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Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Release Blitz: Thirty Days: Part Two by BT Urruela

 
 
 


Title: Thirty Days: Part Two
Author: BT Urruela
Cover Design: Cassy Roop / Pink Ink Designs
Formatter: Champagne Formats
Editor: Jenn Wood / All About the Edits
Release Date: May 9, 2017

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A week into his thirty day challenge, Gavin has unexpectedly found himself interested in two women he's met through the SwipeDate app. As he continues with his best friend Bobby's twenty-five thousand dollar proposition, he finds himself drawn to both Sami and Megan, each unique and intriguing in her own way. While interest grows with the two of them, he's becoming increasingly annoyed by the daily first dates, and the disruption they've brought to his life. Despite the annoyance, Gavin finally sees progress in his recovery from mental illness and discovers a hope he hasn't felt in years. An unexpected run-in with his past will test this newfound hope and threaten to crush the foundation he's worked so hard to build. Can Gavin find the balance he yearns for, and a woman to love, while the circumstances he's struggling with are still so fragile and raw? Find out in Thirty Days: Part Two
Haven’t read Thirty Days: Part One yet? One-click now to catch up!
**Also Available on Kindle Unlimited**
 

 
 

THIRTY DAYS: PART ONE

 

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Gavin is a struggling writer with a complicated past, who's reeling from the loss of the only woman he's ever loved. More than a year after the breakup, he's still suffering major heartbreak and a serious case of writer's block. In an attempt to help him out of his funk, Gavin's best friend and fellow writer, Bobby, sets up an account for him on the new dating app SwipeDate. After a few unsuccessful dates, Bobby challenges him to thirty more dates in thirty days. If Gavin can complete the challenge, Bobby will give him a check for twenty-five thousand dollars.
Does Gavin have what it takes to complete the challenge? Or will the trials and tribulations of modern dating prove to be too much?
Find out in Thirty Days...

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


 
 
BT URRUELA was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the novel 'A Lover's Lament’ with author KL Grayson in 2015. He released his first solo novel, 'Into the Nothing' in June 2016, ‘Wicked Little Words’ with author Stevie J. Cole in October 2016, ‘Alphas & Fairytales: A New Year’s Eve Anthology’ and ‘Into the Blood’ in December 2016 and ‘Thirty Days: Part One’ in February 2017. He lives in Tampa with his dogs, Kiko and Scout, and is writing full-time. (Author photo by Christopher John / CJC Photography)

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Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Cover Reveal: Thirty Days: Part Two (A SwipeDate Novella) by BT Urruela


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Thirty Days: Part Two (A SwipeDate Novella)
By BT Urruela
Release Date: May 9, 2017


Cover Design by Cover Design by: Cassy Roop / Pink Ink Designs

 
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A week into his thirty day challenge, Gavin has unexpectedly found himself interested in two women he's met through the SwipeDate app. As he continues with his best friend Bobby's twenty-five thousand dollar proposition, he finds himself drawn to both Sami and Megan, each unique and intriguing in her own way. While interest grows with the two of them, he's becoming increasingly annoyed by the daily first dates, and the disruption they've brought to his life.


Despite the annoyance, Gavin finally sees progress in his recovery from mental illness and discovers a hope he hasn't felt in years. An unexpected run-in with his past will test this newfound hope and threaten to crush the foundation he's worked so hard to build. Can Gavin find the balance he yearns for, and a woman to love, while the circumstances he's struggling with are still so fragile and raw?


Find out in Thirty Days: Part Two
 
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Haven’t read Thirty Days: Part One yet? One-click now to catch up!
**Also available on Kindle Unlimited**

Thirty Days: Part One (A SwipeDate Novella)
by BT Urruela
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Cover Design by: Cassy Roop / Pink Ink Designs


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Gavin is a struggling writer with a complicated past, who’s reeling from the loss of the only woman he’s ever loved. More than a year after the breakup, he’s still suffering major heartbreak and a serious case of writer’s block. In an attempt to help him out of his funk, Gavin’s best friend and fellow writer, Bobby, sets up an account for him on the new dating app SwipeDate.


