He will get you TANGLED UP IN CHRISTMAS

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Today I have a holiday romance fom one of my favourite authors. TANGLED UP IN CHRISTMAS, by Lisa Renee Jones is a gorgeous second chance romance. Be sure to read it.

MY OPINION

Coming from this author, I just about jumped with excitement over this second chance romance with a heavy dose of small town secrets and scorching-hot passion. 

A good man who helps animals, a woman torn over her past with him, and a town alive with Christmas festivals and kids camps. It's sweet and heart-warming, yet also intense with regrets, deeply buried secrets and wild, consuming intimacy that sets fire to bedsheets everywhere. 

I found Hannah's circumstances very engaging. She's back from a big city with a heavy heart but still intent on achieving her dreams. Face to face with the man who betrayed her, the sparks and emotions roar a storm in every loaded scene they share. And the explosion of steamy times is phenomenal. 

I was moved and enchanted by the whole thing of going back to one's roots with family and friends welcoming Hannah and her fresh, exciting ideas to organize the Christmas events for charity. It mixed well with this broken couple's feelings of raw need and unfinished business. Cookies, animals, the couple from the first book, all are strong elements that support the chemistry and angst between Hannah and Roarke. 

I truly enjoyed how this second chance works in stages from rage to longing to trust and reconciliation. This couple exudes love. And the story is filled with joy and hope and understanding, along with family warmth, so it's a perfect match for Christmas. I also enjoyed Hannah's ideas for the social events and how everyone pitched in to help with so much sense of community. Love for horses and boots, and sizzzling passion wrap it all up in one good ol' romance. 

I'd have loved it to be even longer, but it comes with a surprise! SANTA BABY is one hot treat that appeals to our secret fantasies of becoming the femme fatale that lures the seducer and conquers him for a night of wild passion. The bookshop owner transforms herself from shy to emboldened and alluring thanks to a costume-themed gala and some magic feminine boldness. I loved it!

It is sweet yet vibrant with sultry desire. And packs a whole plot of suspense, investigations, and trust issues all along with the sensual passion.

Caron fights her insecurities regarding this suave, handsome hottie, and it becomes a renaissance of her strong character and an empowering experience. 

The plot grows with the suspense I mentioned. Her down-to-earth, cute personality contast beautifully with his strong, generous yet debonair ways. They slowly fall in love while they are harassed by doubts on her part and business troubles on his. So big trust issues along with the law on their tails ensue, bringing intrigue and dishonesty that increases the tension in delightful ways.

It seemed impossible, but love conquers all and this romance feels warm and perfect in the end, with an extra helping of couples and some bookish paradise. A very worthy read.

TANGLED UP IN CHRISTMAS

A Texas Heat Novel

By Lisa Renee Jones

Release Date: October 29

I might be a country girl from the same small town of Sweetwater, Texas, as horse wrangler Roarke Frost, the girl next door who knows him like few know him, but I didn't know enough to save my heart.

He's the reason why I left Sweetwater behind.

But now fate proves she loves a wicked twist and sends me back to Sweetwater to pull together a Christmas festival—and I run smack into the man again, quite literally. His body is pressed to mine, his hands on my arms, and I'm melting like chocolate in the sizzling Texas sunshine. And I run.

I know it’s not exactly respectable, but it works, just not for long. No matter how much I try to get tangled up in Christmas, I end up tangled up in Roarke instead—and the man has me feeling the heat of our attraction and the warmth of our past friendship. He feels like Mr. Right, but history says he’s Mr. Wrong.

But if he wants a second chance, Roarke Frost is going to have to work for it. He’ll need to prove to me that this holiday is a season of new beginnings, the kind that last forever.

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Lisa Renee Jones is giving away $500 in gift cards to celebrate TANGLED UP IN CHRISTMAS being available in mass market paperback in stores everywhere! 

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ABOUT THE MASTERMIND 

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. Sara’s character is strong, flawed, complex, and sexy – a modern girl we all can identify with.

In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is presently working on a dark, edgy new series, Dirty Money, for St. Martin’s Press.

Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

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Website: www.lisareneejones.com

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I promise I NEVER GOT OVER YOU

Hi, book buddies :-) Do you go weak in the knees for every book of a certain author? I do 😀 For example, with WHITNEY G.

NEVER GOT OVER YOU

MY OPINION

I am addicted to this author's stories. This second-chance romance is full of wild chemistry and lovers to enemies to lovers again DRAMA.  

Oh, the caustic humour is to die for, and the passion burns a path through your body like angry fire. 

So, the story unfolds in two timelines, the present that is seething with all the fury and hurt of two broken hearts, and the past, where love blooms in all its sensual and sweet glory. Until it withers and dies in heart-wrenching circumstances.

I loved all of it. The ugly and the romantic, the fights and the hatred, the secrets of their fall as they slowly come to light, and the intense climax of a Romeo and Juliet relationship that was doomed from the start. James and Kate end up much better than those two, I assure you!

