January 16, 2015 – Mama Likes To Read Book Blog

#BookBlitz ~ Ripple Effect by Kristen Mayer ~ #HotNewRead #GiveAway @InkslingerPR @author_Kristin

Posted on January 16, 2015January 15, 2015 by mamareads2014

We’re having a book blitz for Ripple Effect by Kristin Mayer. I’m super excited to share this book blitz with you so—without further ado!!

About Ripple Effect:

Every event in our life causes a ripple effect that we never truly understand until the waters calm and everything reveals itself. It’s in that moment we truly see…

Adam Ryker, owner of Club Envy, has his rules. Relationships stay within the walls of the club. Outside of that, people are merely acquaintances. After having his heart broken, he’s not interested in the happily ever afters and white picket fences. Adam’s interests lie in his club and giving pleasure to women.

Ainsley Pearson wants to be free. She needs an escape from her life. Her best friend suggests Club Envy. From the moment Ainsley sets foot in the club, Adam decides he wants to be the exclusive one to bring her pleasure.

He wants her.

He needs her.

He has to have her.

Adam finds himself wanting more.

Will this unforeseen ripple in Adam’s and Ainsley’s lives be too much to overcome? Or will the one thing they never thought they deserved have an everlasting effect?

Ripple Effect is book one of The Effect Series.

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She moved her head to one side. “I’m not a submissive. I don’t know the ins and outs of all that, but I know that’s not for me.”

She was all business, and I liked that about her. She wasn’t doing all that lovey-dovey giggle shit.

I relaxed my posture in my seat since she hadn’t said no. “I’m not asking for a submissive. We’ll both give each other what we need on equal ground. We’ll never do anything you are uncomfortable with.”

She let my words absorb. My eyes kept going to her top. It was a low-scoop green silk shirt. The club was cold, and as she shifted, I could make out the faint outline of her nipples.

Ainsley also relaxed her posture slightly as she leaned back in the chair. “And what do you need, Adam?”

“To fuck you hard, countless times, to be buried so deep inside you while you scream in pleasure—that’s what I want out of this, Ainsley. Lust and sex, that’s it.”

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About the Author:

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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#CoverReveal ~ A Restored Man by Jaime Reese ~ The Men of Halfway House ~ #ComingSoon #HotRead @EJBookPromos @Jaime_Reese

Posted on January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 by mamareads2014

Here is the cover reveal for another hot read in Jaime Reese’s The Men of Halfway House Series.

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Title: A Restored Man

Series: The Men of Halfway House #3

Author: Jaime Reese

Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 17, 2015

Cole Renzo thinks his greatest challenge is to behave for the remainder of his term at Halfway House. Until he meets his new boss, Ty Calloway, a man who ticks off every box on Cole’s list of interests.

A sought-after restorer and customizer of exotic and collectible cars, Ty had enough confidence to command what he wanted in life, until one fateful night changed everything. Almost two years later, he’s slowly rebuilding his life with great control. He’s defied the odds and works tirelessly to be the man he once was—but he still feels broken.

Cole’s candor and unfiltered personality awaken Ty’s barely-remembered desire to greet each new day with a smile, while Ty’s unwavering acceptance of Cole’s quirks and brash humor makes Cole feel as if he fits in for the first time in far too long. When a nemesis threatens Ty’s personal restoration and the things he holds dear, Cole is determined to protect their relationship, even if that means sacrificing everything he’s worked so hard to achieve.

But Ty will have to let his guard down, surrender control, and admit he needs Cole first, even if that puts himself at risk of breaking beyond repair.

“Excuse me,” Ty said, before making his way to the kitchen. He poked his head inside and saw Cole bent over on the left hand side, searching for, then finding, a pan in the bottom drawer of the cabinet. He couldn’t help the smile that tugged at his lips when he saw Spider-Man peeking out from the top of Cole’s jeans.

