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Saturday, February 29, 2020

RELEASE DAY: The Guy in the Middle by Kate Stewart


The Guy in the Middle by Kate Stewart is LIVE! 
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Contemporary Romance
Stand Alone
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Blurb:
I was born to play and bred to win.



My priorities were instilled in me early on—family and football. Those ideals led me to TGU and a coach whose ironclad principles mirrored my own.



With one last college season to play, my goal was singular—get drafted. By realizing my NFL dream, I could save my family, our ranch, and the only home I’d ever known.



Two birds, one ball.



Playing hard was my only option, but there’s always a wild card.



For all of my planning and hard work, I never anticipated falling for the coach's daughter. Harper was a fair catch, but who knew loving her could be the one play to throw my career before it started or that the weight of our secret would change the game.



*This is book #3 of The Underdogs Series, but you can read as a stand-alone. *Formerly published in Team Player 2 but is now a 107k full length novel with an extended epilogue. 







EXCERPT:

Harper



“I’ve missed you, you know? More than you can imagine.”



“Can’t imagine it at all,” he says, picking through a book he’s not reading.



“Can I help you two?” One of the store sales associates asks, and I shake my head and smile. When she takes her leave, I look over to Lance who stands fuming on the other side of a table filled with loose items. We’re in a mismatch shop full of mostly cheap junk, and I can’t imagine him finding anything for his mother here.



“Lance, I have missed you. Horribly.”



“Could have fooled me.”



I can only take so much. Irritated, I lift a designer coffee mug from the table.



“You like this for your mom?”



“No.”



“How about this?”



“Nope.” He’s not even looking at what’s in my hands.



“You sure? It’s a hide purse. Cute for a rancher’s wife, don’t you think?” This gets his attention, and stormy eyes lift to mine.



“Would you buy that for you?”



I look it over and shake my head. “Not really my style.”



“Bet it’s not.”



I can feel my ears reddening. Fuming, I eye a box on the shelf, snatch it and shove it into his chest. “How about this giant fucking purple dildo and matching anal plug!? Think mom will like that?”



He looks up completely unaffected, “Nope.”



“I don’t think we’re in the right place,” Tossing the box down, I stalk out of the cluttered shop and into the department store next to it. He’s hot on my heels.



“Got that fucking right.”



I turn back to see he’s spoiling for a fight and release a stressed breath. Fighting with him is the last thing I want to do. “Look, lets, just…” I search around and pull a sweater from the closest rack. “How about this? Simple, elegant.”



“You think Mom’s simple, huh? I’ll give her your regards.”



“That’s it.” I hook the sweater back on to the rack and close the space between us, forcing his eyes to mine. “God, you’re still a brute, aren’t you? You haven’t changed a bit. Still pig-headed as hell.”



“Pig-headed?” He opens his mouth in mock shock and covers his chest with his hand. “How dare you.”



I’m in between fight or flight, but I’ve been dodging this long enough. My heart can’t take more confrontation. I missed him too much. His eyes flare with satisfaction at my irritation. “Misery loves company, right, Lance?”



“Never said I was miserable.”



“You don’t have to. Did you come to New York just to torture me?”



“Maybe.”



“Rub it in on what I’m missing out on?”



A voice sounds from next to us. “Is there something I can help you find today?”



We both turn to the woman with lasers in our eyes, and she swallows. I clear my throat. “We’re fine. Thank you.”



Lance winks at the woman, his eyes scanning her form. “Maybe you can help me?”



“You son of a bitch,” I hiss, before walking away from the table. His voice rings out next to me as I rip through a rack of scarves.



“Good to know you care, Priss, gotta admit, it’s surprising.”



I reel on him. “Don’t you dare! Leaving you was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I had to make a clean break. I had just lost everyone that mattered to me. I was losing my mind.”



“I got pissed for one day, and you went off the grid.”



“And you let me go because you knew no matter how much we wanted it to work, it couldn’t. You have no idea what I went through!”



“What you went through? Do you know I spent six months ranting to an Uber driver named Dave because everyone on my team hated me when the truth came out?” He stomps after me as I pull sweater after sweater off the rack. “Troy jumped ship after he got drafted. I had no one but Tony and those fights.”



I turn to him with twenty sweaters in my arms. “Jenner? When did y’all get so tight?”



“When shit got tough, and my fucking girlfriend bailed!” He glares down at me, his breaths coming out fast.



“Guys, we’re going to need you to take this outside.” A woman whom I assume is the store manager approaches us cautiously.



I look around the store and see all eyes are on us, especially the women sizing him up. “He’s available ladies,” I snap, laying the sweaters on a nearby table, “I’m willing to bet he comes really cheap.” He’s on my heels as I push through the glass of the department store.



“Oh, was I supposed to wait for you? Must have missed that memo. That’s it, you must want a saint. That’s why you didn’t stay.”



“I was twenty years old and alienated from a place I didn’t want to be anyway.”



“Good to know.”



“That’s not the way I meant it. And you know damn well until you, I was only there to appease my Dad, who I barely speak to now.”



“I’m sorry about that, I am, but that’s on him. And what in the hell are you talking about ‘alienated’?”



