Saturday, March 1, 2014

Blog Tour / Love Me by Kristin Mayer



SYNOPSIS:

Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. 

But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison. The woman who came before Allison is determined to captivate Damien’s heart. And Damien’s best friend is somehow playing a part in it all. 

One is a murderer, and Damien and Allison discover they can trust no one but each other. When Damien’s history endangers Allison’s life, their relationship is pushed to its limits, and they must determine if their love can overcome any obstacle or if circumstances will force them apart. 


EXCERPT  

P In the V Scene: 

As I walk down the stairs to the first floor of the penthouse, Sam is standing by the window on her phone, and then my phone beeps. I roll my eyes. She’s wearing something similar to me, but with a tad more sass as the word Juicy is printed across her butt. She hears me, turns, and bounds over to me before engulfing me in a bear hug. I’m so glad to see her again. It’s almost been a month. 

We both start off talking at the same time in a bubbling mess, trying to share all our news, and we end up snickering at our craziness. 

I stop myself because I have a feeling what her news is. “Go ahead, Sam. You first.” 

She deserves this moment. 

She grabs my hands. “I want to know all about your honeymoon, but I have got to share this with you even though I’m sure you already know. Damien offered me a job to be a talent scout. He wants me to spot athletic talent, finalize deals, and re-sign current players. He said you are okay with it. Are you?” 

She’s practically jumping, and I feel like a bobblehead as I try to follow her to the elevator. 

“Sam, I couldn’t be happier for you. I think you’ve just found your calling. Plus, you know that means we’ll get to travel together a lot.” 

She grabs me by the shoulders and starts shaking me with excitement. We are giggling like crazed adolescents. It’s a lot of fun, not acting our age sometimes. 

“I take it that you have accepted?” I ask. 

“Hell yeah, I accepted. I am so glad you decided to let him put his P in your V. Best. Decision. Ever.” 

Where does she come up with this stuff? I’ll never look at those two letters the same in all my life. They have been forever defiled. 


BOOK LINK:

Love Me is the second book in the Trust Series.

Love Me (Book #2 Trust Series) Goodreads

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REVIEW

I was so excited when Love Me, book 2 in the Trust Series by Kristin Mayer came out. I have been looking forward for months for it to come out and to read more of Allison Scott and Damien Wales. Just like Trust Me, book 1 in the series, it is an awesome book and it had my attention right from the beginning. I really enjoyed reading it. 

In Love Me, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are starting the next chapter in their lives. They are engaged, happily in love and looking forward to their future. Their unconditional love for each other continues to grow. 

In this chapter, Allison and Damien will go through a lot of bumps in the road that will make their life together hard. It all has to do with Damien’s past. Will their love for each other help them overcome this difficult time?

Kristin Mayer has done it again!! Thanks so much Kristin for another awesome book. I am really looking forward to reading the next book in the Trust Series. I definitely recommend all my book friends to check out Love Me after reading Trust Me, book 1 in the series where it all began for Allison and Damien.


I give this awesome book 5 Dandy's!!


AUTHOR BIO:

Kristin Mayer is a wife, a proud mother, and a full-time Analyst and Import Manager. Since an early age, she has always enjoyed reading and writing. While visiting her father one weekend, he suggested that she should take up writing again. With family and a career, she didn’t give it a lot of thought, until a story entered her mind and wouldn’t leave. It just kept forming and developing over a couple of months. 

At the beginning of 2013, she decided to sit down and write it all down, but she kept it to herself. One sentence developed into two, and before she knew it, she had the makings of a novel.

Kristin tries to live life to the fullest during every moment. She loves to travel and meet new people. She holds a degree in International Business and uses it daily in her job. Kristin now adds “author” on her list of jobs, and feels very blessed and thankful.

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Review | Skinless: A Novel in III Parts (Part III) by L. M. Davis @LMDavisWrites

Title: Skinless: A Novel in III Parts (Part III)
Author: L.M. Davis
Series: Skinless
Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy
Length: 74 Pages

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“He’s been with me through all of these strange cities and lonely countrysides. Without him, I would never have made it this far.” -Ankh

All of the secrets are out.

All of the clues are deciphered.

All of the questions are answered.

Now, all that is left is war.

REVIEW

In the final part of Skinless the truth is finally laid out to Luca. Although he has been through hell and back trying to protect Ankh,and despite the chaos there was plenty of times Luca gave me a chuckle through out the story. And that I truly loved.

