Tag: Debut Novel

#BRMondays – Give Me Fever by Jasmine & Arielle Lockhart

Published January 15th, 2019
Print Length: 206 pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance

four-half-star

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My Review

This is the story of Jessa and Jackson. They got married young and in love, but Jackson’s huge drive to get a better life for him and his wife, along with the lack of good understanding between them, broke them apart.

Jessa went back to their old town and bought the home plantation from under her ex during the divorce. Now Jackson wants to sell it but the man that bought it refuse to listen to reason. So he flew to his old town to talk to the guy and Jessa’s lie was up, but that wasn’t the only thing they discover when they got brought together by destiny.

I believe the Lockhart sisters did a fantastic job with their debut novel. Working as a team in writing doesn’t sound easy but there was no difference, in my opinion, in the writing style. So they did great at mixing their writing together while telling a story.

When I saw what happened with their divorce, which was pre-talked about on the blurb, I was jumping with joy because I love me a good marriage that loves each other get a second chance so they can live happily together.

The plot was interesting and so precious. I do have to say that Jessa annoyed me a little bit with how easy she blamed Jackson for things without looking at herself too. Good thing she noticed and did the right thing later or I would have been really mad.

I would recommend this book to those that love second chance romances.

Disclaimer: I got an ARC copy from the authors. Thanks Lockhart Sisters!

About the Author

Jasmine and Arielle Lockhart were born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a house overflowing with books, art, and poetry scrawled on scraps of paper by the hands of their father and mother. The sisters spent their childhood summers setting crawdad traps and picking peaches from the three-hundred-year-old tree on their family’s plantation. On stormy nights when the power would go out in the Antebellum home, Arielle would distract her younger sister by telling her stories. It never took long before Jasmine’s fear of the dark was forgotten and she was butting in with her own ideas of how the story should go.

In 2017, over mint julep’s on the plantation’s ivy-laden porch, Jasmine and Arielle came up with the crazy idea to co-write a romance novel. A year and many heated debates later, the first book in the Fever series was complete.

When she’s not nagging her sister to add more kissing scenes to their books, Jasmine is a world-traveler, living between New Orleans and Abu Dhabi in the Middle East.

Arielle currently resides on the plantation, where she spends her days writing and convincing Grammy Dee that Annabelle, the housekeeper she hired three years ago, is not the reincarnation of the young woman who hung herself in the peach tree after her fiancé failed to return from war.

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#ReleaseBlitz – Only the Positive by Elle Thorpe

Title: Only the Positive
Series: Only You, #1
Author: Elle Thorpe
Genre: Contemporary Romance/New Adult Romance
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Blurb: 
 
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I made a mistake that might have ruined someone’s life. I’ve moved to Sydney to avoid the glares and the questions from the people back home, but there’s one thing I can’t run from—the guilt and pain that follows me relentlessly. All I can do is dull it with alcohol and casual sex. But then my new boss, Mr Dark and Delicious, deserted me, mid kiss, with my skirt hiked up and my shirt discarded on the alley floor. I should hate him―him and the secrets he’s keeping. But I can’t stay away. Because the pain and guilt he’s hiding mirror my own.
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All she wanted was one night. That, I could do. I’m the king of casual. Love them and leave them, before they leave me. With chemistry off the scale, we couldn’t even make it home, both of us too impatient, ripping each other’s clothes off in the alleyway outside the bar. Then my phone buzzed, and one text message stopped everything. I couldn’t think. Couldn’t breathe. All I could do was run. I’m toxic, but I can’t tell her why. I can’t bear the look of horror I know would cross her face. But I also don’t know how to keep something so life altering from the woman I’m falling for. Not when I need her just to survive it.
 
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Elle Thorpe lives on the sunny east coast of Australia, about an hour out of Sydney. When she’s not writing stories full of kissing and chemistry, she’s a wife, and Mummy to three tiny humans. She’s also official ball thrower to one slobbery dog named Rollo. Yes, she named a female dog after a male character on Vikings. Don’t judge her. Elle is a complete and utter fangirl at heart, obsessing over The Walking Dead and Outlander to an unhealthy degree. But she wouldn’t change a thing.
 
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Cover Reveal – Earning Her Trust by Adore Ian

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Title: Earning Her Trust
Series: Braxton Arcade #1
Genre: Contemporary Romance (New Adult)
Release Date: October 9th, 2018

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She ran from her past… right into his arms.

Marrin Braxton is scarred—physically and emotionally. As a result, she separates her college life from her personal life and makes a point not to trust anyone. Especially guys.

So when she secretly starts sleeping with her hot neighbor, Damian Wane, she makes it clear it’s just sex. Good, kinky sex.

And boy, is it kinky. In the bedroom, Damian is everything Marrin needs. He’s dominant, bossy, and says the filthiest things. Damian makes her submit in ways she never thought possible, and when he’s in charge, she’s able to let go of her need for control and just be.

But it’s how Damian makes her feel outside the bedroom that threatens to tear down the walls Marrin has built around her life and her heart. It’s a loss of control she’s not sure she can handle, and when a man from her past shows up to terrorize her, it’s a loss of control she’s not sure she’ll survive.

Damian Wane is used to getting what he wants. He’s rich, handsome, and gifted with the kind of soulful eyes every person, pet, and vegetable dreams of getting lost in.

