Author Spotlight {Mini Reviews & Extras}—Emily Snow

Hi, LUVs! Today we're spotlighting Emily Snow, author of the Devoured series, Tidal, and Savor You.

Blog Tour {Review}—Embrace Me by Rebecca Turley

Embrace Me

by Rebecca Turley

Notice Me #2

Publication: July 31st, 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

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What will happen to the girl who has everything?

After a rough start to life, Shannon Downing finally has it all. She has her Mr. Notice Me, she has reconnected with her long-lost mother, and she is the sole heiress to a multi-billion dollar company. The only problem is going public with that information.

Hidden away at a ranch in Texas at her mother’s insistence, Shannon’s world starts to crumble. Not only does she learn of Maisy Field’s kidnapping, but she hears a secret that could destroy everything and everyone she loves.

What will happen when news comes out that she is the missing heiress to Downing International? Will she become the next target for the elusive kidnappers? And what about the secret she overheard? Will the love that she and Mr. Notice me share be enough to hold them together?

Vouched Book! Dangerous Embrace by Dana Mason

Dangerous Embrace

by Dana Mason

Embrace #1

Publication: October 4th 2012 by Sapphire Star Publishing
Genre: Romantic Suspense

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Sarah Jennings wants nothing more than a quiet life—alone. Raised by an eccentric mother, their life on the road only taught her how to run away from hard times. When she finds herself in an abusive relationship, this lesson serves her well.

Eight years later, she’s settled back in her hometown and less fearful than she’s ever been in her life. She’s a first grade teacher, and with few friends and less family around, she has what she wants, a quiet life under the radar where she can be free of her past and live quietly. Until one night and one brutal act of violence changes everything.

Injured and afraid, Sarah wants to run again, but Mark Summors refuses to let her go.

Mark was born and raised in Santa Rosa. He married his high school sweetheart and never questioned his life, until he found his wife with another man. Now divorced, he wants something more. He's passionate about his job, he wants to protect people, and he devotes his life to it. This time he's protecting more than just another client, he's protecting his future; at least, Sarah Jennings will be his future, once he convinces her she loves him.

When Sarah agrees to let Mark help, she doesn’t anticipate just how important of a role he’ll play in her future or how the violence in her past will come back to threaten them both.(

Vouched Book! Sanctuary of Mine by S. Pratt

Sanctuary of Mine

by S. Pratt

Publication: July 13th, 2013 by S. Pratt
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Source: Bought

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When you see someone who looks like they need saving, you save them right?

Mackenzie Deeks is struggling. Outwardly she plays the tough guy and acts like being a young adult with an eating disorder is no big deal. Inside, she's crumbling.

Ever since her parents’ divorce, the only way she has been able to feel in control of her life is by purging the despair that has its grips on her and won't let go.

Tyler Redding knows when someone needs help - he's seen it before. This time, though, he's not going to take no for an answer. From the moment he first sets his sights on Mackenzie, he's unable to think of anyone else. But how can he focus on a football career when all he wants to do is date the most unassuming person he's ever met?

As their lives become intricately entwined, it becomes more than wishful thinking when Mackenzie and Tyler find each other again as adults. With successful careers, a beachside lifestyle and each other’s love to contend with, life should be pretty damn good. But just when they think they’ve found their wonderful kind of normal, their perfect world comes crashing down.

It’s going to take a lot to keep Mackenzie from succumbing to old habits, but Tyler thinks he might just be the one to save her for good.

Sanctuary of Mine is a New Adult novel, recommended for 17 years old and over due to sexual content and social situations.

Blog Tour {Review & Giveaway}—Indelible by Bethany Lopez

Stopping by The LUV'NV today is the Indelible blog tour, organized by AToMR Tours.
We had the pleasure of reading and reviewing this NA Contemporary Romance, and you can enter to win a signed paperback copy!

Indelible

by Bethany Lopez

Publication: June 20th 2013 by Bethany Lopez
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

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After a year of partying, Sam decides to buckle down and focus on college. Things are going great until a one-night stand leaves her pregnant and alone. Raising a child while going to school isn’t easy, but Sam is determined to be strong for her daughter. She doesn’t have time for guys or relationships, and takes great care to protect her child and her heart.

Judd doesn’t fit the mold of a college ballplayer. His long hair and tattoos may fit the life he’s created for himself, but baseball is the one thing he takes seriously. When he meets Sam, he’s immediately drawn to her curves and refusal to put up with his crap. When Judd learns the truth, can he handle the responsibility that comes with loving a single mother?

Sam yearns for the fire that Judd fuels in her, but her child’s needs have to come first. Can two people at different stages in their life find a way to make a life together?

Blog Tour {Review, Q&A & Giveaway}—Alyx Rayer Chronicles by S.J. Pierce

Stopping by The LUV'NV today is the Alyx Rayer  series blog tour, organized by Xpresso Book Tours.
We have a review of book one and an interview with S.J. Pierce to share with you,
and you can enter to win an eBook copy!

