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Crazy Sexy Love by K.L. Grayson…Release Day Event & Review

Title: Crazy Sexy Love
A Dirty Dicks Novel

Author: K.L. Grayson

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 21, 2018

Blurb

Three-time world champion bull rider Rhett Allen has never been afraid to get his hands dirty. Hard work, sweat, and determination have gotten him where he is today—and that’s holed up in a hospital room, wondering how he let that damn bull buck him off. He’s also wondering why he thought it was a good idea to let his twin brother talk him into returning home to heal.

Rhett has a million reasons to come home to Heaven, Texas, and only one reason to stay away. That reason comes in the form of a sweet and feisty girl who stole his heart long before he ever thought to give it away. The only problem…that girl has turned into a stunning woman.

Monroe Gallagher is downright sexy with more curves than he has notches in his bed post. It’s been six years since he’s seen her, six years since he’s felt any form of peace, and six years since she gripped his heart in her delicate little hands and squeezed the life out of it. The longer he’s in Heaven, the more he starts to realize that the heart she took from him—the one she crushed into a million pieces—she also never gave back.

My Review:

I absolutely adore any and every thing K.L. Grayson writes and I was so looking forward to this release from just the cover and blurb alone. And yep, she’s done it again. I LOVED this book!

Ok, so I’m already a sucker for a second chance romance and when K.L. Grayson is writing that second chance romance you can bet that you’re going to feel every bit of emotion from her fantastic characters. And boy, did I ever with this book…

Super delicious pro-bull riding champ Rhett begrudgingly heads home after a bull riding injury and he knows what’s in store when he returns….Mo. The girl who stole his heart all those years ago.

Mo has had her own set of circumstances that has shaped who she is today and she’s also never forgotten that cowboy from her past.

What happens now, when a little fate and forced proximity comes into play, makes pure magic. Oh man how I loved these two together. Mo is a strong, selfless gal and I loved reading her. Her life hasn’t been a cake-walk and her story broke my heart but I knew Ms. Grayson would give her the happily ever after she deserved 😉 Rhett is the whole freaking package. He’s sexy, sweet, and has a soft side that had me swooning. OMG and that southern drawl? Call me a goner for that man! Their journey isn’t an easy one and they definitely handle some bumps along the road as they reconcile past hurt feelings and broken hearts but when they come out on the other side of things, it’s sublime. Have I mentioned I loved these two characters!?

If you’re looking for a total page-binging read, this is a book you must get on your list. Thank you, Ms Grayson for yet another stellar read! I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next.

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Praise for Crazy Sexy Love

“KL Grayson’s writing is intoxicating. She effortlessly sweeps you away into a world of love, humor and tenderness. I love her!” – New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby

“KL Grayson delivers with an emotional second chance romance with laugh out loud poignant moments to capture every type of reader.” – New York Times Bestselling Author, Heidi McLaughlin

“Crazy Sexy Love is KL Grayson’s best work to date. Plan to fall helplessly in love with this swoony cowboy and his first love. 10 + stars!” – Rebecca Shea, USA Today Bestselling Author

Excerpt

“Make love to me.”

“Plannin’ on it.” Pushing up from the bed, I kick off my shoes and slip her sandals from her feet. Her eyes follow my every move.
Careful not to lift my left arm too high, I reach behind my head and pull my shirt off. When I reach for my sweats, she sucks in a sharp breath, her eyes glued to my cock as I let my pants fall to the floor.

“Your turn.” I crawl onto the bed, her eyes searing through me. When I undo the button of her shorts, she lifts her hips, allowing me to pull them off, along with her white cotton panties. Sitting up, she reaches for the bottom of her shirt, lifts it over her head, and flings it off to the side.

“You are so beautiful, Mo.”

The last time I looked down at her like this, sprawled out in front of me, I was too young to appreciate her—too young to understand the depth of what she was giving me. But that’s no longer the case. I’ve dreamed of her many times over the last six years, but my fantasies didn’t do her justice. Nothing compares to having her in my bed—hair fanned out, chest heaving, creamy skin begging for my mouth. I have to reach out to touch her to make sure she’s real.

