Review & Giveaway: Molly’s Misadventures by D.E. Haggerty

Molly’s Misadventures
by D.E. Haggerty

Molly’s Misadventures
Romantic Comedy
Self Published
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Print Length: 225 pages
ASIN: B018BKJOLQ

Synopsis

I’m having the suckiest day ever. First, my father, aka Mr. Grumpy Pants, calls to say his nurse just walked out on him. Likely story. I rush home to pack only to walk in on my husband getting it on with his younger, skanky secretary. Unfortunately, my quick weekend trip home to fix Dad’s problems turns into a stay of a few weeks. Luckily, I’ve got Danny, the neighbor boy I had a crush on when I was a dorky, braces-wearing, nose-buried-in-a-book teenager, and a brand-spanking new blog to keep my mind off things. Before I know it, I’m writing product reviews of vibrators and getting questioned by a store rent-a-cop at the world’s worst date ever. All while trying to figure out how to take things with Danny to the next level. Not to complicate things or anything but my boss decides to give me an ultimatum – come back in four weeks or don’t come back at all. How in the world did my life get so complicated?

My Review

It 's a really funny romance, well written in an easy-to-read style which is just what I need at the end of a busy day.
The cantankerous father of Molly has chased away another caregiver. She has  to leave suddenly for Wisconsin to solve the problem. But coming home earlier than expected finds her husband on the couch with his secretary. He argues that it's just fun, that is fault of  Molly who is always traveling but she doesn't agree While trying to find a new person to take care of her father, she enjoys the company of her handsome neighbor and her adolescent crush, Danny. Molly also has the brilliant idea to start a blog "the misadventures of Molly." Will he find serenity and a man who loves her?
Molly is a great character and very realistic. She's funny, smart, a little insecure. I loved her blog, I'd love to write like her. Her father is a sprightly old grouch, very sexist (women only have to wash the dishes) but very affectionate with his princess. Danny is so charming and sexy, easy to fall in love with him.
I loved this book and once I started I could not put it down. Each pages leaves me with a smile on my face. It is an entertaining and relaxing read, is full of fun.
Very enjoyable for great beach reading or a break from routine.

About The Author

I grew up reading everything I could get my hands on from my mom’s Harlequin romances to Nancy Drew to Little Woman. When I wasn’t flipping pages in a library book, I was penning horrendous poems, writing songs no one should ever sing, or drafting stories which have thankfully been destroyed. College and a stint in the U.S. Army came along, robbing me of free time to write and read, although I did manage every once in a while to sneak a book into my rucksack between rolled up socks, MRIs, t-shirts, and cold weather gear. A few years into my legal career, I was exhausted, fed up, and just plain done. I quit my job and sat down to write a manuscript, which I promptly hid in the attic after returning to the law. Another job change, this time from lawyer to B&B owner and I was again fed up and ready to scream I quit, which is incredibly difficult when you own the business. Thus, I shut the B&B during the week and in the off-season and started writing. Several books later I find myself in Istanbul writing full-time.

Author Links

Website: http://www.dehaggerty.com

Blog:   http://www.dehaggerty.com/mymusings

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Review & Giveaway: Earning a Ring by Kristina Mathews

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EARNING A RING

More Than A Game #4

Kristina Mathews

Releasing on January 19, 2016.

Lyrical Shine

For Rachel Parker, covering the San Francisco Goliaths is the perfect opportunity to launch her career as a serious reporter. But she didn’t bargain on Bryce Baxter, the team’s star shortstop, tempting her more non-professional aspirations. After tearing up the base paths with him, she finds herself with a little problem, and Bryce might be the only man who can save the game.

Bryce Baxter should be living the dream. His team just won the World Series and he just signed the multi-year contract of his career. But his field of dreams has been overtaken by a fiery redheaded reporter, who’s bearing a news flash that will change both of their lives forever…

My Review

A romantic story set in the world of baseball, how can one not love this book? I very much enjoyed it and I loved Bryce and Rachel.

Bryce is a famous baseball player and has just signed a contract very advantageous. Rachel is a sporting reporter who is about to start a promising career. A history between them could ruin their careers, especially that of Rachel: a journalist can't flirt with an athlete. Gossip could destroy them. But the attraction and passion between them is much stronger than fear, impossible to resist and commit a serious mistake. Rachel is pregnant. Bryce has no intention of backing out. Already he has a nine year old daughter who sees a few times a year and this time he wants to be a present father. But how can save Rachel's career? Maybe he has found a way to save it, just has to convince her.

It 's really well written and engaging. The plot catch you and keeps you glued to the pages. There are really romantic scenes and a dreamy marriage proposal, I really wanted to be Rachel in that moment.

