Braydon by Nicole Edwards Blog Tour & Review

Publication Date: November 24, 2014

From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the sixth searing adventure in her Alluring Indulgence erotic romance series, which follows the seven Walker brothers and their sizzling-hot love interests!

Braydon Walker has always shared everything with his identical twin brother Brendon—hopes, dreams, career choices, and yes, even women. Known for tag-teaming their love interests in every way imaginable, Braydon is surprised and unnerved when he finds himself wanting to keep their newest lover all to himself. Will the twins’ relationship evolve to fit this new mold, or will Braydon’s desire for independence tear them apart?

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REVIEW

Back with the Walker boys! Oh how I've missed them!  This time we get one of the twins, Braydon. Now since this is the fifth full-length book of the series, we've met Braydon and his twin Brendon before. We know their reputation, they do EVERYTHING together! They are famous around town and more than a few women are willing to succumb to being the object of their affections, even if it is only for one night. But since they met Jessie they've been sating their appetites exclusively with her and now things are heating up.

Jessie came to town a few months ago she thought she found the perfect situation with Braydon and Brendon. It was supposed to be all fun, no commitment, no emotions, just sex. But things have changed. Jessie has fallen for Braydon and would like nothing more than to explore  a relationship with just him, but the twins don't do anything on their own. When things go wrong after a closet encounter, Braydon takes off and Brendon ignores her. Jessie has to figure out if she can stay around and face a future on the edges of the Walker brother's lives.

When Braydon leaves, he tries to figure out what he can do to make the sitution right with Brendon and Jessie. He doesn't want to share Jessie anymore, he loves her. But he's never been with anyone without his brother. And now he and his twin are going in opposite directions for the first time ever. When Jessie finally forces Brendon to call Braydon and tell him he needs to come home, Braydon has to find a way to be with his woman without alienating his twin.

I enjoyed this book, just like all of Nicole's books, but I have to say that this book lacked the heat of some of her others. The sex scenes are good, but I've come to expect my ereader to almost melt when I read her books and that just didn't happen with this story. I wonder if it has anything to do with being picked up by a publisher? As always the story draws you in and of course we get to visit a little with the other brothers which is always nice, but I was expecting so much more.

I will still read the series and all of Nicole's books, I just hope that she doesn't find her voice muted by the new publisher.  

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Release Day Review & Giveaway ~ Southern Rocker Chick by Ginger Voight

Author Ginger Voight returns her readers to the star-making world of rockers and romance with her SOUTHERN ROCKER series. It's all the angst and the passion you desire, with several familiar faces from the beloved GROUPIE universe along the way! SOUTHERN ROCKER BOY is written from Jonah's point of view and SOUTHERN ROCKER CHICK is from Lacy's point of view.

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When Jonah Riley’s father dies unexpectedly, he, his grieving mother and ailing sister are forced to move from the country to Austin, Texas. Jonah finds work at an auspicious night spot called Southern Nights, where he earns a few extra bucks as a bouncer-turned-musician.

There he meets fiery songstress Lacy Abernathy, who has no use for him or anyone else in the club when she’s not on stage. This is an entirely new experience for this ladies’ man. The opportunistic club owner latches onto this chemistry to fill her club, playing with their hearts and livelihoods for her own questionable motives.

Enter music executive Graham Baxter, who offers them both a way out…by competing for a recording contract they both need. Now if only they can fight the intense chemistry that keeps them locked in battle, when they're not locked in each other's arms, that is!

Lacy Abernathy has wanted one thing and one thing only since she was twelve years old. She wants to make music. But she quickly learns that as a woman, her sexuality often goes part and parcel with her dream. At first it works in her favor, getting her on stage with a hot rock star on the rise. But after a whirlwind romance to get her into bed, he leaves her stranded at 19, alone with a baby he refuses to acknowledge.

Three years later she is as bitter as she is stuck. She wants nothing to do with the sexy rocker chick image, especially when it seems to attract every guy she would rather avoid. Her bad attitude gets her fired, again. Her mother issues the ultimatum: Make the next gig work, or give up music entirely.

