Daily Archives: October 24, 2016

The Killing Gameby Toni Anderson

Romance Writers of America® RITA® Finalist.
National Readers’ Choice Awards Finalist.

Wildlife biologist Axelle Dehn isn’t about to let anyone harm her endangered snow leopards–not the poacher intent on killing them, nor the soldier who wants to use them as bait. But Axelle is unknowingly entangled in a conflict that stretches back three decades, a conflict that could spark a war between two of the world’s great nations.

​British SAS soldier, Ty Dempsey, is on a mission to hunt down an infamous Russian terrorist in a remote region of Afghanistan. Dempsey hasn’t failed a mission yet, but when Axelle is kidnapped by the Russian, he is forced to choose between duty and his heart. He risks everything to save the determined, prickly woman he’s fallen for, but in doing so sparks a deadly series of events that threaten to expose the most successful spy in history. A spy who will destroy anyone who gets in his way.

The Selfish Workout Guide: The No Gym, No Weights, Fail-Proof Way To Get The Body Of Your Dreamsby Nicholas Caldwell

Are You Embarrassed By Your Belly Bulge?

If you would love to be back to the size you were in high school, but you feel too self-conscious to waste money on a gym membership….then you want to read this book.

Have you ever felt like you’re “not good enough” or “not strong enough” or “never skinny enough” to sign up for the gym?

Maybe you just don’t have the extra time or energy to spend an hour there every night?

You are not alone.

More than 80% of Americans are out of shape and overweight. And being fat is as deadly as being a smoker.

The future is scary when you’re unhealthy. It’s time to reverse your fate.

Have you ever wondered:

• Why you’ve lost weight in the past, but gained it back and then some?
• Why you struggle to stay motivated?
• Why you start a new workout routine more dedicated than ever, but quickly your excitement fizzles out and you’re back on the couch?

You are not the problem. It’s your “inner game” that is sabotaging your results and preventing you from finally getting the body of your dreams.

If you’re tired of repeating the same mistakes that destroy your health and self-confidence, this book is the practical guide for you.

The Selfish Workout Guide reveals:

• The 3 Limiting Mindsets that are stopping you from getting the body of your dreams. And a step by step guide showing you how to shatter those beliefs in minutes.
• How to burn fat and shrink your waist without ever giving up fast food. I ate McDonalds every day for lunch and still lost 18 pounds of body fat.
• The power of your sole purpose. How to find it, and how it will forever change your life. Mind, Body, and Spirit.
• The secret to finding unlimited motivation, and how to create new habits that put your workout on autopilot.
• How you can accelerate your training using the same techniques that gave me a 6-pack in just 6 weeks!

The average health club membership costs $59 a month. By learning the strategies in this book, you can save over $700 in the first year alone.

Even the bargain basement “gyms” will charge you 20x the value of this book. Don’t do it! “Belonging” to a place where you don’t feel comfortable is the worst investment you can make.

With this guide, you can feel terrific and turn heads any time, any place, anywhere… without starving yourself or ever stepping foot inside a gym!

I’ll show how I dropped two inches off my waist in the first 14 days. And how I gained 8 pounds of lean muscle in 4 weeks, without ever lifting a single weight.

Imagine transforming your body into a fat-burning machine and restoring the sex appeal you enjoyed when you were younger.

Imagine having instant energy, a boost of endurance, and discovering a breakthrough in your self-confidence.

Imagine being in the best shape of your life in just weeks, instead of years.

With the Selfish Workout Guide, it is all possible. Now you can look your best, feel stronger, and build more lean muscle at home in a fraction of the time.

Here’s your chance. Stop trying to lose weight the hard way. Grab this book and banish belly fat forever!

Match Fit: A Bad Boy Sports Romanceby Amélie S. Duncan

He's cocky, dirty, and demanding. He's a walking wet dream.
He's also mine. Or at least he's pretending to be…

Brooke
Notorious British bad boy footballer Dylan Pierce is scorching hot…
and he knows it.
With a mouth as filthy as his reputation, linking myself with him could ruin my public image.
But showbusiness is all about risk, and as a down-on-my-luck actress,
this could be the break my career needs.

