Spotlight ~ See How She Runs by Michelle Graves With Giveaway

SEE HOW SHE RUNS

Chronicles of Izzy, Book 1

One delivery changed her whole life. 

Izzy was a normal girl living in Chicago as a bike messenger before that fateful day. She delivered one package and set into action a chain of events she never could have expected. 

Now she is running for her life from the Corporation, her best friend is not at all who he seemed, and to top it all off she keeps having visions.

Will she survive to navigate the waters as a Seer? Will her feelings for Kennan be her very downfall? Find out in See How She Runs.

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Michelle Graves is a self-proclaimed nomad, moving every two to three years with her husband the Army man, her beautiful daughter, and a fat tailless cat named Torri. When she is not writing away trying to purge her mind of yapping characters she can be found entertaining her daughter, attempting to craft (whilst trying not to injure herself with the glue gun), baking yummy treats, or reading. She admits to having a restless spirit and forces her family to go out on adventures whenever possible. They lovingly play along.

Contact Links:  

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Goodreads

 

Michelle Grave's SEE HOW SHE RUNS Blog Tour Schedule9/16 - 9/30

9/16- Book Monster Reviews (guest post)

http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

9/16- I Smell Sheep (spotlight/review)

http://www.ismellsheep.com/

9/17- Babbling About Books (spotlight)

http://kbgbabbles.blogspot.com/

9/17- Regina May Ross (spotlight)

http://www.reginamayross.blogspot.com

9/18- Just Paranormal Romance (guest post)

http://www.justparanormalromance.com/

9/18- Paranormal Romance Fans Or Life (interview)

http://paranormalromancefanforlife.blogspot.com/

9/18- Bookin' It Reviews (spotlight)

http://www.bookinitreviews.com/

9/19- Who's Reviews (spotlight/review)

http://whosreviews.wordpress.com/

9/19- Froggarita's Bookcase (interview/review)

http://www.froggaritasbookcase.com/

9/20- Over the Edge (interview & review)

http://overtheedgebookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/20- Coffee Talk (guest post)

http://coffeetalkwriters.com/blog/

9/21- Crazy Four Books (spotlight/review)

http://crazyfourbooks.blogspot.com/

9/21- Mad Hatter Reads (interview)

http://madhatterreads.blogspot.com/

9/22- Literal Addiction (guest post)

http://www.literaladdiction.com/

9/22- Dalene's Book Reviews (spotlight) review after tour

http://www.dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/23- Tome Tender (spotlight/review)

http://tometender.blogspot.com/

9/23- Sassy Book Lovers (spotlight)

http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/

9/24- Victoria's Gossip (spotlight)

http://victoriasgossip.com/blog/

9/24- Wicked Readings by Tawania (spotlight/review)

http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/

9/25- CS Maxwell's Where's My muse (spotlight)

http://www.csmaxwell.blogspot.com/

9/25- Romance with Flavor (guest post)

http://romancewithflavor.com/

9/26- Miscellaneous Thoughts of A Bookaholic (spotlight/review)

http://miscellaneousthoughtsofabookaholic.blogspot.com/

9/26- Toot's Book Reviews (spotlight)

http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/27- Book Lovin' Mamas (guest post)

http://booklovinmamas.com/

9/27- Bibliophile Mystery (spotlight/review)

http://bibliophilemystery.blogspot.com/

9/28- The Reading Cafe (interview/review) morning post 

http://www.thereadingcafe.com/

9/28- Cocktails and Books (spotlight/review)

http://www.cocktailsandbooks.com/

9/29- Romance Junkies (interview)

http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/

9/29- Inner Goddess (spotlight/review)

http://www.innergoddessforum.com/

9/29- Tiffy-Fit's Reading Corner (spotlight)

http://tiffyfit.blogspot.com/

9/30- Books-n-Kisses (interview/review)

http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

9/30- United by Books (spotlight/review)  

http://unitedbybooks.blogspot.com/

******** GIVEAWAY *********

Michelle is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

GRAND PRIZE:    $25 Amazon Giftcard

RUNNERS-UP:  THREE (3) runners-up will each receive an eBook of SEE HOW SHE RUNS

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Spotlight ~ An Unlucky Moon by Carrie Ann Ryan

Humans aren’t as alone as they choose to believe. Every human possesses a trait of supernatural that lays dormant within their genetic make-up. Centuries of diluting and breeding have allowed humans to think they are alone and untouched by magic. But what happens when something changes?

