Category: Romancebookworm Reviews
BLOG TOUR SIGNUP AND ARC REQUEST!
Did you know that I have a short story coming out on December 26th? It is called Eternal Beginnings and it is a novella that follows Everlasting Hunger. I was so excited to be included in an amazing anthology with some awesome writers. We would love to have you guys sign up for the blog tour and/or request an ARC and leave a honest review for us.
Check out the following links and feel free to share!
The tour (12/26 – 1/8)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14skZCQ-pm7mXUD9NgoQq4l1rR-ZGhBWSjELsBHO88yw/viewform
Review Copy Requests
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qaF6xbHaoygsvk1lxFllphFrRaWLiQncMplrS4SRyEw/viewform
EVERLASTING HUNGER EXCERPT IS INCLUDED IN THIS AWESOME ANTHOLOGY!
Blurb:
Vampires! Glimpse into the steamy worlds of burning desire, and hot sex, where blood and lust collide. Explore some of the sexiest vampires to exist on this side of the grave. Essays, excerpts, and short stories from award winning authors Charity Parkerson, Kurt Kamm, Bertena Varney and more that will make you blush, satisfy your most carnal urges, and have you begging for more from the sexiest creatures of the night. Including a bonus story from BellaDonna Drakul that is sure to scare the pants off of you.
MY COVER REVEAL! EVERLASTING HUNGER BY BRANDY DORSCH
Blurb:
Temptation, thy name is Ian Lochlan.
That was the thought running through Ellie Dawson’s head when her boss offered to escort her to a local vampire bar. Who would suspect that it was owned by him and that he would be the one to introduce her to all the pleasures of a vampire’s kiss?
Passion is a different beast when vampires are involved and Ellie faces love from two very sensual creatures. Tragedy strikes and Ian relinquishes her into the arms of his best friend – Jasper. Ellie struggles with the feelings aroused in her by both men but she knows nothing can stop the Hunger.
Can she survive loving two men and the past that continues to haunt her?
WARNING: This is a spicy romance novel intended for MATURE readers 18+. Graphic sexual situations and language are used at the writer’s discretion.
Teaser:
Natalie smiles up at Ian and squeezes his hand. Seeing Mackenzie at the bar getting drinks, she gives a little wave and Mackenzie grins back and gives a thumbs up. “Have you known Mackenzie long?”
Sitting down as Ian holds the chair for her she answers, “We go to school together and she helped me get the job here. I’m paying for my own school and she knew I needed a job that paid well. The tips she made last semester paid for her tuition and books.”
Nodding in understanding, Ian sits down in the chair next to her. With no warning, Ian pulls her out of her seat and across his rock hard thighs. Adjusting her so that she is straddling him he asks, “How much of a show do you want to put on for the diners, my dear? Do you want them to see your sensuality and the pleasure you get from giving drinks or do you just want to show them that you give drinks in general?”
Natalie swallows nervously at the implication of the two choices, “I want them to see that I enjoy what I’m doing, because I do enjoy being a drink. I was tasted for the first time tonight and it’s something that I want to continue doing.”
Ian nods in understanding, “Then let us make sure that we give them a show to talk about, sweeting.”
Natalie takes a deep breath and nods her head wrapping her arms around Ian’s neck. Ian tilts her chin up and closes his lips over hers. Teasing her lips open with his tongue, he sweeps inside and begins to make love to her mouth. Natalie curls her fingers into his hair and moans at the sensations creeping through her body.
Taking his time, Ian sweeps his hands over the skin of the delicious confection in his lap. Caressing his fingers down the pearls of her spine, he unzips the bustier and lays it on the table. Topless nudity is often seen in the private club and is taken with a grain of salt. Running his hands up the sides of her body and palming her full breasts, Ian can understand why Jasper is interested in the delicious Natalie.
