Can Love Exist in the Absence of Trust?

TRUST ME

by Anna Wells

Romantic Suspense, Erotica

Lawyer Alaina Simmons never imagined that she would be defending her deceased father against accusations of terrorism when she agreed to protect his legacy, a group of documents he’d placed in an archival repository.  FBI Lawyer Donovan Prentice insists that her father and the organization he worked for were terrorists and that crucial evidence is in the documents Alaina has sworn to protect.  Now she is forced to combat the FBI and her compelling attraction to Donovan Prentice while unaware that she is also Donovan’s suspect. 

Special Agent Donovan Prentice is working undercover posing as a lawyer in an attempt to gain access to the evidence he needs to convict a group of terrorists as well as determine if Alaina Simmons is working with them.  Things become complicated as Donovan becomes more intent on getting his suspect in bed than putting her in  jail.

When the bullets start to fly and the lies begin to unravel Alaina and Donovan begin to explore their intensely sexual relationship, but the couple will have to learn to trust each other both in and out of bed before the terrorists’ game of intrigue can end.

Warning: This book contains steamy sex scenes and amusing banter.

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pearls' Review:
I have been reading an ARC and am about 3/4 through the novel.  The warnings are correct:  this is hot & steamy.  Their attraction is unmistakeable and undeniable.  And the banter between the two is humorous, almost to the point of foreplay.  Completely fitting with their lawyer personas.  The lawyer personas also come trust issues.  There is a lot of deception and misperceptions which have shrouded them from their first meeting.  Can their minds overcome that distrust to follow what their hearts already know?  Give me a few more chapters and I'll get back to you on that one.  After a cold shower.  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I’ m happily married with two children. I love to cook, hike, bike, and hang with my girlfriends.

I’m an avid romance reader and enjoy all types of romance novels including historical, contemporary, paranormal, and erotica.

Oh and did I mention I have my own consulting business?

I obviously had a couple of hours left in the day so I began writing romance.   I wanted to bring readers hot, sexy romances that are brought to life with compelling characters.  Who knew writing romance could be as fun as reading it!

Connect with Anna:

Website:  http://annawellwrites.blogspot.ca/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annawellswrites
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AnnaWel07914287

Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7104794.Anna_Wells

TOUR GIVEAWAY:

GRAND PRIZE:  $20.00 Amazon Gift Card

RUNNERS-UP:  Three (3) runners-up will receive an eBook of TRUST ME

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Is Love a Curse?

Cursed

Book One in the Fallen Siren Series

Release Date October 1, 2013

Meet FBI Agents Emma Monroe and Zack Armstrong.

She’s cursed. He’s damned. Together, they make one hell of a team. Emma Monroe is a Siren, cursed by the gods and bound to earth to atone for an ancient failure. She’s had many names and many lives, but only one mission: redemption. Now that she works missing persons cases for the FBI, it could be just a rescue away. Unless her new partner leads her astray.

Special Agent Zack Armstrong just transferred into the San Diego Field Office. He’s a werewolf, doing his best to beat back the demons from his dark and dangerous past. As a former Black Ops sniper, he’s taken enough lives. Now he’s doing penance by saving them.

Emma and Zack’s very first case draws them deep into the realm of the paranormal and forces them to use their own supernatural abilities. But that leaves each of them vulnerable, and there are lines partners should not cross. As secrets are revealed and more women go missing, one thing becomes clear: as they race to save the victims, Emma and Zack risk losing themselves.

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pearls' review:
I personally love Greek mythology, so I really enjoyed this take on the Siren legend.  Cursed for their role in allowing Penelope's abduction, everything and one they love is stripped from them. This story combines the old legends with the modern stories of werewolves, likewise a cursed breed.  The weariness of carrying their burdens is evident in the characters' voices.   Emma fights her attraction to Zack, knowing it will cause his death.  But love is a strong force that neither of them can ignore.  The story is set against a missing person case being investigated by the two, who are FBI partners.  Solving this case could be their redemption, saving not only the victims, but also their chance at an HEA.  I liked that the author stayed true to most of the paranormal mythology, not trying to introduce too many new ideas. Zack and Emma's chemistry is undeniable.  And the role of the quirky friend is perfect as she bounces from one emotion to another. 