After a few unsuccessful dates, Bobby challenges him to thirty more dates in thirty days. If Gavin can complete the challenge, Bobby will give him a check for twenty-five thousand dollars.


Does Gavin have what it takes to complete the challenge? Or will the trials and tribulations of modern dating prove to be too much?


Find out in Thirty Days…



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
BT URRUELA was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the novel 'A Lover's Lament’ with author KL Grayson in 2015. He released his first solo novel, 'Into the Nothing' in June 2016, ‘Wicked Little Words’ with author Stevie J. Cole in October 2016, ‘Alphas & Fairytales: A New Year’s Eve Anthology’ and ‘Into the Blood’ in December 2016 and ‘Thirty Days: Part One’ in February 2017. He lives in Tampa with his dogs, Kiko and Scout, and is writing full-time. (Author photo by Christopher John / CJC Photography)

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Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Release Blitz: Thirty Days - Part One by BT Urruela

 
Title: Thirty Days - Part One
Author: BT Urruela

Cover Design: Cassy Roop / Pink Ink Designs
Release Date: February 28, 2017
 
 

ADD TO GOODREADS


Gavin is a struggling writer with a complicated past, who's reeling from the loss of the only woman he's ever loved. More than a year after the breakup, he's still suffering major heartbreak and a serious case of writer's block. In an attempt to help him out of his funk, Gavin's best friend and fellow writer, Bobby, sets up an account for him on the new dating app SwipeDate. After a few unsuccessful dates, Bobby challenges him to thirty more dates in thirty days. If Gavin can complete the challenge, Bobby will give him a check for twenty-five thousand dollars.
Does Gavin have what it takes to complete the challenge? Or will the trials and tribulations of modern dating prove to be too much?
Find out in thirty days...
WARNING: This is Part One of Gavin’s story, so it does end in a cliffhanger
   

EXCERPT


"While I told Dr. Thresher the dream comes but a few times a month, it’s more like a couple times a week. Only instead, the man, or ‘mystery savior’ as I like to call him, never comes to my rescue in the dream. He never hops off his bike and climbs over the barrier and onto the ledge himself. He never talks to me about his own battle with depression, his abusive father, his ugly divorce. He doesn’t convince me to give life another go.
Instead, I jump. And unlike what many go their whole lives believing, I do die in my dreams. I do feel the nerve-rattling fall that seems like forever. And I feel the concrete like water as my skull splits against it.
I smoke a few bowls of Mary Jane to hinder the onslaught of feelings, confusion and desperation the dream always brings. It’s a time I’m not proud of, in a situation I never saw myself in, without an ounce of strength to deal with it all. I’m thrilled to be out of it. I’m even more thrilled to know, in my heart of hearts, that I’ll never be there again… never… but it doesn’t mean I’m not still affected by it all. If only we could erase those heart thrashing memories of our past. If only Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was based on reality. I’d erase every last one of them. I’d get along through life just like everyone else; content and without worry. I know others suffer too. But I also know, regardless of all that, depression doesn’t give two shits about any of it. It doesn’t give a fuck about how your peers are getting along, or whatever the fuck it says in the latest self-help book you’re reading. It only cares about you… and how it can tear you apart bit by fucking bit."
 
 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


BT URRUELA was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the novel 'A Lover's Lament’ with author KL Grayson in 2015. He released his first solo novel, 'Into the Nothing' in June 2016, ‘Wicked Little Words’ with author Stevie J. Cole in October 2016, ‘Alphas & Fairytales: A New Year’s Eve Anthology’ and ‘Into the Blood’ in December 2016. He lives in Tampa with his dogs, Kiko and Scout, and is writing full-time. (Author photo by Christopher John / CJC Photography)
 

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Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Release Day + #Giveaway: Into the Blood by BT Urruela






Into the Blood by BT Urruela

Book 2 in The Broken Outlaw Series

 
 
RELEASE: December 20, 2016
 
 
 
PHOTOGRAPHER: @FuriousFotog



Being released from prison, Xander Evans needs to find the sister he hasn’t seen in years. She holds the key to healing a past he hasn’t come to terms with. That desire has him making the difficult decision of leaving Paige behind. When he discovers just how much trouble Gabriela is in, he fears even he can’t help her survive.
After an ugly separation from the Army, Gabriela Michaels fell in with the wrong crowd. With a drug deal gone wrong, she now has a month to pay back more money than she ever could… or see her life come to a swift end.
Her former flame, Shane Presley, must unite a band of Broken Outlaws to save the woman he’s always loved.
 
 
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About the Author

BT Urruela is a combat wounded amputee, Purple Heart recipient, contemporary author who has written both independent and traditionally published books. He is a USA Today Bestselling Author of ‘A Lover’s Lament’ which he co-wrote with KL Grayson. He is a RARE under 40 award recipient, Rockwood Summit High School and Rockwood School District Hall of Fame inductee, Co-founder and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, Ambassador for Tampa Sports Academy, People Magazine Tribute for Heroes winner, Cover Model, Motivational Speaker and Philanthropist.
He released his first solo novel, 'Into the Nothing' Summer 2016 ‘Wicked Little Words’ with author Stevie J. Cole, Halloween 2016 and is releasing an Anthology, Alphas & Fairytales: A New Year’s Eve Anthology, on December 19, 2016 with proceeds benefiting VETSports. He lives in Tampa with his dogs, Kiko and Scout and is writing full-time.

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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Blog Tour: Excerpt + Review: Into the Nothing by BT Urruela

 

Title: Into the Nothing
Series: Broken Outlaw #1
Author: BT Urruela
Release Date: June 21, 2016
 
 
 



 
 
Xander Evans has been on the road for many years. Never settling. Always moving from one place to another, unable to let go of his past. He lived a tragic childhood, spending most of those years in foster care. He's never felt like he's had a home. That is until he stops in the small town of Truman Valley, Missouri, where he meets a woman who will change everything he's ever known.
 
Paige Watson has it all. A loving family, beautiful home, and a great career. The only thing she's missing....is love. After escaping an abusive relationship, she opens her heart up to a stranger. He is unlike any man she's ever met. He came into her life and turned it completely upside down. Everything is perfect. That is, until one fateful night. 
 
A night that would tear the Watson family apart, never to be put back together again. 
 
A night that would send Xander away to prison for life.
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
"How about twenty questions?" I ask.
 
"I hate twenty questions."
 
"How about five questions, then?"
 
He cracks a smile and lifts an eyebrow. "How about three?"
 
"Deal!"
 
"So, have I mentioned how much I fucking hate Tuesdays?" Brandi's voice cuts right between us. Xander looks relieved.
 
Me? Not so much. "Damn it, Brandi!"
 
"What?"
 
"Oh nothing. Can you grab me Fireball though? Pretty please. Two of them." I look at Xander. "You're taking one."
 
"Three. I am too, bitch! Fuck Tuesdays!" Brandi calls out from across the bar as she begins filling the shot glasses from the Fireball chiller.
 
"Question one. You said you’ve been traveling for a while now, right? Do you ever get tired of it? Ever feel like settling?”
 
"Damn. Starting out with the heavy hitters, huh?" He eyes the shot glasses as if hoping it will somehow make them fill faster.
 
"Need me to go easier on you? Maybe a finger or two first before I go in with the whole fist?"
 
He looks at me in disbelief. "Did you really just say that?"
 
"Just answer the question, two fingers or three?"
 
 
 

REVIEW


I was extremely excited to read this book, but I never imagined to be sucked so deeply into this story, with its suspenseful highs and lows, dark twists and raw emotion.


The prologue set up the rest of the story beautifully, with Urruela giving just enough away to snag my attention. I had to know who Xander really was, the details behind the dreadful event that had lead him to this point in his life, and whether or not he was truly innocent.


I loved getting to know each character, and as the story developed so my intrigue grew. I kept looking at certain characters, trying to figure out who was the real perp. It was something that was always at the back of my mind, even as Xander and Paige grew closer, as their relationship blossomed into something more, something real.


Xander was a complex man. With a disturbing start to life that ultimately led him on this journey, his past still haunted him each step of the way. However, he still came off as a well-rounded guy, respectful, sweet and even a little shy, especially when it came to his hidden talent. He wasn’t a complete pushover, though – he was just a real man, flawed but endearing in so many ways, and I couldn’t help caring for him. The same goes for Paige and her family. They were fun and so full of life, genuine people who made you feel welcome, even as a stranger, and it was quite the honor spending a few hours in their company. My heart was wrenched from my chest when tragedy struck and their lives were turned upside down.


Although this book had its dark moments, it also had an ease about it that made it flow right off the page. It was a reminder that there is light in the darkness…you just have to have faith. This was a spectacular read.





 
 
BT Urruela was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the military romance novel A Lover's Lament and will be releasing his debut solo novel, Into the Nothing, on June 21st, 2016.
 
 
 

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Release Blitz: Excerpt + Review: Into the Nothing by BT Urruela

 

Title: Into the Nothing
Series: Broken Outlaw #1
Author: BT Urruela
Release Date: June 21, 2016
 
 


 
 

 
 
Xander Evans has been on the road for many years. Never settling. Always moving from one place to another, unable to let go of his past. He lived a tragic childhood, spending most of those years in foster care. He's never felt like he's had a home. That is until he stops in the small town of Truman Valley, Missouri, where he meets a woman who will change everything he's ever known.
 
Paige Watson has it all. A loving family, beautiful home, and a great career. The only thing she's missing....is love. After escaping an abusive relationship, she opens her heart up to a stranger. He is unlike any man she's ever met. He came into her life and turned it completely upside down. Everything is perfect. That is, until one fateful night. 
 
A night that would tear the Watson family apart, never to be put back together again. 
 
A night that would send Xander away to prison for life.
 
 

 
 
 
 



 
 
"He was over here for like five hours last night drinking and talking with Dad. You think I like him? My dad's in love. And the way he didn’t hesitate to put Benji in his place, I just think Dad’s got a good feeling about him."
 
"Shit, I've got a good feeling about him too... and it's in my panties." She laughs and motions toward her crotch. "If I had been working and saw him do that to Benji's fat ass, I would've let him fuck me right on top of the bar…and I would’ve let everyone watch."
 
"Brandi!"
 
"I'm serious. Fuck it!”
 
"You're ridiculous."
 
"Paige, don't tell me you didn't notice that anaconda stuffed into his jeans?"
 
"What?! What the fuck are you talking about? Anaconda? I wasn't looking at his damn jeans." I laugh, finding it hard to not to love this girl who has become like a sister to me. She's the craziest bitch I know, but she's got my back no matter what. She's had it since day one.
 
"Why wouldn’t you look at his jeans? That’s where his dick is!”

 
 


REVIEW


I was extremely excited to read this book, but I never imagined to be sucked so deeply into this story, with its suspenseful highs and lows, dark twists and raw emotion.

The prologue set up the rest of the story beautifully, with Urruela giving just enough away to snag my attention. I had to know who Xander really was, the details behind the dreadful event that had lead him to this point in his life, and whether or not he was truly innocent.

I loved getting to know each character, and as the story developed so my intrigue grew. I kept looking at certain characters, trying to figure out who was the real perp. It was something that was always at the back of my mind, even as Xander and Paige grew closer, as their relationship blossomed into something more, something real.

Xander was a complex man. With a disturbing start to life that ultimately led him on this journey, his past still haunted him each step of the way. However, he still came off as a well-rounded guy, respectful, sweet and even a little shy, especially when it came to his hidden talent. He wasn’t a complete pushover, though – he was just a real man, flawed but endearing in so many ways, and I couldn’t help caring for him. The same goes for Paige and her family. They were fun and so full of life, genuine people who made you feel welcome, even as a stranger, and it was quite the honor spending a few hours in their company. My heart was wrenched from my chest when tragedy struck and their lives were turned upside down.

Although this book had its dark moments, it also had an ease about it that made it flow right off the page. It was a reminder that there is light in the darkness…you just have to have faith. This was a spectacular read.




 
 
BT Urruela was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the military romance novel A Lover's Lament and will be releasing his debut solo novel, Into the Nothing, on June 21st, 2016.
 
 
 




 
 




 
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