Dylan
Brooke Sullivan is my most difficult opponent yet.
Being seen with a good girl like her may give me a chance at Hollywood stardom,
but I never expected to crave this feisty redhead.
I can't lose my focus–I always keep my eye on the ball,
I'm always match-fit.
And winning her is the most important game I've ever played.

Author Note: This standalone no cliffhanger romance (with sports) contains unapologetic insta-attraction, dirty talk, dirtier sex, with a sizzling hot, passionate, loving alpha male.

School, Sex and Secretsby Sheila Michelle

18-year-old Rosemont High School student Vanessa Ellis from Las Vegas, Nevada loves finding out about other people’s secrets, but never imagined how it would be if people found out about hers. Her secret begins her senior year when she ends up in a secret relationship with 18-year-old John Catchton . . . and then in one with 18-year-old Brad Johnston who has a girlfriend – and that’s not all. John and Brad happen to be very good friends with each other and go to the same school as her. But someone out there knows about her secret and lets her know it by sending her a series of threatening secret text messages, and this is not the only thing that she’s receiving. She’s also receiving unwanted roses that are always put inside of her car, so this now has her very cautious about the two that she’s secretly involved with and about whether or not her secret will be revealed. But it doesn’t take her long to feel uncomfortable about being in a secret relationship with John and Brad at the same time, especially since Brad has a girlfriend and there’s someone out there that knows about her secret, so she chooses to end it with one of them, and when she does, this starts a trail of even more secrets and lies. Also because of this choice, she ends up in an open, committed relationship that she doesn’t ever expect to be in, but what she doesn’t expect most of all is when a dark secret leads to a classmate’s murder.

Vanessa and her friends decide to conduct their own investigation into their classmate’s murder, and forensic science plays a huge part in their investigation, but the DNA results gives them news that they don’t ever expect to hear. Vanessa also doesn’t expect to hear who’s been behind the secret text messages and roses that she’s been receiving, and when the secret identity of the person is revealed, this changes the way she feels about the whole investigation. In addition to this, she also finds out that she’s more connected to this case than she ever thinks she would be, and because of this, she fears that she’ll be the killer’s next victim.

Word of Honorby Alexa Aston

Become swept away in Alexa Aston’s new Knights of Honor, a medieval series set in the time of Edward III’s reign in England. At its heart are Geoffrey and Merryn, who will find lasting love in Word of Honor. This pair plays a part in each book of the series–sometimes small, sometimes large–as new couples come together to find passion and true love. Each romance focuses on honor and the code of chivalry that bound knights of this era.

1351 A.D. – Betrothed from a young age, Merryn Mantel and Geoffrey de Montfort are that rare couple–a love match. They spend five long years apart when Geoffrey leaves England to fight against the French. Geoffrey returns after the English victory at Poitiers, and he and Merryn wed. They spend one blissful night consummating their love, looking forward to a promising future together.

Yet Geoffrey vanishes the next day. Merryn is left lonely and confused as she clings to the hope that one day her husband will come back to her. Geoffrey finally returns almost seven years later. This new Geoffrey is a stranger to Merryn. He refuses to reveal where he has been and why he stayed away from the woman he loved.

Will her husband’s silence create a rift too large to heal, or can Geoffrey and Merryn recapture the love they once shared?

Join Geoffrey and Merryn as they fight for the love both have held in their hearts despite their years apart.

Note: This book has been previously published under the pen name Lauren Linwood.

Passion’s Furyby Violetta Rand

As the only sister of Jarl Roald Blood Axe, Lady Runa is expected to do her duty and choose a husband from among the five noblemen her brother has invited to a feast in her honor. An advantageous marriage means a new alliance for her family.

Runa has other plans though, including a lifelong dream to join the temple maidens where she can serve Odin and the other gods.

Captain Thorolf is the most respected man in Jarl Roald’s personal guard. Tasked with safeguarding the beautiful Lady Runa, he works hard to keep the obstinate girl out of trouble. But every time he thinks she’s ready to accept her fate, Runa finds another way to disobey her brother, which forces Thorolf to cover up her mistakes.