I slide my fingers over her abdomen. The muscles contract beneath my touch.

She looks down, but I shake my head. “No, sweetheart, keep your eyes on me. You have nothing to be embarrassed about. I’ve seen every inch of you, remember?”

Her cheeks turn the prettiest shade of pink. “It’s been a long time. My body has changed.”

“Hasn’t been that long, and trust me, your body is perfect.”

With a flick of the front clasp, her bra opens, her beautiful breasts spilling out. She shrugs out of it, and I lower my body to hers, scarcely able to believe this is happening.

Author Bio

K.L. Grayson resides in a small town outside of St. Louis,
MO. She is entertained daily by her
extraordinary husband, who will forever inspire every good quality she writes
in a man. Her entire life rests in the
palms of six dirty little hands, and when the day is over and those pint-sized
cherubs have been washed and tucked into bed, you can find her typing away
furiously on her computer. She has a
love for alpha-males, brownies, reading, tattoos, sunglasses, and happy
endings…and not particularly in that order.

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Cover Reveal…Covet by Ella James

COVET by Ella James

Release Date: Coming Spring of 2018

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Candi Kane

Cover Photo: Wander Aguiar

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BLURB

Homer Carnegie. Admit it—you know my name. Your kid’s got my e-trading card. Your husband sits up straighter when I stroll onto the TV screen. He knows I’m going to crack the bat and save the day. Even your grandma’s jonesing for my autograph. But women my age? They’re the worst. Or would that be the best?

It’s not my fault they line up at the door. They catch my balls all right, two at a time sometimes, or even three. Believe me, everybody wins.

At least they did—until the video. I heard TMZ paid a million for a bird’s eye view of Homer on his A-game. The only folks who didn’t watch with eager eyes? Red Sox management. They want me benched, or worse, shipped off to rehab.

It’s a long story, what happens next. How I end up on a boat, bound for the world’s most remote island: Tristan da Cunha. Just a speck of dust in the Atlantic.

Except my heart is there.

I don’t know that when I step onto the boat.

I don’t know a lot of things.

What I’ll covet…

What I’ll lose…

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Last year Harlequin sent two Harlequin Heroes, a Cowboy and a Viking, on real-life dates. The unsuspecting public couldn’t get enough… and their hilarious reactions were captured with hidden cameras! Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OIxBqJu5NI Or how about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6jT07uKjto By popular demand, they’ve sent 2 more heroes on dates—a Highlander and a Prince.

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Title: Castiglione’s Pregnant Princess

Author: Lynne Graham

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 20, 2018

Series: Vows for Billionaires #2

Publisher: Harlequin Books – Presents

ISBN: 9781335419248

Expecting royal twins can only mean one thing…

She must wear the Castiglione crown!

Royal responsibility has been drummed into Prince Vitale since childhood—but his hunger for Jazmine crushes all sense of restraint. Her unexpected pregnancy revelation leaves Vitale no choice—he knows what he must do. A temporary marriage will legitimize their twins, but when the fire between them fails to burn out, he has to wonder…could Jazz be his permanent princess?

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Title: Forbidden Night with the Highlander

Author: Michelle Willingham

Genre: Historical Romance

Release Date: January 16, 2018

Series: Warriors of the Night #2

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ISBN: 9781335522603

The handsome Highlander who seduced her…

…is the very man she must marry!

In this Warriors of the Night story, Lianna MacKinnon seeks to avoid her betrothal to a Norman lord by giving herself to an intriguing stranger. But afterward, she discovers her sensual lover is none other than Rhys de Laurent—her betrothed—in disguise! They’ve already had their wedding night… Now there’s no escaping their marriage vows!