Bryce is awesome, charming, rich and famous. He has a terrible marriage ended behind him and will not commit himself more. But he realizes that without Rachel can no longer stand. Rachel loves her independence and doesn' want his money nor a shotgun wedding. She wants a father for her son and a man who loves her. They are two great characters, I loved every second I spent with them.

It's the fourth book in the series "More Than A Game" but each book may be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.I have read only the last two books, I have to find time to go back to the beginning and read this series from the start.

I have no hesitation in recommending it highly.

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Kristina Mathews doesn't remember a time when she didn't have a book in her hand. Or in her head. But it wasn't until she turned forty that she confessed the reason the laundry never made it out of the dryer was because she was busy writing.

While she resigned from teaching with the arrival of her second son, she's remained an educator in some form. As a volunteer, parent club member or para educator, she finds the most satisfaction working with emergent and developing readers, helping foster confidence and a lifelong love of books.

Kristina lives in Northern California with her husband of more than twenty years, two sons and a black lab. A veteran road tripper, amateur renovator and sports fanatic. She hopes to one day travel all 3,073 miles of Highway 50 from Sacramento, CA to Ocean City, MD, replace her carpet with hardwood floors and serve as a “Ball Dudette” for the San Francisco Giants.

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Promo Blitz & Giveaway: Deadly Series by Joyce Proell

Historical Romantic Mystery

When Doyle Flanagan finds two strangers in his library—one dead and the other the beautiful but meddlesome Cady Delafield, his life begins to unravel as all clues point to him for the murder. As the sexual tension sizzles and Victorian conventions crumble, Cady risks job, reputation and family ties to help him clear his name. But even as his life hangs in the balance, his passion for her drives him on, but will the truth about him be the one thing to scare her away?

Historical Romantic Mystery

In 1881, the air in Chicago is rife with worker discontent, yet business titan Doyle Flanagan is hopeful for the future. He looks forward to a lifetime of peaceful bliss with Cady Delafield and leaving the wretched past behind. But his life is once again thrown into disarray when his office is vandalized and the night watchman viciously murdered. Clues lead to a powerful organized labor movement. Targeted in the press as anti-labor and with a big rally staged next door to his offices, Doyle must uncover the culprits before his wedding plans and his livelihood go up in smoke. 

Plagued by memories of four brutal deaths, school director Cady Delafield is determined to drive the recent tragedies from her mind and enjoy being courted.  Although his commanding personality threatens to overshadow her, Doyle Flanagan is the most dynamic man she’s ever met. When another tragedy unfolds placing him at the center, she takes action—action that could shatter her future dreams.

Historical Romantic Mystery

The wedding date is set, and life is magical for Doyle Flanagan and Cady Delafield. Honor bound to repay an old debt, Doyle agrees to help an old friend find her sister. As he searches for the girl, painful memories surface, stunning Cady when she discovers facts about Doyle’s hidden past.

In spite of incredible odds, Cady and Doyle’s love has flourished. But in the midst of a life threatening accident, murder, and Doyle’s secrets, their wedding date and happiness are in jeopardy. Mired in tragedy, can they overcome the turmoil with a fateful decision that changes their future forever?

Joyce grew up in Minnesota and attended college and grad school in Chicago. After working in mental health, she retired at a young age to write full-time. Her first book, Eliza, was published in 2012. The Cady Delafield mystery series followed next with A Deadly Truth, A Burning Truth and the last, A Wicked Truth published in September, 2015. When she isn’t writing mysteries or historical romances, she loves to swim, walk and is a crossword puzzle fanatic. She and her husband live in Florida and Minnesota, in her very own little house on the prairie.

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Book Blast: Destroyed by the Bad Boy by Madison Collins

DESTROYED BY THE BAD BOY
Madison Collins

Releasing on January 29, 2016

Self-Published

This book contains two complete erotic romance novellas with no cliffhangers.

Stranded ...

On the way to our parents wedding in the mountains, the mother of all snow storms attacks, leaving me stranded in a remote cabin with my new stepbrother.

My hot as hell, I-need-to-change-my-panties because-they’re-soaked, cocky asshole of a stepbrother, Bentley McAllister.

The kicker of it all?

The only items he's packed are liquor and condoms, and he’s looking at me like he wants to put both to good use.

My name is Sierra, and my libido can only take so much.

Send help!

Caged ...

Two brothers...

One girl...

Rising stars in the cage fighting circuit, Cage and Tripp Garrett are as close as two brothers can be. Fiercely competitive and smoldering with intensity, neither has ever lost a fight. Until they face their toughest opponent yet: Lily.

They both want her. But neither can have her. Lily is as off-limits as they come. They make a pact that the tough-as-nails daughter of their trainer will never come between them.

Until one of them begins to fall in love. Then all is fair in love and war.

Caged is a sexy, fast-paced love story with a punch.

Warning: Contains adult language and sexual content.