About the Author

 S.J. Harper is the pen name for the writing team of Samantha Sommersby and Jeanne C. Stein, two friends who met at Comic-Con in San Diego and quickly bonded over a mutual love of good wine, edgy urban fantasy, and everything Joss Whedon.

Samantha Sommersby left what she used to call her “real life” day job in the psychiatric field to pursue writing full-time in 2007. She is the author of more than ten novels and novellas including the critically acclaimed Forbidden series. She currently lives with her husband and cocker spaniel, Buck, in a century old Southern California Craftsman. Sam happily spends her days immersed in a world where vampires, werewolves, and demons are real, myths and legends are revered, magic is possible, and love still conquers all.

Jeanne Stein is the national bestselling author of The Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles. She also has numerous short story credits, including most recently the novella, Blood Debt, from the New York Times bestselling anthology, Hexed. Her series has been picked up in three foreign countries and her short stories published in collections here in the US and the UK. She lives in Denver, CO where she finds gardening a challenge more daunting than navigating the world of mythical creatures.

Author Links:

S.J. Harper

Website: http://sjharper.me/
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Jeanne Stein

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Lea Griffith shows No Mercy to her Characters

No Mercy Series

No mercy received. None given.

Bullet, Arrow, Bone & Blade

Turn your back, but you may live to regret it.

Four women, weapons of a war they didn’t begin. A bond forged in hell, each would die to protect the others. Until they’re separated and must fight the forces that seek to destroy them. To find their way, they will give any piece of themselves to the battle. Raised on a mother’s milk of hate and revenge, it would take a love stronger than time to bring them back from the edge.

BULLET TO THE HEART

Series:  No Mercy, Book 1

Publication Date:   10/3/2013

Publisher:  Taliesin Publishing

Book Blurb:

She was born to love then taught to kill. She has become everything but is no one.

Known only as Bullet she was long ago forced to shed the name her parents gave her. Changed, molded and trained to kill with sharp-shooting efficiency she is one of The Collective’s most valuable assets. In a cadre of killers, Bullet is death waiting but her time for vengeance has come.

He was loved and then he lost. He has become a hunter in search of revenge.

Everything was taken from Rand the day a bullet ended the lives of his beloved wife and daughter. He has searched for their killer seven long years and may have her in his hands. Rand has suffered but now the time has come to make The Collective pay or die trying.

Joy and sorrow are two sides of the same coin. Retribution draws them together but before all is said and done they will learn love can either break you or make you stronger.

pearls' review:

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.  It is a common need for revenge that joins Bullet and Rand together, but an even stronger feeling that allows their hardened hearts to beat again.  Focused on their objective, each fights their mutual attraction.  She doesn't know how to hope for more, and he doesn't know how to trust her.  Although both are tortured by the past's murder of innocents, when the time comes, will they choose revenge or each other?  I enjoyed reading their dance, watching them move closer, only to shy away; to let each other in, only to pull their shields back up. Nothing felt contrived or forced. This is a story of the evil in the world--how it can crush dreams and hopes.  But also how love can create a spark in the darkness, bringing even the most broken up from the pit of despair.  And how the will to survive can overcome the harshest conditions.

A boon can be punishment and a punishment can be a boon.  Love can be both a boon and leverage used for punishment. Is Mercy a sign of weakness or of strength of character?  Only the unfeeling, unloving can escape this dichotomy.  I am so excited this is a series.  I enjoyed watching Bullet evolve from a tool of destruction to a woman in love.  I can't wait to watch her sisters (Arrow, Bone, and Blade) as they continue their journeys.   

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lea Griffith began sneaking to read her mother’s romance novels at a young age. She cut her teeth on the greats: McNaught, Woodiwiss, and Garwood. A firm believer that love makes the world go round, she still consumes every romance book she can put her hands on, but now she writes her own.  

Lea lives with her husband and three teenage daughters in rural Georgia. Two dogs, a cat, and a Betta fish named Coddy George complete a family always in motion. When not working at the EDJ, she’s usually at her keyboard, using every spare second to write. Science fiction, paranormal and contemporary romance, oh my! Nothing is off-limits when it comes to her writing. 

