Cocktales Release Blitz by Everyone!

Cocktales, a limited-release anthology of original, never before published material, from some of your favorite bestselling authors is available now!

Each story was specifically written for this anthology.

The goal of the Cocktales Anthology is to raise funds to fight against obstruction of creative expression. Specifically, what we believe are obstruction attempts through the trademarking of common (single) words for titicular use in books / or as a book series (eBooks, print, and audio).

Cocktales will only be available May 26th-August 26th.

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Contributing Authors Include:

Nana Malone, USA Today Bestselling author – Foreword

Dylan Allen – 'Cocked and Loaded'

Jana Aston, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Double Cocked'

Whitney Barbetti – 'Cocksure Grin'

Author Sawyer Bennett, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'A Wicked, Cocky Plan'

K.f. Breene, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Magical Cock and Bull'

Ruth Clampett, Amazon top 20 Bestselling Author – 'Don’t Get Cocky'

L.H. Cosway, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Illusionist Seeks Neanderthal'

Mariah Dietz – 'Landmines'

Amy Daws, Amazon Top 25 Bestselling author – 'Cock and Balls'

BB Easton, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – 'Cocky BB: Two Boys, One Prom.'

Jaymin Eve, USA Today Bestselling author – 'The Cockier the Dragon, the Harder They Fall'

Emma Hart, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author – 'Tricky Bond'

Staci Hart, Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author – 'Cockamamie'

Jessica Hawkins, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Couture'

Julie Johnson Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – 'Culinary Cock-Up'

Karpov Kinrade, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Crimson Cocktail'

Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Swag'

Lex Martin, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Love & Hate at the Stallion Station'

Aly Martinez, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Going Down'

Katyi McGee - USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocksure Co-Star'

Corinne Michaels, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cockblocked'

Liv Morris, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Getting It Up'

Red Phoenix, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Her Cocky Russian'

Daisy Prescott, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Confessions of a Cockblocked Wingman'

Jessica Prince – ‘A Cocky Corruption Engagement’

Meghan Quinn, Amazon Top 20 Bestselling Author – 'Fight or Flight'

CD Reiss, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Capo'

Penny Reid, WSJ and USA Today Bestselling author – 'Beard and Hen'

Julie Richman, USA Today Bestselling author – 'The Color of Love'

Aleatha Romig, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Aligned'

Kennedy Ryan, Top 40 Amazon Bestselling author – 'All'

Kylie Scott, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Short Story with Mal and Anne from The Stage Dive Series'

Sierra Simone, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Until the Cock Crows'

Tara Sivec, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Chocolate and Cockup'

Kate Stewart, Amazon Top 30 Bestselling author – 'The Golden Sombrero'

Leia Stone, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Alpha'

Karla Sorensen – 'Tristan & Anna: A Bachelors of the Ridge short story'

Rachel Van Dyken, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Mafia'

April White, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – 'Code of Conduct'

*ALL* net profits will be donated to:

Authors already impacted by creative-obstruction (10%), and Romance Writers of America (RWA) (90%) as a general donation intended for their Advocacy Fund. *Disclaimer: This anthology is not being conducted on behalf of RWA, nor does RWA endorse this anthology or effort. They have, however, graciously agreed to accept the funds.

For more information, visit: https://www.cockyauthors.com

Cocktales by Every Author Pre-Order

Cocktales, a limited-release anthology of original, never before published material, from some of your favorite bestselling authors is coming May 26th!

Cocktales Anthology

Publishing Date: May 26th

Cover Designer: CD Reiss

Each story was specifically written for this anthology.

The goal of the Cocktales Anthology is to raise funds to fight against obstruction of creative expression. Specifically, what we believe are obstruction attempts through the trademarking of common (single) words for titicular use in books / or as a book series (eBooks, print, and audio).

Cocktales will only be available May 26th-August 26th.

Pre-order your copy today

Amazon: Coming Soon

iBooks: Coming Soon

Nook: Coming Soon

Kobo: Coming Soon

Add to Goodreads

Contributing Authors Include

Nana Malone, USA Today Bestselling author – Foreword

Dylan Allen – 'Cocked and Loaded'

Jana Aston, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Double Cocked'

Whitney Barbetti – 'Cocksure Grin'

Author Sawyer Bennett, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'A Wicked, Cocky Plan'

K.f. Breene, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Magical Cock and Bull'

Ruth Clampett, Amazon top 20 Bestselling Author – 'Don’t Get Cocky'

L.H. Cosway, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Illusionist Seeks Neanderthal'

Mariah Dietz – 'Landmines'

Amy Daws, Amazon Top 25 Bestselling author – 'Cock and Balls'

BB Easton, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – 'Cocky BB: Two Boys, One Prom.'

