Sunday, 15 September 2013

Review - Love Life & Circumstance by VL Moon and JT Cheyanne


Love Life & Circumstances by V.L Moon & J.T Cheyanne

The Blurb
Born the son of a preacher man, Elijah Deacon always conformed to his father’s strict religious teachings. He worked hard, devoting his time and energy to the family owned construction firm, leaving little time to focus on the deplorable state of his private life. Small town America was no place to be when all a man craved was the touch of another man. Elijah hid his sexuality and tried in vain to convince himself he could be happy with a woman. Urged on by the dream of having the family he craved, Elijah couldn’t know a drunken one night stand would see him pay the ultimate price.

Leaving the bright lights of Atlanta and placing his own life on hold, paralegal, Seth Jacobs, moved to Alabama hopeful that with a baby on the way, his twin sister Bethany would settle down. His older sister by five minutes, she gave him the confidence he needed while growing to come out and be proud of who he was. It was his turn to return the support. On arrival in Headland, Seth endeavored to make her see the dangers her behavior presented to her and her unborn child. But, to no avail.

When destiny deals a cruel blow, and the life of a newborn baby hangs by a thread, Seth and Elijah are flung together to deal with the tragic circumstances. The grief threatens to consume them, while joy and fear work to unite them. Jealousy, love, lies and bitter truths rise to the surface and threaten to tear them apart. Can the powers of love and life bring them together and heal the loneliness that death leaves behind? Or will circumstance prevail and fuel the embers of love that draw them together?

Review

My rating = A life giving FOUR!
I was looking forward to this story and when I finally grabbed it I was not disappointed. It was an easy read and one that I shall happily read again.

There were some areas that I did whistle between my teeth at but I didn’t let them detract from my enjoyment of this book.

The main MCs are Elijah Deacon (love that name!) and Seth Jacobs who’s first meeting was one born from a tragedy both were pushed into. Neither one would be able to comprehend what this would lead to.

Elijah is the son of a preacher man and for all his life had hidden his sexuality to protect his father from the reality. He was on the way to meet his father to visit his mother’s grave when the tragedy struck and his father killed in a traffic accident. To lose his father the same day as his mother twenty-five years apart was difficult to bear as it was but what he also discovers in the aftermath was something beyond the scope of possibility and his life as he knew it.

Seth was new in town after leaving the big city, Atlanta, to come live with his pregnant sister, Bethany, and to try to keep her safe from herself as she had gone off the rails in recent times, hence her unwanted pregnancy. To lose Bethany but be left with his beautiful baby niece was an emotional punch from both ends of the scale, it left him in a scary and unknown place he didn’t know if he would be able to cope with. What he learns later has him freaking out even more.

The things I loved about this book were the development of the relationship of Elijah and Seth as this would be difficult with the circumstances it had risen from but was nicely done, with all the angst, jealousy, passion and love that brought forth. I liked the secondary characters too, even Elijah’s best friend who started off with me wanting to punch him!

The baby scenario gave some touching scenes with Elijah and Seth and did have me dabbing my eyes. But I would have preferred if it could have been done (for a child to be in the picture) without it having to lead to the death of one the MCs siblings. Not that that doesn’t or hasn’t happened in real life but it’s just that it appears far too frequently in m/m reads. But it was nicely done and the situation around how that happened did throw in some startling surprises to the plotline.

So would I recommend this book? I certainly would as it had me enthralled from start to finish and when I end a book on a contented sigh you know the author (or authors in this case) have got me. A good, solid 4 stars read for me.



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Blog Tour - Healing a Cowboys Heart - Sandy Sullivan


Welcome to Foxylutely Book Review blog on this wonderful Sunday. I am so happy to have Sandy Sullivan visit with her second book in the Cowboy Dreamin' series - Healing a Cowboy's Heart. Gotta love these cowboys!


Healing a Cowboy's Heart by Sandy Sullivan

Book Blurb:

Jeffery Young is tired of women and their games. His son’s mother did enough damage to his heart to last a lifetime. Now, he had to deal with the architect helping the land developers tear up the local ranches for their houses. Not on his watch. Terri Kennedy had her own plans. As the architect for a large land development in Bandera Texas, the deal would put her business on the map, but dealing with the stubborn, bull headed male from the local ranch didn’t come with her job description. Maybe staying on their guest ranch would give her some clues as how to handle Mr. Stubborn Jackass. Will the secrets she’s harboring keep him from getting close? Can he learn to trust women again or should be play the game to find out what’s she’s up to?

