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From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a delicious sinful hero.
“I met the man I wanted. But then he vanished, and a new man claimed me instead. My father approved, my colleagues congratulated, and behind closed doors, I was bedded by a stranger.

Noelle Charlston lives a fairy-tale life: a doting father, a powerful job, and a future blessed with financial security.

However, two meetings with two men changes her happy existence forever. First, she meets the man who makes her heart sing. Three years later, she meets the man who makes her blood quiver.
Broken-hearted from a teenage romance, Noelle’s freedom is no longer hers. It belongs to the stranger her father believes is her perfect match. The stranger who pulls his lies over everyone he touches.

Including her.

Seduced and manipulated, Noelle gives into the mysterious Penn Everett. The lies he spins, the truth he hides, the mystery he weaves—it’s all enough to slowly erode the woman she is and turn her into something else.

Until her past collides with her present.

And it’s her turn to lie.

To everyone…including herself.

Review

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading so many of Pepper Winters’ stories, it’s that nothing is ever what it seems…that what looks to be the truth is often an illusion…that taking something or someone at face value only leads to disillusionment and perhaps even devastation.

The world Winter’s creates in her latest release, Crown of Lies, is one of camouflage…one where deceit and truth mimic one another, making it almost impossible to separate fact from fiction. Characters seem to always be maintaining a façade, never capitulating who they truly are or what their end goal may be, which makes truly trusting anyone, even those who seem to have one’s best interest in mind.

At the beginning of the story, it’s difficult to tell who Elle Charlston truly is because her businesswoman persona was forced upon her at a young age, stripping away her freedom, controlling her every act, and making her innocence more of a hindrance than anything else. She may be an astute and highly intelligent young woman who can command boardrooms with ease, but when it comes to living outside of the business world, she’s as inexperienced as it comes, which definitely makes her a target of treachery as well as someone whose emotions can be difficult to conceal, allowing for further manipulation and deceit. What fascinates me the most about Elle is that she seems to unknowingly be playing a part in a game that she doesn’t understand how to play due to her sheltered and isolated lifestyle, and for that reason alone, her entire life will be questioned and the actions she takes will lead to startling realizations.

The intrigue of Crown of Lies stems from the mystery that surrounds two individuals who, at times, seem identical in their attributes, but then in other places in the story, they seem to be absolute contradictions. Both men are extremely secretive, and while Elle knows Penn Everett’s name, it’s clear that accepting anything about this man according to the man himself is not a wise decision.

Elle seems to be stuck between the past and the present, and while she’s only known Penn for an insignificant amount of time, he holds more power over her than anyone else, which proves to be an error in Elle’s judgment due to Penn’s manipulation of Elle’s body and quite possibly her heart.

At the end of Crown of Lies, nothing is resolved; in fact, everything seems to be spiraling out of control, and while Elle may have learned some important truths about the men in her life, that information is anything but comforting. The only idea that’s made clear heading into Throne of Truth is that the way Elle handles the situations she finds herself in will dictate if she can regain control of her life or lose it in ways she never thought possible.

Pepper Winters, once again, crafts a deliciously dark, deceptive, and suspenseful story that will constantly have readers questioning who the characters truly are and whether or not they mean to save or harm…offer pleasure or pain…keep Elle a prisoner of her own life or free her from the chains that bind her, offering a fuller life along the way. I can’t help but conjure theories about the mysterious Penn Everett, and I can’t wait to see when and how Winters unearths those truths in book 2.

4.5 Poison Apples

About the Author

Pepper Winters wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero, the better, and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex… her books have sex.

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends.

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The highly anticipated third book in Katie McGarry’s Thunder Road Series is being released today! 

LONG WAY HOME is a Young Adult Contemporary Romance being published by Harlequin Teen!

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Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving.

It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving. To protect herself, and her vulnerable younger brother, she needs to cut all ties with the club—including Chevy, the boy she’s known and loved her whole life.

