Friday, November 21, 2014

Red Dahlia Release Date






Red Dahlia
Vivian Winslow
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: December 03, 2014

Purchase: Amazon US 


Having discovered her mother’s and Shane’s devastating betrayal, a determined Dahlia seeks to find what was taken from her and to chart a new life for herself. With the help of Vi’s friend, Englishman Thomas Squires, a dashing and enigmatic clandestine operative, Dahlia chases leads across London and Paris. Will Dahlia be able to right the wrong and allow herself to love again?

Mature readers only. 18+




Excerpt


Red Dahlia
Gilded Flower Series
By Vivian Winslow

Prologue


My Dearest Dahlia,

I hate that I’ve waited so long to tell you this. Hell, I hate myself for what I’ve done. This is the tenth letter I’ve written you. Each time I promise myself I’ll send it, but I don’t.

She’s still alive, Dahlia! Our daughter, Marissa, is alive. Remember when your mother arranged her transfer to the NICU in a nearby hospital and told you she died a few days later? It wasn’t true.

I visited her everyday that she was there. Then one day, she was gone. A nurse told me that she had been transferred to another hospital, but I couldn’t figure out where. I contacted your mother who came to see me with a lawyer. She offered me a lot of money if I’d give her up. At the time I refused. I couldn’t do that. But you ended things when I went to see you later that day to tell you what happened. You were done with me. Your mother was right. I was a complete fuck-up and loser. I felt like shit. It was my fault you were in such bad shape. I was never there for you. How could I be there for our baby? I couldn’t be the father I wanted to be. I was broke, and she told me she would revoke your trust fund and leave you penniless. I couldn’t do that to you.

You think your parents gave me money as some consolation prize if I dropped out of your life. They were also buying my silence. I signed my life away to them. If I ever told you about Marissa, your mother swore I’d pay and my family would suffer. Back then my mom couldn’t pay her rent and the government was giving her a hard time about survivor benefits. Somehow, your mother magically made the issues disappear. Her influence was that deep, but I don’t need to tell you that. I knew that she would make my life miserable if I ever told you the truth.

I hit bottom after you left. It took me a long time to clean up and figure out what I was going to do with my life. Once I did, I realized my goal was to make things right for you and our daughter. If only I had worked it out sooner, maybe it would’ve been different for us. I regret giving up the two of you. A better person would’ve refused your mother’s offer. But I wasn’t that man then. I don’t know if I can ever convince you of how much I love you and will always love you.

I’ve tried to find Marissa. I even hired an investigator, but came up with nothing. Your mother doesn’t want her found.

Maybe, if we find each other again, we’ll be able to search for her together.

All my Love,

Shane

About the author


Vivian Winslow was born and raised in Southern California. Before becoming a writer, she made a career out of moving around the world every couple of years thanks to her husband’s job. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and two elementary school age children, and is grateful to finally have a place to call home for more than two years. New York is the perfect city to indulge her love of shopping, the arts and especially food.

If she’s not at home writing or running around the city with her kids, you’ll most likely find her indulging in pizza on the Lower East Side or having a cocktail at her favorite bar in Alphabet City. That said, she’s still a California girl at heart and would gladly trade in her heels for a pair of flip-flops to catch a sunset on the beach. .

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

What Lurks in the Dark by J.L. Drake!!!


Synopsis
He was a hunter, a killer, a psychopath. He was always watching and waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
She was his greatest obsession.
Pushing through her past, Emily McPhee was finally where she wanted to be. She had pulled straight A’s, had a home in Southern California, money, and a great group of friends.
One night her stalker decided to make his move and everything changed.
Now, fighting to get back to what she once had, Emily must deal with more than just this psychopath, but also with her self-involved mother and her one true love that’s pulling away.
How hard would you fight the darkness that’s threatening to take over your life?

Goose bumps raced over me as I desperately felt around the edges of the door, clawing at the wood next to it, trying to find a way out.  I heard a sound and found a set of eyes staring back at me from a Judas hole. –From What Lurks In The Dark



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Author Bio
J. L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children.
She's a huge book lover but never thought of writing until roughly a year and half ago. Now she loves it and has six books in the works.
What Lurks in the Dark is her first novel released in June 2014. Watch for a brand new trilogy called Broken (romance/suspense) that she hopes to have released January 2015.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

More from Vivian Winslow: Blue Dahlia

Synopsis:
BLUE DAHLIA IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE DAHLIA TRILOGY OF THE GILDED FLOWER SERIES.