“I told you to get out. You’re not fucking this up,” Cole said, his back still turned to Ty.

Ty smiled, leaned up against the doorframe and waited.

Cole looked over his shoulder, a huge smile immediately spreading across his face. “Hey, you,” he said, straightening.

Ty walked over to him and wrapped an arm around Cole’s waist. He reached out and brushed his thumb against Cole’s cheek, his hand finally steadying once he grazed Cole’s warm skin.

“That’s a big smile,” Cole said.

“I saw Spider-Man,” Ty said, chuckling.

Cole raised an eyebrow and wrapped his arms around Ty’s waist. “If I had known he turned you on that much, I would have worn a blue and red onesie to the shop under my work clothes.”

Ty bit back a smile. He tugged on Cole’s T-shirt. “You look good out of your shop clothes.”

Cole pulled Ty closer. “I look good out of these clothes too,” he said, waggling his eyebrows.

Ty reached up and ran his finger along the edge of Cole’s beanie. “Do you ever take this off?”

“When you sleep with me, you can take it off.”

Ty looked into the mismatched eyes that held a wealth of mischief. “I’m not sleeping with you.”

Cole pulled Ty into a kiss, gripping his hair, unmistakably guiding him exactly where he wanted Ty to be. Ty’s heart pounded relentlessly against his chest, his body betraying his last spoken words and demanding more contact. His fingers twisted the edge of Cole’s jeans, drawing him in, craving the closeness of Cole’s thick, hard body.

Cole withdrew, the desire unmistakably still burning in his eyes. “Yes, you will,” he said. “You won’t be able to resist this much awesomeness for long.”

Ty bit his lip, trying to hide a smile. He liked it when Cole got feisty.

Cole ran the tip of his finger down Ty’s neck, then tugged at the collar of Ty’s polo shirt. “Aww, you didn’t dress up for me,” he said with an exaggerated pout. “Will I ever see you in a suit?”

“Why do you want to see me in a suit?”

“Seriously? You’d look hot in a suit. I’d probably want to rip it off.”

“So what’s the point of wearing the suit?” Ty asked, tugging Cole closer.

“Foreplay.”

Ty burst into laughter and touched his forehead to Cole’s. “You’re impossible.”

“You should do that more often.”

“What’s that? Foreplay?”

“Laugh.” Cole smiled. “And wear suits. But I would totally be on board with foreplay, too,” he finished, waggling his eyebrows.

Jaime Reese is the alter ego of an artist who loves the creative process of writing, just not about herself. Fiction is far more interesting. She has a weakness for broken, misunderstood heroes and feels everyone deserves a chance at love and life. An avid fan of a happy ending, she believes those endings acquired with a little difficulty are more cherished.

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#BlogTour for #FindingGavin By C.A. Harms “I had to believe he came into my life for a reason.” ~ @Charms0814 @EJBookPromos

Posted on January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 by mamareads2014

Title: Finding Gavin

Series: Southern Boys #2

Author: C.A. Harms

Genre: Adult, Contemporary Romance

Release Date: December 30, 2014

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Forgiving Reed Cover Model: Jared Thompson

Finding Gaving Cover Model: Gary Taylor

Cover Designer: Wicked by Design

Gavin was a broken hearted cowboy from Savannah…

The one she fell for even though he tried to warn her away.

Maria’s entire life had been one rejection after another, always going after things that were just out of reach.

Gavin was no exception.

She wanted him, so desperately…

But life had a way of making things unattainable, at least for her anyway.

Just when things began to change, once again the darkness glooms, and Maria finds that her happy ending may once again be…

Unreachable.

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“Look at me,” she said.

I shook my head and buried my face in my pillow like some child. I guess I felt that, if I ignored the entire situation long enough, it would eventually just disappear.

“Please talk to me,” she pleaded. I buried my face even deeper into my pillow, continuing to hide with the hope that she would just give up.

