Just Try by Lisa S Robinson

JUST TRY

By: Lisa S. Robinson

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 Synopsis:

How can one day turn out to be the best

day of your life, but also the worst?

Maci can answer this question, she is a

changed woman because of it.

It takes one day to change your whole

life, your world, your meaning.

You.

For five years she’s been existing for

one person, and that person isn’t

herself.

Until one day, someone enters her life.

He changes everything that Maci

thought she wanted, deserved and

needed.

Calvin made her want to enjoy life.

This story is about the deepest of love,

the ugliest of pain and the courage to

want more.

Sometimes you have to - Just Try.

Contemporary romance for readers over

the age of 18.

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Amazon US: http://bit.ly/JustTryUS

Amazon UK: http://bit.ly/JustTryUK

Excerpt:

My phone rings, startling me. When I look at the screen and see Calvin’s name, I find myself letting out a little girlie squeal.
“Hello, you,” I say, snuggling into my seat.
“So, I wake up from an amazing sleep, look out of my window, and guess what?” he asks in a croaky voice, which sounds like he has, indeed, just woken up.
“What?”
“I see this beautiful girl sitting in a chair in her garden, sipping on what I assume is coffee, and I feel the need to say morning to her.”
“Is that right?” I smile.
“Yup.”
A noise coming from the bottom of my garden startles me. When I see Calvin jump my back fence using one arm, still holding his phone in the other, I can’t believe my eyes. He smiles and briskly walks over to me. I’m stunned, the damn phone still attached to my ear. As soon as he reaches me, he bends down and plants a small kiss on my mouth. He then smiles and says, “Morning”, before turning and walking back to the fence to jump it again. I’m totally dumbstruck. Who does that? Calvin, that’s who. I laugh and shake my head, ending the call when I hear his chuckle.

Author Bio:

Lisa S Robinson is a contemporary romance author, who has been writing her first book and is almost ready for its release. Lisa lives in Cheshire, UK with her partner of thirteen years Charlie, their four year old daughter and their dog, Buster.

She spends her time in between looking after her daughter and working part time. She tends to write in the evenings when her daughter is tucked up in bed.

Lisa being the total bookworm that she is, thinks of her kindle as one of her most prized possessions, and has a major one-click addiction.

Her favourite genres are contemporary and paranormal romance, some of her favourite authors are Dannika Dark, Jodi Ellen Malpas, Katy Evans, Jamie McGuire, Mia Sheridan, Tina Folsom, Christina Lauren, Joanne Wylde and way too many more to mention. 

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Feel free to contact her she would love to hear from you

RAIGE bt RT Lucas and LJ Halkett

Out Now! - Raige (Tainted Blood, Book Four) by RT Lucas and LJ Halkett

Blurb

“Blood is thicker than water, that’s the old adage yeah? Family is everything to my Sweetcheeks.  She lives and breathes it. I would do anything for my female, but some things are a bigger ask than others."
Commander Xavier Raige

Commander Xavier Raige is the leader of an elite team of soldiers-turned-mercenaries - and a super hybrid wolf. His entire life has been kept a well guarded secret, and with good reasons.  It takes the love and devotion of his Alicia to help him face his past so that he can wipe out the ghosts that still haunt him. Alicia “Sweetcheeks” Carberletti is a Sanguis-Solis vampire and it takes all her strength, intellect, determination and love to discover what happened to fracture Xavier’s family so terribly and break down the walls that he has built up around him to let her in.  

The mafia war is gearing up, and with all the personal battles that are going on, will control slip through their fingers, or can the tainted blood that binds them together give them the strength to fight back?

Buy link:  http://www.darkhollowspress.com/#!raige-tainted-blood-book-four/c1oti   

Author bio
RT Lucas is 41 years of age, and had a very successful career in Recruitment and Business Development until it was cut short through illness.  Having worked in the Health Sector, Human Resources and Ministry of Defense, she has a myriad of experiences to draw from - and says that sometimes life can be stranger than Fiction!  RT is an avid reader of the paranormal/romance genres but her first love will always be Science Fiction.  She says that she has far superior music taste to that of her Best Friend and Co-Author - and uses every available opportunity to tell her so! RT lives alone with her #XavCat who faithfully lies by her computer whenever she wanders into the world of Tainted Blood.   

