July 1, 2020 – Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

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When spoken by my new husband, these three little words fill me with terror and anticipation.

In private, King Henry rules my body like he rules his country—with unrelenting control and passion. I crave his orders, his punishment, his commands. Outside the bedroom, we’re strangers caught in a web of lies and decadence.

Our marriage is a sham, a business arrangement devised to save my life and secure his crown. He doesn’t love me. He loves my body, controlling it, shaming it, worshipping it. To survive the dangers at court, I need to be smart, but it’s hard to think straight with a man like Henry between my legs.

Each night, he locks the bedroom door, determined to teach me a new lesson. Obedience, patience, trust. I lie awake in bed waiting for the sound of his footsteps and the latest installment in pleasure and pain. My heart pounds when the hinges creak and his broad shoulders block the door. I’m not ready, but I can’t wait to feel his hands on me. He shoves his bowtie into my mouth, binds my hands to the headboard, and whispers in my ear…

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DASH by Shantel Tessier

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I’ve never been one to follow the rules…or the law, for that matter. But when you find yourself behind bars and being offered the opportunity of a lifetime, you take it. I agreed to race motorcycles for Johnny Knight. A very powerful man who wanted me on his team, even knowing I was a liability. But will he still feel that way once he finds out that I had a one-night stand with his daughter? I didn’t mean for it to happen. I didn’t even know who she was until she walked into his office wearing my shirt from the night before. Too bad that was all she wanted-one night. It really didn’t matter who she was, I wanted more. So when she ran, I followed. I should have let her go. That would have been best for both of us. But I have never done what was right, why start now? I’ve always been willing to take a risk, no matter what it would cost me. And I knew she was worth it all.

I’m Erik Dashling, you can call me Dash. This is my story of how I willingly risked one dream for another. But everyone knows that not all dreams come true.

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Steel Princess by Rina Kent

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The princess isn’t supposed to dethrone the king.

Elsa

He said he’ll destroy me, and he did.
I might have lost the battle, but the war is far from over.
They say it starts with one move to dethrone the king.
No one mentioned he’ll yank me with him on the way down.

Aiden

If Steel’s little princess wants a war, then war it is.
There’s only one rule: my rules or none at all.
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HOLDING ON TO FOREVER by Siobhan Davis & S.B. Alexander

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Secretly dating Coach Parker’s daughter was never part of the plan. Neither was becoming her dealer…

ADAM

Returning to my drug-dealing past wasn’t on the agenda when I accepted the full ride to play ball at Cypress U. But Mom lost her job. And my sister’s medical bills are mounting. So, I’ve no choice but to change the playbook.

When Emily walks into my life, like a fallen goddess with the ultimate power to destroy me, I know I’m screwed. I should steer clear, but I’m the one supplying her poison of choice.

Falling for her is a complication I don’t need, but the more she’s around, the harder it gets to walk away. She needs me, and I crave her more than the sport I love.

Now, it’s all on the line. Including the NFL career that’s tantalizingly close.

The stakes are high, but family means everything, so I’ll take my chances.

EMILY
It’s only a problem if it’s out of control. And I have it in hand.

Except a certain a-hole discovers I’m using again, and he threatens to rat me out to my folks. Mom’s president of Cypress U, and Dad’s the illustrious football coach. Appearances mean everything to them, and I’m a continuous disappointment. They told me I’d be out on my ass if I fell off the wagon, so keeping it a secret is my number one priority.

Until the super-hot all-star QB takes more than a passing interest in me. Adam gets me, in a way no guy ever has, filling my head with ideas of forever—and now, I want more.

Dating my dealer is a recipe for disaster, especially when it’s forbidden, but I can’t help myself.

Because I’ve fallen too deep.

And the hole is too large to crawl out of.

