Playing with Fire by Ashley Piscitelli

***RELEASE JULY 15TH***

Blurb:

adison Stevens has had a shitty life, her mother died at the age four and her father has always blamed her for it. She went through the foster system and is now attending college. Her boyfriend Chris is not willing to share Madison with anyone, not even her friends. 

Her first day at college she meets Carter James, who makes her want everything she never thought she could have. She knows that she should ignore her feelings for Carter, but it's not as easy as it sounds.

As Carter and Madison begin to fall in love, they face many obstacles. Their biggest one is Chris who is not going to let her go easily.

 Playing with Fire will be the first book in a three book series. It is about the obstacles that stand in your way on the path to love. It tests the characters strength and commitment to each other on every level from old boyfriend/girlfriends, to insecurities, and throws a little violence and scheming into the mix.

"Chris was like fire. It was pretty to look at but if you got too close you got burnt, and if it wasn’t controlled it would destroy everything in its path. Doing what I was about to do with Carter was dangerous, but what can I say I never had parents to warn me not to play with fire."

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Teaser:

“Listen, I know I was an asshole and I’m sorry. It just drives me crazy that you’re with him, Maddy. I can see that your not happy. Where is that girl I met the first day that had that great smile? You never smile when you’re with him and that’s a damn shame because you have a beautiful smile.”

I saw the blush creeping up her face and, before I knew what I was doing, I went over to her and kissed her. Her lips were just as soft as I imagined they would be. She gasped and I took advantage, slipping my tongue into her mouth. I could tell she wasn’t experienced, but it didn’t matter. This was the best kiss I had ever had in my life. She pulled away suddenly, grabbed her jacket, and ran for the door. I caught up to her. ”Maddy, please stay.”

“Carter, I can’t do this. I’m with someone else!”

“I know you are and I’m sorry. I don’t know what came over me.” Yes, I do. I’m falling for her.

 Angie J's Review:

I received this book from the author for an honest review.

Ok so I don’t really remember if I asked Ashley for the book after reading some of her teasers OR if she contacted us about possibly reviewing BUT THANK GOD IT HAPPENED!!!   I am in love with the beginning of this series.  It defo had some yummy sex, some great tension and a whole lot of romance.  I will warn you that this is an epic cliffhanger of mega proportions and TBH I hate cliffhangers but damn this was a great one.  I am really excited for the 2^nd book.  I can’t wait for what is to come……….I am a girl who wants her HEA tied with a nice bow al around it and this book doesn’t do that AT ALLLLLL but please please please give it a read.  You will not be disappointed at alllll….trust me…hell you are reading my review so you must right????

Here is the story in a nut shell.  Madison has had a shitty life.  Mom dies when she was little and her dad is a drunk who lost custody of her.  She was bounced around for years from crap-tastic foster home to another crap-tastic foster home all her life.  She meets Chris in high school and is stunned when Mr. Popular wants to be with her.  So they date for 2 years and she follows him to Duke.  One her first day she literally runs into CARTER….CARTER…..dreamy sigh wanting Cater to come and snuggle with me….and there is instant chemistry.  But Madison freaks out over the connection.  She doesn’t love Chris but knows he won’t ever break her heart….bones maybe but not her heart.  We soon learn that Cater and Chris know each other and Chris beats the shit out of Madison because he can feel he connection……Basically Madison and Carter being to see each other and fall in love…..There are a lot of Chris shockers and twists but Madison and Carter seem to have it all.  I don’t want to recap thw whole book people, that is for you to do J

I loved the side plots with Carter’s friend Jason and Shawn.  I love that Jason is freaked out about what he is feeling toward Nicole, Madison’s bestie.  I am really wondering about Shawn…something is up and I hope a lot of that will come to light in book 2.  I am also dying to know about the Bitch Whore ex of Carters…something tells me she is gonna be a big issue next book???????  What about Holly and her bestie, who are Carter’s little sister, who move to Duke with Carter and Madison….the biggest WHAT THE HELL is Madison’s story line……seriously I. AM. DYING!!!