L J Halkett is 35 years of age, Mother, Wife and Housing Officer for Local Government.  She is a smart, sassy and superbly imaginative woman who devours books - especially in the paranormal genre!  She is the master at multi-tasking and she is always thinking ten steps ahead. With her passion for creativity, she brings to life her imagination with vivid detail.  Family is the cornerstone of LJ’s life, and her greatest achievement is her wonderful son.  Left Partially sighted after her Stroke, LJ has to write in what the Authors call ‘NASA’ font and can only detect the colour red, which can be difficult when reading print on a daily basis - her determination is testament to her personality - as she says.... "Where's there's a will? There's a way!" 

Author website: http://www.xali.net/

Brother Roommate by Wendi Lynn

Brother Roommate 

by Wendi Lynn

Blurb:
Logan's marriage crashed and burned after the birth of his twin daughters. An absent mother left the girls disrespectful and looking for the wrong kind of attention at only thirteen years old. He knows something has to change and when he meets the wife of a friend and sees the well-behaved children she has successfully raised, Logan wonders if he can find another woman like her.
Ashton and Derrick are happily married with four kids. Things were good, and they bought a large house which required an even larger mortgage. When Ashton loses her job and suddenly their cushy lifestyle is shattered, they struggle to make ends meet.
As if things couldn't get worse for Logan who battles for custody of his girls, his apartment floods leaving him nowhere to go and a judge that needs to see him living a stable life. That's when Derrick suggests he move in and with it a proposition so strange, it just might work.

But will they be able to do it, or will they successfully tear the families apart?

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Reft by Libby Austin

Today we’re hosting a book blitz for Libby Austin’s Reft!! Check out today’s excerpt and giveaway! About Reft: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. ~ Newton’s Third Law of Motion Brandon “Brand” Carmichael’s life was the stuff dreams were made of…too bad it was an illusion. As a guitarist for Inert Motion, Brand traveled the world, performing with his brothers in all but blood. He never stopped moving all the while his mind played in a never ending loop. Now outside influences have changed the band’s course, leaving Brand’s life void of the balance he craved. Once again, his dream had become a recurring nightmare. Brand coped the only way he knew how; retreat into solitude. Magdalena “Layna” Delacroix had achieved the long sought goal of her Ph.D. in Psychology, but success came at a high cost: over one hundred thousand dollars in debt. After being presented with the opportunity to fulfill her desire to help someone in the aftermath of tragedy, along with earning enough money to clear her debt and start a psychology practice of her own, Layna had to balance the means against the outcome. Could she be the force to stop the downward spiral of someone who refused to seek help? Neither Brand nor Layna expected the reaction they had to one another. It was the opposite of everything they sought. Could Layna live a lie while pushing Brand to live in the truth? Would Brand forgive her for committing one unforgivable sin? Or was he branded by destiny to be... Reft   Buy Now: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBooks   Exclusive Excerpt: “Sometimes I get in the zone and everything else gets tuned out. I forget to eat and sleep, or even what day it is. Things just blur together when I’m focusing. It’s like my mind can only devote itself to the creative. And I had a disagreement with my brother, which didn’t help matters.” “Oh, do y’all fight a lot?” she asked while continuing to chow down on her syrup with a side of waffles. “My siblings and I fought all the time growing up, but now that we’re older, we get along much better, as long as we don’t have to share a room or a bathroom.” “Not so much anymore. We did when we were younger. Then we didn’t talk for a long time.” My truth-telling danced a fine line. One conversation with my mom about Barrett and me having contact and everything would come crashing down. I loved my parents, but I couldn’t let go of Barrett again, not even for them. “What made you, or him, get back in touch after not talking for such a long time?” “Umm, well, uhh, I guess somewhere around the time Bow and Danelle got married, the dynamic of the band started changing. There was just a lot going on; Joker and Ruff stopped trying to kill each other and started fuc—dating each other, and then Touch met Kaitlyn and all of their shit went down, and I realized that even though my band had been my surrogate family for years, I needed my real family, my blood and my best friend since the beginning. So I began trying to reach out to Barrett, and one day, he responded. “It’s been nice catching up with him and talking about all the things I’ve done with the band and stuff. He kept track of it all. We talk pretty much every day now, except when he’s pissed at me.” “Does he ever come to visit? Maybe I’ll get a chance to meet him while I’m here. If he’s half as pushy as you are, I might like him,” she claimed with a smile, but panic rose inside me. Not because she thought I was pushy or she might like him better—Barrett and I had never been the type to compete or fight over a girl—but she wanted to meet him. Total no-go situation. “Yeah, he probably won’t make it anytime soon. He’s got other obligations right now. But, uhh, but I need you to promise me you won’t tell my parents or your mom about Barrett.” My hands clinched the hard bench seat and my legs bounced up and down nervously. I didn’t know why I couldn’t keep my mouth shut around her, or just stay the fuck away from her. “Why’s that?” By now, she’d stopped eating and was focusing on me, studying me, looking at me as if she could see the thoughts ripping through my head like a natural disaster in the making. “They don’t talk to each other. My parents have, uhh, they have a different view of Barrett. He doesn’t want contact with them, and it’s just easier for everyone if they don’t know he’s talking to me. I don’t want to hurt them.” “Do you think you could help them heal their rift before it’s too late and it can’t be fixed?” “It’s already too late. The only thing I can do is try to salvage what I have left and not cause any more damage or harm or pain to anyone else.” I stopped and thought for a moment before I said anything else. “I shouldn’t have even told you; something about you makes you easy to talk to. But I need you to promise me that you aren’t going to repeat the things we talk about or that you see to my mom, your mom, or anyone else for that matter. If you can’t do that, we can’t be friends, or even friendly neighbors.” Layna looked me directly in the eye. I’d always heard a person’s soul and true intentions show through the eyes, telling you if their intentions were good or bad. The look in Layna’s eyes told me her intentions were good. “Brand, I promise I won’t repeat the things you tell me or that I see to your parents or mine.” I took her promise at face value. What I should have remembered was the saying about good intentions and the road to hell being paved with them. I knew all about good intentions, and I knew all about hell. I’d lived in my own personal tormented version of hell for over a decade. About the Author: One day some words came to mind, so I wrote them down. Soon the words became sentences, which formed paragraphs, which, in turn, formed chapters. Before long, those words had become a book. When I'm not reading or writing, I'm a wife, mother, and business owner. I've lived on the Gulf, East, and West Coasts, but as a born and raised Southern girl, my favorite will always be the Gulf Coast. There's just no place like home... Libby's Webpage Facebook Author Page Facebook Friend Page Twitter Libby Austin Google+ Goodreads tsu Enter Libby’s giveaway! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Music Ink and Love by Jude Ouvrard

