souls of Chicago as they come together to celebrate the holidays. There will be an abundance of laughter, fun, heartwarming moments, and, of course, the shenanigans that only occur when the Greene family comes together. Reminisce with all your favorite Souls of Chicago couples and triad as they celebrate this joyous time of year.


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Review
5 Stars


GAH!! I miss all these guys and this crazy family!! This was such a great read catching up with all these sexy guys! I love love love this series and this was such a great addition. I've read each book in this series and have fallen in love with all these guys and this amazing family. Annabella Michaels does an amazing job yet again with this fantastic holiday addition.

The Greene family is spending the holidays together and there is lots of chaos, laughter and so much love. It's great to come back and catch up on these amazing couples and see where they are, what's happening and plans for the future. Not to mention, get another glimpse into the sexy times of these men who have each taken a spot in my heart. 

I'm so in love with the family dynamic in this series and this book definitely gives you the warm and fuzzies. It was great to see more of the parents, Kathy and Rick Greene, who are such strong secondary characters throughout the series and are truly the backbone of this amazing family. 

This was such a quick, fun, loving, sexy and very heartwarming story. Annabella Michaels did a great job bringing us a little more of these men I have grown to love and gave this series a phenomenal ending. Although, I'm sad to say good-bye, I can't wait to see what this author comes out with next.



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Feeding the Soul
(Souls of Chicago #1)
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Music of the Soul
(Souls of Chicago #2)
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Protecting the Soul
(Souls of Chicago #3)
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Renewing the Soul
(Soul of Chicago #4)
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Constructing the Soul
(Soul of Chicago #5) 
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Uniting the Souls
(Souls of Chicago #6)
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About the Author


I am married to my high school sweetheart who let’s face it, is a saint for putting up with me all of these years. Together we have been blessed with the chance to raise two amazing human beings and so far we haven’t screwed it up; I’ll let you know for sure later. I am a business owner and spend more time laughing than actually working most days. I love watching movies, cooking, going to the beach and spending time with my family and best friends. I am an obsessive reader who is a complete sucker for a good love story, but loves to feel a broad range of emotions throughout a book. I think real life is hard enough and so my books offer twists and turns, but always with a happy ending.


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Blog Tour: Excerpt + Review - TRUE by Ella Frank

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TRUE, the final book in The Temptation Series by Ella Frank and the highly anticipated wedding between Logan Mitchell and Tate Morrison is available now!





Synopsis:


True - adjective: That which is accurate or exact.

I dare you to try.
I think you’re my truth.
Terrify me.
Marry me.
Marry me.
Marry me...

Four years ago, Logan Mitchell walked into Tate’s life and challenged him to see it differently.

He dared Tate to try a kiss, when normally he wouldn’t have.
He begged him to take a chance, when he probably shouldn’t have.
But most importantly, he asked Tate to trust that he would love him, and he did. From that moment on, Tate realized exactly what his life had been missing—Logan.

Happily-ever-afters come in many different forms. But for Tate Morrison, there’s only one ending he wants. The one where the guy marries the guy and true love conquers all.

Now all he has to do is tell Logan.


Join Logan and Tate as they finally realize what the rest of us knew all along. That they belong together for better or worse—always.


TRUE-FINAL

Review 

5 Stars

OMG! So beautiful and loving and passionate and these guys just steal my heart over and over again!!! I want to cry because it's so beautiful. I want to cry because I LOVE the love between Logan & Tate! I want to cry because I don't want to let go yet.


Ella Frank has truly touched my heart with these two guys. I couldn’t have imagined a more perfect ending. This story was just filled with so much love and passion. Logan and Tate’s chemistry, love and devotion is so intense. It’s like I can feel the love pouring right off the pages. It was just EVERYTHING!!! 


I love everything about this story and this series. The story just feels so genuine, so real. It’s like you’re a part of their family and their part of yours. The family dynamic in this book was absolutely beautiful. We get more of the secondary characters I’ve grown to love as well. Seriously…..what more is there to say about this series that will forever have a piece of my heart? What more is there to say about the amazing talent this author has for bringing such wonderful sexy characters into our lives that I’m just not ready to say good bye to? 