I will say the only ‘issue” I had with the book were reading the text messages between people.  I would get confused a time or two and so that did pull me out of the story to figure out who was texting because it isn’t clear…or wasn’t to me….but if that is all I have to complain about…… this book is solid people…really really solid. 

So in conclusion…LOL,,,buy this book and you will totally be in love with this series as I am!!

Author bio-

I live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with my husband, two kids, and two dogs. On top of starting a writing career I am a full time student, and a full time mom. I love spending time with my kids, although I have to hide the computer from them when I am writing! I love being active and being able to do any activity outdoors.

I love reading romance books! I feel like being able to lose yourself in a book in one of the more exciting aspects. The books I love to read and write will be ones that make you feel for the characters. You should have an opinion on every character in a book. Whether you love them, hate them, or think they are up to something. 

I have always thought as an author the most important critic is your reader, so I would love to hear from you. If you read the book and loved it or hated it, tell me. As long as it is in a constructive way I will always answer and interact with you. I want fans to feel free to tell me what they want for the characters in the story and what they want to see happen.

Playing With Fire Tour Schedule

Schedule

July 21-Stephanie Phillipsen

July 22- Love Between The Sheets, Smarty Pants Blog

July 23- Stories And Swag,  Liezel's Book Blog, Stephanie's Book Reports

July 24-  Rate My Romance, My Secret Romance Reviews, My Daily Romance

July 25- Mary Elizabeth's Crazy Book Obsession

July 26- Into The Night Reviews, Storm Goddess Book Reviews And More, Confessions From Romaholics

July 27- Kassie's Book Thoughts, The Phantom Paragrapher

July 28- Book Nerds Anonymous, Winding Stairs Book Blog

July 29-Just Booked, Chris's Book Blog Emporium

July 30-Twinsie Talk Blog, Seductive Romance Reviews, Lucious Laylah Release Day

July 31- Book Bitches, Virginnia De Parte. Sizzling Hot Ya Books, Books Coffee, and Wine

Playlist-

From the Damage – O-Town

Got Dynamite – Demi Lovato

Ever Ever After – Carrie Underwood

Just A Reason – Pink

I’d Lie – Taylor Swift

You Don’t Know Her Like I Do – Brantley Gilbert

Never Been Hurt – Demi Lovato

Face Down – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Girlfriend – Nsync

I Wish – Hot Chelle Rae

I’ll Never Break Your Heart – Backstreet Boys

Fix a Heart - Demi Lovato

Have you Ever? – Brandy

Love Just Is – Hilary Duff

Wanted – Hunter Hayes

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Amazon-http://www.amazon.com/Playing-With-Guarded-Hearts-ebook/dp/B00DXGJQVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374173574&sr=8-1&keywords=playing+with+fire+ashley+piscitelli

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Cover Reveal Brie Visits Master's Italy Book 7 After Graduation by Red Phoenix

Blurb:

Brie has many exciting lessons yet to learn. There’s a session on belts, an introduction to Master’s new skill and the unwelcomed challenge of jealousy. Master shares his father’s Italian hometown with his little sub. While exploring the island they discover something that has remained hidden for years, waiting for Master’s return. This is a beautiful journey of passion, healing and sacrifice.

This seventh novella in the After Graduation series is a tantalizing ride as Brie experiences arousing Domination, hurtful rejection, and the strength of ‘condor love’.

Extended Description:

Brie must face her parents, among other things, before traveling to Italy with her Master. There Master introduces her to his father’s charming hometown and large Italian family. All seems well until an old lover enters the picture. It becomes a struggle for Brie as she attempts to balance her natural jealousy with the deep love she has for her Master. Even more surprises are in store for her, including a surprise birthday party that is uniquely Brie-licious.

Author Information:

I am a happily married woman who believes (based on personal experience) that love conquers all. It is a running theme in my writing.