Hide Your Crazy Like a Lady: Part Two by SJ Sawyer

  

Release Date: May 4, 2015

Hide Your Crazy is the second part of the Like A Lady serial. Please read Big Girl Panties first, as this cannot be read as a stand alone.

After leaving her lying, cheating, no good fiance at the church, Scarlett Lynn Summers, aka Red, had no idea the adventures that were in store for her. Fate landed her in the back of Mason Pierce’s Chevy truck, but where else will it take her? With her adventurous best friend, Mary Lou, by her side, only one thing is for certain…she’ll never be bored.

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After ditching her cheating, no-good lying, jerk of a fiance at the doors to the alter, Scarlett Lynn Summers aka Red is lost...but not for too long. Thanks to her spunky best friend, she won't stay under her covers hiding for long. Barging in with guns a blazin and curses a flyin, Mary Lou drags Red out for a weekend worth of adventures that just might be more than she bargains for.

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S.J. Sawyer is a twenty-something Okie girl who is mom to three, four if you count her husband! She is a full time author/photographer who enjoys making teasers to avoid working. She graduated from SOSU with a Bachelor’s degree in English Lit and a minor in Sociology. SJ is an avid reader, obviously, life long writer, and enjoys Happily Ever Afters above all else (though, the struggle to get there is good, too!)

