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Teaser ~ Vengeance by Kathy Coopmans

8/14/2018

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VENGEANCE by USA Today Bestselling Author Kathy Coopmans releases Aug. 19th!

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I often wondered if Vengeance came with a price. I never cared, not after the torture I've endured.

For me, Vengeance is best served through the eyes of my scope. The twitch of my finger. The pull of a trigger.

The death of someone who deserves to die.

Revenge, retribution, and retaliation are all that comes to mind.

Cruel and brutal punishment for the hell inflicted on my family is all I’ve ever been able to think about.

The betrayal fresh in mind years later, reminding me of the day my world came crashing down.

I lost everything.

The woman I loved.

My sister.

My parents.

Myself.

You know what else I say about Vengeance?

It’s best served frozen.

No side dish of compassion. No extra helping of warning.

No dessert called a second chance.

The price I want for it.

Is written in blood.

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MEET THE AUTHOR:

USA Today Best Selling and multiple Amazon top 100 Author Kathy Coopmans is a Michigan native where she lives with her husband, Tony. They have two sons Aaron and Shane.

She is a sports nut. Her favorite sports include NASCAR, Baseball, and Football.

She has recently retired from her day job to become a full-time writer.

She has always been an avid reader and at the young age of 50 decided she wanted to write. She claims she can do several things at once and still stay on task. Her favorite quote is "I got this."

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Release Blitz ~ Fling Club by Tara Brown

8/14/2018

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Title: Fling Club

Author: Tara Brown

Genre: RomCom

Publisher: Skyscape

Publication Date: August 14^th, 2018

Hosted by: Lady Amber's Reviews & PR

Blurb:

Itâ€™s revengeâ€”sweet and hotâ€”in the first book of this sexy and wickedly funny series by international bestselling author Tara Brown.

For the young, rich, and beautiful, summertime in the Hamptons means one thing: Fling Club. Only this time, Cherry Kennedy wonâ€™t be selecting a boy for a fleeting romance. Nope, this season, Cherry is out for revenge. Her target? The Fling Club founder and society darling who slept with Cherryâ€™s now-very-ex-boyfriend. And all Cherry needs is the perfect guy for her planâ€¦

Ashley Jardine canâ€™t afford to refuse. He scored almost a full ride to MIT. But that almost still costs a lot. And this is so much money for a little game of revenge and a chanceâ€”albeit shortâ€”to live the high life. Here, rich girls rule the shore, and everyone has a role to play. Only nothing in the job description warned Ashley that the redhead whoâ€™s running the scheme would be so crazy. And cute. Or that he wouldnâ€™t be able to stop thinking about her.

Now, everything is going according to planâ€”until an unexpected attraction raises the stakes. Itâ€™s enough to turn the perfect payback into absolute heartbreak.

I believe growing up in a really small town gives a person a little advantage when it comes to the imagination. You need one or you go mad.

Needless to say, mine saved me. After it got me into trouble first, that is. That's the problem with a vivid imagination, all the lies you tell.

I am happily married with two daughters.

I have two giant dogs, two savage cats, and a penchant for a glass of red.

Also, I drag my bread through the sauce. I can't help myself, bread is life.

According to my age, I am meant to be a responsible adult, but it isn't going well at all. I would still head off to Hogwarts tomorrow and I suspect there isn't a single wardrobe I haven't crept into, hoping to find the door to Narnia. And don't even get me started on the King's Road, I get lost.

Fortunately, I am an international bestseller so I have wormed my way into a quirky or eccentric category.

Thank God for that.

I am represented by Natalie Lakosil from the Bradford Literary Agency and am published traditionally with Montlake Romance.

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Sales Blitz ~ Dirty Revenge by Kirsten Luciani

8/13/2018

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Title: Dirty Revenge

Author: Kristen Luciani

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb: WARNING! If you want a quick, hot, and raunchy read with a plot that will make your jaw drop, Dirty Revenge is the book for you. If you're looking for a sexy, feel-good romance, you probably should check out my other books first!