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Teaser (Warning - Adult scene)

With a touch of his hand, the light in the bathroom flipped on. One thing he did enjoy in life was a hot shower. Tonight he certainly needed it. He wrenched his shoulder this morning fighting with a particularly ornery calf who didn’t want to come out of the brush even when its mama called to it. Some days he really hated his job, but most of the time he loved being a cowboy. Not like he’d known anything else in his life. Cowboying was in his DNA. He couldn’t see his life any other way.
He quickly stripped out of his clothes and turned on the hot water. One thing he’d insisted on when his parents helped him build his house was a top of the line bathroom. The shower had tile from top to bottom along with a large rain showerhead.
With a weary sigh, he climbed in and shut the door. Hot water streamed down on his head as he closed his eyes. God, that feels good. He worked his shoulder under the heat of the water to try to loosen it up. He hoped it didn’t stiffen up tonight while he slept, but he figured it would. Some liniment might help.
While he washed the dirt of the day from his body, his mind wandered to baser thoughts. It’d been several months since he’d been with a woman and even though he didn’t need the headaches of a female in his life, he still had the needs of a man.
Maybe it’s time to hook up with someone. I could do a bar run into San Antonio and probably pick up some chick there who wouldn’t know who I am.
Terri Kennedy’s green eyes popped into his head. She did have pretty eyes behind those wire rimmed glasses from what he could see.
He rubbed the soap over his cock and balls, losing himself in the feel of his hand over his flesh.
Would she be good in bed? How would she look with all of her blonde hair spilling over his abdomen while she sucked him off?
His eyes popped open. “Wow. Her?”
What the hell. He shrugged and closed his eyes again. She’s pretty enough.
With his cock wrapped in his fist, he imagined her sucking the whole shaft between her lips. Each suck, each lick brought his desire higher. Her beautiful green eyes sparkled with lust as she sat between his thighs bringing him the best pleasure he’d had in a hell of a long time. Moments later, cum sprayed over his hand as he came so hard, he saw stars.
He slumped against the wall of the shower as he tried to catch his breath. It’d been a long damned time since he’d exploded like a sixteen-year-old kid with his first fuck. After he shook his head to clear his thoughts, he stood back under the water to wash the cum from his body. Wow. That was pretty intense.
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Review
My rating = a foxy dazzling four stars !
This is the second book in the Cowboy Dreamin’ series. After reading the first book - Make Mine a Cowboy, Joel’s book, I was a little hesitant as I like my cowboys with a little more grit and sustenance which Joel didn't really materialise for me. However we had been given a glimpse of Jeff and it did intrigue me to want to read his story.

Jeff is the eldest of the nine (yes nine!) Young brothers and he is recently out of a divorce from a woman who besides cheating on him before and after their wedding, has ripped a part of him from his heart which he feels will never recover from. This is the cause of his dark and perturbing air of standoffishness and aloofness. The only light in his life is that of his young son, Ben, the only good thing that his marriage gave to him. Jeff is quite content to never be involved in a relationship again and to just be a good father to his son and carry on working on his family ranch. That is until the land adjoining the ranch was sold to developers who were planning to build and feeling this was a threat to his and his son’s future he was protesting at every stage. Even more so when he came face to face with Terri Kennedy who had the audacity to be surveying the development from his side of the boundary line!

Terri’s hackles are immediately up after the menacing behaviour of the sexy cowboy. He doesn't give her a chance to explain anything but just orders her off his land. All Terri is trying to do is to ensure the conservation of the existing plant and wildlife is preserved amongst the development but trying to have any type of discussion with Jeff is out of the question. She is given the chance to further investigate the lay of the land and its neighbours by staying at a local “dude ranch” which she finds out is owned by Jeff and his family! Let’s just say when Jeff sees her there the battle lines were drawn!

I liked this book as it was not a straight forward easy read, there was a lot of angst and drama aided by the back story of what the developers were trying to do but also Jeff’s ex-wife!  The sex scenes were rocking it big time and just to warn you there is anal play involved in one scene so you can see what to expect. Scorchio!

I liked the interactions of the family and how the brothers were portrayed. I did find it a tad confusing at first as all their names begin with a J! The mother, Nina was kick ass and definitely was the controller of this family. She needed to be with nine sexy cowboys to look after!

