Blog Tour: This Wicked Rush by Jessie Evans. Guest Post and Giveaway.

 

Welcome to the This Wicked Rush Blog Tour!!

We have a fun list of Gabe-isms for you, and don't forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom...

 

 

 

THIS WICKED RUSH (Wild Rush Book 1)

“You know what I like, Caitlin. You know I want you to beg for it.”

Gabe

I’ve never been the kind of person to give up on something I want. Now, I refuse to take no for an answer. I want this girl. I want to help her, and sleep with her, and steal things with her, and make her laugh the way she did right that night in her friend's car. We’re going to have a summer neither of us will ever forget, and by the time we go our separate ways, she’ll have enough money to go to college, and I will have had her…every way I want her.

Caitlin

I’m starting to forget why it’s a bad idea to get in any deeper with a boy who is a walking, talking contradiction. A boy who has a taste for breaking the law, a wicked way with words, and a confident touch that leaves no doubt he’s way more experienced than I am. I’ve spent my life putting aside my own needs and cleaning up after other people’s mistakes. Now, I want to make a mistake of my own.

I know I’m playing with fire, but for Gabe I'm willing to beg to be burned.

THIS WICKED RUSH is an edgy, sexy, boundary-pushing read intended for readers over the age of seventeen. The book features graphic love scenes, violence, strong language, and thieves in love. Read at your own risk.

"A steamy, high-octane love story that will have you wondering how far you'd go if you stopped playing by the rules. And may even make you want to step over the lines.” –New York Times Bestselling Author, Lauren Blakely

 

 

Wild Rush Series

One Wild Night (Wild Rush prequel)
This Wicked Rush (Wild Rush Book 1)
One Perfect Love (Wild Rush Book 2)

 

 

 

 

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Released April 14, 2014

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Check out the list of Gabe-isms!! Makes you want to meet him....

 

 

 

Gabe on what to do when you’re feeling tempted:

 

I’ve never been good at doing what I should. I don’t resist Temptation, I throw him a big, loud party and invite Trouble to D.J.

 

Gabe Alexander on the importance of good nutrition:

 

“I want to have you for dinner,” I say, fingers tightening in her hair.

“We agreed,” she says, breath coming faster. “No other stuff.”

“After we leave my parents’ house.” I press a kiss to her throat, where her pulse leaps beneath her skin. “We didn’t say anything about making out in the guest bathroom.”

 

Gabe on the best way to spend a summer vacation

 

“I want to make you come every day, at least once a day,” he continues, tracing a lazy pattern on my thigh with his fingertip. “I want to give you the best summer of your life, and by the end of it, I want you to have enough money that you won’t have to work when you go back to school.”

 

Gabe on the need for air conditioning:

 

“I couldn’t care less about the mess,” I say. “But it’s fucking miserable in here.”

She turns back to me with a falsely sympathetic look. “Oh, poor baby. Don’t worry; you won’t melt. You’re not that sweet.”

“But you are.” I grin as I reach out, snagging her ponytail and giving it a tug as I push her against the refrigerator, dropping my lips to the sweat-slick skin of her throat. “In fact, I think you’re already melting.” I kiss up her neck toward her ear, growling when she pushes me away.

 

Gabe on love:

 

I hadn’t even been sure I had a heart, at least not the way other people did. I thought I would always be on the outside of that type of emotion, too warped around the edges to fit with someone as perfectly as Caitlin and I fit.

 

Gabe on forever:

 

I just keep repeating that I love her, and believe in her, and that I will love her forever.

“Forever,” I whisper into her hair as I cradle her close. “Until men are fairy tales, and the world goes up in a ball of fire.”

 

Meet Gabe Alexander in THIS WICKED RUSH by Jessie Evans

 

About the author:

Jessie Evans gave up a career as an international woman of mystery to write the sassy, Southern romances she always wanted to read.

She's married to the man of her dreams, and together they're raising a few adorable, mischievous children in a tree house in the boonies. She grew up in rural Arkansas, spending summers running wild, being chewed by chiggers, and now appreciates her home in a chigger-free part of the world even more.

When she's not writing, Jessie enjoys playing her dulcimer (badly), sewing the worlds ugliest quilts to give to her friends, going for bike rides with her house full of boys, and wandering the woods, glass of wine and camera both in hand, on the lookout for Bigfoot.

