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✍🏻 British author, Jolie Vines’s, next book is LIVE. Perfect Storm is THE perfect book to get lost in today. Download your copy now. ✍🏻

Book: Perfect Storm (Wild Scots, #2)

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Status: standalone in a linked series

Live: Thurs, Jan 30th, 2020

Additional info: on a preorder discount of 2.99

Buy link: mybook.to/PerfectStormWildScots 

The second standalone in the Wild Scots series takes you from the stunning scenery of Scotland to the busy city of Manhattan. Perfect Storm involves a steamy hot one-night stand, a surprise pregnancy, a dedicated alpha-male hero who’ll stop at nothing to get his girl, and a heroine with big plans of her own.

Full blurb:

Perfect Storm (Wild Scots, #2) 

A one-night stand produces more than just the big O.

Skye

All my life, I tried to be perfect. But boy did I make a mistake. An unexpected wild night of passion made an indelible memory. And a positive pregnancy test.

My tall, dark, and handsome bedmate and I agreed to one night only. I’m about to track him down with a big surprise.

Skye’s hero

My life is filled with endless responsibilities, but memories of my time with Skye keep me warm at night. Despite our undeniable spark, her new life overseas made it a one-time-only deal, so when the gorgeous dress designer turns up again on my doorstep without her happy smile, I know something is wrong.

Skye Storm McRae might think she can do this alone, but I want her and my baby too.

The second standalone in the Wild Scots series takes you from the stunning scenery of Scotland to the busy city of Manhattan. Perfect Storm involves a steamy hot one-night stand, a surprise pregnancy, a dedicated alpha-male hero who’ll stop at nothing to get his girl, and a heroine with big plans of her own.

Jump into this breathtaking series today.

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✍🏻 Ready for an A.L. Jackson story? Kiss the Stars is coming March 5th, and I have the cover HERE! Add it to your GoodReads TBR and enter the giveaway. ✍🏻

Kiss the Stars
A Falling Stars stand-alone romance from A.L. Jackson
Coming March 5th

Cover: LJ Designs
Photo: Michelle Lancaster
Model: Chase Mattson

DETAILS: 

TITLE: KISS THE STARS

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 5TH, 2020

Synopsis

A Falling Stars STAND-ALONE NOVEL from NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author, A.L. Jackson . . .

A single mother.

An up-and-coming drummer with a sordid past.

Their paths never should have crossed.

But when a senseless crime rocks Mia West’s entire world, she agrees to spend the summer hiding out at her rock-star brother’s mansion in Savannah until the storm blows over.

What she never expected was the gorgeous, brooding drummer living in the guest house.

His darkness a lure.

His gaze a trap.

She knows better than to go after what will hurt her most.

Leif Godwin has two focuses in his life: his band, Carolina George, and seeking retribution for what was stolen from him.

Mia was never supposed to be a part of the equation.

Her eyes an appeal.

Her body a temptation.

Touching her is nothing but a sin.

But will loving her destroy them all . . .

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Win a complete Bleeding Stars Signed Set in honor of Kiss the Stars – A Bleeding Stars spin-off!

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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.

Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, BLEEDING STARS, FIGHT FOR ME, and CONFESSIONS OF THE HEART novels. Watch out for her upcoming stand-alone, KISS THE STARS, releasing March 5th.

If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s Blog Tour for Kathy Ireland and Rachel Van Dyken’s Fashion Jungle – Read my 4 1/2 ⭐️ review here PLUS an excerpt from this exciting book ✍🏻

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Fashion Jungle by Kathy Ireland and Rachel Van Dyken

Release Date: January 28, 2020

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Fashion Jungle, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by Iconic Supermodel, now Global Business Mogul, Kathy Ireland and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken.

Four women… Four very different paths. One incredibly cutthroat world.

Welcome to the Jungle.

As America’s sweetheart, Brittany is perceived as the “good girl.” The sort to bring her Bible to a photoshoot… only to garner the attention of a most unlikely suitor. Until one mistake irrevocably changes both of their lives forever. Fortunately, both now and then, Brittany has wonderful support systems, including her tribe.

The leader of the tribe and a model who’s fought every battle and obstacle in the industry, Zoe, knows her worth. Until a sex tape scandal rocks her world. She sees no choice but to put her trust in the one man she shouldn’t, to make it all go away and help her succeed. Unfortunately, not only is he mired in New York’s underbelly, he wants repayment… with interest. Namely, her hand in marriage.

