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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new story in her Dream Man series…

Charlotte “Lottie” McAlister is in the zone. She’s ready to take on the next chapter of her life, and since she doesn’t have a man, she’ll do what she’s done all along. She’ll take care of business on her own. Even if that business means starting a family.

The problem is, Lottie has a stalker. The really bad kind. The kind that means she needs a bodyguard.

Enter Mo Morrison.

Enormous. Scary.

Quiet.

Mo doesn’t say much, and Lottie’s used to getting attention. And she wants Mo’s attention. Badly.

But Mo has a strict rule. If he’s guarding your body, that’s all he’s doing with it.

However, the longer Mo has to keep Lottie safe, the faster he falls for the beautiful blonde who has it so together, she might even be able to tackle the demons he’s got in his head that just won’t die.

But in the end, Lottie and Mo don’t only have to find some way to keep hands off until the threat is over, they have to negotiate the overprotective Hot Bunch, Lottie’s crazy stepdad, Tex, Mo’s crew of frat-boy commandos, not to mention his nutty sisters.

All before Lottie finally gets her Dream Man.

And Mo can lay claim to his Dream Girl.

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“OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FREAKING LOVED IT!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVED IT!!!

This was pure Old School Vintage KA GOLD!!!”
~Aestas Book Blog

“[Kristen] Ashley captivates.”
~Publisher’s Weekly

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~DearAuthor.com, Kati Brown

My Review

I love the idea that every man deserves his Dream Girl and that every woman deserves her Dream Man, and in Quiet Man, readers get to see Lottie, Jet’s younger sister and Smithie’s premier stripper fight to get her guy, and while it’s because of a stalker that Moe Morrison enters Lottie’s life, that doesn’t negate the visceral effect they have on each other as Moe invades all aspects of Lottie’s life in order to keep her safe.

I absolutely loved getting to know Lottie better. She owns who she is and isn’t afraid to put anyone in their place for bad talking what she does or why she does it. She’s an absolute firecracker of a woman who is comfortable in her own skin and speaks her mind at all times because she knows her worth and the worth of those she loves. As an honorary Rock Chick, Tex’s step-daughter, and sister-in-law to one of the Hot Bunch guys, she has a whole crew of people at her back but she also can hold her own and isn’t afraid to fight for what she wants and deserves. Her strength, her intelligence, and her drive definitely shines through in this novella.

Moe Morrison is most definitely a man of few words, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to communicate with his body and his facial expressions. Mo is more than honed in on everything happening around him and to be good at his job, he ensures that he’s always in control, remaining focused on protecting Lottie and keeping things professional until his protective detail is over and he can finally claim the woman who claimed him right back.

Lottie and Moe together make for one combustible situation and while there were times of miscommunication, assumptions, and less than professional encounters, it was beyond clear just how much they wanted each other and after the dust settled and it was finally their time, despite a few more obstacles, they definitely made their dreams comes true.

What’s not to love about a KA read that brings together some of my absolute favorites KA series (Rock Chick & Dream Man) and a bevy of well-known characters mixed with an introduction to new ones as well as a bit of insight into what’s to come for some of Hawk’s Commandos. I adored being back in this world and I can’t wait to see this tough alpha males be brought to their knees.

4 Poison Apples

About KRISTEN ASHLEY

Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorize and she hadn’t taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen’s Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning.

Nothing’s changed.

Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she’s blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).

Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.

And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.

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My Review

Author Bio

Sink or Swim is the final installment of the Beach Kingdom Series (following Mouth to Mouth and Heat Stroke).

Sink or Swim is Andrew and Jiya’s story (friends to lovers!) and can be read as a standalone title, although the characters are introduced in the two previous series books.

Sink or Swim will release on August 20th on Kindle Unlimited.

Blurb

Andrew Prince wakes up before everyone else. He schedules the bar shifts, demands perfection from Long Beach’s lifeguards—most of all himself—and makes sure the family debts are paid. His unfaltering worth ethic might leave him exhausted, but it comes with one advantage. It distracts him from the love he’s been harboring since childhood for the girl next door—who he cannot have.