Luca refused to let Ankh go through this battle alone, he was ready and willing to do what he could to help the one girl who made him feel things no one else could. And although Ankh didn't want Luca involved, he gave her no choice. He was with her all the way. I loved the relationship between the two, and how they were able to connect throughout the story.

Again, I am usually not a SciFi reader but L.M Davis pulled me in to this series from the beginning. I'm sure for all you SciFi readers this will have everything you are looking for.



About the Author
L. M. Davis loves great storytelling. She needs nothing more than a good book and a comfy chair to be happy. She was born in the south, raised in the north, and has a few degrees under her belt. She still hasn't gotten her black cat, but she thinks about it everyday. Her thoughts go something like this: "I really should get a cat." For now, she contents herself with spoiling the pets of her friends and family.




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Release Day Blitz | The Fawn by Susan Griscom @SusanGriscom

The writing of The Fawn has been a bittersweet journey. This is a story very close to my heart and a story suffered by many women around the world. It's not a new story. It is one that has been told time and time again by many different people in many different ways and with many different experiences, but with the same old problem. Hopefully through my love of my characters and emotions I've made it an interesting one. I wrote the first twenty pages of this story back in 2008 shortly after finishing the first draft of Whisper Cape. Although the story of The Fawn is completely fiction, it does represent a time in my life when I was insecure and my self-esteem was at an all time low, sometime back in my late thirties early forties. Things changed, circumstances changed, and I was able to find my own self worth. One thing similar to The Fawn is that I didn't do it alone. The people in my life had a huge influence on me, friends mostly. And my knight who helped me realize my own self-worth time and time again. Just as Jackson is there for Lena, my knight was there for me. That is where the similarities end. But the emotion is strong in this story and I hope I've been able to portray it well enough to be appreciated. Lena's journey is very different from my own, yet, holds so much weight in my heart. 
~ Susan Griscom
 
Released Date: March 1, 2014
The Fawn
A New Adult Novel

Sexual content and mature subject matter, including domestic violence and abuse.

After a not-so-wonderful young adulthood—shuffled from one foster home to another—Lena Benton had hoped marriage would be her ticket to happiness. Wedded a year after high school graduation, Lena was certain she’d found her knight. But when Troy Harington’s true colors surface shortly after their glorious day of elopement, things aren’t quite as rosy as Lena had envisioned. When an unforeseen event turns ugly, all she can do is ... run!

But does she run far enough?

Jackson Beaumont prides himself on being a nature-loving, guitar-strumming carefree sort of guy, known for his eagerness to help injured animals find their way back into the wild. When Lena Benton walks into his bar, he’s once again swept off his feet with concern and desire to help the wounded. Will he risk having his heart torn apart again when the memory of the fawn he rescued as a child resurfaces?

Teaser Excerpt
Lena

No more tears, I ordered myself. It’s over. Was he dead? I hoped he was dead. I had to have killed him. My emotions—convoluted with anger and fear—dominated my judgment, giving me courage to go on. I’d never considered myself weak, to allow a man to have such complete and utter control over me—to beat me whenever he had the whim. How the hell had that happened?

Well, that person was gone and I didn’t want to be weak anymore. I lifted my glasses, studied my eye again, and thought of my mother—she’d been weak, I remembered. The vision of my stepfather beating my mother to death invaded my mind. I was nine at the time, and sat cowering in the corner, praying he wouldn’t come at me when he’d finished with her. I’d watched him slap my mom around before, and she’d always been able to recover. But that last time, he’d gone too far. I watched as my mother fell to her knees, clutching her stomach as his foot came off the ground and struck her in the face. She’d fallen backwards and her head hit the edge of the red, brick hearth of the fireplace. I covered my eyes and screamed as blood spewed out all over the bricks and the worn out, dingy cream carpet. A neighbor heard the screaming and called the police. They’d gotten there in time for me, but too late for my mother.

I’d been on my own since I was eighteen after enduring one foster home after another, never really fitting in. But at the tender age of fourteen I’d found my niche. An old discarded second-hand guitar I’d discovered in someone’s trash became my savior. As long as I had a guitar in my hands nothing else mattered. After a few months of living with some friends and several temporary gigs here and there, I’d been lucky enough to find a spot with a smalltime band singing and playing lead-guitar. They called themselves The Magic Crew. They were good too, on their way to stardom, and I was right there with them until Troy Harington showed up and swept me off my feet.

It seemed as if it had all been a dream as I thought about how he’d manipulated me into believing he loved me. Handsome? Oh yeah, he was handsome.