This is definitely a series that has brought so many emotions over the course of reading these books. I still can’t believe that this is it. This is THE WEDDING we all have been waiting for. And it was phenomenal. This story was heartwarming, sexy, romantic and full of so much love. An amazing read! I can’t wait to see what Ella Frank has in store next.


** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **


Excerpt:


LOVE. IT’S FUNNY how one four-letter word can bring on such an onslaught of emotions. Happiness, desire, anger, even fear, Tate Morrison thought, as he sat at the tiny table in the empty bar of the Lynley Winery and tried to calm his erratic heartbeat. It could make those who were the most honest with their emotions run scared, while at the same time bring forth a determination in the most unlikely of people.
That was something he had discovered ten minutes ago back in their suite when Logan had stood before him naked and uttered, “Just tell me how you want me, Tate. I’m yours.”
That was when he’d run.
Tate had practically tripped over his feet in his hurry to be free of the suddenly suffocating confines of that bathroom. And now, as he sat alone replaying Logan’s words, he stared down at the crumpled paper he’d grabbed from his wallet and studied the words in his shaking hands.
His stomach knotted, then flipped over on itself time and time again, and Tate willed himself to breathe. The last thing he needed was to pass out from a panic attack, but that was exactly what was happening. He was panicking. And the reason? The reason was as clear as day. He was the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. Yeah, he was.
Fucking hell. He’d heard that love made people do some stupid shit before, but this… God, what if I can’t fix this? What if Logan doesn’t want me like that anymore? The thought made him want to be sick. He squeezed his eyes shut, trying to stop the room from spinning, but all that did was bring to mind Logan back in the bathroom, beautiful as always, looking at Tate for some kind of indication of what was running through his head. And what had Tate given him? Nothing. He’d just fled.
Damn it.
Tate shoved the piece of paper into his pocket, along with the pen he’d grabbed from the side table back in their suite, no longer able to look at it. What had he done to them? How had he let fear of the unknown possibly ruin this? And as the memories flooded him again…
I dare you to try.
I think you’re my truth.
Terrify me.
Marry me.
…he was more than aware that it was that one, the last one, that didn’t have the right ending. He’d really messed this up, but he could make it right and wanted to, more than he wanted his next breath.
He placed his head in his hands and shut his eyes, trying to gather some semblance of control so he could go back, find Logan, and do the one thing he realized he should’ve done all along. It wasn’t until he heard the sound of padded feet on the hardwood floor that he looked up to see that he didn’t need to go and find Logan, because he had tracked Tate down instead.
With the fire flickering behind him, the sharp angles of Logan’s cheeks and jaw only enhanced a face Tate loved more than he thought possible, and when Logan pulled out the chair opposite him and reached across the table to take his hands, Tate couldn’t believe it had taken his brain this long to catch up and get to where it now firmly was.
“Hey,” Logan said, his eyes roaming over Tate’s face, no doubt for signs, clues as to why he’d run away.
“Hey,” Tate replied, and then lowered his gaze to their hands, marveling over the strength he found there when they were joined.
Exactly…together, not apart. Always and forever, together.
“What are you doing out here?” Logan asked, and Tate swallowed as he felt Logan tighten his grip.
“I, uhh…”
“Tate?” Logan said before Tate could give any kind of response. “What are you doing out here?”
Tate withdrew his hand and ran it through his hair, and as Logan continued to watch him, he felt his nerves kick in. “Back there in the bathroom…” he started, and then stopped. As he thought over his words, Tate wondered if there was even a way to explain how badly he’d screwed this all up, but knew the only way he’d ever know was to try. “I had a thought. It was more of a moment, I guess. A flash of us. Of all we are and will be and— Shit, I sound crazy, don’t I?”
Logan’s eyes narrowed, but he shook his head. “You don’t sound crazy. But you are freaking me out a little. Were the things you were thinking good things, at least?”
Tate frowned and then shot Logan an apologetic look. The last thing Tate wanted was to worry him more—it was the exact opposite. “Yeah, of course. I should’ve probably started with that. Everything about you was good. Perfect, really, but me…”
“What about you? You’re pretty fucking perfect from where I’m sitting. And back there in that bathroom, trust me, you looked better than any of those naked statues on the wall.”
Tate tried for a smile but knew he didn’t quite pull it off when Logan asked, “What is it, Tate? Come on; you know you can tell me anything.”
Okay, this is it, Tate thought, as he swallowed and then shifted in his seat, glancing over at the fire for a moment to gather his nerve. Then he turned back to Logan and asked, “Am I too late?”
At Logan’s confused expression, Tate knew he didn’t understand what he was asking. So he reached into his pocket where he’d shoved the piece of paper, and then put it on the table. He smoothed his hand over it, lovingly tracing his fingers over the name he now wanted as his own, and then pushed it over in front of Logan.
As Logan stared down at it, Tate watched him read over the words on the paper, waiting for a reaction, and when Logan looked up, Tate asked again, “Am I too late?”
Logan blinked several times, and Tate held his breath, wondering if he was too late. But then something miraculous happened: Logan shook his head.
The blood rushing around Tate’s head made his ears ring as he tried to comprehend what Logan was telling him, but he still hadn’t said a word, so Tate pulled the pen from his pocket and leaned over to circle the name he hadn’t been able to stop looking at ever since he’d found the piece of paper.
As Logan looked down again, Tate saw a huge grin split his lips. “So what do you think? Can the world handle two Mr. Mitchells?” 