Jiya Dalal has dreams. To fly a plane, see the world below…and prove irresistible to her best friend, Andrew. But she needs to be a good daughter first, which is becoming an increasingly difficult task, since her parents expect a good marriage and the man she loves with all her heart refuses to pursue the blistering connection between them. Just when she’s beginning to believe Andrew truly doesn’t want her, a moonlight tryst on the beach exposes his true feelings. But an echo from the past kept them apart before…and it’s only growing louder with every stolen kiss…

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My Review

I admittedly have a love/hate relationship with friends-to-lovers’ romances. I love them because there’s a foundation to the hero and heroine’s relationship; they share a backstory and a solid connection before initiating or finally admitting to anything more. My disdain, maybe that’s too harsh of a word, but sometimes, that’s exactly how I feel, comes from the characters’ fear of taking that next step because the mixed signals and the hot and cold reception that they receive from one another causes more problems than it would to just be honest about becoming something more.

In the final book in Tessa Bailey’s Beach Kingdom series, readers are finally given Andrew and Jiya’s story, which means that it’s time for the only Prince brother to get his other half. But this Prince male may be the most stubborn, and while logically I understand why Andrew keeps his distance from Jiya, it’s not any less frustrating to know how much he loves her but fears he doesn’t deserve her from an event from his past.

I truly felt bad for Jiya; I know that Andrew wasn’t playing games with her and that he desperately wanted to be with her as more than best friends, but I almost didn’t want her to keep waiting for him to get his act together, to stop punishing himself and stop bearing a burden that shouldn’t be his alone. But what I also understand is that the heart wants what the heart wants and Jiya’s never been one to give up or stop fighting. What does complicate things for Jiya is the pressure from her mother to move on, to find a husband, and to settle down and her mother believes that Jiya will have none of those things with Andrew.

There’s a little bit of everything in Sink or Swim: there’s an exhaustive amount of sexual tension, quite a few steamy scenes, a bevy of emotional confrontations, some self-loathing, and a bit of suspense. And all of these plot points make for a good read and a satisfying conclusion to a great series.

4 Poison Apples

Excerpt

Jiya looked up and found Andrew watching her intently. “What is this, Andrew?”

“We’re dancing,” he rasped, his gaze slightly unfocused.

“You’ve never danced with me like this before.”

His gaze strayed to her lips, before he resolutely dragged them away. “Do you want to stop?”

“No and that’s the problem.” Come on, Mrs. I Don’t Play Games Anymore, bring up the elephant in the room. It’s not going away. “You’ve been different with me lately. Is it…” She took two bracing breaths. “Is it because I’m dating?”

He started to deny it, then changed his mind. “Might be. Yeah. I know that’s fucked up,” he said. “You’ve always been min—my best friend. We won’t have this if you start dating someone seriously. If you…”

“Get married?” 
His complexion turned gray. “Mmm.”
 Cement caked her insides, but she was used to it by now. She’d loved Andrew since she was a child. She’d waited patiently for him to love her back—as more than a friend—and he hadn’t. He’d done nothing about it. So while she yearned to dissect his every word and rejoice in them, ached for what he was feeling, she couldn’t do it anymore without being a fool. “Ask me the question, Andrew. The one you ask me every night.”

A line formed between his brows. “Can I do anything for you, Jiya?”

“Yes.” She took his face in her hands. “You can stay my friend. No matter what happens. Fine, things are changing in my life. But I couldn’t bear it if I ever lost what we have. Just stay my friend. Promise me.”

His jaw bunched. “You know I’d cut my heart out before saying no to you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then you have your answer.” He wet his lips. “But we’re finishing the dance.”

About the Author

Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.

Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.

She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eleven years and six-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.