Typically with this author, the male character is utterly obnoxious. He’s arrogant, bitter, and treats everyone like they are on Earth to make his life miserable on purpose. Therefore, fun scenes abound. I enjoyed immensely the interactions between these lovers who think themselves betrayed. I liked to uncover the hows and the whys as they argue in a working environment where she shines and he whines. I was excited, thrilled. 

What I didn’t like is that towards the end of discovering what had happened to break them up, he pulls an almost Ross / Rachel from Friends situation, and I was really mad at that. Sorry, but he didn’t act as he should have with her, and it was totally his fault what happened with their relationship. Pure drama and my heart shook with compassion, but it was still his fault till the very end! Which she masters by the way, with all her dignity and true love, and he gets more than he deserves, but anyway, I still wanted them to be happy together, so that’s ok 😂

To sum it up, I loved the past, the female character is amazing and strong, and the present is so thrilling, but the male character didn’t really win her over, so this book actually needs a better ending? A couple more chapters to make up for it? My wish 😊

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WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

Nine and a half years ago, you married a man who wasn’t me. He wasn’t even half of me…

Nine and a half hours ago, you walked through the doors of my billion-dollar boardroom for a job interview. 

Although every person at the table fell for your charm and applauded, I didn’t dare. I couldn’t help but notice your bare ring finger. Couldn’t help but notice that you were even sexier now than you were on the night we first met.

I honestly didn’t want to hire you, but I had no choice. (I was outvoted 16-1, but trust me, you got this job by default.)

When you signed the papers and we shook hands, I didn’t bring up the fact that you didn’t “wait for me” like you promised to years ago, or that you just moved on with your life like what we had meant nothing. Instead, I insisted that we keep things one-hundred percent professional.

So, for the record: I've long forgotten about you and all the times we shared. (This includes the way your body feels under mine, the way your laughter used to make me smile, and the way you used to breathlessly say my name for hours at a time.)

I'm definitely not in denial, this is all one hundred percent true. You'll never hear me say that you still have an effect on me, that you’re still the best I’ve ever had, or worse, that I never got over you...

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This is a standalone contemporary romance releasing October 24th**

COVER DESIGNER: NAJLA QAMBER DESIGNS 

MODEL: JASON BELL

PHOTOGRAPHER: YASMEEN ANDERSON

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I say It's Not Over

Hi, book buddies. I've never seen a cover like this one. It's moving, isn't it? :-) IT'S NOT OVER is released today, and I think I'm going to try it.

It's Not Over

Authors: Kaylee Ryan & Lacey Black

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 23, 2019

Gwen

Lately, life definitely isn’t how I envisioned it. I had it all. The house, the job, the husband. Until one day, I didn’t. I don’t know when exactly things started to change between us, only that it did, and in a big way. So much so, I found myself standing before a judge and signing off on the end of my marriage. To the only man, I’ve ever loved.

Now, he’s back, fighting, and ready to prove to me that we made a mistake, that our love is worth giving this another chance. I’m not sure if he’s right, but I know what my heart wants, and it wants him. My ex-husband.


Harrison

Why is it that you don’t know the depths of your mistakes until you’ve already made them? I knew signing those papers was a bad idea, but I thought that’s what she wanted. The minute we stepped foot out of that courtroom, it hit me. She’s no longer mine.

That’s when I also realized, that I would do anything to change the past. I have so many regrets. Not her. I could never regret her, but how we ended. We never should have ended. I’m in for the battle of my life to convince her to give us another shot. I have a plan, one that will prove to her that, it’s not over.

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Kaylee Ryan is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author.  When she’s not spinning tales of happily ever after, she’s reading or spending time with family.  Born and raised an Ohio girl, Kaylee resides in Cincinnati with her husband and their son.

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Lacey Black

Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading and writing. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and a chocolate lab. Lacey loves shooting guns and should only consume one mixed drink because she’s a lightweight.

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Ah, second chances... :-D

Let me tell your about my Misadventures with My Ex

Hi, book buddies :-) If you follow SHAYLA BLACK's stories like a puppy, you're in luck. There is a new release out now.

  Can the ex who once broke her heart 
seduce her into happily ever after?

Once, Eryn Hope fell fast and incurably for Weston Quaid. And he seemed to adore her too—until she learned their love was built on lies when he walked out on their wedding day. Three years later, West has finally won control of his family empire and fortune, but it cost him Eryn—something he regrets every day. When business forces him to return to her life and temporarily shut down her livelihood, of course she’s furious. But their chemistry is still beyond combustible. So he makes her a proposition: he’ll take care of her until her bistro reopens…if she becomes his mistress. Her mind screams no, but her body whimpers yes, yes, yes. As soon as West has her back in his bed, their passion burns hotter than ever. So do his feelings. But can he and Eryn really recapture the love they shared? And when their bargain ends, will he be the one shattered this time or will they finally come together forever?

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Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty novels. For nearly twenty years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages. Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. 

Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She’s thrilled that she’s been living her dream as a full-time author for the past eight years. Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband, her daughter, and two spoiled tabbies. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.

 

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