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Sunday, April 17, 2016

FREE BOOK ALERT & GIVEAWAY: The Forever Series Box Set by Wendy Louise





Books 1 ‘Forever is Mine’ and 2 ‘Forever is Yours’
Currently FREE 



FOREVER SERIES – BLURBS



FOREVER IS MINE
(Book 1 in the ‘Forever’ series)

Every so often someone special comes in to your life and it is so monumental that it marks time. It’s like a date is forever imprinted on your heart. After that, everything before pales in comparison and you wonder what you ever did without them….

Feeling the need for a change in life, Ava Lucas boards a plane for LA to work with her movie star sister. After making a vow to steer clear of men while she is there, she comes face to face with danger and temptation - all wrapped up in a 6 foot, blue-eyed, smoking-hot package. Her promise to herself is compromised as soon as she locks eyes with her sister’s gorgeous co-star, but already knowing his reputation with women, can she resist?

Ethan Drake is Hollywood royalty. Hot and charismatic. A total player. He sets his sights on Ava from the moment he lays eyes on her and what starts as a conquest turns in to more as she manages to chip away at the walls he has built over the years to protect his heart.

Can Ava resist the powerful lure of Ethan and stay true to her promise? Can Ethan bury his demons and turn his back on his playboy ways to convince Ava to be his?



FOREVER IS YOURS
(Book 2 in the ‘Forever’ series)

When I look at you, I smile for no reason. I had no idea that the day I met you, I was meeting the person who would become not just my heart, but my everything….

Olivia Lucas is the latest Hollywood ‘it’ girl. Her first movie is a huge box-office success and she is in hot demand. For a down-to-earth Australian girl, her life is pretty spectacular - beyond her wildest dreams in fact - and although she is revelling in the limelight, she really just wants what her younger sister Ava has…. Someone to love her for herself and not the star she has become.

Grayson Adams is the lead singer of Awesome Rebel. He is a hard-working, dedicated and supremely talented musician who has the looks to carry his talent all the way to the top. Awesome Rebel has just been signed to a major record label and Grayson’s life is about to change monumentally.

Grayson has been wildly attracted to Olivia since his best friend, Ethan, introduced them, but she has been unavailable to him…until now.

When circumstances find them both living under the same roof, a special relationship develops. When filming movies and touring with a rock band intrudes, their time together is ripped apart and the relationship is put to the test.

Can they put their relationship first while still fighting for the careers that they have both worked so hard for? Is there a way to have both?



FOREVER IS OURS
(Book 3 in the ‘Forever’ series)

Sienna Adams wants to dance. It’s all she’s ever wanted. When she has the opportunity to tour the world and dance on stage with her brother’s band - Awesome Rebel, she takes it. But Sienna gets a lot more than she bargained for when she falls for the lead guitarist, the laid-back and gorgeous, Cooper Lane.


Falling in love wasn’t part of her plan, but sometimes plans change.

Cooper Lane loves to have fun. He’s easy-going and never takes life too seriously. Until a shock discovery in his family has him torn between touring with his band, staying with Sienna, or going back home to Australia to support his mother.

Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and the dreams that were always so important to you no longer seem so meaningful.

With everything life throws at them, Cooper and Sienna face some hard decisions. But sometimes it’s the hard times in life that make you realise which dream is the most important, and that love is all you need to carry you through.





FOREVER IS HERS
(Book 4 in the ‘Forever’ series)
Coming Soon

Madeline Rose is one of the hottest tickets in Hollywood. Her career is soaring, making her one of the most sought after stars on the planet. After finally discovering who her mother is, and finding out about a brother that she never knew she had, everything is finally starting to make sense. Her life is full of sparkle and attention, but there is always something missing, something out of reach that she can’t quite capture.

When she embarks on a friendship with Christian Adams, brother of Awesome Rebel’s Grayson Adams, she starts to discover that the simple things in life are sometimes the best.

But can she settle for simple, when she lives a life of complicated?

Christian Adams has no interest in the Hollywood scene, but somehow he finds himself totally absorbed in it when he agrees to work on the behind-the-scenes doco of Madeline Rose’s latest blockbuster. After touring Australia with his brother’s band and spending time with Madeline, he sees her as a friend, one of his best in fact. The more time he spends with her, the more he falls, until he has a decision to make.

But how do you make a decision when you’re not sure what the options are? Christian needs to decide whether he can live a life in the spotlight, or give it all away to live the life he already knows.

Sometimes the road less travelled is the one we need to take, but taking that first step is always the hardest part.



SIDE BY SIDE SERIES – BLURBS



SIDE BY SIDE
(Book 1 in the ‘Side by Side’ series)

When Katy Lou Reynolds tags along with her boyfriend to an Underground Cage Fight the last thing she expects to find in the ring is her childhood best friend, Elijah.

Katy has carved a nice life for herself; she is a successful author, has great friends and lives in a nice apartment in San Francisco. Seeing Elijah in the ring brings back all the memories of her school years, a drunken mother, an absent father and relentless school bullies. Most of all, it re-awakens the feelings she had for him.

Elijah has always held her heart, from the age of three to now, and seeing him again brings all those feelings to the forefront.

But he left her when they were fourteen and didn’t keep in touch, so is it worth risking her heart to make him part of her life again?

Elijah Trent is a great fighter. He channels all the aggression and frustration he suffered at the hands of an abusive father in to every fight, every time. His success feeds his lifestyle full of new cities and endless women eager to spend time with him. Elijah has always regretted leaving San Francisco in such a hurry as a kid, but most of all, he regrets leaving behind his best friend Katy Lou. A friend who he loved and protected with his life.

There isn’t anything he wouldn’t give to see her again, but if he does, would she forgive him for leaving her and risk her heart?




