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Defenseless by Corinne Michaels

1/29/2016

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Release Date:  January 19, 2016
Pages:  322

Excerpt:
He gets me.  He knows what I need even though I've never wanted this.  I need control; it's power, and without it, I'm weak.  But Mark takes that power.  He steals it from me, but it doesn't feel like theft.  It's a gift.

My thoughts:
Defenseless can be read as a standalone, but it does add more insight into The Belonging Duet and The Consolation Duet.  This is Mark's story.  His chance at a HEA.  

Mark has always been supportive of his friends, even when he doesn't agree with their decisions/actions.  He is dependable, funny and cocky.  I loved his character!  

Charlie has Mark's attention.  She also has secrets, a ton of them.  Charlie doesn't want a relationship but the chemistry between her and Mark is undeniable.  

Together they are one of my favorite couples.  I loved their banter, their stubbornness and their determination.
I highly recommend this book!
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The Baller by Vi Keeland

1/29/2016

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Release Date:January 18, 2016
Pages:  271

Excerpt:
    A new song had just started, and I was enjoying his company when a voice behind me said, “Can I cut in?”
    My head whipped around, even though I had no doubt whom the gravelly voice belonged to.

    Michael was gracious. “I hate to share. But I suppose I have been hogging the most beautiful woman at the event.” He let go of my hand and stepped back with a gentlemanly nod. “Thank you for the dance, Delilah.”
    Again Brody Easton had caught me off guard. Before I knew it, I was dancing with the arrogant jerk.  He wrapped his arms around me and pulled my body tight against his. Way tighter than Michael had held me.
    “Good to see you again, Lois Lane.”
    The man had balls; I had to give him that. I looked him straight in the eyes. “Nice to see you with clothes on, Easton.”
    “Do you prefer me without?”
    “I prefer you on the other side of the room.” 
    He chuckled. It was a hearty laugh. “That’s what happens sometimes when you decide you want to hang out in the men’s locker room.”
    I tried to pull back, but he tightened his grip and held me in place. I craned my neck. “Let go of me.”
    “No.”
    “No?”
    “That’s right. No.”
    “I can scream at the top of my lungs.”
    “I’d like to hear you scream.” His tone made it clear he meant he wanted me underneath him while I was doing the screaming.
    “You’re an asshole. You know that?”
    “I do. You asked me that yesterday. For a reporter, you should really try changing up your questions more frequently.”
    My eyes bulged.
    Easton shifted his hand down to the small of my back before twirling us around the dance floor. Figures the prick can dance.
    “Are you seeing anyone?”
    “You can’t be serious?”
    He ignored my comment. “Would you like to have dinner tonight?”
    “We just ate.”
    “Dessert at my place, then?”
    I couldn’t help but laugh. “Did you hit your head at the game yesterday?”
    “On a diet, huh?”
    “Yeah. That’s it. I don’t want to go to your place for dessert because I’m on a diet.”
    “Well, that’s just a shame.”



My thoughts:
Brody Easton is my newest book boyfriend. (I have a lot!) Brody and Delilah's relationship was funny, sweet, goofy, dirty, frustrating and perfect! I cried and laughed! There were parts that gave me chills and a couple of times I wanted to put them in a room together and lock the door. The chemistry between Brody and Delilah is off the charts!
The whole story was perfect! I can't say enough good things about this book! It's one that will stay with you, it gives you the warm and fuzzies and still none of that fully explains the awesomeness that is The Baller.  I can't tell you enough how much I truly enjoyed this book.

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Paradise Fought: Abel by L.B. Dunbar

1/29/2016

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Release Date:  January 25, 2016
Series:  Paradise Stories
Pages:  272

Excerpt:
Fuck me, Elma.  The reality hit me.  If Thor had stayed, the damage would have been irreparable.  I would have had no assurance that he would follow through on my proposal.  I was over my head, and by some miracle, Abel had found me.  A wandering sheep, Abel was my shepherd.  He kept dragging me back.  The tuition.  The job. Thor.  Abel was leading me in a new direction, and I needed to follow.


