First Position (Dirty Dancing #1) by Melody Grace New Release

First Position

(Dirty Dancing #1)

by Melody Grace

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FIRST POSITION -- 11/5

SECOND POSITION -- 11/12

THIRD POSITION -- 12/1

 

A man dances the same way he fucks. His stamina, his rhythm, the slow grind of his hips. Some people are born to it, others learn through years of careful study.
And dancers? We do it best of all.
The moment I saw her, I knew. Her innocence is intoxicating. My lust is fierce. Primal. To watch her dance is to know the torment of true temptation.
She will be mine.

 It takes a lot of sacrifice to be a ballet dancer.  It is based on precision of movement, control, and an ethereal aura ...just like watching a feather dance with precise movements.  A ballerina must have the correct build - height, weight, bone structure - and her muscles must be worked to the point breaking in order to maintain control over their bodies.  But every dancer knows the weakest point  is the foot and the ankle.  You work to strengthen them, but they are delicate and a wrong move can mean the end of a career.

Annalise has been training to be a dancer since she was eight years old.  It is hard to follow in you mother's footsteps when she accomplished so much by the age of nineteen years old.  This is the life that has been chosen for Annalise... to become a famous ballerina and live up to her mother's expectations.

In the end, Annalise is just nineteen, and at this age, mature thinking begins to question whether this is the life she really wants to pursue.  It would take a lot of courage to stand up to her mother and choose otherwise.

This story is being published in a series.  This first part is a thrilling introduction to the life of a young woman on the brink of embracing her life and making her own choices.  This is a turning point in her life.  She has to decide where she will commit her efforts and what she is willing to give up for it.

As with anything written by Melody Grace, I was swept away with emotions and misgivings as Annalise shares with us the readers her most intimate thoughts.  As is the norm with our author's characters, it takes just a few strokes of her pen to entice us into the story and fall in love with her characters.  I am looking forward to finding out more about Raphael.  Believe me when I say that he is tall, dark and handsome I am not just describing the norm.  This man is hot and can move like a dream.  No surprises there... he is also a dancer with a different style from ballet.  He represents life, primal desire, and unrelenting need for more.  Ok, I will stop now... I am actually panting!

About the Author
Melody Grace is the New York Times bestselling author of the Beachwood Bay series. A small-town girl turned SoCal beach lover, after spending her life with her nose in a book, she decided it was time she wrote one herself. She loves steamy romance novels, happily-ever-afters, and lusting after fictional menfolk. She is author of USA Today & international bestselling Beachwood Bay series.

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The Muse (The Rothvale Legacy Historical Prequel Series) by Raine Miller New Release

The Muse

(The Rothvale Legacy Historical Prequel Series)

by Raine Miller

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What if the truth about a famous painting was not what it’s been told to be? What if it was not even the original work and a different painting had inspired its creation? The story of a painting… The motivation behind the work, Flaming June—Romanticist painter, Lord Frederic Leighton’s magnum opus—a woman sleeping in a chair. Hauntingly beautiful, but with its inspiration locked away in the mystery of times past.

1811...
Burdened with family skeletons and agonizing guilt, an unwilling Lord Rothvale, one Graham Everley, returns from a long sojourn in Ireland to attend to the obligations awaiting him in England. The last thing he imagines to find is his destiny, but find her he does. Imogene Byron-Cole, a girl as lovely as her past is tragic. Graham can’t walk away from her, and so he marries her instead, in spite of an increasingly tangled web of troubles that threaten to destroy the very foundation of his entire existence.

As Graham and Imogene start out on their journey together, they express their love through a series of portraits. The art ensnares them completely, and in the end, becomes their salvation, bearing them through their deepest pain of loss, and inspiring a masterwork.

[This will be book one of a three part saga in the Rothvale Legacy Historical Prequel series.]

The Muse - Book I - Graham Everley

The Rogue - Book II - Clive Gravelle

The Stargazer - Book III - Colin Everley

 In the style and magnificence of Jane Austen, with a naughty twist, our Author Raine Miller gives us an original story of passion, obsession, and soaring love. I was physically transported to an era long past where etiquette and social mores were as important as the air you breathe.

Feeling Cupid's arrow through his heart, Graham Everley, the newest Lord Rothvale, falls for Imogene Byron-Cole. Her sweetness, independent air, and beauty absolutely captures him even before they speak to each other. This is the kind of historical novel that sweeps my emotions and makes me sigh!