Author Bio:
Brandy lives in North Dakota and dreams of running away and being an extra on The Vampire Diaries. She is a diehard reader that can’t breathe without adding something to her TBR list. She loves anything romance but has a special place in her heart for all things vampire related. She works and goes to school but her favorite activity is spending time with her husband and two sons.
Links:
Author Page: www.brandydorsch.com
Email: authorbrandydorsch@gmail.com
Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorbrandydorsch
Twitter: www.twitter.com/romancebookworm
Blog: www.romancebookworm.com
Blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RomancebookwormsReviews
Blog email: romancebookworm@gmail.com
Goodreads link for book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18102910-everlasting-hunger
Goodreads link for Brandy: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7141824.Brandy_Dorsch
Cover Reveal Info!
Wow. I don’t even know where to begin with this post.
First, thank you. I can’t even begin to say thanks enough to the people that help me every single day with writing issues, book covers, tours, design issues (IOU, Jena) and for just putting up with my unique personality.
Second, thank you to the people who follow my blog on a regular basis. I can honestly say that if it hadn’t been for the incredible outpouring of love and respect I have gotten through the blog, I don’t know if Everlasting Hunger would have actually come out of the dark.
Now that I have been sappy enough and everyone wants to run screaming from their computer, here it is.
The incredibly talented Lisa Filipe over at Tasty Book Tours is scheduling my cover reveal. I am a dork, so I talked her into doing it on my birthday which is July 10th!
I would be eternally grateful if we could explode the web with my awesome cover!
Here is the signup: http://tastybooktours.blogspot.com/2013/06/now-booking-cover-reveal-for.html
Feel free to forward and share with anyone you know!
~Brandy~
COVER REVEAL! JUST ONE CUP BY CASSANDRA GIOVANNI (@GHBTours)
Title- Just One Cup
By-Cassandra Giovanni
Genre-New Adult
Publication Date-June 20, 2013
Blurb:
Emma Walker was a writer who’d lost herself to someone else’s anger–who had given up on ever feeling like herself again.
Evan Levesque was a rock-god–the one all the woman wanted, but he’d never gotten used to the loneliness between the stage and real life.
With just one cup of coffee they’ll begin a journey of self-discovery at each others sides, but can Emma handle Evan’s fame while dealing with her own demons? Emma’s checkered personal past, a bad relationship that haunts the edges of her memories, threatens to make everything implode on them when Evan takes matters into his own hands.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words…they’ll destroy my soul–Can Emma handle being put back together and facing who she’s become because of it?
Book Links:
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17457178-just-one-cup
About the Author:
Cassandra doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing. In fact, the first time she was published was when she was seven years old and won a contest to be published in an American Girl Doll novel. Since than Cassandra has written more novels than she can count and put just as many in the circular bin. Her personal goal with her writing is to show the reader the character’s stories through their dialogue and actions instead of just telling the reader what is happening. In 2012 she became a published Young Adult author, releasing In Between Seasons (The Fall, #1) and Walking in the Shadows. In 2013 she branched out by using her artistic illustrating talents to publish her first Children’s novel, The Adventures of Skippy Von Flippy: Tales of Friendship (Skippy Tales, #1). Cassandra will also release her first New Adult novel, Just One Cup, in the Spring of 2013.
Cassandra is a freelance professional photographer known for her automotive, nature and architectural shots. She is the owner of Gio Design Studios, a photography and publication marketing company that designs covers and marketing materials for authors utilizing the company’s photography. She is currently studying to receive her associates degree in Marketing. Cassandra is happily married to the man of her dreams and they live in the rolling hills of New England with the other loves of her life their dogs, Bubski and Kanga.
Author Links:
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6094287.Cassandra_Giovanni
Website- http://www.cgiovanni.com
Blog- http://cgiovanniwrites.wordpress.com/
COVER REVEAL!! THE POWER OF LOVE BY ADA SLOWE (@Ada_marie18)
Synopsis:
“The honest truth is that I’m just in love with you now, Allie that I was seven years ago.”