Lacy ends up back at Southern Nights, an Austin hotspot that had been the source of most of her heartache. There a sexy country boy-turned-rock star Jonah Riley is persistent as he tries to woo her, despite all her best efforts to keep him away. Can she really trust another sexy rocker with her heart, especially when there’s so much at stake?

REVIEW:

Damn I'm in love with this series. 

I'm so glad that we get Lacy's story after Jonah's because I am sure if I had read this one first I might not like Lacy as much as I do.  Lacy loves music, so much so that she doesn't see her father for the user he is until it's almost too late. At fourteen she is performing in bars with her father and his band when he convinces her that they need to get booked into one of Austin's largest clubs. When she goes there the club owner tells her she has to be eighteen to play in his club, then he asks her how old she is. Do you get where this is going? Lacy tells him that she's eighteen and when her father leaves her alone with the club owner Lacy barely gets away with her virginity. 

The next time Lacy takes a stab at making music her career she is working in the other large club in Austin, this time she falls for the owner's son. When she winds up pregnant he leaves and his family scorns her. Now raising her son all by herself she has no choice but to go back to the club and look for work. She is now the lead singer for the club band. She hates the control that Gay the club owner has over her but she needs the money. When she meets Jonah she is hesitant to let the attraction she has for him to take root. When she sees him with his family though her fences start to come down. Unfortunately for Lacy she knows this road and Jonah is just getting started and still naive enough to think that Gay will let them be together. 

When the Jonah is thrust into the spotlight leaving her behind, Lacy has to remake herself again. With the help of an old friend of Ms. Voight's readers, Lacy is ready to finally go for the prize on her own terms. Now we just have to wait for the final book. 

There are no spoilers here, we know Lacy's story from the first book of the series Southern Rocker Boy. This is just her POV and we get more of her back story.  As always Ms. Voight's writing is flawless. She can draw us into the character's world so seemlessly we feel we're in the same room with them. She writes about the rock and roll life so effortlessly, entwining characters from former series with harmonious abandon that we feel we are a part of their lives just catching up. 

5 stars!  

 

Ginger Voight is prolific author, freelance writer and optioned screenwriter. Her fiction is diverse, with novels like the edgy, coming-of-age drama DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS, and the fun family adventure for kids of all ages, COMIC SQUAD.

Having grown up reading different authors like Danielle Steel and Stephen King, Ginger has always been drawn more to story than to genre. This shows up in her various stories. Titles such as MY IMMORTAL and TASTE OF BLOOD are a delicious, heady mix of horror, suspense, and romance.

Genre romance, however, has held a special place in her heart, ever since she read her first Harlequin novel when she was only eleven. As a result, Ginger is making a name for herself writing romances of her own, starring women who look more like the average American woman rather than those traditionally represented in the size-biased American media. Her Rubenesque romances were created especially for those heroines with fuller figures, who can still get the man of their dreams if only they believe they can. Such titles include UNDER TEXAS SKIES, LOVE PLUS ONE, THE GROUPIE TRILOGY, THE FIERCE TRILOGY, THE FULLERTON FAMILY SAGA, THE LEFTOVER CLUB and PICTURE POSTCARDS.

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Twenty-one years ago, Gabriella's life was stolen from her before it even began.

Orphaned at birth and encompassed in a fortress of lies to protect her identity, she never truly understood her purpose on this earth. But now that she has ascended, embracing her destiny, the ghosts of her past have come back to haunt her.

Even with insurmountable power running through her veins, part of Gabriella is irreparably broken. And with old enemies working to destroy the tiny shred of normalcy she has left, she'll be forced to face the ugly truth about Dorian, the man she chose to love despite his darkness.

Everything she loved is a lie, and everyone she thought she knew is a stranger. And now that Gabriella is about to be thrust into the battle of her life, she discovers that she may be fighting for the wrong side.

*This is book 3 of The Dark Light Series, the highly anticipated conclusion to Gabriella and Dorian's beautifully tragic love story.

