Cover Reveal: The Hookup Equation

The Hookup Equation, all-new hilarious standalone romantic comedy from Roxie Noir, is coming February 26th, and we have the dreamy cover! 

My whole life, I’ve been a good girl. I follow rules like nobody’s business. I obey guidelines like I was born to it. Show me a line, and I’ll toe it.

I’m even a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Good is my middle name.

And then, I break one tiny little rule. Miniscule. Inconsequential.

Next thing I know, I’m trapped with an incredibly handsome stranger. He’s got eyes like cut emeralds, biceps that makes my head spin, and a smile that has me rethinking all my life choices.

We escape a bar bathroom together. We go on an impromptu date. We share the hottest kiss I’ve ever had, one that leaves me panting for more. We promise to see each other again.

Turns out, we see each other the next morning.

In my calculus class.

Which he’s teaching.

My handsome, sexy date is Professor Loveless, and we’ll be seeing each other plenty. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday all semester.

There’s no choice but to call it off. We both have too much at stake: I could lose my scholarship, and he could lose his entire career.

But I can’t call off the way I feel. 

I can’t call off the way he looks when he rolls up his sleeves and explains imaginary numbers. 

I can’t call off the heated glances, or the way our hands touch when I hand in my homework, or the memory of his body pressing against mine that night.

I’m a virgin.

He’s my professor.

And if we give in, it could cost us both everything. 

But I’m so tired of being a good girl.

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About Roxie

I love writing sexy, alpha men and the headstrong women they fall for.

My weaknesses include: beards, whiskey, nice abs with treasure trails, sarcasm, cats, prowess in the kitchen, prowess in the bedroom, forearm tattoos, and gummi bears.

I live in California with my very own sexy, bearded, whiskey-loving husband and two hell-raising cats.

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Cover Reveal: A Duke Will Never Do

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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who’ve decided they don’t need Society’s rules, their families’ expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don’t need a man doesn’t mean they might not want one.

After failing on the Marriage Mart, Jane Pemberton has two choices: submit to her parents’ edict to marry their boring neighbor or become a self-declared spinster and take up residence in the official headquarters of the Spitfire Society. It’s really no choice at all, and Jane is eager to embrace her newfound independence. She soon finds an unconscious viscount on her doorstep and nurses him back to health. When he offers to compensate her, she requests payment in the form of private instruction of a scandalous and intimate kind.

Having spiraled into a self-destructive abyss following the murder of his parents, Anthony, Viscount Colton, physically recovers under the care of an alluring spitfire. But it is her charm and flirtatiousness that soothes his soul and arouses his desire—until an extortion scheme forces him to face the sins of his past. Now, to save the woman who’s given him everything he lost and more, he’ll have to pay the ultimate price: his heart.

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Cover Reveal: Arrogant Bastard

Today we are sharing the cover reveal for Arrogant Bastard by Jennifer Dawson. Arrogant Bastard is the second standalone novel in the Bastard series and will be available May 5, 2020. You won't want to miss the sizzling chemistry and banter between Cat and Caden. Check out the cover, excerpt and giveaway then pre-order your copy!

Arrogant Bastard

I’m Cat McKay, and I’m in desperate need of a man.

My farm manager deserted me six weeks before our grand opening that will help put my family’s business on the map. Now I need to find a replacement, because I’m not about to be the reason we fail. Unfortunately, Caden Landry— whose arrogance, evasions and good looks rub me the wrong way—is my only option on a list of zero candidates.

So, as much as it pains me to admit it, I need him to step in and save the day. Yeah, I hate it too.

I’m Caden Landry, and I have a self-destructive streak a mile wide.

One thing is clear, I need to stay the hell away from my new boss, Cat McKay. Not an easy task, considering she’s the kind of woman I find irresistible. But I’m tired of running, tired of living paycheck to paycheck with nothing but a flatbed to my name. I’m determined this time I’m going to get my life together.

So, I’m not about to screw a golden opportunity because I can’t keep my hands off the woman in charge. This time, self-preservation will prevail.