The demons never rest. Theyâ€™re always in my ear - taunting, tempting, and torturing me. Take her, they said. Sheâ€™ll heal you, they promised. Use her to get revenge on the bastard who doesnâ€™t care about anything but himself, they hissed. I finally listened. I took her, I used her, I got my revenge. And it broke me even more.

***A Dark & Sexy Tale of Forbidden Lust by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Luciani***

A Note From The Author:

I know, I know. You're probably thinking this book is just sex, sex, and more hot and raunchy sex. And while that is true, there's also a story. And it's a darn good one, because even books like this need a plot you can sink your teeth into. I love dark and twisted, so that's what I give you in Dirty Revenge. Can Jake Michaels be redeemed? Can I make you fall in love with him??? You'll have to decide for yourself. And then email me to let me know if I delivered.

**Please be advised that this book contains explicit adult content and language and is definitely not recommended for readers under the age of eighteen.**

Kristen Luciani is a USA Today bestselling author and momtrepreneur with a penchant for stilettos, Silicon Valley, plunging necklines and grapefruit martinis. As a deep-rooted romantic who prefers juicy drama to fill the lives of anyone other than her, she tried her hand at creating a world of enchantment, sensuality, and intrigue, finally uncovering her true passion. No pun intendedâ€¦

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Sale Blitz ~ Watcher by AJ Eversley

8/12/2018

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Title: The Watcher Series

Author: AJ Eversley

Genre: YA Dystopian Sci-Fi

Editor: Q Books Editing

Cover Designer: Cover Art by Salome Totladze

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

"I knew I was not alone. They would never leave until every last one of us was gone."

Sawyer Russo has sworn to protect humanity, and as a Watcher she's done just that. But the Bots and Carbons that took her city are evolving, and they start picking the Watchers off one by one. One last rescue mission will change everything. When someone betrays them, the line between friend and foe is no longer easily drawn. Sawyer made a vow, and she will fulfill it, even if it means ending the person who deceived them, no matter who it might be.

It all comes down to one choice...

Who can she save?

And who does she have to let go?

AJ Eversley is the author of the WATCHER series. A true north Canadian girl, AJ currently lives in Central Alberta with her husband and dog. When sheâ€™s not writing, she can be found binge watching Harry Potter, quoting various movies in everyday conversation, and eating copious amounts of candy.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watcherbook/

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Excerpt from Watcher:

I knew I wasnâ€™t alone. Theyâ€™d never leave until every last one of us disappeared.

From the edge of a rooftop high above the boulevards below, I breathed in the cool, damp air as my eyes monitored the near empty streets. Whispers of rain threatened to erupt from the melancholy sky above, as if to echo the sentiment of this place. The ruined city, once a place I called home, was nothing more than a pile of rubble thanks to the Bots and Carbons roaming the streets. Buildings had been torn to pieces, leaving gaping holes in those that still stood, uninhabited but for a few survivors. It wasnâ€™t a livable place, not the refuge Iâ€™d known ten years ago, but it was my reality. And as my eyes scanned the dark metropolis before me, I clung to the feeling of freedom before the burden took over me. The silent promises I had made and had yet to fulfill.

Quiet and cold as it always was, the darkness hung like the night even at the peak of daytime. Smog and cloud lingered over the city, leaving us in a constant state of gloom with the threat of rain hanging over us. The only light that shone in this dark city was Sub 9, the enemyâ€™s headquarters. The lone building lit up in the distance as I stood bathed in darkness, hidden in the shadows. Darkness was my friend, my confidant, my ever constant reminder of who I was and my purpose here.

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PreOrder ~ A Plantation, a Tour Guide, and a Poltergeist by CC Dragon

8/10/2018

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Title: A Plantation, a Tour Guide, and a Poltergeist

Author: CC Dragon

Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery

Cover Designer: Viola Estrella

Publication Date: August 10^th, 2018

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

Deanna Oscar Paranormal Mysteries Book 8

Ghosts never forget, rarely forgive, and frequently refuse to move on.

While Deanna is helping her brother settle in, her friends relationships give her reasons to worry and celebrateâ€”depending on the couple.

Work, however, never stops.