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The Trust by JM Witt

18+ for mature content. This is a serial, releasing in ebook format only. Lucy's story will be released as three serials approx. 15k words each, releasing a month apart. A paperback/box set will release after part three.   Trust ~ April 22, 2015 Honor ~ May 20, 2015 Love ~ June 24, 2015 Trust, Honor, Love ~ July 22, 2015 (pb) Trust: An experiment of marital proportions. Lucy is sick of the dating scene and especially sick of what she can never have; The Kerrigan boys, specifically Will and Heath. After a run-in with Heathcliff Kerrigan, that proves everything she already knew about him, she agrees to partake in a new dating experiment. More like a marriage experiment. Her match will be handpicked specifically for her; her likes, desires, needs, and possibly, her worst nightmare. And the scariest part is that she won't meet him or know his name until they meet at the altar. Agreeing, she waits for the call that will change her life. Will Lucy follow through and marry a total stranger? Or does Heath have other plans in mind for her happily ever after? Trust is a 15k word serial with a bit of humor, scorching steam, and surprises that await you at the altar. Preorder: US: Preorder: US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VZ063WS UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VZ063WS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00VZ063WS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 CA: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00VZ063WS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VZ063WS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00VZ063WS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 CA: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00VZ063WS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 I'm a stay-at-home mom with four youngchildren and one extremely supportive husband. We've been married for over ten years and reside in Metro Detroit, Michigan. I've dreamed of writing romance novels since I was little. After having baby #4, who may or may not have been fathered by Christian Grey, I decided it was time to pursue my dreams. When I'm not running to various appointments, enjoying time with my friends and my family, dating my husband, or avoiding cleaning my house, I'm writing! I love music and believe that books and music can't exist without the other. My goal is for you to read more than a good book, but for you to have an experience! www.jmwittbooks.com www.facebook.com/jmwittbooks

Zelle and the Tower by Rebekah R Ganiere

We are happy to announce Zelle and the Tower is now Live!

Zelle and the Tower

Fairly Book Three

by Rebekah R Ganiere

Zelle and the Tower is available now...

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Fairelle is an award winning series. Both the first book Red the Were Hunter and Snow the Vampire Slayer have won awards, including Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reader’s Choice Award. The Series won that award as well.

***The series is Fantasy Romance/ Fairytale Retellings all set in the same world.***


Zelle and the Tower blurb:
Sweet and naïve Rapunzelle possesses a dangerous and powerful magick. Her entire life has been spent in a mage tower built by her father, to keep her safe. Or so she's been told.

Flint Gwyn has spent the last six months wandering Fairelle, wanting nothing more than to wash away the pain of letting family down. Between drinking and women he plummets in to despair, with only Dax the werebear to keep him from getting himself killed.

When Flint and Dax stumble into Zelle's tower while running from a dragon, she finds herself drawn to Flint in a way that awakens startling memories she cannot place. And the longer he stays, the closer she comes to losing her heart.

Unable to control his feelings for the lonely maiden who brings him peace for the first time in his life, Flint fights to release her from her prison. But in doing so, he may very well bring down the wrath of an evil that's plagued Fairelle for a hundred years.

Excerpt

"You know that normal is only a fairy tale, right?" he asked.

Zelle inched closer to him. Her willowy form barely reached his shoulder. Her hands were delicate, shoulders slim, her neck long and slender. Every part of her looked like a fragile doll. Except the presence that wafted off of her. The confidence she exuded combated that appearance. Every inch of her exuded sensuality.

Her hand snaked out and splayed against his chest. "You won't hurt me."

"No, I won't." From the glow of her purple eyes, he knew there was a reason she stayed in her tower. Power was the only word he could think of. Power and magick.

He ran a shaky hand through her long soft tresses and pushed the hair over her shoulder revealing more of her throat. Her perfectly full, peachy lips waited for him, just inches away. His erection stirred at the thought of kissing her again.

She stepped into him, pressing against his body. Her supple breasts smashed into his torso and her hips found purchase between his own. The contact was like a lantern switching on inside him. Every part of him woke up and paid attention.

"Kiss me again."

He should be chivalrous and do the right thing. Leave the sweet creature be, and not poison her with his anger and pain. But the pounding in his ribcage, and the feelings she aroused in him, were like no other. Never before had he wanted to be with a woman so badly. And never before had one held so much sway over his person.

He wondered for a moment if she had bewitched him, before pressing his lips to hers and tasting her sweet fragrance. He lifted her from the ground, pinning her against the wall with his knees between her thighs. Her soft frame molded into his as she tangled her fingers in his hair. Their tongues swirled together in a soft dance of desire and he fought to keep from ripping her dress from her.

His body responded of its own accord, his need growing with each passing moment. She reached down to the hem of his tunic and lifted it, running her fingers underneath. He'd never let someone touch his scars before. Never even let people see them before besides his family. The women he'd been with, he'd forced to face the wall till he was done.

The desire to take Zelle down to her plush bed and make love to her flooded him. He slowed his kisses, his brain screaming that this was wrong. He didn't deserve this. She pushed her hands higher, raising his tunic to his shoulder. She traced a scar with her mouth, kissing his skin.

