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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Cover Reveal! Songbird Freed by Lisa Edward

Blurb

My name is Tara O’Connell, and I’ve always believed we

control our own fate. That life is a journey with many roads, and the choices

we make can shape our future.

Life has presented me with two paths and I’ve chosen

one.

Was it right? Did I make the best decision?

After the uncertainty of the last twelve months, my

destiny is now crystal-clear to me. I have a man I love more than words can

express, a thriving business, and the best friends anyone could ask for. But

just when I thought I could put the turmoil of my past behind me and move on, a

life-changing phone call has rocked me to the core and turned my life upside-down

once more.

To make matters worse, influences outside my control

have taken hold and are shattering my perfect world.

But some things are worth fighting for.

Dreams can come true and I’ll do everything

in my power to make them happen. But dreams can also be smashed into tiny

pieces, and no matter how hard we fight or how hard we wish for something to

be, sometimes with the hand we’ve been dealt, we can never win.

About the Author

While Lisa Edward has called Melbourne Australia

home for her entire life, she has lived and worked in England, and travelled

through most parts of Europe and the United States. She loves nothing more than

spending time with her husband and beautiful daughter, or curling up into the

early hours of the morning with a great novel. By day, Lisa works in the

analytical IT field, so relishes the opportunity to foster her creative side

through writing. Her deep appreciation for literature was nurtured from a young

age, being taught to respect books and get lost in their stories. She enjoys

reading honest and realistic novels that are relatable, thought provoking and

leave a lasting impression. She can’t write without music playing, using the

emotions from different songs to invoke that of her characters. Lisa takes

inspiration from her own life experiences, the people around her and those she

has met in her travels.

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www.goodreads.com/LisaEdward

Other Books in the Series

Book 1: Songbird

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Book 2: Songbird Caged

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Jenna Galicki

Title: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Radical Rock Stars, #2)

Author: Jenna Galicki

Release Date: September 30, 2014

Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance

Synopsis

She’s a rock goddess.
He’s a sex pistol.
I need them both, in my life and in my bed, and I'm not living without either one of them.
I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them there, even if it costs me everything I ever wanted.
I’m Tommy Blade, The Prince of Punk Rock, and this is the rest of our story.

When Jessi Blade is forced to miss the first leg of Immortal Angel’s world tour, Tommy Blade and Angel Garcia are alone together for the first time. Their romance flourishes and brings them closer together, but time apart puts a strain on Tommy and Jessi’s marriage. The demanding schedule of a world tour, pressure from the record label and a wife who feels neglected, leaves Tommy under a blanket of anxiety. He’s helpless as his perfect life slowly falls to pieces.

When Jessi finally catches up to Tommy and Angel four weeks into their world tour, she begins to feel like an outsider. She’s not about to take a back seat to Angel and she competes for Tommy’s attention. Tired of the rivalry, she begins to wonder if they’d be happier without her.

Angel is trying to hold their relationship together, but Jessi’s animosity and Tommy’s nervous tension, are a heavy load to carry. Before long, it becomes clear that their life, and the band, are doomed unless they work out their differences.

The Prince of Punk Rock (Radical Rock Stars: Book One)

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About the Author

Jenna Galicki is a strong advocate for LGBT rights and marriage equality. She lives in Long Island, NY with her husband and two dogs, and she loves meeting new people. She's a rottweiler enthusiast and an avid music buff. When she's not hunched over a computer, you can find her front row at a rock concert.

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It's Always Been You by Victoria Paige

“I’ll wait forever, sunshine. I loved you then. I love you now. I’ll always love you.”

Former Navy SEAL Travis Blake is a rising star in the security business. In two short years, Blake Security Inc. has become highly sought after by the who’s who in Washington DC.

But unbeknownst to many, Travis is haunted by the mysterious death of his wife three years before. He carries with him the guilt of not being there to protect the one person who meant everything to him. He has buried his wife, but his heart refuses to accept that the body six feet under is hers. His obsessive search for her leads him deep into the trenches of covert ops—and everything is not what it seems.