*second book in the Bastards series, each book is a standalone and has its own HEA.

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Excerpt

I stare at Caden Landry, my eyes narrowed, trying to figure out if I hate him.  Based on the twenty minutes I’ve spent interviewing him, I’m going with yes, yes, I do. 

The term interview is generous, considering our stilted conversation and his general evasion at all my questions. I should kick him out, but I don’t have that luxury at the moment. Also, when my best friend and fellow local farmer, Gabriel Levorn, recommended the man, I thought my panicked prayers had been answered.   

Only, he’s not what I envisioned.  I’d pictured him older and world-weary, with sad, tired eyes, like my last farm manager. 

That’s not what I got. 

He’s all tall and broad, with lean hips and long legs. And while he wears his world-weariness like a cloak, the man across from me has a hard face, cold dark blue eyes, and a chiseled jaw. He’s beautiful, in a remote, do-not-fuck-with-me type of way. 

Everything about his stance and attitude screams keep away, and since he’s filled up my small office located in my family’s distillery, I’ve wanted him gone. 

Except, I’m desperate, and he’s my only option.

About the Author

Jennifer Dawson grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from DePaul University with a degree in psychology. She met her husband at the public library while they were studying. To this day she still maintains she was NOT checking him out. Now, over twenty years later they’re married living in a suburb right outside of Chicago with two awesome kids and a crazy dog.

Despite going through a light FM, poem writing phase in high school, Jennifer never grew up wanting to be a writer (she had more practical aspirations of being an international super spy). Then one day, suffering from boredom and disgruntled with a book she’d been reading, she decided to put pen to paper. The rest, as they say, is history.

These days Jennifer can be found sitting behind her computer writing her next novel, chasing after her kids, keeping an ever watchful eye on her ever growing to-do list, and NOT checking out her husband.

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WWBC #4: Best Book / Movie / TV Couple

I wasn't going to participate in this week's challenge. However, when I realized there was one answer for book and television, I suddenly was excited for this particular post.

That Answer is Bruce Wayne and Princess Diana of Themyscira.

I have not found the exact comic books that contain the "wonderbat" story arc, but I know they exist.

Have you ever watched the Justice League cartoon? There seemed to be hints of attraction between "Bats" and "Wondy".

I want to say that there was tension between the two leaguers in the movies, but that may just be my imagination.


Disclaimer: I hope this doesn't infringe on copyright laws. I am only a big Justice League fan and a "wonderbat" shipper.



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Release Blitz: Rules of Engagement

Love is a battlefield for a quirky matchmaker and the cocky football star who hires her to find him a wife.

Rules of Engagement, an all-new hilarious romantic comedy from J.T. Geissinger, is available now!

As the owner of Perfect Pairings matchmaking service, Maddie McRae earns her living helping others fall in love. Dubbed the Wedding Whisperer due to her success getting couples down the aisle, the sweet Southern belle knows that the foundation of wedded bliss is built on similarities: opposites might attract, but they don’t stay together. 

Which is why she’s holding out for her own Prince Charming, a perfect gentleman who will arrive one day and sweep her off her feet with his devotion, kindness, and charm.

Enter Mason Spark.

Rude, arrogant, and notoriously allergic to monogamy, the hottest quarterback in the NFL is Maddie’s polar opposite. He’s also her new client. Her gorgeous, infuriating new client who’s paying her an outrageous sum of money to find him a wife. With his multi-million dollar contract on the line due to his behavior on and off the field, bad boy Mason is willing to pretend to settle down. 

But when he starts to fall for the adorkable matchmaker who can’t stand him, the playboy finds himself in the game of his life to keep something he never thought he’d lose—his heart.

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About J.T. Geissinger

J.T. Geissinger is a bestselling author of emotionally charged romance and women’s fiction. Ranging from funny, feisty rom coms to intense, edgy suspense, her books have sold more than one million copies and been translated into several languages.

She is the recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book, the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, and is a two-time finalist for the RITA® Award from the Romance Writers of America®. She has also been a finalist in the Booksellers’ Best, National Readers’ Choice, and Daphne du Maurier Awards.

