Cover Reveal: Delivered {A Christmas Novella} by Laura Dunaway

 

 

Delivered A Christmas Novella  by Laura Dunaway Release Date: December 22, 2014 Cover Design by Shanoff Reads

Synopsis
 

Pregnant and widowed, Andi Porter is still reeling from the loss of her husband. When she finds herself in labor and stranded in a snowstorm, it seems like her timing couldn't be worse.

Doctor Jase Rollins is a well respected doctor who has a knack for being right where he needs to be. When his right place collides with Andi's wrong time, an unlikely and unexpected connection is made that neither can ignore.

This Christmas may deliver the best gift of all … a second chance for the woman who lost it all and the man who wants to give her everything.
 

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About the Author

 

Laura Dunaway lives in Utah with her prince of 18 years and her three amazing children. Family comes first to Laura, even before reading and writing.

While she's always had a passion for reading and writing, it wasn't until a few years ago that she finally realized she should pursue her dream of writing and publishing a book.

After many many attempts at starting one, her first book, Distorted, was finally the one that flowed and before she knew it, she'd written The End. Discovering Lucy is her second book and she has written a novella Love, Nick that is part of the Nighttides Anthology. She has just released her third book, Twisted Desire and a prequel novella, Twisted Fate.  Now, Laura is woking on Delivered, a Christmas Novella.

 

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Sublime Wreckage {Book Review}

Title: Sublime Wreckage



Author: Charlene Zapata



Genre: New Adult



Book Description:



After suffering a tragic accident as a child, Maggie Wilson has tried her whole life to regain the happiness she lost. She has been in survival mode ever since, dealing with a mentally unstable parent, having no one to turn to for help. Her desire to escape to a better future fuels her motivation and keeps her focused on what really matters, breaking free of the hell she lives in.



Things at home are complicated and it’s easier to push people away than allow them to get too close. She doesn’t let anyone into her life except her best friend Amanda. Maggie has perfected keeping secrets, maintaining her GPA and staying out of relationships. All her energy is put into her school work so that when she graduates she can leave for college and forget her past.



All of that changes when she meets Vincent Moreno. His reputation precedes him but she quickly discovers there is so much more to him than what you see on the surface. He manages to wiggle his way into her life despite her efforts to keep him at a distance. As Maggie starts to open up she realizes how much she needs someone like Vince in her life. They form a connection like no other and it has her reconsidering everything.



My Review:



I thought that this book Sublime Wreckage was a beautiful and heartbreaking read. The author Charlene Zapata pulled many different  feelings in this book.  It made me laugh, cry, and smile.

Maggie Wilson is not your typical teenager, she has been though and seen way to much at such a young age, yet her passion for life is still so strong. I thought that  Charlene Zapata did a wonderful  job writing this Maggie's character. Though there were times that I definitely wanted to shake her.

Vincent Moreno is the perfect guy, well at least to me he was.  I really enjoyed the relationship between Maggie and Vince in this book. I love that they were friends first and that they really worked on their friendship instead of just going into a  relationship with each other. I thought it  made the story that much more beautiful and  more believable.

I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to see where these characters go and how they mature. I can't wait to read the next one. Though for me it will have to wait until the beginning of the next year to read the next book. I give this book 4 Out of 5 Stars and would definitely recommend it!!!






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Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author Charlene Zapata for my honest review. The opinions in this post are 100% of my own and may differ from others.

Infinite Fear (Scared SeriesNovella) {Book Review}

Title: Infinite Fear (Scared Series Novella)

Author: Jacqueline Abrahams

Genre: New Adult

Book Description:

Spending his days drunk and his nights high, priding himself on his perfection of the one night stand, Jackson Jones has hit rock bottom. He is caught in a vicious cycle, spiraling downwards, at war with a formidable opponent: himself.

Life for Jackson wasn't always like this. At eighteen, he thought he had it all: a beautiful girlfriend who he loved, good friends, and even better grades that would help him get into any college he chose. But one event changed everything, and now his bright future has all but disappeared completely.

With some help from an old friend and a sexy, mysterious woman, will Jackson be able to find the closure he needs to move on from his past and reclaim his future? Can he shut his demons out, for good? Or will he remain stuck in a cycle of Infinite Fear?

My Review:

                        This is the first book that I have read from this author and the first book in the Scared Series. The author Jacqueline Abrahams takes a different approach in writing this novella for the start of this series. And writes it in the lead male character Jackson's POV, instead of writing it in a female POV. Which was refreshing change for once in a story.

       This book starts off kind of sad and I feel for Jackson, I really do. The author really brings out the emotions that Jackson is feeling in this book. It also showed that Jackson was not from the right side of the tracks and probably lived a life harder than most had.