Jaymin Eve, USA Today Bestselling author – 'The Cockier the Dragon, the Harder They Fall'

Emma Hart, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author – 'Tricky Bond'

Staci Hart, Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author – 'Cockamamie'

Jessica Hawkins, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Couture'

Julie Johnson Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – 'Culinary Cock-Up'

Karpov Kinrade, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Crimson Cocktail'

Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Swag'

Lex Martin, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Love & Hate at the Stallion Station'

Aly Martinez, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Going Down'

Katyi McGee - USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocksure Co-Star'

Corinne Michaels, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cockblocked'

Liv Morris, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Getting It Up'

Red Phoenix, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Her Cocky Russian'

Daisy Prescott, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Confessions of a Cockblocked Wingman'

Jessica Prince – ‘A Cocky Corruption Engagement’

Meghan Quinn, Amazon Top 20 Bestselling Author – 'Fight or Flight'

CD Reiss, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Capo'

Penny Reid, WSJ and USA Today Bestselling author – 'Beard and Hen'

Julie Richman, USA Today Bestselling author – 'The Color of Love'

Aleatha Romig, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Aligned'

Kennedy Ryan, Top 40 Amazon Bestselling author – 'All'

Kylie Scott, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Short Story with Mal and Anne from The Stage Dive Series'

Sierra Simone, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Until the Cock Crows'

Tara Sivec, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Chocolate and Cockup'

Kate Stewart, Amazon Top 30 Bestselling author – 'The Golden Sombrero'

Leia Stone, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Alpha'

Karla Sorensen – 'Tristan & Anna: A Bachelors of the Ridge short story'

Rachel Van Dyken, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – 'Cocky Mafia'

April White, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – 'Code of Conduct'

*ALL* net profits will be donated to:

Authors already impacted by creative-obstruction (10%), and Romance Writers of America (RWA) (90%) as a general donation intended for their Advocacy Fund.

*Disclaimer: This anthology is not being conducted on behalf of RWA, nor does RWA endorse this anthology or effort. They have, however, graciously agreed to accept the funds.

For more information, visit: https://www.cockyauthors.com

Jed Had To Die by Tara Sivec!!!!

Jed Had to Die by Tara Sivec

November 1, 2016 

Genre: Romantic Comedy 

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Synopsis 

The happiest day of Payton Lambert's life was the day she graduated high school and watched Bald Knob, Kentucky get smaller and smaller in her rearview mirror. She wanted more for her life than a tiny town where everyone knows your business and you can’t find a decent cup of coffee for at least forty miles. Twelve years later, an unexpected phone call in the middle of the night has her packing up her life in Chicago and racing back home to the one person she ever regretted leaving behind.

Upon her return, she sees that Leo Hudson, the scrawny boy who followed Payton around like a puppy and could recite cow insemination facts in his sleep, is long gone. Leo is still hot on her heels, but now he's wearing a sheriff badge and dead set on solving a murder that may or may not involve Payton...along with half the town. In a place where the biggest crime happened the day someone kicked a few of his cows, people are pointing fingers, rumors are spreading like wildfire, and Payton swears she's only making out with the sweet-talking, studly sheriff to distract him from the secrets she's keeping.

When you've been tased, peed on by a yippy dog named Bo Jangles, and can't stop picturing what Sheriff Hudson looks like naked, it will be a tough job making everyone agree that...Jed had to die.

Darra's Review 

First I would like to say Tara is Awesome with a capital A. Loved her Chocholahic series and several more(too many to name). She has so many fantastic qualities, as a normal Mom and writer, you will wish you had her as a personal friend. Now I sound creepy. Stepping back a step. I swear I will not attack you with love next time you are in town!
When I received this book, I was ecstatic. So excited to read Jed had to Die. Not only from the name of the book, but because I knew it would be good. And it was as usual.