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Genre: Contemporary Romance  

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A story that pushes boundaries, is out of the box, and most definitely a book you’ll either love or hate.  

Blurb

You go through your day on autopilot. 

Day after day, the same routine. The days meld together, years bleed into the next, molding the life you live. 

A life you once dreamt would be epic, but instead you fall into the rut we call life. 

There are days you sit and wonder is the grass really greener on the other side? Does the sun shine brighter? Do the flowers smell sweeter? 

Until one day… you take that leap to find out for yourself. And in the midst of it all, your world crumbles around you. 

Meet Tillian Forester and Gage Sutherland and how they destroyed each other’s lives.

LA Fiore is a hybrid author of thirteen novels. She believes in a happily ever after, but she likes to make her readers work for it. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found in the garden or hanging on the deck with her family and friends. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her husband and two kids and their four fur babies.

Anthony started writing years ago as a hobby, but it quickly turned into a passion. He first began publishing under the name, Kane Caldwell, but has since changed the name he will continue publishing under. He is the epitome of a country boy with jeans, t-shirt, hat (No, not a cowboy hat. Lol), scruffy face, work boots on, driving his truck and definitely not a guy you’d picture writing romance. Anthony works in the construction business where he runs his own crew. He has two awesome boys, and an amazing woman that keeps him on the edge. He drinks way too much coffee and probably curses in one day what others curse in their lifetime. Lol! Anthony resides in the south where the weather is warm but most times sweltering hot. During down time, he loves to be surrounded by family, friends, great food, or engrossed in a good book. And of course, putting his imagination to work, where reality and fantasy collide.

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The fifth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Field Party series—a southern soap opera with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks—from USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glines.

Ryker Lee is finally enjoying his senior year—he has great friends, hangs out with hot girls, and is on track to get a football scholarship that will set him up for college. Despite this, a small part of him wonders if there’s more to life than parties and meaningless hookups—and if football even means as much to him as it does to his fellow teammates. And when he meets the new girl at school, his world totally changes…

Aurora McClay is new to Lawton. She’s grateful that her twin brother, Hunter, is star of the football team and can help her adjust to her new school, but she’s not grateful at how overprotective he is over every person she meets. Just because she is deaf does not mean people have to treat her differently. When she meets Ryker Lee, the two of them spark an instant and intense chemistry, one that proves to be controversial not only because of Ryker’s reputation as a player, but also because of Aurora and Hunter’s father’s bigoted views about who Aurora can and can’t date.

Aurora and Ryker know in their hearts that they are meant for each other. But can their relationship endure the turmoil of rumors and prejudice?

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Abbi Glines is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, Field Party and Existence series. She never cooks unless baking during the Christmas holiday counts. She believes in ghosts and has a habit of asking people if their house is haunted before she goes in it. She drinks afternoon tea because she wants to be British but alas she was born in Alabama. When asked how many books she has written she has to stop and count on her fingers. When she’s not locked away writing, she is reading, shopping (major shoe and purse addiction), sneaking off to the movies alone, and listening to the drama in her teenagers lives while making mental notes on the good stuff to use later. Don’t judge.

You can connect with Abbi online in several different ways. She uses social media to procrastinate.

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In the power struggle between two elite groups, one feisty girl will bring them to their knees…

Twisted Betrayal, the next story in the dark, bully romance Rydeville High Elite Series from USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis is available now!

He thinks he’s broken me. That I’m finally under his complete control. But I’m biding my time, gathering intel, making plans, and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. So, when an unexpected savior appears—offering me a way out—I grasp it with both hands.

But the man I love refuses to let me go, and he’s hell-bent on protecting me at all costs.

Except he’s far too late.

Kaiden’s betrayal fuels the anger flowing through my veins, and now our roles are reversed—I’m the hunter, and he’s my prey. I enjoy torturing him, lying to him, and letting him believe in false truths that were never our reality.

Until the stakes are raised, and I’m forced into playing their game again. Only this time, it’s not just my life hanging in the balance.