But when a rival club comes after Violet, exposing old secrets and making new threats, she’s forced to question what she thought she knew about her father, the Reign of Terror, and what she thinks she wants. Which means re-evaluating everything: love, family, friends . . . and forgiveness.

Caught in the crosshairs between loyalty and freedom, Violet must decide whether old friends can be trusted—and if she’s strong enough to be the one person to save them all.

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“An intoxicating and unforgettable story that kept me glued to the page.”

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CHEVY

The instructions of the English homework I didn’t do hangs out from the top of my folder: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.

Story of my life.

According to my football coach, I chose wrongly on the two crap paths I had to face last week. I just ran into Coach on the way to English, and he ripped into me for my sorry decision-making skills when it came to me choosing to stand up for the Reign of Terror Motorcycle Club instead of a member of my football team.

I didn’t just get my ass chewed out, his tirade made me late for English with no tardy note. Which is great since my English teacher hates late students like I hate riding  my motorcycle in forty degree weather while it rains.

I round the corner, then peek through the small window on the door of my class. Ms. Whitlock stands in front of her desk in her patented white button-down shirt, gray pencil skirt, and dark-rimmed glasses. From the back row, my best friend Razor meets my eyes and shakes his head. Damn. That means she’s in one of her moods where she’s refusing to let anyone in.

I’m not a tail-tucked-between-my-legs type of guy, but this lady is one of the few who can reduce me to begging. If she doesn’t let me in, then she’ll mark me as absent, the front office will think I skipped, and that means I won’t be able to play at tonight’s football game.

The window rattles when I knock. The entire class turns their heads in my direction, but Ms. Whitlock doesn’t. The muscles in my neck tighten. She is one of the hardest core people I know and my grandfather is the president of a motorcycle club. That says something.

She starts for the white board and I knock on the door again. This time, Ms. Whitlock does look my way and she grants me the type of glare reserved for people who kick puppies. I got it. I’m late. I’m the scum of humanity, so let my ass in so I can play football.

There’s this guy in my club, Pigpen. He’s about the same age as Ms. Whitlock, late twenties, and he’s a walking hard-on for this woman even though she would never give him the time of day. He practically runs into walls when she’s around because he’s too focused on checking her out. I don’t see gorgeous—all I see is seriously pissed off and the person standing between me and playing.

Ms. Whitlock points at the clock over her desk. She’s telling me I can wait. If I’m lucky, she’ll open the door after the quiz that I’ll receive a zero on. If I’m not so lucky, she won’t open the door at all.

Two pathetic paths and I could only travel one. Nowhere in that stupid poem did it mention there was good and bad to both paths and that sometimes it’s best not to choose, but to set up camp at the fork and do nothing at all.

I slam my hand into the nearest locker, almost relishing the sting.

“Feel better?”

A glance across the hallway and I freeze. Doesn’t matter how many times I see her in a day, she still manages to take my breath away.

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Katie McGarry Bio

Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.

Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON,  BREAKING THE RULES, NOWHERE BUT HERE, and WALK THE EDGE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine’s 2012 Reviewer’s Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.

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Today is the release day of Dirty Filthy Boy by Magda Alexander!

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Bad boy quarterback Ty Mathews has it all–money, women, fame. On the gridiron, he vanquishes defenses with his golden arm. Off the field, it’s another part of his anatomy that gets all the glory. And deservedly so, for what he doesn’t know about women hasn’t been written.

Except for MacKenna Perkins.

The rookie reporter wants nothing to do with him. After all, she was hired to cover women’s and social issues for her local Chicago newspaper, not deal with cocky football players. But when the sports reporter falls ill, she’s asked to interview a wide receiver. And since she knows next to nothing about football, she totally fails at it.

Until Ty Mathews volunteers his services.

With her job on the line, she accepts his offer. Too late, she realizes her unruly heart’s not listening to her head. In no time at all, she’s in his bed, doing all those dirty, filthy things he likes to do.