Kori wasn’t that kind of girl, though, and I knew that. I just wished this time she would be. “You can ignore me all you want. You can push me away. Hell, you can even run from me,” she stated, pushing on my shoulder and causing me to finally face her. My lips trembled as her eyes bored into mine. “But I will follow you. I will stand by you and force you to face this. I love you, and I refuse to watch you suffer alone. I’m here for you.” She reached forward, gripping my face in her hands. “I am not going anywhere, no matter how hard you fall.

I will pick you up every god damn day if I have to.”

Tears ran down my cheeks, and I fought back the urge to let it all out. I sniffled and narrowed my eyes at her.

“Go ahead and get pissed. Yell at me. Scream.

When you’re all done and you’ve got all that anger out of you…” She paused, narrowing her eyes at me in return. “I will still be by your side, holding you up.”

The tears were impossible to hold back. My body shook, and I tried with everything I had to hold it all in. I fought until I no longer had the fight in me, and all at once…I broke.

I sobbed and she pulled me close. “Let it out, let it all go.” She soothed my cries by rubbing my back gently.

“He left,” I cried. “He just walked out and I haven’t seen or heard from him since. He was so angry about me not telling him. I think he hates me and that hurts so much.” I continued to cry. “I needed him and he left. I wanted him to hold me and tell me that we would get through it together, but he left.”

Kori pulled back and looked at me closely. “Gavin?” she questioned me, and I nodded my head in reply.

“Um, I’ve only seen him once, the day I got back into town. From the looks of it, though, he isn’t doing all that well, either.” She paused as if she were thinking something over, debating whether to continue with what she’d planned to say. “What?” I asked.

“He, uh, he was sporting a pretty good shiner on his left eye,” Kori whispered.

My stomach tensed and my chest burned. “What?”

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I enjoy happy endings in my love stories. Loving those scenes that give it the needed angst and heat to keep you hooked and wanting more. Just enough drama to make her heart race and your stomach flutter. I haven’t always been a lover of Romance and had once been addicted to a good Mystery. Just recently I have taken on a new liking and now I am addicted to Romance Novel.

I am a Limitless Publishing Author and love sharing my stories with my great fans. Feedback is great and I really enjoy interacting with my readers.

I live in Illinois and enjoy spending time with my husband and two children.

You will always find me with my kindle or paperback in hand as it is my favorite pass time.

And I never leave home without a small notebook. You never know when an idea for a new story will strike.

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Let me begin by saying that I did not read the first book in this series, Forgiving Reed. While I was lost a few times when many characters were in a scene, I did not know their relationship or why they were important to the main characters, I was still able to understand the story line.

Finding Gavin starts in the POV of one of the main characters, Maria. It shifts back and forth throughout the story. Set in a small town in Georgia, Maria is in love with Gavin, the other main character but he has left and she doesn’t understand why. He took her heart with her. What she doesn’t know, and it will eventually become clear is that Gavin has feelings for her too. But Gavin has a past he must deal with. And a wife. That “wife” complicates his life and pushes Maria away. Gavin is ready to shut his heart down for good. If Maria and Gavin are to be together they must overcome some rather large obstacles. Are “they” worth working through them?

This is a cute love story with many characters who are either family or like family. Throw in some side twists and turns with Maria’s immediate family that just complicate her life. The story begins with a serious situation for Maria and you really get to know her family but then they really aren’t mentioned again. For as tight a family as they appeared, you lose touch with them and never really hear form them again. I enjoy stories that incorporate family and show a respect for family values so I did enjoy this part of the story. I was pleased with how the author wrote the story line and how Maria and Gavin ended up. I really enjoyed the “Mickey” part of the story, it warmed my heart even more to Gavin. I kept waiting for the “bad news” and held my breath a few times. That addition was a nice touch. The story kept me interested and wanting to learn more about the characters.

Overall I give this book 4 stars. I would recommend this book. You could read it as a stand alone but it is suggested that you read the first one before.

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