J. Lynn Rowan: Better Than Chocolate

Carmella Sannarellli is a people pleaser. She can’t say no to anyone, even when it means putting off her own personal goals in the process. So, when her best friend, Sadie Miller, calls with the announcement that she’s broken up with one fiancé and eloping with another in St. Croix, Carmella can’t stop herself from dropping everything and accepting the invitation to stand as maid of honor. Jilted fiancé, Ryan Wutkowski, has been the third member of the Carmella-Sadie trio for nine years. He fully supports Sadie’s new engagement and upcoming nuptials, knowing it’s the right decision and best for both of them. But when he boards a plane to San Juan for a business conference, Carmella is the last person he expects to find occupying the seat next to his. Two days in San Juan, then a week in St. Croix—Carmella knows her two best friends are hiding something. But can she figure out what went wrong between them as she battles her own tingly, off-kilter feelings toward Ryan, while dodging advances from a womanizing best man, and confirming for herself that Sadie did make the right decision? When Ryan unexpectedly shows up at the rehearsal dinner and gets himself invited to the wedding, will Carmella finally uncover the secret he’s held since the day they first met?

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  Meet the author:
Lynn Rowan started writing stories as a small child, usually starring her favorite cartoon characters. Most of her work through middle and high school was filled with typical teenage angst and melodrama, and usually mirrored the books she loved to read. But eventually she found her own author’s voice and decided to seriously pursue a writing career. Historical fiction remains J. Lynn’s “first love”, but she has enjoyed the journey to becoming an author of romance and chick lit. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Central New York Romance Writers, and the Historical Novel Society. She is also a teacher who tries to instill a love of learning, reading, and writing in her students. When she’s not writing, J. Lynn enjoys travelling, gardening poorly but enthusiastically, studying various topics in American history for her own expertise, and channeling Julia Child every time she steps into the kitchen. A native of Oswego, NY, she now lives in Charlotte, NC, with her own Romantic Hero of a husband and the most adorable baby on the planet.

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Sophia Byron's Touched by a Phoenix

 

Sophia Byron's new book, Touched by a Phoenix, is on sale from Amazon July 17th thru July 25th in both the US and UK Kindle Stores.

 

Military technology, shrouded in secrecy and isolation.
So was the man that gave it life…or so he thought.

 

Playboy Brad Scott spent years avoiding love, his heart and mind dedicated to only one thing—global security.  That is, until he meets the elusive Alexandria Saunders, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in military technology and the fiercest corporate attorney in the mixing bowl. Alexis tears Brad’s world apart the moment they meet and with a single touch, becomes the breath against his fire…his obsession.

 

Unwilling to trust any man due to her haunted past, Alexis has allowed her career to consume her life until nothing else seemed important.  While Brad’s devastatingly good looks and charming ways do little to impress Alexis, his touch has managed to crack the walls—walls she had built to protect her heart.  If Alexis can overcome her insecurities and fear, will she finally discover the man of her dreams—the man whose touch will heal her wounds and ignite the inextinguishable flame within her?

 

With an IQ of 229, Brad has been responsible for the most advanced developments in the history of surveillance systems.  With Alexis at his side, he has realized the greatest breakthrough of the century in military technology.  Now, the world wants what he knows and will stop at nothing to hunt him down.      

 

In a game of betrayal, terrorists seem determined to destroy Brad but should they fail, they’ll opt to eradicate the next best thing—Alexis.  In a race against time, can Brad swallow his pride and allow former CIA agent John Martin to help him save the only woman who has the power to save him from himself? Along the way, can they save the world from the horrors about to be unleashed?

 

*Due to explicit sexual content, Touched by a Phoenix is intended for Mature Audiences only*

 

Readers can keep up with the latest news about Sophia Byron's Touched by a Phoenix on the GoodReads page, as well as Sophia Byron's official Facebook page. 

 



Falling for Her Cowbow Boss

Joann Baker and Patricia Mason have written a new book, Falling for Her Cowboy Boss (Cowboys of Colton Canyon), which is available on Amazon for 99 cents (Kindle Edition).

