Trailer Reveal…Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis

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Seducing Kaden, an all-new taboo romance from USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis is coming April 30th!

Kaden

The woman I love will never be mine because she already belongs to another.

I’ve tried everything to forget her, but it’s impossible when she occupies a starring role in my dreams. My eyes are glued to her shapely curves whenever I see her around campus, and it doesn’t help that she looks as miserable as I feel.

I wonder if she misses me as much as I miss her.

Short of putting a bullet through the skull of that gangster she’s married to, I’m stuck in a hellhole of my own making.

Until fate intervenes, setting us on a collision course we can’t avoid.

Evelina

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of falling in love. The all-consuming sweep-you-off-your-feet kind of love I swooned over in movies.

It didn’t take long for that fairytale notion to come crashing down around me. Now I’m trapped in a marriage I despise with no way out.

The only light in the dark is Kaden Kennedy—the one true love of my life. He doesn’t know he is, because I’m forced to love him from afar, condemned to toss and turn at night, crying over everything I want and all I can never have.

Seeing him day in, day out, destroys me, but there’s no other choice; I had to push him away to keep him safe.

Because if my husband ever finds out I’m in love with another man, I won’t be the only one in danger.

While you don’t need to read the earlier books in this series to enjoy Seducing Kaden, it is highly recommended. This book is a contemporary new adult romance, and it is only suitable for readers aged eighteen and older due to mature content, sexual situations, and language.

This story includes details of an extramarital affair, so if you don’t like cheating or controversial storylines, then this book isn’t for you.

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USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis writes emotionally intense young adult and new adult romantic fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She is the author of the international bestselling Kennedy Boys, Saven, and True Calling series’.

Siobhan’s family will tell you she’s a little bit obsessive when it comes to reading and writing, and they aren’t wrong. She can rarely be found without her trusty Kindle, a paperback book, or her laptop somewhere close at hand.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.

She resides in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.

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Sparks Fly by Lauren Runow…Release Day Blitz & Review

by Courtney

Please join us in celebrating the release of

Sparks Fly by Lauren Runow!

Title: Sparks Fly by Lauren Runow
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: Designed With Grace
Release Date: April 3, 2018

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Synopsis

Everly wasn’t excited over her impending meeting with the enigmatic Prince Sage. Being one of only four women from whom the Prince gets to choose in marriage was never something she valued. Her goal was to politely and elegantly remove herself from a forced wedding due to long standing traditions. Handsome Prince or not, she won’t marry for anything but love.

Once Sage proceeds to the next candidate, Everly finally feels she can move forward with her life. On her own terms. That is, until she receives a mysterious request, asking her to solve a riddle, taking her on a night she’ll never forget.

A fervent adventure ensues, and attraction builds as the excitement of the night unfolds. Sparks fly in more ways than one just as she finds out who’s stealing her heart.

I have to first say that I love when I read Lauren’s work, she never writes in one genre. One book will be hot and steamy and then the next one, sweet and loving. And I love that about Lauren. She writes what comes to her and she does it so well. ok – onto the story at hand.

Sparks Fly is one of Lauren’s more sweet and loving reads. But this story is so much more than that. Not only do I love this story as a romance. But I love the important meaning behind the story – helping others for the greater good. I cried in this book because of the humanitarian efforts mentioned. The selflessness of these characters is inspiring. Yes, they are fictional people but damn that make you want to get up and do something.

Sage is set to be the next King and he must choose his wife by his 25th birthday. There are certain rules an criteria that he must follow in choosing his bride to be. However, for the last few years of his life, he has been hidden away from the limelight and living his life his way. He does not agree with a lot of the traditions that he must follow and his marriage is just another aspect he does not like.

Everly is one of the four women Sage’s father has approved of as a suitable woman to become Sage’s future wife and Queen of Canterbury. However, she unlike the other three, wants nothing to do with marrying the young prince. She wants to follow her dreams and marry a man she loves, not just for the prestige and wealth.

“Nothing is what you think. You have to find the truth in everything. At the end, is where we will begin.”

This quote explains this book perfectly. I love how Lauren played Sage and Everly’s story out. It may be a whirlwind romance, but it’s not short of it’s suspense and turns. And as I said earlier, the selflessness of these two was so appeasing, it just made the story sweeter.

A light, enjoyable and sweet read from Lauren that I would recommend to anyone.