The case that falls in her lap at the Hundred Willows Plantation is truly disturbing. The ghosts have become restlessâ€”attacking tourists and tour guides. While the family denies there is anything haunting the antebellum mansion, they canâ€™t hide the truth from Deanna.

The plantations dark history repeats itself. Specific scenes playing out over and over. That isnâ€™t the worst of it.

Itâ€™s when the supernatural residents try to interact with humans that injury and death become a recurring theme for the living.

The only way to change the pattern is for Deanna to put herself in the path of anger, attack, and Death (wearing high heels) itself.

A loyal Chicago girl who loves deep dish pizza, the Cubs, and The Lake, CC Dragon is fascinated by the metaphysical and paranormal. She loves creating characters, especially amateur sleuths who solve mysteries. A coffee and chocolate addict who loves fast cars, sheâ€™s still looking for a hero who likes to cook and cleanâ€¦so she can write more!

Author Links:

Website: www.ccdragon.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccdragonauthor

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A Mansion, a Drag Queen, and a New Job: https://amzn.to/2z7DvnB

A Club, an Imposter, and a Competition: https://amzn.to/2tToyAs

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A Voodoo Shop, a Zombie, and a Party: https://amzn.to/2u0hDVq

A Cemetery, a Cannibal, and the Day of the Dead: https://amzn.to/2IMZfVy

A Dungeon, a Vampire, and an Infatuation: https://amzn.to/2NoDkHs

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Teaser ~ Lost in L.O.V by K.L. Myers

8/9/2018

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LOST IN L.O.V. by K.L. Myers releases August 27th!

Pre-Order today for only 99cents! Amazon US | Amazon UNIV.

LOVE AT LAST SERIES #2

Angelo

She is my charge, the one I am supposed to protect. Falling in love with her wasn’t supposed to happen, but it did.

She is mine, the gift from the gods above. Until I destroy us with one wrong decision, an immature reaction to news that should have me holding her and protecting her while I chase the demons away. Instead I run, make excuses to get away, and am cursed to watch her live her life without me being a part of it, knowing I’ll never have her again.

Lillian

My future has been mapped out for me from the day I was born. I am the sole heir to the Vicci family empire, and when I am of age, I am to be married to band two families together.

Only I have a different future in mind and a plan to get it, but I need Angelo’s help. He is my future. With him I’ll be free to live and love like any normal person. Only heartbreak is what I find… He breaks me and leaves me.

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MEET THE AUTHOR:

K.L. Myers was born in West Berlin, Germany while her father was stationed there. She spent her childhood moving from continent to continent finally landing permanently in Colorado when her father retired. Eventually, K.L. moved to "hell", aka Arizona where she resides with her husband & their fur babies. She has 2 grown daughters & 3 grandchildren.

KL has a passion for reading and writing hot romance when she isn't juggling family & a full-time executive job.

Her books & novellas show a pension for a bad boy with a heart of gold. Coupling her bad boys with strong, independent women who don't need rescuing, and just maybe a taste of naughty redemption! Her characters will pull you in & leave you satiated, yet panting for more, More, MORE!

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Cover Reveal ~ Ruling the Mob by Kristen Luciani

8/9/2018

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Title: Ruling the Mob

Author: Kristen Luciani

Genre: Mafia Romance

Publication Date: September 6^th, 2018

Cover Designer: Dark City Designs

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb: Fear makes you weak. Weakness gets you killed.

Nico

This life. It becomes more toxic every day. There is no escape for me or the ones I love. I've done things to claim my rightful place. I've taken care of those who challenged that place, and I've made a mortal enemy in the process.

Now he's back, just like I always knew he would be. He's angry, tortured, and out for blood.

Perfect. That's just the way I want him. It'll make pulling the trigger so much more satisfying.

Shaye

I'm a princess. But my life is no fairy tale. It used to beâ€¦but that was a long time ago, in a land far, far away. I had it all, until one blood-soaked night when I lost everything I wanted for my future.

Now I feel as if I'm locked in a tower, alone and isolated from the man I love. He's the one who saved me.

But I don't think anyone can save him.