But soon secrets surface about his past. Secrets that may destroy his future. And MacKenna must decide if the price she must pay for the story is worth her broken heart.

A smokin’ hot, STANDALONE, FULL-LENGTH novel with a guaranteed HEA.

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I’m a sucker for a steamy sports romance story, and I love spitfire heroines who are genuine and unafraid to put the cocky hero in his place, and if there’s one person who needs to be brought down a few notches, it’s definitely Ty Matthews.

Ty is the stereotypical, professional football player – he’s a notorious manwhore and his skills in the bedroom are just as coveted and exploited as his ones on the field. For the most part, Ty owns up to his player persona and isn’t afraid to indulge in all that’s offered to him as the golden boy of the Chicago Outlaws, but the one aspect of his life that remains a bit of a mystery is his past, so when Windy City Chronicle’s rookie journalist, MacKenna Perkins, starts to dig into Ty’s college days, she smells a story too good to pass up, but when her personal feelings get in the way of her professionalism, it’s unclear just how dirty MacKenna’s willing to get with the Outlaws’ quarterback.

Dirty Filthy Boy is an enjoyable and sexy read that explores how charming innocence and honesty can be when one’s life is filled with drama and fakeness. MacKenna won’t compromise her ethics, even when her body wants her to give in, which is an admirable quality to have, and the fact that Ty’s protective instincts come out in various parts of the plot show readers that he’s more than his good looks and his million dollar arm.

I have to admit, though, that while the sizzling connection between Ty and MacKenna was clearly illustrated, their relationship as well as the angst that they dealt with throughout the story felt a little flat…I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t see anything unique about the plot line or if I’ve just read too many sports stories, but I was looking for something extra to drive the storyline, and I was left a bit unsatisfied.

Despite a few issues, Dirty Filthy Boy will entertain readers with Ty and MacKenna’s banter as well as the mystery behind both of their pasts.

3.5 Poison Apples

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Ty lets out a hard breath. “You’ll need to earn their respect before they open themselves up to you.”

“I know. How do I do that?”

All fluid grace and masculine power, he strolls back to me. “Well, for starters. You need to learn the game.”

I nod in agreement. “I’m reading up on football and doing research.”

“You need to do more than that. I can teach you.” His voice softens, as his hand reaches out to fiddle with my hair. “I can teach you lots of things.”

His body’s tight against me. His hard-on’s pressed against my belly.

“Ty?” I glance up at him through my eyelashes. He’s so much bigger than me, so much of a man. He smells like one too. Not of expensive cologne, but like a guy who’s been pitching balls to kids. Nice, clean sweat and, underneath it all, him.

“You drive me crazy, you know, with your soft hair, pouty lips, and milky skin.” He puts his lips to my neck, and I shiver. “And your smell, dear God.”

My body flares up into a fiery need. I want him. I want this man more than my next breath. But there’s something he must be made to understand.

“I’m not a groupie.”

“Oh, sweetheart, of course you’re not. You’re sunshine and rainbows and everything that’s right in this world.”

“Ty?”

“Say, yes, sweetheart. Say yes, and I’ll give you anything you want.”

I don’t breathe a word, but let my trembling body do the talking for me. Interpreting my silence as consent, he slowly strips me of my sweater, my jeans, leaving me in nothing but a pink bra and panties.

His hot gaze sweeps up and down my body. “Look at you. You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

I notch up my chin. “I bet you say that to all the girls you bring here.”

His lips flatten. “I’ve never brought a woman to my home.”

My eyes widen. “You haven’t?”

“No. You’re the first.”

He hasn’t kissed me, but that’s got to be worth something. I wet my lips. “Take off your shirt.”

One handed, he rips it off in that way guys do, oh, so very well, and my breath cuts short. Ty clothed is one thing. But bare-chested, he’s magnificent. Hard pecs, huge arms, ripped everything. And his abs? I could do a week’s worth of laundry on those ridges.

“MacKenna, baby, say yes. I can’t do it unless you agree.”