Despite her seemingly perfect life, Everlee has problems of her own. Not only has her world-renowned photographer husband been cheating, but it’s actually much worse than that. The things surrounding what he’s done are so dark and dangerous, Everlee’s life may actually be in jeopardy.

And then there’s Danica, cold, dead in the ground Danica. Some secrets stay hidden while others are just waiting to be discovered- hers has the power to alter the industry forever.

In the world of the Fashion Jungle, it’s easily eat or be eaten… but, if you make it out alive, you just might have a story to tell – though it will likely be one of secrets, lies, deceit, and loss.

Strap on your stilettos, it’s about to get wild.

Based on true stories.

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Excerpt:

“I think I may come here every night.”

“Be my guest,” Dane said, looking away as if he were bored; when in reality, his heart was racing.

Frederick would crack. His shirt was open now, his eyes closed. The habit would continue as it always did. Wouldn’t it?

He would self-destruct.

All men eventually did when it came to Dane.

The ones who didn’t, well… they weren’t alive to say otherwise, now, were they?

“Have fun.” Dane stood, patted Frederick on the back, and shared a knowing look with the woman currently straddling the man’s lap. “Make it worth his while but remember our rules.”

Dane shoved the guilt aside as he walked off.

The guilt of what this would do to Everlee.

Then again, Everlee didn’t know what he did.

She didn’t know the secrets Frederick kept.

That he wasn’t who she thought he was.

Then again, nobody really did.

Only Dane.

Because he’d collected everything he could on Frederick for a year and was less than impressed by the sort of man he was.

“Interesting club,” Ronan said once Dane reached the bar. He was flanked by two bodyguards.

“They aren’t necessary,” Dane said in an unemotional voice, pointing to the security. “No weapons allowed, no fighting, only pleasure.”

“And yet, here you are, talking to me.” Ronan leveled him with a glare. “What do you want, Dane?”

“Is that how you speak to an old friend?”

Ronan let out a snort. “We’ve never been friends. We’ve only tolerated each other because of the girls.”

The girls.

It was how they all referred to Brittany, Everlee, Zoe and Danica. Pain sliced through Dane’s heart, he couldn’t even say her name in his head without feeling it everywhere, all the way down to the marrow.

Shake it off.

They were women now.

Women with secrets.

Insecurities.

Girls who’d grown up too fast.

Females who were still fighting their way through the jungle of New York, barefoot and bleeding with fake smiles and deadly secrets.

“I need you to keep him in jail,” Dane said under his breath. “They say he’s getting out on good behavior.”

Ronan muttered a curse. “Let me guess, you want me to go have a golf game with the DA?”

“If you think that would help.” Dane tilted his head and narrowed his eyes on the politician, the man he used to trust as much as everyone else before Dane’s world came crumbling down around him by way of his sister’s death. “Then, yes.”

“Fine. This makes us even.” Ronan tried to walk off, but Dane grabbed him by the elbow and held him there, whispering in a low voice, “I will never be done with you… tell the former first lady hello. I loved what she was wearing while shopping on Fifth Avenue yesterday, the white made her look so innocent.”

Ronan let out a filthy curse and walked off.

And Dane?

Dane stared out across the club as a feeling of calmness washed over him. Chess pieces had been moved.

Now.

Now, he would wait.

About Kathy:

