Monday, August 27, 2018

BLOG TOUR REVIEW ~THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES BY ALY MARTINEZ~

Title: The Truth About Lies
Author: Aly Martinez
Series: The Truth Duet #1
Release Date: August 23, 2018

MY RATING: ★★★★★
Truth: From over a thousand miles away, I watched on the screen of my phone as two men murdered my wife. And I was helpless to save her.

Consumed by hate and rage, I spent four years running from my memories. 

Until a shattered woman gave me a reason to stop.

Cora lived in a nightmare, but through sheer force of will, she’d turned it into something beautiful. She had a smile that could pierce the darkest soul. And with one glance, she shredded mine. 

Lie: I was only there for a fresh start.
Lie: I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
Lie: There was nothing I could do to save her, either.

But that’s the thing about lies—you never know who to believe.

H O L Y  S H I T. This book completely rocked me to my very reader core, and I am left feeling so needy for the follow-up, so gutwrenched over what just happened, and so in awe of this amazing story. The Truth About Lies is an epically woven masterpiece of lies, truths, mysteries and emotions. You never know which thing is right and which thing is wrong. You don't know who to trust, I couldn't even trust my own emotions. I was trying to guess every twist and turn coming my way, but it's simply not possible. This book will leave you absolutely breathless and in need of a lot of answers, and maybe a ton of wine to tie you over until you get said answers. 

Penn and Cora's stories could not be any more heartbreaking, and those devastating moments in their pasts have led to emptiness, loneliness, and desolation in the present. Until they find hope in each other. But that hope is tentative, and based on the Truth and Lie game that is both an escape, and a very real caveat to the ugliness in their lives. 

Every moment between these two is wrapped in a need for happiness and a better life. I was desperate to see them both thriving and able to revel in their slow-burning love. But life always has other plans, and just as their lives up until now had been almost impossible feats, their journey to freedom, to more, to the other side is one that is heart-stopping. 

I can't say enough good things about the beginning of this duet. It's absolutely mind blowing, and I cannot wait for the finale. I've got the worst case of grabby hands for it. And based on the magnificent book I just finished, its conclusion will be nothing less than one of the best must-reads of the year. 

Happy Reading!
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*


Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her four young children.

Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and baked feta. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.

She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

NEW RELEASE ~DIRTY RICH OBSESSION BY LISA RENEE JONES~


A MAN OF CONTROL. A WOMAN WHO'S ABOUT TO TAKE IT.

Reid Maxwell is one of the top corporate attorneys and one of the most eligible bachelors in New York City. He likes his wins big, his women beautiful and in bed, not out, and most importantly the deep burn of his past buried. Until one woman, a most unexpected woman, challenges him in ways that might just destroy the invincible Mr. Maxwell.

Carrie West is captive to Reid Maxwell and a debt between their families she doesn't know exists. It should be so simple for Reid Maxwell. Claim the company that is now his. The problem: he's now obsessed with Carrie, the daughter of the man he's destined to destroy.

Now who's captive to who?
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"Why am I here, Reid?”

I drag her onto my lap. “Because I want you here. Because I can’t seem to stop breaking my own fucking rules with you.”

Her hands plant on my shoulders. “And you’re mad at me again? You’re blaming me.”

“Yes. Stop making me break my rules.” I cup her head and kiss her, my tongue pressing past her lips, stroking us both into a needier place, where rules don’t matter.

She moans and sinks into the kiss, and damn it, I love those moans, I’m addicted to those moans. I’m addicted to this woman, and all my good intentions to sate that addiction, fail. I pull my T-shirt over her head and toss it, my gaze raking over her. My hand slides between her shoulder blades, and I mold her close. “This is definitely your fault.”

“Is this where you decide to kick me out again?”

“No,” I say. “This is where we fuck.” I drag her mouth to mine, and kiss her, telling myself that fucking is all this can be, reminding myself of the debt and the secret I legally cannot share. The secret that she’d never stay silent over if she knew.

I tell myself to get lost in the taste of her, defiant and yet submissive at the same time, in that way that defines this woman. I tell myself to just enjoy the moment, and I do. I waste no time getting naked and pulling her down the throbbing length of my cock. I waste no time driving into her. I waste no time getting lost in her touch, her kisses, her moans. And later, much later, when I’ve laid us down and pulled her next to me on the couch, I hold her, listening to her breathing slow and even out. I’m acutely aware that she is a woman caught in the middle of a debt that has to be paid, destined to hate me. It’s why this has to stay just sex. It’s why no matter how deep I go with her, I cannot get too close.

DIRTY. RICH. AND UNDENIABLY SEXY. Each book in the Dirty Rich series features a couple that's ready to fight dirty for their love.

There are currently three books available now, and FIVE upcoming books available for pre-order!

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

In addition to the success of Lisa's INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling WHITE LIES and LILAH LOVE series.

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

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

NEW RELEASE REVIEW ~RICHER THAN SIN BY MEGHAN MARCH~

Title: Richer Than Sin
Author: Meghan March
Series: Sin #1
Release Date: August 14, 2018
From New York Times bestselling author Meghan March comes a brand new saga of forbidden love and second chances.