I thought he’d done his worst. That he didn’t have the power to hurt me anymore.

But I was wrong.

His depravity knows no bounds, and now, he’s taken everything from me.

This time, it means war, and I’m taking no prisoners.

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USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis writes emotionally intense young adult and new adult romantic fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She is the author of the international bestselling Kennedy Boys, Saven, and True Calling series’.

Siobhan’s family will tell you she’s a little bit obsessive when it comes to reading and writing, and they aren’t wrong. She can rarely be found without her trusty Kindle, a paperback book, or her laptop somewhere close at hand.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.

She resides in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.

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My Review 

I’m a huge fan of Devney Perry’s Jamison Valley series; the stories are full of wounded/tortured souls, of external/internal scars, of struggle and triumph, of darkness and light, of the lowest lows and the highest highs. They’re about the meaning of family, of love, of sacrifice, and of forgiveness.

Ever since meeting Milo Phillips, I’ve wanted to hear his story, to understand what’s beneath his anger, his pain, and his inability to find even the smallest amount of light in his darkness. The way that Perry crafts Milo and gives voice to all of his struggles truly illustrates just how low he has spiraled since his accident, but readers can also see the light that Sara brings to his life and how she refuses to give up on him, even when it wants to give up on himself. 

Sara has the kindest heart, the warmest smiles, and the gentlest demeanor, and despite losing her dad and having a mother who never put Sara first, she’s a compassionate, genuine and hardworking nurse and person. While the saying a ray of light is a bit cliche, it’s exactly what Sara brings to her patients’ lives and those she cares about and while her feelings for Milo may be unadvised due to her role in his care, she’s exactly what he needs and deserves and that becomes vividly clear the further into the story you go.

I adore the meaning behind The Candle Palace and how it came to be, even if it is a bit morbid. As someone who loves analogies, this one worked for me and it has limitless interpretations that all fit this story, one way or another. The way I see it…The Candle Palace is where a torch can remain lit, even when it’s determined to extinguish itself when things feel overwhelming and darkness seems to surround it. And, to some extent, readers can relate to this idea, understand how difficult life can be at times, and agree with the idea that ‘it’s bad before it gets better.’

I hope Devney Perry continues to bring readers back to Jamison Valley, but even if she doesn’t, I know that the characters’ stories and the lessons taught will stay with me for quite some time.

4.5 Poison Apples   

“An absolute gem of a romance–thoroughly entertaining and uniquely charming..”- Frolic

Moti on the Water, an all-new sensational summer must read from New York Times bestselling author Leylah Attar is available now!

Meet Moti Ferreira—spectacularly jinxed from the day she’s born.

Saddled with an eccentric mother, she stumbles upon the one man who holds the key to her freedom—the best man at her cousin’s upcoming wedding.

All Moti has to do is overcome her fear of water, board a yacht to the Greek Isles, seduce the dreamy Nikos Manolas, and survive two weeks at sea with her oddball family.

The only obstacle Moti doesn’t see coming is Alexandros Veronis, the onboard chef and star witness to her awkward mishaps. He transforms onions into chocolate and aroma into nostalgia. Day by day, his alchemy works its magic on Moti. But she’s not the only one falling under his spell. Everyone has a secret, growing round and ripe at Chef Alex’s table. When the masks fall off, they spill out one by one, and everything blows up in their faces.

Now Moti’s truth is exposed, and worse, she’s hooked on more than Alex’s midnight snacks. But this time, screwing up could be the best thing she’s ever done…

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My Review

Despite the number of Leylah Attar books I have sitting on my kindle, I haven’t had the opportunity to read one, so when I saw the sign-up for Moti on the Water, I immediately signed up to review, excited to finally be able to read Attar’s words and immerse myself into her story, characters, and the world she created.

And after reading Moti and Alex’s story, I know I need to find the time to read her other books because there’s a uniqueness to the way she crafts and voices her stories, and in a genre that’s saturated with so many similar story lines and characters, I appreciate the diversity that resonates in all aspects of Attar’s newest release.