Kathy Ireland, Chair of kathy ireland® Worldwide (kiWW®), is a fashion and home industry icon, whose unprecedented, American entrepreneurial success, inspired the term, model-preneur. kiWW® is owned solely by Kathy’s family trusts. Kathy’s first novel, Fashion Jungle, is co-authored with #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Rachel Van Dyken. Kathy entered the “jungle” as a teenager, sheltered by loving parents, John and Barbara, of Santa Barbara, California. Covers of Vogue, Teen, and Cosmopolitan, led to a record 13 issues and all-time bestselling cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. Kathy is the supermodel turned supermogul, hailed by Harper’s Bazaar as the most successful “model in the world.” kiWW® launched a single pair of socks, during Kathy’s first pregnancy. While selling over one hundred million pairs, retail expanded. kiWW® develops for home, office, fashion, luxury jewels, vacation destinations, weddings, lighting, flooring, furniture, personal care, media and more. After billions of dollars in sales, kiWW®, a private company, was reported on by Forbes. Kathy’s story continues in global media, including three Forbes covers (two USA, one Asia), Inc., Wall Street Journal, Cheddar, Success Magazine, television, and online. Kathy’s speaking events occur in America, the Middle East, Asia and beyond. Residing in Santa Barbara, California, Kathy Ireland and Greg Olsen are parents to Lily, Chloe, Erik and his wife Bethany, their daughter-in-love. Kathy holds numerous Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters including one from CSU Channel Islands. Kathy’s philanthropy includes: women and children’s health, HIV/AIDS, Education, human freedom, life, wars against religious persecution and violence. Kathy is a Board Member of the NFLPA, WNBPA Board of Advocates, an Ambassador and donor for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Kathy’s survival in the jungle is because of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, His inerrant Word, and The Gospel, which is the Good News of Christ, crucified for all sins. Kathy believes everyone is loved by Jesus Christ, without any exceptions. Please experience Kathy’s journey of Faith, at kathyireland.com/fashionjungle/faith.

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About Rachel:

Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Wall Street Journal, And USA Today bestselling author of over 80 books ranging from contemporary romance to paranormal. With over three million copies sold, she’s been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 12 countries. The Matchmakers Playbook was also optioned by Passionflix and directed by Tosca Musk. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable son, naked cat, and two dogs.For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit http://www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com.

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✍🏻 Fun! Fun! Fun! The Gone Wild Series is Coming and the Covers are here for this series. Preorder your copies today! ✍🏻

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Five friends. One singles cruise. So many sexy shenanigans.

The Gone Wild Series, an all-new sexy and fun series featuring brand-new standalone romances from five bestselling authors, is coming March 24th and we’re celebrating the fun and flirty covers!

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Kissing Kendall by New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert

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All Kendall Barnes wants is a nice relaxing cruise to reconnect with her friends from college. Instead, they’re mistakenly booked on a singles’ cruise. Despite this series of unfortunate events, Kendall is determined to follow through on her original plan… At least until she meets a gorgeous stranger who might just be enough to tempt her into breaking all her rules.

Alex Jeffries is on his first vacation in over ten years, and he hates every second of it. He can’t stop thinking about what could be going wrong with the bar he owns back home, at least until he meets Kendall and forgets about everything but kissing her. Maybe a party cruise wasn’t the worst idea after all…

Kendall and Alex embark on a sexy fling, but it only takes a few days for the truth to sink in. The mind-blowing chemistry between them is only getting stronger, and despite the expiration date they both agreed on, they can’t help wondering if this vacation fling can go the distance…

Or are they destined to crash and burn when they come back to reality?

Pre-order your copy today!

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Gaming Grace by bestselling author Piper J. Drake

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All work and no play is no way to enjoy this cruise.

Executive Director Grace Kim figures this reunion with her college friends is the perfect excuse to prove that she knows how to keep work/life balance and enjoy the Caribbean, preferably with her pants intact.

Rich, sexy, brilliant Bryan Wu has an app for that, and he charms Grace into helping him test it. He offers seven days of the best vacation of her life (bonus, sizzling chemistry) before they return to reality, but he didn’t anticipate just how much of his heart he’d give her.

When an accidental error results in a humiliating video of her online, Grace must salvage her career and decide whether to erase Bryan from her memory forever or admit they brought out the best in each other.

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Attracting Aubrey by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Avery Flynn

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I never dreamed I’d meet my celebrity crush while stealing every single pair of my best friend’s pants.

Trust me, my life is not that wild. In fact, the most excitement I usually get is running my fan-favorite Insta thirst account featuring butt-tastic pics of Hollywood superhero Carter Hayes. So, imagine my shock when, in the middle of the cruise ship hallway, I realize the guy whose shirt I’m stuffing slacks inside of is Carter disguised as a tourist. How I manage not to faint dead away, I’ve got no clue.

When word leaks that Carter might be on board, he asks me to help him maintain his cover. There’s no way I’m gonna say no to that. I just don’t share that I’m the anonymous woman behind the fan account that reported sighting him onboard. No biggie. Right?

However, when things between us go from friendly to hot to OMG-I-can’t-keep-my-clothes-on-around-him, all I can do is hope he never discovers my secret. You see, somewhere along the way, Carter went from an untouchable movie star to the man I’m falling for.