He's spent the last few years in hell fighting in the demon games and doing things that would haunt even the fiercest of men's nightmares. But now Hunter Brooks is back in the human realm,ready to take on the Pack that left him behind...and take the mate he's just met.

Becca Quinn is one of the seven lightning-struck women—a human who isn't so human and only needs to find her true half to unlock all that she could be. Hunter, the dangerous, sexy wolf,has saved her life twice, and yet she knows nothing about him—only that she wants to know everything she can.

Between the Pack's council and strangers who could take everything away from them, Becca and Hunter have more to fight and everything to fight for. Hunter's dark past takes over their courtship, and just when he thinks all his lost, he’ll find that Becca’s more than he—or she—ever thought.

Warning: Contains a sexy wolf who broods with the best of them, a woman who defines the term unlucky, and a chemistry that's sure to make the wolf howl in all of us.

Website: http://carrieannryan.com/an-unlucky-moon/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5360266.Carrie_Ann_Ryan?from_search=true

Super Book Blast ~ Switching Gears by Megan Slayer With Giveaway

Ethan’s about to meet his match in the last person he ever expected.

           

Ethan Long is a man on a mission—finish well and he gets to keep his ride at Flash Racing. Continue to crash and his racing days will be numbered. Other than being behind the wheel of a race vehicle, this good looking hot shot hasn’t got the first clue how to harness his ego or his talent. Until he locks gazes with Royce. Then all bets are off.

         

Royce Darden doesn’t play around. His no-nonsense attitude propelled him to the head of the merchandise sales at Flash. He’s good with numbers and facts…and a crop. Few people know about his wilder side and what he needs in bed. He sees the inner submissive in Ethan screaming for a turn. Can Royce convince the young driver that switching gears could be the key to his racing future?

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“Royce?”

“You’re only hot shit until the next wonder kid comes along. Prove why you’ve got staying power so Collin will have to keep you around.” Royce gasped for breath. Few people worked him up to the point of yelling. Ethan had made the short list. Royce shoved both hands into his hair. “Maybe no one has ever told you no, but I will. Stop being a shit so you can do what you love.”

Ethan didn’t say anything for the longest time. He stared toward the floor and shuffled his boot-clad feet.

“Thanks,” Ethan mumbled. “Collin told me we needed to hang out more. Said you’d be able to sell my crap better if you got to know me. Sounds like you already do.”

Before Royce could respond, Ethan met his gaze and grinned. “Now, do you want to fuck?”

“You can’t be serious.” So much for the emotional breakthrough Royce had expected.

“I can be, and I am.” The grin widened. Ethan winked then headed to the back of the motor coach. “And you can’t knock a guy for trying. Now, where do we sleep while this sucker’s in motion? Ooh! Bunks. Top one’s mine.”

Royce groaned. Dear Lord, this would be a long ride.

When she's not writing the stories in her head, Megan Slayer can be found luxuriating in her hot tub with her two vampire Cabana boys, Luke and Jeremy. She has the tendency to run a tad too far with her muse, so she has to hide in the head of her alter ego, but the boys don't seem to mind.

When she’s not obsessing over her whip collection, she can be found picking up her kidlet from school. She enjoys writing in all genres, but writing about men in love suits her fancy best. The cabana boys are willing to serve, unless she needs them. She always need them. So be nice to Javier or he will bite--on command.

She also masquerades under the name Wendi Zwaduk and is published through Changeling Press, Decadent Publishing, Liquid Silver Books, MLR Press, Resplendence Publishing, and Total-E-Bound Publishing.

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******** GIVEAWAY ********

Megan will be awarding a Bracelet/earring set - handmade in team colors of black and red, to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour.

Series Spotlight And Giveaway With Melinda Leigh

SHE CAN RUN

Series:  She Can…,  Book 1

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Publication date:  November 28, 2011

Purchase Links:  Amazon / B&N

One bad decision turned a single mom into a fugitive.

