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Book Blitz/ Beast 2

Posted on August 25, 2014August 27, 2014 by Cindy

This is an erotic fairy tale inspired by Beauty and the Beast.

Yes or no? What will she do? Can Annabelle redeem Beast with her heart intact, or will her time at La Rosa Prison ruin her? Find out who Beast really is in the dark, erotic retelling of Beauty & The Beast.

Excerpt

“You look nervous,” he says. His hand, still in my hair, turns to my cheek. It’s warm. Smells good. “Come and sit down.”

He takes my hand and leads me to a window seat. A built-in bench, pressed up against a wall of glass. He wraps his hands around my waist and lifts me up. Sits me down up there. My eyes scan the patchy, dirt-strewn yard outside. The way the rain smashes off the ground and into something else. The sky is white. Stark white.

“Just a minute,” he says.

My mind screams as he steps away. He reaches onto some shelves along the wall and grabs an armful of navy blue blankets. Painters’ blankets, I realize as he holds them out for me. He sits them on the bench beside me. Smooths one out. Lifts me up and sits me on it. Then he tucks another one behind me.

“Thank you,” I murmur. Despite the blankets’ tattered appearance, they seem soft enough. There’s no paint on them, and they don’t smell like it. Another one unfolded by his big hands, tucked around me.

“You got wet. Warm up a moment.”

I sit there because my brain is broken and my heart feels puffed up like a balloon.

He climbs up behind me and gently nudges me forward. He leans his torso up against mine, spreads his legs around my butt and thighs. Strong hands begin to knead my shoulders.

“Don’t be nervous here, Angel. I’ll take care of you. Always.”

About Ella James

Ella James is a Colorado author who writes teen and adult romance. She is happily married to a man who knows how to wield a red pen, and together they are raising a feisty two-year-old who will probably grow up believing everyone’s parents go to war over the placement of a comma.

Ella’s books have been listed on numerous Amazon bestseller lists, including the Movers & Shakers list and the Amazon Top 100; two were listed among Amazon’s Top 100 Young Adult Ebooks of 2012.

To find out more about Ella’s projects and get dates on upcoming releases, find her on Facebook at facebook.com/ellajamesauthorpage and follow her blog, www.ellajamesbooks.com. Questions or comments? Tweet her at author_ellaj or e-mail her at ella_f_james@ymail.com.

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Book Blogger Challenge/ Back to School Day 8

Posted on August 25, 2014August 29, 2014 by Cindy

Today’s topic is: What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned as a blogger?

I think the biggest lesson I have learned as a blogger is that its okay to decline book requests. I know when I first began blogging and getting requests I accepted alot and over booked myself for fear of a publisher or rep declining me from future books.

Gradually I learned that no one will be mad at your for declining a book you don’t like or that might not fit into what you read and blog about.

I am almost upon my 6th year anniversary and over the years I have fine tuned my scheduling and keeping myself organized. I admit there is still times I over book myself but I learned to go with the flow and not stress about things like I would have in the past.

What have you learned?

Book Spotlight & Guest Post/ Beginning With Forever

Posted on August 23, 2014August 23, 2014 by Cindy

Tour Schedule

Title and Author: Beginning with Forever by Lan LLP

Publication Date: March 2014

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotic Romance

~Synopsis~

Love isn’t easy to forget even
if you’re determined to never feel it again. It has a way of finding you when
all hope is gone, resurfacing tender emotions you’ve buried deep in your core because the pain of acknowledging them is too much for you to handle.

Carson Bradley, CEO of a
powerful pharmaceutical corporation is rich beyond boundaries with a missing
soul. His heart faded away fifteen years ago with the death of his first love.He
strives every day for the sake of his cancer research because he’s determined
to eradicate it forever.

Lillian Ly is a humble, young medical
student whose kind and generous heart is as vast as the universe. Being raised
poor by a single parent; she matured quickly and respected the sacrifices her
mother made for her. Lillian’s determination leads her down a stringent
five-year path with no room for love.

When their paths cross at an
unlikely place thousands of miles away from home, they both realize that fate
has brought them together, and Carson will never let anything or anyone tear
them apart. He knows how desolate life is without love and refuses to return to
that empty place ever again.

Lillian enters Carson’s
world with the purest intention of loving him with all her heart, but discovers
that his volatile world will alter her uncomplicated life indefinitely. Regardless
of what obstacles are thrown in their path, Lillian and Carson will endure them
all to hold onto their forever from the beginning to the end.

~Excerpt~

“Carson, I’m freely offering myself to you right
now. Please.” I plead
fearlessly. I’m shameless and not above begging for him to take my body. Who is
this sex-craved woman anyways?