New York socialite Dahlia Baron is falling for her Latin lover, Rodrigo Cruz, the scion of the Mama Linda Latin foods empire, and hopes to take the relationship to the next level. But there’s a dark secret that she must deal with first in order to truly give her heart to him. When Dahlia visits the man from her past, will the undercurrents of her emotions let her go to Rodrigo or will they pull her back to the one person who stands between them?
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Darra's Review:

I am a little behind reading this. I know, shame on me! This book came out in October and I have read and loved it. Vivian has never let me down. Each character is charismatic, alluring and captivating. Although there are scenes that made me cringe, I loved the storyline. I never thought that I would be interested to read Dahlia in compared to her sister, Lily. However there is a story that starts back years before.
When last left off from Tiger Lily, Dahlia was head over heels for Rodrigo. Who wouldn't be?! However Dahlia had a past that she now wants to close the books. One word, Shane. Another Sigh.

There is so much that you need to know about life before Rodrigo. It is a must to read this book if you want more of Dahlia's story. The story moves on in the latest book, Black Dahlia.

Dahlia is just as loveable as Lily was and you will not put this book down. I can't wait to read Black Dahlia. It came out just last week.

Read with me. I rate this book a 4.5.

Can't wait for more!

In the mean time. See the cover and synopsis for Black Dahlia.

Synopsis:

Grieving from a tragic loss, a deeply depressed Dahlia retreats with her sister Lily and best friend Vi to a sun-soaked Indonesian paradise to heal. There, she meets soulful surfer Kai, who's seeking to escape from the demons of his own past. Can the spiritual and physical connection between them put back together the pieces of Dahlia's shattered heart?

BLACK DAHLIA IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE DAHLIA TRILOGY OF THE GILDED FLOWER SERIES.

DON’T MISS THE LILY TRILOGY, FEATURING DAHLIA’S TWIN, LILY BARON. THE COMPLETE LILY TRILOGY (GILDED LILY, CALLA LILY AND TIGER LILY) NOW AVAILABLE.

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Monday, November 17, 2014

Three Christmases by Kat & Stone Bastion!!!!


Three Christmases Synopsis:

As the holiday season approaches in this fourth book in the No Weddings Series, Cade Michaelson strives to be better at balancing work and love, and Hannah Martin’s growing ability to trust is put to the test.
Lust and friendship brought us together, but with the increasing demands of my two businesses, Hannah’s thriving bakery, and our successful event-planning company, stability becomes my focus.
Then a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity takes me to the West Coast, and everything goes into a tailspin.

Laughter, love, and excitement fill our lives, but Cade refuses to settle into the wonderful bliss we’ve found—he wants spectacular fireworks and an unshakable foundation. Driven like no one I’ve ever met, Cade insists a dream job across the country will be better for our future together, but I worry about whether we can survive the present apart.
When intimate time diminishes…and lives get more hectic…

Will a little bit of faith be all that it takes? Or will the sacrifice to get there be too great?

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Sunny's Review:

I don't really know what I can say about this book that I have not already said in the first 3 reviews I did. I love it. Cade and Hannah are awesome. They both have issues and they work on them. Part of me is like wow Cade is so freaking perfect but really he isn't. He makes mistakes and he does the wrong thing sometimes (very few and far between) but he tries to fix it. Hannah knows she has issues and again they work them out. It is refreshing to read this series. I love the love at first sight look into each others eyes and then it is all sparkles and sunshine but I love that this book is not like that. Hannah makes Cade work for her from the beginning and then she works for him too. I love it. I feel like at the end of the day they could be real people and I would totally want them to be my friends. Well, I will be honest. I want to be friends with Hannah but I would so want to take Cade away :) I would say I am kidding but I am not. I think I might have to have a Cade checklist for my next relationship. I don't need the money but I do need the personality.
 
I am giving this whole series 4.8 stars out of 5. I love the characters and the relationship that they have. I even like the relationships they have with others. If you want fun, funny and enough drama to keep you tuned in this series is for you! Go get it!
 
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Kat Bastion with Stone Bastion Bio:
Award-winning and bestselling romance author Kat Bastion has teamed up with her husband Stone Bastion to create the new contemporary romance series No Weddings.
A few factoids about the writing team…
Kat enjoys her chocolate rich and dark, her music edgy and soul-filling, and her vacations exotic with toes dug into the sand. And she’s wildly, madly, deeply in love with Stone.
Stone likes pounding the trails on a mountain bike, vibrating the sound system with rock music, and down time spent on a stand up paddleboard. And he loves Kat wildly, madly, deeply…and then some.
Together, they’re having a blast bringing fun-filled romantic stories to life and hope you’ll join them in the exciting adventure.
Kat’s first published work, Utterly Loved, was a twentieth anniversary gift of love poems to Stone that they decided to share with the world to benefit charity. Net proceeds from Utterly Loved, and a portion of net proceeds from all their books, go toward charities involved in the fight against human trafficking.
Kat and Stone live amid the beautiful Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Visit their blog at www.talktotheshoe.com, website at www.katbastion.com, and their Twitter accounts at https://twitter.com/KatBastion and https://twitter.com/StoneBastion for more information.
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