Book Blitz: Something Like This (Secrets Series #1) by Eileen Cruz Coleman {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Author: Eileen Cruz Coleman

Title: Something Like This 

Series: Secrets Series #1

Publication date: April 24th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Synopsis

Twenty-three-year old Jadie Santiago has a secret.

One morning on her way to work she stops to offer a homeless man a bottle of water. As she meets the man’s eyes, Jadie instantly recognizes they belong to her father, whom she hasn’t seen since she was sixteen. Unable to accept the truth of her encounter, Jadie flees, hoping eventually to forget the experience and continue leading a normal life.

But then she meets Reece, an aspiring writer with a mysterious past who is set on capturing Jadie’s affection. Jadie wants nothing more than to give her heart to Reece, but her broken past and crippling secret keep her from surrendering it to him fully.

Cover Reveal:Goodness of Fit (Smart is the New Sexy #1) by Missy Marciassa

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Author: Missy Marciassa 
Title: Goodness of Fit 
Series: Smart is the New Sexy #1 
Publication date: July 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Zoe Tawn is about to finish her bachelor’s degree and start a PhD program in quantitative psychology. Yet her friends don’t think she’s quite ready to graduate: she still hasn’t played her v-card. Zoe’s friends don’t know her v-card was played years ago; she doesn’t talk about that crap. She does agree that dating would make her a more well-rounded individual, however, so she tries, and realizes the dating game isn’t for her: she’s a geek, not a flirt. Zoe decides to utilize her strengths with the mantra “Smart is the new sexy” and develops a predictive model for companionship to replace those outdated compatibility questionnaires.

Count the Cast:Make it Count (Bowler University #1) by Megan Erickson

Author: Megan Erickson
Title: Make it Count
Series: Bowler University #1
Publication Date: June 3rd 2014
Publisher: William Morrow Impulse
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Book Summary

Kat Caruso wishes her brain had a return policy, or at least a complaint hot-line. The defective organ is constantly distracted, terrible at statistics, and absolutely flooded with inappropriate thoughts about her boyfriend’s gorgeous best friend, Alec…who just so happens to be her brand new math tutor. Who knew nerd was so hot?

Kat usually goes through tutors like she does boyfriends—both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is. It’s safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm’s reach. But Alec is always stepping just a little too close.

Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She’s adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He’d never stab his best friend in the back…

Blog Tour:Girl Lost by Nazarea Andrews {Teaser + Giveaway}

Author: Nazarea Andrews
Title: Girl Lost
Publication Date: May 1st 2014
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

BLURB

Northern was supposed to be a fresh start—a place where people didn’t know who I was or how I had spent years in and out of mental institutes. People didn't know about my parents death or the island no one heard of. But when Peter sits next to me in lit class, I can’t stop the memories, and I don’t want to. He looks too much like the boy from the island, and despite my best intentions, coaxes my secrets from me.

He’s gorgeous, irresistible, a little mad, and completely lost—we are a pair of broken cogs in a world neither of us truly fits into. And he listens when I talk, about the past and the terrifying future. He is somehow gentle and fierce, heartbreaking in his devotion and savage in his defense.

When Belle, his best friend, shows up, pale and lovely and sick, Peter pulls away from me, a startling withdrawal. It’s a relationship that scares and confuses me. She is at times warm and friendly, and other times is violent and unpredictable.

Blog Tour:Out of Mind (Out of Line #3) by Jen McLaughlin {Playlist + Giveaway}

Author: Jen McLaughlin
Title: Out of Mind
Series: Out of Line #3
Publication Date: April 29th 2014 
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

BOOK BLURB

Reaching for sunlight...

Finn survived the ambush and came home to me, but in his head, the battle is still raging. He’s falling apart and I’m trying my best to pick up the pieces of him, to find the us we used to be. I love him as much as I ever did, but love isn’t enough to fix this. I thought telling my father about our relationship would be the hardest thing we’d ever have to face. I was wrong.

Lost in shadows...

Cover Reveal:UnWritten by Chelsea M. Cameron {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Author: Chelsea M. Cameron
Title: UnWritten
Publication Date: June 2014
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

BOOK SUMMARY (Not the official blurb)

Blair Walton isn't your average tattooed children's librarian. She's also one half of bestselling romance author, Scarlet Rose. Along with her bff Raine, she spends her nights writing books so steamy, she's afraid they would shock her Southern conservative grandmother to death, if she knew about them. Blair and Raine keep their smut peddling ways a secret from everyone, including family.
On deadline for their latest book and out of ideas, Raine suggests (demands) that Blair find a guy and "do some research." It just so happens that Blair has a guy that's ready and willing.

