Month: March 2014

Book Blitz/ Nate Rocks The City

Book Blitz/ Nate Rocks The City

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Join Karen Pokras Toz for one last adventure with Nathan Rockledge and his alter ego Nate Rocks.

Nate Rocks the City

About the Book:
Hey New York! Are you ready for Nate Rocks?
Fifth grader Nathan Rockledge has been counting down the days—and meals—until his class trip to New York City. Now that the big event is finally here, he can barely stand the excitement. After all, isn’t this what being a fifth grader is all about? Oh sure, his Mom is one of the chaperones, his annoying sister Abby is tagging along, and that know-it-all classmate, Lisa, will be there as well. However, none of that matters. Not when he’ll be with his best friends, Tommy and Sam.
While seeing the sights, his teacher wants his class to take notes, but Nathan has other ideas. With paper and pencil in hand, Nathan prefers to doodle, transforming himself into Nate Rocks, boy hero. Amid ninja pigeons to fend off, aliens to attack, and the baseball game of the century to save, will Nate Rocks be able to save the day one more time?
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About the Author:
Karen Pokras Toz writes middle grade and adult contemporary fiction. Her books have won several awards including two Readers’ Favorite Book Awards, the Grand Prize in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, as well as placing first for two Global E-Book Awards for Pre-Teen Literature. Karen is a member of the Society of the Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). For children, her books include the Nate Rocks series, Millicent Marie is Not My Name, & Pie and Other Brilliant Ideas. For adult readers, Karen’s books include Chasing Invisible, and her soon to be released, Whispered Wishes series. A native of Connecticut, Karen now lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and three children. For more information, please visit www.karentoz.com.

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Book Blitz/ Stealing The Groom

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Pump Up Your Book Presents Stealing the Groom Virtual Book Publicity Tour
Title: Stealing the Groom
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author: Sonya Weiss
Publisher: Entangled Bliss
Language: English
Format: Ebook

Friends don’t let friends marry the wrong woman…

Chad Walker may be a take-no-chances man with a plan, but there’s no way Amelia Snyder is going to let her best bud marry Mean Girl #1—even if the wedding is solely so he can secure the controlling shares in his family’s company. But free-spirited Amelia’s at-the-altar groomnapping scheme takes a surprising turn when she ends up as the blushing bride instead.

Suddenly, with Amelia living in her handsome husband’s home—in his bedroom, no less—she starts to reconsider their strictly platonic arrangement. But Chad’s always been anti-risk and definitely anti-love, and betting a lifetime of best friendship on the chance at forever might be the biggest gamble of all.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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From the time she was a child, Sonya knew she was destined to be a writer. If she didn’t like the ending of a book or movie, she would write her own ending. When her children were young, she often wrote stories to entertain them. At the urging of one of her daughters, she submitted a short story and to her surprise and delight, it sold.
Sonya loves writing all things romance whether it’s writing contemporary adult or teen fiction and still hasn’t lost the wonder that she gets to do what she loves.
She enjoys reading, movies, chocolate, and laughter and credits her daughters as being the sweetest blessings in her life.
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Review/ Drive Me Crazy

Review/ Drive Me Crazy

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Title: Drive Me Crazy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author: Tracy Wolff
Publisher: Entangled Brazen
Pages: 210
Language: English
Format: Ebook

Source: I was provided an ebook to review.

 ABOUT THE BOOK:

His rival’s in his bed, and this rocker is ready to play.
Former rivals Quinn Bradford and Elise McKinney are not friends, at least not anymore. As teens, all they cared about was psyching each other out before concerts. But when Quinn—now the keyboardist for Shaken Dirty, the hottest rock band on the scene—returns to his hometown and hears about the car accident that shattered Elise’s career, he’s determined to make things right.
Elise wants nothing to do with an arrogant rock star, despite how bad she so clearly wants him, so Quinn kidnaps the stubborn little piano player and whisks her back to his mansion. A little seduction might be just the thing to keep Elise under his care…and in his bed. But amid pranks both childish and very adult, their past comes rearing back to haunt them. And it might be more than either of them can forget.

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Since the new year I have decided to switch things up and I am starting to accept some ebooks for review. I downloaded the Kindle app onto my iPad which makes reading in bed a little easier. (Having the light on inconveniences some people.)

I have also started to read other genre of books as well. Its nice to step outside your comfort zone at times isn’t it?

As I was getting ready to write my review of the book I discovered that this was the second book in the Shaken Dirty series. The first book is Crash Into Me. The Shaken Dirty series is about the five rockers in the band Shaken Dirty and their lives. Your typical sex, drugs and rock n roll.

Tracy is also the author of the young adult series Tempest Unleashed, Tempest Rishing and Tempest Revealed. All of which I currently own but haven’t read. She writes under Tracy Deebs. Have you read this series?