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Trailer Blitz | Ashlynn's Dreams by Julie C. Gilbert - Bargain Books @authorgilbert


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Every Mother's Worst Nightmare

Dear Dr. S.,

Sorry for the wrinkles on the page. I was gonna print ya a new one, but Jeffrey said I’d probably just cry all over that one, too. He’s right. I’ve been leaking tears for days and ain’t likely to stop all of a sudden, so I just carry lots of tissues wherever I go.

I ain’t much for these computer things, but if it’ll help my Jillian, I’ll answer whatever questions ya can muster.

Thank you ever so much for agreeing to meet regular with my Jillian. She looks forward to every meeting, even the ones she gripes about. I can tell. She used to be that way when I first took her over to Momma’s house to stay for a while when she was just a tiny babe. Pretty soon it got so she fussed about having to come home with me. That’s my Jillian for ya though. She’s quick to trust and quicker to love and love fierce at that.

I’m not exactly sure what more I could tell ya that she can’t. My heartbeat is starting to come back to normal, though I think if something like this ever happens again I might up and have a busted heart. Never cried so much in my life and that’s the truth. Jeffrey had to be the strong one for both of us, but he spent his share of tears, too. He called Momma and his parents, and they all dropped their lives to come be with us.

Talking two seconds with Jillian, ya probably know Momma’s something sure-fired special. I had Jillian so young that Momma

practically had to raise us both at once. Jason wasn’t much help, but he was handsome. I was young and in love, a recipe for trouble according to Momma. I up and married the first pretty man who paid me any mind. What did I know of marriage?

You asked about that day. It’s hard to describe the panic. It’s like an elephant setting itself down square on yer chest and deciding it likes it there. Every breath becomes a hard-fought battle. Everything around becomes more real and less real all at once. Ya become aware of every breath but hours could tick painfully by with only one endless record playing.

Oh God, where is she? I hope she’s okay. Why my baby? What’d we do? Why her? 

*****
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“The characters are fresh and interesting, and the plot has enough twists and turns to keep you riveted….”
-Ed. D.



Giveaway | 3,000 Likes on Facebook Celebration @AsYouWishReview

What: 3,000 Like Giveaway Celebration
Where: AYWR on Facebook/Blog
When: March 1st - 14th
Who: Our Followers

Thank you all so very much for helping our Facebook page reach this incredible milestone!  Reaching 3,000 Likes on our page could not have been done without the help from our amazing followers and awesome authors that have supported us since the beginning.

A huge thank you also goes out to the gals that contribute to both our Facebook Fan Page and Blog!  Without you ladies, this blog would not be what it is today!  

We would also like to thank the generous authors that have donated to this giveaway, without you this celebration would not be possible!  So thank you so very much for donating!

The Authors & eBooks donated to our 3,000 Like Giveaway: 

Susan Griscom ~ The Fawn
Karen Swart ~ Kasadya Hellhound Awakened, Twisted & Born
Lacey Leigh ~ The Ultimate Betrayal
S. Cu'Anam Policar ~ Rise of Xosha & Abomination
Regina Bartley ~ Klay
Princess McConnell ~ Promises In The Dark
Ednah Walters ~ Grimnirs
Diana Nixon ~ The Souls of Rain
Mary Smith ~ Melting Away the Ice & Breaking the Ice
J. K. Accinni ~ Alien Species Intervention 1-3
N.L. Greene ~ Illusions Begin
Tiffeny Moore ~ Past Unleashed
K.B. Miller ~ Compulsion
Jennifer Malone Wright ~ Savior
Kristin Flynn ~ Saving Georgia
Tiffany Carmouche ~ The Impostor, A Love Story
Cameo Renae ~ Hidden Wings
Lavinia Urban ~ Erin the Fire Goddess: Betrayal & Torment
Annie Seaton ~ Dangerous Desire
Scarlet Wolfe ~ I'm Holding On
Robin Covington ~ Sweet Southern Betrayal
Julie C. Gilbert ~ Ashlynn's Dreams
Melissa Bourbon Ramirez ~ Bare-Naked Lola
A.O. Peart ~ Almost Matched
Melissa Pearl ~ The Betwixt Series Omnibus
J. S. Cooper ~ Crazy Beautiful Love
Clarissa Wild ~ Fierce
JS Taylor ~ Star Struck
Karen E. Martin ~ Modogamous
Suzannah Daniels ~ Dangerous
Jessica Wood ~ Damian
Kristie Cook ~ The Space Between
MJ Fields ~ Jase, Jase and Carly, Cyrus, Zandor (Men of Steel)
Ann Marie Frohoff ~ First Kiss
Claudia Burgoa ~ Getting By

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