One thing you will notice about my work, I'm all about variety. If a character beseeches me to write his/her story, I willingly give myself over no matter the genre or subject ~ as long as it includes hot, steamy sex. ;)

Moonlight by Lisa Kessler

BookBlurb:

 Rancher Adam Sloan is more than meets the eye. As the heir to his Pack, the sexy werewolf’s biggest challenge is keeping his kin’s true nature under wraps. But a group of jaguar shifters threatens to reveal the pack, blasting into town killing humans in plain sight. And when he smells one at the local diner, his standing orders are to take her out.

Lana Turpin doesn’t realize she’s a moving target. Raised in the foster system, she only knows that she blacks out during the new moon and wakes up without remembering a thing. But now she’s being tracked by some strange organization that wants her back—even though she’s never stepped foot inside their compound. And the stranger across the diner is watching her like an enemy.

It should be a simple mission for Adam, but when he touches the frustratingly beautiful Lana, his inner wolf howls…mate. Now, the two must find and stop the people who hunt her…and Adam must keep his own family from killing the only woman he will ever love.

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Angie J's Review:

I received this book from the author for an honest review.

Ok so i kinda fell in love with this author's OTHER paranormal series but I think my love has reached new heights.  

OMG if you love Paranormal then this is a CHA-CHING Jackpot!!!  I started this book and had trouble putting it down and got a bit grumpy when the children wanted to be fed....really people it was that great.

One of the things i enjoyed was the pacing.  Lisa can slow it down to helpo you understand what is up and teach you about the world Or ram it up so you are like "WAIT FOR ADAM TO COME" and you have the butterflies in your tummy.

So this is a shifter series an the wolves and jaguars kinnnnda hate each other.  The jags keep coming and killing the local humans so Adam and his pack patrol and take out any threats to the local peps.  Well Adam gets a little sniffy of a jag and goes to take care of the problem when he meets Lana....BOOM DONE DEAL SHE IS HIS MATE!!!!   Oh guess what people, She is a jag but doesnt know she 'is a shift *sniff sniff* sad story line there.......

The story goes along with them trying to figure out who in the hell they can be together all the while his pack hates Jags so they will hate her.  She has a government agency looking for her bacause she is a special jag AND then there is Sebastian and Sasha......they are a whole bunch of trouble or are they????   I have my thoughts as to them both but dont want to spoiler any part of this novel.  please know the action is thrilling, the plot is solid and the sex is HAWT....perfect novel in my book!! 

About the Author:

 

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Wow! Goodreads just asked me for my city of birth and date of death... What if I could answer that? Would I live life differently if I knew for sure how much longer I had left?

Interesting thought.

That's generally how my writer brain works. I've been dreaming up stories since I was in elementary school. My first book was titled "The Wonders of Unicorn Creek" and my publisher was Dehesa elementary school.

Since then, I've published numerous short stories in anthologies and magazines. My story, "Immortal Beloved" was a finalist for a Bram Stoker award and was recently re-released in the "Dead Souls" anthology, along with a follow-up never-before-published story, "Subito Piano".

My debut novel, Night Walker, was released in 2012 and won a San Diego Book Award for Best Published Fantasy-SciFi-Horror. Night Walker also won the Romance Through the Ages in the Best Paranormal and Best First Book categories.

Night Thief will be released in Sept. 2012 and Night Demon will be released in the Spring of 2013...

I also post news and short stories on my Blog, so feel free to stop by for a read. http://lisakessler.wordpress.com

Paranormal tales are my favorite and I tend toward the dark side. Join me? :)


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Stripped Bare

Susan Mac Nicol

 

Book Review by Brenda Wright

Book Blurb:

Now that Shane Templar has stripped the armour from Matt Langer’s heart, will either of them ever be safe again?