      There were a couple of downsides to this story though I kind of felt like I was missing some back story. I felt like that even though this was a novella and the author was trying to introduce us, and let us get to know Jackson's character. That there was just something missing a little bit. Like the story started jumping into another story, oh boy I'm not explaining that well enough. I mean obviously there's a lot to these character's backgrounds. Though throughout the story we did get some answers to some of the things in this story.

      I would give this story 4 Out of 5 Stars just cause I like this series and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the New Adult genre.


                                          You can now purchase Infinite Fear on Amazon

                       You can find out more about author Jacqueline Abrahams and her books on her Website . You can also follow her on Facebook, Twitter and also on Goodreads

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Love Between the Sheets for my honest review. The opinions in this post are 100% of my own and may differ from others.

Scared of Beautiful (Scared Series) {Book Review}

Title: Scared of Beautiful (Scared Series)

Author: Jacqueline Abrahams

Genre: New Adult

Book Description:

Maia wants to be free. Free from the social obligations, free from the money, free from the control that her privileged upbringing has taken from her life. And at college, she wants to be unseen, unheard, unnoticed.


Jackson's life has been less than perfect since his high school girlfriend took the back door out of his life, permanently. After years of subscribing to an existence of less than gentlemanly behaviour, he decides to man up and go to college, promising to be done with random hook ups and female drama.


They had it all worked out, each one had a plan.


At least they did...until they met.


Together they run from everything; from life, from happiness, from each other. They are two people both so scared; of heartbreak, of repeating past mistakes, of trusting someone else. Two people simply scared of beautiful...

My Review:

This was the second book that I have read by this author. I thought that Maia was a likable character. She comes from a life of privilege in which money has never been a concern. Unfortunately that life has come at the price of having to live with a father who abuses her mother and really wants to have little to do with her. She’s left her parents Manhattan home, with money of her own due to an inheritance from her grandparents. I think  she is a independent woman, able to live a life free of the things that have restrained her for so long.

We get to see Jackson again in this story, it starts off a year after we left him in Infinite Fear. Where he seems to have turned his life around. He is friends with some unsavory characters that just don’t seem to understand that his acceptance to Brown is a chance at a new life. He does show up at Brown though with a large chip on his shoulder.

While I have seen this storyline time and time again, I think that the author Jacqueline Abrahams  puts a different spin on it, making the storyline fresh and engaging. The secrets that both Maia and Jackson are keeping make for some interesting plot turns that will keep you interested.

I found that Scared of Beautiful is an emotional journey of finding oneself and finding love along the way. Despite their differences, mostly socio-economic, Jackson and Maia are able to shrug off the societal mores that are expected of them. This is a quick, easy read that fans of New Adult.

I would give this story 4 Out of 5 Stars and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading the New Adult genre.

                               You can purchase Scared of Beautiful on Amazon

      You can find out more about author Jacqueline Abrahams and her books on her Website. You can also follow her on Facebook, Twitter and on Goodreads.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Love Between the Sheets for my honest review. The opinions in this post are 100% my own and may differ from others.

Scared of Forever (Scared Series) {Book Review}

Title: Scared of Forever (Scared Series)

Author: Jacqueline Abrahams

Genre: New Adult

Book Description:

Every lie, no matter how small, has some degree of truth.

Five months after moving to New York City, Emily is engaged to Blake Carson, future doctor and the man who she believes to be the love of her life. Until she starts to realize that the foundation upon which she’s building her future is based on a series of Blake’s self-serving lies.

Blake can’t let her go. He can’t continue to deceive Emily, either. But Blake’s biggest problem is that he has to maintain the life he has become accustomed to, at any cost. And that means keeping his overbearing mother happy, and keeping Emily ignorant.

Tyler Carson left New York City two years ago, happy to leave behind all of the Carson family drama. Until he comes home and meets Emily. Falling in love with his brother’s fiancée was easy. Protecting her from his family was necessary. Leaving her was almost impossible, knowing that he was breaking her heart, and his own.

Finding solace in her friendship with Tyler, Emily is forced to face the reality that Blake is not the man she thought he was. But neither is Tyler, the friend who gave her the clarity she needed, and then left her alone to pick up the shattered pieces of her life. Heartbroken and deserted, Emily has had enough of the Carson brothers.

But sometimes, love is not that which sends us soaring, but that which keeps us grounded. Can Emily ever bring herself to love another Carson completely?