When an uninvited guest shows up at the feast and insults Runa’s family, she immediately takes matters into her own hands and threatens the intruder with a knife. Thorolf responds quickly, but Runa has gone too far. She’s embarrassed the only son of a neighboring jarl.

In retaliation for her bad behavior, Roald gives her an ultimatum. Choose a husband now or he will marry her off to the most decrepit lord in the farthest reaches of Norway he can find.

Under advisement from Captain Thorolf, Runa asks permission to visit the home of one of her suitors so she can get to know him better before she decides if he’s a worthy candidate for marriage.

However, Runa has no intention of marrying anyone. In fact, she’s secretly infatuated with Thorolf. But nothing can ever come of it.

Jarl Roald reluctantly agrees to let her go, but sends Thorolf along as his eyes and ears.

On the road to the north country, Runa’s party is attacked, leaving many dead and Captain Thorolf missing.

Runa escapes the violence and seeks assistance from the high priest at the temple.

Reunited with Captain Thorolf, Runa realizes she can longer hide her feelings for him. What they find is mutual admiration and an attraction that could cost them both dearly.

Will Thorolf risk everything he’s worked so hard to accomplish for the love of a forbidden woman? Will Runa once again defy her brother and take a chance on true love?

The Bloodlineby Lorhainne Eckhart

'A 2016 Readers' Favorite Award Winner'

From New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Lorhainne Eckhart comes THE BLOODLINE, a big family romance series that will rock your world.

Andy Friessen has two guarantees in his life:

1. His wife Laura, and his children are safe from the control of his family.
2.A safety deposit box holds evidence that could blow his mother's world apart.

But nothing is ever simple or easy, until one night tragedy strikes, yanking the rug from under him. This time, secrets and lies could destroy the solid foundation he's built for his family.

THE FRIESSENS
The Reunion
The Bloodline (Andy & Laura)
The Promise (Jed & Diana)
The Business Plan (Neil & Candy)
The Decision (Brad & Emily)

Can't get enough of the Friessens? Read all the series beginning with the Bestseller The Forgotten Child. Now translated in two languages. Did you miss the other books in this big family romance series? Start with the worldwide bestseller THE FORGOTTEN CHILD translated in German & French.

Set Me Freeby Jennifer Collin

Disastrous love life aside, Charlotte Evans is rather content with her life. Her quaint little art gallery is plodding along nicely, and her sister Emily’s artistic career is about to take off, thanks to her tireless promotion. She even gets to see her best friend every day and drink his delicious coffee in the café next door.
But when dastardly property developer Craig Carmichael comes along, threatening to demolish her gallery and take everything away, Charlotte has an unexpected fight on her hands. Not only is she battling to stop Craig’s development, she’s also struggling against the mysterious magnetic pull that has her on a collision course with Craig himself.
Craig Carmichael is fighting the Battle for Boundary Street on more than one front. The tenants of the building he wants to knock down are mounting a strong case against him and in a hot-headed moment he put his career on the line for a project that is threatening to fail. If the project doesn’t succeed he will lose everything, but for some reason he’s having trouble maintaining his focus.
As their worlds begin to unravel around them, anyone could win. It’s what they might lose that has Charlotte and Craig wondering what it is they really want.

Not My Lifeby Bob Kat

Right place wrong time…that’s never happened before and what they don’t know could kill them.

On their way home from a trip to the Stanley Hotel in 1911, an accidental detour drops Kelly, Austin, Scott, and Zoey in 1977. They discover that their old friend, Dan Denucci has been arrested for murder. They knew him as a homeless man living under the fishing pier and making jewelry. How had this gentle old man become a killer?

He needs their help, but first they must convince him they have the power to travel through time. But can they trust him?