About the Author:

Lauren Runow is the author of multiple Adult Contemporary Romance novels, some more dirty than others. When Lauren isn’t writing, you’ll find her listening to music, at her local CrossFit, reading, or at the baseball field with her boys. Her only vice is coffee, and she swears it makes her a better mom!

Lauren is a graduate from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and is the founder and co-owner of the community magazine she and her husband publish. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons.

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ibooks Exclusive: Her Defiant Heart by Monica Murphy….Release Day Blitz

by Courtney

Her Defiant Heart by Monica Murphy
Publication Date: March 29^th, 2018
Genre: New Adult Romance

Life can feel like a cruel joke. I grew up poor and motherless, with a father who never got over his wife’s abandonment. But now he’s gone too, and I’m dead set on finding the woman who so carelessly tossed me aside when I was a baby.

I want revenge. And I’m going to get back at my mother any way that I can.

I change my name. Start my new life in college, and just happen to cross paths with the gorgeous, ultra-rich Rhett Montgomery. He’s immediately interested in me, not that I’m surprised.

You see, I planned it that way. I meant for him to find me. He’s the one connection to my mother, and I’m using him, so I can destroy her. But I didn’t plan on Rhett being so charming. Sweet. Sexy.

And I definitely didn’t plan on falling for him either…

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Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both self-published and published by Random House/Bantam and Harper Collins/Avon. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.

She is a wife and a mother of three who lives in central California on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere along with their one dog and too many cats. A self-confessed workaholic, when she’s not writing, she’s reading or hanging out with her husband and kids. She’s a firm believer in happy endings, though she will admit to putting her characters through angst-filled moments before they finally get that hard won HEA.

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Definite by Kaylee Ryan…Release Blitz with Review

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Title: Definite
Series: Soul Serenade #3

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: New Adult
Release Date: March 20, 2018

Blurb

Lauren captivated me with those big brown eyes of hers, and
I knew my life would never be the same. What started out as friendship, has
turned into so much more.I was shocked when Tristian asked for my number. There hasn’t been a day since
that I haven’t heard from him. He may be the drummer, but that deep sexy voice,
it turns me inside out.

I assumed it would be one and done, but that’s not how our story ends.

I worry it’s not what he wants. He tells me he’s Definite.

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This book gets right to the point! Kaylee Ryan always captivates me with her writing and Definite most definitely got my attention from the beginning. I love how Lauren and Tristian come into each other’s lives. The opening of the book was a perfect way to start their love story. Kaylee Ryan does not dangle this love story right in front of the readers face but just gets right too it. It is actually a nice change of pace to a romance reader because I did not see what happens to this couple coming their way.

Lauren and Tristian are so in love and reading their love story was quite enjoyable. Tristian knows what he wants and just goes and gets it. Honestly, if you want a quick read without all the drama of how a couple finally becomes a couple- Definite is a great choice. I read it as a stand-alone and could keep up with all the characters with no problem. In fact, I will read the first two just because I enjoyed this one.

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Kaylee Ryan is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling
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reading or spending time with family. Born and raised an Ohio girl,
Kaylee resides in Cincinnati with her husband and their son.

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Release Day Blitz…Crazy Madly Deeply by Lily White

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Holden sees things.
Lots of things.
Things we would call ugly, but he believes are beautiful.

He paints sad pictures.
And strums lonely guitars.
He drowns out the taunting voices while shunning the expected norms.

I let them hurt him.
I wasn’t strong enough to speak out.
I hurt him, too, only to prove I wasn’t just like him.

But then I saw him.
I heard him.
I learned why Holden wasn’t CRAZY like they said.

I loved him MADLY.
I fell for him DEEPLY.
And alone, I decided to save a man who was the most beautiful of us all.

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Lily White is a dark writer who likes to dabble on the taboo side of eroticism. She is most known for her Masters Series (Her Master’s Courtesan and Her Master’s Teacher), Target This, Hard Roads, and Asylum. She’s co-authored Serial (a four part serial series). When she isn’t writing as Lily White you can find other books by her under M.S. Willis where she has penned the Control Series, the Estate Series, Because of Ellison (contemporary romance), and Standard Romance Story (Romance Comedy). Lily enjoys stretching her writing muscles by continuing to challenge herself with each book she publishes.