Ian Anderson has everything he could ever want. He’s rich, he owns his own business, he lives in New York, and women everywhere are throwing themselves at him. But what does any of the fortune mean if you don’t enjoy it? What does it mean if you have to spend it without the person you loved most in this world?
Seven years ago, Ian was deeply in love with the only girl who’s ever captured his heart. Allison. They grew up together, best friends, turned into soul mates. Allison was Ian’s heart, his everything, the love of his life even. Even seven years later, Ian can’t seem to rid his thoughts of Allison, in his mind, she was the one that got away. And even seven years later, he’s still very much in love with her. The hardest decision Ian ever made was the decision to walk away from her. But what if the only reason you left the person you loved was so that you could protect them?
Allison Montgomery is the type of person who wears her heart on her sleeve. She feels everything, and lets her feelings consume her. The moment Ian left she was a broken shadow of the girl she used to be. Now seven years later, she’s got a new life, and a new boyfriend, and she’s an editor at a publishing house.
When Ian and Allison run into each other again, will Ian be able to make things right with the woman he’s always loved, or did he lose his chance? Will love that was once so strong resurface and give him everything he hoped for through all these years?
Will they have a chance to start over or will the past be too painful for them to overcome?
Teasers:
“Why do you continue to stay with him knowing you’re in love with me? “Ian asked Allison, as she sipped her wine and sat on the chair across from his table. She knew deep inside this was the last place she should be. Lucas was waiting for her, yet here she was having drinks with a man she loved years ago. What was she doing?
“Don’t Ian, just don’t. I love Lucas.” She said with a sad smile. She wasn’t lying at all in her statement, Lucas was good to her, what wasn’t to love?
“You know what? I believe you. “ Ian told her as he walked around the table and pulled her up. “I believe that you love him because I know who you are, your heart is made of pure gold. What I don’t believe though is that you’re in love with him.”
“Ian, “ Allison began as Ian framed her face between his hands and locked his piercing blue eyes with her brown ones.
“Stop, Allie. You can’t keep doing this, you have to make a choice, I love you, I’ve always loved you, I want you forever and always like I have since I was fourteen. I don’t share, you know that. “ Ian replied, as he leaned his face in closer to hers so they were now only inches away from kissing.
“I know that you’re afraid, I know I hurt you so badly, and I can’t tell you how sorry I am, but I want you back, and I’ll do anything, just give me a chance.”
About me:
I’m not like any twenty year old I know, in fact I’m very different than most my age. While most people my age like to party, and go out, I like to stay in with my laptop and write. That’s not to say I don’t know how to have a good time, because even a writer needs a break sometimes. I’ve got amazing friends and such a great support system, and I don’t know where I’d be without it.
I grew up in a small town called Newfield, New York. At the age of fourteen, I moved to Florida, which is where I met my inspiration to become a writer. I’ve been writing since I was ten years old but It wasn’t until I met my former English teacher, Shay Kastanis, that I decided I had it in me to pursue it as a career. She’s supported me since the moment I told her I wanted to be a writer and I could never ask for more than that.
I discovered my talent and love of writing at a little shy of the age of ten. Young, right? I hear that a lot. In my opinion though, it doesn’t matter the age, it matters of how great the story is. And without writing, I honestly don’t know where I’d be. Writing isn’t just a hobby for me, it’s a passion, and it’s my reason for breathing. People say we’re all put in this world for a reason, and well writing is mine. It’s the one thing in my life that I can always count on to make me happy. I was introduced to writing because of events that were occurring in my life when I was a child, and I found it to be a great outlet. I started with poetry, but eventually progressed to novels and the honest truth is, now I just can’t stop writing books. I get told a lot by a good friend of mine that I’m a writing machine. I have an overactive mine and once I get an idea, I can’t stop. And more than that, I get too many ideas at the same time. While I’m writing though, I become obsessed with my own characters. They consume me, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
The first time I ever let anyone read my original work, was very nerve racking for me, and the truth is, I think that it’s always going to be that way for me. Sometimes I overthink and worry about things that I shouldn’t. I’m the type of person who wears my heart on my sleeve, and so I feel everything that gets thrown my way. Like any other writer, I do doubt myself at times, but overall, I’m pretty confident in myself and in my writing. And when I get told things like I’m a good writer that makes my day. Since starting my author page, I’ve even got people disappointed because my book isn’t published yet and that means more to me than my “fans” will ever know. Still trying to get used to the word fans.