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Ride Dirty by Laura Kaye…Excerpt Blog Tour Stop

From New York Times Bestselling author Laura Kaye, comes RIDE DIRTY, a new novella in her Raven Riders Series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Be sure to grab your copy today!

About RIDE DIRTY:
Caine McKannon is all about rules. As the Raven Riders Sergeant-at-Arms, he prizes loyalty to his brothers and protection of his club. As a man, he takes pleasure wherever he can get it but allows no one close—because distance is the only way to ensure people can’t hurt you. And he’s had enough pain for a lifetime.

But then he rescues a beautiful woman from an attack.

Kids and school are kindergarten teacher Emma Kerry’s whole life, so she’s stunned to realize she has an enemy—and even more surprised to find a protector in the intimidating man who saved her. Tall, dark, and tattooed, Caine is unlike any man Emma’s ever known, and she’s as uncertain of him as she is attracted. As the danger escalates, Caine is in her house more and more – until one night of passion lands him in her bed.

But breaking the rules comes at a price, forcing Caine to fight dirty to earn a chance at love.

Excerpt:

“What are you doing to me?”

“Trying to let you know I care,” Emma said. Like it was obvious. Like it was normal. Like it wasn’t blowing his goddamn mind. And then she just kept right on doing it. “For almost three weeks now, you’ve inhabited my dreams and dominated my thoughts and…” She ducked her gaze.

“What?” he rasped, dying for her to continue. He rolled them, pinning her under him. And, damn if that wasn’t a heady thing, especially as she went soft and pliant, her cheeks filling with a pink heat he tasted with his tongue. “And what?”

“And made me so horny so often that I feel like I’m going a little crazy.”

Trapped in between them, his cock was so demandingly hard that his hips surged against hers. “Christ,” he bit out, half wondering if he was asleep in his trailer having a dream from which he never wanted to wake. Because stuff like this didn’t happen to him. “I’ll get you off again. Gladly. Did you like my mouth?”

Her eyes went wide. “I freaking loved your mouth. Did you really need to ask?”

“I just want to be good for you.”

“Then just be you. I’m crazy about that mouth, but I’m also crazy about the rest of you, too.” Her arms looped around his neck and her fingers played in the back of his hair. It was only a matter of time… Her fingers moved over the ruined skin above his hairline where the hair didn’t grow right anymore. She didn’t say anything about it, but he didn’t miss the questions that passed over her expression. “Kiss me?”

On a groan, he did. His mouth found hers already open, her tongue meeting his lick for lick and stroke for stroke. She moaned and shifted beneath him, her knees pulling up and opening so that his hardness lined up with her sweet heat. They kissed until he couldn’t breathe and didn’t want to, not if it meant parting from her, and then she rolled her hips and ground her core against him. Once, twice, three times. God, she could use him like this forfuckingever and he’d die a happy man. Or as close to happy as he was capable of. “Yeah, Emma. You want to get off on my cock?”
Her eyes were soft and hooded and so full of desire that he thrust himself and met her hips as they rolled again. “Yes,” she whispered, panting against his lips. “I want you. All of you.”

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Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Raven Riders, Hard Ink, and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. Laura also writes historical fiction as the NYT bestselling author, Laura Kamoie. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

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Whiskey and You by HJ Bellus…Release Day Event

Title: Whiskey & You
Series: Kings of Texas #1

Author: HJ Bellus

Publisher: Crave Publishing

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: March 20, 2018

Blurb

Sometimes it’s the
hero who ends up needing a lifeline…Jack Jarvis York is a ruthless and vindictive oil tycoon who knows no
boundaries when he’s been double-crossed. Debtors beware. He’ll slit your
throat for a nickel. And make no mistake, he will collect.

You never screw with a man’s pride, money, or oil. It’s Texas Law. Unwritten,
yet gospel. They don’t call him the king of Texas for nothing.

When a debtor can’t come up with his money, JJ takes his wife as collateral…

What starts out as a trade-off between bitter men turns into an emotional
collision of desire and forbidden love so dangerous, it threatens to destroy
even the strongest of empires.