Though two years past, Matthew Langer is still getting over the death of a loved one. He’s steered clear of serious relationships, but when he meets the irascible, dirty mouthed and tempestuous Shane Templar that decision has never been harder. Shane is sexy, warm and funny, and Matthew finds himself trying like hell not to fall for him. Especially when Shane, with his quick wit and hacking skills, is quick to stand up for justice and avenge wrongs. Then Shane strikes at the wrong target, and Matthew realises just how far he’s already fallen. At the threat of losing for good yet another man who has broken through his armour, Matthew finds his heart stripped bare. He must face the demons of his soul or a future without love.

Let me introduce you to the boys!!

Matthew

Shane

 

My Review:

I was given an ARC of this book for an honest review.

I’ve read several M/M books lately and have fallen in love with this genre.  I think it’s especially hard for authors in this genre to get noticed.  That’s why I have been helping to pimp them out!  I recently told someone that my motto for the last 23 years has been “You can’t help who you fall in love with.”  Whether this person is a different race or the same sex...should it matter?  Before I get on my soapbox, let me tell you about the book –

Shane and Matthew!  Sigh..... these two are described as two very very hot guys and by the pics that Susan used as her inspiration...oh yes, they are. 

Matthew has been through a lot and feels like he doesn’t deserve to find true love after the death of his husband.  But by helping a friend, he finds that he is attracted to Shane.  Shane feels an instant connection to Matthew.  Matthew fights and fights his feelings.  They finally get together (oh the hotness just oozes off the pages!!! – you may want to be careful reading some of these scenes in public)!!  They have many circumstances that get between them, but like they say Love Conquers All!! 

There are many emotions that you will go through!!  But tough it out and read the whole thing.  I was sobbing happy tears by the end...yep, I’m a sucker for a happy ending!!

Overall Rating:  5 stars

Hero Hotness:  5 stars (for both of them)
Heroine Hotness:  na
Lovableness of couple: 5 stars
Tearjerker: 4 stars
Story Depth:  4 stars
Story Plot:  4 stars
Published July 2013
· Would I read future books by this author:  Yes
· Was there a cliffhanger:  no
· Do I love the characters: Yes
· Do I want more of their story:  yes
· Is this part of a series:  no

About the Author

Susan Mac Nicol was born in Leeds, UK, and left for South Africa when she was eight. She returned to the UK thirty years later and now lives in Essex. Her debut novel "Cassandra by Starlight", the first in a trilogy, has recently been published by Boroughs Group Publishing in the US.

Sue has written since she was very young, and never thought she would see herself being a Romance writer, being a horror/psychological thriller reader all her life. But the Romance genre is now something very close to her heart and she intends continuing the trend. In fact, she's just branched out into writing a steamy, thrilling detective romance AND a LGBT male romance, a genre close to her heart. So watch this space..

Some of the more interesting times in her life? Being kicked out of the local Church Youth Chapter when she was just sixteen, for being 'a bad influence' (she maintains it was called freedom of speech), a bad car accident in 1986 which almost cost her her life, life in a commune in the cosmopolitan suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg with guys who were - well, let's say not the everyday boys next door, and being picked up by a punter as a prostitute (again in Hillbrow) when she got lost on her first day at a new job and was looking for the place she worked at by walking up and down the streets in search of the office....

What she thinks you need to be a be a writer? Imagination, tenacity (for the constant re-edits) a sense of humour and most of all, PASSION.

You can see Sue's work and thoughts on her website www.susanmacnicol.com

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His Kind of Woman by Nona Raines

Blurb:

When Roy Girard went looking for Victor Varrano, he never expected a woman to answer the door. He soon discovers that Victor is now Venetia. Roy's startled, but even more surprised by his attraction to her. As they spend time together, he doesn't want to let her go. But she's sure to dump him when she learns his secret.

Venetia's falling hard and fast for Roy. But when she learns that his brother was the bully who tormented her in high school, she's shattered. She can't wrap her head around the fact that the man who made such amazing love to her could so completely betray her trust.

Note: This short story is loosely connected to "Uncollared"

Jo-Anna's Review:

I was sent this short story for an honest review. I always say yes to Nona when she asks me to read her stuff and after I got sent this one and was told what it was about, I was a little leary. I've never read a transgender type story before but honestly? I'm glad I read this one.