Graham is a tortured soul. There are incidents in his past that haunt him. He is trying to hold everything together as he steps into his father's shoes and attends to all the duties that come with the title and estate he has inherited. Losing his parents and dealing with his duties, he recognizes he is also lonely and just going through the steps of a living soul, although not feeling it. Imogene's influence on him changes him, as he begins his journey to acceptance and maturity through their compelling love.

Imogene is absolutely delightful. She is a woman ahead of her time. An inspiration to all that meet her; she influences not only her husband, but artists, poets and all that come to know her. Her love for Graham is all encompassing; she holds nothing back as she willingly learns to be his wife, confidant and lover.

These characters are so real, I felt the urge to do a Google search to check out if in fact there ever existed a Lord and Lady Rothvale and Tristan Mallerton. We all know Sir Frederic Leighton and the wonders he produced with his brush. His portrait called Flaming June is the inspiration for this story and our story proposes Leighton himself found his inspiration for such a work of art from our Imogene. Raine Miller's imagination soars as she concocts a plausible story that will leave you wondering if she somehow has magical insight into the past.

About the Author
Raine Miller has been reading romance novels since she picked up that first Barbara Cartland book at the tender age of thirteen. And it's a safe bet she'll never stop, because now she writes them too! Granted Raine's stories are edgy enough to turn Ms. Cartland in her grave, but to her way of thinking, a hot, sexy hero never goes out of fashion. A former teacher, she's now writing sexy romance stories full time. She has a handsome prince of a husband, and two brilliant sons to pull her back into the real world if the writing takes her too far away. Her sons know she likes to write stories, but gratefully have never asked to read any, thank God! Raine loves to hear from readers and to chat about the characters in her books. You can contact her at raine_miller@ymail.com or visit www.RaineMiller.com to sign up for updates and her newsletter with links to upcoming books. Also, you can text RAINE to 96000 if you prefer.

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Leah's Seduction (A Rinaldi Romance Part 6) by Emily Jane Trent Available NOW!

Leah's Seduction

(A Rinaldi Romance  Part 6) 

by Emily Jane Trent

Release Date November 3, 2014

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Gianni Rinaldi was introduced in the Touched By You series, the endearing romance of Tanner and Natalie.

Gianni was the owner of GR Showroom, and showcased Natalie’s fashions. He was a source of jealousy for Tanner, although his relationship with Natalie was strictly professional in the Touched By You series. But he was deeply involved in his own romance, which you can now read about in “Leah’s Seduction.”

The story unfolds over a series of novellas. Each is an episode in the ongoing tale of seduction into the secrets of the fashion industry, and the temptations of love.

Being closer to Gianni stirs Leah’s jealousy. Holding onto the affections of such an eligible bachelor may not be so easy. Then, a confrontation with her boss forces Leah has to depend on Gianni more than before. She fears giving up her independence. At the same time, Gianni’s feelings for her are changing, and the situation with Leah’s lost journal threatens to take her from him.

 

Blurb:

Leah strives to understand Gianni, and how love has escaped him. Her feelings for him intensify, and jealousy rears its head. But before she can get a grip on her romantic life, Vadim threatens her. Leah has to make a decision that will bring her deeper into Gianni’s life, but at the risk of losing her independence. Can she deal with how her life is changing?

Gianni cannot forget his earlier failure with love. Yet his feelings for Leah deepen, making him crave her more. When Leah is in danger, his need to protect strengthens, and he takes charge. But there remains a secret that could rip them apart. He must avoid that at all costs. Will he succeed?

“Many times during the trip, Leah had said she loved him. Sometimes in the heat of passion, other times over a quiet dinner. Anxiety roiled in his belly. It was Ava all over again. Only it wasn’t. This time Gianni felt something different.

He didn’t understand his feelings, and Gianni needed more time. But with this new discovery, he may not have that time. His silence about retaining possession of the original journal was a secret that could tear them apart. The knowledge that he had failed to share was a ticking time bomb. And he didn’t know when it was going to blow up.”

Infatuation and mutual understanding... Gianni still is hesitant to define his feelings for Leah. Admittedly, he knows he experiences emotions when he is with Leah he has never felt before. He is absolutely at a loss defining these emotions as love. "The unending desire for such intimacy blotted out all else."

Leah finds all of this to be incredible that a man like Gianni has never experienced love. His heart is so guarded! She knows he feels something for her, but he stills holds back and never voices what he is experiencing.

As Vadim threatens Leah and manhandles her, Gianni comes to her rescue. Gianni will not take prisoners... he will annihilate them for threatening what is his!

Our story continues to draw us in to this erotic love affair. The sex is hot and the time they spend together in his playroom is unforgettable. Gianni is taking Leah deeper into the depths of sensual exploration and she continues to be a willing and vigorous participant. "How he felt when he was with her, and the strength of the connection in every scene, gave Gianni all he could ask for."

