lunedì 2 marzo 2015

Review & Giveaway: Texting All Hearts by Various Authors


TEXTING ALL HEARTS
by Various Authors

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BLURB:

Texting All Hearts—Boxed Set
Seven Multi-Published Authors

What do rodeos, otherworldly encounters, exotic dancers, bondage, hot sex, refound love, and time travel have in common? Besides romantic, edge of your seat fun and intrigue, they all evolve from a single text. Seven multi-genre novellas that promise to heat your nights and warm your hearts.


Her Cowboy Dom
Bliss

Tate Hardy’s best friend leaves him all his cattle if he spends thirty days on a ranch with a woman he wants but can't have. Jess is a nice girl, and Tate doesn't do nice. Jessica Campbell needs her brother’s cattle as collateral for a loan. To get rid of the sexy bull rider, she suggests he teach her about D/s. When he agrees, Jess gets more than she bargained for from her cowboy Dom.

Midnight Road
Lorelei Buckley

Drew Mathews cherishes her deceased husband’s lingering spirit. When his best friend, Dominic, reveals her late spouse’s dark secrets, Drew's crushed. She turns to Dominic and neighbors for support and stumbles into a passionate love affair and a slew of bizarre commonalities restricted to the residents of Midnight Road. As mysteries unfold, inalterable conditions threaten her romantic relationship, her life, and possibly, the world.

A Lethal Affair
Debra Jupe

With a rumored serial killer targeting exotic dancers, Daisy Piper is more than a little worried when her co-worker goes missing. Her concern escalates when a guy she’s never met shows up claiming her friend stole his laptop. A mild-mannered computer whiz on the surface, Miles Garton is a total contrast from the streetwise Daisy. But he’s on a mission of his own, making the jaded stripper suspicious. Fighting each other, a mutual attraction, and the truth, they team up to find the missing woman.

Sexting Texas
Darah Lace

Texas Tallulah Taylor never thought she’d be turned on by a dirty text from a stranger, one that leads to a delicious sexting session with her best friend. Will Sanderson never thought the love of his life would see him as anything but a friend. Maybe sexting Texas will show her this cowboy aims to give her the ride of her life…for the rest of her life.

The Dom Delivers
Nese Lane

He’s a Dominant, and she’s as vanilla as they come…
Designer Jenna Jaynes enjoys the safe bubble of her creative world, until her delivery guy bursts through and steals her heart. CFO Aden Kelley’s regimented world is thrown into chaos when a spitfire dressmaker captures his soul. Will the Dom convince vanilla to swirl?

Wounded Hearts
Linda LaRoque

Sarah Lawson's fiancé Logan Miller died in Afghanistan. She receives a text from Brandon Perdue, one of his war buddies, who wants to meet and deliver a message from Logan. Physically and emotionally scarred, Brandon values Sarah's friendship. Sarah wants their relationship to deepen, but he fears she's projecting her feelings for Logan on to him.

Pale With Color
Susan JP Owens

Cheyenne Clark doubts Captain Joseph Westerly’s beliefs about reincarnation, but a twenty-first century gal stuck in1862, during the Battle of Gettysburg, creates a new perception about philosophies and physics. After Joseph’s death, Cheyenne returns to her time period and anticipates his rebirth. Will Joseph find her?



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My Review:

These are seven stories, quick to read, very romantic and sensual. Some are more erotic than others but the passionate part enriches the text and not only is the protagonist.
One of my favorites is the first (Her Cowboy Dom). Jess has just lost her brother and is about to lose her beloved ranch. Josh, her brother, doesn't think she can do it alone, and in his will left the cattle to his dearest friend, Tate. He also wrote a letter in which he asks him to protect his sister. Jess has always been in love with Tate and feels that he is attracted to her but Tate is the classic boy from a night and go and can not do with Josh's  sister. They will live a month in the same house: will Tate resist?
Another one that I really liked is Wounded Hearts: Sarah lost her beloved boyfriend Logan in Afghanistan. After almost a year Brandon, a fellow Logan, finds the courage to contact her to inform her boyfriend's message and respond to her questions. Will be born a strong attraction: Sarah really love Brandn or just pours on him her love for Logan?
They are stories very different from each other, so it's a varied and exciting reading. We move from the paranormal (in the second account all the houses in the area are inhabited by ghosts), the thiller (in A Lethal Affair a dancer disappears after meeting a man known in chat), to time travel (the last story, where a girl travel in the future to try to meet again with her soul mate), and the classic bondage (The Sun Delivers).