A southern girl, born and bred, Jessie loves writing Southern romances with just the right amount of sizzle, and hopes you'll enjoy her stories set in the fictional town of Summerville, Georgia. Especially the "Always a Bridesmaid" series!

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Royally Lost Blog Tour: Guest Post from author Angie Stanton. #giveaway

 

Welcome to the Royally Lost Blog Tour!! Check out the guest post from author Angie Stanton and be sure to enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post...


Title: Royally Lost

Author: Angie Stanton

Publisher: Harper Collins

Publication Date: May 6, 2014

 

 

 

Summary: 

 

Dragged on a family trip to Europe’s ancient cities, Becca wants nothing more than to go home. Trapped with her emotionally distant father, over-eager stepmother, and a brother who only wants to hook up with European hotties, Becca is miserable. That is until she meets Nikolai, a guy as mysterious as he is handsome. And she unknowingly finds herself with a runaway prince.

Nikolai has everything a guy could ask for-he's crown prince, heir to the throne, and girls adore him. But the one thing he doesn't have...is freedom. Staging a coup, he flees his kingdom and goes undercover on his own European tour.

When Nikolai and Becca meet, it’s their differences that draw them together. Sparks fly as they share a whirlwind of adventures, all the while dodging his royal guard. But Becca's family vacation ends in a matter of days. Will Nikolai and Becca be forced to say goodbye forever, will his destiny catch up to him, or will they change history forever?
 

 

Author Guest Post:

 

Introducing Becca and Prince Nikolai 

 

Thank you so much for hosting me on your blog today. Here’s a closer look into 

the lives of Becca and Nikolai, the main characters in Royally Lost. 

Becca is from the Midwest. She has been forced on a family trip to Europe with 

her Dad, Stepmonster, and brother Dylan. 

Neither Dylan nor Becca are happy about being forced on this trip, or pretending 

they’re a perfect family. Dylan makes his own fun by hitting on European girls, 

drinking beer, and doing pretty much anything to annoy his control-freak father. 

But Becca always follows the rules, which makes for a boring time. That is until she meets Nikolai, the crown prince of Mondovia. 

Nikolai has been groomed his whole life to take over the throne. His traditional 

parents make Becca’s appear warm and fuzzy. His rigid father runs the country as if were the Dark Ages and not the twenty-first century. 

When Nikolai learns the King and Queen expect him to join the military, as did 

his forefathers, he hits his breaking point and sneaks away in the night, traveling 

undercover. 

By a couple of chance meetings, Becca and Nikolai become fast friends. He 

conceals his true identity, loving his new life as a regular guy. But Nikolai and Becca have a problem. She is on a river cruise, and every night leaves for a new city. 

Together they wind up on one adventure after another, from dodging her father, 

to enlisting the help of Dylan to escape the paparazzi. When Becca learns Nikolai’s true identity, their new found love is challenged. And as the rivercruise nears it’s end, they’re faced with having to say goodbye forever. 

Does Becca go back to the states and start school at the university her father 

chose? Does Nikolai return home to be thrust into the military? Or do they find a 

way to stay together, setting everyone’s world upset down? 

I hope you’ll read Royally Lost and find out. 

 

Buy Links:

Amazon Link: 

http://www.amazon.com/Royally-Lost-Angie-Stanton-ebook/dp/B00FJ378RG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398887844&sr=8-1&keywords=royally+lost+by+angie+stanton

Goodreads Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18530135-royally-lost?ac=1

 

B&N Link: 

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/royally-lost-angie-stanton/1117005026?ean=9780062272584

About Angie:

Angie Stanton never planned on writing books; she wanted to be a Rockette. However, growing up in rural Wisconsin, with her brothers' 4-H pigs as pets, dance didn't work out. Instead she became an avid daydreamer. After years of perfecting stories in her head, she began to write them down, and the rest is history.

Angie is the author of six books including Royally Lost, Rock and a Hard Place, and Snapshot. She graduated with a Journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin, and is a proud double finalist of the National Readers Choice Awards for Love 'em or Leave 'em.

Website: http://angiestanton.com/

Twitter: angie_Stanton

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngieStantonAuthor

 

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Slowly We Trust Blog Tour: Guest post from author Chelsea M. Cameron. #giveaway

 
 

 

 

 

 

BOOK SUMMARY:

Audrey Valdez didn’t mean to fall for Will Anders. He isn’t her type. At all. But his goofy smile, Star Wars quotes and athletic body make it impossible. She's lived so long in the darkness and Will is like the sun. He makes her laugh more than she has in years and cares for her more than her own family.