Secrets, lies and lust-filled nights, all in the name of the screwed-up pursuit of happily ever after, Scared of Forever is the second novel in the Scared Series, which features characters from Scared of Beautiful, but can be read as a standalone

My Review:

I thought Emily was the kind of girl who just needed to get away from everything she known,  and been through. So Emily packed up and left for the Big Apple. What she didn’t expect, was that life in New York wasn’t what it was all made up to be, until she met Blake.

I thought that Blake was your typical high profile socialite, a guy any girl would dream of. He is handsome and a doctor.  With the lifestyle Blake has been living, is the type where he got anything he wanted, especially women. But behind the limelight, Blake was possessive and pressured by the demands of his mother and in order to continue to live his lavish lifestyle, he must appease her demands.

I think that Scared of Forever, is probably the best in the Scared Series so far. The author has written a heartfelt, compelling romance novel, that will give you goose bumps and make you wanting more. I think that the  characters were very relatable.

 I give this book 4 Out of 5 Stars and  would recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading new adult romance novels, it’s an easy read and you definitely will not be disappointed! I can’t wait for the next book!


                                   You can now purchase Scared of Forever on Amazon

                You can find out more about the author Jacqueline Abrahams and her books on her Website. You can also follow her on Facebook , Twitter and also on Goodreads


Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book from Love Between the Sheets for my honest review. The opinions in this post are 100% of my own and may differ from others.

Melissa Fosters Street Team Giveaway

     So happy to be sharing this news. I'm a huge fan of author Melissa Foster's and this morning when I woke up I found out she was starting a Street Team. So I of course jumped right on that and joined. Now you can too.

 

 

Huge Giveaway from NYT & USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Melissa Foster

To help celebrate the release of her newest Romance, bestselling author, Melissa Foster, has created a fun Street Team for readers of her books and lovers of the Romance genre. As part of this launch, she will be giving away lots of prizes—and I mean lots. From chocolate gift baskets to autographed books to super swag, she will be giving away more than 20 prizes, and as many as 520!

If the Street Team reaches 500 members by Monday, December 22, every single member will score an Advance Review Copy of her upcoming novel, Seaside Secrets. That means that you can enjoy the newly released Seaside Sunsets and then immediately read the next installment in the series. Pretty cool, huh?

Not in the mood to join the team? Not a problem! You can still enter the Rafflecopter contest for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card and autographed book.

Now that I know you’re excited, read on to learn more about Melissa’s Street Team and her newest release, Seaside Sunsets.

 

About Melissa’s Street Team

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*SEASIDE SUNSETS WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS’ BEST ROMANCE BOOKS OF DECEMBER 2014

For the first time since developing the second largest search engine in the world, billionaire Jamie Reed is taking the summer off. He plans to work from the Cape and spend time with his elderly grandmother--and falling in love is not in his plans.

From the moment Jamie and Jessica meet, the attraction is white-hot. Once-overly-focused Jamie can think of little else than sensual, smart, and alluring Jessica, and Jessica discovers a side of herself she never knew existed. But when Jamie's business encounters trouble and his attorney and best friend intervenes, he proves that the blond beauty is too distracting for Jamie. To make matters worse, it appears that Jessica might not be who she says she is, turning Jamie's life--and his heart--upside down. In a world where personal information is always one click away, Jamie must decide if he should trust his heart or watch the woman he loves walk away

Recommended for readers aged 18+

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Scared of Forever Release Blitz & Giveaway

 

Title: Scared of Forever (Scared, #2)

Author: Jacqueline Abrahams

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: December 14, 2014

 

 

Blurb

 

Every lie, no matter how small, has some degree of truth. Five months after moving to New York City, Emily is engaged to Blake Carson, future doctor and the man who she believes to be the love of her life. Until she starts to realize that the foundation upon which she’s building her future is based on a series of Blake’s self-serving lies.

  Blake can’t let her go. He can’t continue to deceive Emily, either. But Blake’s biggest problem is that he has to maintain the life he has become accustomed to, at any cost. And that means keeping his overbearing mother happy, and keeping Emily ignorant. Tyler Carson left New York City two years ago, happy to leave behind all of the Carson family drama. Until he comes home and meets Emily.

Falling in love with his brother’s fiancée was easy. Protecting her from his family was necessary. Leaving her was almost impossible, knowing that he was breaking her heart, and his own. Finding solace in her friendship with Tyler, Emily is forced to face the reality that Blake is not the man she thought he was. But neither is Tyler, the friend who gave her the clarity she needed, and then left her alone to pick up the shattered pieces of her life.

 Heartbroken and deserted, Emily has had enough of the Carson brothers. But sometimes, love is not that which sends us soaring, but that which keeps us grounded. Can Emily ever bring herself to love another Carson completely? Secrets, lies and lust-filled nights, all in the name of the screwed-up pursuit of happily ever after, Scared of Forever is the second novel in the Scared Series, which features characters from Scared of Beautiful, but can be read as a standalone.  