Pre-order your copy today!

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Beguiling Benjamin by USA Today bestselling author Robin Covington

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All work and no play has made me a very dull and very horny boy. But now that I’ve secured my coveted tenure professorship in mathematics, I can concentrate on 1) getting a life; and 2) getting off. Not necessarily in that order.

A vacation with my best friends is the perfect way to kick off my new life. And the fact that our relaxing week on the beach is mistakenly booked as a raucous singles cruise seems like the perfect answer to problem number two.

Propositioning the assistant football coach from my university (and the number one player on my spankbank fantasy team) on the ship’s deck after three too many rum punches seems like a good idea at the time. One hotter-than-hell kiss and blow-my-mind orgasm later and the deal for a week-long fling is done and it is definitely the best idea I’ve ever had.

One cruise. Two guys. Seven nights. Zero strings. It sounds like the perfect equation to me… what could possibly go wrong?

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Loving Liv by USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy

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USA Today bestselling author, Stacey Kennedy, returns to the passion-filled world of Club Sin and Dirty Little Secrets with this new novella featuring a slightly flawed Dom who has seven days–and seven very steamy nights–on a Caribbean cruise to convince a way-too-innocent woman from his past that maybe the best way for two broken people to find true love is to jump headfirst into the deep end of desire.

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About the Authors

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Katee Robert

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Entertainment Weekly calls her writing “unspeakably hot.” Her books have sold over a million copies. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, children, a cat who thinks he’s a dog, and two Great Danes who think they’re lap dogs.

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Piper J. Drake

Piper J. Drake is a bestselling author of romantic suspense and edgy contemporary romance, a frequent flyer, and day job road warrior. Wherever she goes, she enjoys tasting the world and embarking on foodie adventures. Dogs—and horses—have been known to spontaneously join her for a stroll and she enjoys pausing for a nice chat with cats of all sizes, from domestic to tiger size and beyond.

Piper aspires to give her readers stories with a taste of the hard challenges in life, a breath of laughter, a broad range of strengths and weaknesses, the sweet taste of kisses, and the heat of excitement across multiple genres including science fiction and fantasy.

Come join the adventure with her!

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Avery Flynn

USA Today bestselling romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip.

She fell in love with romance while reading Johanna Lindsey’s Mallory books. It wasn’t long before Avery had read through all the romance offerings at her local library. Needing a romance fix, she turned to Harlequin’s four books a month home delivery service to ease the withdrawal symptoms. That worked for a short time, but it wasn’t long before the local book stores’ staff knew her by name.

Avery was a reader before she was a writer and hopes to always be both. She loves to write about smartass alpha heroes who are as good with a quip as they are with their *ahem* other God-given talents. Her heroines are feisty, fierce and fantastic. Brainy and brave, these ladies know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs.

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Robin Covington

A USAToday bestseller, Robin Covington loves to explore the theme of fooling around and falling in love in her books. Her stories burn up the sheets…one page at a time. A Native American author of color, Robin proudly writes diverse romance where everyone gets their happily ever after.

She is an unapologetic Indiginerd and comic book geek. She hoards red nail polish and stalks Chris Evans. She is thoroughly obsessed with her Corgi, Dixie Joan Wilder (Yes – THE Joan Wilder)

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Stacey Kennedy

Stacey Kennedy is a USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romances full of heat, heart, and happily ever afters. With over 50 titles published, her books have hit Amazon, B&N, and Apple Books bestseller lists.

Stacey lives with her husband and two children in southwestern Ontario—in a city that’s just as charming as any of the small towns she creates. Most days, you’ll find her enjoying the outdoors with her family or venturing into the forest with her horse, Priya. Stacey’s just as happy curled up indoors, where she writes surrounded by her lazy dogs. She believes that sexy books about hot cowboys or alpha heroes can fix any bad day. But wine and chocolate help too.

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✍🏻 #coverreveal Staci Hart’s Mum’s the Word – Check out this GORGEOUS cover! ✍🏻

Mum’s The Word, the third in the Bennet Brothers series from Staci Hart, is coming March 31st. Check out the beautiful cover for this upcoming spring release. I love the vibe of this series and the covers are to die for! Mark your calendars and get ready to fall in love with Marcus Bennet!