No amount of money will ever rebuild everything that’s been shattered. Jack is
left standing in the middle of his own chaos.

Greed and power are the least of his worries now. Death is knocking on his
front door, wanting to collect.

The woman he’s given his heart to just might become his collateral this time
around. Past sins may trump everything…

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HJ Bellus is a small town girl who loves the art
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livestock wrangler that can be found in the middle of Idaho, shotgunning a beer
while listening to some Miranda Lambert on her Beats and rocking out in her
boots.

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Fast Burn by Lori Foster…Release Day Event

From New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster, comes FAST BURN —the fourth standalone novel in her Body Armor Series!

For the men of the Body Armor agency, the only thing more dangerous than the job they do is the risk of losing their hearts. FAST BURN is now available! Don’t miss Brand and Sahara’s epic story. Grab your copy today!

FAST BURN Synopsis:

For the woman who’s his perfect match, he’s willing to break the rules…

The moment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara Silver, the connection between them is electric. It’s also something he can’t pursue. Sahara wants him, sure—to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size, and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite crew of bodyguards. For Sahara, the agency always comes first, and Brand needs more. Yet when she’s kidnapped by men searching for her missing brother, he doesn’t hesitate.

Somewhere along the way, flirting with Brand for the sake of business turned very personal. Despite his refusal to join Body Armor, it’s Brand who steps up when she needs him most. Now there’s no more time for games, and no point denying the hunger they both feel. They’ll escape together or not at all. But if they survive, can Sahara finally surrender control to claim this blazing passion?

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EXCERPT:

“Brand Berry is here to see you.”

Surprised, Sahara glanced at Enoch, her right-hand man and very good friend. “Brand is here?” She immediately felt flustered. Absurd. “I wasn’t expecting him. Did I miss a meeting?”

“No.” Enoch lowered his voice in a conspiratorial way. “He said he only needed a minute of your time when you were free, and since you’re free right now—”

“Yes, of course. Show him in.” Even as she said it, a tiny unfamiliar thrill ran through her.

She’d made a point of surrounding herself with some of the finest male specimens on the planet—professional fighters that she’d turned into prime bodyguards, each of them in high demand. It was her vision for Body Armor, to get rid of the stuffy Men in Black clones and offer instead real men, with real muscles, certifiable machismo and lethal ability with or without a weapon.

No, she didn’t fire the previously established bodyguards; that would have been disloyal to her brother, who’d hired them. She simply reassigned them to the more boring cases, and overall they were happy with that.

Anything to do with a celebrity, a dignitary or a politician her elite team now covered.

She desperately wanted to add Brand to that team.

Thinking she’d have a minute, she was just circling out from behind her desk when Brand stepped in around Enoch. Instead of waiting in the guest area, as a client would do, he must have been hovering right outside her door.

Her toes curled in her high heels.

Enoch was on the small side, five-two, slight of build, with average brown hair and eyes. It was his keen intelligence and attention to detail that made him so perfect at his job.

But his size didn’t really matter when he stood next to a man who made most everyone seem small, her included. Brand was a big and badass professional MMA fighter with a solid steel frame of muscle all wrapped up in a cocky attitude.

Faded jeans molded to his thick thighs, going well with his running shoes and an ancient Aerosmith T-shirt that stretched over his chest and broad shoulders. Reflective sunglasses pushed to the top of his head made his golden‑brown hair messy. Darker brown eyes held her captive as he murmured, “Sahara.”

Leaning a hip against her desk, she drank in the rugged, virile sight of him. “Be still my heart.”

Wary exasperation rooted him to the spot.

Yes, she always spoke her mind. Why not? She was the boss and her employees knew her interest in them wasn’t personal. Of course, Brand wasn’t yet an employee.

Putting her hands together, her fingers extended to frame him in a square, she remarked, “A photo of you looking just like that could launch my new line of advertisement.”

