RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: Meet Your Match (Kings of the Ice #1) by Kandi Steiner

 

 

Meet Your Match by Kandi Steiner is now live! 

One Month with Vince Tanev: Tampa’s Hotshot Rookie

Twenty-four-seven access on and off the ice.

The headline says it all, and my bosses are over the moon when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in my lap. Of course, they aren’t aware that I’ve already met Vince Cool at an all-star gala — and that we were at each other’s throats the entire time.

It doesn’t matter that he’s the kind of hot that shows God has favorites — messy brown hair, heated hazel eyes, the smirk of a rockstar, and a scar over his eyebrow that makes every woman particularly feral.

He’s a rich, cocky playboy — a brand I’m all too familiar with, and one I’m determined to never be around again.

But after my coverage of the gala stirs up buzz, the team’s General Manager and my CEO strike a deal. To help fill the arena at home games, I’ll get up close and personal with Tampa’s new shiny toy. Whether he’s at practice, playing in a game, partying, or drinking coffee half-naked in his condo — I’ll be there for all of it.

Vince gets under my skin like no one else. It isn’t long before that paper-thin line between hate and lust blurs, and being around him every waking minute of the day leaves no chance to escape his devilish stare.

The air crackles between us. The tension is hot enough to melt my inhibitions.

But I know the way this story ends. I’ve lived it once before.

As much as I work to guard my heart, my body is a traitor — and if this man puts his hands on me, I know I’ll submit to desire.

I thought one month with Vince Tanev was a game I could win easily.

But I might have just met my match.

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My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

It took me a bit to get into this book. There was something about the main characters that bugged me at first (honestly, it could have just been my mood), but once they were actually working together my feelings shifted. 

Maven has some serious hangups when it comes to guys like Vince. She's been burned before and trusting him does not come easy. Fortunately for him, Maven's job means she is around him basically 24/7 and that gives him plenty of opportunities to prove her wrong. 

I enjoyed this book. There were plenty of sexy times to give this book the usual Kandi Steiner spice. I also enjoyed the secondary characters and I look forward to reading future books in this series. 

Kandi Steiner is an Amazon Top 5 bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”

She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.

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RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: Bittersweet (Ashton Family #1) by Carrie Aarons

 NEW SMALL TOWN ROMANCE 

Looking for a small town, enemies-to-lovers romance? Say no more! Carrie Aarons just released Bittersweet! This is a star-crossed novel about neighbors who have to play nice when he realizes she's selling the land joining their properties that his family has fought to claim for decades.

The last place Cassandra Mauer ever thought she’d step foot again was Hope Crest, Pennsylvania. But once the world famous actress gets the call that her estranged father has passed, and his only living relative will need to settle his estate, she finds herself back in the small town that sent her running once upon a time.

Little do her dilapidated childhood home and her father’s affairs know, Cassandra was in need of a project exactly like this to distract from the glamorous life she no longer wants or recognizes. That is, until she bumps into the man whose family is considered Main Street royalty.

Patrick Ashton is the boy next door, a Hope Crest celebrity, and one of the heirs to the most famous restaurants on the East Coast. He has no problem reminding her just how much the town hated her old man … and in turn her for sharing his last name. But when he realizes she’s going to sell the land their two families have fought over for decades, Patrick might have to change his tune.

As he begins scheming to charm the woman the entire country wants to be or be with, she can’t deny the spark of chemistry between them still exists after all these years. The one that simmered in the shared woods behind their homes where no one else could see.

And when the danger that sent her fleeing as a teenager returns to seek revenge, she finds Patrick genuinely in her corner, despite his family’s objections. In the place she swore never to return, she might have just found the love and life she was searching for.

Except old wounds and unsettled scores might not let her keep it.

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My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

Cassandra has returned to a town where she didn't stay long, but definitely made an impression. Her father's death has forced her to face her past and that comes with some surprising outcomes. Back in high school Patrick had eyes for Cassandra and now that she's back, he sees it as an opportunity to wrong some rights. 

I really enjoyed this book! From the moment that Cassandra and Patrick reconnect, it is evident that there is a connection between them. His family may not think well of her family name, but he is determined to change their minds. 

This is a sweet story that has some sexy times thrown in for good measure. I always find Carrie's books to be easy reads that give me the warm and fuzzies. Small town romance at its best!