The premise reads as follow:

After a military career that could have ended his life, Jacob McKay came back to his family ranch a different man—physically and emotionally. He was content with running the Triple M and building on the success his father had created. And, of course, the occasional no-strings-attached affair. What he didn’t want was to be attracted to his curvaceous secretary—a woman with emotional scars of her own and an issue with her abundant curves.

Carolyn Adams had suffered her own brand of personal hell after losing both of her parents in a tragic accident that had almost claimed the life of her brother as well. An accident that she had walked away from without a scratch. Taking a job as secretary at one of the largest ranches in Colton Canyon meant that she’d be able to keep her brother in rehab. It also meant that she would be closer to the man who every day claimed another little piece of her battered heart.

Can two lonely people overcome their personal trials and find a way to heal one another?

This only scratches the surface. Right from the first chapter, the reader is swept up into the life of Carolyn Adams (our heroine), and the titillating yet palpable tension she has with her boss (and not all of it is work related). We also learn of her brother - creative, smart, and funny - who has been in a tragic accident, and how Carolyn cares for him and is treading water in self-reproach of how much better things would be if she had been in his place. After all, Carolyn is much less outgoing than her brother, and therefore (she thinks) not much would have been sacrificed by comparison.

All of this sets the stage for the mounting tension and romance as Jacob McKay finds himself drawn to Carolyn. Carolyn's introspection and (very) descriptive observations and speculation of what might be help her to come to terms with her own guilt, and feeling of passion.

I don't often post about romance books here, but what Joann Baker and Patricia Mason are doing is something I would like to see more of, in fiction - body positivity. Carolyn is a woman with a lot of curves, and this book goes over the self-reflection of someone who isn't the mythical waifish wife-in-training in a very realistic and human way. Falling for Her Cowboy Boss is a fantasy, and does not try to be anything but that - however the framework allows for a lot of depth and very real emotions and thoughts to reach the reader in a very tangible way.

For 99 cents (or free if you have Kindle Unlimited), you should take a chance on Falling for Her Cowboy Boss today!

Justice For All

Releases March 30, 2015 – Available NOW for PreOrder!

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Sometimes the road you’re on is just a detour to your heart’s destination… Kay Rawley has plans. She might be the second child of an earl, but she wants a life away from her father’s estate in New Durma. She wants a life apart from her family’s name. Becoming a lawyer was a bright, shiny object she just couldn’t resist grabbing. Her classes are complete, and all she has to do is pass the bar to get permanent employment at the Dallas law firm where she’s been interning for the past year. Kay’s been on Audrick Van Buren’s radar since the day she walked into his classroom two years ago. That admiration only grew when she came to work for his firm. But if there’s anything he recognizes, it’s a woman who’s driven–and Kay is definitely one. It’s all he can do to keep his distance and allow her the chance to come into her own. What Van doesn’t know is that someone else is watching Kay, too, and if he doesn’t step between them, that person might not only derail her career but threaten her very life. Things aren’t always what they seem, and Kay’s about to learn that the best laid plans are so much better when they go astray.

  And if you haven’t read All for Hope (A Rawley Family Novel) you can get it for just 99 cents for a limited time! Amazon | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords

About the Author:

When Olivia Hardin started having movie-like dreams in her teens, she had no choice but to begin putting them to paper. Before long, the writing bug had bitten her, and she knew she wanted to be a published author. Several rejections plus a little bit of life later, she was temporarily “cured” of the urge to write. That is, until she met a group of talented and fabulous writers who gave her the direction and encouragement she needed to get lost in the words again. Olivia has attended three different universities over the years and toyed with majors in Computer Technology, English, History and Geology. Then one day she heard the term “road scholar,”’ and she knew that was what she wanted to be. Now she “studies” anything and everything just for the joy of learning. She’s also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5 projects, a jogger who hates to run, and she’s sometimes accused of being artistic. A native Texas girl, Olivia lives in the beautiful Lone Star state with her husband, Danny and their puppy, Bonnie.

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