In addition to writing, Lily is an avid reader, gummy bear slayer, and a gold medalist in puppy naps.

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Wilder (Grim Sinners MC #2) by Leann Ashers….Release Blitz

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Title: Wilder
Series: Grim Sinners MC #2

Author: LeAnn Ashers

Genre: MC Romantic Suspense

Release Date: March 8, 2018

Blurb

Joslyn

My life was an absolute mess, and it was slowly killing me.
Dismay and anguish defined my everyday life.

Until Wilder. He became what I’d never known I craved.

He was my
world, my best friend.

For once…I
was happy.

Until it
all started crashing down around us.

Wilder

From the moment I’d met Joslyn, she’d been my everything.
I’d never expected to have her in my life, but she was finally mine.

There was
no way I was going to lose her.

I would
lay down my life to keep her safe.My MC has been my life. Danger has never been uncommon.

I was made
for this lifestyle, but now Joslyn’s in danger too.

They’ve
messed with the wrong MC, and now we are coming for them…

May they rest in pieces.

Game on.

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LeAnn Ashers is a blogger turned author who spends her days reading and writing. She released her debut novel early 2016. LeAnn writes about strong minded females and strong protective males who love their women unconditionally. She is the author of the Forever Series and the Devil Souls MC.

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Menace by Laramie Brisco…Release Blitz with Review

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Title: Menace

A Moonshine Task Force Series Novel

Author: Laramie Briscoe

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 9, 2018

Blurb

Mason “Menace”
Harrison“Single and ready to mingle……”

Those are the words above every picture of almost every female that strikes my
interest on this dating app my son talked me into getting. After being a single
dad for seventeen years, I’m ready to spread my wings, just not with most of
the co-eds who keep hitting on me and calling me daddy.

Now that Caleb’s in his Senior year of high school, I feel like I can let go of
the iron-clad control I’ve had on myself without his Mom in our lives. I’ve
enjoyed raising him, love the relationship we have, and while he went off the
rails for a bit last year, we’re closer than we’ve ever been. He’s got a full
ride to the University of Alabama, and I’ve settled into my spot with the
Moonshine Task Force.

But my son doesn’t warm my bed, he isn’t someone I can share my dreams with,
and he’s not the person I want to grow old with by my side. I’m not sure who
that is yet, but the smokin’ hot lady going by the name BeachBum83 definitely
has every single bit of my interest.

Karina Holland

“Looking for a good time, maybe more…..”

Those were the lamest words I ever typed in my life, but it was the best I had
for the dating app my friend, Violet talked me into joining. I didn’t have any
high hopes for myself. As a High School English teacher, I’m sick of pervy
Dad’s hitting on me when they come in to discuss their child’s lack of
motivation to read the classics and apply themselves.

Until the day Mason Harrison walks into my classroom. I had no idea Caleb’s Dad
was the man I met off that dating app who showed me how flexible I really am in
the back of his Jeep. Within minutes of the parent/teacher conference he proved
the sparks weren’t one-time only when we christened my desk.

Mason and Caleb? They touch a part of my heart that no one’s ever touched
before, and when a threat from the past shows up, I prove just how tough I
really am.

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Okay I am just in LOVE with Laramie Briscoe’s books. I am truly professing it right here-right now. I had the pleasure of being a new reader last year and she is not disappointing me. I know that I am bias to a tattoo police office story but let me tell you when that said officer is a hot, caring, loving dad of a teenager- I mean come on- I am more than hooked.

Laramie has this uncanny ability to take real life situations and transform them into hot, steamy, sexy written words. I love the dynamic of these characters, Mason (aka Menace) and Karina. They are a great couple to read individually and together. They actually meet on a dating app and you just want both of them not to be lonely any more. Karina is Mason’s sons teacher which makes quite an interesting situation but it is so fun to read how this plays out.

Menace is a great addition to the Moonshine Task Force series. This book is a fast read because it gets right to the point (*wink-wink) but it doesn’t start strong and end dull. There are some twist and turns that were absolutely wonderful and refreshing to read. For real people, you have to pick up at least one of Laramie Briscoe’s novels because you will not be disappointed.