Cover Reveal:Make it Count (Bowler University #1) by Megan Erickson {Excerpt}

Author: Megan Erickson
Title: Make it Count
Series: Bowler University #1
Publication Date: June 3rd 2014
Publisher: William Morrow Impulse
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Book Summary

Kat Caruso wishes her brain had a return policy, or at least a complaint hot-line. The defective organ is constantly distracted, terrible at statistics, and absolutely flooded with inappropriate thoughts about her boyfriend’s gorgeous best friend, Alec…who just so happens to be her brand new math tutor. Who knew nerd was so hot?

Kat usually goes through tutors like she does boyfriends—both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is. It’s safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm’s reach. But Alec is always stepping just a little too close.

Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She’s adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He’d never stab his best friend in the back…

Cover Reveal:London Falling (I See London #2) by Chanel Cleeton

Author: Chanel Cleeton
Title: London Falling
Series: I See London #2
Publication Date: July 7th 2014
Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

BOOK BLURB

We weren't a relationship, we were a ticking time bomb...

Maggie Carpenter walked away from the hottest encounter of her life when she left the seductive glitz of England for summer break in her South Carolina hometown. Now that she’s returned to the International School in London—and sexy, privileged Samir Khouri is once again close enough to touch—she can’t help but remember the attraction, the drama … the heartbreak.

She can’t help but want him even more.

Samir can’t afford to fall for someone so far removed from his world, not when his time in London is running out. It's his senior year—his last chance at freedom before he returns home to Lebanon. There, he’ll be expected to follow in his father’s footsteps—not follow his heart to Maggie. But when a scorching secret hookup becomes a temptation neither can resist, they’ll both have to fight to survive the consequences … and find a future together.

Cover Reveal:Next To You (Life #2) by Claudia Y. Burgoa

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Author: Claudia Y. Burgoa

Title: Next To You 

Series: Life #2

Publication date: June 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Synopsis

Him

…I need time. Time to heal those wings and learn to use them…
Was part of the letter Rebecca Trent, Daniel Brightmore’s fiancée and best friend left when she ran away. The person he trusted the most for the past decade disappeared without giving him a second glance. She taught him how to love, believe in family and that everyone deserves a happily ever after. Now he’s struggling between wiping any traces of her from his life and drowning his sorrows away with the help of his new best friends—Don Julio and Jack Daniels.

Her

Rebecca’s past suffocated her to the point of not wanting to continue, her lifeline and the only reason to live began to withdraw from her. She wished it had been her imagination, but heard it loud and clear: “If not, there’s always a divorce, nothing is forever.” This time it became a leave or die situation. Something has got to change—she had to change. Packing light and leaving a letter behind, she takes a journey that can help her find herself through the shards of her painful childhood.
As letters, memories and stories are exchanged, two once inseparable people reconcile what’s left of their relationship. Beyond the confines of everything they built together, they’re left with two lonely people searching for what it means to be whole. Will they find meaning under their bruised psyches or will their pasts get the better of them?

Release Day Lunch:How To Say Goodbye by Amber Lin {Excerpt + Book Trailer + Giveaway}

Author: Amber Lin
Title: How To Say Goodbye
Publication Date: April 7th 2014
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

How to Say Goodbye Synopsis

Amy has a secret: no one’s ever held her hand. She doesn’t even know how to hug. Everyone thinks she’s smart, but straight As are way easier than making friends. Then she meets Dane, a golden-haired surfer whose easy charm and hot touch teach her what she longs to know.
Dane lives for the salty breeze and a sweet wave, because that’s all he has. He’s been on the streets since he was fourteen. A drifter. Homeless. Then he meets Amy. Smart and accomplished, she’s everything he’s not. He wants to be the sort of man who deserves her.
Except that means facing down his past—and that past might very well swallow them both.

Book Blitz:The Opposite of Nothing by Shari Slade {Teaser + Playlist + Giveaway}

Author: Shari Slade

Title: The Opposite of Nothing
Publication date: March 31st 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Callie Evans would rather hide out in her DJ sound booth than face the fact that she’s in love with her best friend, notorious campus hottie Tayber King.