My biggest writing inspiration is Nicholas Sparks, I love his books and writing styles. I love how he doesn’t just have one style, he goes from first to third person. He’s a captivating writing and I can only hope to be as great as him someday.
I tend to write a bit darker though. I mean I’m all for reading romance, but my romances that I write always tend to have a lot of darkness in them, Maybe it’s just my twisted mind, but I just think it makes for a better story.
Links:
WordPress: http://adamarieslowe.wordpress.com/about/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Ada-Slowe/444288812315695?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ada_marie18
RELEASE DAY REVIEW!! IF THE SHOE FITS BY AMBER T. SMITH (@Crimson_Romance, @Amber_T_Smith_)
Blurb:
Life isn’t a fairy tale… except when it is.
There’s nothing wrong with Ella Gibson’s life— it just isn’t very exciting, despite being surrounded by lingerie. Working for Cardiff’s top modelling agency should have been glamorous, but most of the time Ella is running around with memos and cups of coffee. It’s a far cry from living the dream, but skirting the edge of her fantasy life is enough.
Then comes the day when her cat starts to talk, claiming to be Ella’s fairy godmother. As if that weren’t crazy enough, the pesky puss becomes a fashion advisor and behavioral expert, too. Add an evil ex-stepmother, a hunk called Charming, plus a looming party-cum-ball, and you have all the elements of a classical fairy tale. There’s even a couple of ugly sisters—the fact that they are two gorgeous gay men being neither here nor there.
Ella’s not your typical fairy-tale princess though, and it will take more than a discarded glass slipper to get her man. It’s quite possible she may have to curb her enthusiasm for cursing a wee bit, not to mention her love of vodka. And can Muse, her surprisingly straight-laced feline friend, overcome her prudishness long enough for Ella to sneak a kiss or three with her intended beau?
Review:
This was such a fun take on a fairy tale story! Ella is your typical Girl Friday, just trying to make her way in life. With the help of her two male best friends, she succeeds but there is still something missing. Enter Muse, her talking fairy godmother cat. Muse is determined to help Ella attract the attention of her new boss. Unfortunately after meeting Max Charming, Ella turns into the world’s biggest klutz. Throw in a trip to Gretna Green, hot men in kilts and a drunk lady in a wedding dress and it’s a party not to miss!
Fun times ensue when bare bottoms and trips to the ER abound! I can’t wait to read more from amazingly awesome author!
Rated 4 Bookworms
Author Bio:
Amber T. Smith lives in Cardiff, the bustling capital city of Wales. When she isn’t busy keeping her kids, her cats, and her lizards from fighting, she can generally be found dreaming up new plots for alternative fairy tales. Find out more at: http://cardiffellanews.blogspot.co.uk/. You can also find her on Twitter, and at her Facebook author page.
Buy Links:
Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shoe-Fits-Crimson-Romance-ebook/dp/B00CA9DEUM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1367012644&sr=8-2&keywords=if+the+shoe+fits
Amazon:
COVER REVEAL!! WATCH ME WALK AWAY BY JILL PRAND (@jprand)
Cover Reveal:
TITLE:’Watch Me Walk Away’
Author: Jill Prand
Editor: Jodi Murphy
Genre: Romance, Contemporary
Blurb:
At the age of seventeen, Lisa was broken when Bobby left. He was suppose to be her first. First Love. First Time. First Everything. No word for six long years. She moved away from the painful reminders sacrificing her relationship with her best friend Brad. She struggled to rebuild her life.