So if you love sexy cowboys, sassy women, cute as a button kiddies and the warmth of a loving Texas family then this is certainly a series for you. Especially this book. Enjoy!
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About the Author





Sandy Sullivan is a romance author, who, when not writing, spends her time with her husband Shaun on their farm in middle Tennessee. She loves to ride her horses, play with their dogs and relax on the porch, enjoying the rolling hills of her home south of Nashville. County music is a passion of hers and she loves to listen to it while she writes.

She is an avid reader of romance novels and enjoys reading Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux and Susan Wiggs. Finding new authors and delving into something different helps feed the need for literature. A registered nurse by education, she loves to help people and spread the enjoyment of romance to those around her with her novels. She loves cowboys so you'll find many of her novels have sexy men in tight jeans and cowboy boots.

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Thursday, 12 September 2013

In the Spotlight - The Cityscape Series by Jessica Hawkins





If you haven't latched onto this series yet you are seriously missing out! I was hooked from the first page of the first book! 

The Cityscape series is a compelling story of devotion, desire, deception and ultimately, LOVE!

The first book - Come Undone


Book Blurb
Olivia Germaine has already found love. Devoted wife, loyal friend, determined career woman - she’s created the life she always envisioned.

But when Olivia locks eyes with a handsome stranger across a crowded room, he peers a little too closely and sees emotions she thought she'd buried long ago.

David Dylan, alleged playboy and eternal bachelor, challenges Olivia to confront the life she’s built and to make decisions that could either lead to happiness . . . or regret.

Will Olivia be able to draw the line between lust and love?

And can David respect that line?




My review can be found HERE
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The second book - Come Alive


Book Blurb
Determined to move on with her life, Olivia Germaine has vowed to forget David Dylan. Struggling to keep her head above water, she focuses on her new promotion and refuses to drown in the memory of their night together.

But when Olivia realizes what life without David means, she must decide if she is willing to risk everything for him . . . and if she is ready to reopen the wounds of her past.

Can Olivia move forward with her marriage despite her feelings for David?

And can David stay away like he promised?


My review can be found HERE

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The third book - Come Together is set to be released 19th September - next week! 
I have had the pleasure and the honour of reading the ARC of this already (twice!) and let me just say it will blow you away. Absolutely awesome!


Book Blurb
Come Together is the third and final installment of The Cityscape Series.

With a single decision, Olivia Germaine’s fantasy has become a reality. Now she is faced with two commitments: one she must make and one she must break. But in order to accept a love she never thought possible, Olivia will have to let go of the broken past that defines her - and of deeply-rooted fears that could ruin everything.

Everything is what David Dylan wants to give her, and it’s what he wants in return. He must prove to Olivia that despite his playboy ways, he’s worth leaving behind the stable future her husband can offer her. David is a man who always gets what he wants . . . but this time he may be fighting for something unattainable.

Can Olivia escape the past that threatens to consume her?

And can David break through to her before it does?


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To celebrate we will be holding a launch party and blog tour kick-off - please come join in, I hope to see you there!




My review and giveaways to be posted as part of the Blog Tour - stopping at Foxylutely BR on Thursday 26th September. I can't wait!
x M x

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Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Release Day Blitz! Revealing Us - Lisa Renee Jones


Yes it's here! Are you ready?



Revealing Us (Inside Out Trilogy, Book #3)
by Lisa Renee Jones

Genre – Erotic Romance
Publisher – Gallery Books
Release Date – September 10, 2013

BOOK SUMMARY:
The third installment in the sexy Inside Out erotic romance series—in the seductive tradition of Fifty Shades of Grey.

You've discovered Rebecca's secrets. You've discovered Sara's secrets. Now Sara will discover "his" deepest, darkest secrets...but will those secrets bind them together--or tear them apart? 


Excerpt
The elevator opens and he waits for me to enter, and I do. With fast steps, I rush inside and whirl around to confront him. He stalks forward, and this time he doesn’t avoid looking at me, his expression etched with pure determination and some raw, dark emotion I cannot fully name. I don’t get the chance to try. 