He crossed his arms. “Advertisement for what?”

“Bodyguards with ability and sex appeal.” He’d look great on a billboard, maybe with a gun in his hand. She could already see it. Maybe she should ask Enoch to keep a camera at his desk for occasions like this?

When Brand just stood there, his expression amused, she smiled. “Tell me you’ve come to give me good news.” She’d been after him for a few months now to join the agency, constantly throwing out bait, trying to reel him in. He’d nibbled, but he wasn’t caught. Not yet.

“I came to talk about that, yes.”

Elation conflicted with disappointment. There were times when she hoped they could take a different path from employer and employee, one more personal, intimate.

Even…sexually satisfying.

But in the end, the business came first. Always.

She hadn’t given up hope for her brother, and when he finally returned, he deserved to find the company thriving.

She’d put her heart and soul into making that happen. There was no time for anything else.

About Lori Foster:

Since first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain, and Berkley/Jove. She is currently published with HQN. Visit her online at LoriFoster.com.

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Sinner by Sierra Simone…Review Blog Tour Stop

SINNER by Sierra Simone

Release Date: March 15th

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Blurb

I’m not a good man, and I’ve never pretended to be. I don’t believe in goodness or God or any happy ending that isn’t paid for in advance.

What do I believe in? Money. Sex. Macallan 18.

They have words for men like me—playboy. Womanizer. Skirt chaser.

My brother used to be a priest, and he only has one word for me.

Sinner.

***Sinner is a standalone companion to Priest about Father Bell’s brother Sean. You do not have to read Priest or Midnight Mass to read Sinner.***

My Review:

I’ll tell you, my romance-reading tastes these days have ventured to boundary-pushing, extra-heart-wrenching tales of impossible love, forbidden relationships, and into the exploration of issues beyond the standard boy-meets-girl usual conflict. And that’s why Sierra Simone books move right to the top of the stack. In Sinner, we fortuitously get to return to the world of her previous Priest and to the complicated Bell brothers, and Sean is about as far away from his former-priest brother Tyler, whose story was so deliciously naughty, so deeply emotional and impactful that I couldn’t wait for the follow-up.

Sean Bell is indeed a sinner, a millionaire in a cutthroat business, whose Catholic upbringing was severed quite fully when tragedy that intermingled with the church hit his own family. It’s something he doesn’t talk or even much think about, the way he excised God from his life and hasn’t looked back. Or so he thought. When he’s presented with his best friend’s little sister, so all grown up he doesn’t even recognize her at first, he can’t help but want to get a little forbidden with her. And then he finds out the much-younger Zenny Iverson has one month remaining until she takes her vows with the church. To become a nun.

And after becoming reacquainted, Zenny decides one thing: she’d like to go out with a bang, literally. So not only do we have best friend’s little sister, lessons in seduction, and a May-December interracial romance, Sierra Simone ties it all up deliciously with sinner Sean and a young nun-in-waiting Zenny.

The treat with Sierra Simone stories is that, yes, romance is at the forefront. Yes, the sex is some of the hottest, most tempting you’ll find anywhere. And often you can find themes of religion explored unabashedly and controversially in their own way. She’s always going to approach it somewhat uncomfortably, because everyone comes to it differently, even the characters, but every facet is real and nuanced. It will make you think. As a student of character study and a woman of faith myself, I love the honesty and sensitivity she shows in her stories, in a way and to a level we don’t see much of in literary romance.

Sean and Zenny come across as real people, with actual, understandable bonds and conflicts with God, which go to the very heartbeat of who they are. And here too are literal life and death issues, as the Bell matriarch is slowly dying of cancer and Sean tries to hold it all together as oldest child, while hanging on to a burgeoning realization that exploring a sexual relationship with Zenny for a very limited amount of time has him feeling less in control than ever. It’s a powerful story that, like every other Sierra Simone book, will likely dissolve you into tears, then lift you up with hope. The emotional wringing brings a rebirth, of faith in these characters and their relationship to a Higher Power, of family, of growth, of love. And wherever she goes next, I’ll be sure to follow.

