Saturday, February 24, 2018

Promo Tour - 'Falling for Jordan' by Liz Durano

FALLING FOR JORDAN
A Different Kind of Love, Book 2
by Liz Durano

Genre: Steamy Romance


No names. No numbers.

Just one wild night with a gorgeous stranger and then, they’d go their separate ways.

But what happens when her one-night stand turns into something more?

Some one-night stands are just that: one-night stands. But for transplant physician Addison Rowe, it means a baby and a story she’ll stick to about being a single mother – via a sperm donor. After all, she's got a professional reputation to protect.

But when building contractor Jordan O’Halloran returns to New York after a year spent building schools in Southeast Asia, Addison will need to decide whether maintaining appearances is more important than reuniting a father with the daughter he never knew.

But even if the answer comes easily, Addison will need to navigate through a maze of intercultural family expectations and an ex-girlfriend who hasn't yet let go of her first love.

*A light-hearted follow-up to the bestselling novel Everything She Ever Wanted, Falling for Jordan is the second book in A Different Kind of Love series that readers have called "moving," "riveting," and "emotional." While the book can be read separately, it's best appreciated when read after Everything She Ever Wanted, book 1 of A Different Kind of Love series.



“I texted you a few hours ago but didn’t get a reply so I thought I’d come by to leave a note. But the women at the front said they’d check to see if you were available,” he adds. “So what’s so important that you couldn’t just say in a text message?”

I take a deep breath. It’s now or never, Addy. Tell him. “That night we spent together? I got pregnant.”

He stares at me for a few seconds and I can’t help but notice how the room seems so quiet. “Excuse me?”

“I got pregnant,” I repeat.

“But we used protection that night.” 

All three times we did it, I know. “Well, somehow it failed.”

“What happened to the baby?” he asks. “Did you keep it?”

“She’s ten weeks old.” 

He looks at me in shock, blowing air between his lips. He’s quiet for a few moments and I don’t push it. It’s not every day some woman you barely know tells you that you got her pregnant. But then, looking like he does, I may not be the first either. I wonder if I should have had Kathy in here to act as a mediator in case things get testy or if he hyperventilates and passes out. But Kathy doesn’t know the circumstances of my pregnancy. No one does except me. And now Jordan.

“What’s her name?”

His question throws me off. For so long, I've had a different scenario replaying in my head, of a man who gets angry and then refuses to have any involvement with the child, not even caring to know if it's a girl or a boy. In my head, he simply tells me it's my problem and walks away. It's never been anything else.






She's smart, independent, and heartbroken. He's cocky, a bit rough around the edges, and too young.

But when a scheduling mistake lands a heartbroken doctor and a cocky woodworker in the same place at the same time, can their fling turn into the real thing?

When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, 40-year-old surgeon Harlow James finds herself without family, friends, and barely a career. So she trades the bright lights of New York for the open road and ends up at the Pearl, a sustainable Earthship outside of Taos, New Mexico where she hopes to find out where she went wrong.

For woodworker Dax Drexel, the Pearl is where he retreats from the world to design his award-winning furniture. Unfortunately, the Pearl’s already got an occupant and she’s currently passed out on his bed, naked. He really should mind his own business but he can’t, not when there’s a gun in the living room, next to a tear-stained note that begins with, “I’m sorry I failed you…”

Join Dax and Harlow in a journey that readers have called “heartfelt,” “riveting,” and “amazingly emotional.”



Liz's first foray into writing was back in eighth-grade when her steamy taboo serial was passed around during Homeroom and almost got her suspended. In return for not informing her parents about her over-active and dirty imagination, she agreed to be assigned to the Poetry club for the rest of high school.

It took some time after that sudden burst of dirty inspiration in eighth grade, but Liz has since published ten books and countless short stories. She's the author of the bestselling novel, Everything She Ever Wanted and Loving Ashe, and is currently working on more stories about Dax, Ashe, and company.

Liz lives in Southern California with her family, a Chihuahua mix, and way too many books.

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Review – ‘Untouchable Lover’ by Rosalie Redd

Blurb 

King Noeh wants to live his single life, fight his enemy, and honor his goddess by winning the war over Earth’s most precious resource—water. Bonding to a female shifter is not part of the plan, not until his goddess insists he take a queen by the next full moon or lose his crown. When he rescues a beautiful female from the enemy’s grasp, a forbidden attraction blooms, and he must decide between his kingdom and his heart.

Melissa hunts for a new place she can call home, one far away from her controlling master who vowed to make her his concubine. Captured by the enemy and tortured to near death, she’s rescued by a brooding, handsome king. When her master shows up at the king’s underground Keep, the tension escalates. She struggles to keep the honorable king at arm’s length, but she can’t ignore the compelling desire he ignites in her soul.


Review 


The first book in The Warriors of Lemuria series is awesome.
First a little background… the planet of Lemuria is in grave danger. The gods of the world (and the people on the surface) desperately need water, so the gods are looking at other planets to colonize. The goddess Alora found the planet Earth and wants to make peaceful contact with the people of the planet and barter for water. A rival god, Zedron, wants to enslave the planet instead. The council of the gods decide to let both Alora and Zedron wage war, and the winner will choose what to do with the planet. They both pick their warriors from the races that live on Lemuria and send them to Earth to battle it out. After around 20,000 Earth years (1 Lemurian year), the war is coming to an end, but there’s no definitive winner yet.
On Earth, Melissa is a Dren, a descendant from the Panthera race (panther shape-shifters). After she’s kidnapped and tortured by the evil Gossums, she’s rescued by the Stiyaha warriors and taken to their underground fortress, the Keep. There’s an instant connection between her and her rescuer, Noeh, the king of the Stiyahas, but she’s still mourning the loss of her mate and son.
Noeh is a stoic, cold warrior and lives his life to serve his people. He refuses to take a mate, a queen, but after his Goddess, Alora, decrees he must or lose his crown, he has no other choice but to chose from the few Stiyaha females in the Keep. Or so he thinks. His attraction to Melissa confuses him, but he’s determined to do his duty to his people, not to his heart.
Melissa and Noeh are amazing and very likable characters. The chemistry between them sizzled. They both have baggage and a painful past, but they’re able to grow and move on once they start trusting and opening up to each other. Their romance and love bloomed out of mutual respect.
The side characters added a lot of depth to the story. I especially liked Saar, Gaetan, Ginnia, and Bet. Even Demir, one of the bad guys, is super hot and intriguing. His story is next and I would love to read it.
The writing is tight and snappy with very few typos, which I find refreshing. I really enjoyed the story and the universe the author created.
5 Stars

Disclaimer – I volunteered to read and review this book. I received an ebook copy through the author’s newsletter. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.