Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Swoony Worthy Spotlights #14


Welcome to Swoon Worthy Spotlights hosted by Bookworm NationKatie's Clean Book Collection and KJ's Book Nook! Once a month we will feature 1-3 of our favorite books that we have read during the month. We will share the cover(s), our review(s) and a link to each other's post so you can check out which books we have all chosen!

For this month's Swoon Worthy Spotlights I am going to choose...


Illegally Wedded by Jennifer Griffith


Once Hitched Twice Shy by Kimberly Krey


Jade's Cowboy Crush by Kimberly Krey

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And don't for get to check Katie's post here and Kathy's post here!

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Do you have a blog and want to join us for Swoon Worthy Spotlights? Then grab the picture and post with us! We will be posting on the last day of each month. Make sure you share your link with us so we can check out your favorite authors as well!

Happy reading my fellow bookworms!
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Romance is in the Air – $25 Finale Giveaway!

 

 I hope you have enjoyed the Romance is in the Air Promotion! There are $500 in Giveaways as part of this event. Be sure you have entered all 17 giveaways! Be on the lookout for our next clean author event "Love in Bloom" which will take place in April.

 

Links to ALL GIVEAWAYS

  Giveaway Details 

 $25 in Paypal Cash or a $25 Amazon.com eGift Card 

 Ends 3/13/18 

 Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use money sent via PayPal or gift codes via Amazon.com. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. This giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the participating authors. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Jade's Cowboy Crush by Kimberly Krey


Synopsis:

Single mother, Jade Miller, has just witnessed a murder. Now, set to testify against the cold-blooded killer, Jade must be placed under protection. While she is grateful to the kind folks who’ve offered to take in her and her son, Jade is surprised to find the man escorting them from L.A. to Montana is Gavin Emerson. A womanizing, far-too-attractive-for-his-own-good, rebel cowboy. Jade assures Gavin that she has sworn off men until her son is grown, but all too soon she finds herself fighting back feelings for the man who’s agreed to care for them.

Gavin wants nothing to do with ranch life. Not since the ugly fallout he had with his father over eight years ago. But when he agrees to come back, harboring Jade and her son for a time, Gavin falls in love with life on the land once again. Above that, he finds his heart has been captured by his lovely house guest, Jade Miller.

After reservations on both parts, the two are finally ready to open up and give their new-found love a try. Only they aren’t in the clear just yet, and as a dark and deadly threat falls upon them, Gavin finds that his bad-boy past may have led the danger right to their door.

My review: 5 Stars

Jade is a single mother who has sworn off relationships until her son, Luke, is grown. She's determined to give him the best life possible. But when she witnesses the murder of her friend and has to go into hiding, she finds herself in a fake marriage with the good-looking rebel cowboy, Gavin, she met one time over a year ago. In order to keep Luke safe, she'll go along with the ruse. She just hopes when all is said and done that she and Luke won't have too much heartache to overcome. 

After a falling out with his father, Gavin left Montana at the age of 18 without so much as a glance over his shoulder. He isn't proud of his past but he's moved on from it and is determined to make the best of it. When he receives a frantic call from home asking him to bring a murder witness from L.A. to Montana, Gavin wants to blow it off. But he agrees when his father offers him the one thing he has always wanted. 

Gavin can't believe his luck when he discovers who the witness is... the gorgeous redhead he met once over a year ago that he has been trying to get to meet him in person again. But his new found luck goes right out the window when he discovers she's a single mother. If there's one thing Gavin doesn't do it's kids. He'll do his part to protect them, go along with the ruse and then hightail it out of there and back to his bachelor life in L.A. There's no way he'll lose his heart to this pair.. no matter how gorgeous and cute they are. 

But the more time they spend together and get to know one another, the more they realize their hearts are in trouble. They are falling for each other and being together just feels right. With their growing feelings they think that maybe, just maybe this could work. 

With the trial looming closer, Gavin starts to feel uneasy. When a "friend" from L.A. reaches out asking questions about why he's in Montana, his senses go on high alert. His past is coming back to haunt him and in the process, it's putting Jade and Luke in danger. But Gavin refuses to let anything happen to his new family. He finally has everything he has ever dreamed of and he will do everything in his power to protect them and ensure their HEA. 

Wow! Just wow! I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Jade's Cowboy Crush is my favorite in the series! I stayed up WAY too late reading and woke up early on Sunday morning just to finish it! Gavin and Jade had me rooting for them from the very first chapter! And little Luke was absolutely adorable! I knew from the moment Gavin first met him that Luke would have him wrapped around his little pinky. Such a cute little family! 

I am really enjoying this series. It has been on my TBR list forever! When I saw that Ms. Krey's latest book had someone from this series in it, I decided it was time to read it because I had no clue who he was! Haha. Oh! And Rough Edges is on my 2018 Reading Challenge so I wanted a little back story on Allie as well. Once again I find myself saying... why have I waited so long to read these books?! I can't wait to read the next book in the series!