So you meet Roy and Victor who is now Venetia. Venetia is a beautiful woman and the crap she goes through...I wanted to dive into the book and punch the crap out of some of the guys that are mean to her. 

Roy and Venetia...I love them both. By the end of the story, I completely forgot that Venetia was once Victor. This story was written so well and it took me out of my comfort zone and I loved it. Nona has a way with words that draws you into the book and I'm so glad I agreed to read this story. 

Thank you again Nona and I look forward to reading the rest of your work!!

Author Information:

Nona Raines became hooked on romances when she first picked up "The Flame and the Flower" by Kathleen Woodiwiss (and she's not telling how long ago that was). Romances may have changed since then, but her love for a good love story has not. She's been writing off and on for years, but it was only when she joined the Central New York Romance Writers Association that she finally gained the support and confidence she needed to complete a manuscript.

Nona lives in upstate New York with her many pets and is currently working on her next novel. A former librarian, she enjoys reading books of all genres and discussing them with others. She is thrilled to finally be able to call herself an author.

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Her Gift (Sensual Erotica #8) by Red Phoenix

Book Blurb:

Her Gift (#8 of the Sensual Erotica Series)

A sensual "quickie" about two lovers coming together in a new way - (Approx. 5750 words) Perfect for mobile eReaders - have access to a quickie whenever you need a fix.

Troy doesn't know Amy wants to give something personal to him on his last day - something no other man has ever touched. The reunited lovers reluctantly face their upcoming separation by making the most of the two weeks they have together. Troy enjoys an evening of sensual lovemaking the night Amy presents him with a one-time gift. In a tender encounter, Troy takes her final virginity.

Troy is excited to be leaving for New Delhi until he sees Amy again. In a desperate move, he recaptures her heart and the lovers reunite. Unfortunately, Troy and Amy only have two weeks together. Amy is so deeply in love with Troy that she willingly gives him something she hasn't shared with another man. Troy takes the opportunity to make sweet love to her in the most intimate way. Afterwards, he adds a little more spice to the night with whip cream and champagne. Yum!

Jo-Anna's Review:

Not everyone is into "the other way" but Amy wants to give Troy a gift. A special part of herself that no one has ever touched before. I thought it was written really well and it was so sweet and tender and HOT!

It's kind of funny cause Troy is shocked that Amy wants to lose her virginity to him in other ways. I really liked this installment. It was written in a way that for an erotica newbie or someone faint at heart could enjoy this without being squeamish. I loved it and I'm so excited that Amy and Troy are slowly able to be together.

Great job again as always my dear, Red!!

Excerpt:

The gorgeous redhead put her hands on his chest. "Lover...Do you mind if I call you that?"

"No, I like it," Troy said, brushing his hand against her cheek.

Amy smiled at him shyly. "I wish I had known you when I was younger. I wish you had been my first."

"Yes, that would have been nice, Amy." Troy played with her long red hair, loving the soft feel of it.

"There is something I have never done, but I want to do it with you now."

He was intrigued. "Really?"

She looked down at her feet, blushing a bright shade of pink. "Oh...how do I even say it? It sounds so crass."

He chuckled lightly. "Just say it, Aims."

"I want you to be my first...the other way."

Adult Reading Material (18+) This book is for mature audiences only and contains sexually explicit content.

* If you enjoy this erotic story check out the series, Sensual Erotica. The short stories are stand-alone scenarios made to excite and titillate, but all are interconnected. Enjoy the palate of sensual experiences contained in the series as Amy and Troy make their way in the world. Pick and choose the situations that arouse you, or be a little naughty and sneak a peek at the ones you've always been curious about.

Author Information:

I am a happily married woman who believes (based on personal experience) that love conquers all. It is a running theme in my writing.

One thing you will notice about my work, I'm all about variety. If a character beseeches me to write his/her story, I willingly give myself over no matter the genre or subject ~ as long as it includes hot, steamy sex. ;)