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Laramie Briscoe is the best-selling author of the Heaven Hill Series & the Rockin’ Country Series.Since self-publishing her first book in May of 2013, Laramie Briscoe has published over 10 books. She’s appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling E-books Lists on iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. She’s been called “a very young Maya Banks” (Amazon reviewer) and her books have been accused of being “sexy, family-oriented, romances with heart”.

When she’s not writing alpha males who seriously love their women, she loves spending time with friends, reading, and marathoning shows on her DVR. Married to her high school sweetheart, Laramie lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband (the Travel Coordinator) and a sometimes crazy cat named Beau.

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Regret by Max Henry…Release Blitz with review

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Release Date: February 28, 2018

Cover Design: Max Effect

Image Credit: MR. BIG Photography

Model: Marko Vukotic

Synopsis

Four simple rules when you’re a woman in denial:

1. Don’t stalk your father’s best friend online.
2. Don’t talk to him via Messenger.
3. Definitely don’t go to his house.
4. And whatever you do, don’t tell him you’re still in love.

I’ve never been one for doing what I’m told.

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I am so happy that I was able to read the second book in this series and let me tell you- A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!! The first book Max Henry wrote, Desire, was good but Regret is amazing! Seriously, I devoured this book in two days. That being said it is a series but I do think that you could possibly read it as a standalone since you will get the idea that Belle is not supposed to be with her dad’s best friend, Zeus. I know, I know, dad’s best friend? Don’t worry because while he is older than Belle, he is also younger than John (Belle’s dad).

Now let me get to the nitty gritty of it- Zeus-ummmm hello- a man down on luck but trying so hard to better himself. The way he loves Belle, ugh, just put butterflies in my stomach! He is such a great book boyfriend ladies. I love him even more in Regret. It is a forbidden romance that neither one of them are quite sure they want to get tangled up in again. Plus, Belle has been gone for three years in another country. Things have changed but the love they have for each other is so hard to deny! It is as if Max Henry gave her all in this book and it shows. She writes, “It’s everything; how our love is viewed and persecuted by those who don’t understand it, the struggles we face, the adversity. He is the serpent, and I am the dove”. That right there ladies and gentlemen explains what this book is about and it is such a great read!

About the Author

For as long as she can remember, Max has always had a love of the macabre and thought provoking side to life.

Which probably stands to reason why each of her books takes the reader on an emotional journey that not only promises twists, turns, and suspense, but a heart-wrenching journey where her motto holds true:

Love never comes easy.

When she’s not lost in an alternate world – fuelled by coffee and the odd sneaky bowl of chocolate (preferably M&Ms) – she spends her days as a wife to a dedicated husband, mother to two rambunctious boys, and an obsessive petrolhead enjoying the muscle on display at the local car shows.

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Secret Lucidity by E.K. Blair….Release Day Blitz & Review

by Courtney

Title: Secret Lucidity

Author: E.K. Blair

Genre: Student/Teacher Forbidden Romance

Release Date: February 26, 2018

Blurb

This wasn’t
supposed to happen.

But it did.

This wasn’t
supposed to be my life.

But it was.

I was just a typical
girl, living a typical life. Nothing was out of the ordinary until tragedy
threw me into a turnstile I couldn’t see my way out of. That was, until him.

I never could’ve
imagined my heart falling the way it did. Hard, fast, and with unbounding beauty.

The only problem?

He was off limits.

Forbidden.

But he became my
everything, and I became his, so we risked it all. It was only a matter of time
until I realized that our risk came with unimaginable consequences.

My name is Camellia
Hale and his is David Andrews, and this is our love story.

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I feel like I am hitting some sort of book slump because I keep finding myself in the minority on books where everyone else is loving them. It’s sort of frustrating because I feel like I am missing something. LOL But it is what it is.

Secret Lucidity was a good book. I enjoyed it. But I wasn’t “wow’d” by it like other readers. It was another right down the middle enjoyable read. Secret Lucidity was a slow burn romance for me. I was hoping to get more angst but I still didn’t mind the overall story. It’s a forbidden student/teacher romance and I just felt that there wasn’t a huge build up for that drama.

Cam is going through a very traumatic moment in her life when David comes in to her life. She never expected him or for things to go the way they did. I did like how Ms. Blair had the romance between Cam and David move forward and play out. I will say that I personally felt that in the beginning it almost felt like she relied on David because he filled the role the one person she just lost. However, it felt natural for them and nothing felt forced after things became open between the two of them.