I let out a shaky sigh and, even though I know better, breathe out one, single word. “Yes.”

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USA Today Bestselling Author Magda Alexander loves writing steamy contemporary and romantic suspense novels (the STORM DAMAGES and SHATTERED SERIES) with sexy, alpha males and passionate, strong heroines. A lifelong learner, Magda graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Business Administration. She’s lived in Maryland most of her life and now resides close to the Catoctin Mountains in a city whose history dates back to colonial times.

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Title: Fake Engagement, Real Temptation

Author: Joya Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 30, 2017

Publisher: Entangled Brazen

Synopsis

Oh. My. God. Carrie Morgan can’t escape her cheating ex fiancé. She goes on her Hawaiian honeymoon fantasy vacation to prove she’s over him—but he’s there with his mistress in tow. Good thing Carrie’s annoyingly over-protective friend Blake came with her. How’s she going to prove to her ex she’s over him? Easy. One… Two… Three… She grabs Blake and kisses him.

Blake Harris isn’t about to let anyone take advantage of his heartbroken friend Carrie. And that includes himself, even if she’s sexy as sin in that bikini. Then she kisses him—and he’s on fire. Damage done, but he can back off. Except he sees that broken look in Carrie’s eyes. No. Hell no. New plan. He intends to show her ex just what he’s thrown away.

The kisses? For show. The heat? Part of the performance. The private practice sessions? Uh-oh. Those are starting to feel a bit too real…

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Carrie.

He hustled her direction, and it wasn’t until he got closer that he saw the massive pink suitcase she was fighting with was broken, and the fuzz in question was coming from her—as in the bottom piece of her dress, and she was next in line to drop off her bag.

“Jesus Christ,” he said, walking up to her. She looked up from the fight with her bag, blew a lock of hair out of her face, and scowled.

“What the hell are you doing here?” she asked. There was that sass. He’d take attitude over her tears any day.

“I could ask you the same thing,” he said.

She pointed at her suitcase. “Well, you’re the genius with the idea to go on my honeymoon alone, and since my arms get tired when I flap them longer than ten minutes, I have to take an airplane to Hawaii.”

He raised a brow, his blood igniting in that way that only Carrie could make it. That snarky tone made him want to spar with her. But he knew her well enough to know she was still hiding pain beneath the brazen attitude.

“I’m glad to see you found your sassy pants,” he said. “Maybe they’ll keep you warm under that dress.”

She rolled her eyes and Blake continued.

“I’m glad you’re going and I’m glad you’re having your adventure. But I was serious about needing a—”

“Spotter?” she cut in, using his term from earlier.

“Yes. Carrie, you going alone isn’t an option.”

“Well I’m a grown up and I’m not taking my brother. That’s weird and, oh right, I’m. A. Grown up!” she said slowly, like he was an idiot.

“Lane can’t make it,” he said frankly and watched her eyes go wide, the truth hitting her.

“Lane sent you,” she said with venom in her voice. “How did he even know I was here?”

“He didn’t, I did,” Blake corrected quickly. “After our talk and realizing you wouldn’t wait, I tracked you down here.”

“Oh right, the infamous tracker,” she said, and Blake wished she sounded more impressed. Not sure why that mattered. Maybe he could contemplate that if he wasn’t too busy staring down plump, tan skin, currently heaving out of the top of her dress.

My god she looked incredible.

But Carrie was clearly in a mood, and he couldn’t blame her. Last thing he should be doing is checking her out. Which he wasn’t. Because not only was she just left at the altar, but she was his best friends little sister. No way in hell was he thinking of her in any other way other than a lady to be protected.

Truth be told, he thought she’d be a crying mess of sad clown makeup but instead, she was huffing from the suitcase, making the tight, low cut of her dress dip even more, giving him yet another prime view of the most perfect cleavage he’d ever seen.

Kevin was an idiot to not show up for a woman like her.

Stop thinking that way, she’s your buddy’s sister.

“Well you found me,” she said exasperated. “So you can report back that I’m fine. Bye.”