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TOUR GIVEAWAY:

Lea is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

GRAND PRIZE:  $25 Amazon gift card

RUNNERS-UP:  Three (3) runners-up will each receive an eBook of BULLET TO THE HEART.

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Are you ready for Revenge in Rio? Teaser #2 from Samantha Darling

Revenge in Rio 

Countdown Teasers

No.2

Welcome, welcome, welcome! I'm VERY excited to share today's teaser with you, not only because it's so damn pretty but also because it's from one of my favourite parts of the book and see's Luca whisking Daniella off to a gala for the social and business elite!

Again, a huge thanks to Laura for working her techno/design magic! I'd love to know what you all think of it!  

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Let's go

See you next week for teaser No. 3.

'Til next time!

Sam :-)

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Cover Reveal: Infinite Possibilities by Lisa Renee Jones

Infinite Possibilities 

The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #2

by Lisa Renee Jones

Blurb:

Liam left her world spinning, pulled her into passion and gave her a sense of belonging and hope she desperately needed. But did he have alternative motives? Did he want more than passion?

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Escaping Reality Blurb 

The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #1

 Infinite possibilities….

Infinite passion…..

Infinite danger….

His touch spirals through me, warm and sweet, wicked and hot. I shouldn’t trust him. I shouldn’t tell him my secrets. But how do I not when he is the reason I breath? He is what I need.

 At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loves to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she’s finally dared to believe she is forgotten–even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets down her guard down, the ghost’s of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run.   

On a plane, struggling to face the devastation of losing everything again and starting over, Amy meets Liam Stone, a darkly entrancing recluse billionaire, who is also a brilliant, and famous, prodigy architect. A man who knows what he wants and goes after it. And what he wants is Amy. Refusing to take “no” as an answer, he sweeps her into a passionate affair, pushing her to her erotic limits. He wants to possess her. He makes her want to be possessed. Liam demands everything from her, accepting nothing less. But what if she is too devastated by tragedy to know when he wants more than she should give? And what if there is more to Liam than meets the eyes? 

Escaping Reality Reviews by Inner Goddess

pearls--5 Stars --
You are on the edge of your seat from page 1. Amy (if that is her real name) is in danger. You don't know why or from whom, but it is grave danger. She is (one again) on the run. And she is just as clueless as the reader. The reader and Amy decipher the clues together. Liam is the right guy in the right place at the right time. Coincidence or Fate? Either way he promises to teach her to control her fear rather letting it control her. By the end of the story, we have more questions than answers to her plight, but Amy has matured into a woman no longer content to let others shelter her. She wants the answers and is willing to swim with the sharks to get them. Her angst and paranoia have grown into determination. A wild ride for the reader, full of mysteries and danger and steamy scenes.

This was my first New Adult read. I was afraid it would be a diluted version of one of favorite storyteller! But it wasn't. If anything, Amy's determination to stand on her own while fighting against the odds made the storyline even stronger.

TinkNCognito -- 5 Stars--
This book, as Lisa Renee Jones' other books, caught me from the very first page. I was immediately curious about Amy. I wanted to know her story from the outset. Then she meets Liam and sparks fly. The attraction was immediate and intense. But I really wanted to know why Amy was in danger, who was behind it and who is the mysterious 'handler'.

When Liam so quickly becomes a part of Amy's life, I was thrilled. they seem so perfectly suited to one another. But they each are holding onto their own secrets. The scenes between these two are hot and steamy, full of passion.

The end was a cliffhanger that left me craving with a desperate need the next book. October can't get here soon enough to find out more of the story of Amy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT TRILOGY which has sold to more than ten countries for translation with negotiations in process for more, and has now been optioned by STARZ Network for a cable television show, to be produced by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland).

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 30 books with publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, NAL, Berkley and Elloras Cave, as well as crafting a successful indie career. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.

Prior to publishing, Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by Dallas Women Magazine. In 1998 LRJ was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her through her website and she is active on twitter and facebook daily.

Connect with Lisa
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