There were certain moments where things was glazed over too. I understand that certain parts are import to the overall story, but if you aren’t going to clarify certain parts in a scene, then don’t mention them at all because it sort of leaves things open and the whole story doesn’t feel complete.

The secondary characters were definitely a needed part of this story. They helped add the drama to the situation and kept the story interesting. Cam’s mother was a piece of work but I felt her actions were glazed over the most and wanted a bit more from that aspect.

Overall, I did enjoy the story. I did want more angst and drama added in the overall story because it just felt like slow burn romance with some bits of angst here and there.

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New York Times, USA Today, and International bestselling author, E.K.
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tends to drift towards love stories that are deeply layered with emotional
angst. Give her a character and she will dig into their core to find what lies
beneath.

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

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Gods and Monsters by Saffron A. Kent…Release Day Blitz & Review

by Courtney

Title: Gods & Monsters

Author: Saffron A. Kent

Genre: Contemporary/New Adult Romance
Release Date: February 22, 2018

Blurb

He was
an artist. She was his muse.To everyone in town, Abel Adams was the devil’s spawn, a boy who never should
have been born. A monster.To twelve year-old Evie Hart, he was just a boy with golden hair, soft t-shirts
and a camera. A boy who loved taking her picture and sneaking her chocolates
before dinner. A boy who made her feel special.Despite her family’s warnings, she loved him in secret for six years. They met
in empty classrooms and kissed in darkened church closets. Until they couldn’t.Until the time came to choose between love and family, and Evie chose Abel.Because their love was worth the risk. Their love was the stuff of legend.But the thing about legends is that they are cautionary tales. They are made of
choices and mistakes. And for Abel and Evie, the artist and the muse, those
mistakes come in the form of lights, camera, sex.

NOTE: This is NOT a paranormal or a priest romance.

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2.5 Stars

It’s rare, if not possibly a first, that we’ve posted a review where the rating wasn’t 3 stars or higher. But I chose to share my review because while I find myself warring between a 2 or 3 star review, I still want fellow readers to see where I struggled to enjoy this book where others loved it. And even though this book didn’t wow me, I want others to still give this book a read.

I requested to review this book because I not only saw all the raving about it, but I also read great reviews about this author in particular. Gods and Monsters is the first book I have read from Saffron and to be honest, for all the amazing reviews about her, I was let down with this book.

I am right down the middle for this book. And because I had such high hopes, this book just deflated even more for me. I am definitely in the minority on this one and I am fine with that. This is just my opinion and how I was left feeling after reading this book. A three star rating in my opinion is still a decent book to read. But I will be honest, I struggled rating this one – so I settled for an overall rating of 2.5 stars.

The first part of this book started off brilliantly and I could see why people rated this book so high. Hell, after the first part, I was rating this book a 5 star read. I loved the story line, loved the characters and how everything was coming together.

The second part totally killed the vibes I was feeling in the first half and left me wanting more. No, more isn’t the right word. It left me a bit dry despite all the damn sex going on. I found myself stopping a lot while reading the second half and truly not giving a shit how this ended, I really didn’t. However, I pushed forward and did finish the book.

While I did not care for how the story played itself out, that’s not the reason for my rating. I won’t rate a book because I didn’t like that the author went a different route than what I wanted. My rating is because the book lost it’s mojo and excitement for me. I no longer felt vested in the characters and no longer cared what happened to them. And for me that just took the book from 5 stars to somewhere between 2 and 3 stars.

Overall, I did enjoy this author’s writing style and will give her other books a look. This book wasn’t my fave but I’d still urge anyone to give it a go. Many others enjoyed this book,I sadly wasn’t one if them. I am hoping that Sky and Duke are given their own book and that I will read.

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of bad romances. Aspiring Lana Del Rey of the Book World. Saffron is a big believer in love (obviously). She believes in happily ever
after, the butterflies and the tingling. But she also believes in edgy, rough
and gutsy kind of love. She believes in pushing the boundaries, darker
(sometimes morally ambiguous) emotions and imperfections.The kind of love she writes about is flawed just like her characters. And she
hopes by the end of it, you’ll come to root for them just as much as she does.
Because love, no matter where it comes from, is always pure and beautiful.She is represented by Meire Dias of Bookcase Agency

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Elite by Carrie Aarons…Release Day Blitz & Review

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Title: Elite
A Privileged Novel

Author: Carrie Aarons

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: February 18, 2018

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If you’re in, you’ll never have to ask. If you ask,
you’ll never be in.Eloise Mason knows what it’s like to live among the privileged. Seeking a
change from the upper crust society of Europe, she flies halfway across the
world for a semester abroad in the one place guaranteed to toss responsibility
out the window and provide some good, old-fashioned fun; college in The United
States.