 

But there are things about Audrey that Will doesn't know, things he can't know. She tries to push him away, but he just ends up getting closer to her, and to her secret. Is the risk of losing him forever worth the chance a being with the only person she's ever loved who has loved her back?

GUEST POST by Chelsea M. Cameron

 

(As I sit here in my Doctor Who PJ's, I just have to say that this seriously is one of the best posts I have read in quite a while!! I love this post as much as any book Chelsea has written. Here's to the nerds!! ~Wendy)

 

The importance of nerds

In Slowly We Trust, we have a Harry Potter fangirl with a secret colliding with a Star Wars fanboy with great hair. It’s a dorky explosion of awesome and I had a great time putting as many references to both in the book.

Here’s the thing: I’m a nerd. I let my geek flag fly. I have Hermione’s wand (Harry Potter), a wooden stake (Buffy) a Shiny sweatshirt (Firefly), Elena’s daylight ring (The Vampire Diaries), a tiny Edward figurine (Twilight) and more books and movies and other memorabilia that I can’t even list.

You know what else? Nerds are AWESOME people. Seriously. AWESOME. They’re some of the most passionate and smart people you’ll ever meet. And we’re EVERYWHERE. No longer are nerds confined to their parent’s basements, or to small conventions. The internet has made connecting with others that are passionate about what you are passionate about possible. Subcultures have sprouted throughout the web and now people who would never have a chance to meet in real life can form connections.

The thing that brings all nerds and geeks and dorks alike together is passion. I’ve discovered that I don’t like people who aren’t passionate about something. I don’t care what you’re passionate about. I can be making replicas of the Eiffel Tower out of toothpicks. But if you have passion for it, I respect that and understand that. But other people who don’t seem to care about anything? I don’t get you. I will never get you. If we meet at a party, I will excuse myself to go to the bathroom and then run away to avoid talking to you.

People without passion are BORING. I don’t get what they do with their time. If I didn’t have writing and reading and endless Buffy marathons, I’d have a LOT of time on my hands. Sure, my house would probably be cleaner, and my taxes would get done before the last minute, but it would be boring as hell. No, thank you.

This world needs passion. No one accomplished anything without passion. Some would call it obsession, but I say that a little obsession never hurt anyone. (Well, maybe there was that one time, but let’s not talk about that, okay?)

So go ahead, mock my Buffy shirt, or my lifesize cutout of Ian Somerhalder. I don’t care. I’ll just be over here, being awesome and you can continue to be dull.

The geek will inherit the earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author Information 

Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.

 

Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn (April 20, 2013)

 

Her Young Adult books include Nocturnal, Nightmare and Neither, the first three books in The Noctalis Chronicles. The fourth and final book, Neverend will be out in 2013. Whisper, the first in The Whisper Trilogy is also available, with the second book in the series, Silence and the final book, LIsten coming out in 2014.

 

Website: http://www.chelseamcameron.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chelsea-M-Cameron-Official-Author-Page/304422529610919

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5752359.Chelsea_M_Cameron

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Four Years Later Bog Tour: Guest Post, Review, and Giveaway.

 

I'm sitting here tripping over my words, trying to find the right ones to explain the awesomeness of this post. Today we are SO lucky to have Fable (the AMAZING Fable!!) from One Week Girlfriend and Second Chance Boyfriend on the blog talking about Owen and Chelsea from Four Years Later. If you're a fan, you are SO not going to want to miss this. I read this after I wrote my review, but the last line, it just tears me up. This is something die hard Monica Murphy fans are going to love, so here you go....

On Owen and Chelsea…by Fable

 

Being Owen’s big sister and the one who basically raised him his entire life, I’m sort of protective of him.

 

Okay, fine. That’s a complete understatement. I’m like an overprotective mama bear who can’t help but wonder and worry and hope that everything Owen is doing, saying, etc. is the right thing. I may have been a pain in his ass sometimes, but I always wanted what was right and good for him.

 

Always.

 

I must admit though, that I turned a blind eye to the way he treated girls. Because I know he didn’t treat them very well. He went through a lot of them too. Not that I can judge him or blame him for that. He had a terrible influence, what with our mom and how she couldn’t stick with any one man for a long period of time. Relationships scared the hell out of him.