Falling in love with a Bennet is not an option.

My mother has summoned me home to take my place at Bower Bouquets, and as the heiress, I’m expected to do as I’m told. I’m expected to sit by her side as she does her best to decimate the Bennet family and their flower shop, Longbourne. I’m expected to play by her rules, or she’ll ruin me too.

But the day I crash into Marcus Bennet changes everything. And the kiss seals the deal. If my mother finds out, I’ll lose everything—my family, my life, my security. Worse, she’ll make sure the Bennets pay for my mistakes.

Falling in love with a Bennet is not an option.

But I might not have a choice.

Pre-order your copy of Mum’s the Word from your preferred retailer today!

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Want something to read while you wait? The first two standalone books in the Bennet Brothers series are both LIVE!

Everyone hates parts of their job.

Maybe it’s the paperwork. Maybe it’s the day-to-day grind. Maybe it’s that client who never knows what they want, or the guy who always cooks fish in the microwave.

But not me. I love every corner of the Longbourne Flower Shop, every flower, every petal, every stem. I love the greenhouse, and I love Mrs. Bennet, my boss. I love creating, and I love being a florist. I don’t hate anything at all.

Except for Luke Bennet.

The Bennet brothers have come home to help their mom save the flower shop, and Luke is at the helm. His smile tells a tale of lust, loose and easy. He moves with the grace of a predator, feral and wild. A thing unbridled, without rules or constraint. When he comes home to save Longbourne, I almost can’t be mad at him. Almost.

He doesn’t remember that night I’ll never forget. That kiss, touched with whiskey and fire. It branded me like a red-hot iron. But it meant nothing to him.

Everyone hates part of their job, and I hate Luke Bennet.

Because if I don’t, I’ll fall in love with him.

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They say there’s no such thing as perfect.

But I’ve built my life to perfection—the perfect boyfriend, the perfect apartment, the perfect career planning celebrity weddings. My job—my only job—is to make sure every event is absolutely and completely perfect.

What’s not perfect? Kash Bennet.

And I wish I didn’t find that so appealing.

I could have told you every perfectly imperfect thing about the gardener at Longbourne. Like his hair, lush and black and far too long. Or his nose, the flat bridge of a Greek god, bent a little like it’s been broken. Or his size. Beastly. Roped and corded with muscles, gleaming with sweat and peppered with dirt. There’s no escaping him, not if I’m going to use his family’s flower shop for my events.

But nothing is what it seems. And in the span of a heartbeat, my perfect life is turned inside out. They say the best way to get over somebody is to get under somebody new. When Kash offers his services to the cause, it sounds like the perfect plan.

What’s not part of the plan? Falling in love with the gardener.

But they were right—there’s no such thing as perfect.

And I’m the fool who finds out the hard way.

Gilded Lily is available for a little while longer in Kindle Unlimited!

Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life — a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can’t forget that. She’s also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She’s been a wife, though she’s certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She’s also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she’s been drinking whiskey. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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✍🏻 D. Kelly’s Fade-Out is Coming March 11th. Are you ready for her sexy cover? Preorder this book today! ✍🏻

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Eli

Rory Weston.

Independent.

Intelligent.

Gorgeous as hell.

She understands me in ways no woman ever has, but I’ve kept her at a distance because I knew she’d inevitably break my heart. And she did—the night she slept with another man. My mistake was falling in love, and it’s one I’ll never make again.

Rory

Eli Watts.

Smart.

Loyal.

And the most stubborn man I’ve ever met.

He’s a superstar who’s insecure when it comes to love. I’ve wanted him from the moment we met. One night, I made a mistake I’ll always regret, but it solidified the one thing I’ve known for years: Eli is the love of my life. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove my love is real, and this time, I’m not letting him push me away.

Fade-Out is an Illusion Series novel. While you can enjoy it as an interconnected standalone story, it is much better when read as part of the series as a whole. If you’d like to start from the beginning, please read Just an Illusion – Side A.

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D. Kelly, author of The Acceptance Series, The Illusion Series, and standalone companion novels Chasing Cassidy and Sharing Rylee, was born and raised in Southern California. She’s a wife, mom, dog lover, taxi, problem fixer, and extreme multi-tasker. She married her high school sweetheart and is her kids’ biggest fan.