Before a word is out of my mouth, and I have many intended, the bags he’s holding hit the floor and Chris has pressed me back against the wall. My purse tumbles from my arm and his powerful thighs encase mine; his hips mold my hips. I gasp with the rough tangle of his fingers in my hair and the blaze of his eyes as they capture mine. I am angry with him. I am aroused. And when his mouth claims my mouth, his tongue slicing past my lips with a delicious lick followed by another, demanding my response, I am at his mercy. My fingers curl around his t-shirt and I push away the tiny space between us, molding myself against him. He owns me and, considering how the past thirty minutes have gone, this terrifies me, but I’m all in with Chris. I decided that long before Paris. I am his to command, moaning with the taste of him, sultry and male, on my tongue. 

His hand sweeps up my side, fingers flexing over my ribs, palm covering my breast. My nipple tightens in anticipation of the tug that follows and I moan, my need to touch Chris almost unbearable. I reach for his shirt, intending to push beneath, but he doesn’t let me. 


Chris’s fingers close around my wrist and I know he is in that dark place, where he doesn’t let me touch him—but I am in a dark place, too, on edge, ripe with my anger and unwilling to be submissive to him. Challenging his silent message of control, I reach for his shirt with my free hand and he shackles my wrist as well and tears his mouth from mine. Our eyes lock, the sound of our heavy breathing filling the air and the motion of the elevator I didn’t even know was moving swaying our bodies. The floor vibrates slightly beneath our feet and I sense, rather than see, the doors behind Chris slide open, but still we stand there, still we stare at each other. 

“They don’t get to tell you who I am,” he says. His voice is a rough growl, low and tight. “I do. I tell you and I show you so you get the truth, not their fabrication of it.” A muscle in his jaw flexes. “Understand?”

My anger and fear dissolve instantly. He’s not pulling away from me. He’s angry that Amber and Tristan might taint my view of him when he’s already convinced I’ll hate him before this discovery process is over. 
“Do you understand?” he demands when I apparently don’t answer fast enough. 

This time I don’t fight the bark of his order, understanding the desperateness beneath its surface. “Yes. Yes. Chris, I—”

His fingers tangle in my hair again, tugging my head back in that deliciously rough way he does. Dark Chris calls to me and I no longer fight answering. “Do not go there without me again.” His voice is gravelly; raw like the emotion I’ve seen in his face and tasted on his lips.

“Me going there wasn’t what you think it was, Chris.” 

His eyes flash with disapproval. He is not pleased, or accepting, of what I’ve said, and his mouth closes down on mine, punishing, controlling. His tongue thrusting and tasting, before he repeats his words, his fingers stroking my breasts, teasing my nipple. “Do not go there again without me, Sara.”

“I won’t.” The words come out a hoarse groan as his hand strokes a path up and down my side, and back over my breast. His touch is heavy, the air thick, and I’m certain he isn’t convinced. “I won’t go back without you.”
His fingers curl around my neck and he stares down at me, searching my face with such intensity it feels as if he’s seeing straight to my soul. And I welcome the invasion. I welcome him. Seconds tick by, and I have no idea what he sees or doesn’t see in me, but he drags my mouth to his and kisses me. 

The silky hot stroke of his tongue is a shot of adrenaline and desire that spikes through my body and creates a tingling sensation from head to toe. I shudder with pleasure and drink him in, tasting the bittersweet hunger in him, the anger and torment. I burn to touch him beyond where my fingers rest on his chest, to feel hard muscle flex beneath my fingers. But control is his outlet of choice when there is no whip, no pain. And I am no longer angry, no longer rebelling against his demands. No longer fighting his need for an outlet I have long ached for him to know he has with me, in me.

I tremble with the caress of his hand over my waist, traveling to my hip, and curving around my backside to firmly pull me hard against his thick erection. His palm skims upward to the small of my back, and flattens, molding me even closer. I moan into his mouth and he groans in response, his tongue delving deeply, hot with growing demand, with a palpable urgency. And his hands are everywhere, touching me, stroking me, caressing me, driving me wild and, before I know what’s happening, he’s shoving my jeans down my legs. I blink and my boots are gone and I’m half-naked in an elevator with the doors locked open.
I might have protested our location, asked to move to another room, but Chris turns me to the wall and his hands slide, slow and firm, possessively down my waist and over my hips. Feeling his gaze rake over my body, I am wet and weak in the knees. 

He cups my cheeks from behind and steps forward, pressing his lips to my ear. “Tonight, I want to spank you, but I won’t. Not when it would be punishment. I won’t ever do that to you. But don’t think that means I won’t want to.”