Four Loves

EXCERPT

“Zenny,” I mumble against her lips, some valiant part of me recognizing that this is far, far beyond the kiss she asked for, and also recognizing that I’m going to come all over the inside of my Hugo Boss suit pants if she keeps it up. Even through the clothes, I can feel her heat, her shameless rolls hinting at where she goes soft and wet between her legs.

Fuck, I want to see it. I want to see her pussy. It’s suddenly all I can think about, all I can want or crave, just one glimpse, just a peek.

“I want to see your cunt,” I say hoarsely, lifting my head.

“My…cunt?” She says the word like she’s never said it out loud before.

“Yeah.” My voice is so ragged right now, so desperate, and fuck, I’ve never felt this frantic before. Like I’ll actually combust if I don’t get this one thing, this one small sight of her secret place.

She lets out a shaky breath, her hand dropping from my lapel to her skirt, which she slowly rucks up to her waist as I devour her lips once more, as I bury my face in her neck and kiss every sliver of skin exposed above her collar. I bite at her ear, at her jaw, my hand finding hers as it pulls her skirt up, so that I’m helping her do it, that we’re doing it together, this forbidden act, this forbidden revelation.

Her forbidden body.

That word, forbidden, spikes through my mind, bringing with it equal spikes of lust and fear. Because yes, it’s fucking hot that I shouldn’t be kissing her, I shouldn’t be begging to see her most secret place, my hand shouldn’t be covering hers as it slides up her thigh—but it’s also bad. Bad even for Sean Bell.

Bad, bad, bad.

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Cover Reveal and New Series Announcement from Kate Meader

DOWN WITH LOVE

Kate Meader

August 7^th, 2018

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I’m soooo excited to share the cover for DOWN WITH LOVE, the first in my brand-new Love Wars series about jaded divorce attorneys. What’s it all about?

As partners in Chicago’s premier law firm specializing in divorce, Max Henderson, Lucas Wright, and Grant Lincoln have witnessed humanity at its worst. Bitter fights. Heartbreaking custody battles. Hand-to-hand combat over who gets the Phil Collins CDs. So when love’s young dream burns to a pile of ash, you want one of these hot shots in your corner. But what happens when the most cynical guys in the war against love find themselves on the battlefront–with their hearts in the line of fire?

Three men who think they know everything about marriage, relationships, and women will learn that, in fact, they don’t know jack.

First up is Max Henderson who thinks love is for suckers. As for the people who “sell” it for a living? Don’t get him started. The wedding planner with dollar signs in her beautiful green eyes had better watch out because Max won’t stand for greedy, grasping hands … unless they’re greedily grasping his body. Okay, he might just be up for that and before you know it Max might just be up for falling hopelessly and desperately for the one person he shouldn’t.

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Just Like Breathing by Diana Gardin…Blog Tour Stop

Title: Just Like Breathing

Author: Diana Gardin

Genre: Contemporary Romance

From Author Diana Gardin comes a new STANDALONE, Contemporary Romance.

Her broken pieces are the only thing holding him together…

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One moment, one twist of fate’s cruel hand–and I lost everything. My soul broke into a million pieces I didn’t know how to put back together… until him.
He dragged me through hell and brought me back. But when he saw the person behind the destruction, he hesitated.

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It didn’t take more than a few seconds for the life I knew to crash and burn. With no anchor, I reached out. I didn’t expect to grab onto someone more broken than me… But when she exhaled the first breath of air into my lungs, I knew damn well I wasn’t good enough for her.
The only question was how long could I hold on?

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Diana Gardin is the author of eleven sexy, emotional romance novels. She refers her heroes bossy and tattooed, and her heroines smart and sassy. Diana is obsessed with super heroes, the beach, and all things purple. When she’s not writing you can find her spending time with her husband and two young children.