Kelly has been writing since she was young and took joy in spinning stories to her childhood friends. Margaritas and sarcasm make her smile, she loves the beach but hates the sand, and she believes Starbucks makes any day better.

A contemporary romance writer, D. Kelly’s stories revolve around friendship and the bond it creates, strengthening the love of the people who share it. For all things D. Kelly, you can visit her website: http://www.dkellyauthor.com

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✍🏻 If you have been reading Kendall Ryan’s Hot Jocks series, then you know captain Grant needs a book. And his cover is HERE! Preorder Grant and Ana’s story TODAY! ✍🏻

Wild for You

By Kendall Ryan

Release Day: April 20, 2020

About the Book

He’s growly. Grumpy. Stubborn.

And now, my new roommate.

Walking away from my disastrous last relationship was an easy decision, but moving in with a friend-of-a-friend hockey star who’s rarely home? Not quite as simple, because Grant makes me feel things even I don’t understand.

One thing’s for certain, though. I definitely shouldn’t have crawled into his bed that night.

• • •

There’s a brightness to her eyes I can’t seem to look away from.

She’s beautiful. Smart. Tempting.

And a little fragile.

I’ve never been anyone’s knight in shining armor, but when Ana needed a place to stay, it was easy to move her in with me.

Not so simple, though, is keeping my hands—or my mouth—to myself. And the night she crawls into my bed and shares her body with me has me conjuring up all kinds of ideas about our future.

Until a big surprise I never saw coming changes everything.

If you like sexy, confident men who know how to handle a stick (on and off the ice), and smart women who are strong enough to keep all those big egos in check, this series of athlete romances is perfect for you!

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A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than three dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 3 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world.

Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than 70 times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine.

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 4 ⭐️ Review: Patricia D. Eddy’s Call Sign: Redemption: An Away from Keyboard story ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Make no mistake with this review. I am a huge Patricia D. Eddy fan, especially as it relates to her Away From Keyboard series. Each new book in this series finds me engrossed in its story. The reason for it is its profound story about broken people living broken lives but finding completeness in the arms of their soulmate. This message coupled with the romantic suspense of the book keeps you engaged until the very last page. 

The newest chapter in the Away from Keyboard series is Call Sign: Redemption. In this book, Eddy offers the story of Trevor and Dani. Trevor works for Second Sight, Dax Holloway’s (the hero from Eddy’s Second Sight) company. As a former foster care child, Trevor has learned to live life by himself with few connections. This book begins with his past where we find that he must make a decision about his best friend that leaves him broken and hiding from building friendships. Dani is a reporter who decides to pursue a news story. However, she must travel to a dangerous prison in Venezuela for the interview behind the story. To do so, she enlists the help of Trevor to act as her cameraman and protection. Dani and Trevor have a past, where Trevor stood up Dani, the woman he has always wanted but felt he wasn’t good enough for. As they travel to Venezuela and encounter danger there, their old feelings come alive. Unfortunately, the situation becomes precarious and Trevor is put in danger. Dani must save him, but to do so, she mobilizes Trevor’s friends with Second Sight and Hidden Agenda. In the process of saving Trevor, Dani risks her life for the man she knows she has always loved. Will the team be successful to save Trevor, and will Dani and Trevor find a happy ending?

I have to admit that this is the first Away from Keyboard story of which I struggled. Trevor’s story is an important one. This is a man who is placed in foster homes throughout his youth until age 18 when he is emancipated, so he lives his life as a bit of a nomad, never finding his replacement family. Dani and her adopted brother Austin, along with her adoptive parents, come closest to taking the place of Trevor’s family. Yet, Trevor struggles to see this connection. As such, Trevor doesn’t believe he can find a place to land or find a family to love him. He sees himself as a lone wolf, even though he surrounds himself with people who will sacrifice their lives for him. This message through the character of Trevor is the gravity of Call Sign: Redemption. When Trevor recognizes that the men and women of Hidden Agenda and Second Sight are his family, the story finds its zenith, and it connects deeply with the reader. 

What I struggled with was the progression of Dani and Trevor’s relationship. Eddy is usually so careful in the development of the relationships between her heroes and heroines. In Call Sign: Redemption, feelings and actions between the two seemed rushed and underdeveloped. I wanted more background to Dani and Trevor’s story. In doing so, I think their reunion and the ignition of feelings would have felt more profound and essential. Instead, it read like a spike in chemistry. These two are seemingly soulmates, but that isn’t fully articulated until Dani sacrifices her safety for Trevor. I think Eddy could have built their backstory more as a way to connect us more deeply to their relationship. 