Ten months ago, Elizabeth Baker uncovered a dangerous secret about her politician husband—a secret that nearly got her killed. Now she and her children are running for their lives. When Beth is hired as the caretaker of a remote Pennsylvania estate, she dares to hope she has found a corner of the world where Congressman Richard Baker can’t find them. But when her new boss dies suddenly and his nephew inherits the estate, Beth is faced with outwitting a former homicide detective who is very smart, very suspicious—and very attractive.

Forced into retirement by an injury and grieving the loss of his uncle, Jack O’Malley is unprepared to share his new home with a strange woman and her two kids. He is even less prepared for the instantaneous attraction he feels whenever Beth enters the room. She is beautiful, intelligent, kind…and obviously terrified of someone or something. As Jack’s investigation uncovers the shocking details of Beth’s past, the rural community is shaken by the murder of a local woman  Driven by instinct and desire, Jack is determined to keep Beth and her children safe, even if doing so means putting his heart—and his life —on the line.

SHE CAN TELL

Series:  She Can…,  Book 2

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Publication date:  December 4, 2012

Purchase Links:  Amazon / B&N

 

A horse trainer’s homecoming turns deadly when a vicious stalker, a cold murder case, and a hot police chief threaten to expose family secrets that a killer wants to keep buried.

After a terrible accident ends her riding career, horse trainer Rachel Parker returns to her hometown to a hostile welcome. Her efforts to rebuild the family farm are hampered by her sister’s domestic crisis and a violent vandal who threatens Rachel’s new business and her life. She is also blindsided by the undeniable and unwanted attraction she feels for hot police chief handling her case. Someone is systematically trying to destroy her. Someone who knows private things about her. Someone who’s been watching her…

As his investigation uncovers the turbulent past Rachel keeps carefully hidden, Police Chief Mike O’Connell finds himself with too many suspects and too many feelings for his fiercely independent victim. His desire for Rachel is a conflict of interest that jeopardizes everything he stands for. Long buried family secrets, a skeleton, and a corrupt local official with a grudge against Mike complicate the case, but the escalating violence against Rachel convinces him he doesn’t have much time. Whoever is watching Rachel wants her dead. Mike and Rachel race to untangle a web of deceit and lies that stretches twenty-five years into the past—before her stalker strikes again.

SHE CAN SCREAM

Series:  She Can…,  Book 3

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Publication date:  September 17, 2013

Pre-Order Link:  Amazon

In one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a vicious assault, saves a young woman’s life, and attracts the attention of a serial killer.

Sixteen years ago, Brooke lost her roommate to a brutal murder. Now she teaches women’s self-defense, still trying to heal from the guilt and grief that plague her. Convinced the predator knows his victims and is stalking his prey online, she is determined to find him before he strikes again. Her brother’s friend, Luke has the computer expertise to help. But Brooke’s unexpected desire for Luke complicates her investigation, and her fixation with the case provokes a deadly reaction from the killer.

Injured in terrorist bombing overseas, computer expert Luke Holloway is still haunted by flashbacks of his young assistant’s death in the explosion. But Luke can’t refuse the request of a deployed friend to look after his sister, Brooke. Taking on responsibility for Brooke’s safety threatens Luke’s tenuous recovery, especially after he develops feelings for her that transcend a promise to a friend. When Brooke saves a young girl from a brutal assault and becomes a killer’s obsession, Luke vows to protect her at all costs

SHE CAN HIDE

Series:  She Can…,  Book 4

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Publication date:  March 25, 2014

Pre-Order Link:  Amazon

From the moment Officer Ethan Hale pulls Abby Foster from icy waters, he senses there’s more to her than meets the eye. Abby has no memory of the accident that submerged her car in the frozen river. Three years ago, Abby was kidnapped and abandoned in a well for a week. The botched police investigation nearly killed her. Abby had moved to the mountains of Pennsylvania for a fresh start, but when it becomes clear that this car crash wasn’t an accident, she knows the violence from her past has caught up with her.

But Abby’s former assailant was convicted and imprisoned, so who else wants her dead?

Ethan uncovers a fresh string of murders tied to Abby’s past. Someone is trying to kill her, and this time the stalker seems determined to finish the task. As the killer grows bolder, Abby begins to trust Ethan enough to share the truth, her heart, and her life. But to stop the murders, Ethan must make a decision that could jeopardize it all.

Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered banker. A life-long lover of books, she started writing when her youngest child entered first grade as a way to preserve her sanity. in 2007, she joined Romance Writers of America, learned a few things about writing a book, and decided the process was way more fun than analyzing financial statements. It was time to get serious about making her hobby a career. She began submitting her work in 2008. In 2009 she signed with an agent, who sold Melinda’s debut romantic suspense novel, SHE CAN RUN, in 2010 to MontlakeRomance.

SHE CAN RUN released in November 2011 and became the #1 Bestseller in Kindle Romantic Suspense. SHE CAN RUN has been nominated for a 2012 Thriller Award for Best First Novel.

Melinda is also an avid martial artist. She holds a 2nd degree black belt in Kenpo Karate, studies BrazilianJiu-Jitsu, and teaches women’s self-defense. She lives in a messy house in the suburbs with her husband, two teenagers, a couple of dogs and one neurotic cat with an inexplicable fear of ceiling fans. With such a pleasant life, she has no explanation for the sometimes dark and disturbing nature of her imagination

To find out more about Melinda and her books you can connect with her online:

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Goodreads

Melinda Leigh's SHE CAN SCREAM Tour Schedule  - 9/13 - 9/28

9/13- Book Monster Reviews  (spotlight & excerpt??)

http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

9/14- So Many Reads (series spotlight)

http://www.somanyreads.com/

9/15- Romance Junkies (interview)

http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/

9/16- The Reading Café (interview)

http://www.thereadingcafe.com/

9/18- Musings From An Addicted Reader (series spotlight & review)

http://musingsfromanaddictedreader.blogspot.com/

9/18- Just Romantic Suspense (guest post)

http://www.justromanticsuspense.com/

9/19- KT Book Reviews (series spotlight & review)

http://ktbookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/20- Books-N-Kisses (series spotlight, excerpt & review)

http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

9/21- Intoxicated by Books (series spotlight & review)

http://intoxicatedbybooks.blogspot.com/

9/22- United by Books (series spotlight)

http://unitedbybooks.blogspot.com/

9/23- Book Lovin' Mamas (interviews, spotlight & review)

http://booklovinmamas.com/

9/24- Cocktails & Books (series spotlight)

http://www.cocktailsandbooks.com/

9/25- Romancing the Book (interview)

http://romancing-the-book.com/

9/26- LITERAL ADDICTION (series spotlight & review)

http://www.literaladdiction.com/

9/26- Deal Sharing Aunt (series spotlight)

http://www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com/

9/27- Night Owl Reviews (interview)

http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Checking-In-With-Melinda-Leigh-July-2013

9/28- Tiffy-Fit's Reading Corner (series spotlight & review)

http://www.tiffyfit.blogspot.com

******** GIVEAWAY *********

Melinda is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

GRAND PRIZE:  $25 Amazon card, plus a signed copy of SHE CAN SCREAM

RUNNER-UP:  a signed cop of either SHE CAN RUN or SHE CAN TELL

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Release Blitz for Buried Secrets by Emme Rollins With Giveaway

Should some secrets remain buried?

Dusty has always been a hothead, far more impulsive than her twin, Nick, the calm, cool and collected one of the pair. But Nick is dead, found murdered in their local cemetery, and Dusty simply can’t rest until she finds out who–or what–has killed her brother.

Sure the local authorities aren’t being straight with her–or anyone else–about what’s been going on in their little upper Michigan town, Dusty delays going off to college for a semester, defying her father and stepmother and taking a job in the local bar to start doing some digging.

Her focus soon fixes on Shane, her brother’s best friend and the town bad boy. The tension and rivalry between Dusty and Shane has always been palpable and sparks fly as the two collide. Dusty finds herself sinking in deeper with Shane and the mystery of what happened to her brother–and a lengthening list of victims–grows even stranger.

When everything comes to a head, Dusty focuses on one thing: What happened the night her brother was killed in the cemetery? She’s sure Shane is keeping a secret and she’s determined to find out what it is, one way or another.

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“Nick told me something the last time I saw him… alive.”

She closed her eyes, not sure why she was telling him. Maybe it was the way he turned his head toward her before inhaling deeply, like he was trying to breathe her in. Maybe it was the way he cupped her shoulder in his hand, like he was holding something delicate—a tiny field mouse or a baby bird—and he was trying to be careful not to startle it. But mostly she thought it was the memory of his kiss in the darkness, the way he had taken it, how he had groaned and given into her response in that one brief moment before his senses returned.