Her first novel was published in 2012. Since then she’s written eighteen more novels. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking wine, surfing the internet, and daydreaming about all the things she’s going to be when she grows up. She lives near the beach in Los Angeles with her husband and deaf/demented rescue kitty, Ginger.

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WWBC #3: New Hobby I'm Trying

The hobby that I am trying is drawing. I do not claim to have any artistic talent. I have, however, found drawing to be extremely calming for me. I recently decided to get a drawing pad and colors pencils.

The following are Sunday Posts that focused on the drawings that I did.

Plaid Look

SP: WDYT

SP: WDYT2

Bare Tree

SP: WDYT3

SP: WDYT4


"Trying" is the the key word.

I don't know when I will participate next in the WWBC. Until then, good bye.


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Release Blitz: Almost Just Friends

Almost Just Friends, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by Jill Shalvis, is LIVE!

Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she’s free.

When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can’t deny, making her yearn for something she doesn’t understand. And her siblings…well, they need each other.

Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself…and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks—just as the new life she craves may have already begun.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s sexy contemporary and award-winning books wherever romances are sold and click on the blog button above for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.

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Sunday Post #41: Four Books

I have completed four books this month. Those four were two arcs, one ebook and one paper back. I have enjoyed all four of them. Now I have to read two books (at most) to meet my Goodreads goal.

Post Rewind

📌 7th = VBT: A Sickness in the Soul

📌 8th = WWBC #1: Goals for 2020

📌 9th = Cover Reveal: Then You Happened

📌 10th = Audio Blitz: Chasing Petalouthes

📌 15th =WWBC #2: Books I Can't Wait to Read in 2020

📌 17th = Book Blitz: Lies that Bind

Head's Up - Coming Posts

🔼 22nd = WWBC #3: New Hobby I'm Trying

Goodreads

📚 The Idea of You (by: Darcy Burke) = moved to "read" shelf

📚 Irish Magic (by Susan B. james) = moved to "read" shelf

📚 Sweet Redemption (by: Olivia Peters) = moved to "read" shelf

📚 Cross Stroke (by: Elizabeth Hartey) = moved to "read" shelf

Currently Reading

📖 tbd

*** If you don't have anything to say about this week's topic, you can comment on any other part of the post or just say "hi".

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Book Blitz: Lies That Bind

Title: Lies That Bind 

Author: Ashley Farley Genre: Womens Fiction/Suspense 

Release Date: January 14, 2020 

Cover Designer: damonza.com 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC. 

It’s a surprising second act for two women who decide to rewrite their lives in this enriching novel of friendship and starting over from the bestselling author of Only One Life.

After thirty years, college friends Lena Browder and Olivia Westcoat have met again by chance at an unexpected crossroads: an airport lounge in Atlanta. Lena is running away from home and her demanding family. Olivia is trying to find her way after a painful divorce. With their old selves in the rearview, they toast to a new beginning—and it starts with a spontaneous dare.

Agreeing to trade houses for a month of rediscovery, Lena will stay in Olivia’s Charleston condo. Olivia’s retreat? Lena’s isolated river cottage in the Northern Neck of Virginia. Two perfect getaways. Thirty-four days to reset.

With fresh new perspectives and the renewal of a heartening friendship, Lena and Olivia find their passions, reinvent themselves, and reclaim what they’ve lost. When unexpected romance blooms and careers take new detours, it’s also a time for courage and risk. Now they’ll have to make hard choices to follow through on their promise for a second chance and finally have the lives they dream of.

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Ashley Farley is a writeaholic, exercise junkie, photography enthusiast. The author of the bestselling Sweeney Sisters Series, Ashley writes books about women for women. Her characters are mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives facing real-life issues. Her goal is to keep you turning the pages until the wee hours of the morning. If her story stays with you long after you've read the last word, then she's done her job.

After her brother died in 1999 of an accidental overdose, she turned to writing as a way of releasing her pent-up emotions. She wrote SAVING BEN in honor of Neal, the boy she worshipped, the man she could not save.

