Cecily's Book Review : November 2016

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Cover Reveal: Home Tears by Tijan

COVER REVEAL

Title: Home Tears

Author: Tijan

Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense

Release Date: 2016

BLURB

Dani’s survived a lot of sh*t storms.

Her mother died. Her two sisters loathed her. One aunt hated her. The other was strangely distant, but the worst storm—being dumped by her childhood best friend/high school boyfriend/first love for her younger sister.

There went the one person who was hers and with that, the main reason she stuck around. So, she left for ten years. But now she’s back, and nothing’s the same.

With help from Jonah Bannon, a reformed—kind of—bad boy she remembers from high school, Dani uncovers family secrets that have spanned generations. And along with those, she’s about to face the biggest sh*t storm of her life.

Only this time, she may not survive.

EXCERPT

“Why’d you push me earlier?”

“It’s not important.”

But it was. She felt it in her chest. It was so important, and she needed him to say it again. She was salivating for the chance. She wanted to reassure him, and this time she felt it in her heart. She knew she wasn’t going anywhere. She wanted him to see it in her eyes, that she meant every single word.

She whispered now, “Ask me. Ask me again.”

His eyes met hers, narrowing slightly. He was looking into her, reading her.

She was letting him. There was no wall, no hesitation this time. She wanted him to know her, not just her body. All of her. A second passed. He was still searching in her. Another second. More. He waited a full thirty before asking, his voice so soft and tender, “What would you do if you found out another person cared about you? If you mattered to one more person?”

“Nothing.” She was trying to convey her feelings through her eyes. She wanted him to know so badly. “I wouldn’t run. I wouldn’t walk. I wouldn’t hide. I’d do nothing except stand and embrace it.”

His eyes darkened, an emotion passed in them, one that had her heart beating so fast again. “Yeah?” He let go of her hand, but touched the side of her face. He held her in the palm of his hand, and his thumb rubbed over her cheek. It was like he was smoothing away any lingering worries she might have. “What if I was that person?”

She leaned toward him, her eyes going from his lips back to his gaze. Both were pulling her in, making her yearn for more. “Then I’d say, I feel the same.” Her breath held in her throat. They were talking in code, but it was out now. She was telling him how she felt, and a second later, his lips were on hers.

This. She turned, wound her arms around his neck. This was everything.

AUTHOR BIO

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing Fallen Crest Six (untitled) along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores.

To find what to read next of hers, go to http://www.tijansbooks.com/

WALLSTREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

AUTHOR LINKS

Website: http://www.tijansbooks.com/

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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tijan/e/B00DJG52QE/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TijansFanPage/

GIVEAWAY

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Release Blitz/Review: Thursdays by Harper Bentley

Title: Thursdays

Series: The Wait #1

Author: Harper Bentley

Release Date: Nov 22, 2016

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Synopsis:

Thursdays

Birdie--
I fell in love when I was 16.
I married him.
I thought life was good.
Now he’s dying.

Beck—
I married an addict.
I didn’t know it at the time.
She hid it well.
Now she could die.

When Bernadette—Birdie—Chapman and Beck Griffin meet in grief counseling they have an instant connection. For Birdie, it’s a comfort to share her feelings with someone who knows what she’s going through. For Beck, it’s an outlet, someone who understands his anger.

But neither is prepared when they fall in love.

And the guilt is almost too much to bear.

Thursdays—a love story of two broken hearts that find each other…and try to become a whole…

Buy Links:

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My 5 Star review:

Harper Bentley you did an outstanding job!

This book is incredible and it needs to be a lifetime miniseries.

Mason and Birdie are so cute together. They have loved each other for years and now they are married.

Unfortunately both of their lives get turned upside down and I am not sure how I feel.

I mean really Mason! But then in the same breath I just want to hold him and tell him that I understand.

Birdie is my hero. This bad ass chick is a way better women than I am. Because I would of been shanking some people and asking questions later.

Beck and Sophia....holy hell. Now this couple was a whirlwind romance turned *ucked up.

My heart breaks for Beck and I just want to tell him to be selfish and leave his wife. Sophia is a *itch and I have no words for her. But then I feel like a horrible person for saying that.