Payton is the girl that could not be anymore happy to leave her small town behind. All judging her because she was a little crazy when she was a teenager. Who isn't? However in a tiny town, everyone knows. Little does she know, she needs to go back and see her former best friend, Emma Jo. Payton feels bad that she left her behind and now her friend is in a bind putting it lightly. Emma Jo's husband is dead. You will not know how it happens immediately. Except that he had it coming and you will kind of enjoy the fact he has left this earth to meet his demise. Payton then meets a old school mate again, Hudson. Looovve him. Even though he was all country boy back in school. Swoon worthy and love him throughout the book. He was overjoyed when Payton walks back into town.

I could go further into detail, however it is too funny to describe all the situations Payton ends up in. Looking for a happy ending, this is the book. Read this within a day and wanted to reread it immediately!

I rate the book a 4.7 out of 5. Need to laugh and want hot book characters, get this book. ***Sigh*** 

Author Profile 

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Kobo: http://bit.ly/2aCTefP Amazon: http://amzn.to/2auc4Tp
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2aXxley
Amazon Australia: http://amzn.to/2bCpRgR
Amazon Canada: http://amzn.to/2b9jjEu
Amazon Brazil: http://amzn.to/2aWyNYk
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29Ysab1
Nook: http://bit.ly/2aKaUr3
iBooks: http://apple.co/2atKmam
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2aCTefPTara Sivec is a USA Today best-selling author, wife, mother, chauffeur, maid, short-order cook, baby-sitter, and sarcasm expert. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two children and looks forward to the day when they all three of them become adults and move out.

After working in the brokerage business for fourteen years, Tara decided to pick up a pen and write instead of shoving it in her eye out of boredom. Her novel Seduction and Snacks won first place in the Indie Romance Convention Reader’s Choice Awards 2013 for Best Indie First Book and she was voted as Best Author in the Indie Romance Convention Reader’s Choice Awards for 2014.

In her spare time, Tara loves to dream about all of the baking she’ll do and naps she’ll take when she ever gets spare time.

Tara loves tackling new genres so there’s something for everyone! Currently, she has books in the following categories:

Romantic Comedy
Romantic Suspense
Erotic Romantic Suspense

Romantic Mystery/Comedy

Contemporary Romance
Psychological Thriller

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Awesomeness to the higest level

Synopsis:

I hear screams in my head.
I see blood on my hands.
When I look in the mirror I see a stranger.

How is it that I can remember bits and pieces of my life, but nothing of any importance and nothing that makes any sense? Everything is twisted and nothing is right. I’m choking with every breath I take, suffocating on the unknown.

Two days ago, everything changed. Two days ago, the people I should trust the most became strangers in my convoluted head. The dreams I have can’t be real. The fleeting memories that whisper through my mind are scary and wrong…they have to be. If they aren’t, I have something much worse to fear than my fractured mind. I need to find out the truth, even if it destroys me.

I've been told my name is Ravenna Duskin. I’m eighteen years old and I live in a prison…

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Darra's Review:

Lost for words. I truly love Tara's books. She seamlessly transitions from Adult Contemporary to Comedy Romance and now to Mystery Thriller. He has been on my favorite list for some time. Even wrote on my blog about her.
This book proves the point why I love her writing. I can say without a doubt this is her best book so far. I was literally late coming into work reading the end of this book. Forget work, I Must FINISH Bury ME! Now I will be thinking about this book the rest of my day. I also have threatened several people at work to buy the book NOW!
There is no reason to tell you a bit of the story. It is just too good for me to give you some of the details. I am not writing this because I was part of a blog tour. The first thing I had to do is get my coffee, than right my review.
This review could continue to go on and on. However I get tired reading paragraph after paragraph of reviews.

Just know, this is by far one of my favorite Mystery/Thriller books this year. Totally giving Tara props for Bury Me. Can't get better than this!

 

 

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A Huge Thank You to all my Favorite Authors. And reasons why you should love them!

 

 

 

For the last couple of years we have been given the opportunity to read and review books before they come out by fantastic authors. Some Indie, some already established and well known authors.

This is a Thanks to the authors for the chance to do one of the things we love most. READ! You have made us laugh, cry, emotional dysfunctional, happy and shocked. Movies don’t hold those feelings into just single words. An avid reader like us dwell on those books that truly affect you.