Caitlin Kincaid has been on the run for a while. The sum of her memories began three years ago when she awakened with a broken arm and leg and a severe concussion. Hunted down by a secret group within the U.S. government, her companion persuades her to stay off the grid because of the standing kill order on their heads. One night, while fleeing assassins, she is left on the side of the road with a cryptic message: “It’s time for you to stop running. I’m not the one you love.”

When Travis receives news that the woman who has turned up at the American Embassy in Berlin could be his wife, he wastes no time getting to her. He is unprepared for the devastation that shreds him when Caitlin looks at him with no recognition in her eyes. Amnesia is a challenging enough obstacle for winning the love of his life back. But with lies defining the past three years of her life, Caitlin becomes wary of anyone’s help.

Love was never the problem. A marriage cannot survive without trust. As sinister forces threaten the bond they are trying to rebuild, trust must come quickly or one of them will die.

* Strong sexual content and language. Disturbing situations.

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~ Synopsis ~

Warning

from Author: This isn't your typical romance story. This book

contains strong sex scenes, lots of bad language and things that

might not be suitable for all readers. Reading this novella may cause

uncontrollable heartache, loss of voice, and damage to ones reading

device. Proceed with caution, for you have been warned. This is book

one of Corey and Mimi's story with the second book releasing in

October.

What

happens when fire meets gasoline?

That’s

all it took was a spark. One kiss and I was hooked. I wanted to hate

Corey Winchester more than anything and most days I did. He was an

arrogant asshole, and bully. He didn't know the first thing about

love but yet here I was falling into his lap.

Then

things changed. I changed. Someone broke me, and he was there to pick

up the pieces showing me a part of him I had never seen. Compassion,

trust, and love. I wanted to hate him, with everything in me I wanted

to look at him and feel nothing but I guess love and hate can’t

coincide together.

What

happens when you think you know someone? Like really know

them?

Turns

out we didn't know each other as well as we thought.

Turns

out if you play with fire for too long you, you will in fact get

burned.

names Mimi Jones and this isn't a fairy tale--

~ Author

Bio ~

J.L.

Beck is the author of Bittersweet Revenge(A Bittersweet Novella Book

1). A four part novella series. She lives in Elroy, WI with her

husband Brandon, and daughter Bella. Since the moment she could reach

the shelves on the book shelf shes been reading, thus influencing her

to write. Her favorite books are those that leave an imprint on your

soul. You know the ones that have you putting everything off because

you have to find out what happens next.

When

she's not writing or reading(of course)you can find her picking up

after her three year old daughter, or explaining to her husband why

its unsafe to do something any other way, than the way your wife told

you too.

Shes

a huge fan of all things drama, with shows like The Vampire Diaries,

and Arrow being some of her favorites. She's addicted to all things

social media, caffeine, and Starbucks.

Stalk

me, you know you want

to.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jo.L.Beck?ref=hl

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorJLBeck

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23673426-j-l-beck

~ Bittersweet Love Synopsis ~

Betrayal.

That’s what Jenna Haines felt when she discovered that her

relationship with Rex Winchester was anything but real.

With

a broken heart, and a deep sadness running through her veins she

picked up the pieces and forced herself to move on. After all, what

better place to start fresh than at University of California,

Berkeley?

That

is until the day she finds out Rex got accepted to Berkeley too, and

that he will be following her off to college. To add salt to the

wounds, it seems as if he will do anything to win her back. With Rex,

on the prowl and her heart being the prey can she resist his advances

towards her?

Even

more so can she move on from the vengeful things he once did and fall

into a deep bittersweet love? Or will the hate, lies, and secrets

break them beyond repair? Is love really capable of healing all

wounds or is everything still just a lie?