Also, while reading the book, I was confused as to why the U.S. Government would allow one of their former CIA agents to be extradited back to Venezuela. I found myself researching the Venezuelan/U.S. Extradition Treaty because it seemed like a stretch that the government wouldn’t fight to keep him on US soil. Instead, Eddy allows it in her story, as a means to create the rescue of Trevor. However, I couldn’t suspend my disbelief because Trevor is shipped out expeditiously (which seemed odd) and he was former CIA. I’d like to think that the US would delay extradition given Venezuela’s precarious relationship with the US. This moment in the story made me question the plot twist and impetus for eventual resolution of the story. 

That being said, the true power of Call Sign: Redemption is Patricia D. Eddy’s magnification of her characters’ broken parts. This is what we sign up to read when we enter this series. We all live with broken pieces. They nick our hearts and, sometimes, make it difficult to be loved. That’s clear in Trevor’s story as he struggles to make meaningful relationships with his colleagues, even though they want a meaningful connection with him. As his love for Dani grows, the possibility of this grows stronger, highlighting the message that love can bind our broken pieces together and make us feel whole again, offering us a place of safety and pure love. This is the true essence of Patricia D. Eddy’s newest book, Call Sign: Redemption, and it holds the power of the story.

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 4 1/2 ⭐️ Review: J.T. Geissinger’s Rules of Engagement ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Rules of Engagement is my entree into J.T. Geissinger’s world of books. As a newer blogger/book reviewer (I’ve only been doing this for two years), there are so many authors whom I have yet to read. I’ve seen Geissinger’s name in various promos over the past year, but Rules of Engagement is the first book of hers that I’ve had the honor to read. I know that she writes both contemporary romance and romantic comedy. When I saw the promotion of Rules of Engagement, the blurb drew me in instantly. I mean, c’mon, a Southern lady matchmaker and a rough, gruff hero who is looking for a wife. This seemed like rom-com dynamite. And it is every bit of it. 

The story follows Maddie and Mason (can we acknowledge our love for alliterative pairings). Mason is a professional football player who has found himself in trouble time and time again due to his less than stellar attitude towards life and relationships. As a way to appease his agent and football team, his agent decides that he needs a wife to tame his image. Mason is the variety of hero who is beastly and gruff. Finding him a wife proves difficult. Mason’s agent, Dick, enlists the help of a matchmaker: Maddie. Maddie is every bit the Southern lady, well mannered, a little uptight, and controlled. When these two meet, fireworks ensue as each challenges the thinking of the other. The question of their story becomes will Maddie find a wife for Mason, or will she fall for him herself? 

Every single page of Geissinger’s story kept me engaged. There is a depth to the story that underlies the hilarity and aggression of Mason and Maddie’s journey. The only way to describe it lies in the word “dense.” Geissinger lends a density to their hate-to-love evolution. Each word felt intentional whether it was to examine Mason’s underlying motivation in life or to highlight Maddie’s need to control all the details of her life. There is simply an intentionality to Geissinger’s storytelling and prose even when it’s disguised as a witty rom-com. 

Rules of Engagement is a modern-day Beauty and the Beast tale. Mason has chosen beastly attributes as a means to hide his insecurity and beliefs about love. From the first page, it’s clear that Mason hyperbolizes his responses to people because he simply doesn’t feel “good enough” for meaningful relationships. This realization can be felt by Geissinger’s readers. Maybe we don’t act as grizzly as Mason, but we hide behind ineffectual coping mechanisms to escape our inner traumas. This is probably my favorite part of rom-coms, especially Geissinger’s. There is always something deeper beneath the surface of the seemingly light-hearted machinations of the hero and heroine. It’s a constant reminder that humor can act as a mask for a deeper issue. It’s the reason that a well-written rom-com holds the same power as an angsty, dramatic contemporary romance. 