Flint swallowed a lump in his throat and moaned. Her fingers twined in the dark curls of his chest hair. Moving over to his nipple, she flicked out her tongue and licked around it. He slammed his hands into the wall on either side of her, and pulled away, trying to control himself. She slid down a couple of inches and worked her way across his chest with her mouth and fingers, bringing him torturous pleasure.

He had no doubt she knew what she was doing, but the thought that she had done this before wasn't something he could comprehend. She'd said he was the first who had ever gotten into her tower before. Had that been a lie? Pulling away from her was the hardest thing he'd ever done.

"What is it?" She looked up at him.

"Nothing."

"Did I do something to upset you?"

"No. You're wonderful. I just…" He swallowed hard. This wasn't good. He'd known her less than a week and already he had feelings for her. Feelings he hadn't planned on. Feelings he didn't know what to do about.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR....

Rebekah grew up on both the east and west coasts and currently lives in the Los Angeles area. From the Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein to The Stand by Stephen King, Rebekah immersed herself in other people's made up worlds. She began writing in junior high and then found she liked pretending to be other people's characters in high school. Lettering in drama she went on to study theater in college as well. After college she continued acting till becoming a mom. Ultimately, she ended up going back to writing her characters down instead of acting them out, so she could stay at home with her kids. 

Rebekah is an Award Winning Bestselling Author. Her novel Dead Awakenings, debuted in January 2014. Red the Were Hunter, the first in her Fairelle Series won the Paranormal Romance Guild's Fantasy Book of the year 2014. The second book Snow the Vampire Slayer was released in September. And the Series itself won Best Fantasy Series of the year. And her trilogy The Society was released with Kensington Lyrical Press. 

Rebekah is the VP of Communications of the Los Angeles Chapter as well as the newsletter editor of the Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Chapter. In her spare time when she isn't writing you can find her moderating on SavvyAuthors.com or hanging out with her husband, four children and her English Bulldog, two bearded dragons, and two tortoises. The escaped snake has yet to be found.

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Mad Season by Katia Wildermann

Title: Mad Season (Drifting Sinners & Wayward Angels #1)

Author: Katia Wildermann

Release Date: April 15th

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Being caught—literally—between her nerdy neighbor and the MMA fighter her agency managed wasn't as bad as Lyla might have expected. That is, if she'd ever expected to be in this situation.

Lyla Mason knows she'll have her hands full when her boss assigns her to babysit Callum Reed, MMA fighter and her PR agency's latest client. He is used to getting his way, and hotter than hell, both in the cage and in the bedroom, or on the floor, in the elevator.... Social media sites are rife with photos of him in compromising situations, and she's been tasked with cleaning up his image before he launches into the most important season of his career.

Game designer Adam Rhodes has been trying to figure out how to get in Lyla's pants ever since she moved in a year ago. His apartment shares a paper-thin wall with hers, and hearing her make use of her vibrator on a nearly nightly basis has his firm attention. Her rack and rockin' body is totally worth putting his PS4 controller down for. She'd totally freak out if she knew he'd hacked into her webcam so he could watch....

Callum Reed never expected to clean up his wicked ways, but his trainer insists he'll never get good sponsors if he keeps sexting to barfly hookups and having his junk turn up on the internet. He resisted the whole idea of letting a PR Agency dictate his "brand" until he catches sight of Lyla. She may hide behind her glasses and power suits, but she is a sex kitten just waiting to be set free.

When Lyla and her bosses decide Callum needs to lay low while they start the image makeover process, Cal rents the apartment across the hall from Lyla. Little did anyone know that a simple change of address would throw gasoline on a smoldering fire.

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My name is Katia Wildermann. I'm not real. I'm the alter ego for an author who prefers to keep her smutty work separate from her sweeter work. I call what I write dirty-sweet, blunt erotica. Try it. I think you'll like it.

I've started a series of standalone novellas set in Las Vegas: Drifting Sinners & Wayward Angels. I gave it that title because Las Vegas is often referred to as Sin City, full of wicked lost souls. As far as I'm concerned, Wicked doesn't equal Evil. Many so-called sinners are people who are just out to have a good time. They live in the moment, for the moment. Their lives aren't perfect, but they're not trying to hurt anyone. They just want to feel good.

They are choosing to laugh with the sinners rather than cry with the saints. Who am I to say that's wrong?

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