“Forget it.” I pull on my gloves as heavy snow starts to come down. “I think we’ve concluded our tour for today.”



He glances around the sidewalk. “Well, no need to show me more, I hate this fucking place!”



“And why is that? Not enough free-range chickens?!”



His eyes flare. “You digging on the ranch now, Priss? I saw a fucking rat the size of a cat on my run this morning!”



“Probably has better manners than you, shit head.”



“Pulling out the big guns now, huh? There’s that backbone. I was wondering where it went.”



“Go home, Lance, you hate it here. And you obviously hate me.”



“Just the opposite. It’s impossible, and believe me, I’m trying!”



“Well, I hope you succeed! Thanks for stopping by, Mary Poppins. Best Christmas ever! Make sure to bulldoze the nativity scene on your way out!”



“Fuck this.” He throws his hands up and eyes me warily before turning and walking away.



“Merry Christmas to you, too!”






About the Author:



USA Today bestselling author and Texas native, Kate Stewart, lives in North Carolina with her husband, Nick, and her naughty beagle, Sadie. She pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance, as well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense. Kate's title, Drive, was named one of the best romances of 2017 by The New York Daily News and Huffington Post. Drive was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice awards for best contemporary romance of 2017. Her works have been featured in USA TODAY, BuzzFeed, and translated in five languages.



Kate is a lover of all things '80s and '90s, especially John Hughes films and rap. She dabbles a little in photography, can knit a simple stitch scarf for necessity, and on occasion, does very well at whiskey.


RELEASE DAY: Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom



BURIED DESTINY

The Vein Chronicles #4
By Anne Malcom
Release Date: February 29
 

 


Death.


For everyone, even immortals, there is nothing after death. No takebacks, no comebacks. It's a full stop. 


The end of a story. The end of everything.





For Sophie, it's little more than a comma. A prelude. A footnote in her true destiny.

She was fated to die.

Many times.

To know what lay beneath in the underworld. 


To bring the darkness back with her.

It has been patient, that power that brought her back. 

But now, it's ready. 

She is ready, for her true beginning.

For the end of everyone standing in her way.

Starting with a wolf she once loved.

A vampire she once treasured.

Destiny will wait for her no longer.





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Sophie is the best!! I was beyond heartbroken at the end of Anne Malcom's last book in this series. Isla and Sophie are two of the best kick ass women leads. They don't mess around and I love that about them. They have this very real-feeling friendship and aren't afraid to keep it real with each other. They're blunt and honest, like friends should be. I feel like Anne Malcom shows us how friendships between women should be... lifting each other up, watching their back and fixing their crowns. I applaud Miss Malcom for having the respect for other women.

Anyway, besides that, we get reunited with all my favorites in The Vein Chronicles. This crew is a heap of fun and they're seriously down and dirty! I'm not a huge paranormal lover but I have found that if Anne Malcom creates the story, I am going to love it! Anne is just able to really create an entire world that sucks (love the pun) you in. It's crazy to me that I find myself pouring through her world like I need to know the ins and out for my survival. Plus, if you've read Anne Malcom's books before you know she creates these bonds between various characters that effect the reader. I was thrilled to get a strait up Sophie story since I feel like I had to know more of her. I feel like that about so many of secondary characters... there are times I'm lost in author groups or various chats with other readers that I know I'm not alone... I want stories on all of them. It's all because Anne's words and worlds are so compelling, so fascinating. She provides an amazing escape.

I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.












Meet Anne Malcolm



Anne Malcom  has been an avid reader since before she can remember, her mother responsible for her book addiction. It started with magical journeys into the world of Hogwarts and Middle Earth. As she grew up, her reading tastes grew with her. Her obsession with books and romance novels in particular, gave Anne the opportunity to find another passion, writing. Finding writing about alpha males and happily ever afters more fun than reading about them, Anne is not about to stop any time soon.
Raised in small-town New Zealand, Anne had a truly special childhood, growing up in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. She has backpacked across Europe, ridden camels in the Sahara, eaten her way through Italy, and had all sorts of crazy adventures. Currently living in London, she’s on a whole new adventure. 
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Friday, February 28, 2020

COVER REVEAL: Southern Comfort by Natasha Madison


SOUTHERN COMFORT
by Natasha Madison
Release Date: April 14



Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South.

Olivia
When you find out that your fiancΓ© is arrested for swindling over ten million dollars from his clients, you do what any sane woman would do. You escape reality and go undercover, trading in your city-girl Louboutin's for country-pumpkin cowboy boots.

It wasn’t a forever change—it was temporary. I only had to stay here until things back home got straightened out, or so I thought.

Casey
I was riding horses before I was walking, or at least that was what they told me. I always knew I would take over the family farm. It’s in my blood.

Country boy at heart, the minute I saw her dragging her luggage up the gravel driveway I knew she was out of my league.

I shouldn’t have started anything with her, because I knew she was just passing through.

I couldn’t stop it, I fell in love with her. Even though I knew, in the end, she would leave me.



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Meet Natasha Madison

When her nose isn't buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she's in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It's a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn't listen to her...

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