 

 

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Without warning, we’re on the bed, wisps of charcoal vapors swirling around our bodies. I’m flat on my back with Dorian hovering over me, watching, waiting for his influence to overtake my consciousness. While his body doesn’t touch mine, his mind—his beautiful-fucking-mind—begins to infiltrate every part of me. Sliding over the surface of my skin, so soft and light, like the silkiest feather. Pinching my sensitive nipples and raking down my belly. Igniting heat between my thighs until my panties are damp with desire.

I feel him all over me—teasing my pleasure points with his phantom touches. He moves in closer, so close that our lips nearly meet, yet he still won’t kiss me. He still won’t let me taste the sweet longing that is undoubtedly tempting his tongue. I lift my head to take it from him only to find that I am bound to the bed, completely under his control.

I’ve been here before. I’ve been under Dorian’s spell enough times to know how this will play out. He’s a man of dominating control, and today has been nothing short of chaos. He’s taking it back. He’s taking me back.

“Touch me,” I beg, my voice breathless with agony.

“No.” His eyes spark with white fire on that single word, showing the torment of his restraint.

“Please,” I whimper. “I need you to touch me. I need to feel you.”

“You feel me now,” he rasps.

“No. That’s not enough.”

“Oh? Not enough?” Pressure spikes in my core and I cry out as sensation snakes through my swollen sex. He doesn’t move, but I feel him there—touching, licking, even biting. Soft and hard, hot and wet, all at the same time.

“I can feel you throbbing, Gabriella. It hurts, doesn’t it?”

“Yes.” My voice is an intelligible squeak. It does hurt, yet it feels oh-so-incredibly good. Dorian’s pain is the most potent form of pleasure.

“I feel the hardness of your nipples—how they ache to be licked and sucked. You want me to do that, Gabriella? You want me cover your nipples with my mouth and run my tongue over them? You want me to squeeze them between my teeth right before I suck them, baby?”

“Yes, Dorian,” I manage through a sob.

“And when I’m done teasing your nipples, you want me to run my tongue down…” Another jolt of electricity stings my sensitive flesh. “…down…down…until it meets that soft, sweet place that hurts you so bad? You want me to kiss it and make it better?”

I try to nod through the haze of lust and agony, but I can’t move. I can only feel him owning my body in the most delicious way.

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Title: Backstage

Series: Back-Up #4

Author: A.M. Madden

Release Date: October 27, 2014

Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance

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Trey Taylor was loving life. Bass player to the world famous rock band Devil’s Lair, chicks falling to their knees at every turn, no one to be held accountable to for his actions…life rocked. He had all he needed, food to sustain his body, sex to sustain his libido, rock to sustain his soul. For years he walked to the beat of his own drum, and made no excuses to anyone. Running and hiding can temporarily distract your fate, but it won’t derail it. Fate was coming for him, whether he liked it or not. His past was gaining ground and threatening all the secrets he desperately tried to hide. His present was slowing him down, making him feel emotions he buried years ago. The two are about to collide. Will Trey survive the impact?

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Amazon Best Selling Author ~ A.M. Madden's debut series is The Back-Up Series Back-Up, Front & Center, Encore, and Backstage are all available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords. A.M. Madden is a wife, a mother, an avid reader of romance novels and now an author. In The Back-Up Series she aspired to create a fun, sexy, realistic romantic story. She wanted to create characters that the reader could relate to and feel as if they knew personally. A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, she loves getting lost in a good book. She also uses every free moment of her time writing, while raising teenage boys.

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Title -- The Gathering

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Publisher – Evernight Publishing Series – The Glorious Guild of Lady Windsurfer, 1 Genre – Alternative (MM)/Gay, Futuristic, Sci-Fi, Erotic Romance, Steampunk Heat Level – 3 Word Count – 35, 510 ISBN – 978-1-77233-049-6 Editor – Karyn White Cover Artist – Sour Cherry Designs Add to Goodreads TBR