11th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser benefiting the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

  📚 💚 Welcome the 11th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser benefiting the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. 📚 💚 

Here is how you can help raise money and awareness for mental health: 

 📗 Purchase a book from the amazing books listed below! We hope you will #1click4charity a number of these amazing books! The portion of sales is from ANY platform: digital, print, and audio. 

 📗If you have read one of the wonderful stories included, gift a copy to a friend who might love it! 

 📗 Share the image below or any of the custom photos the participating authors share on social media to raise awareness and to show your support. 

 📗 In this digital age, COMMENTS are currency so as you see these images PLEASE Comment 

 📗 Make a tax-deductible donation directly to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Thank you in advance for your support as we work to bring mental illness out of the darkness. 

📚 💚 Participating Books 📚 💚

Author	Book
AL Jackson	Promise Me Always
Alice Archer	Everyday History
Alison G Bailey	Present Perfect
Aly Stiles	Night Shifts Black (Hold Me, 1)
	Tracing Holland (Hold Me, 2)
	Viper (Hold Me, 3)
	Limelight (Hold Me, 4)
	An NSB Wedding (Hold Me, 5)
	Hold Me Boxset (Books 1-5)
	Rising West (Save Me, 1)
	Falling North (Save Me, 2)
	Breaking South (Save Me, 3)
	Crashing East (Save Me, 4)
	Guarding Shadows (Save Me, 5)
	Chasing Riptides (Save Me, 6)
	Young Love
	Haunted Melody: A Ghost Story
	Gifted (The Gifted Trilogy, Vol 1)
	Cursed (The Gifted Trilogy, Vol 2)
	Sören (The Gifted Trilogy, Vol 3)
Amy Lane	The Muscle
Carly Phillips	Destiny
Daniel Jon Kostalnick, MD	Trip, Stumble, and Rise
J.R. Gray	Love Equations Series
	The Friendship Equation
	The Animosity Equation
	The Forbidden Equation
Ginger Scott	Harper Boys Duet
	Wild Reckless
	Wicked Reckless
Harper Sloan	The Long Way Home
Helena Hunting	Little Lies
	Bitter Sweet Heart
Jennifer Probst	Twist of Fate Series
	Meant to B
	So It Goes
	Save the Best for Last
Laurelin Paige	Brutal Billionaire
Leylah Attar	53 Letters for My Lover
	The Paper Swan
	Mists of The Serengeti
	Moti on the Water
	The Night Blossoms
Lawrence Sprung, CFP®	Financial Planning Made Personal
Melanie Harlow	Tease
Melanie Moreland	Bentley (Vested Interest Book 1)
Natasha Madison	Made for You
Nicole Edwards	Primal Instincts Volume 1 - 9
P Rayne	Beautifully Scarred
Sawyer Bennett	Baden
Sierra Simone	Saint

⭐ Keith Milano Memorial Fund ⭐

140 Adams Ave, Suite B-12 Hauppauge, NY 11788

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 Fund Information: The Keith Milano Memorial Fund was established to help raise awareness about the devastating and deadly disease that is mental illness. Keith’s spirit and laughter are kept alive through our efforts to increase awareness about mental illness and to raise money for education and imperative research. Keith often struggled with society’s perception of mental illness. Our hope is that by having the strength to say that Keith was “Bipolar” we can strip away the stigma and help others to be more open about their disease. 

Watch to learn more about the Milano Sprung Family’s mission The Keith Milano Memorial Fund benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). At the end of the event, participating authors pay AFSP directly.

AFSP is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those affected by suicide. AFSP is a fully accredited 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization incorporated in the state of Delaware with primary offices in New York City. Federal tax ID # is 13-3393329.

RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: Makes the Heart Grow Fouler by Carrie Aarons

 NEW AGE GAP, SINGLE FATHER ROMANCE 

Looking for a grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, rockstar romance? Say no more! Carrie Aarons' just released Makes the Heart Grow Fouler, and it's just as steamy as it is angsty! A famous country singer is giving the first interview in his twenty year plus career to a much younger journalist and makes her move into his compound to observe him because he refuses to sit down and talk to her.

Never meet your hero, because they’ll probably turn out to be a villain.