Author Links:

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Sale Blitz ~ Westland University Series by Lynn Stevens

8/8/2018

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Title: Westland University

Author: Lynn Stevens

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb: Anyone who says theyâ€™re having the worst day hasnâ€™t met me. My girlfriend cheated, I blew out my knee, and probably trashed my chance of going pro. All in one day. Then my jerk professor tells Iâ€™m almost on academic probation.

Awesome. Now I get to find a tutor.

Enter Mallory Fine, quiet, a little intense, and my kind of gorgeous. Who also happens to hate baseball and any guy who plays it.

Hello, curiosity.

I tell myself this will be nothing more than a tutoring relationship. Iâ€™m a liar. I want this girl. How hard can her secrets be to unravel? It might be a challenge, but so is getting back on the ball field and Iâ€™m determined to make that happenâ€”no matter the cost.

Blurb: Olivia Dawson doesnâ€™t make mistakes. Unless those mistakes are a tall, broad-shouldered, cocky baseball player named Devon Miller. Devon and Olivia have been competing in their engineering classes since freshman year, and he seems to want nothing more than to get under her skin and shake her confidence. Unless you count that one time when he got under more than just her skinâ€¦

Now, theyâ€™re pitted against each other for a coveted internship that could open tons of doors for each of them. Only one of them can win. And theyâ€™re both ready to fight dirty if they need to.

Could Devon be playing for more than just his own gainâ€”could he be after her heart?

Olivia is about to find out.

Game on.

Lynn Stevens flunked out of college writing her first novel. Yes, she still has it and no, you can't read it. Surprisingly, she graduated with honors at her third school. A former farm girl turned city slicker turned suburbanite, Lynn lives in the Midwest where she drinks coffee and sips tea when she's out of coffee. Sheâ€™s the author of Full Count and Game On..

Author Links:

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Intensification/The House Box Set Release Blitz with Jo Michaels

8/8/2018

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Intensification (Pen Pals and Serial Killers Book 3)

Intensification by Jo Michaels
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What?!?!

What in the world did I just read???? This was intense. Majorly messed up and wicked AWESOME! I had a hard time putting this down, read it all in a day. Strongly recommend this is you like twisted suspense.

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The House (Pen Pals and Serial Killers, #4)

The House by Jo Michaels
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The House, wow. This was something else. She sure has seen more than her fair share of horrors. The idea behind this book was so original! I loved it.

I strongly suggest reading Intensification first. That is where I started, I think I am going to go back and read the other 2 books also. We heard the name Dr. Ward a few times, so I am guessing she was in the first 2 books, but all at once she wasn't a huge character and you don't HAVE to know who she is first. I was content with starting at book 3. I just want more now :-) Jo was a new to me author so I will for sure go look up her other work.

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Title: Intensification/The House Box Set

Author: Jo Michaels

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Editor: Tia Silverthorne Bach with INDIE Books Gone Wild

Publication Date: August 8^th, 2018

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

Story 3:

Detective Hank Reynolds has just been handed the case of a lifetime. Another reality TV star has gone missing, and itâ€™s up to the Atlanta police department to find her before itâ€™s too late. While heâ€™s digging around, he discovers there have been nearly twenty similar kidnappings in the surrounding areas over the last twenty years, and while trying to find out moreâ€”and a witness thatâ€™s still aliveâ€”heâ€™s dragged into a past he wishes he could erase. His dreams become nightmares about the women, and his sanity unravels. Even his eyes begin to play tricks on him, but no hallucinations are as devious as the antics of the killerâ€”whoâ€™s always one breath awayâ€”waiting for the chance to strike again.

Story 4:

This house is cursed, and everyone who lives there is in grave danger.

Ever wonder what stories youâ€™d hear if walls could talk?

What if those walls witnessed unimaginable horrors?

Inside these pages is the story of one such house. What it sees, the people it meets, and what happens when a terrified spirit is invited to stay.

Story 1 â€“ The Butcher

Story 2 â€“ Marna, Fred, and Kimberly McDade

Story 3 â€“ Lacy Mae Ritter

Story 4 â€“ Mark and Olivia Cullpepper

Story 5 â€“ The Writer

The House is a collection of short stories that ties in with the Pen Pals and Serial Killers series by Jo Michaels. Youâ€™ll find a couple of those characters named, and discover how one grew the teeth he used on the women he captured later.