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Madison Collins is the author of romantic short stories such as Caged, Stranded with My Stepbrother and the upcoming Monster Prick. She enjoys the occasional stiff cocktail, and watching romantic comedies. Most days you can find her curled up with a good book. She currently resides in New Jersey.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Whatever It Takes by Lindsey Pogue

Whatever It Takes
Lindsey Pogue
(Nothing But Trouble, #1)
Publication date: January 22nd 2016
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Four years ago, I thought my life was pretty normal for a teenager. Three years ago, my world was shattered, and now I’m just trying to hold the pieces together. But regret and anger aren’t so easy to ignore.
I just need to catch my breath … for it all to go away …
I thought I might finally be ready to move on from that horrible night, but then he decided to come back.
He can’t come back … he’ll ruin me completely.
One horror-filled night changes the course of Samantha’s seemingly normal life. She’s ruined everything. Despite her determination to keep the family ranch up and running, her guilt makes it impossible to completely move on or forget.
Sam takes comfort in her quirky, endearing friends as she tries to balance between the girl she was and the woman she wants to become. Just when she thinks she’s finally making amends with her past, someone she never thought she’d see again returns, and Sam’s life is once again turned upside down. Both her head and her heart want different things, so she’s lost when, once again, she’s forced to make a decision that will inevitably change her life.

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Lindsey Pogue has always been a little creative. As a child she established a bug hospital on her elementary school soccer field, wrote her first YA manuscript in high school, and as an adult, expresses herself through writing. Her novels are inspired by her observations of the world around her—whether she’s traveling, people watching, or hiking. When not plotting her next storyline or dreaming up new, brooding characters, Lindsey’s wrapped in blankets watching her favorite action flicks or going on road trips with her own leading man.

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YA Fantasy / Fairytale retelling of The Swan Maiden with a blood feud twist like Romeo & Juliet? Say whaaaat?

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Dating isn’t easy when you’re in the middle of a blood feud.

Anastasia Vila’s family can turn into swans, but just once she’d like them to turn into responsible adults.

After hundreds of years, they still cling to the blood feud with the Renard family. No one remembers how it started in the first place—but foxes and swans just don’t get along.

Vilas can only transform into their swan shape after they have fallen in love for the first time, but between balancing schoolwork, family obligations, and the escalating blood feud, Ana’s got no time for love. The only thing keeping her sane is her best friend, Pierce Kent.

But when Pierce kisses Ana, everything changes.

Is what Pierce feels for her real, or a byproduct of her magic? Can she risk everything for her best friend? And when the family feud spirals out of control, Ana must stop the fight before it takes away everything she loves.

Including, maybe...Pierce.

This Entangled Teen Crave book contains language, violence, and lots of kissing. Warning: it might induce strong feelings of undeniable attraction for your best friend.

Love Me, Love Me Not by Alyxandra Harvey Publication Date: February 22, 2016 Publisher: Entangled Teen Crave

 

Alyxandra Harvey lives in a stone Victorian house in Ontario, Canada with a few resident ghosts who are allowed to stay as long as they keep company manners. She loves medieval dresses, used to be able to recite all of The Lady of Shalott by Tennyson, and has been accused, more than once, of being born in the wrong century. She believes this to be mostly true except for the fact that she really likes running water, women’s rights, and ice cream. Aside from the ghosts, she also lives with her husband and their dogs. She likes cinnamon lattes, tattoos and books.

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Review & Giveaway: A Separate Heaven by Alex Disanti

A Separate Heaven

by Alex Disanti

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GENRE: Fiction/Romance

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BLURB:

Step into a world of riveting drama.  Enter A Separate Heaven, a story comprised of power, wealth, and romance, multifaceted characters, and complex relationships.  A novel by Alex Disanti.  From Long Island to the shores of the Mediterranean, this exciting series spanning twenty five years in the lives of the Gianelli and Hamilton families will hold you spellbound.

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My Review Book One:

It's a family saga full of suspense: corruption, intrigue, secrets, relationships with Mafia are intertwined with a passional love story.

Dominic Gianelli and Paige Hamilton meet for the first time for a business meeting. She is fascinated by his beauty and his grandeur, he was also impressed by her ability as analyst despite being so young. The age difference doesn't prevent a nascent love story between them.

With a plethora of complex characters, a riveting plot and well written story this is an amazing book to get lost in. There are so many twists, mysteries and secrets that it captured my attention from beginning to the end

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My Review Book Two:

This is the second book in this series set in the 80s, in total should be seven.

Gianelli family is in Salerno, Italy. It 's a business trip for Dominic but decides to bring Paige with him. So sche can meet his uncle and Sophia that may reveal some secrets concerning her husband, she can understand what made him so tough and ruthless.