Drive Me Crazy focuses on Quinn, the keyboardist of the band, Shaken Dirty. The book starts off with a little history of who Quinn was/is. We find out that Quinn was actually in his younger days a classical pianist. His rival was Elise. The both use to prank each other and were always looking to one up each other. I believe that they each had each others back. When they were 17 years old they took their relationship to the next level and sadly it ended like a one night stand. Elise never heard from Quinn again. Was Quinn just looking for that or is there more to the story then meets the eye?

Fast forward to ten years later. Elise was just in a major car accident. She has last her manager in the crash and pretty down when who talks into her hospital room but one Quinn. Elise notices the change in appearances right away.

The attraction between the two are very evident and they both know it. Quinn has always managed to keep track of Elise and her career and swears to be there for her because she has no one and nothing. Her musicial career is unsure due to her injuries she suffered from the car accident.

I loved both the characters and I truly believe that things happen for a reason. Perhaps it didn’t work ten years ago for them, nothing says it won’t happen this time around. I loved how playful they were around each other. They would prank each other and tease. It was just a sweet relationship to watch develop.

I have to say that you don’t need to read the books in order as I feel as though they are great stand alone books. Not once while I was reading this did I feel as though I was missing something. I will be buying the first book to read as I did enjoy reading this.

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Book Blitz/ Drive Me Crazy

Book Blitz/ Drive Me Crazy

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Title: Drive Me Crazy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author: Tracy Wolff
Publisher: Entangled Brazen
Pages: 210
Language: English
Format: Ebook

His rival’s in his bed, and this rocker is ready to play.
Former rivals Quinn Bradford and Elise McKinney are not friends, at least not anymore. As teens, all they cared about was psyching each other out before concerts. But when Quinn—now the keyboardist for Shaken Dirty, the hottest rock band on the scene—returns to his hometown and hears about the car accident that shattered Elise’s career, he’s determined to make things right.
Elise wants nothing to do with an arrogant rock star, despite how bad she so clearly wants him, so Quinn kidnaps the stubborn little piano player and whisks her back to his mansion. A little seduction might be just the thing to keep Elise under his care…and in his bed. But amid pranks both childish and very adult, their past comes rearing back to haunt them. And it might be more than either of them can forget.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks and has been known to forget where—and sometimes who—she is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short story—something with a rainbow and a prince—and at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girls lit with her first Judy Blume novel. By ten she’d read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so in desperation her mom started her on romance novels. And from the first page of the first book, Tracy knew she’d found her life-long love. Now an English professor at her local community college, she writes romances that run the gamut from contemporary to paranormal to erotic suspense.
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Pump Up Your Book and Tracy are teaming up to give away a $50 Amazon Gift Card and an ecopy of Shredded & Ruined!

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  • By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
  • 2 winners will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive each of the prizes
  • This giveaway begins February 24 and ends on March 7.
  • Winners will be contacted via email on March 8, 2014.
  • Winner has 48 hours to reply.
Good luck everyone!
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Book Blitz/ Unravel Me

Book Blitz/ Unravel Me

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Title: Unravel Me
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author: Tori St. Claire
Publisher: Entangled Brazen
Pages: 173
Language: English
Format: Ebook

Letting go might be the key that unlocks her pleasure…

Attorney Cassie Blaire has spent most of her life living by rules. Rules that keep her life sensible, and on the right path. But five years after losing her husband, Cassie is saying sayonara to “sensible.” And it starts now—with indulging a need she’s long denied.

When he arrives in Colorado, all Brad Steele wants is a scotch before he has to play nice in the first face-to-face meeting with his co-counsel in an ugly divorce case. But instead, he finds her—a lush, inviting stranger whose dark eyes invite him to sin…and thirst turns into a raw, undeniable hunger.

Now Cassie is initiated into a world that has nothing to do with being sensible, and everything to do with sensuality. Under Brad’s guiding touch, she’s receiving an education in desire—one that breaks all of the old rules, and explores tantalizing new ones. And once she learns that her naughty one-nighter is her arrogant co-counsel, all of her objections will be sustained…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

National Bestselling author Tori St. Claire grew up writing. Hobby quickly turned into passion, and when she discovered the world of romance as a teen, poems and short stories gave way to full length novels with sexy heroes and heroines waiting to be swept off their feet. She wrote her first romance novel at seventeen.
While that manuscript gathered dust-bunnies beneath the bed, she went on to establish herself as a contemporary, historical, and paranormal author under the pen name, Claire Ashgrove. Additionally, she writes strictly historical romance as Sophia Garrett. Her writing, however, skirted a fine line between hot and steamy, and motivated by authors she admired, she pushed her boundaries and made the leap into erotica, using the darker side of human nature and on-the-edge suspense to drive grittier, sexier, stories.
Her erotic romantic suspense novels are searingly sensual experiences that unite passion with true emotion, and the all-consuming tie that binds — love.