My thoughts:
Abel has always lived in his brother's shadow.  He now has a plan.  He's going to be popular, on his own terms.   He just needed a little help to get there.  Abel was relatable and sweet.
Elma has had a rough year.  Her life has been turned upside down.  She is misunderstood and not who everyone thinks she is.  But she has a plan for revenge and she's not letting anyone get in her way.

Abel and Elma are frustrating and lack communication.  It took me a little while to get into the story but once I did I enjoyed it.  This is a new take on the biblical story of Cain and Abel. 
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Redeeming Rhys by Mary E. Palmerin

1/25/2016

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Release Date:  January 19, 2016
Pages:  158

Excerpt:
    He had been running for ten years.  Not only had he been fleeing from the first sins he had committed, he had been making more to live and feed the demon that was winding its way throughout him, tainting him with its ugly with each passing day.  He often wondered when he partook in such acts if it was who he was destined to become; a man full of unthinkable needs and malevolence.  He regularly thought back to how ironic it was to wish for forgiveness one moment in his mind before Father Sullivan, but that second would never come because the devil had his tongue.  Gripped, muted, and disbarred from a worthy, graceful life.  Gone was the good little Catholic boy who kneeled and prayed every Sunday in Mass.  Absent was the quiet son of God who begged for forgiveness for others every week, silently pleading to the angels high up to have the terror stop.


My thoughts:
Be warned this book is dark! I personally love dark books and couldn't put this twisted one down.
I really liked Rhys. He has some issues. His childhood turned him into the man he is, not necessarily a good thing, but everyone has a past.
Wren is interesting. She is very complex. I loved her back story!
After everything that happened and all the secrets were out I still wanted to give Rhys a hug. Maybe that makes me a little twisted/odd but I'm ok with that.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys dark romance.
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The Baller by Vi Keeland -   Excerpt Reveal

1/11/2016

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This is an exclusive sneak peek of

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(A standalone novel)

Release date 1/18/2016
A Contemporary Romance novel
New York Times & USA Today Bestseller
Vi Keeland

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Excerpt from THE BALLER


“You ready?” Nick slung his bag over his shoulder and lifted his camera. The reporter in front of us wrapped up his interview and shook hands with Easton.
As I’ll ever be. “Sure.”
I stepped forward and extended my hand. “I’m Delilah Maddox with WMBC Sports News.”
A slow grin spread across Easton’s face. He surprised me by leaning in and kissing me on the cheek. “Pleasure to meet you.”
I wasn’t sure if he was baiting me into an argument—expecting me to lash out at him for kissing me when he’d just shaken the last male reporter’s hand—or if he was trying to use his blatant sexuality to throw me off. Either way, I wasn’t playing his game. I cleared my throat and stood straighter, even though my knees felt a little wobbly.
“Do you mind if I ask you some questions?”
“Why else would you be in here?”
I ignored his sarcasm. He was still smiling at me. Actually, it was more like a smirk, and it made me feel like a toy he was about to play with. “You ready, Nick?” My cameraman finished setting up the lighting, then lifted the camera into position and gave me a hand signal.
“Congratulations on the win today, Brody. How is your knee feeling after your first game back?” I lifted my microphone high, knowing Nick was filming in close.  
“I feel . . . ” He nonchalantly reached to the towel wrapped around his waist and tugged at the corner. The towel fell to the ground. “Great. I feel great. And how about you? It’s your first trip into the locker room, isn’t it? Do you like what you see so far?” His lips curled up into a full-blown wicked smile.
Before I could catch myself, my eyes dropped to his naked lower half. Shit. He was dangling in the wind. I totally got distracted by just how low the thing dangled. It was probably a full minute before I responded to his question. A full minute of dead air time. Great. “Yes. Umm . . . the locker room is . . . ummm . . . nice.”
I sounded like a total ditz. On air.
The jackass continued interviewing me. “Is it as big as you thought it would be?”
“Ummm . . . it’s much bigger than I imagined.”
His smile grew even wider.  
Ugh.
I needed to get back on track or my first locker room interview would become a laughingstock blooper. Viewers had no idea he was naked from the waist down. “Do you think you were at one hundred percent today?”
His eyebrows jumped. “If you’re referring to today’s game, definitely. I had one hundred percent out there on the field. There’re some other areas where I have a lot of growth potential, but my knee felt one hundred percent today.”
His pale green eyes darkened, and I watched his long lashes lower. I followed his line of sight, and suddenly I was staring at his naked package. Again. Damn it. My eyes darted back up, but I felt my cheeks heating. I had to end this, or I was going to be beet red on air.
“Well, welcome back. And congratulations on today’s win.”
I waited until Nick lowered his camera and turned off the light. Then I looked right at Brody Easton’s smug face. “You’re an asshole, you know that?”
His eyes sparkled. “I do.”
I heard the chuckles and high fives at my back as I stormed out of the locker room.