Now six years later she returns as a strong, successful woman grabbing a job at one of New York’s hottest marketing agencies. She is dating a gorgeous guy with his eyes on a corner office. But it all changes when she sees Bobby again.
Can she risk another heartbreak from Bobby? Will she be able to repair her friendship with Brad? Lisa will have to decide between the man she’s with, and the two men that want her.
Who will she be with, and who will she tell to “Watch Me Walk Away?”
Now six years later she returns as a strong, successful woman grabbing a job at one of New York’s hottest marketing agencies. She is dating a gorgeous guy with his eyes on a corner office. But it all changes when she sees Bobby again.
Can she risk another heartbreak from Bobby? Will she be able to repair her friendship with Brad? Lisa will have to decide between the man she’s with, and the two men that want her.
Who will she be with, and who will she tell to “Watch Me Walk Away?”
Teaser# 1:
“The Letter”
Hi Baby,
I hope the rest of your day went well. I have not been able to concentrate on anything since I left you. I finally decided to get on the plane earlier than planned so I can hear your voice sooner.
I hope the rest of your day went well. I have not been able to concentrate on anything since I left you. I finally decided to get on the plane earlier than planned so I can hear your voice sooner.
I left a few things for your ankle. Please use them, I would have rather taken care of you myself but I have to make this trip. Arthur has been instructed to pick you up and take you to and from work for the rest of the week. I know you are going to balk at this but please let him do this. He would just be sitting around otherwise.
I stop reading and look in the box. An ace bandage, bottle of water, ice pack and Tylenol are all present as well as a small wrapped gift. I take the box out and my heart starts pounding. It is definitely a jewelry box and I know exactly what’s in it. I place it beside me and go back to reading.
To say I’ll miss you seems redundant. I’ve been missing you for years. People have called me heartless and they’re right. My heart resides with you and the only time I feel anything is when I’m in your presence. My greatest hope is that someday you will give me your heart again so I can finally feel complete.
You don’t have to open the gift now but I need you to have it. When you are sure about me, when you are ready to love and trust me again I ask that you wear it. It is a symbol of my commitment to you and seeing it on you will be the happiest day of my life. Once you see it I know you will understand. I found it two years ago and I just couldn’t let it sit in my drawer when I knew it belonged with you. I hope you don’t feel like I’m pushing you, I am just excited that you said we can try.
I will call you when I land. I can’t wait to hear your voice. I plan on keeping you on the phone for hours just so I can hear you talk. I want to be the last thing you think about before you close those gorgeous brown eyes. You are that to me, the first and last thing I think about every day, always.
I will speak with you soon. Open the box take care of you ankle and think of me.
I Miss You,
Bobby
Author Bio:
COVER REVEAL! FINALLY FOUND BY NICOLE ANDREWS MOORE (@TastyBookTours, @thenicknick)
Blurb:
Where one story ends, often another begins. For some reason, Adam Davenport can’t see past the ending. The hit and run has forced him to slow down and stop running from the pain of losing his parents. He has tried to hide behind meaningless, superficial relationships and even more shallow friendships, but the time has come to face his loneliness. Now he is finally ready to start being a family with his brother Sam. However, Sam and Haley, who was once Sam’s personal assistant, are too busy basking in their newfound love. Though breaking the rules for the first time ever has changed Sam’s life for the better, Adam has always broken the rules, strayed from responsibility, and done as little as he could get away with.
One of the main reasons that he refused to believe that Cammie was more than friend material was because she was impervious to his charms. She was so driven and determined to make her new catering company a success that she couldn’t see past her own dreams. Suddenly, Adam found himself behaving in ways he never imagined. He was working to impress a woman, but more than that, he was working to help make her dreams come true. He soon realizes that there are times in life when giving is more important than taking and when helping someone else is more important than what that person can do to reciprocate. He also learns there are times that the biggest risk is to stop hiding from emotions and to start allowing love to finally be found.
Author Info:
Romance Bookworm's Reviews 