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The year is 2112, and the world has changed… Jake Landry is interested in having some fun. He’s in Las Vegas, newly single and just off his most recent tour of duty. In Vegas he has met up with his old friend Nicola Goodheart, a scientist and inventor who studies portals, other worlds, and strange beings. Jake has also met and become enamored with Alexander, a gorgeous man with violet eyes. Jake goes with Nic on a portal finding mission, and they all end up in Alexander’s alien world. Recruiter Alexander Bloodworth is interested in Jake for himself and in Nicola for placement in a pleasure house on his home planet of Aurath. When he hears word one of his people’s enemies are after Nicola and Jake, he goes to save them both, even at the peril of losing his job. Will they risk their hopes and dreams—Alexander and Jake for a chance at love and Nicola for her career—or will they falter and lose everything anyway? Be Warned: m/m sex

 

 

REVIEW:

This one was a little hard for me to get into. I usually enjoy a good alien story but this one jumped around a lot in the beginning. But I perservered and once they got off planet the story picked up for me. 

Jake is in Las Vegas for a vacation. He was supposed to take it with his boyfriend but after getting a "Dear John" letter that ship has sailed. That is until he gets to his hotel only to find out his ex has checked into his room with his new lover. Jake turns the tables by renting a suite using his ex's money. He meets a gorgeous man at the bar and has a drink with him, he is captivated by Alexander's violet eyes. When he meets up with his friend Nicola to accompany her into the dessert to search out a wormhole he is surprised to find out Alexander is an alien and he was planning to abduct Nicola. 

Now the three are on the way to Alexander's planet where same sex relationships are forbidden. What will happen with the growing attraction between Alexander and Jake and can Jake get Nicola back to Earth safely?

Again if you can get through the first couple of chapters this book does pick up and straighten out. Once together the heat between Jake and Alexander is hot. Nicola is a fun character if a little flighty for a scientist. I would give this book 3 stars. 

 “Sounds acceptable to me.” Alexander captured Jake’s mouth in another kiss and the only time he stopped kissing him was to pull Jake’s shirt over his head. They mimicked each other’s touches—running their hands up each other’s smooth chests, tracing the dips and curves of their muscles, enticing nipples. When Alexander latched onto one of Jake’s hard nubs, Jake sucked in a stream of air. Alexander’s lips on his body were like heaven and hell. Heaven because their silky touch sent delightful vibes through him, and hell because whenever Alexander trailed down toward his pulsing cock, he didn’t take it in his mouth or lick or kiss it. “Come on, Alexander. Quit teasing me.” “What do you want me to do? I want to hear it. Tell me.” Alexander’s rumbling commands sent more heat racing through Jake’s veins and down into his cock. Jake didn’t know his dick could get harder than it already was, but it had. He gazed straight into the alien’s stormy purple eyes. “I want you, Alexander. I want you to take me in that beautiful mouth of yours. I want you to suck me dry.” The alien rose from the couch and towered over Jake before he dropped to his knees in front of him. Alexander reached out and grabbed the top of Jake’s pants, then yanked them down and off his body. Jake’s cock stood, bobbing to and fro as he resettled on the couch. “Spread your legs, Jake.” He did as Alexander demanded, then stared down upon the alien who positioned himself between his thighs and stroked, licked, and kissed his cock and balls. Jake tilted his head back, loving the way Alexander took command of his body, his senses. All the colorful twentieth and other centuries’ artifacts fell from sight. The metallic fragrance of the ship disappeared, replaced by Alexander’s heady musk and leather scent. Slurping and sucking sounds along with Jake’s panting breaths and occasional ahs and fuck yeahs filled the room. Jake closed his eyes to savor the exquisite feel of Alexander’s moist and warm mouth on his length. “God, Alexander. You’re incredible.” Jake breathed heavily, realizing he truly believed what he’d said. Alexander was wonderful and not just in a sexual capacity. The alien had a caring and compassionate way about him that Jake rarely saw any more in anyone. Alexander licked his way off his cock, grasped it in a semiclosed fist and pumped his hand as he stared at him. “You like, yes? You have a nice dick for an Earthman.” “Have you seen many?” Jake wanted to be jealous, but it was hard with Alexander’s soft fondling of his penis. “I have viewed my share. I am glad I waited to bring someone home until I met you.”   

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