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Blurb
The first time I met Brody Easton was in the men’s locker room.   
It was my first interview as a professional sportscaster.
The famed quarterback decided to bare all.   
And by all, I don’t mean he told me any of his secrets.  
No.  The arrogant ass decided to drop his towel, just as I asked the first question.  On camera.   
The Super Bowl MVP quickly adopted a new hobby—screwing with me.
When I pushed back, he shifted from wanting to screw with me, to wanting to screw me.
But I don’t date players.  
And it’s not because I’m one of the few women working in the world of professional football.   
I’d date an athlete.   
It’s the other kind of player I don’t date.   
You know the type.  Good looking, strong, cocky, always looking to get laid.


Brody Easton was the ultimate player.
Every woman wanted to be the one to change him.
But the truth was, all he needed was a girl worth changing for.
Turned out, I was that girl.
Simple right?
Let’s face it.  It never is.
There’s a story between once upon a time and happily ever after…  
And this one is ours.

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work.
 She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting smut author by night!


Additional Books by Vi Keeland

Life on Stage series (2 standalone books)
Beat
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1TPIQPO

Amazon UK:  http://amzn.to/1fczMX5
iBooks: http://apple.co/1DnI6f6
Kobo:  http://bit.ly/1aqrmbS
B&N:  http://bit.ly/1O1Ah0q


Throb
Amazon US:  http://amzn.to/1TPIuc4

Amazon UK:  http://amzn.to/1CsRg9d

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1zk882K
iBooks: http://bit.ly/1x5c3P8

Kobo:  http://bit.ly/1slglLN

MMA Fighter series (3 standalone books)
Worth the Fight (MMA Fighter Series, Book One)
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1IYUPKH

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1alpVES
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1dbzZ8R
Smashwords - http://bit.ly/1is0zNX
iBooks: http://bit.ly/1co2ZpF

Worth The Chance (MMA Fighter Series, Book Two)
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1TPJ75p

B&N: http://bit.ly/1gwTyJw
iBooks:  http://bit.ly/1gHMCZg
Kobo:  http://bit.ly/1fqQcnj
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/NU2rCR

Worth Forgiving (MMA Fighter Series, Book Three)
Amazon US:  http://amzn.to/1TPJdKd

B & N: http://bit.ly/1ljdVzb
iBooks:  http://bit.ly/XBTLFX
Kobo:  http://bit.ly/1kWP4ka


The Cole Series (2 book serial)

Belong to You (Cole Series, Book One)
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1IYUV4X

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1KRsCVy
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/belong-to-you-vi-keeland/1114962845
IBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/belong-to-you/id639401754
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/belong-to-you


Made for You (Cole Series, Book Two)
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1TPJ0GU

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1KRsdCx
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/made-for-you-vi-keeland/1115883225
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/made-for-you/id84550637
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/belong-to-you



Standalone novels
Left Behind (A Young Adult Novel)
Amazon US:  http://amzn.to/1TPIJns

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1Rmi3xp
First Thing I See
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1IYV4Fq

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1RmihEP
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1JWFo21

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