{Cover Reveal + Giveaway} Front and Center by A.M. Madden

Title: Front & Center

Series: Back-Up #2

Author: A.M. Madden

Anticipated Release Date: February 2014

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Synopsis

Jack was a rock star on the way to fame. Leila was following her dream and joining his band as a back-up singer. An insane attraction sparked between them that they couldn’t deny. Attraction quickly led to so much more. They ignored all the warnings and fell in love. When the couple embark on their tour, they couldn’t be more excited to travel the country hand in hand on the way to stardom. The road ahead is filled with miles and miles of possibilities. Along with their band, Devil’s Lair, they feel nothing could stop them. An angry ex-band-mate, a pregnant ex-girlfriend, and never-ending Internet gossip all attempt to wreak havoc on their developing relationship. New love does not mix well with stress, pressure and guilt. Together they face each and every challenge, stubbornly fighting for what they have. Will their determination be enough?

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A.M. Madden's debut novel Back-up is the first in a series of three. Book two, Front & Center and book three, Encore are both scheduled for release in early 2014. A.M. Madden is a wife, a mother, an avid reader of romance novels and now an author. In Back-up she aspired to create a fun, sexy, realistic romantic story. She wanted to create characters that the reader could relate to and feel as if they knew personally. A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, she loves getting lost in a good book. She uses every free moment of her time writing, while working a full time job as well as raising teenage boys.

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{Review} Anything But Mine by Linda Winfree

Blurb

Will her need to do the right thing cost them everything? Book Four of the Hearts of the South series. Public Defender Autry Holton, honor-bound to defend an accused serial killer, is in a "shunned if she does, disbarred if she doesn't" position. To complicate matters, she's pregnant and hasn't yet told her ex-lover he's the father. The reason? She's pretty sure he won-t want the baby.

After raising one family and suffering a failed marriage, Sheriff Stanton Reed never believed he was the right man for Autry. Then an attempted break-in at Autry's home highlights the real danger she faces, and all he can think of is protecting her. When she tells him the truth about their baby, the past doesn't matter. He wants both her and their child in his life.

But just as Autry dares to hope there's a future for them, an act of homegrown terrorism shatters her trust and threatens their lives.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, language, violence.

My REVIEW

This book...

This book is so jam-packed with action, romance, ANGST and passion that I don't even know where to start. Seriously! This is my favorite book in the series to date!

Anything But Mine is the story of Autry Holton and Stanton Reed. They were casually seeing each other at first until real feeling started to develop between them. Stanton, who happens to be the town sheriff, dumps Autry not knowing she was pregnant.

On top of being dumped and being pregnant, Autry is also dealing with a stalker and the animosity of the whole town when she was picked to defend a serial killer who killed a lot women in their town. Poor girl!

I wanted to hate Stanton but I couldn't. He really thought he was doing the right thing by dumping Autry. He was quite stubborn about it. Of course, I wanted to hit him in the head many times but he redeemed himself in the end. He did right by Autry, too, or so he thinks but he still wouldn't allow himself to be vulnerable around her until tragedy struck.

My jaw dropped to the floor when it happened because I wasn't expecting it. NOT AT ALL. Most plot device would just focus on the main characters in order to make them realize their love/devotion to each other. But what happened in this book was bigger than Autry and Stanton. It did affect them tremendously but boy, it was a tragedy of epic proportions. I won't spoil anything for you because I want you all to read the book but it was...

I had to stop a couple of times during that particular sequence because it was just too much. Linda Winfree did a phenomenal job of describing the hopelessness of the situation. The emotions of everyone involved was just so palpable. It was absolutely brilliant writing.

I swear, this series just keeps getting better and better. Each character is different. They all have issues, they all have flaws, they all make mistakes but those things just made reading this book all the more wonderful!

Rating: 5 Stars!

{Book Blast} Promo Post+Giveaway: Taming a Gentleman Spy by Maggi Andersen

Taming a Gentleman Spy - The Spies of Mayfair Book #2

by Maggi Andersen

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John Haldane, Earl of Strathairn, is on an urgent mission to find the killer of his fellow spy. After visiting the young widow of one of his agents, Strathairn strengthens his resolve. A spy should never marry, and most certainly not to Lady Sibella Winborne, with her romantic ideas of love and marriage. Unable to give Sibella up entirely, he has kept her close as a friend. Then, weak fool that he is, he kissed her.

Lady Sibella Winborne has refused several offers of marriage since she first set eyes on the handsome Earl of Strathairn. Sibella’s many siblings always rush to her aid to discourage an ardent suitor, but not this time. Her elder brother, Chaloner, Marquess of Brandreth, has approved Lord Coombe’s suit.  Sibella yearns to set up her own household. She is known to be the sensible member of the family, but she doesn’t feel at all sensible about Lord Strathairn. If only she could forget that kiss.

Excerpt

Sibella’s brother Edward stood at her shoulder. “I’ve come to claim you for the next dance, before any of your admirers beat me to it.”

           

“I shouldn’t worry, many are losing interest,” she said crisply, rising from her chair.

           

He eyed her as they entered the dance floor. “Losing hope, more like.”

           

As they moved through the steps of the quadrille, he dropped quiet remarks in her ear.

           

“Give up on Strathairn, Sib.”

           

“I don’t believe, I—” They parted, and by the time the steps brought them back together, she’d given up protesting. Edward had inherited their mother’s astute nature.

           

“It’s not that I don’t like him. I do very much. But he’s not for you.”

           

“You needn’t worry. He doesn’t wish to marry.”

           

Her brother raised a black eyebrow. “Oh, I believe you could sway him toward marriage, if you set your mind to it. That’s not the reason.”

           

“Then what is the reason?”

           

“Chaloner hears things in the House of Lords. I can’t repeat them.”

           

“So he tells you but not me.”

           

Edward shrugged with a smile and moved away.

           

“Why does such mystery surround the Earl of Strathairn?” she hissed at him when she next got a chance.

           

He shook his head. She’d learn no more.  

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Maggi Andersen fell in love with the Georgian and Regency worlds after reading the books of Georgette Heyer. Victoria Holt's Gothic Victorian novels were also great favorites.

She has raised three children and gained a BA and an MA in Creative Writing. After husband David retired from the law, they moved to the beautiful Southern Highlands of Australia.

Maggi's free time is spent enjoying her garden and the local wildlife, reading, movies and the theatre. She keeps fit swimming and visiting the gym.

Maggi is a multi-published author, and writes mysteries and young adult novels as well as her Georgian, Regency and Victorian romances.

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