That thought didn’t even cross my mind when the magazine I work for assigned me to do a feature article on Dane, the greatest country singer of our generation. You know, the kind of celebrity who doesn’t require a last name because they’re that prolific.

Along with being one of my favorite artists, the notoriously private man has never given an interview in his twenty-year career, so this piece could make mine. Unfortunately, from the minute I step foot on his massive Texas compound, Dane is determined to break it.

Between his icy stares, lewd gestures, and mocking comments, the one week time table to ask him my questions comes and goes with zero answers. But for some reason, he won’t pull out of the article. And when he insists I move into his guest house in order to observe him, since he refuses to sit down one-on-one, I have no choice but to suck it up for my job.

After the year I’ve had, and the outside world I no longer want any part of, the seclusion is almost welcome. That is, if it didn’t include a sexy recluse who seems hellbent on messing with me. Working with someone I despise wouldn’t be so hard if it meant going home at the end of the day.

From his checkered past, to the rumors about his love life, to the fact that he vanished from the music scene five years ago, to the teenage daughter he’s raised as a single father her entire life … there is so much to unpack in order to learn the truth about the man buried beneath the ink covering his skin.

But the real danger comes when Dane drops the curtain completely, allowing me to see every side of him. Because it makes me want to show him every damaged part of myself.

Except two such opposite, but equally broken, people can never find a happily ever after. Especially since a villain has no heart. So what do I do when the fallen hero I can’t have wants to give me his?

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My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

The author teased us with Dane in her book "Say You Love Me Again" and I was definitely intrigued, so I am glad that we are getting his story. 

Dane may be very famous musician, but he is also somewhat of a recluse. He just wants to make music and raise his daughter in peace. So when Margot, a reporter, shows up to interview him, she throws wrench in that. And even though he has consented to giving the interview, Dane makes it extremely difficult for her. 

I'm pretty sure if you looked up the definition of grumpy, there would be a picture of Dane. Early in the book I found myself thinking that maybe he was a bit too cranky, but Margot handled him quite well. It may have taken her a bit to get used to his crankiness, but once she did, she knew exactly how to get him to talk.

I really enjoyed this book. I love me a cranky, somewhat damaged rockstar who gets taken down at the knees by someone he doesn't expect. Dane has a heart of gold and while he doesn't openly show that, those closet to him know and Margot is determined to have her story on him show that . 

This book tackles some heavy subjects (TW: post parted depression and extreme grief from a death of a loved one), but the author handles them beautifully. It is also super sexy and ai enjoyed every word!

About the Author

Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

When she isn't writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.

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RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry

The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry is now live!

I didn’t know he was forbidden until after our one night stand…

I met Milo Corti during his self-destructive era, and he met me at the beginning of mine. That night when we crossed paths at a college party, we only had one goal: to feel good during our hell storms.

After we parted ways, I’d planned never to see him again. That was until I showed up for my first day as a student-teacher and found him sitting right there before me. Now I was forced to cross paths with the person meant to be nothing more than a fading memory.

The more time we spent together, the more drawn I felt toward him. When his world shifted for the worst, I couldn’t help but to lean in closer.

I’d always done the right thing. For the first time ever, I wanted to do something very wrong. I wanted to fall in love with the one person who was off-limits.

The problem with falling for something forbidden? Once you began to descend, you were destined to crash and burn.

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My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

Milo. Milo. Milo. This book started off with a bang (heh) and I loved everything about it. Starlet is always one to follow to rules, but after she catches her boyfriend cheating on her, on her birthday, she throws caution to the wind and has a one night stand. 

Milo and Starlet each have their own issues to deal with throughout the book, but they find that having the other person in their lives only makes things easier. They understand each other on a level that they have never experienced and frankly, it was a beautiful thing. Sure, there are plenty of sexy times, but it was the emotional part of their relationship that was the most important. 

Listen y'all. The author did not have to give us the gift that is Milo Corti, but I am so glad she did. She never fails to make me feel all the feelings when I'm reading her books. She writes these imperfect characters that I can't help but fall in love with as I'm reading.

CW: substance abuse, death of loved ones (in the past), grief, loss of eyesight

Amazon #1 Bestselling author, Brittainy Cherry, has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing—poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she's not running a million errands and crafting stories, she's probably playing with her adorable pets.

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