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EXCERPT:

Sexting Texas

“Got ‘em.” Jangling her keys at him to show her success, Texas pulled open the screen door. It took her a moment to get the key in the lock, but she managed and the tumblers clicked. She turned to thank him. “Goodni—”

He stood close, too close, his big frame crowding her space. She glanced up at his face, but it was too dark to make out his expression. The hand at her waist pushed her against the door. His head lowered. Warm breath teased her lips, and the slight scent of beer tickled her nose.

“Will?” She barely got the question out before his lips brushed hers softly, lightly. Her tummy took a little tumble. Then his mouth opened over hers, his tongue moving in slow to skim hers, and the little tumble turned into a high-rise free fall.

A low groan rumbled in his throat. His other hand palmed the back of her head as his hips ground into hers. She arched against him, aching for the hand on her ribs to venture farther up, aching for his muscular thigh to slide between her legs.

His tongue eased from her mouth, and his lips were gone, along with the weight of his body. The last to leave were his hands as he stepped back and adjusted the hat cocked to one side of his head. He cleared his throat. “Sorry.”

She wasn’t. Like the kiss they’d shared fourteen years ago, this one was a total surprise. And like that kiss, it rocked her world. She hadn’t even thought about stopping him, not for a second. Wished he’d do it again. “Too much alcohol.”

“Yeah, and talk of sex.”

“Huh? Oh, yeah.” Definitely.

He backed up to the edge of the porch. “See you Monday night.”

“Monday?” God, she sounded like a moron. What was it they said about alcohol and brain cells?

“Town meeting, remember?”

Texas groaned. Maybe she’d get drunk again Monday night so she’d have an excuse not to go. “I hate those things.”

“Me, too.” Will pivoted on the ball of one boot and took the steps two at a time. “Night.”

“Night.” Texas watched him for a second, that sauntering walk unmistakable, then sighed and let herself in the house. She shut the door, leaned against it, and traced her lips with fingers that shook. No doubt about it, William Charles Sanderson had kissed her for the second time in her life. And once again he’d apologized.




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AUTHOR Bio and Links:


Bio for Linda LaRoque

Linda LaRoque is a Texas girl, but the first time she got on a horse, it tossed her in the road dislocating her right shoulder. Forty years passed before she got on another, but it was older, slower, and she was wiser. Plus, her students looked on and it was important to save face.

A retired teacher who loves West Texas, its flora and fauna, and its people, Linda’s stories paint pictures of life, love, and learning set against the raw landscape of ranches and rural communities in Texas and the Midwest. She is a member of RWA, her local chapter of HOTRWA, NTRWA and Texas Mountain Trail Writers.

Linda writes contemporary western romances, time travel romances and futuristic romances.
Visit Linda at these locations.
linda@lindalaroque.com
Linda’s Amazon Page

Links for other authors:


Bliss
email:  Bliss@blissauthor.com

Lorelei Buckley

Debra Jupe
DebraJupe@gmail.com
twitter: @DebJupeAuthor
debrajupe@facebook.com

Darah Lace
darah@darahlace.com
Twitter: @DarahLace
Pintrest: ‪pinterest.com/darahlace

Nese Lane

Susan JP Owens
Twitter: @SusanJPOwens




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8 commenti:

  1. Thanks for hosting and the wonderful review! Readers, we'd love to answer any questions, so ask away.

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  2. Thank you for the review. We're so glad you enjoyed out stories. We had a lot of fun putting this boxed set together. :)

    Have a great Monday!

    Darah

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  3. Thank you for being our gracious host today. The review is very much appreciated. :)

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  4. Thanks for the review and for hosting us! Have a great evening!

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  5. Thanks for the review and for hosting us! Have a great evening!

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  6. You're welcome! Thanks for these amazing stories!

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