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Scared of Forever (Scared, #2)

 

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Infinite Fear - A Novella (Scared #0.5)

 

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Scared of Beautiful (Scared #1)

 

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Excerpt

 

Emily

 

Tyler offers me an absolutely angelic and innocent smile. His warm eyes silently attest to the sincerity of his words as he eyes me expectantly. He walks over to the passenger side of the Jeep and opens the door with exaggerated grandeur, sweeping a hand across his midline elegantly.

“That’s a bit of a lost art,” I say as I climb up the high step into the seat, thankful that I’d opted for ballet flats and jeans.

“What is?” Tyler asks as he hops into the driver’s seat.

“Gentlemanly behavior. Chivalry. I don’t know when, if ever, anybody has opened my door for me,” I say, slightly ashamed that as a woman, I hadn’t demanded better treatment.

“Well, strap yourself in, princess. Today is gonna be a day of amazing first times.” Tyler shoots me a cheeky grin, before turning the key in the ignition.

“Is it too late to change my mind?” I laugh, playfully grabbing for the door handle.

“Yup. You’re now my willing prisoner,” he says solemnly before taking off.

Tyler drives us carefully out of the city. The rain clouds that had opened up above the city seem to be moving in the opposite direction now. The further away we drive, the clearer the sky becomes, the ratio of blue to grey skewing more as the road widens from narrow city streets to open country roads.

“Where are we going?” I ask. The drive seems to be infinite.

“Do you trust me?” Tyler asks.

“Should I? I barely even know you.”

“Trusting the people you know can sometimes be even worse than trusting the ones you don’t,” Tyler says quietly.

“What does that mean?” I ask nervously. Does he mean Blake? Eliza?

“Forget it,” Tyler says.

“I don’t particularly want to ruin the day by talking about all that heavy shit. We’re nearly there.”

“Why are you being so nice to someone you barely know?” I ask, looking towards Tyler, who is focusing intently on the road ahead.

“Do I need a reason to be a nice guy?” He shoots me with a charming smile. His brow furrows as he averts his eyes back to the road.

 “You can tell me if you’re uncomfortable with any of this. We can go straight back. I’d understand, I mean, you haven’t known me all that long.”

“Not at all,” I say sincerely.

Fact is, I feel more comfortable and safer in Tyler’s company than I did with Blake last night. I roll the window down and inhale the salty ocean air that wafts in. Leaning forward to look past Tyler, I see, between the tall oak trees that flank the road, the vast, sapphire blue sea. The sun has even decided to make an appearance from beyond the grey, ominous clouds.

“Wow,” I breathe.

“Welcome to the Hamptons,” Tyler says jovially.

“I thought you hated all things high society, and you decide to bring me to the summer playground of New York’s rich and famous?” I question, confused.

“We’re not going to hang out with the rich and famous. Besides, it isn’t society season. The only people here now are those who actually live here,” he explains. We continue to drive, beyond the sprawling mansions with their impossibly green lawns, perfectly manicured and lined with tall evergreen fir trees.

“That’s Eliza’s summer house,” Tyler says, pointing to a majestic stone mansion nestled between two long stretches of sand, and backing directly onto the white sandy beach.

“Holy shit!” I exclaim.

 “I think that place is bigger than my whole home town!” Tyler just laughs.

“I take it you’ve never been inside it then. It’s full of space and echoes.” We drive right past it, until the road becomes narrower and declines steeply, the Jeep’s tires picking up the rocks and sand from the dirt track and flinging them backwards relentlessly.

Tyler handles the car amazingly well, navigating and steering carefully over the now very thin road until we arrive at a much smaller, yet still expansive, weatherboard cottage. The white framed windows look positively striking against the dark beige paint of the exterior. A picketed wraparound balcony encases the obviously abandoned house.

“We’re here,” Tyler says happily. He parks the car and hops quickly from his seat, jogging around to open my door. I take a step out and stare in awe at the sight before me. The beach stretches out for miles. Immediately ahead, a makeshift fence has been created between the house and the sand from old pieces of hardwood, pickets and thin wire. The sun casts a luminous sparkle against the rising tide...  

About the Author

 

Jacqueline Abrahams is the author alter ego for an ordinary mum to three children (two human and one canine) and wife to one husband. Born in South Africa, she now calls Sydney, Australia her home. A collector all things books and bookish, she in an avid reader and has a tiny obsession with filling bookshelves. When she's not preoccupied wearing her aspiring author or mummy hat, she is working her way towards completing a degree in Primary and Secondary Teaching (with an English major of course!)
 

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