Reader’s Favorite 5 Star Review

Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite

Not My Life: Time Shifters Book #5 is a romantic time travel fantasy for young adults written by Bob Kat. Scott, Austin, Kelly and Zoey were looking forward to being back in the present day after their last adventure in the twentieth century. They were stunned to find that, while Scott’s app had transported them back to the right location, it had left them in what they would later discover was 1977. Fort Myers Beach was a very different place then, filled with cottages and open space. While they tried to figure out what they would do next, the four decided to get some food at The Cottage Beach Bar, a local landmark that Zoey’s mother had told her about from her high school days. Since the restaurant had sold out all the newspapers for the day, they rescued a customer’s used one out of the trash to determine where in time they had ended up. After a sudden gust of wind scattered the sheets of newspaper, Austin noticed an article about his homeless friend, Dan, an older man who made necklaces from seashells and used a metal detector on the beach at night. According to the reporter, Dan had been a doctor with a wife and child. He claimed to have been sleeping in the study when his wife and child were brutally murdered. After the quartet returned to the present day, they decided to see if they could get the evidence Dan needed to help the authorities find the actual killer and give him back his life.

Bob Kat’s romantic time travel fantasy for young adults, Not My Life: Time Shifters Book #5, finds the time traveling teens once again trying to help others through Scott’s ingenious app. While this is the fifth book in the series, Kat gives ample background throughout the story to enable this book to be enjoyed on its own. I loved the historical aspects covered in Not My Life, and found myself Googling Thomas Edison’s legendary Spirit Radio, which was reputed to broadcast the voices of the departed. Kat’s time travelers, while still teens, seem cognizant of the ethical issues surrounding their activities in the past, and their debates on those issues are thought-provoking. I especially enjoyed the investigative aspect of this book and seeing how four very different people worked so well together as a team with a common purpose. I’m planning on reading the first four volumes in this series and hope that there’s future adventures in the making. Not My Life: Time Shifters Book #5 is most highly recommended.

Closer Togetherby Juliet Aharoni

In this remarkable sequel to Together They Overcame, Eyal and Rosalind piece their lives together as a married couple after the tragic accident that left Rosalind fighting for her life.

Struggling to find herself as she slowly recovers, Rosalind returns home with a deeper awareness of what has been troubling her for so long.

While Eyal does his best to nurse his wife back to health amid the tension still present from a mother who disapproves of Rosalind’s German Catholic heritage, his transfer to a base in the Israeli desert comes into play.

Rosalind quickly falls in love with her new surroundings and develops several deep-rooted friendships, but a series of tragic events and devastating betrayals leaves her questioning who she is–and what’s really important.

For fans of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, Closer Together is a passionate tale of a young married couple struggling to find their way and regain their confidence in themselves and the life they are building together.

Dogs with Bagelsby Maria Elena Sandovici

Liliana is the disappointing daughter of hardworking immigrant parents. She’s a girl looking to be rescued from her own insecurities and bad decisions. Unable to afford rent in New York City proper, she craves a life of luxury that isn’t hers, while subsisting on bagels and coffee. In desperate need of support – emotional and otherwise -, she clings to potential saviors, never bothering to question if the attachments she forms really fit her.

In a parallel story-line, her mother, Maria, is trying to reject all offers of help, especially those of her estranged husband. She’s never forgiven him from taking her away from Romania, where she was happy. She’s never forgiven herself for following him to New York. And she’s never come to terms with the ugly fights and mutual betrayals that ruined their marriage. Enmeshed in her own drama, she doesn’t notice her daughter’s troubles until it’s too late. Desperate to keep Liliana from making a mistake that will alter the course of her life, Maria reveals her best-kept secret, a story so shocking it might have the power to jerk Liliana back to reality. It could, on the other hand, alienate her forever.

DOGS WITH BAGELS is a story about the American dream gone bad. It is also a story about mothers and daughters, about female friendships, the struggle to survive in one of the world’s most expensive cities, and nostalgia for people and places one has loved in the past.

All characters in this book are deeply flawed, but they are so compelling that readers asked for a follow-up novel. LOST PATH TO SOLITUDE (coming soon!) revisits the same cast a decade later, to find them facing new problems, yet oddly enough stuck in some of the same patterns.