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FORSAKEN by Gabrielle G

July 1, 2020 Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

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BLURB For as long as I can remember, I’ve been in love with Chris. I was never old enough or brave enough to act on it. He never saw me like anything more than his best friend’s little sister. So, when he falls in love with my best friend, I smile and try to move on. Only I never thought I would lose them both. *** One tragic night. One day leaving me wondering what my future holds. One event that has me seeing Salomé under a different light. She’s the only one who can understand what I’m going through. She’s also the only one who can soothe my pain. I need her to survive. But I certainly shouldn’t take advantage of it. A brother’s best friend novel like no other. Add to your Goodreads TRB: https://bit.ly/Forsaken_GR Cover Design: Devoted Pages Design @devotedpages_designs

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EXCERPT “Snot,” he addresses me with the ridiculous nickname he gave me when I was kid, “do you mind?” I don’t have time to answer before he slips his hand on my waist and drags me closer to him. “The grey of your dress will help pop the color of my eyes,” he whispers in my ear. If I wasn’t aware of who Chris is, I could see his action as flirtatious, but I know better than to think this is anything more than him using me to look good. Over the years, I’ve hoped something might happen between us, but it never did. So I kept my too-obvious-of-a-crush to myself and never tried anything. At first, it was because we were ten years apart, then it was because I saw the number of men or woman Chris was dating, later I learned that his first male hook up was my brother Luke, and it felt all too incestuous, too close to home. Nevertheless, I still feel hot and bothered when he talks to me. I still feel stupid and giddy. I still wished he were mine. “You know I didn’t bring any date because I thought you would be mine,” he continues, his hot breath caressing my ear, “are you cheating on me, Snot?” “No,” I grit my teeth to be able to smile for the photographer, “I came with my best friend.” “Hmm,” his voice sends the most erotic vibration into my body, “I was afraid I would have to duel a jerk for your attention.” I laugh heartily knowing too well Chris would never fight for me. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gabrielle G will do anything for a hot cup of tea, still celebrates her half birthdays and feels everyone has an inner temptuous voice. Born in France and having lived in Switzerland, Gabrielle currently resides in Montreal with her husband, three devilish children and an extremely moody cat. After spending years contemplating a career in writing, she finally jumped off the deep end and took the plunge into the literary world. Writing consumed her and she independently published her work. Gabrielle’s style is fiercely raw and driven by pure emotion. Her love stories leave you out of breath, yearning for more, while at the same time wiping away tears. AUTHOR LINKS Facebook Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/146796912891091/ Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/authorgabrielleg Instagram: www.instagram.com/authorgabrielleg Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18891317.Gabrielle_G_ BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/gabrielle-g Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/authorGabG Website: www.authorgabrielleg.com Newsletter: https://www.authorgabrielleg.com/page-4 Amazon Author page: www.amazon.com/author/gabrielleg BOOK + MAIN: https://bookandmainbites.com/GabrielleG/bites

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Until You Believe by D.M. Davis

July 1, 2020July 5, 2020 Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Title: Until You Believe

Series: Until You #4

Author: D.M. Davis

Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Release Date: July 28, 2020

Blurb

Some scars are hard to forget. Some wounds, too deep to heal.

FIN:

Family means everything.

Slotted to become CEO of his family’s tech company, he lives, breathes, and sweats family.

But his commitments are crushing his hopes of starting his own family.

Margot lights up all those ignored desires and unspoken dreams.

She is what he wants—exactly what he needs.

It’s not a matter of want. It’s a matter of who he lets down.

Which ball will he drop if he decides he wants more from life than a job that is his life?

MARGOT:

Family means disappointment, broken hope, and reinforced insecurities.

It’s not a sanctuary to seek, but a tie to break.

Fin showed her what family could mean. What it would be like to be loved despite her flaws.

Her goals are tested when she desires to have more with a man she shouldn’t want, yet can’t resist.

But she’s hiding a secret from the world—her bubbly personality, a mask she wears well.

When Fin decides to make Margot a priority, will she unburden her secret for a chance at love?

D.M. Davis’ Until You Believe is the fourth book in the Until You series and is a poignant, emotionally raw, friends to lovers, sexy, contemporary romance.