“What did he tell you?” Shane’s spine straightened slightly, breath catching in his chest. He went completely still, like a deer caught in the shine of a poacher’s flashlight.

“He said he saw the way you look at me.” She hesitated, hearing his intake of breath when her hand moved to his thigh. Leaving it there, halfway up, she rested her head in the crook of his shoulder, feeling him breathing again. “And he saw the way I look at you.”

“What, exactly, is that supposed to mean?”

“Nick said he had the feeling, if he hadn’t been around, we might have ended up together.” Dusty lifted her chin to see his reaction. He didn’t look surprised, not like she had been. They were very close now. Close enough she could see the reddish stubble on his cheeks and the gold flecks in the light blue of his eyes and that little divot above his lip. She had the impulse to touch him there and repressed it.

“You and me?” he asked, pondering it, lips pursed in thought, making her think about that damnable kiss. She didn’t understand why she was feeling this way. First, the funeral home. Now they were both sitting on her brother’s grave. What was it about her dead brother that revved up her libido around Shane? It went beyond crazy and slipped into the realm of the surreal.

“You and me.” She nodded slowly, fascinated by the shape of his mouth.

“I don’t know.” Shane blinked those striking blue eyes at her, both eyebrows raised. Her attention was drawn down to his mouth again when he licked his lips, drawing the lower one thoughtfully in before asking, “What do you think?”

“I don’t understand why…” She didn’t. She didn’t understand any of it. Her world made no sense anymore. Nick was dead and Shane was here, offering her comfort and something else—she didn’t even know what—after all the years they’d spent sparring and going after each other’s throats.

But he’d come looking for her, had known she would be in the closet. He’d known her temper well enough to hold her back when she would have gone after the idiotic sheriff with her bare hands. And he’d held her and rocked her and let her cry when she needed to, which was far more than anyone else in her life seemed to want to do.

She didn’t understand it, but she knew she was feeling it. And whatever “it” was, it was powerful. Magnetic. It made her want to act, to do something reckless, careless, shameless. It made her feel like she had in the closet of the funeral home, ready to strip down to nothing and give into the feeling. It made her feel like doing that now, right here, on her brother’s grave. It felt wrong and right at the same time.

“What don’t you understand?” he prompted.

Dusty took a deep breath, reaching out and doing it, touching that little divot above his parted lips. She didn’t stop there, tracing the delicious shape of them, feeling him go still again, but it was different this time. This sort of stillness was more predator than prey. It was like the watchful, waiting crouch of an animal.

“I don’t understand why,” she whispered, swallowing as she let her finger trail down over his Adam’s apple, feeling him swallow. “But I think Nick wanted us to kiss and make up.”

“Do you want to?” He turned more fully toward her, the question in his eyes.

“Kiss?” Her finger traced the V of his t-shirt, his jacket still undone.

“Yes.”

His lips were slightly parted, wet. So were hers. They were so close she’d lost focus and longed to close her eyes. Her body thrummed, so very alive, and the irony didn’t escape her because they were surrounded by death. Everything else faded away, lost its shape, until all she could focus on was Shane’s presence, the heat of his body, the way his hands moved down the curve of her shoulders to grip her upper arms.

“I don’t know why,” she confessed, finally letting her eyes close in anticipation, feeling him drawing her closer by micro increments. “But yes. Yes. Yes.”

She whispered the last three words, her lips almost touching his. His breath was warm, fruity and sweet, fingers tightening their grip on her arms.

AUTHOR BIO AND LINKS:

BIO

Emme Rollins is Top 100 Amazon Bestselling New Adult/Mature Young Adult fiction. She’s been writing since she could hold a crayon and still chews her pen caps to a mangled plastic mess. She did not, however, eat paste as a kid.

She has two degrees, a bachelor’s and a master’s, one of which she’s still paying for, but neither of which she uses out in the “real world,” because when she isn’t writing, she spends her time growing an organic garden to feed her husband and children (and far too many rabbits and deer!) where they live on twenty gorgeous forested acres in rural Michigan.

She loves tending her beehives (bees are wonderful pollinators and Hello!? Honey!) and keeping up with her daily yoga practice and going for long walks in the woods with her boxer, Rodeo, who loves chasing squirrels almost as much as Emme loves writing!

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