Tayber turns hooking up into an art form–no drama, no commitment, no lies, and nobody gets hurt. Nobody but Callie, that is. When she sees an opportunity to explore his sexier side using a fake online profile, she grabs it. Now her uninhibited alter-ego ‘Sasha’ is steaming up the screen, and Callie is breaking all of Tayber’s rules.

As Callie and Tayber get closer, online and off, she knows she has to confess. And risk losing him forever.

**For mature readers, contains strong language and adult situations.**

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FROM CALLIE'S PLAYLISTS

A sad-sappy playlist made for sitting alone in her apartment eating Oreos and contemplating the disaster that is her life.

 

Awful Mess – The Softies
 

Fineshrine – Purity Ring

Keep Yourself Warm – Frightened Rabbit
 

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart – Wilco

Breathe Me – Sia
 

Lover I Don’t Have to Love – Bright Eyes

AUTHOR BIO

Shari Slade is a snarky optimist. A would-be academic with big dreams and very little means. When she isn't toiling away in the non-profit sector, she's writing gritty stories about identity and people who make terrible choices in the name of love (or lust). Somehow, it all works out in the end. If she had a patronus it would be a platypus.

Frequently found in a blanket fort, you can also find her contributing at Wonkomance, on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr. For new release updates, sign up for the newsletter.

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Cover Reveal:See Through Me (Lose My Senses #1) by Sera Bright {2 Giveaways}

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Author: Sera Bright 
Title: See Through Me
Series: Lose My Senses #1
Publication date: May 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

There's only one person I want to see when I return home. But I know he won't be waiting. It's the reason I feel safe enough to come back.

I’m so wrong.

Ash Townsend isn't the same quiet boy from next door. He's tall, dark, and demanding answers. He wants me, but he doesn't trust me. Who can blame him? When his own family tried to break him down, he still sheltered me in this town full of liars. And I repaid it by leaving him without a word.

Because I'll do anything to protect Ash. I have the scars on my wrist to prove it.

Cover Reveal:Fall into Forever by Beth Hyland

Cover designed by Pickyme.

Author: Beth Hyland 
Title: Fall into Forever  
Publication date: March 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Ivy McAllister had it all. Perfect boyfriend. Perfect life. Perfect future. Or so they tell her. Because one night, on a dark country road, a fiery crash changed everything…and Ivy can’t remember what happened.

Now, two years later, at a new college far from home, she tries to regain control of her life, but her plans don’t include a tattooed, motorcycle-riding, indie music-obsessed guy with his own sorority girl fan club.

Jon Priestly is the hottest guy at Pacific State University. Just ask his groupies. But with a dark past he must keep hidden, he shuts himself off emotionally and trusts no one. That is…until he meets a broken girl with haunting green eyes and secrets of her own.

Excerpt Blast:Recklessly Royal (Suddenly #2) by Nichole Chase {Chapter 2}

Author: Nichole Chase
Title: Recklessly Royal
Series: Suddenly #2
Publication Date: March 25th 2014
Publisher: Avon (A HarperCollins Imprint)
Genre: New Adult Contemporary

RECKLESSLY ROYAL Synopsis

Catherine has spent her life being the perfect princess. She’s kept her hands clean, her head down, and most importantly—men at arm’s length. After all, most men are after only one thing, and for Cathy there’s a lot more at stake than her bed; she has to worry about the fate of an entire nation. But at the rate she’s going, Cathy is afraid she’ll give the Virgin Queen a run for her money. She is tired of waiting for someone good enough to come along. She has a plan, and it all hinges on seducing the one man who seems utterly unimpressed by all things royal. The one man she is tempted by more than any other . . .

When David arrives at the royal wedding of his friend, the newly ordained Duchess Samantha Rousseau, he expected to feel uncomfortable and out of his element, but he wasn’t prepared to be targeted by Prince Alex’s gorgeous younger sister. With Cathy’s giant blue eyes, killer figure, and sense of humor, it won’t take long before he gives in. But when he finds out just how innocent the crown princess really is, will he play the part of knight in shining armor or the dashing rogue?

Cover Reveal:Player in Paradise by Rebecca Lewis

Author: Rebecca Lewis

Title: Player in Paradise 
Publication date: March 1st 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Recent college grad Olivia Kelley just landed her dream job at the famed LA Public Relations agency, the PWR Group. She’s not looking for a relationship, and the agency has a no-dating clients policy, but when she’s tasked with handling overly-flirtatious 23-year-old bad boy actor, Austin Ford, keeping things strictly professional may be harder than she thought.