Marked for Vengeance

by S.J. Pierce

Book #1 of the Alyx Rayer Chronicles

Publication: October 10th 2012 by S.J. Pierce
Genre: Adult Paranormal Romance

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Alyx Rayer’s existence in Atlanta, the eternally bustling capital of Georgia, is one of routine and blending in among the worker bees. But her ‘normal’ life is actually a façade for a higher calling; she's a three hundred year old soul, encased in a human vessel and sent from the darkness between heaven and Earth to capture her Marked when summoned by her superiors.

During the initial, routine stake-out of her Marked, a dream prophet named Isaac Walsh, Alyx is thrown for an emotional loop when his allure captivates her heart from two rooftops away. The event marks the very instance when her sense of what’s right and what’s wrong is brutally challenged as her contact with him is strictly forbidden.

While already trapped between honor and desire, her emotional struggles are further challenged by a man in a black suit who continually pops up when she least expects it, his presence evoking a strange response from the scar she was branded with at birth. The scar tingles like a warning beacon, alerting her that something is amiss. Because her superiors never told her what this would mean, or much of anything except what to do when they summon, she can only conclude to try and keep her sanity, and her life, from completely shattering to pieces.

This engaging first book of the series is a Paranormal Romance novel interlaced with twists, turns, and thrilling suspense that is sure to satisfy readers of any genre.

Blog Tour {Review & Giveaway}—Guardian Angel series by Skyla Madi

Welcome to the Guardian Angel  series blog tour, organized by YA Bound.
I got the pleasure of reading this Paranormal Romance series. Click on the individual bookcovers to get the respective book's info, and continue reading for the series review without spoilers. Be sure to enter the giveaway for the entire Guardian Angel  series in eBook format!

Guardian Angel series

by Skyla Madi

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance

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Blog Tour {Reviews & Giveaway}—Blood Hunter series by Marie Treanor

Welcome to one of the last stops in the Blood Hunters  series blog tour, organized by Bewitching Tours.
I got the pleasure of reading and reviewing this Paranormal Romance series. Click on the individual bookcovers to get the respective book's info and mini-review, or read the series review to avoid spoilers.
Be sure to enter the giveaway for a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card!

Blood Hunters series

by Marie Treanor

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Vouched Book! A Shadow of Time by Jen Minkman

Shadow of Time
Jen Minkman
Publication: January 1st 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance | Supernatural Fantasy

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All Hannah needs is a nice and quiet vacation after her first year of teaching French at a high school. She joins her brother Ben for the summer in their mom’s log cabin in Arizona. There, she meets Josh again, Ben’s childhood friend from the Navajo reservation. The little boy from the rez has grown up fast, and Hannah can’t help but feeling more for him than just friendship.

But fate apparently has something else in store for her. And it’s not peace and quiet. Night after night, Hannah is plagued by strange nightmares about the past of Navajo Nation and terrifying shadows chasing her. They seem to come closer – and why is Josh always present in her dreams?

Sometimes, the past has a way of catching up with you.

Blog Tour {Review & Giveaway}—The Midnight Fire series by Kaitlyn Davis

Welcome to one of the last stops in The Midnight Fire  series blog tour, organized by Bewitching Tours.
I got the pleasure to read and review this YA Paranormal Romance series. Click on the individual bookcovers to get the respective book's info and mini-review, or read the series review to avoid spoilers. Be sure to enter the giveaway for the entire Midnight Fire  series in eBook format. Three winners, and it's the last day to enter!

The Midnight Fire series

by Kaitlyn Davis

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance

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Vouched Book! Volition by Lee Strauss

Volition

by Lee Strauss

Book #2 of the Perception  series

Publication: April 16th 2013 by ESB Publishing
Genre: Young Adult Sci-fi Dystopia Romance

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What doesn't kill you...

Zoe Vanderveen is on the run with her captor turned rescuer, Noah Brody.

They're in love.

Or at least that’s what he tells her. Her memories have returned but her feelings are dreamlike—thin and fleeting. Her heart can’t be trusted. Just look at what happened with Taylor Blake.

Senator Vanderveen’s new team of cyborg agents are in hot pursuit, and a reward for their capture is broadcast nationwide. Record breaking cold and snow hinder their escape. Someone dies helping them.

And their fight for survival has only begun.

** Warning: Review contains spoilers of book one **
Read the review of book one, Perception

Blog Tour {Review & Giveaway}—Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines

Stopping by The LUV'NV today is the Twisted Perfection blog tour, organized by AToMR Tours!
We got the pleasure of reading and reviewing this New Adult Contemporary Romance, and you can enter to win an iPad Mini!

Twisted Perfection

by Abbi Glines

Book #1 of the Perfection  series

Publication: April 22nd 2013 by Abbi Glines
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

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Life outside of her house was a new experience for Della Sloane. The dark secrets of her past weren’t something she ever intended to share with anyone. They would never understand. No one would ever get close enough to find out. Besides there was always a chance she’d go crazy sooner than they expected ...