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Pump Up Your Book and Tori are teaming up to give away a $5 Starbucks Gift Card, a $5 Amazon Gift Card and an ecopy of Explosive!

Terms & Conditions:
By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
3 winners will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive each of the prizes
This giveaway begins February 24 and ends on March 7.

Winners will be contacted via email on March 8, 2014.

Winner has 48 hours to reply.

Good luck everyone!

To enter this give away and to see the other tour stops please CLICK ON THIS TEXT TO TAKE YOU THERE

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Book Blitz/ Love On Hold

Book Blitz/ Love On Hold

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Love On Hold – Release Day Blitz
By Robin Shaw
Contemporary Romance
Date Published: 3/5/2014



Millionaires Mariah Culver had finally thought that when she had something good, it’d last—until she discovered that the man she was set to marry in two months had betrayed her. Devastated, Mariah regrets that she’d trusted another man after the first love of her life, Aaron Wilkins had broken her heart. When Aaron Wilkins comes back into town, he turns her world upside down by bringing back feelings to the surface that she’d thought vanished along with his swift exit from her life.
Aaron Wilkins wouldn’t have come to his hometown of Bloomfield Township, Ohio if his parents hadn’t put their feet down. They didn’t just want him to visit his hometown; they wanted him to move back home for good. Aaron comes to realize that he can’t stay home if Mariah Culver isn’t by his side.
Robin Shaw
Robin Shaw is a hopeless romantic who loves to read and write about romance. She believes that life is filled with enough unhappy endings and enjoys penning tales in which her characters get to have their HFN or HEA.
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Book Blitz/ My Dog Understands English

Book Blitz/ My Dog Understands English

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My Dog Understands English – Week Blitz
By Cherise Kelley
Non-Fiction / Memoir / Dog Stories
Date Published: 11/30/2013



Dogs are smarter than we think.
Has your dog ever surprised you by doing something you said the first time? You are not alone! Here are 50 stories about amazing dogs who understood what their humans said. Some even saved lives in the process!
Chloe the golden Beagle braved a hurricane to obey the new command, “I need Dad, Girl.”
Ellie the Coonhound helped her human family escape from an angry bear by obeying the new command, “Get it!”
When her human brother said jokingly, “Maybe Cocoa could dig again and find it,” Cocoa did just that!
Our Queensland Heeler mix, Raffle, gave me the idea for this book when he finally but unexpectedly ate some green beans off the kitchen floor after I said, “Oh, so you’ll eat grass but you won’t eat green beans, eh?”
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By the time my eyes fluttered open, Hurricane Elvis was already underway.
The entire house was shaking by the time I woke up. The wind angrily pounded at the window with such force that I was sure it was going to break. I sat up and tried to flip the light on, but the power was out. Terrified, I climbed off the bed and hid between it and the wall. I was still disoriented from just waking up, but I remember vividly not being able to hear anything except the storm. As I sat there though, I heard a noise from outside the room.
Mustering up the courage to pull myself up on my knees, I opened the door just in time to see the living room window shatter as a tree flew through it.
As I watched the storm raging inside the house, I grew worried for my sisters. I called for them, but they didn’t answer. I could feel the panic swelling up inside me, taking over. I looked over my shoulder. My dog Chloe was close behind me, and I told her to stay. Then, I began my journey across the living room. The plan was to crawl underneath the tree. I could reach the bedroom that way. As I crossed the living room, the wind pushed up.
Before I knew it, the entertainment center was on top of me, pinning my legs down.
Try as I might, I couldn’t move. I now realized the predicament I was in. Thankfully, Chloe hadn’t listened when I gave her the command to stay. As soon as I was trapped, Chloe was on her stomach, crawling to me. I looked at her with tears in my eyes, and with a whimper, she nudged me.
I whispered, too scared to speak in my normal tone. “I need Dad, Girl.”
That was all I said. I never expected anything to come of it. After all, I had never taught her a command that was anywhere close to this. I was only telling her because it made me feel more comfortable. I was so scared, and hugging and talking to my animal made me feel better. But before I could pull her into my arms, she pulled herself out of my grip and ran back in the direction we had come from.
I closed my eyes, trying to ignore the cold that pressed against my unprotected body. I was rapidly growing numb. I could hear Chloe barking, but faintly so. I didn’t realize what she was doing. My dog was getting my dad’s attention. Within seconds, he was alerted to the situation and was fighting the storm to get to me. It didn’t take much for him to get the window blocked off and the entertainment center off of me. The rest of the storm was waited out quietly.
That was how Chloe became so much more than just the family pet. She saved my life, and all because she understood English so much more than we expected her to.
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