True-AN

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Try (Temptation #1)

Take (Temptation #2)

Trust (Temptation #3)

Tease (Temptation #4)
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Tate (Temptation #5)
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About Ella Frank:


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Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”

A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR. You can reach her on the web at www.ellafrank.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ella.frank.author 

Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.


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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Release Blitz + Excerpt - SIN & SAINT by J.M. Dabney

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SIN & SAINT
EXECUTIONERS BOOK 4
J.M. DABNEY
M/M ROMANCE
RELEASE DATE: 12.26.17


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COVER DESIGN: Winterheart Design


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Eric and Ellison Gant better known as Sin and Saint were opposite sides of the same coin. They epitomized the nicknames given to them by their friends in the band Executioners. One thing Sin and Saint did well was fight and being inseparable means they had a lot of disagreements, but one thing they agreed on was Sheriff Camden Pelter was theirs. The older, stoic man didn’t agree, yet they were determined to change his mind.

Camden Pelter had the daunting job of turning the Powers Sheriff Department around. The residents of the Georgia town didn’t have much faith or respect in the Deputies serving them. That’s where he came in and he was determined to do his job. That was easier said than done with two annoying brothers Sin and Saint who dogged his every step. No way in hell was he getting mixed up in the chaos that were the Gant Twins. Now if only if he could get them to listen and realize they didn’t have a chance of changing his mind.


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EXCERPT


“Sin and Saint, don’t they have real names?” Even though the names seemed perfect, he didn’t like them, and he wasn’t going to call his—nothing his was in this bar.
“Sin is Eric, and Ellison is Saint, but I don’t think they answer to them. Last I heard their mom started calling them Sin and Saint.”
“I won’t be calling them Sin and Saint.”
“Does that mean you’ll be calling them because they’re headed this way. Good luck.”
He nearly hollered for Twitch when the little man darted away. He was a grown ass man so he could handle two pretty boys. Their platinum blond hair tousled around their beautiful faces. Fuck, he caught sight of himself in the mirror behind the bar, and he looked old, well, ancient compared to them. The silver patch in his goatee stood out starkly and reminded him he wasn’t in his twenties or even thirties anymore.
Just don’t be an asshole, Camden, he ordered himself. His hand locked tight around the bottle as the most beautiful men he’d ever seen flanked him on either side. Their slim bodies pushing in beside him, and he instantly knew which one was Sin. The boy pressed in tight to his side, while Ellison, Saint, kept a bit of distance. In his peripheral, he noticed the innocent pink that stained Ellison’s cheeks and he wanted to reach for him. Chase the spreading color under the pads of his calloused fingers.
“Well, hello, sexy, you’re new.”
Eric’s soft fingertips stroked up his bare arm only being stopped by the rolled cuff of his dress shirt. His stomach tightened.
“Camden.”
“You’re Scary’s cousin.”
Ellison’s voice was softer, tinged with a hint of shyness that made him want to turn to him.
“Why don’t you come home with us, Camden?”
“Why don’t you go play with someone your own age, boy?”
He didn’t know where the brusque tone came from, but he didn’t want to be some notch for boys with Daddy issues. It was a rage in his abdomen. An emotion he’d never experienced before burned through his veins, and he couldn’t think beyond getting as far away from Eric and Ellison as he could. Part of he wanted to put them over his knee for propositioning some strange man in a bar. The other part of him, the one he needed to rein in, wanted to take them home.
“Twitch,” he called for the bartender and pulled enough from his pocket to cover his few beers, plus a generous tip.
“Goodnight, boys.”
Eric looked at him like he was insane to turn them down and maybe he was, but he was a grown ass man, and he knew what he wanted. Ellison avoided glancing at him and instead of embarrassment or shyness, the young man looked ashamed. He pushed back from the bar and started to walk away.
“Goodnight, Camden.”
Ellison’s sweet voice called to him, and he imagined what it would sound like when the boy screamed his name as he was buried balls deep. Angry with himself, he strode toward the door.

