Blog Tour: Excerpt + Review - BAD AT LOVE by Karina Halle

Bad at Love, an all-new contemporary STANDALONE by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is LIVE!!!

Bad at Love by Karina Halle

Release Date: November 16th

She's bad at love, but he's even worse...

Marina is hot, blonde, and wickedly smart, but when it comes to men? She's hopeless. Between her quirks and her lack of filter, there isn't a man in Los Angeles that will stick around after the third date.

Her handsome, charming friend Lazarus has the opposite problem. Everyone wants to be his girlfriend, but he gets bored and moves on quickly. 

There's only one way to figure out why neither of them has cracked this love thing-- they'll date each other. On paper, it's the perfect experiment. But in reality, things between Marina and Laz get complicated quickly.

They might be bad at love, but they are even worse at being friends.

Review

5 Stars

GOOD GOSH!!!! THIS BOOK!!!!! OMG!!!! My heart was pure mush reading this book. I loved absolutely everything about this. The story line and characters were magnificent and freaking phenomenal!!!!! 

Karina Halle delivers such a sweet, romantic love story with quirky characters that I absolutely adore. Laz and Marina were unique and just amazing and perfect. A poet/musician and a beekeeper, odd right? The most beautiful, sweet, perfect odd couple that turned my heart to complete sappy mush!!!! AHHHHH! 

I can’t even put into enough words how much I adored and loved this book. It was the PERFECT best friends to lovers romance. I couldn’t keep the smile off my face. Laz had me swooning so hard. Marina had me laughing out loud. I just wanted more and more of these two. A fantastic read that will no doubt be one to re-visist. This is an absolute MUST READ!!! 

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

Excerpt:

The place is called Tanner Smiths and is one of those trendy bars with a prohibition theme. It’s packed and dark and there’s a small dancefloor by the door so that when you walk in, you’re sucked into a group of people grooving all up in your space. Beyonce blares from the female DJ in the corner and everyone is drunk and happy.
“I approve of the vibe,” I say to Laz.
“What?” he yells back mockingly over the noise, cupping his ear. Then he leans in, close. Very close. “What you havin’ to drink, sweet girl?”
His breath is hot on my ear and I momentarily close my eyes, letting the feeling sink along my skin, down my back, all the way to my toes. “Anything,” I manage to say.
I open my eyes and his face is still at my neck, lips at my ear. “I had no idea you were so easy to please,” he murmurs and I swear his lips are grazing my skin. Goosebumps spread and I’m hot and cold all at once.
My throat feels thick as I speak. “Only when it comes to drinks. Anything else, you might have to work at it.”
“Is that so?” he says, pulling back enough to look me in the eye.
There’s fire inside him. God, how I want to burn.
“We’ll have to see, won’t we?” I tell him.
His languid gaze drops to my lips, his nostrils flaring with impatience.
Fuck, do it, just fucking kiss me.
Kiss me.
Kiss me.
He leans all the way back, gives my hand another squeeze before letting go. “Don’t you dare go anywhere.”
“Bossy,” I comment, my stomach summersaulting like crazy.
“You have no idea,” he says. Then he winks, a bit of a smile, and heads down to the bar to place the order.
I watch him. I watch him and I watch the girls in the bar watching him and I know tonight, tonight he’s mine. I have him.
I’ve never felt so alive before, a swarm of electricity underneath my skin, my heart happy, happy, happy with anticipation, knowing what might finally happen between us.

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Meet Karina:

Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.

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Release Blitz - BAD AT LOVE by Karina Halle

Bad at Love, an all-new contemporary STANDALONE by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is LIVE!!!

Bad at Love by Karina Halle 

Release Date: November 16th

She's bad at love, but he's even worse...

Marina is hot, blonde, and wickedly smart, but when it comes to men? She's hopeless. Between her quirks and her lack of filter, there isn't a man in Los Angeles that will stick around after the third date.

Her handsome, charming friend Lazarus has the opposite problem. Everyone wants to be his girlfriend, but he gets bored and moves on quickly. 

There's only one way to figure out why neither of them has cracked this love thing-- they'll date each other. On paper, it's the perfect experiment. But in reality, things between Marina and Laz get complicated quickly.

They might be bad at love, but they are even worse at being friends.

Read Today!

(Free in Kindle Unlimited)

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2AOudtz

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Meet Karina:

Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books. 

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.

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Blog Tour w/ Review - MAVERICK by Karina Halle

Maverick by Karina Halle 

Release Date: October 17th 

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Maverick, an all-new contemporary STANDALONE by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is LIVE!!!

Maverick is a complete standalone novel and the second book about the rough and rugged Nelson brothers. Get ready for one wild alpha mountain man - Canada's never felt so hot!

Forget playing it safe.