When Austin is caught cheating on his 19-year-old actress “girlfriend” Cassidy Evans, Olivia’s boss sends the celebrity couple on a romantic Hawaiian vacation to gain some positive press. She instructs Olivia to tag along to keep an eye on their behavior, but soon the getaway to paradise turns into a nightmare as Cassidy concocts a crazy new PR stunt, while Austin tries his hardest to take back control of his life. Olivia wants to help Austin, but is she willing to risk her job and future career reputation for the sexy, sweet-talking Hollywood player?

Cover Reveal:In Pursuit by Olivia Luck

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Author: Olivia Luck
Title: In Pursuit 
Publication date: February 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Eddie Neff needs space. Not the type that country stars croon about, but physical distance from her emotionally distant father and the tatters of a broken relationship. So when the opportunity to relocate her life and interior design business arises, the answer comes easily.

Adjusting to life with Claire, her gregarious new roommate, is more than simply testing comfort limits. With just one meeting, Eddie finds herself unable to resist the draw of Harris Grant, Claire’s brooding and overprotective older brother.

Harris doesn’t fit her idea of a safe relationship. He pushes Eddie to face her deepest insecurities and fears of abandonment. And Harris holds on to his own painful loss, unable to overcome personal demons.

Eddie and Harris must learn to conquer their internal struggles. But as they navigate their new love, outside forces fight to drive them apart.

Cover Reveal:Picture Perfect (Limelight #2) by Elisabeth Grace {Giveaway}

Author: Elisabeth Grace   
Title: Picture Perfect 
Series: Limelight #2
Publication date: March 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Being the daughter of a big-city mayor, twenty-one year old Skye Summers has giant shoes to fill in her first real job out of college. With the public spotlight on her family, and her dad’s expectations running high, she jumps at the chance to work side-by-side on an important project with her sexy new boss.

Playboy entrepreneur Landon Steele has built a successful PR firm and broken more than a few hearts along the way. He’s counting on his enthusiastic new assistant to help him expand his business into LA… until he discovers she’s a pampered rich girl who’s in the public spotlight as much as his famous clients. Still, he agrees to give her a chance, and soon the two are heating up the bedroom as well as the boardroom.

Cover Reveal:Beneath Our Faults by Charity Ferrell

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Author: Charity Ferrell 
Title: Beneath Our Faults 
Publication date: February 12th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

“I might not have pulled the trigger, but I could have stopped the bullet from hitting him.”

Daisy Mara had the perfect idea where her was life was headed. She had the perfect boyfriend, a best friend she could always count on and was elated to be starting her senior year. That perfection died when a gunshot rang out, shattering her into world into slivers. Living with regret and pain, Daisy’s forced to move thousands of miles away for a fresh start. But the last thing she expects to see arriving at her new house is her new, naked neighbor in a steamy, compromising situation.

Keegan Montgomery doesn’t play by the rules. He has never had to answer to anyone for anything with a life full of partying and falling into as many beds as he could throw himself into. Yet, under his bad boy facade, he hides his own demons.

Cover Reveal:Lost in Us by Layla Hagen {Teasers + Giveaway}

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Author: Layla Hagen
Title: Lost in Us
 Release date: February 17th 2014
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Description

Serena has learned to live with her past, locking her secrets and nightmares deep inside her. But when her boyfriend of six years abruptly leaves her, she’s catapulted back into pain, nursing a broken heart. When indulging in mountains of chocolate doesn’t work, Serena decides the best way to deal with her shattered heart is to indulge in something else. A rebound . . .

The night she swaps her usual Sprite for tequila, she meets James. The encounter is breathtaking.
Electrifying.
And best not repeated.

James is a successful entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. A man who has amassed a fortune by taking risks. A man who has shunned commitment completely, and still does. He’s the exact opposite of Serena. But sometimes opposites attract. Sometimes they give in to burning passion. Sometimes opposites are perfect for each other.

Book Blitz:Loving You (Jade #3) by Allie Everhart {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Author: Allie Everhart  
Title: Loving You 
Series: Jade #3
Publication date: December 12th 2013
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Synopsis

Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father.

Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means. Is she tied to his family forever now that she knows some of their darkest secrets?

Spring semester begins at Moorhurst College and a new student arrives who has a little too much interest in Garret’s family. And a little too much interest in Jade.