I understand Chris. I don’t know how or why but, deep in our souls, we connect, and I know what he is doing. He’s showing me a hard exterior but all I see is vulnerability, a need that tonight has sparked, to show me a darker, more dangerous side of himself, and have me not run for cover. “You can’t scare me away, Chris. So throw all the words you want at me. I’m still here. I’m still not going anywhere. And in case you forgot, I liked it when you spanked me.” 

His hand finds my stomach and then presses deeper between my legs, until his fingers tease my clit. “Maybe this time I’ll tie you up and flog you.” 

“Do it.” His fingers stroke into the silky wet V of my body, and I am panting, barely able to speak, but I swallow and somehow finish my challenge. “The more you push me, the more I push back, Chris.” 

He nips my earlobe and I can feel him unzipping his pants. “So you say,” he murmurs. 

“So I know.” Throwing caution to the wind, I press onward, trying to unleash the pent-up energy in him he bottles until it later explodes. “Only one of us is running. Only one of us is afraid of what I have yet to discover, Chris.” 

The air crackles and his hand goes to my waist, fingers flexing into my flesh, and I revel in the certainty I’ve succeeded in taking him to the edge. “You think I’m running?” he demands. 

“No. I think you’re trying to make me run so you can blame me if we fail.”

His cock presses between my legs. “Does that feel like I want you to run?” He enters me, driving hard inside me without any prelude. “Does that?” And then he is thrusting, reaching around me to meld his hand to my breast, holding onto it, and me. He thrusts again, burying himself, with a fieriness that outreaches pure physical need. Oh yes, I have made him angry and I am glad. I want this side of him, I want all of him. And damn it, he just keeps trying to deny me. He keeps trying to hold back and, yes, he keeps trying to make me run. 

I press my hand to his hand where it’s melded to my breast, teasing me, holding him there, holding on and not planning to ever let go. Pleasure splinters through me with each thrust of his cock, each moment he’s buried deep inside me. Sensation after sensation begins in my sex and rushes through nerve endings. I am lost in how he feels, how I feel, and I arch into him, my muscles clench around him, and then I cannot breathe. My orgasm takes me by surprise, enveloping me, consuming me. I rise to the top of it far too quickly and come down far too hard and fast, but just in time to feel Chris shudder, his body tensing with his release. He stills, burying his face in my neck, and his body slowly relaxes. For several moments he holds me there, and I’m not sure either of us breathes, let alone speaks or moves. I am not sure what to say or what to do next.

Abruptly, he pulls out of me, and I don’t know why, but an unusual sense of complete, utter emptiness washes over me. The “why” is answered when I start to turn to find him already headed out of the elevator. I stare after him, knots balling in my stomach. Maybe I pushed the wrong buttons. Maybe I pushed him to far or too hard. Maybe I made a mistake. 




GIVEAWAY!

Prizes – 5 Signed Copies of IF I WERE YOU -and- 5 Inside Out Totes plus swag (There will be FIVE winners, each receiving a signed book and a tote/swag).  The giveaway runs from midnight September 10th through midnight September 13th.  It's US and International.



And if that wasn't enough - head on over to Lisa's HUGE GIVEAWAY for a Kindle Fire HD, as well as loads of other prizes!


PURCHASE LINKS:

REVEALING US (Inside Out, Book #3) Ebook Links
Barnes & Noble - http://bit.ly/1cVTkZm

REVEALING US (Inside Out, Book #3) Paperback Links
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*Ebook Links to the other books in the series (in correct reading order)*

IF I WERE YOU (Inside Out, Book #1)
Barnes & Noble - http://bit.ly/1etlnB5

Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 1: The Seduction (Inside Out, Book #1.1)

Barnes & Noble - http://bit.ly/15OrpV9

Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 2: The Contract (Inside Out, Book #1.2)

Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 3: His Submissive (Inside Out, Book #1.3)


Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 4: My Master (Inside Out, Book #1.4)


BEING ME (Inside Out, Book #2)

The Master Undone: An Inside Out Novella (Inside Out, Book #2.5)



AUTHOR BIO


New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT TRILOGY which has sold to more than ten countries for translation with negotiations in process for more, and has now been optioned by STARZ Network for a cable television show, to be produced by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland).

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 30 books with publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, NAL, Berkley and Elloras Cave, as well as crafting a successful indie career. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.

Prior to publishing, Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by Dallas Women Magazine. In 1998 LRJ was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily.


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