 

They scared the hell out of me too. It took a long time for me to get over it, even after Drew and I were together. But that’s another story for another time…

 

So when Owen started talking about his tutor Chelsea, I knew something was up. He sounded different. He acted different. And when he brought her to meet me and Drew, I knew just from looking at her, how she acted, the way Owen acted around her, that having Chelsea in his life was a good thing.

 

A very good thing.

 

Not only does she keep Owen on the straight path, she makes him smile. She makes him laugh. She gives him the love and affection and support that he needs. I may be his sister and offer him love, support and affection as well but it’s not the same. We’ve both grown up. I got married and had a baby. I couldn’t give him everything he needed and it wasn’t my job anymore to do so either.

 

So enter Chelsea. She balances him. And he balances her because we know she’s not perfect and I wouldn’t expect her to be. In fact, when everything went down between them (can’t say what happened because hello. Spoilers) and they almost split up, I was so pissed. Not at Chelsea though. I was mad at Owen for yet again screwing up a good thing.

 

Luckily enough he got his head out of his butt. I’m so thankful Chelsea has come into our lives. Yes, I said our lives because she feels like the sister I never had. She’s so sweet and thoughtful and I consider her my friend. Drew adores her. So does our daughter.

 

Owen better do the right thing and marry that girl someday. Not that I’m worried he won’t. I know he will. He’s not that dumb to let such a good girl get away from him. The time will come and he’ll know when to make a proposal happen. Our little family of two has expanded so much and it fills my heart with love and hope and happiness.

 

We’re lucky, Owen and I. We found love despite everything that worked against us. I guess we were both strong enough to rise above it.

 

 

 

 

 

About Four Years Later:

 

 

New Adult bestselling author Monica Murphy winds up her sensational series with this sexy story of two college kids with nothing in common but a bunch of baggage and a burning attraction.

Over. That about sums up everything in my life. Suspended from my college football team and forced to cut back my hours at The District bar because of my crappy grades, I can’t keep turning to my sister, Fable, and her pro-football playing husband, Drew, to bail me out. I just can’t seem to find my own way. Weed and sex are irresistible temptations—and it’s messed up that I secretly hand over money to our junkie mom. A tutor is the last thing I want right now—until I get a look at her.

Chelsea is not my type at all. She’s smart and totally shy. I’m pretty sure she’s even a virgin. But when she gives me the once over with those piercing blue eyes, I’m really over. But in a different way. I won’t deny her ass is killer, but it’s her brain and the way she seems to crave love—like no one’s ever given her any—that make me want her more than any girl I’ve ever met. But what would someone as seemingly together as her ever see in a screwed up guy like me? 

 

 

 

My thoughts:

 

If anything sums up my feelings about Owen, it's this quote from Monica Murphy in the acknowledgments of Four Years Later:

"I never planned in Owen having his own book. He was just Fable's brother, a secondary character Fable needed to ground her and give her something to love before she met Drew. He was a total pain in her ass that she had to deal with, but she loved him so fiercely. So did I. Then he grew into this...thing. He became this man-boy who punched Drew in the face, who loved his sister just as fiercely as she loved him and had all this guilt to deal with because of his mom. He DEMANDED a story. So here it is. And dare I say I love Owen just as much as I love Drew? Yes. I do. I hope you do to."

Well, Ms. Monica Murphy, you hit the nail on the head. I LOVE Owen more so now than I ever did before. In fact, I think I love him just a teeny-tiny bit more than I do Drew!!

Poor little Owen. At the beginning of the book his attitude made my heart hurt for him. After looking up to Drew for so long, he tries becoming his carbon copy, with somewhat disastrous results. He's always had Drew or Fable to pick him up when life gets difficult, and with them living out of town and his mother butting into his life again, he's smoking too much pot and partying way too hard as a form of escaping from reality. He has to learn how to pick HIMSELF up and deal with his problems head on. Fable's not going to swoop in a make it alright, or let him run from it. It's time for him to grow up. Like it or not.

I adore Chelsea!! She feels like she's always been a nobody. A straight A, straight laced, virginal, predictable nobody. All she wants is to be "someone's somebody" and to know what it "feels like to be cherished". (Those two parts just made all the feels pour out of my heart!!) The example her mother has set for her with men, including her own father, had Chelsea, at one time, deciding she was a lesbian. Her mother pretty much choses her philandering, corrupt father over her, resulting in her becoming a mature adult long before she should have.