Ashley is a wife and mother of two young adult children. While she’s lived in Richmond, Virginia for the past 21 years, a piece of her heart remains in the salty marshes of the South Carolina Lowcountry where she grew up. Through the eyes of her characters, she’s able to experience the moss-draped trees, delectable cuisine, and kind-hearted folks with lazy drawls that make the area so unique.

Ashley loves to hear from her readers.

Feel free to visit her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ashleywfarley or twitter.com/ashleywfarley.

Visit her website at http://www.ashleyfarley.net

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WWBC #2: Books I Can't Wait to Read in 2020

I have a want to read 25 books this year. Right now, my "want to read" shelf consists of only 18 books. I would like to read those books. It is unlikely that I will read all of those 18 books this year. I will also read (and review) an arc one to two times a month.

Books in my "want to read" shelf include:

* A Gathering of Shadows (by: V.E. Schwab)

- I read the first book and I loved the main male character.

* Cross Stroke (by: Elizabeth Hartey)

- Once I read this I will have finished a series. Well, in this this case, a trilogy.

* The Highlander's Crusader Bride (by: Cathy MacRae

- A character in the book (assuming she is the main female character) shares my heritage.


Granted, I don't know if this week's challenge was supposed to be books that are published in 2020.


Goodbye for now and see you next week.


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Audio Blitz: Chasing Petalouthes

Title: Chasing Petalouthes (The Gift Saga,#3) 

Author: Effie Kammenou 

Genre: Womens Fiction/ Contemporary Romance 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC. 

The Gift Saga concludes with the next generation coming into the forefront of the story during their tumultuous years between adolescence and adulthood.

*Read as a standalone or as part of the trilogy

Evvie has lived through more tragedy than a young girl should ever endure, having lost both her father and a most beloved grandmother at a young age. Her rebellious ways are her only defense to mask the ever-present pain in her heart. Closing herself off emotionally, Evvie vows to never let anyone into her heart. But will her determination to keep everyone out see her lose the only person who could heal her broken soul?

Over-achieving, focused, talented, determined to succeed. Those are the traits Stella envies in her siblings and cousins. Her insecurities and lack of confidence stunts her ability to realize her own worth. When an older, handsome young man claims her as his own, Stella believes she has finally found who she has been looking for—someone to love her enough to mold her into the best version of herself. But has she fallen in love too quickly for a man she barely knows anything about?

Chasing Petalouthes (Chasing Butterflies) is the coming of age story of two flawed, young women who push their way out from the confines of the cocoons they’d built around themselves and discover how to soar.

Chasing Petalouthes can be read as a standalone novel. To understand the full emotional impact of these characters histories and lives read Evanthia's Gift & waiting for Aegina.

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Effie Kammenou is a believer that it is never too late to chase your dreams, follow your heart or change your career. She is proof of that. At one time, long ago, she'd thought that, by her age, she would have had an Oscar in her hand after a successful career as an actor. Instead, she worked in the optical field for 40 years and is the proud mother of two accomplished young women.

Her debut novel, Evanthia’s Gift, is a women’s fiction multigenerational love story and family saga, influenced by her Greek heritage, and the many real-life accounts that have been passed down. She continues to pick her father’s brain for stories of his family’s life in Lesvos, Greece, and their journey to America. Her interview with him was published in a nationally circulated magazine.

Evanthia’s Gift: Book One in The Gift Saga was a 2016 award finalist in the Readers Favorite Awards in the Women’s Fiction category. Waiting for Aegina is Book Two in The Gift Saga and Chasing Petalouthes is Kammenou’s latest release, completing the series.

Effie Kammenou is a first generation Greek-American who lives on Long Island with her husband and two daughters. When she’s not writing, or posting recipes on her food blog, cheffieskitchen.wordpress.com, you can find her entertaining family and friends or traveling for ‘research.’

As an avid cook and baker, a skill she learned from watching her Athenian mother, she incorporated traditional Greek family recipes throughout the books.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theater Arts from Hofstra University.

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