He knew what he wanted, something or someone only his, someone to care for and make happy. A quick fuck he wasn’t and twenty-one was too fucking young for what he had in mind. That didn’t keep his mind from wandering to the twin temptation he’d left back at Brawlers and it didn’t disappear even as he drove in the opposite direction of Powers, Georgia, and from the things he knew he couldn’t have.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR


​J.M. Dabney is a multi-genre author who writes mainly LGBT romance and fiction. She lives with a constant diverse cast of characters in her head. No matter their size, shape, race, etc. she lives for one purpose alone, and that’s to make sure she does them justice and give them the happily ever after they deserve. J.M. is dysfunction at its finest and she makes sure her characters are a beautiful kaleidoscope of crazy. There is nothing more she wants from telling her stories than to show that no matter the package the characters come in or the damage their pasts have done, that love is love. That normal is never normal and sometimes the so-called broken can still be amazing.


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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Release Blitz - TRUE by Ella Frank

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TRUE, the final book in The Temptation Series by Ella Frank and the highly anticipated wedding between Logan Mitchell and Tate Morrison is LIVE!





Synopsis:


True - adjective: That which is accurate or exact.

I dare you to try.
I think you’re my truth.
Terrify me.
Marry me.
Marry me.
Marry me...

Four years ago, Logan Mitchell walked into Tate’s life and challenged him to see it differently.

He dared Tate to try a kiss, when normally he wouldn’t have.
He begged him to take a chance, when he probably shouldn’t have.
But most importantly, he asked Tate to trust that he would love him, and he did. From that moment on, Tate realized exactly what his life had been missing—Logan.

Happily-ever-afters come in many different forms. But for Tate Morrison, there’s only one ending he wants. The one where the guy marries the guy and true love conquers all.

Now all he has to do is tell Logan.


Join Logan and Tate as they finally realize what the rest of us knew all along. That they belong together for better or worse—always.


True-AN

Read Today!


(Free in Kindle Unlimited)
Amazon Universal: http://mybook.to/TRUE


Add to GoodReads: http://bit.ly/2ApV7rB

Start the Series Today!

(Free in Kindle Unlimited)


Try (Temptation #1)



Take (Temptation #2)



Trust (Temptation #3)



Tease (Temptation #4)
(Free in Kindle Unlimited)

Amazon Universal: http://mybook.to/TeaseTempt


Tate (Temptation #5)
(Free in Kindle Unlimited)



About Ella Frank:


EllaFrank


Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”

A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR. You can reach her on the web at www.ellafrank.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ella.frank.author 

Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.

 

Connect with Ella:


Join Ella’s Newsletter – www.bit.ly/1hEYtgn
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

New Release + Review - SHATTERED by Sloane Kennedy

✮ ✮ NEW RELEASE ✮ ✮

Shattered by Sloane Kennedy is NOW LIVE!!! 
The Protectors, Book 11 (M/M)




~ Blurb ~


A big thank you to Wander Aguiar and his team for the amazing photograph and to Jay Aheer for another incredible cover!

"I failed Caleb once because I was a coward. And he ended up paying the price. Never again…"
Ten years of war and the loss of nearly his entire family have left thirty-four-year-old former sniper, Jace Christenson, with nothing to come home to. And he prefers it that way. Life consists of his work in an underground vigilante group, the near-constant search for the last remaining link to who he used to be, and a string of meaningless sexual encounters that serve only one purpose… to make it easier to not feel anything anymore.