John “Maverick” Nelson likes to live his life on the edge – literally. A crucial member of the search and rescue team in the mountainous British Columbian town of North Ridge, Maverick’s brash and bold attitude means he’s the first one to ascend into danger, no matter the risk.

When it comes to women, though, Maverick errs on the side of caution. For all his cocky charm, rugged good looks and sexual swagger, he remains as unreachable as the surrounding peaks. Hot, wild sex? He’ll tell you there’s no better way to spend a cold, wintry night. Relationships? He’d rather freeze.

That is until he lays his eyes on American Riley Clarke. Trading in the crippling expenses of Aspen for BC, Riley is North Ridge’s newest member of their search and rescue team and the only woman on the job, which means spending a lot of time with Mav in adrenaline-pumping situations.

With the chemistry between them hot enough to melt snow, keeping their hands off each other is detriment to the success of their team. Besides, Maverick’s her boss and she didn’t work her ass off in Colorado just to throw it all away for some mind-blowing sex.

But when the worst winter in years sweeps in, Riley and Maverick will have to battle the elements along with their attraction for each other. And if either of them slip up, both of them will be in for a deep freeze. 

Review

5 Stars

I couldn’t wait to read Maverick’s story. He was supposed to be this sexy mountain man that the lady’s couldn’t resist. Well there is no doubt that Karina Halle kicked it up a notch in this book. I wanted to read a book not do exercise. I mean if you consider vagina clenching exercise, then yeah! Because I was doing this a lot!!!! Lol…. HOLY FUCKING HOTTNESS!!!

From the very beginning I was pulled into the story. We start off on Riley and how she ends up in North Ridge and man, what an opening to a story. I was totally devouring the pages. I instantly loved Riley’s character. She was so bold and confident sexually yet still vulnerable from the tragic events she’s endured. She was the perfect match for Maverick. And Maverick….oh Mav! Be still my clenching thighs. Mav was everything you just want to devour in a man. Sexy, tattoos, demanding and take charge and he still had that soft side that easily came out with Riley. The flirtation and sexual banter between these two was fun and entertaining. The chemistry was off the charts.

Karina Halle did an amazing job on the delivery of this story. These risk takers had me sitting on the edge of my seat. I was absolutely consumed by this book.  I completely fell in love with these characters and these stories. Fox and Del’s story is next and I can’t wait to see what Ms. Halle has in store for their journey. Loving this series and highly recommend it.

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Meet Karina:

Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books. 

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.

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Blog Tour: Review - WILD CARD by Karina Halle

Wild Card, an all-new contemporary STANDALONE by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is available NOW!!!

Wild Card, an all-new contemporary STANDALONE by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is LIVE!!!

Wild Card is a standalone novel and the first book in the North Ridge Trilogy about rough and rugged Canadian mountain men, the Nelson brothers. Canada’s never felt so hot.

She swore she’d never go back home.

She swore she’d never see the man who broke her all those years ago.

But you don’t always get to choose your path.

And sometimes that path is as wild and rugged as the heart.

Rachel Waters thought she saw the last of the small mountain town of North Ridge, British Columbia, when she left six years ago. But while her advertising career blossomed beneath the skyscrapers of Toronto, her mother’s sudden illness has the 26-year old returning to North Ridge to care for her, putting her career on hold while dealing with family secrets, regrets and unresolved goodbyes.

Shane Nelson has always been a bit of a wild card. The youngest of three brothers, Shane’s spent most of his life being underestimated and misunderstood. With his quiet intensity, classic good looks and thoughtful demeanor, he’s an enigma on horseback, managing his father’s sprawling ranch on the slopes of North Ridge.

But while Shane remains the quintessential brooding cowboy, complete with an arsenal of inner demons, all of that changes when Rachel steps back into his life.

She was the girl he pushed away.

Now she’s the girl who wishes she could leave.

Despite the odds, Shane will do everything to convince Rachel he needs a second chance that he doesn’t deserve but when the two of them head off into the wilderness together in search of lost cattle, more than just their hearts are at stake.

Whether it's love or lives on the line, one thing is for sure: always bet on the wild card. 

Review

4.5 Stars

Get ready for a wild ride. Karina Halle delivers a story packed with wild passion, wild chemistry, wild raw emotions, wild sex and one wild sexy man that will steal your heart. 

From the very beginning I was sucked in by the undeniable vulnerability and heartache that I sensed was to come. This author did such a great job with these characters and bringing them life and expressing their emotions that you can feel everything they’re going through. My heart ached when theirs were breaking. I cried when they were sad, confused, or hurt. My heart filled with hope when they were picking up the pieces. Shane and Rachel had so much history, so much love for each other. 