Jo Michaels is...

Hi, I'm Jo. Let's forget all the "Jo Michaels is blah, blah, blah" stuff and just go with it. I'm a voracious reader (often reading more than one book at a time), a writer, a book reviewer, a mom, a wife, and one of the EICs at INDIE Books Gone Wild. I have an almost photographic memory and tend to make people cringe at the number of details I can recall about them and/or their book(s). My imagination follows me around like a conjoined twin and causes me to space out pretty often or laugh out loud randomly in completely inappropriate situations.

I have a degree in graphic design, and my journey to the end was one few students who begin that program ever complete. However, this was one case where my memory and OCD tendencies helped me. Graduation was one of the most amazing days of my life. But, my most amazing day was when my now husband proposed. Every little girl dreams of being Cinderella someday, and he pulled off the proposal of fantasies.

At the risk of sounding clichÃ©, I'm going to let it out there and say how much I absolutely adore the man I'm married to. Along with my children, he's my whole world.

I've lived in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia, but I've had my feet in almost every state. Traveling is something I adore, and have plans to someday see the Mongolia I've written about in Yassa.

One of my favorite things is hearing from fans! You can find me on social media most any day of the week. Connect! I'd love to hear from you.

Author Links:

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Book Blitz ~ The Dog Walker's Diary by Kathryn Donahue

8/8/2018

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Title: The Dog Walkerâ€™s Diary

Author: Kathryn Donahue

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Madeline Berger

Editor: Kelsy Thompson

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

Daniel Ashe has reason to believe he is incapable of falling in love. He certainly has no romantic interest in Annie, the odd Irish woman he hired to walk his dogs - but every night he comes home to find she has left him a new and fantastical story about their secret lives. His dachshund is a buccaneer on the high seas, his retriever recounts a past life as a circus lion, and Daniel is cast time and again as a romantic hero.

As her stories become the highlight of his day, Daniel realizes that Annie is embedding hints about her own astonishing past, and he has to ask himself if heâ€™s truly incapable of falling in love after all.

Kathryn Donahue is a freelance writer and former tongue-in-cheek advice columnist for The Deepwell Press. Her humor essays have been published in First Sunday, and she won the Spotlight Award for her one-act play The Sty. Her debut novel, The Dog Walker's Diary, is a Forward finalist for Indie Book of the Year. It earned a coveted star review from Publishers Weekly, ( "... a diverting delight from beginning to end,") and a four star rating from RT Book Reviews, ("... one of the most remarkably unique contemporary romances this year.") Ms. Donahue is completing a new novel, and working on a screenplay.

Author Links:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16972272.Kathryn_Donahue

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathryndonahue

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kathryn-Donahue-121165808550951/

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Amazon UK: http://amzn.eu/bCjjmRH

10/29/15

Dog Diary

Thursday, 5:00 a.m.

Dear Annie,

Your stories are back in here, but during their short hiatus to my office I showed them to my boss. After reading them, Peter took off his glasses and said, "So you're telling me that this woman leaves you a new fairy tale every night?"

"Yes. Every night."

"Then you know what she is, don't you?"

"What do you mean?"

"This Irish woman. Do you know what she is?"

I shook my head. "What are you talking about? What is she?"

"Wake up, Daniel. That dog walker of yours is a Scheherazade."

Annie, you didn't respond to my invitation, and in looking back I can see how easily it could be misconstrued. If I were a woman, alone and in a different country, I might not agree to meet a semi-stranger for coffee either, even if I had been entertaining him for days with fantastical stories.

So please, allow me to make myself less of a stranger.

I am known by a small but select group of females as a heartless jerk incapable of falling in love. Each in turn soon gave up on me, more with a sad shake of the head than with dishes flying. It has happened so often that I have to concede the ladies are right. Apparently I have skipped or tripped over some developmental step that makes me incapable of true intimacy. I've made my peace with that, and recently have been lucky enough to meet Victoria, a lady who seems to suffer the same affliction. (Does that make us soul mates or soul-less mates?)

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