“Sweetness, you’re making it very difficult for me to resist you, to
control myself.” He lowers himself intimately close to graze his soft, moist
lips on my forehead, bridge of my nose and then intensely over my lips. The
urgency of his need for me is translated through his kisses. Biting down firmly
on his lower lip, it appears that he’s forcing the strength of his will to
remain tame. Our eye contact is broken when he seals his shut to blind the
temptation lying beneath his body. His hands grip the sheets desperately,
clawing and then fisting. I think this is his last hope of hanging onto his
dignity. “Goodnight Lily, only offer your body to me when you believe it in
your heart,” he murmurs and
rolls off me.

~Meet the Cast~

Buy From:

Amazon.com: Kindle Ebook | Paperback

Amazon.in: Kindle Ebook

~Carson & Lillian~

~Meet The Author~

Over a long year ago, I picked up a pen to jot down the first sentence of my vivid imagination. Those initial words were the seeds that grew into my flowering romance book, “Beginning with Forever.” With all my heart, I wrote, rewrote, edited, re-edited and now, I’m finally ready to share it with all of you. My one and only aspiration for this book is to have readers embrace my story and characters with their heart.If I can make someone laugh till their gut hurts, hate the villain with vengeance, cry till their eyes dry out, fall in love all over again, and drool over the hero or feel any other emotions, than I’ve succeeded my goal.
I’m the sappiest person in the world when it comes to romance. Don’t smirk! I believe in love at first sight, Prince Charming or in my book,Mr. Hot Billionaire, and happy endings. In my heart, every women deserves all three, and they will when they lose themselves in my books. Your fantasy can become a reality with just the flip of a page, so come join me.

~Tour Wide Giveaway~

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Buy From:

Amazon.com: Kindle Ebook | Paperback

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~Tour Organizer~

~Tour Stops Linky~

TOP TEN LIST OF THINGS YOU NEED ON HAND
WHEN YOU WRITE: 

1)      Chocolate, peanut M&M’s or dark chocolate bar

2)      Music- usually instrumental

3)      Tall glass of ice water or ice coffee

4)      Pictures of my hero and heroine for inspiration

5)      Salty snacks: sweet potato chips*

6)      Ipad for research (I Google everything that I’m unfamiliar with
before I write about it.)

7)      A black notebook that I scribble ideas and names of characters

8)      All my charging cords

9)      A comfy sweatshirt/socks

10)  Healthy snack to offset the bad ones ;)

I just quickly want to thank Lan for taking time out of her busy schedule to do this fun guest post for me. I had so much fun thinking up this guest post and reading your replies.

Bout of Books August 23rd Daily Challenge

Posted on August 23, 2014August 23, 2014 by Cindy

Hi Everyone. I just wanted to do a separate post for today’s daily challenge.

Today’s challenge is hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads and its the Spell it Out Challenge.

The Rules

Use the first letter in any book you’ve read or want to read to spell out a word. You can choose first name, initials, your birthday month, or your zodiac sign.

Take a photo, make a graphic or even a list and share your word on your blog, Facebook, Twitter or Goodreads.

Submit a link to your post in the linky below! You’ll get an extra FIVE entries in the Rafflecopter international giveaway for an eBook of your choice (Amazon or B&N, up to $10 USD) for participating in this challenge. You MUST be participating in Bout of Books 11.0 to be eligible to win the giveaway, but you can always post your answer in the comments just for fun if you aren’t a participant.

If you tweet about this challenge, don’t forget to mention me, @kimberlyreads, and use the #boutofbooks hashtag.

This was a super fun challenge that did require some work but I had fun doing it. Here is my reply:

C harming Blue by Kristine Grayson
I nside Out & Back Again
N adia knows best
D ark Frost
Y ou have Seven Messages

This was alot of fun hope you enjoy my answer.

Bout of Books/ August 22nd Daily Challenge

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Cindy

I am actually completing a challenge and here it is. I hope you enjoy it.

You must link four books by using the last word of the previous title to the first word of the next one. To start, pick a book (ANY book; your choice!) and start linking! A, An, and The don’t count, so if your book starts with one of those, just use the next word. To make this challenge tougher, you can decide to only use books you’ve read within the last twelve months – but that’s not a requirement.

This challenge is being hosted by Christian Bookshelf Reviews .

Here is my answer:

White Wedding by Milly Johnson

Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella

(The) Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

I have to admit that this was hard just when I thought I had it I realized I didn’t… this was alot of fun,

Thanks for this awesome fun challenge.

Book Blogger Challenge/ Back to School Day 4th

Posted on August 21, 2014August 29, 2014 by Cindy

Today’s Topic Is:

Day 4: If you are a parent, or have advice for parents…what do you do (or think would work) to foster the love of reading in your kids?

I quickly want thank Rachel from Parajunkee.com for putting this fun Book Blogger Challenge together.

I am a parent. I have an 11 year old son.

I am proud to say that Michael is a big time reader like his mom. He is my mini me when it comes to reading.