ON YOUR SIDE
(Book 2 in the ‘Side by Side’ series)

Coming soon...





Hi, I’m Wendy Louise. 

I’m a wife and mum living in Melbourne, Australia. I love to read and write, and I somehow manage to fit writing my books in between my regular daytime duties, which include a full-time job and life in general with two busy children.

Two years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After many surgeries and treatments, I learnt that life is short and you need to grab it while you can. I always wanted to write, and I realised that it was now or never.

You can usually find me with a few books on the go at once – whether that be reading them, or writing them. I love chocolate and trashy reality TV. It’s not unusual for me to combine all these and attempt to write, while watching an episode of the Kardashians or The Bachelor, and devouring a block of Cadbury Dairy Milk.

I am so excited to bring my ‘Forever’ series to you all. It has been such a labour of love for me. I have a number of projects in progress at the moment, and I’m excited to introduce those to you all soon.

I hope you enjoy reading my novels as much as I enjoy writing them.


Much love,

Wendy X






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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

BLOG TOUR, REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Side by Side by Wendy Louise




What would you do if your childhood best friend, your soul mate, and the one person that means more than anyone else in the world was suddenly in front of you after disappearing from your life ten years ago?

Would you risk your stable life, to allow them back in to your heart, even after they had left you without any explanation?

Katy Lou Reynolds needs to make a choice. She can either ignore the fact that Elijah Trent is standing in the middle of the cage about to fight, or she can face him and demand answers as to why he left her.

Is it worth risking her heart for her one true love even though she knows it may get broken again, or is it better to let him walk away?


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When Katy Lou tags along with her boyfriend to an Underground Cage fight, the last thing she expects to find in the ring is her childhood best friend, Elijah. Seeing him again brings back distant memories - a drunken mother, an absent father and relentless school bullies. Most of all, it re-awakens the feelings she had for him. Elijah has always held her heart; but after he left her when they were fourteen, without a word, can she risk everything to let him back in to her life again?

Elijah is a great fighter. He channels all the aggression he suffered at the hands of an abusive father in to every fight, every time. His success feeds his lifestyle of new cities and endless women, eager to spend time with him. His one regret has always been leaving behind his best friend, Katy Lou. There's nothing he wouldn't give to see her again, but if he does, would she forgive him for leaving her and risk her heart?







My Review

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. 


OMG. I devoured this book and felt all the feelings while reading it. Ever wonder what true love is?  Well this is true love at its best. 

Katy Lou and Elijah were neighbors and the best of friends. Elijah lived in a house with an abusive father and Katy Lou's mother was an alcoholic. One night Elijah disappeared and Katy Lou never saw him again. She was devastated by the loss, but moved on with her life. Fast forward ten years and fate intervenes. Katy Lou goes to an underground cage fight with her boyfriend and in the ring is the boy who disappeared...Elijah. She is beyond surprised to see him, but leaves the fight without making her presence known. 

After the fight Katy Lou can't stop thinking about Elijah She tells her best friend Mindy about seeing him and Mindy convinces her that she can't let this opportunity pass. The two travel to LA to see Elijah fight and it is there where the Elijah and Katy Lou are reunited. 


Elijah is absolutely ecstatic to see Katy Lou and asks her to spend some time with him. Much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, she agrees. They manage to keep things very platonic at first, but it was inevitable that things would eventually turn physical. As they get reacquainted with each other, it is clear that whatever feelings they had for each other when they were only 14, have grown over the years. 

I love you Katy Lou. I have always loved you. I even loved you when we were too young to know what real love was. What I feel now is a whole different level of love. I want to protect you always, I want to hold you and never ever let you go again. I want you to belong to me. I want to belong to you.” 
A tear escapes my eye and drips on to my cheek. Elijah traps it with his thumb and places it into his mouth, sucking the salty moisture from the tip.
“I love you too Lijah. I always have. Even when we were apart my heart was seeking you out. All those years the love I held for you never diminished, and now that I have you back, it feels so much more intense; I never want to lose you. I belong to you. I always have.” 
Katy Lou and Elijah may may have been apart for almost 10 years, but you would never know it. While they both had unhappy childhoods, the only bright spot for both of them was each other. It was so easy for them to fall back into their friendship, which blossomed into love. I got emotional many times while reading this book. They both overcame so much in their life to get to where they are today, and they not only deserve to be happy, but they deserve each other. And while things aren't all sunshine and rainbows, I never doubted that their love for each other. You could feel how much they loved each other, even before they spoke the words. It's an epic love story and I thank the author for writing it!

A little side story in this book is the relationship between Mindy and Caleb, Elijah's friend and manager. The two of them meet in LA and they are instantly smitten with each other. They will be getting their own book, On My Side, and I am curious to read it. We got a little bit of their story in this book, but I can't wait to see things from their point of view. 


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Hi, I’m Wendy Louise. I’m a wife and mum living in Melbourne, Australia. I love to read and write, and I somehow managed to fit writing this book in between my regular day time duties, which include a full-time job and life in general with two busy children.

Two years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After many surgeries and treatments, I learnt that life is short and you need to grab it while you can. I always wanted to write, and I realised that it was now or never.



You can usually find me with a few books on the go at once – whether that be reading them, or writing them. I love chocolate and trashy reality TV. It’s not unusual for me to combine all these and attempt to write, while watching an episode of the Kardashians or The Bachelor, and devouring a block of Cadbury Dairy Milk…..

I am so excited to bring ‘Side by Side’ to you all. It has been such a labour of love for me. I presently have four other novels nearing completion, so I am excited to follow this up with many more.

I hope you enjoy reading Elijah and Katy’s story as much as I enjoyed writing it.






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