Moti Ferreira is a heroine who many readers will relate to…she’s definitely at a crossroads of sorts, attempting to figure out where her place is in the life that seems to be leaving her behind because she’s never put herself first, remaining the family ‘pleaser’ and existing under the mandates of her controlling mother. She’s always felt a sense of duty to her family, aiming to take care of everyone but herself, ensuring that her path in life was made by those before her and based on foretold notions that she was more than pushed to believe.

I loved Moti’s journey to self-discovery, finding her own voice and going after her own needs and desires. It’s not easy to breakaway from the life you’ve always lived, but it was more than time for Moti to pave her own way, and she has Alex to thank for some of the courage she finds

Alexandros Veronis is quite the enigma; I loved the chapters that were told from his perspective. Everything about him spoke to Moti, even when she didn’t want it to and as irritating as she thought he was, she gravitated toward him because he offered her something she’s never had – his full attention and the fact that he watched out for her while she tried to take care of everyone else.

The dysfunction involved in Moti’s extended family as well as the other people traveling with them was mind-boggling. Their selfishness, their meddling, their degrading words directed toward each other as well as the bombs that are dropped at the end of the story speak to a group of people who weren’t truly living their lives because they were trapped in the past, fixated on what the future would be like or too afraid to branch out and take a chance. So, in some ways, because Moti was able to separate herself from everyone, making her own choices when it came to Alex, her family was forced to look inward, look at themselves and figure out how to make things better for themselves, however that may be.

I’m thrilled that I was finally able to read one of Leylah Attar’s story, and while I would definitely classify Moti on the Water as a romantic comedy, it’s so much more than a humorous read…it’s one that speaks of the importance of family, the strength of traditions, the relationship between fate and logic, and an array of other life lessons that are all brought to life amidst a group of eccentric, high maintenance, and over-the-top characters  who finally try to make things right before it’s too late.

4.5 Poison Apples

Excerpt

It was as if the Greek gods had orchestrated a cosmic game, put me in the center of it, and placed bets on what I would do.

This is who you’re supposed to be with,said Zeus and Hera, holding up a marble bust of Nikos. These two head honchos of Greek mythology threw their son off the top of Mount Olympus because they didn’t like the way he looked. You didn’t want to incur their wrath.

Aphrodite, Goddess of love, clapped her hands.Ah, but what you really wantto do right now is kiss Alex, don’t you? You really have to watch this gal pal. It was her husband who’d been thrown off Mount Olympus, so if it’s happily-ever-after that you’re gunning for, proceed with caution.

Always listen to your mother, Hestia piped in. She was the goddess of family and domesticity. She deserved a lot of kudos. Not many of the gods practiced what they preached, but Hestia stuck to her guns, and probably listened to her mother. Hence, she remained a virgin.

Dionysus, the Greek deity of wine and ecstasy, raised his glass. Pffft. Eat, kiss, and be merry! Pirates once seized him, thinking he was too incapacitated to fight back. Dionysus filled their ship with vines and turned them into dolphins. Moral of the story? Don’t mess with a Greek god even when he’s drunk. Also, he gave the kind of advice you could really get on board with.

About Leylah

Leylah Attar is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author of contemporary romance and women’s fiction. She is the recipient of the 2017 Indie Reader Discovery Award for fiction. Her books, which include Mists of The Serengeti, The Paper Swan, 53 Letters for My Lover (#1) and From His Lips (a 53 Letters novella #1.5), have been published in nine languages.

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REINING HER IN by Katie Ashley

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The last time I saw Declan St. James was at our rehearsal dinner. That was shortly before he jilted me at the altar. To avoid the swarm of whispers and finger pointing every time I dared to show my face in public, I fled two hours south to Atlanta and never looked back. Over the last decade, I’d planned hundreds of scenarios about how our next meeting would go down. The expletives I’d hurl at him. Which knee I might use to annihilate his balls. Which dimpled cheek on his ridiculously handsome face I would send a stinging slap across.