A Riscoff and a Gable can never live happily ever after. Our family feud is the stuff of legends.

Ten years ago, Whitney Gable caught me off guard with her long legs and grab-you-by-the-balls blue eyes.

I didn’t know or care what her name was.

Like any Riscoff worth the family name, I went after what I wanted. We burned like a flash fire until she married another man.

She hates me, and she should.

I objected on her wedding day.

Now she’s home, with those same long legs and man-eater stare, but there’s no ring on her finger.

They say a Riscoff and a Gable can never live happily ever after . . . but I’m not done with Whitney Gable.

I’ll never be done with her.
This book is an absolutely mind-blowing, jaw-dropping beginning to a brand-new trilogy by Meghan March. As the past and present are weaved in a tumultuous and heart-wrenching tale, the author introduces us to the lives of Lincoln Riscoff and Whitney Gable. Two people who were once in love despite every reason not to be, and every one of those reasons tore them down in a dramatic and heartbreaking way that left them broken and alone. But now Whitney is back, but being back with the cards once again, or maybe even still, stacked against you in life and love leaves her in a hopeless situation. The likes of which she only gets a reprieve from in the form of Lincoln Riscoff, which is the utmost of ironies, considering their attraction and last names are what has her floundering to begin with.

This book left me breathless, with my heart pounding a mile a minute. Lincoln is way too sexy for words, and one-hundred-percent swoon-worthy. Whitney, she needs the biggest hug and a drama-free night with lots of chocolate, stat. That poor girl, I connect with her and feel for her. IT's almost as if she's has a perpetual case of the Mondays.

I loved seeing Lincoln and Whitney fall in love, and then back in the present where the possibilities of what could be and the mysteries of what happened are unearthed little by little. Richer Than Sin is expertly crafted with the swapping timelines, and the unbelievably engaging storyline that I devoured far too fast. All I can say is my jaw is still firmly planted on the ground, and will most likely remain there until I can get my grabby reader hands on Whitney and Lincoln's second book. Guilty As Sin has my name written all over and I can't wait!

Happy Reading!
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*


Guilty as Sin

Reveling in Sin

A New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels, Meghan March has been known to wear camo face paint and tromp around in woods wearing mud-covered boots, all while sporting a perfect manicure. She’s also impulsive, easily entertained, and absolutely unapologetic about the fact that she loves to read and write smut. Her past lives include slinging auto parts, selling lingerie, making custom jewelry, and practicing corporate law. Writing books about dirty talking alpha males and the strong, sassy women who bring them to their knees is by far the most fabulous job she’s ever had. 

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

REVIEW ~FILTHY LIES BY RAINE MILLER~

Title: Filthy Lies
Author: Raine Miller
Series: Blackstone Dynasty #2, a standalone
Release Date: July 30, 2018

MY RATING: ★★★★
On the day I turned fifteen years old I knew I loved James Blakney. There was a look in his eye that told me he’d finally noticed I existed in a realm beyond best-friend’s-much-younger-off-limits-don’t-even-think-about-it-little-sister. Call it womanly intuition, despite the fact I was barely qualified for being an actual woman at just fifteen—and only in the biological sense—but still, I knew I loved him.

What I never expected from him was a proposal of marriage nearly eight years later. I know it's not supposed to be a real marriage, but James is certainly making it feel that way. 

He's also hiding something from me.

But I've hidden the truth from him as well.

Lies.

So many filthy lies. 

~Winter Blackstone
I loved being back in the Blackstone Universe! Raine Miller has always been an eloquent writer, and Filthy Lies has as much of an amazing prose as I've come to expect from this author. It gives the story an even more romantic feel because the words and sentences are as beautiful as the story.

Onto James and Winter... sigh. These two are ridiculously adorable and sexy together. Of course, I love an unrequited young love turned amazing adult relationship trope, but with the layered emotions and trials that James and Winter faced it was a breathtaking journey to follow their story. I never knew when the next shoe was going to drop, and when it did I was very much brokenhearted. And though the ending did a very good job at satisfying my shattered HEA-needy reader heart, I found the climax part of the story to have broken my heart a little bit more than I was anticipating. That is not to say that the ending was dissatisfying in the slightest, it was amazing and James and Winter got everything they deserved in the end, each other. However, there was a singular plot point that ended up being a rollercoaster ride I wasn't prepared for, and for me personally, it concluded in a way that I always feel it a bit unnecessary in books, so it was a bit harder to recover from for me. I know I'm talking in circles, because I refuse to spoil it, but just know the issue I had with this book was most likely a personal one that I don't think I ton of readers would have an issue with. And everything before and after said plot point was purely amazing and I couldn't get enough of it.

So bottom line, I would absolutely suggest this book. Even if you haven't read this author/the first book in this series, you can step into this book as a standalone and thoroughly enjoy the emotionally, and wonderfully epic book that is Filthy Lies!

Happy Reading!



Raine Miller is a New York Times – USA Today – Wall Street Journal bestselling author who likes to write romantic stories pretty much every chance she gets. She has a handsome husband, two amazing sons, and two very bouncy Italian greyhounds to keep her busy the rest of the time. Her boys know she likes to write stories, but gratefully have never asked to read any.


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