For me, Maddie is my favorite character. Yes, she’s controlled, and, as her aunt notes, walks as though she has a stick up her butt. However, it’s easy to see that it has become her defense mechanism in life. Beyond that, it becomes clear early in the story that she has the ability to see deeper into other people. She struggles with personal introspection, yet Maddie’s superpower, at least for this story, is “seeing” the real Mason. As such, she pulled at my heart-strings every time she articulated his feelings that he couldn’t tell her. That’s usually one of my favorite plotlines: when a hero or heroine sees his/her love interest completely. Maddie’s ability to move past Mason’s defense mechanism makes her the ultimate hero in Rules of Engagement

Lastly, this story incorporates points of view other than Maddie’s and Mason’s, offering us context to the progression of their relationship. Incorporating Dick and Aunt Waldine’s perspectives not only helps us better understand Maddie and Mason; they also act as further hilarity in the romance. Aunt Waldine’s seances coupled with Dick’s meddling add the right amount of flair to keep the reader further engaged in Mason and Maddie’s journey. 

For my first J.T. Geissinger book, I’m thankful for the opportunity to have read Rules of Engagement for an honest review. In reading her acknowledgments that she wrote this book during a difficult time in her life, it’s amazing that she was able to infuse so much comedy into the gravity of a story about self-love and finding completion by allowing yourself to love fully,  and it highlights Geissinger’s storytelling genius. Once I began reading Rules of Engagement, I couldn’t put it down. It’s a story of finding a deep love even when we tell ourselves that our pasts have damaged us too much for anyone to love us. That we can be more than we ever allow ourselves. 

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 5 ⭐️ Review: Helena Hunting’s A Favor for A Favor ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shhh…I have a secret. I hate to admit it, but A Favor for A Favor is only my second Helena Hunting book. I know, I know. Where have I been living given her prolific reading list filled with lots of $exy hockey players and their heroines? Well, apparently, I’ve been living too far under a rock, and I need to come up for air and get to her reading list immediately BECAUSE A Favor for A Favor has everything I love in a rom-com: a cranky hero, a sassy heroine who puts him in his place more often than not, some serious chemistry that quite literally explodes after a serious slow burn, and lots and lots of hilarious banter between the two. Add to that a hero who loves to wear underwear with messages written over his junk and a game of catch the other one in his/her skimpiest of clothing, and you have a BIG hit. Because that is what A Favor for A Favor is…a must-read. 

Emotion is a measure for me of a great book. Do you make me cry? Do you make me laugh? Do you make me want to launch my phone or Kindle at the wall in anger or frustration or fright? If you can pull any one of these reactions from me, then you have sold me on your book. Helena Hunting’s A Favor for A Favor did two of these: it made me laugh and it made me shed a tear. That last reaction might seem strange for a rom-com, but everyone knows that a rom-com has to have some level of tension in it because we cannot simply let the hero and heroine go easily into their happily ever after. Right? That is indeed the case for our hero and heroine in Helena Hunting’s story.

However, up to that point, laughter is the best medicine when you have a hero with a serious attitude. From Stevie’s overbearing brother to Bishop’s playboy brother to a cat whose name will make you spit-take to a neanderthal ex-boyfriend to friends that challenge our hero and heroine, there are so many opportunities to laugh out loud. As I turned the page, I wanted more and more of Stevie and Bishop. Their chemistry, their underwear game, his groin injury which leads to so many sentences about his balls, and her handling of his “ball” issue grab your heart and drag you into their feud. These two start out as pseudo-enemies and allow their chemistry to build a slow burn towards their connection. It’s that slow burn and their obvious interest in each other that engages you and makes you fall for them more and more. 

Yet, it’s also the hearts of these two that catapult you into this book. It’s clear that each of them cares for the other once their misconceptions are resolved. Reading them fall in love on the page brings about a sense of completion that you hate to come to because it means their story is over. I hadn’t read Stevie’s brother’s book, A Lie for A Lie. And I found myself one-clicking it because this world, the one where Stevie and Bishop reside, quickly became the favorite part of my reading week.  

From Bishop’s statement underwear to Stevie’s strength in challenging Bishop, A Favor for A Favor became a favorite rom-com of mine. With hockey players, injured balls, a slow-burn romance, and a heroine who helps a hero live out his depth, Helena Hunting’s romance reminds us that people are brought into our lives to challenge us while loving us. As Bishop falls deeply for Stevie, you can’t help but feel like everything in life is complete. I mean, if a cranky hero with a serious attitude can find his happily-ever-after, can’t we all? And yes, there is more Helena Hunting in my future.

In love and romance,

Professor A