Woods Kerrington had never been one to be attracted to fragile females. They seemed like too much work. He wasn’t in it for the work just the pleasure. A night full of naughty fun had been exactly what was on his mind when he’d laid eyes on the hot little number that didn’t know how to pump gas and needed some help.

What he didn’t know was she was as fragile as they came.

The carefree girl who spoke her mind and didn’t care what the world thought of her was more breakable than he could ever imagine ...

Blog Tour {Review & Giveaway}—Otherborn by Anna Silver

Stopping by The LUV'NV today is the Otherborn blog tour, organized by Xpresso Book Tours.
We got to read and review and ARC of this Young Adult Dystopia, and you can enter to win one of five eBook copies of the book!

Otherborn

by Anna Silver

Book #1 of Otherborn series

Publication: April 4th 2013 by Sapphire Star Publishing
Genre: Young Adult Dystopia

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London and her teenage friends live in a reprocessed world.

Confined within Capital City’s concrete walls, London has done the impossible and the illegal. She’s created something New- a song. But her mentor, club owner Pauly, is not impressed. Since the historic Energy Crisis forced everyone behind walls generations ago, the Tycoons have ensured there is truly nothing new allowed under the sun. Pauly warns London to keep her song to herself, if she knows what’s good for her.

What he doesn’t know is that London is keeping an even bigger secret: she dreams. And she’s not alone. London’s band-mates and friends have begun dreaming as well, seeing themselves in “night pictures” as beings from another world. As Otherborn, they must piece together the story of their astral avatars, the Others, in order to save their world from a dreamless, hopeless future.

When Pauly is murdered and an Otherborn goes missing, London realizes someone is hunting them down. Escaping along the Outroads, they brave the deserted Houselands with only their dreams to guide them. Can they find their friend before the assassin finds them? Will being Otherborn save their lives, or destroy them?

Blog Tour {Review & Giveaway}—The Ferryman and the Flame series by Rhiannon Paille

Stopping by The LUVNV today is the The Ferryman and the Flame series blog tour, hosted by Xpresso Book Tours.
We got the pleasure to read and review Surrender and Justice, the first two books of the series.
You also have the chance to win ebook copies of both!

Surrender

by Rhiannon Paille

Book #1 of The Ferryman and the Flame  series

Publication: October 2nd 2012
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance

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Kaliel was warned about her love for the Ferryman. One day he will marry the land and leave Avristar forever. She doesn't listen, and because of what she is—a Flame—one of nine apocalyptic weapons, she sparks a war. In a desperate attempt to save her home and her love, Kaliel tries to awaken Avred, not knowing she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Blog Tour {Review}—Binding Vows by Catherine Bybee

Binding Vows

by Catherine Bybee

Book #1 of MacCoinnich Time Travel series

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Duncan MacCoinnich’s task… Travel to the twenty-first century Renaissance Faire, deflower the Druid virgins, and go home. Only his job is not so easily accomplished with the virgin in question, Tara McAllister. Time is running out. The evil is closing in on them both.

Tara finds Duncan irresistible after what was supposed to be a mock Hand-fasting binds them. When Duncan whisks her to his home in Scotland she could accept that. But, can she forgive him for taking away her modern life when she finds herself in the sixteenth century? And is it love they feel? Or something else?

Vouched Book: "To Love a Thief" by Darcy Burke

To Love a Thief
Darcy Burke
Secrets & Scandals #4, but works well as a standalone
Publication: September 2012, Intrepid Reads
Genre: Historical Romance

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To set things right, she has to be very wrong…

Former constable Daniel Carlyle hasn’t the foggiest notion how to be a viscount. No one is more shocked than he when his father’s second cousin and his son die on the same day. When a prominent earl offers to guide Daniel through Society and the House of Lords, he’s grateful to have a champion. Things seem to be falling into place when he meets a lovely young woman he intends to make his viscountess. Until he catches her stealing from his mentor.

The moment Jocelyn Renwick glimpses her family's stolen heirlooms in the possession of a wealthy earl, she demands their return. He dismissively insists they’ve been in his family for generations, and she privately vows to get them back at any cost. But the law-abiding Lord Carlyle foils her plans, and she reluctantly partners with him to solve the theft of her property. When they discover the earl is up to his ears in criminal acts, he threatens to link Daniel to his gang of thieves. Jocelyn must decide if justice for her family is worth risking a chance at love.

Vouched Books! "The Original Sinners" Books 0.5 – 3 by Tiffany Reisz

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Courtesy of NetGalley, I received an ARC of The Prince, the much anticipated third installment of The Original Sinner series due to release tomorrow. As usual, I'm late to the bandwagon. I hadn't heard of the series until recently, and that was only a few days before I received the ARC. I had to catch up—read three books and two novellas in a less than a week.

It was the greatest week of little sleep and the best reads I can remember having in the longest time. That's saying a lot coming from me since I'm not a BDSM reader/fanatic. Find out why I floved this series and why you might want to give it try if you haven't already.