~ Bittersweet Revenge Synopsis ~

I’m

a slut. Or at least that’s what everyone calls me. I guess that’s

what you get when everyone think’s you've slept with the whole

football team and then some.

junior year of high school I gave my heart to Corey Winchester. He

was handsome, cocky, and a pure gentlemen. Then everything changed in

an instant. When I found out he was spreading malicious rumors about

me, after I refused to sleep with him I was utterly surprised. To add

to it, he broke up with me in front of the whole school. I

essentially became the laughing stock of the town. People that I once

called my friends became my enemies. Finding a way to ruin my life

one day at a time. Now the shitty part is I should have known a

pretty boy like him was too good to be true. After ruining my

reputation and life I did everything I could to stay under the radar,

but it just wasn't enough. I slowly learned that all the torment, and

hate was all for one thing. Revenge. That’s what Corey wanted, and

why I didn't know. Then Rex Winchester came along. Corey’s cousin,

and someone I knew I shouldn't be getting close with. A whole six

feet of hotness, a smile that melted the panties off of every girl in

a fifty mile radius, and a heart of gold. He could have anyone he

wanted, so why he chose me Corey’s ex, the bullied, slutty girl was

beyond me. All I knew was that I wanted him. I wanted him more than

anything. The problem was, I couldn't tell if Rex, was just like

Corey or if his intentions were as innocent as he was making them out

to be.

names Jenna Haines, and this is the story of how the one thing I

wanted.. turned out to be the one thing that would hurt me the most.

What happens when the one thing you least expect to happen, does?

When all the lies and secrets come out. Well you're about find out.

~ Book Links ~

Bittersweet Revenge

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GR:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22707082-bittersweet-revenge?from_search=true

Bittersweet Love

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GR:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22852048-bittersweet-love?from_search=true

Bittersweet Hate Book 3

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Chaperoning Paris by Victoria Pinder

BOOK INFORMATION

Author Name: Victoria Pinder

Book Title: Chaperoning Paris

Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing

Date Published: 06/11/2014

Genre: Contemporary Romance

SYNOPSIS

Gigi Dumont never forgot how she walked away from the only man she ever loved.

She’s a teacher who has led her students to the finals of an international French competition to be help in Paris. The night before the trip, the Principal tries to cancel the trip before he, in turn, loses his job to her high school boyfriend, Sean Collins.

Sean Collins has survived cancer, a divorce, and Gigi having aborted their child back in high school. He assumed he’d hate her, if they ever crossed paths again. But he discovers she’s exactly what he wants.

When Gigi and Sean are stuck together for a week in Paris, Gigi feels she has lost all her control. How can she survive her attraction to Sean? The man’s sexier now than he was back in the day, and once upon a time, he’d had her heart. She finds herself falling for him, even knowing forever is impossible.

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EXCERPT

Payback time. Standing in his mother’s kitchen, Sean Collins smiled as he hung up the phone.

He hovered at the phone for a moment, then charged along the carpeted hallway to his bedroom. In a flash, he changed from his T-shirt and jeans into his black pin stripe king-of-the-business-world suit complete with black tie and shiny black shoes.

Finished dressing, Sean jittered at the door and listened to his son talking nonstop to his mother upstairs. His skin tingled and he closed his eyes. At least moving to his parents’ country estate where he had grown up on Cape Cod had been good for everyone.

Breakfast could wait. He grabbed the keys on the counter downstairs, and he called upstairs, “I’m leaving. I won’t be gone long.”

Last year, the school principal had fired him with bogus charges. Sean had sworn on every holy book that he’d been fired because his doctors had discovered cancer in a routine physical exam.

The sickness sucked. But he’d survived. And now he used his vast wealth to get what he wanted. No teacher should be treated so callously. He had taken the job at the time to prove to himself he had more choices than being the chief financial officer of his father’s corporation.

He set his jaw and walked outside to his car, where the smell of freshly cut grass hit his senses.

The moment he stepped outside and headed toward the garage, Sean stared at the vast forested area on the property for a moment and pressed his lips together. Trees made sense. Women never had. His luck with women had been bad from the start. His first girlfriend, Gigi Dumont, had left him for parts unknown, and then later his wife, now his ex, Jennifer, had also left. She’d played with a whole set of loose scruples. But Jennifer hadn’t hurt him, not like Gigi had. Sean rolled his shoulders. Why did everything in his life always seem to go back to Gigi leaving?

He fished out his keys from his pocket. And now Gigi had moved back into the house next door.

Sean opened the garage door. A quick click of a button and the gate lifted.