This story was well written, the plot was well thought out, the characters were well developed and the dialogue was well constructed. This fast-paced romantic-thriller  will keep you guessing until the end.

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My Review Book Three:

This third book is even more exciting and full of suspense of others. The story pulled me in from the beginning and I was definitely hooked.

Dominic and Paige are increasingly in love, she has now learned that her man so romantic hides a very dark side. But also in her family there are secrets and betrayals, her brother Paul ends up putting Gianelli family in serious danger.

This book is very well written with strong character development, a plot with twists and turns that were unexpected.

I can not wait to read the fourth book in the series, I am eagerly waiting to see what will be next for Dominic and Paige.

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EXCERPT:

Excerpt from Book One

On October 2, 1980, Dominic Gianelli entered the offices of Carson, Wiehls and Fullerton. A client for only weeks now, his arrival caused a flurry of activity among the staff.  Even the most experienced members of the investment firm were on edge. Henry Carson, owner and senior partner, was nervous and unsettled, completely out of character for him, but this was no ordinary client.

Gianelli was an enigma, recognized internationally in the business world and his accumulated assets were reported to be prodigious. Little else was known about him, although his penchant for two things, accuracy and privacy, had been evinced at their first meeting.  He seemed to have come on the scene quickly, yet his profile revealed more than twenty years of steady, well-planned acquisitions and disposals.  With as many European contacts as domestic, he was well respected here in New York.  After all, one did not ignore this kind of wealth and, therefore, power.

He was a big man, six-feet, three inches in height, 270 pounds. Immaculately groomed, he had brown eyes and short, dark, slightly thinning hair combed back from his forehead.  He seemed, by nature, a rather quiet man with low tolerance for the frivolous or inept.  He had an air of confidence that was not lost on those who met him.  Gianelli was a man comfortable with himself. When he entered a room, he owned it, and he knew it.

Excerpt  from Book Two

As Paige reached the arched entryway, she hurried inside to a stall and locked the door.  Her heart was pounding.  She was fearful and didn't know why.  Those men, they had to be following her. Otherwise, why wouldn't they have gone into the men's room?  

A woman who was freshening her lipstick when Paige came in had now departed, and she supposed she was alone, but she was afraid to leave the safety of the enclosure to see.  She waited for several minutes, hoping others would come in and offer her an opportunity to exit in their company, but the area remained empty and silent.  Finally, she took a deep breath and walked out into the corridor.

They were there, on either side of the hallway, one standing perhaps fifteen feet from the other.  Keeping her head up and trying not to hurry, Paige smiled and gave a slight nod when the first man said hello.  The second man, though, stepped into her path, blocking her way.

"Mrs. Gianelli. We'd like a word with you."  He didn't smile and his tone was ominous, not at all cordial.

With a self-assurance she did not really feel, she spoke to them, her voice clear, direct.  "I'm sorry.  I don't believe I know you."

The second man, a hat pulled low on his forehead, gave out what could only be described as a snort. "We need to speak to your husband.  We know he's here, or at least he was earlier, but we can't seem to locate him now."

She was silent, trying to assess the situation.  Who were these men?

Excerpt from Book Three

Later, his sister would tell him, it all happened so quickly and it all seemed to happen at once.  She was putting Dax in his safety seat when she looked up and saw the gun wedged against Vincente’s neck.  At that moment, there was a stifled little cry from Paige and the last Isabella saw of her she was being wrested into the car parked beside them, another limousine, this one black.  Within seconds, the car had backed out and sped away. 

The man in a driver’s uniform, the cap pulled low on his forehead, still held the gun on Vincente and told Isabella, “Be very quiet. Tend to the child and no one will be harmed.  Someone will contact your brother.  After I leave, wait five minutes.  Do you understand?  Do not get out of the car and do not talk to anyone for five minutes, then you can be on your way.  Answer me, both of you.  Do you understand?”

In a whisper, “Yes, yes, we do.”  And Vincente nodded.  The man left then.

Dax was tired and was fussing. With trembling hands, Isabella found his bottle, gave it to him and the toddler leaned his head back and happily chugged at the apple juice.

She leaned forward, touching the driver’s shoulder.  “Vincente, are you all right?” 

His face was gray, but he was calm and had not lost his composure. “Close the doors.  I have to get you and the boy back to the house immediately.”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Alex Disanti lives in the Texas Hill Country.  While writing has been a lifelong love for her, A Separate Heaven is her first novel.  Early works were mainly poetry and short stories.  As A Separate Heaven progressed from thought to paper, friends and family began reading the manuscript.  Then, in an effort to test the marketability of the material, she enlisted the aid of what she calls her “test readers.”  These readers vary in age, occupation and background.  It simply grew from there.  Alex’s rich detail brought the characters to life, and the ensuing chapters could not come quickly enough for her readers.

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