But when Jace gets the call that the young man he saved two years earlier has gone missing, he’s forced to deal with the truth he’s been trying to deny from the moment he laid eyes on Caleb Cortano.

That the young man is so very much more than just the exception to all his rules...

"You know how if something shatters when it breaks, there’s no way to find all the pieces to put it back like it once was? Maybe sometimes it’s better not to even try…"
Nineteen-year-old Caleb Cortano has been barely hanging onto his sanity in the two years since the truth about his father’s depravities came to light. A victim of the man’s crimes himself, Caleb has only managed to find any semblance of peace when he’s in the presence of the man who saved him once before.

But when he finally comes to accept that Jace Christenson wants nothing to do with someone who’s shattered beyond repair, Caleb finds another way to seek solace from the pain inside.

As the fear of being reunited with the father he both fears and misses becomes more and more likely, desperation has Caleb doing something foolish that brings him face to face with the only man he’s ever wanted… but who doesn’t want him back.

"Caleb stays with me until we get some answers… just me…"
When Caleb’s life is threatened, Jace refuses to walk away a second time. Even if protecting Caleb means he’s risking his own heart, Jace isn’t going anywhere. At least not until he can put some of the missing pieces of Caleb’s life back together.

But will Caleb be able to do the same for the equally broken Jace?

Will two shattered men be able to find all the missing pieces to be who they were truly meant to, or is Caleb right? Some things just aren’t worth trying to fix…


~ Review ~ 
5 Stars


I just want to lock this author in a room and keep her all to myself. Give me all the stories!!! I don't know how much more praise I can give this author. It's just plain and simple, Sloane Kennedy is a phenomenal writer and she kills it in this genre. 

I can't really say I've been dying to read Jace and Caleb's story because I think I say that about every book of hers, lol. I more like crave the next book no matter what or which character it is. I just need a Sloane fix and then I crave the next one and so on. I'm on constant standby for her next release. So, yes, this was definitely another journey added to the addiction and I was completely and utterly satisfied. Jace and Caleb are first introduced in Forsaken, book four in this series. Although, this can be read as a standalone, I would encourage you to read Forsaken to get more of the background story and to see how Jace and Caleb's journey begins.

Heed the warning from the author prior to reading. This book is definitely not for those who don't like intense and dark subject matters.  It's graphic, it's raw and it's extremely heart-wrenching. Sloane Kennedy certainly does not hold back.

As with any book from this author, I devoured this. I read it in one sitting. Sloane Kennedy's books are not the type you can start and walk away from and come back at a later time. Her stories consume you. Jace and Caleb had me so captivated. This story was just so beautiful and touching. These characters are absolutely mesmerizing. 

The emotions, chemistry, love and passion between these two was undeniable. I felt every emotion throughout the book. That's one of the things I love most about this author, is her ability to capture and deliver the emotions onto the reader. She doesn't miss a single beat. I felt it all. From the despair, to the vulnerability, the hollowness, the heartache, the love, passion, desire. Gosh, it's just always an amazing experience reading a book from this author.

Jace and Caleb will touch you to your very soul. They are absolutely perfect for each other. Jace was just so great with Caleb. I loved the tender moments. I honestly loved everything about this book but that's really not hard to do with a Sloane book. This is an absolute must read. It goes without saying that I am already itching to get my hands on the next SK book. Can't wait to see what she has in store for us next. 


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About the Author



Although Sloane Kennedy always dreamed of being a writer as a teenager, she didn't take the plunge until March of 2015 when she released her first novel as an independent author. Since then, she has released more than a dozen books including the Amazon best-selling "Barretti Security" series, "Finding" series and "Protectors" series. While she initially began writing M/F romance, she found her true passion writing gay romance and all four of her most recent releases reached the #1 spot on Amazon's Gay Romance bestseller list and Freeing Zane, her final book in the Barretti Security series, made it to Amazon's overall bestseller list. Sloane was born in Germany and grew up in Virginia and Wisconsin. 

Although she currently lives in Wisconsin, the place where she has always felt most at home is Seattle and many of her books take place in the Emerald city. Although she is unmarried, a menagerie of 2 dogs and 3 cats keeps her busy enough and 3 young nieces take care of the rest of her free time. Sloane loves being able to share her passion for romance with readers and she is truly humbled by all the support she's received from fans and fellow authors alike.


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