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Ride Dirty by Laura Kaye…Release Day Event

But then he rescues a beautiful woman from an attack.

But breaking the rules comes at a price, forcing Caine to fight dirty to earn a chance at love.

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EXCERPT:

“What do I do?” Emma asked.

“We,” Caine said as an urgent, demanding possessiveness dug its claws into his soul. Dug them in, deep.

And it was, without question, something he’d never felt before in his whole life. When you felt as unworthy as he did, you rarely believed that you deserved to possess anything at all. But now, in the face of her vulnerability, Caine dared to hope that he might deserve…what? Not her, exactly, because after being viewed as no more than a possession by the couple that ran his group home, the idea of possessing another person made his stomach roll. But maybe the chance to get to know her, at the very least. And maybe even the chance to give her the things he’d always wanted but never been able to have.

Jesus, even daring to hope for such things made him feel like the bottom might fall right out from underneath of him. And when that happened, he’d just fall and fall and fall…

But if she was going to be brave, he sure the fuck would, too. “We’ll figure this out, Emma. Do you hear me? You’re not in this alone.” His voice sounded like it’d been scoured with sandpaper.

She peered up at him, and her bottom lip trembled a little more. “Promise?”

“Jesus, come here,” he rasped, hauling her in against his chest. He held her tight with one arm and stroked her hair back with the other. And Christ, she felt so good there. So warm and soft against all his cold hardness. So right. These thoughts were so foreign to him he hardly knew what to do with them, but that didn’t make them any less true. He had to swallow around a knot of emotion before he could go on, but when he finally did, his voice was rock solid again. “I give you my word, Emma.”

He made one more promise, too, but this one he kept to himself. Once, he’d failed to protect someone he should’ve. Worse than that, her death had been his fault.

Caine vowed to himself—he wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.

This time, he’d rather die first.

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Ride Dirty by Laura Kaye…ARC Review

Synopsis:

Caine McKannon is all about rules. As the Raven Riders Sergeant-at-Arms, he prizes loyalty to his brothers and protection of his club. As a man, he takes pleasure wherever he can get it but allows no one close—because distance is the only way to ensure people can’t hurt you. And he’s had enough pain for a lifetime.

And then he rescues a beautiful woman from an attack.

But breaking the rules comes at a price, forcing Caine to fight dirty to earn a chance at love.

My Review:

Ride Dirty is part of author Laura Kaye’s Raven Riders series and is the fourth novella in the 2018 1,001 Dark Nights line-up. For many years now I have looked forward to anything Laura Kaye puts out and this was no exception. I couldn’t wait for Caine and Emma’s story and, oh my, it was just as amazing as I knew it would be.

Here’s the thing about Laura Kaye and broken heroes…holy hell can she write them! Caine is such the perfect example of that. He’s had a horrible past. Truly heartbreaking and it had my chest physically aching as I was reading him and just how far he’s come and how he’s still trying to overcome things today. I just loved him and wanted nothing more for him to have his happy ending. Enter Emma…

If ever there was a gal perfect for Caine, it was Emma. She’s the sunshine in his darkness and I loved them together. The connection they share is emotional and intense and it’s deliciously steamy and BEYOND sexy. These two burned up the pages and I was so sad to have read them as fast as I did! It’s stories like these that make me hate reading as fast as I do!

And now this is where I go into how sad I am to see this series come to an end. I have loved these guys and gals from the very beginning and while I will miss them, I know Ms. Kaye has other amazing stories in store for us!

Whether you’re already a fan of Ms. Kaye or this is your first taste, I know you will love Ride Dirty as much as I did!

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Biography:

New York Times and USA Today bestseller Laura Kaye is the author of over twenty books in contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense. Laura grew up amid family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses, cementing her life-long fascination with storytelling and the supernatural. Laura lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

Laura is a member of the Romance Writers of America, the Maryland Romance Writers, and she is past president of the RWA-Contemporary Romance Writers.

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