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His eyes linger on our hands before roaming across my sleep shirt, catching on my lips, and stilling on my gaze. “You make me want things, Marguerite,” he whispers like regret and yearning all wrapped up in an unfamiliar package.

The ever present want and fear when I think of a future that can never be, war in my stomach. “Don’t. What I have could never be enough.”

“Don’t sell yourself short, Pixie.” He squeezes my hand before releasing it and turning away. “You have more than enough of what I need.”

I linger on his impressive form as he pulls on his jeans. But when he turns to look at me again, I turn away, disappearing behind the bathroom door before he can witness the fall of my shoulders, and hope, slide from my face.

Regret follows me as I jump in the shower and do exactly what he asked me not to.

I wash all evidence of him off my body.

Where he lingers, water can’t penetrate.

It can’t wipe him from my mind.

It can’t cleanse him from my soul.

And it can’t save my riotous heart from falling.

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D.M. Davis is a Contemporary and New Adult Romance Author.

She is a Texas native, wife, and mother. Her background is Project Management, technical writing, and application development. D.M. has been a lifelong reader, and wrote poetry in her early life, but has found her true passion in writing about love and the intricate relationships between men and women.

She writes of broken hearts and second chances, of dreamers looking for more than they have and daring to reach for it.

D.M. believes it is never too late to make a change in your own life, to become the person you always wanted to be, but were afraid you were not worth the effort. You are worth it. Take a chance on you. You never know what’s possible if you don’t try. Believe in yourself as you believe in others, and see what life has to offer.

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Finally…My Forever by Kristi Pelton

July 1, 2020July 5, 2020 Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Title: Finally…My Forever
Series: Just One of the Guys #4

Author: Kristi Pelton

Genre: New Adult
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Release Date: July 21, 2020

Blurb

What happens when…

after leaving the place you called home,

to forget the girl you loved,

knowing she chose someone else,

you must now return for a wedding you can’t bear to watch.

So, you pay a beautiful girl…

to trek across the country with you,

pretending the two of you have plans for a new future,

faking a relationship in front of your old crew,

unprepared for when she slams those rounded, green eyes into you.

Suddenly, you realize…

you are actually over the bride and ready to move on,

quite sure the feelings you’ve been pretending to have,

aren’t so fake after all,

yet, she needs the money, so you continue to play along.

Trying your damnedest not to fall…

to remember she’s an ‘employee’ you paid to come along,

and keep a promise of no romantic entanglements,

until that one moment, when you know,

you have finally found your forever.

Except for the secrets that threaten it all…

an uninvited guest from her past shows up at the wedding,

threatening to crumble your dreams,

and even if she still picks you,

your dark secrets might just end everything.

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Back at the villa, I grabbed a beer from the fridge and retreated to the balcony. I’d missed the Oregon air. The smell of the Green Douglas Firs. I was home.

“Austin?”

Lifting my brows, I waited for what she had to say.

“You’ve done so much for me. I know that I owe you and…”

The chair flew back hitting the wall when I shot up. “Don’t, Phoebe. I paid you to come here with me, nothing more. Don’t do a goddamn thing because you think you owe me. I kissed you because I felt like kissing you. You should have just said no. I’d have respected that. But don’t kiss me because you feel some fucked up obligation.”

I stepped past her, rage boiling beneath the surface, and I stormed back inside.

“I didn’t kiss you because I felt obligated,” she whispered. “I’ve imagined that kiss a thousand times in my head since I met you.”

I stopped in my tracks and slowly pivoted around.

“Those kisses trumped every fantasy kiss I’ve had but…”

“No buts,” I stated, setting my beer on the table. I swallowed as I strode purposefully toward her without reservation. The deal sealed when she started walking too.

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Just the fact that someone may be reading my ‘bio’ thrills me. What does one say in an author bio? Well, I LOVE to write! Sometimes characters talk to me in my head (in a non-psychotic way) and I have to get what they are saying out on paper! So, here we are! 🙂

I am a part-time juvenile probation officer and full-time wife, but I spend the majority of the time helping my two favorite, college-aged sons navigate through life and hopefully become the best humans they can be.