“Sorry, little girl, can’t do that.”

About The Author

National and international bestselling author Joya Ryan is the author of more than a dozen adult and new-adult romance novels. Passionate about both cooking and dancing (despite not being too skilled at the latter), she loves traveling and seeking out new adventures. Visit her online at http://www.joyaryan.com.

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Today we’re having the release day blitz for Plus One by M.N. Forgy writing as Missy Blake.

I am so excited to bring you this sexy contemporary romance!

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Title: Plus One

Author: M.N. Forgy writing as Missy Blake

Genre: Romantic Comedy

About Plus One

No feelings.

No lies of calling the next day, and no empty promises of not banging anyone’s mother.

If I could act like I’ve never met a set of twins I screwed on the same night, thinking they were the same person, then I could do this.

It was the perfect set up for a fake relationship and it was simple.

We faked our smiles, we faked our laughs; hell, we even faked our love. It wasn’t real.

But that kiss was anything but fake, and the orgasm was anything but pretend.

Somehow my plus one had become more, and now I’m standing here with my underwear around my ankles wondering what in the hell to do next.

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I turn around to ask for one of his shirts and find him shirtless and tugging down his jeans.

Holy back porn.

It’s outlined in muscle and is a golden tan. Holy shit he has lower back dimples too. My eyes skim along his bare skin, wishing it were my hands instead. My hands strangle themselves, my mouth parting to allow the labored breathing to pass.

His jeans drop to his feet, and he bends over to kick them off. That round ass on display for my pleasure. My eyes scan the white tight briefs cleaning to his tight—.

Wait, are those bananas?

 “What are you wearing?” Using the back of my hand I try to hide my smile.

Standing upright he looks over his shoulder, a devilish look crosses his face.

“These?” He tugs on the elastic band of his briefs, making the banana prints dance. “They’re underwear,” he responds like I should know that.

“I know they’re underwear. I just didn’t peg you for a banana-wearing kind of guy,” I laugh again.

“I bring a whole new meaning to banana hammock, baby.” He turns and the smile on my face is wiped clean when I see the length and girth of that bulge in his underwear. 

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Bestselling author M.N. Forgy known for her suspense gritty romances has decided to take a walk on a different side of things writing under pen name Missy

Missy Blake is the perfect outlet to express her sassy, funny, romantic side of M.N. Forgy.

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Six years with my knight in shining armor.

Four years with my knight in dented armor

Two years with my knight in rusted armor

I, Makenzie Mayfair am leaving my husband.

This is my chance to begin again, to rip out my backbone and yell, “I’ve found it.” It may take time, it may take new friends, a job and even a jerk of a boss who is annoyingly handsome, but I will get there.

I’m determined to be who I want to be, and plan to have a whole heap of fun along the way.

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I was born in Brisbane Australia, my step-dad was in the army which caused us to move around a lot. We finally settled in country Victoria, Australia. I am the youngest of four children and I can say that I was spoilt a bit. I drove my mum crazy when I refused to eat meat at a young age.

Now I live with my husband and two children, and I find myself regretting all the troubles I put my parents through because my monsters are just as picky as I was.

I started writing in 2013 and self-published the first of the Hawks MC Club series, Holding Out. The next to follow was something different, I wrote Senseless Attraction, a YA novel. Soon, I was back to the Hawks series with number two, Climbing Out. I have more to write in the series, but there will be also be more novels in the humorous erotica genre, like Left to Chance.

 

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I’m Ash Evans.

The life of the party.
Hot. Rich. Charismatic.
A tattooed rock star with the world at my feet.
I burn through women faster than the strike of a match.

I’ve embraced my lifestyle and live it to the fullest.
Until the day my lifestyle caught up to me.

Willow Langston found me at my lowest.
Literally.
Facedown in a puddle of my own blood.

I owe her my life and I have three months to repay that debt.
What I never should have done was touch her. Kiss her. Take her to my bed.