Last night he hadn’t slept. Today his shoulders were straight. This moment had nothing to do with women and everything to do with justice. His fingers traced the shiny finish of his brother Gerard’s Aston Martin. Without blinking, he opted to borrow the car. He’d be early and outshine everyone else. Gerard had offered to loan it to him specifically for today. Sean licked his lips and turned the key, igniting the engine, and took off.

A daydream flashed in his eyes. Principal Murray’s jaw dropped to the ground in shock the second Sean stepped inside the office with the papers.

Sean clutched the wheel. He intended to twist the knife even further. People like Mr. Murray gave businessmen around the world the reputation of cold, heartless automatons, especially when he claimed the firing had been over “job performance.” Every one of Sean’s students had passed the state assessments.

Now, Sean ran the finances for his parents, his father’s company, and his brothers. The support of his family to get him through cancer treatments had been phenomenal, but what if he hadn’t had that support? What if he’d had no money to pay for treatments? He’d be dead because the principal had fired him due to the insurance increases. Well, now Sean had a better solution.

He sped down the country road for the half-hour trip. During his horrible marriage to Jennifer, he’d worked as a teacher, and his students had achieved both academic and social successes. Jennifer had been the nightmare that drove Sean away from Collins Industries, Collins Enterprises, Collins Investments, and Collins Mutual, to list a few of his father’s multiple companies. Post divorce and cancer, Sean had made the decision to offer employees packages in cases of sickness. Anyone who worked for him would now receive a payoff equal to the job performance done over the years as part of a settlement. Money paid hospital bills.

Sean’s stomach clenched as he gazed at the sign for the Barnstable Charter High School parking lot. Sean parked Gerard’s fancy lawyer wheels that screamed “out to impress” right next to the about-to-be-sacked principal’s BMW sedan. The Aston Martin made the perfect goodbye gesture. Murray had been outclassed.

Sean leaned forward in his seat, refusing to feel guilty. He waited for the school bell to ring and watched students bounding outside.

Unlike most people, his family had money, and normally he wouldn’t like flaunting wealth. His Jeep Wrangler suited him just fine, but today he needed to look like the elite businessman he was. He stepped out a minute later, and in a fast walk, he strode down the halls. Sean winked the second he saw the school guard’s shocked face.

“You had cancer?” asked the older African American lady who coached the wrestling team.

“Yes, I did. I’m better now,” Sean said, smiling.

He inclined his head and passed the security desk then Sean turned right toward the principal’s office.

In his briefcase he carried the school board’s ruling and the proof of sale of the school to Collins Enterprises. Barnstable was a private school that followed school board law. The sale to his company had been finalized, but Sean had insisted on telling Murray in person. The minutes of the meeting would be posted at one that day. Victory waited for him, and justice tasted better than homemade chocolate chip cookies.

In the office, the overqualified secretary, Mattie, dropped her pencil on the floor. Sean made eye contact with her and the older woman smiled back. Then he picked up the pencil in stride, and handed it back to her. She opened her mouth to speak, and he shook his head, placing his finger over his lips to silently request her silence.

She smiled her response and swiveled her chair back to her computer.

He had seen Mattie in action and understood the older woman had known how to treat people more than anyone else in the office.

Outside the principal’s door, Sean straightened his tie into perfect alignment. His heart rate sped up and his entire body became alert then he heard her voice.

Gigi, or should he say, Giovanna Dumont. Her quiet, sweet voice unmanned him, making his palms sweat. Why would she be here? And how could she still steal his breath away?

AUTHOR BIO

Victoria Pinder grew up in Irish Catholic Boston then moved to Miami. Eventually, found that writing is her passion.

She always wrote stories to entertain herself. Her parents are practical minded people demanding a job, but when she sat down to see what she enjoyed doing, writing became obvious.

The Zoastra Affair, Chaperoning Paris, Borrowing the Doctor, and Electing Love, Mything the Throne and Favorite Coffee, Favorite Crush will be published in 2014.

Now she is represented by Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency.

Also she’s the Vice President for the Florida Romance Writers. Her website is www.victoriapinder.com.