I have to admit that growing up my parents didn’t really instill reading into me. Yes we did have the Disney classic story books around to read but after a while when you have read them for the billionth time they get a little boring so I was thrilled when I went to the new school in are area and discovered that there was a library. I pretty much devoured the books that were in there and I think that was when my love of reading full developed.

I was in grade 5 at the time. The same was true for when I started junior high (7 to 9) I borrowed so many books and read so much that it was unbelievable.

It was then that I made a promise to myself that when I had children I was going to make sure books were available 24/7 to them and I have to say I lived up to that promise I made (some 20 years ago).

When I was pregnant I would read aloud because I knew he could hear me and when he was only a few days old I pushed him in his stroller and we walked to the library and he got his first library card. I was told then that I was probably one of the first few to get their new borns a library card. Since then we have never looked back and probably have borrowed thousands of books over the years from out local library and taken part in so many story times and various other library activities.

So my advice to parents would be:

1. Get your child(ren) library cards. Make it a point to go weekly. Expose them to all that your library has to offer such as story time etc. We did this from the beginning and my son loves it still. Encourage your children if they are in school to borrow from the school library as well. I know Michael takes full advantage of the school library.

2. Allow your child to buy a book monthly from the scholastic book club if they come home with it. I am a huge advocate of this.. We buy constantly from there.

3.Don’t sensory or police what your child reads. You can suggest books but in the end let them make the choice. You will be surprised at the books that will interest them.

4. Read to your child daily and not just at bed time. I remember for the first few years I would literally read daily to my son and he would bring books to read to me and some days it felt like we were reading all day.

5. Read around your children so that they see you reading.

6. Make books accessible to your children. If money is tight visit garage sales, library sales, check the dollar stores (I have stumbled about a ton of great books there) etc. there is always books some where for them. Take full advantage of your library.

7. Don’t force them to read when they don’t want to. We have had periods like that and I would ask why he didn’t want to read and he would say he was bored so we would look for something new to read and that usually works.

So those are some of my tips I hope you find them helpful.

Book Blitz/ Pandora

Posted on August 21, 2014August 20, 2014 by Cindy

Pandora Boxed Set 
Publication date: August 5th 2014
Genres: Paranormal

Synopsis:
*TWENTY COMPLETE FULL-LENGTH NOVELS AND NOVELLAS FOR $0.99! NO CLIFFHANGERS!*

Do you dare open the box?

Whether you love paranormal in the form of romance, suspense, mystery, horror, or
fantasy, this box set will have something to entice your preternatural
sensibilities. Supernaturally thrilling and engaging, this box set has it all:
ghosts, vampires, mind-readers, shape-shifters, demons, faeries, werewolves, and
more.

For a limited time, you can enjoy books from today’s New York Times, USA Today,
Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestselling authors and many more. We have everything from
titles that are slated for the big screen to stories from Pulitzer Prize and Bram
Stoker Award Nominees! When purchased separately, these books cost over $50! But
they are your’s today for less than $1.

Professionally formatted, no cliffhangers, and no short stories. Every selection in
this rare, limited edition paranormal box set are full-length novels and novellas! A
few are “First in Series,” but we carefully selected only those which can still be
enjoyed as a standalone!

Riley J Ford, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author: INTO YOU

Rebecca Hamilton, Amazon Best-Selling and Film-Optioned Novelist: HER SWEETEST DOWNFALL

Apryl Baker, Amazon Best-Selling and Film-Optioned Novelist: THE AWAKENING

Carole Lanham, Amazon Best-Selling Author and Bram Stoker Award Nominee: CLEOPATRA’S
NEEDLE

Thomas Sullivan, Pulitzer Prize Nominee: THE WATER WOLF

Rainy Kaye, Amazon Best-Selling Author: SUMMONED

Laura Howard, Amazon Best-Selling Author: THE FORGOTTEN ONES

Noree Cosper, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree: A PRESCRIPTION FOR DELIRIUM

Louise Caiola, Amazon Best-Selling Author: WHAT TRULY KNOWS

Kelley Anne Blount, Amazon Best-Selling Author: SHADE

Susan Stec, Amazon Best-Selling Author: DEAD GIRLS NEVER SHUT UP

Christi Goddard, Amazon Best-Selling Author: FOUR IN THE MORNING

Steven Katriel, Amazon Best-Selling Author: THE PORTRAIT OF ALATIEL SALAZAR

Heather Kenealy, winner of MTV’s “Stan Lee presents the Seekers” contest and
Cinescape’s Short Story Contest: THE TRAITORS’ TRILOGY

Peter Dawes, Blogger Book Fair Reader’s Choice Award winner: EYES OF THE SEER

DelSheree Gladden, Amazon Best-Selling Author: INVISIBLE

with…
Angela Fristoe: LIE TO ME

Conner Kressley: THE BREAKER’S CODE

Samantha LaFantasie: MADE TO FORGET

Rachel Walter: TRUE CONNECTION

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