This was such a great story line. I loved how the author not only used dual POV but also gave us past and present and everything flowed so flawlessly. This was just such a great second chance romance story. I read this in a matter of hours because I was just so consumed in Shane and Rachel’s journey. Not to mention they were scorching hot together. 

Wild Card is absolutely a beautifully written story about love, forgiveness and finding your forever home. Looking forward to seeing what Ms. Halle has in store for the next Nelson brother.

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Meet Karina:

Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books. 

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.

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Release Blitz - WILD CARD by Karina Halle

Wild Card, an all-new contemporary STANDALONE by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is LIVE!!!

Wild Card by Karina Halle

Release Date: August 15th

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Wild Card is a standalone novel and the first book in the North Ridge Trilogy about rough and rugged Canadian mountain men, the Nelson brothers. Canada’s never felt so hot.

She swore she’d never go back home.

She swore she’d never see the man who broke her all those years ago.

But you don’t always get to choose your path.

And sometimes that path is as wild and rugged as the heart.

Rachel Waters thought she saw the last of the small mountain town of North Ridge, British Columbia, when she left six years ago. But while her advertising career blossomed beneath the skyscrapers of Toronto, her mother’s sudden illness has the 26-year old returning to North Ridge to care for her, putting her career on hold while dealing with family secrets, regrets and unresolved goodbyes.

Shane Nelson has always been a bit of a wild card. The youngest of three brothers, Shane’s spent most of his life being underestimated and misunderstood. With his quiet intensity, classic good looks and thoughtful demeanor, he’s an enigma on horseback, managing his father’s sprawling ranch on the slopes of North Ridge.

But while Shane remains the quintessential brooding cowboy, complete with an arsenal of inner demons, all of that changes when Rachel steps back into his life.

She was the girl he pushed away.

Now she’s the girl who wishes she could leave.

Despite the odds, Shane will do everything to convince Rachel he needs a second chance that he doesn’t deserve but when the two of them head off into the wilderness together in search of lost cattle, more than just their hearts are at stake.

Whether it's love or lives on the line, one thing is for sure: always bet on the wild card. 

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Meet Karina:

Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books. 

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.

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Review - The Pact by Karina Halle

Synopsis

It all started with a pinky swear…

Linden McGregor is tall, rugged, and gunslinger handsome; a helicopter pilot with a Scottish brogue and charm to spare. He’s also one of Stephanie Robson’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as she’s known him.

Beautiful, funny and an ambitious businesswoman (with one hell of an ass), Stephanie Robson is one of Linden McGregor’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as he’s known her.

But some relationships can’t be boxed, can’t be classified, can’t be tamed.

Back in their mid-twenties and tired of the competitive hit-or-miss dating scene of San Francisco, Steph and Linden made a pact to marry each other if neither one of them are in a serious relationship by the time they hit thirty.

It sounds like fun and games but as the years to thirty tick past and lovers come and go out of their lives, the pact becomes larger than life.
Sex is inevitable. Friendships are tested. Hearts are on the line.

The pact is about to change everything.

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❥Review ❥

4 Stars

I was really eager to read this book. There was so much hype about it and I kept thinking “Yes, another 5 star read” but sadly it just fell a little short for me. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the story a great deal but it just wasn’t that BANG the hype made it out to be.

There were parts that were emotional and tugged at my heart but it wasn’t that all-consuming heart wrenching emotional read that I thought it would be. Maybe I came into it with too much expectations, I’m not sure. I loved the whole idea of ‘The Pact’. That was brilliant and the fact that the characters were already best friends made it even better. Two friends who already know each other like the back of their hands. Genius.

However, their time together as a ‘couple’ was very short. As short as it was, it was very sexy. Linden was just delicious. I’m a sucker for a guy who is a ‘dirty talker’ and oh how Linden falls right into that category. Stephanie was, well I’m not really sure what to say about her. I didn’t really find anything special about her and therefore lacked that connection to her.

Linden and Stephanie just went through the motions. They really didn’t fight for each other, which is what I was expecting but it really didn’t come until the very last minute but even then it was simple. No explosions, no battle, no fireworks, no big undying love shebang.

I loved that it was in dual POV. It’s always a pleasure to get inside the guy’s head and to see where each of them is coming from emotionally. The banter between the characters will give you a good laugh. Did I enjoy the story? Yes. I thought this was a good read but like I said I just think I went into it with higher expectations.

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About the Author

With her USA Today Bestselling The Artists Trilogy published by Grand Central Publishing, numerous foreign publication deals, and self-publishing success with her Experiment in Terror series, Vancouver-born Karina Halle is a true example of the term “Hybrid Author.” Though her books showcase her love of all things dark, sexy and edgy, she’s a closet romantic at heart and strives to give her characters a HEA…whenever possible.

Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiance and rescue pup.

Karina is represented by the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency.

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