I am on the edge of my seat waiting for what will happen next. The undercurrent of Gianni's secret about holding on to Leah's original journal is overshadowing their interaction. Gianni will have to decide what to do with the journal... destroy it? If he keeps the journal, he must ensure Leah never finds out he has kept this secret from her.

About the Author 

Emily Jane Trent is a true romantic at heart. She writes steamy romantic stories about characters you'll get to know and love. If you like a love story with sex scenes that sizzle and a story that involves you both intellectually and emotionally, you'll find her books are for you.

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Have Me: A Stark Ever After Novella by Julie Kenner New Release

 

Have Me: A Stark Ever After Novella

by Julie Kenner 

 

 

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HAVE ME is finally here and we are so excited to celebrate the release! 

You have got to get your hands on this steamy novella!

For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You comes an erotic, emotionally charged eBook novella from New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner. Following the novels in her blockbuster Stark Trilogy—Release Me, Claim Me, and Complete Me, as well as her tie-in novella Take Me—Have Me continues the story of fan favorites Damien Stark and his new wife, Nikki Fairchild.


Our wedding was everything I dreamed of, and now the honeymoon is a living fantasy. To be Mrs. Damien Stark is the ultimate rush—to know that our claim to each other is real, our fierce passion sealing our bond. My kiss is forever his, his touch is forever mine.  

We both harbor deep scars from our pasts, and we’ve done everything we can to lay our ghosts to rest. But there are still dreams that haunt me, and people that threaten to tear us apart.

Our shared ecstasy makes me feel alive, and I’ll do anything to keep Damien close. He is my future, my hope, my every want and need. And once you’ve tasted that kind of obsession, nothing can make you give it up.

 

About J. Kenner
Julie Kenner (aka J. Kenner and J.K. Beck) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres. Praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations,” J.K. writes a range of stories including super sexy romances, paranormal romance, chick lit suspense and paranormal mommy lit. Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner, is in development as a feature film with 1492 Pictures. Her most recent trilogy of erotic romances, The Stark Trilogy (as J. Kenner), reached as high as #2 on the New York Times list and is published in over twenty countries. J.K. lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and several cats.

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My Salvation (Salvation #1) by Michelle Dare Blog Tour, Review and Giveaway

 My Salvation

(Salvation #1)

by Michelle Dare

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 Caliana Crawford is smart, sexy and unemployed. After quitting her mediocre job, she finds herself in need of a break. She goes to the one place that holds her most precious memories, her cabin by the lake. Life hasn’t always been easy for Cali. She lost someone close to her, was betrayed by her lover, and now she only wants to escape reality. What she doesn’t plan on is her sexy neighbor, who has an agenda of his own. Owen Matthews goes through the motions every day, but knows his life is missing one essential part - Cali. He has never forgotten about the summers he spent by the lake with the gorgeous brunette. When he sees she is back to stay, Owen knows he can’t let her slip through his fingers again. Others think he has it all with owning a multimillion dollar company, but what they don’t know is that he would give it all up to have her in his arms and his bed. The road to happiness isn’t always easy. His brother returns to his life and brings with him an old flame who threatens to rip Cali and Owen apart. Will they find their salvation with one another or let the events of their past influence their future?

     
 

     

The boy next door... remember him? You know, the one you used to check out every summer by the lake in his swimming trunks? Yep! That's the one. The one that kissed you the last night at the lake before you took off to go to college and surprised you with that smoldering kiss you never expected. Yep! Your memory is still fresh...

Imagine meeting him again ten years later and feeling that attraction again. This is our story. The reconnecting of two souls that were meant to be together and somehow come full circle to find each other again.

True love is hard to beat. If you truly love someone, you are willing to fight for them no matter how many threats are made against you, how much of your life and possessions are threatened... including placing yourself in harms way to protect the one you love.

This was a loving and emotional book that touched my heart. Although I was able to discern along the way what would happen next, it was still an entertaining book that kept me glued to its pages until the early morning hours. I was unable to put down. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 

About the Author

Michelle Dare is a Jersey girl living over the border in Pennsylvania. She started out as a reader, then became a book blogger. She loves the book community and thought to try her hand at writing. Her first book, My Salvation, is a contemporary romance.

She is a married mom with two wonderful children and a German Shepherd, who she considers her third child. She is a lover of books, music and movies. Her favorite band is Maroon 5 and has too many favorite movies to list. Paranormal romance is her favorite genre to read.

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