I think what I love the most about Owen and Chelsea's relationship is that they don't swoop in and solve each others problems, and that they are not perfect, but are a perfect fit for each other. Their both a little insecure, in different ways, but it makes the story so, SO sweet! And how scenes can be written that are equal parts heat and sweet innocence, I'll never know. It's totally brilliant. Usually you can tell when a series has a book added that wasn't in the initial concept, but with Four Year Later, it's just the cherry on top of an amazing series. Four Years Later cements this series as a guaranteed classic that generations to come will be reading.

A few things I really loved:

MORE POEMS!!!! HOT poems!!

I loved the little inspirational quotes at the beginning of each chapter. They round out everything perfectly.

We get to see more into Drew, Fable, and baby Autumn's lives. (Because God knows, we will NEVER get enough of that!!)

The ending. The end of one of my favorite series. As bittersweet as it was, it ended perfectly. I needed tissues, but they were for happy tears!!

The best part of the book?? I want to quote it, but that might be considered a spoiler, so about 97% through the book there's a paragraph about Owen and Fable's luck that should be read slowly. Savored. Remember where you were when you read it. It would have been a crime if this series had ended without it. It definitely is the chapter my mind goes to when I think if Four Years Later.

Buy Links:

 

AMAZON US

BARNES AND NOBLE

 

About Monica Murphy:

 

 

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite. A wife and mother of three, she writes New Adult and contemporary romance for Bantam and Avon. She is the author of One Week Girlfriend and Second Chance Boyfriend.

 

 

 

Author Links:

Website: http://www.monicamurphyauthor.com/# 

Blog: http://missmonicamurphy.blogspot.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsMonicaMurphy 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MonicaMurphyauthor 

Author Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5934418.Monica_Murphy  

Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Monica-Murphy/e/B00AVPYIGG

FOUR YEARS LATER Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17978533-four-years-later?ac=1

 

 

 

 

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Blog Tour: Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn. Guest Post and Giveaway.

Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

BOOK INFO

Girl in Love (Kylie Ryans #3)

New Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 4, 2014

 

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18248792-girl-in-love

BOOK SUMMARY:

She’s living her dream…

Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all.

But appearances can be deceiving.

Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from. Because if there’s one thing he knows for certain, it’s that the people you love are the one’s who have the power to destroy you.

As their worlds collide, they’ll have to make the ultimate choice. Follow their dreams, or give it all up for love.

They say love conquers all, but for Kylie and Trace, it just might wreck everything they’ve worked for. 

 

Today we have a guest post from author Caisey Quinn!!

Social Media for Authors

 

Hey y’all! Recently I got a question from an aspiring author about how I thought she could use social media to spread the word about her books.

 

Every time someone asks me a question like this, I preface it with “I am a rookie making rookie mistakes left and right. So take my advice with a grain a salt.” Same disclaimer applies here. But here is what I shared with her.

 

 

My Top 5 Tips for Social Media Use

 

1. Find which sites work for you. So if you love Facebook, but hate Twitter? Focus on Facebook. Sounds simple enough but sometimes it can be tempting to have an account of every site possible. Before you know it, you have a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blog, and on and on. The truth is if you have more than you can manage, none of them will be very effective in connecting you with readers and writer friends.

 

2. Utilize lists and groups. There are a lot of people on social media. Lists on Twitter and groups on Facebook can make that great big network feel smaller and a bit homier. ;)

 

 

3. Set limits on your social media time. Beware the time suck. This is easier said than done but if you can set time limits and stick to them, you won’t miss out on writing time! Or sleep!

 

 

4. Be engaging. Participate in discussions. Ask questions. Chime in on trending topics. Share the exciting events of your friends.  No one wants to follow an account or a page where you just throw your books at them.

 

5. Participate in memes. These can help you when you are all out of fun stuff to post about. Man Candy Monday, Teaser Tuesday, Throwback Thursday, Friday Follow are some of my faves!

 

 

Thank y’all for having me! Hope this was helpful!

 

 

Buy Links:

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Author Information

Caisey Quinn lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, daughter, and other assorted animals. She is the bestselling author of the Kylie Ryans series as well as several New Adult Romance novels featuring country girls finding love in unexpected places. You can find her online at www.caiseyquinnwrites.com . 

 

Website: http://www.caiseyquinnwrites.com/

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7041163.Caisey_Quinn

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCaiseyQuinn

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaiseyQuinn

 
 

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