Except nothing at the picturesque, Ivy-covered university in Vermont appears as
it seems. And after a mysterious invitation arrives on her doorstep, curiosity
wins over the need to turn her back on games meant for the rich and ruthless.

Secret societies, risky tasks, and an inner circle to rival the royals. But it
may just be one American boy who threatens to be the most dangerous endeavor of
all.

Colton Reiter defines the word idolized at Jade Mountain University. In fact,
he practically rules the roost from the three point line of the basketball
court. The college’s star point guard, he is a god and treated as such;
professional scouts at every game, teachers looking the other way when it comes
to grades, and girls falling into his lap at the snap of a finger. He wants for
nothing, or at least that’s what he wants everyone to believe.

But when he meets the sassy girl with the British accent who could care less
about his status, her very existence threatens to unveil the skeletons buried
deep in the back of his closet.

With stakes this high, and hearts on the line, can they turn their backs on
power and popularity before the ivory tower comes crashing down on their heads?

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Elite is Eloise’s book from Privileged. You don’t need to read Privileged in order to understand anything in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it’s characters.

Carrie hooked me on her writing with Privileged so it was a no brainer for me to want to read this one. Eloise is visiting states during her spring semester of college (or university to her) because she needs a break from the stressful course she’s been taking the last year or so. Eloise is also visiting the states because she’s always wanted to experience the culture, especially since her best friend, Nora is from the states.

This is a great college romance story that has the right amount of suspense added in. While I did love the problems that were set forth before Eloise and Colton, I wish Carrie would given us a bit more with those areas. I felt they were sort of breezed over and dealt with too quickly, which my reasoning for a 4 star review and not 5 stars.

I loved watching Eloise and Colton’s relationship blossom over time, even though they were both smitten with the other early on. Carrie did a great job of letting this play out naturally and adding in the suspenseful parts well. Everything flowed nicely and moved along at the right pace.

Overall, I really enjoyed the storyline and the characters. Colton and Eloise were mature with how they handled things and their relationship was hot!!

I am looking forward to more stories from other characters within these stories.

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Privileged is the first book by Carrie Aarons that I have read. I was pretty excited going into this book and I was definitely not let down in any way.

Nora finds herself being thrown into a new world. A world that is a complete 180 of what she is used to. A world of wealth, privilege and spoiled little shits. A world Nora wants to hide from, but unfortunately can’t.

Asher has set his sites on Nora. He is the golden boy of their school’s academy and is determined to follow in his family’s footsteps. He also has chosen Nora to be his pawn in his game of revenge.

Nora loved when she was lost in the crowd and people kept their distance from her. Now Asher is making her the center of his world and she’s unsure of what to feel or how to act.

“The one thing I know for sure about Asher Frederick is that he is no good. And I also know that if I let him, he could be the one boy who would really be able to ruin me.”

I love how this entire story plays out. Nora and Asher have some great chemistry and I love that it is slow building. Carrie does a great job of moving everything at this perfect pace where it all makes sense. My only gripe and what brought it down from 5 to 4 stars is that I like for my stories to have a little bit more substance, drama, angst, and emotion added in. I felt at times it was lacking and wanted to see a bit more tension thrown in.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story. Carrie did a great job of keeping the British dialect very true and honest, giving the story more life and realism to it. I look forward to reading more from her, hopefully more from the secondary characters.

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Author of romance novels such as Red Card and the Captive Heart Duet, Carrie Aarons writes sexy, swoony and sarcastic characters who won’t get out of her head until she puts them down on a page.

Carrie has wanted to be an author since the first time she opened a book. She loves spinning tales that include dapper men, women with attitude, and the occasional hunky athlete.

When she isn’t in what her husband calls a “writing coma”, Carrie is freeing up her jam-packed DVR, starting her latest DIY project, or planning her next travel adventure. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, who is more than happy to watch sports while his wife plots love stories.

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