But being elbow deep in a cow’s ass was not one of them.

Normally, I didn’t get up close and personal to a bovine’s rectum. At least not since veterinarian school. But desperate times found me back home to attend my grandfather’s funeral, who happened to be the town’s large animal vet. Those two facts had left me wading through manure in Roy Wallace’s pasture to care for a distressed heifer.

While time and maturity seemed to have changed him from the boy I knew, I still wasn’t falling for his charm. Or his hard, chiseled body. Or ass you could eat dinner off of.

No, I wasn’t going back down that street again. Unfortunately, Declan didn’t seem to get the message. Instead, he seemed as stubborn as he ever was and ready for a fight. It’ll be the fight of his life for me to let him back in my heart.

My Review

The hero and heroine in Katie Ashley’s newest release share a complicated past – one that still burdens both of them, mainly because since the day that Declan St. James jilted Peyton Beasley at the altar over a decade ago, they’ve never spoken, which means that Declan’s never apologized and Peyton’s never dealt with all of the emotions that have festered inside for the past ten years. 

Returning to and remaining in Hayesville was something Peyton hadn’t planned to do, especially since Declan never left their hometown, so when her hand is forced, she does her best to steer clear of her ex because her hurt feelings are still so raw due to the man things left unsaid between them.

As a second chance romance lover, the determining factor when it comes to the hero and heroine and my enjoyment of the story is in regards to the characters’ maturation. Despite past mistakes made, regardless of how big or small, I want to be able to see them grow as people and understand that who they were before is no longer who they are now, and this definitely applies to Declan and Peyton, and even though it takes Peyton a bit longer than Declan, which makes sense given the heartache he caused her, by the time their story is complete, the past has been dealt with and the present and perhaps the future are the only things that matter.

Reining Her In is a sweet second chance romance set in a small town. It’s a story about forgiveness, about not being stuck in the past, about understanding that other people’s decisions don’t and shouldn’t control anyone else’s life, and what I appreciated about the story the most was the fact that Ashley didn’t add unnecessary obstacles to keep Declan and Peyton apart – the focus is on letting go of the past and moving forward, which is exactly what both of these characters needed.

4 Poison Apples

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Half-Truths by Claire Contreras 

Release Date: October 21st 

Blurb

You’ve heard of these groups – the secretive ones that only the crème de la crème are invited into, the ones outsiders speculate about for centuries – I’m the second in my family invited to attend, but to them, I’m fresh meat. New blood. New money, too.

They think they’ll elbow past me, that I’m here for their amusement, for them to walk all over, they’ll find out soon enough that I’m not.

I may look like one of them, with my designer bags and clothes straight from the Parisian runways, but I’m not. I’m here for answers, to take revenge for blood spilled on their centuries-old Persian rugs.

I transferred here in search for answers about what happened to my older brother, who hightailed out of here, and my friend who seemingly disappeared into thin air. I certainly wasn’t here for the attention of the star hockey player, regardless of how much he willed my eyes his way. I wasn’t here for his scrutiny or his judgment or to read into his mysterious aura. I was here for the society, because only they held the answers I needed. That was, until I found out that in order to get those answers, I needed to go through him. He’s saying if I want in, I have to play by their rules, follow their lead.

It’s a game I’m willing to play.

I may be the second person I know of to be invited into their society, but I’ll be the first to make it out intact.

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*Note: Pre-orders will not be charged until October 21st. 

About Claire

Claire Contreras is a New York Times Best Selling Author. Her books range from romantic suspense to contemporary romance and are currently translated in seven different languages.

She lives in Miami, Fl with her husband, two adorable boys, three bulldogs, and two stray cats that she refuses to admit are hers (even though they live on her porch, she named them, and continues to feed them). When she’s not writing, she’s usually lost in a book.

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