Love wasn’t supposed to be a part of the equation.
I gave up that nasty complication a long damned time ago.
Now I want her more than my next breath.
But she doesn’t know what I know.

Do I leave to protect her? Or can I face my demons and ask her to Stay?

Review

Stay…it may appear to be a simple four letter word, but the depth of its meaning and the difficulties associated with it are anything but superficial; in fact, for people like Ash Evans who have no interest in laying down roots…in bonding himself to any woman permanently, the concept of remaining in one place, with one woman and giving up his free and easy rocker lifestyle is not something he will willingly commit to because the risks are too high, and he refuses to be responsible for another person’s destruction.

Unlike Ash, Willow Langston longs for permanency; she dreams of sharing her life with someone who will love her unconditionally and vow to stay by her side, regardless of the difficulties they face. But those dreams have turned dark and depressing because one by one those she cared about the most have left her in devastating ways, forcing her to face a much different reality than the one her mama always told her to reach for and make happen.

In a twist of fate, these two tortured souls…these two individuals who couldn’t want anything more opposite when it comes to their lives cross paths and while Willow may have been the one to first save Ash in his time of need, the connection that forms between them has both of them yearning to pretend, at least for a little while, that they can be what one another needs and not worry about fracturing even further when their pretending turns out to be anything but.

The conflicted dynamics that exist between Ash and Willow speak to the harrowing pasts they continue to be tormented with, and regardless of how much their bodies and perhaps even their hearts yearn to be filled by each other’s tenderness and devotion, their greatest fears continue to stand in the way of creating something real and permanent.

Every story in A.L. Jackson’s Bleeding Stars series is a complicated mix of passion and pain…love and hate…ecstasy and devastation, and these contradictory ideas create a maelstrom of emotions for both the characters in the story and the readers who can’t help but be consumed by the highs and lows each couple faces as their stories are told.

Ash and Willow couldn’t be more opposite in both their lifestyles as well as where they want their futures to lead them, but it’s clear from their first interaction that the fun, easy-going rocker and the innocent forever kind of girl share a connection that can’t be ignored regardless of the risks…regardless of the shattered pieces of their hearts and their souls that can only be shredded further due to Ash’s secrets and his self-condemnation.

A.L. Jackson weaves an emotionally layered story…one that will tie readers in knots and make them anxious to understand why Ash hides behind his free-loving, living in the moment persona, and as he traverses past the line that he has toed for a significant number of years, it remains unclear if he’ll finally unburden himself of the guilt and grief that has kept him company for as long as he can remember.

Stay is everything I wanted from Ash’s story; he’s always been the uncomplicated member of Sunder, never wanting attachments and embracing the rocker lifestyle as a form of protection for his heart, but it’s also been easy to recognize that there are reasons for how he chooses to live, which slowly come to the surface in Stay, and as Willow breaks down Ash’s walls, it’s clear to readers, Willow, and Ash himself that regardless of his commitment to living an easy life, he and Willow were brought together to save one another in every sense of the word.

Chasing one’s dreams isn’t meant to be easy but achieving them, especially when the path is thwart with chaos and devastation, makes it worth everything it takes to get there, especially when it comes to lasting love.

4.5 Poison Apples 

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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.

Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, as well as the newest BLEEDING STARS novels. Watch for the next installment STAND, coming Spring 2017.

If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.

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We are excited to bring you the cover for DRUNK ON YOU by Harper Sloan releasing on March 14, 2017!

It was supposed to be fun.

A mutual use of each other’s bodies.

To be a ruse to the world around us.

I wanted to be free from my ex, and he wanted to escape his.

One drunken night turned a joke into a life-changing moment.

He warned me not to fall for him, and I should’ve listened.

He intoxicated me.

He made me crave him.

He ruined me.

In the end, I’ll never be the same.

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Harper is a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL and USA TODAY bestselling author residing in Georgia with her husband and three daughters. She has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books, hibachi, tattoos and Game of Thrones. When she isn’t writing you can almost always find her with a book in hand.

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