I am a huge fan of the Kansas Jayhawks, the Oregon Ducks, the Chicago Cubs (I have a dog named Wrigley) and the Kansas City Chiefs.

I’m terribly addicted to music—ALLLLL kinds and driving in the car with the sunroof open and radio turned up helps the creative juices flow.

I am deliciously addicted to queso and cupcakes; but even with that…I like to slowly kill my body with Crossfit. I’m annoyingly sarcastic.

People ask me ‘what has been your favorite book to write’—I would have to say my original series. (I think it sold 100 copies) J FINALLY, I’m tweaking them! My heart was poured into these books—but they needed tweaking. Slick was my Amazon best seller, but every one of them mean something to me.

In the end, I truly believe life is taken way too seriously by most. I say enjoy every moment, have an adult beverage and READ!! Cheers….

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Everything He Needs

July 1, 2020July 5, 2020 Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

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Elise:

I’ve been living a lie. To climb the ranks of the boys club of finance, I pretended to be something I’m not. I’ve avoided men for years, but there’s no avoiding Sam Hemmings. Rich, gorgeous, cocky, and wild, he’s like a caveman cowboy. He’s also the very last thing I think I need.

A freak blizzard has us trapped together in the same hotel. But a freak twist of fate may have us trapped together for a heck of a lot longer than that. See, Sam needs a wife, or he’ll lose half his fortune.

He’s out of options; I’m out of excuses. What could possibly go wrong?

Sam:

Stubborn mule. Horse-headed. A jack—well, you get it. I’ve been called all sorts of things. But not a single person’s ever called me out on my own BS as much as Elise James.

The woman confounds me, and infuriates me. But she also has me curled around her damn pinky finger, if I’m being honest. I know I’m barking up the wrong tree with her. But stubborn is as stubborn does, as they say.

My witch of an ex-wife and my equally miserable brother are after the fortune I’ve built with my bare, rough hands. I’m about to have my empire cut off at the knees, unless I find a bride.

I’ve sworn off women for years, but I might be out of options.

But I also might have the only option I really want standing right in front of me…

Jagger Cole likes his romance books like he likes his martinis—extra dirty, with a twist. A reader first and foremost, Jagger got his start with steamy romance almost ten years ago, writing especially dirty and somewhat perplexing Star Wars erotic fan-fiction for online message boards.

After deciding to hang up his writing boots, Jagger worked in advertising for a number of years pretending to be Don Draper. It worked enough to convince a woman way out of his league to marry him, though, which is a total win.

Now, Dad to two little princesses and “Daddy” to a Queen, Jagger is thrilled to be back at the keyboard.

When not writing or reading steamy romance books, he can be found woodworking, enjoying good whiskey, and grilling outside—rain or shine.

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The Jezebel by Dylan Allen

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His love was a secret her heart couldn’t keep.

The Jezebel, a tale of forbidden love and second chances by USA Today Bestselling Author, Dylan Allen coming July 20th, and we have the incredible cover!

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Stone Rivers is a sin I can’t commit.

After years of playing the trophy, puppet, perfectionist,

I’ve forgotten who I am.

Until the boy from my past walks back into my life.

Handsome as sin, charming beyond belief—Stone Rivers is temptation personified.

Our combustible chemistry shatters my resolve.

His blistering kisses remind me of everything I used to want.

But, our present is just as messy as our past,

And reckless as it may be, I can’t let him go.

My name is Regan Wilde.

I’m a mother, a sister, a daughter.

But Stone and I?

We’re a scandal in the making.

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About Dylan Allen Dylan Allen is a Texas girl with a serious case of wanderlust. A self-proclaimed happily ever junkie, she loves creating stories where her characters chase their own happy endings. When she isn’t writing or reading, eating or cooking, she and her family are planning their next adventure.

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ADAM

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