We understand, in each book the writer is putting a piece of themselves in the story. Open for anyone to put their judgement out for the world to see. You need to have balls of steel to write a book. A brain that wonders into other realms of imagination. And a heart that has felt all the emotions that the reader will feel by the time the last page comes to a close.

Brains, Hearts and Balls. That pretty much sums up a great author. It is a truth that a person can live hundreds of lives by just reading books. People like me stutter through our words when writing. So this is the reason why we are giving a shout out to those authors that can.

There are numerous authors we have truly loved this year. Some of the books are from last year but most from this year. Here are a few that deserve the love from all readers. Make it known which author moves you!

 

 

 

 

Meghan Quinn
 The Virgin Romance Novelist made us laugh at the most awkward moments. Like on a plane, by a stranger, who was trying to read over my shoulder. About a smoking baby powder missing briar patch. Read and you will understand.

 EK Blair

Bang & Echo. blew our mind. Jaw dropping and a unique story.

 

Mia Sheridan

Kyland. Loved Archers Voice and had to read her latest. I love her writing.

 

T.L. Smith

Antagonize Me. Can’t even explain what made this book so great. It is a reread. In fact, I will be doing just that this month. Just plain fun and enjoyable. This author can write all different stories. Don’t expect the same thing twice.

 

Shawna Romkey

Speak of the Devil. It was surprising. Intriguing with great characters. You get a peek into Hell. Or salvation.

 

Olivia Cunning

Insider. Liked the book, but I think it is overall Olivia’s books. They are all really great. No limit.

 

JL Massey

The Red Door. I read The Black Door this year. Very Dark. I will never forget that book. However it was The Red Door that sucked me in. This is a major warning to all people who do not like BDSM. This goes beyond what you expect. Pushes passed any limit.

 Colleen Hoover

Never Never. Both books great. Obviously Colleen is a big time author now. This is one of the best she has written.

 

I could write a 30 page essay of authors we have loved this year, but I am trying to limit my list.

Here are more honorable mentions. These authors are just as good as the above. However I would gab nonstop why I like the books and love the authors. Check out their links.  

Penny Reid

 

Jill Patten

 

Tara Sivec

Jane Devreaux

Vivian Winslow

J.D. Chase

Mariah Dietz

Amy Harmon

 

 

Am I a book Snob? Our Breakdown of 2014

When someone that does not read on a daily basis will come to ask you, “What kind of books do you read?” What do you say? I read romance novels? Or a little of everything? Personally I think those people pigeonhole all books that are not Non Fiction, as romance fluff. I cannot disagree more. A book always must have a solid story. Yes, it may have a little bit of love. However I think that many nonreaders miss that point. If you are a person that can only read Biographies and John Grisham, you are missing some of the top Best Selling Books of the year. Check out my list of reads of 2014. Favorite YA: Opposition(Lux Series) by Jennifer L. Armentrout I have loved the series and it is by far my favorite series in the YA category. Favorite Books that makes you LOL: The Chocoholics Series(Passions and Ponies #1) by Tara Sivec Legal Briefs by N. M. Silber Hellers Regret by J D Nixon   Favorite Adult Fiction: The Driven Series by K. Bromberg Beauty and the Mustache(Knitting Series by Penny Reid Notce by Courtney Cole The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon    Favorite Romance: Gorgeous Chaos by TK Leigh Gilded Flower Series by Vivian Winslow Opposition by Jennifer Armentrout Archers Voice by Mia Sheridian   Favorite Suspense/ Thriller: The Girl in 6E by AR Torre The Cutting by James Hayman Blessed are the Dead by James Hayman     Favorite BDSM/ VERY ADULT: Interview with a Master by Jason Luke(BTW-this is about adult situations. Do not take the name of the book as crude and disturbing. Far from it). Indebted Series by Khai L Bayne Beautifully Twisted by Jennifer Domenico   Favorite Paranormal and all crazy things other than human: Light Shadows and Nicolai by SL Jennings Opposition by Jennifer Armentrout Die Trying by Nicholas Ryan Indebted by Khai L. Bayne Les Corbeaux by Emma V Leech     Which Books that made me cry(ugly cry): Light Shadows Oppostition Archers Voice Gorgeous Chaos   LASTLY! FAVORITE BOOK of 2014: Light Shadows