This story will leave you an emotional mess. I mean I am laying here feeling like a selfish person. Like I am invested in these characters. The story is written so perfectly, it is as if they are real.

Then you get to the end and you are craving book two. Because right now I am freaking out a little and need book two.

Harper Bentley you introduced me to my first love Chase. I have read all of your books and I can tell you that this book touched my heart and soul. I really believe that I may have to go to counseling after this series. Freaking brilliant!!!!

Harper Bentley has taught high school English for 24 years. Although she’s managed to maintain her sanity regardless of her career choice, jumping into the world of publishing her own books goes to show that she might be closer to the ledge than was previously thought.

After traveling the nation in her younger years as a military brat, having lived in Alaska, Washington State and California, she now resides in Oklahoma with her teenage daughter, two dogs and one cat, happily writing stories that she hopes her readers will enjoy.

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Review: Author Anonymous by E.K. Blair

Author Anonymous

By E.K. Blair

A TRUE STORY told through the voice of New York Times Bestselling author E.K. Blair.
*an intoxicatingly risqué stand-alone book

She’s an author.
She’s a mother.
She’s a wife.
She’s a fraud, a woman marked and bound by her own deceit.

Experience the astounding tale of how Anonymous battled through a year of scandals and betrayals, how her world fell from its axis with a single choice, and how she lost herself between reality and fantasy.

This is a stand-alone true story tangled in lust, heartbreak, and contrition.

My 5 Star Review:

What in the hell did I just read?....

This book was incredible! E.k. Blair you did an amazing job writing this book.

To Author anonymous,

Your story is breathtakingly sad and my heart broke for you with every word. I think you are incredibly brave for wanting to share your story.

I don't think you are a horrible person, hell no. You are real and shit happens. We as adults do things we are proud and we also do things we are not proud of.

There are many women out there who have been in your shoes before. Hell maybe even twice.

I am rambling! Sorry!

Again this book is amazing and super addicting. I could sit here and listen to all of this.

But I am torn. Is it wrong of me to have wanted a different ending? Or does this just seal the deal on “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side"?

Bravo EK Blair and Author anonymous

About the Author:

New York Times, USA Today, and International bestselling author, E.K. Blair, takes her readers on an emotional roller coaster with her books. A former first grade teacher with an imagination that runs wild. Daydreaming and zoning out is how she was often found in high school. Blair tends to drift towards everything dark and moody and has been noted as 'The Queen of Dark and Twisted'. Give her a character and she will take pleasure in breaking them down, digging into their core to find what lies underneath.

Aside from writing, E.K. Blair finds pleasure in music, drinking her Starbucks in peace, and spending time with her friends. She's a thinker, an artist, a wife, a mom, and everything in between.

Cover Reveal: Ego Maniac by Vi Keeland

Ego Maniac

(A standalone novel)

A Contemporary Romance novel

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Vi Keeland

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Cover designer: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear

Model: Clément Becq

Photograhper: Fred Goudon - www.fredgoudon.com

Blurb

The night I met Drew Jagger, he’d just broken into my new Park Avenue office.

I dialed 9-1-1 before proceeding to attack him with my fancy new Krav Maga skills.

He quickly restrained me, then chuckled, finding my attempted assault amusing.

Of course, my intruder had to be arrogant.

Only, turned out, he wasn’t an intruder at all.

Drew was the rightful occupant of my new office. He’d been on vacation while his posh space was renovated.

Which was how a scammer got away with leasing me office space that wasn’t really available for rent.

I was swindled out of ten grand.

The next day, after hours at the police station, Drew took pity on me and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. In exchange for answering his phones while his secretary was out, he’d let me stay until I found a new place.

I probably should have acted grateful and kept my mouth shut when I overheard the advice he was spewing to his clients. But I couldn’t help giving him a piece of my mind.

I never expected my body to react every time we argued. Especially when that was all we seemed to be able to do.

The two of us were complete opposites. Drew was a bitter, angry, gorgeous-as-all-hell, destroyer of relationships. And my job was to help people save their marriages.

The only thing the two of us had in common was the space we were sharing.

And an attraction that was getting harder to deny by the day.

About the Author

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in ten languages. She lives in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.