After his first night with Marrin, he’s hooked. She’s everything he needs in the bedroom. She’s eager, submissive, and wants him in ways no one ever has before. But it’s the ways he finds himself wanting her, the scars he wants to show her, that have him unable to keep things between them casual. He doesn’t want to let her go, and he’s not willing to share.

But Marrin’s keeping secrets and Damian doesn’t want to be one of them.

If he can earn her trust, he just might make Marrin his. But if he pushes too far, pries too deep, he might lose everything.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adore Ian grew up in a mixed-race family in Hawaii and has loved steamy romance novels ever since finding a Harper paperback discarded on the sidewalk when she was a kid. She’s a proud dyslexic, a loud intersectional feminist, and a lover of standard poodles. She lives with her manfriend on the east coast where she spends too much time bunny watching and not enough time writing. She believes the ingredients to good romance are too much smut, quality fluff and angst, and a dash of guerrilla sex ed. Her novels are best enjoyed with a slice of pizza and an ice cold beer.

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#BRMondays – Legal by Kara Owen

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Published June 16th, 2017 by Amazon Digital Services LLC
Amazon Kindle: 99 Pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotica

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SYNOPSIS FROM GOODREADS

Natalie should be off limits, but anything that walks through the door of my office is mine. I don’t care what her old man says. She’s ours!

Natalie

Dumped. Jobless. Fresh out of college and all my plans shot to hell. I hate going to my dad to ask for a job at his law office, but what can I do?

Then I realized who I was interviewing with. Gavin Ross. The man who’s filled my dreams for as long as I can remember.

Cocky. Arrogant. Muscled. Sexy. I’ve measured every man I know against him, and it doesn’t hurt that he has a sexy junior partner helping him run interviews. Talk about the most distracting interview of my life!

And there’s something about the way they look at me. Something that turns my legs to rubber and sets my body on fire. Something that says there’s a hell of a lot more to this job than taking dictation…

Gavin

She was off limits. She was supposed to be off at college. Only now here’s sexy Natalie freshly graduated darkening my doorstep looking for a job.

I’ve got a problem though. Because there’s a little tradition at the firm. We celebrate associates making partner by having a little fun with one of the sexy new assistants, and this one was supposed to be a treat for me and Craig to share.

Only now that I see Natalie standing there, now that I know she’s legal and looking at me with those bedroom eyes, I need her. I’m still going to share her, make her scream our names, but Natalie will be mine!

Legal is a delightfully dirty romantic novella about two sexy, cocky, demanding lawyers who risk the forbidden fruit for a chance with the boss’s daughter! Fresh out of college, Natalie’s going to learn just how much fun it is to be the center of attention for two of the hottest men she’s ever known! Total mfm with no m/m!

Steamy, sweet, short, and dirty with a happily ever after and no cheating just like you like it!

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#BRMondays – Rock Hard Mountain Man by Rye Hart

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Published December 19th, 2016
Amazon Kindle: 192 pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit

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There I was – stormed in with the sexiest bastard in all of Colorado.

MAGGIE DEAN:
Landing a personal chef job was my ONE big break.
Though, I never expected to come face-to-face with the kinky star of my virgin fantasies.
Tyler Jenner is a sexy billionaire and mountain man – with a RAVENOUS appetite.
And he’s packing more wood than all of Colorado.
He tells me to serve him meat and potatoes.
Meanwhile he wants to serve me some of his own meat.
Can you believe this guy?
I’m not biting.
I’ve got too much on the line.

This mountain billionaire will have to find another cherry to pop.

TYLER JENNER:
When I saw Maggie walk into my lodge, I wanted her right there.
I give her a flash of the mountain monster and she told me to screw off.
She acted like I was some kind of animal. It pissed me off. Not because she was wrong – I am an animal.
But this animal has women lining up for miles to get a glimpse of the log I’m packing in my jeans.
Before long I’ll own this chef. In my bed. In my bathroom. In my kitchen – and she’ll be begging me for more.
But if she thinks she can fix this crooked mountain beast’s heart – she’s got another thing coming.
I’ve got my baggage and she’s got hers. I’m not letting this woman interfere with my life.

No matter how much I CRAVE her.

This is a standalone novella with a HEA and NO cheating! The Kindle version also comes with bonus content, including an exclusive bad boy romance.

Rye Hart. Own Your Naughty.

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#BRMondays – Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan

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(Stand Alone)

Kindle Edition: 200 pages

Published: September 17th, 2016 by Inkitt

Genres: Dating & Intimacy, Social & Family Issues, Gay Romance, LBGT, Romance, Young Adult, YA, Social Issues, Contemporary Romance

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Synopsis (From Goodreads)

The coming out story that will completely change the way you look at love.

Juliet represents the road less traveled. Will Lena take it?

Lena Newman is 17, her best friend’s a cheerleader, her boyfriend’s a football player, and as far as everyone is concerned, her life is sorted. But that’s before she befriends the new girl. Juliet is confident, slightly damaged, drop-dead gorgeous and a lesbian.

Lena realizes that her interest goes beyond just friendship. She sets off on a path of self-discovery where the loyalty of those closest to her will be tested. Continue reading #BRMondays – Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan