Wednesday 30 April 2014

Review + #Giveaway: Fire of Stars and Dragons by Melissa Petreshock




FIRE OF STARS AND DRAGONS
By Melissa A. Petreshock
 

 

New Adult Romance
Releasing April 2014
http://www.myswoonromance.com/
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ILMKZEU/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00ILMKZEU&linkCode=as2&tag=zarahoff-20
 

 
Following the death of her vampire uncle, twenty-one-year-old CAITRIONA HAYDEN finds herself in the midst of a trio of quintessential alpha male suitors in 22nd century sovereign America where human females should be seen and not heard.


Theo Pendragon claims her as his ward, ordained to guard her through to a long-awaited destiny unbeknownst to Cait, but finds more than he expected when passion ignites within the dragon for the first time. Always drawn to the pursuit of knowledge rather than the heat of desire, powerful demigod Dante cannot deny everything his future holds in Caitriona. America's monarch, ancient vampire Corrin, has no interest in the frivolity of love, yet marrying Cait could be the answer to his continued survival.

Soon, Cait goes from studying for college exams to choosing a husband in seven days, knowing the consequences are eternal, the love undying, and the bond timeless.

 
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18685332-fire-of-stars-and-dragons?from_search=true


REVIEW


This book was amazing in EVERY way! I loved every second spent within the pages of this exciting, adventure-filled story.

The more I read this book, the more I was reminded of Laurell K Hamilton’s Merry Gentry Series. With an enthralling mix of characters that will each capture your heart, even the more devious ones. Who would have ever thought of putting together a girl with a supernatural destiny – a higher calling, a demigod, a vampire king, and a brethren of dragon guards. Well, this is what you can expect from this book and so much more.

I have to mention Cait’s three suitors, because not only did they play such a major part in her life, the story is told from each of their POV’s as well as Cait’s, which only added to the excitement of this story. It was like getting into the mind of each pivotal character and learning all of their desires and fears.

Of course, Theo was just to die for. Drop dead gorgeous crazy dragon that he was. There was something very exceptional about him and it made him stand out from every other male character in this story. He was all sexy, smoldering, mouthwatering deliciousness and I could not get enough of him. I will admit, I’m a little jealous of Cait! But there was so much more to him, and I cannot wait for more of him. I loved that this bad ass dragon was an origami enthusiast. It just went against everything he seemed to be.

Dante was sweet, but he just didn’t stand out all that much. He was very protective of Cait and he would do just about anything for her, but he didn’t seem to fit her feistiness.

Corrin, well now, where do I begin? I didn’t like him at first, and just when I started to warm to his oddness he went all maniacal vampire and killed any fondness I held for him. But, towards the end, I felt like I really started to see the real Corrin. He was crazy, but his vulnerability showed through more and more and I couldn’t help feeling something for him.

Cait was kickass. She did not conform to tradition and broke all the rules, and that was even before anyone realized just how special she was. I loved that she spoke her mind. She was also compassionate, and sweet, and I cannot wait to see where her destiny leads her.

This book has to be one of the most exciting new reads in this genre that I have read in a long time. Fresh and unique while incorporating everything I love about paranormal romances. I was enthralled and am highly anticipating reading more of Cait’s story.



 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Melissa lives on a small farm in rural Kentucky with her genius husband, exceptional children, and their feline overlords. When not inhaling or exhaling words, she subsists on unnatural doses of coffee, sarcasm, and music. To date, no dragons have been found in the woods surrounding her house, but she continues to hold out hope.


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Playlist + #Giveaway: Slowly We Trust by Chelsea M. Cameron #99cents #SALE




 
 
SLOWLY WE TRUST 
by Chelsea M. Cameron
April 24th, 2014
New Adult Contemporary Romance 
 

Audrey Valdez didn’t mean to fall for Will Anders. He isn’t her type. At all. But his goofy smile, Star Wars quotes and athletic body make it impossible. She's lived so long in the darkness and Will is like the sun. He makes her laugh more than she has in years and cares for her more than her own family.



But there are things about Audrey that Will doesn't know, things he can't know. She tries to push him away, but he just ends up getting closer to her, and to her secret. Is the risk of losing him forever worth the chance a being with the only person she's ever loved who has loved her back?
 
 
 
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On Top of the World- Imagine Dragons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tWYmIOWGk

 


 

Star Wars Medley- Lindsey Stirling and Peter Hollens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awnV0YyImDs

 


 

Better Dig Two- The Band Perry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIdCo_QAz_E

 

Stand By Your Man- Tammy Wynette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew

 


 

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Follow Your Arrow- Kacey Musgraves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ8xqyoZXCc

 
 

SERIES Buy Links 

DEEPER WE FALL (Book #1)


FASTER WE BURN (Book #2) 


SLOWLY WE TRUST 
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.

Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn (April 20, 2013)

Her Young Adult books include Nocturnal, Nightmare and Neither, the first three books in The Noctalis Chronicles. The fourth and final book, Neverend will be out in 2013. Whisper, the first in The Whisper Trilogy is also available, with the second book in the series, Silence and the final book, LIsten coming out in 2014.


Meet Van Ransom from Caisey Quinn's Last Second Chance #LASTSECONDCHANCE

 
 

 
MEET VAN

BIO
Twenty-six year old lead singer and guitar player for Hostage for Ransom. Currently residing at The Second Chance Ranch rehabilitation facility in Dallas, TX. He is originally from New York but lives in LA when he's not on the road with his band. 

LIKES 
Bourbon and brunettes. And blondes. And redheads. 

DISLIKES 
Anyone or anything that gets in his way. 

VICES 
Whatever drowns out the painful memories of his past. 

INK 
A black-winged angel on his back. A full sleeve on one arm depicting the path that led him to music.    A small cross below his left thumb. And some more, um, intimate ink in places you have to discover for yourself. 


 
VAN RANSOM
 
 
 
EXCERPT 
 
“Damn you taste good, cowgirl,” he told her once she’d ridden out the remaining violent waves of ecstasy. “Here, taste.” Ignoring her wide eyes, he pressed his mouth to hers and lashed his tongue inside. He knew the sugared honey that was her arousal flared her desire because she clamped her legs around him and gripped his biceps hard enough to hurt. The way she dug her fingers in, as if she were holding onto him for dear life, made him ache to be inside her.
“Made up your mind yet?”
She pulled back from their kiss, still panting enough to make his entire life. “About?”
“Whether or not you believe the rumors. About me. Be honest.”
An impish grin lifted her lips. “Well, I can say with absolute certainty that you are, in fact, a madman.”
“That’s what they tell me, sweetheart.” He brushed his lips softly against hers to show her that, even as crazed as he was, madman or not, he could be gentle too—if that’s what she needed.
“Van…I need you,” she breathed. “Soon.”
The plea soothed every open wound he’d nursed for as long as he could remember. She needed him. And unlike the last woman who’d needed him, the one he’d failed miserably, he would be what Stella Jo Chandler needed. He would keep this one safe.
“You’ll have me. Soon. We’ll just have to be careful. I don’t want to cost you your job, cowgirl.”
She nodded. His eyes met hers and he saw it. She trusted him completely.
He would be worthy of that trust. Of her.
Or so help him, he’d cut out his own damn heart. 


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Book Blitz: Excerpt + #Giveaway: Spark by Bambi Bellamy


 


Spark by Bambi Bellamy 

Publication date: April 15th 2014
Genres: Adult, Erotica, Romance


 
WARNING: Spark contains sexy neighbors who love getting it on… with each other. Graphic language and sex scenes abound. Be advised, this is no sweet romance. Contains hard pumping and ridiculous sexual situations and scenes to make your toes curl. If you can finish Spark without getting hot and bothered, I would check for a pulse. 18+ only!

Newlyweds Violet and Hunter are new in PussyWillow Falls, and they’re loving it.

Everything is beautiful, including the people.

Things heat up FAST when Violet satisfies her husband while they both watch a menage a trois over the fence going on in their neighbors backyard.

But, when the mailman, the paper boy and all the neighbors come calling for a piece of the Violet and Hunter action, was PussyWillow Falls a swinging paradise, or a swinging hell?
 
 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21795495-spark?ac=1

http://www.amazon.com/Spark-Novella-PussyWillow-Swingers-Paradise-ebook/dp/B00JUW14G8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398362004&sr=8-1&keywords=spark+Bambi+Bellamy

 
 
EXCERPT
 

“Jack, this is Violet, one of the new neighbors from across the street,” Julia told him.

Reaching across, he grabbed my hand and leaned down and placed his lips on the back of it. My cheeks burned, and the feel of his lips on my hand was making my temperature rise by at least ten degrees. “Nice to make your acquaintance, Violet, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to make this short and sweet, as I have to get ready for work and be on the road in less than ten minutes.”

Stripping off his boxer shorts, he stood in front of me for what felt like minutes, until he finally walked away with this huge baton swinging between his legs.

Julia slapped him on his bare ass, and then turned back to her coffee like it was no big deal. I was starting to see that Julia and her husband were very comfortable in their own skin and didn't mind public displays of affection, or nudity.

 “My apologies for my husband; he really doesn't have a shy bone in his body.”

I didn't know what to say, and the fact that I had just seen my new neighbor completely naked had taken me aback a bit. Drinking my cup of coffee, I was soon to see Jack come out in a very expensive tailored suit that probably cost more than the first car I owned.

“Wow, he really does clean up well.”

I couldn't get the image of his huge length out of my mind, and then began to play over certain images of him taking me from behind and pulling my hair at the same time.

“I know that look, and I see that my husband has made a lasting impression on you.”

There was no denying the fact that he had a massive length, and that his body was cut out of stone and doing some remarkable things to my libido, but I wasn’t going to admit that to her.

“Hey, you have nothing to worry about from me, as my husband and I have a very open relationship, and I think you know what I mean by that.”

She was actually giving me permission to fantasize about her husband Jack, and maybe even take it to another level altogether. Ever since Jamaica, I had seen sex as something that I could truly get used to having on a daily basis. Now that I have had some of the best sex of my life, I wanted to do some comparison-shopping and see what else was out there that could tickle my fancy. It's just that I didn't think I was that type of person to turn to another, especially when I had a very caring and supportive husband at home.

“No, no… looking will do just fine.” I think that she was a little disappointed at my reaction, and was hoping that she was going to be able to convince me to slide into their matrimonial bed. “Hunter isn't that type of man, and I don't think I am that type of woman.”

“Jack and I were exactly like you ten years ago, but we have since found that we like to experiment with other like-minded individuals. If you have to take a few baby steps, then I would suggest that you come over for the barbecue this weekend, and you can meet some of our neighbors and maybe see if anything else catches your attention.”

Running her hand down my arm, she was licking her lips and looking at me like she wanted to jump on top of me.

“I will talk it over with Hunter.” Pulling away from her was a little bit more difficult than I imagined, as her fingers dug into my skin, as if she desperately wanted to keep me sitting beside her and talking about the birds and the bees.

It wasn't like I was adverse to anything else, but just didn't know if I was the type of person who could find myself having sex with somebody who wasn't my husband. My parents always taught me that a marriage was built on trust and honesty, and when one person stepped out on the other, it usually meant that the relationship wasn't as strong as they both believed it be.

 

Top Ten Facts about Love

 
What is love, baby don’t hurt, don’t hurt me no more.
 

Haddaway - What Is Love

 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrBDcQq2DM
 
Love is  one of the most misunderstood, and misused concept around today. Love is hard to define. It’s an intense feeling of affection. But, what does that really mean?
 
Well, I searched and researched and found some really cool facts about love.
 
 
10. It only takes up to 4 minutes to decide whether you like someone or not
 
If you want to make a good impression on someone, you’ve only got about 4 minutes to do it. It is believed that it has far more to do with your body language, tone and speed of your voice rather than exactly what you say.
 
9. When Two Lovers Gaze At Each Others’ Eyes, Their Heart Rates Synchronize
 
Some extraordinary research has found that couples who are in love and bond in a romantic relationship synchronize their heart rates after gazing into each others’ eyes for three minutes.
 
 
8. Falling In Love Has Neurological Effects Similar To Those Of Cocaine
 
Falling in love is much like taking a dose of cocaine, as both experiences affect the brain similarly and trigger a similar sensation of euphoria. Research found that falling in love produces several euphoria-inducing chemicals that stimulate 12 areas of the brain at the same time.
 
 
7. Romantic Love Eventually Ends…Only To Be Followed By Committed Love
 
Couples at the very beginning of a romantic relationship will be very different a year later. It is estimated that romantic love, which is linked with euphoria, dependence, sweaty palms, butterflies and alike, only lasts about a year. After that first year begins the so-called “committed love” stage. The transition is linked with elevated neurotrophin protein levels in newly formed couples.
 
 
6. Thinking Of Love And Sex Influences Creativity And Concrete Thinking, Respectively
 
Research based on the construal level theory found out that reminders of love influence more abstract and creative thinking because they are associated with more distant and abstract considerations – long-term relationships, devotion, commitment and intimacy. Reminders of sex trigger concrete thinking, making a person focus more on momentary details than on long-term plans or goals.
 
5. Attachment + Caring + Intimacy = Perfect Love
 
The triangular theory of love suggest a clear formula for the components of different kinds of love. There are three kinds of love that are a product of two different pairs of basic components: romantic love = passion + intimacy, companionate love = intimacy + commitment, and fatuous love = passion + commitment. Of course, the truest and strongest of all is consummate love, which consists of all three components.
 
4. Butterflies In The Stomach Are Real And They’re Actually Caused by Adrenaline
 
When you fall for someone you probably won’t be able to avoid the butterflies flying, dancing and fooling around in your stomach. They’re caused by adrenaline, which floods your body during flight-or-fight response situations.
 
2. People Who Are In Love Have Chemical Similarities With People With OCD
 
Studies show that people at an early stage of love have lower levels of serotonin, which is associated with feelings of happiness and well-being, and higher levels of cortisol, associated with stress. This is strikingly similar to those people who have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which explains why we act so out of character when we fall for someone.  It works the other way around as well – people with lower levels of serotonin fall in love and get into sexual relationships quicker than others. Check out this vivacious video that explains the theory
 
1. Love Is Really All That Matters
 
A marvelous 75-year long study, which was conducted by a group of Harvard researchers, has shown that love is really all that matters. The participants’ lifelong experiences revealed that happiness and life fulfillment revolved around love or simply searching for love.
 
 
Maybe we’ve come closer to answering the question, What is Love.
 
I don’t think we’ll ever be able to truly define love, but as we live life, lets all try to experience it.
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