I just have to say that I love Ms. Krey's motto... "Romance that's clean without losing the steam!" I think she also needs to add swoony in there somewhere because let me tell you... all of her books I have read so far are definitely swoony... ;)

And of course I can't forget my casting! *dreamy sigh* I love these two for Jade and Gavin! What do you think?


Content: Mild language. Steamy kisses.
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Romance is in the Air – Kimberley Montpetit




A feisty ballerina with a broken heart. A minister-in-training whose faith can work miracles. Can two strong-willed people find true love and a match made in heaven?

JESSICA & JAMES: A Love Story is a boxed collection of two romances set in Snow Valley, Montana—the saga of rising star ballerina Jessica and the sparks that fly between her and gorgeous James Douglas, the new pastor in town.

This collection includes new chapters, and a Brand New Bonus Wedding novella!

Suffering with a broken heart, Jessica has struggled to forgive herself for that fateful night when her childhood love was killed in a car accident. After staying away from home for years, she finally returns for Christmas and meets James Douglas who is unlike any minister-in-training she’s ever known. James can not only dish back Jessica’s finely tuned sarcasm but understands grief all too well, turning Jessica’s world and her faith upside down. Is she ready to take another risk on love?

Living 2,000 miles apart proves difficult and Jessica and James’ love is tested in a myriad of ways, but James can’t get the spitfire Jessica out of his mind. When she comes home to Snow Valley to accept an inheritance with her male ballet partner in tow, James and Jessica’s passion for each other takes on a new edge.

Clean romance with heart, and a surprise wedding you won’t see coming.



 

A Great Love Story for everyone!

This was a very moving romance about loss and moving forward with life and forgiveness. It shows how much we can inhibit our growth after a devastating event. Recommend this collection for teens to adults, along with a few Kleenex. Have liked the Snow Valley Series. Wish it was a real place to go and visit for Christmas!

I absolutely loved this book! It is a touching & emotional story about family, friendship, love, and faith. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Jessica & James. A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!!!

All those Happily Ever After lovers out there, this is a story for you to grab, snuggle up with a comfy blanket and get lost in the love story of two characters who are not perfect but growing, healing and learning to love and be loved. Be warned that you might just be sucked into it and not want to set it down or to say goodbye to these characters once the final page has been read. I can’t recommend this one enough.

 



 

 



  

Jessica saw him the first time at Snow Valley’s cemetery striding fast across the dead, snow-covered grass. He wore a black wool coat and leather gloves. Not a ski jacket, a man’s long overcoat. His head was uncovered, hair cut just below his ears, a thatch of dark brown tossed across his forehead.
Her breath caught like a thorn in her throat, and her palms grew clammy despite the fact that she’d forgotten her own gloves and the tips of her fingers were turning into icicles.

Was it—no, it couldn’t be. Dread dropped to the pit of Jessica’s stomach. Because if the figure coming toward her was Michael, she was seeing things. Not things—dead people. Which would mean that the séance at Madame LeBlanc’s parlor back in New Orleans was for real.
Narrowing her eyes, Jessica burrowed her chin into her zipped-up coat so it didn’t look like she was staring bug-eyed at the guy.

Picking up his pace, the man grew closer. Should she ignore him? Pretend not to see him? Or run away before he reached her. Perhaps the angle of his body was merely an optical illusion in the whiteness of the snowy scene, the skeletal trees, and the dreary gray sky?

Jessica’s heart went into overdrive, hammering painfully against her ribs. The possible specter looked so much like Michael, come back from the dead; she swore she was having palpitations, maybe even a heart attack.

It couldn’t be him. That was crazy. It meant she was truly losing her mind.

 




Author Kimberly Montpetit 

When she was in Paris, Kimberley Montpetit spent most of her souvenir money at the La Patisserie shops with their beautiful and delicious pastries. She grew up in the fabulous city of San Francisco, loves all things chocolate, and now lives in a small town along the Rio Grande with her engineer husband and three sons.

She once stayed in the haunted tower room at Borthwick Castle in Scotland and didn’t sleep a wink, sailed the Seine in Paris, rode a camel in the ancient world wonder of Petra, shopped the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, and spent the night in an old Communist hotel in Bulgaria.

Kimberley also writes Award-winning Middle-Grade novels with Scholastic and epic Young Adult novels with Harpercollins under the name, Kimberley Griffiths Little.


 





 

  Giveaway Details 

$25 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway 

 Ends 3/13/18 

 Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. This giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Romance is in the Air – Donna K. Weaver

 

 

 

Against the Magic by Donna K Weaver 

 Reese Hamilton has big plans to help make the world a better place and a new job lined up to help her do it. Before starting work, she heads to England for a Regency immersive experience. She doesn’t expect her best friend to invite her heart-destroying brother to join them. Two years hasn’t been long enough for Reese to forget him. Then fae magic rips them back to 1850. It’s a time when women have few rights. It’s also a time when a determined woman could make a difference, with the right man at her side. Reese finds she will have to choose between two men and two times. 

 Jem Taylor messed up big when he walked away from Reese to pursue his dream job. He hasn’t been able to forget her and jumps at his sister’s invitation. Suddenly hurtled into Victorian England, he has the chance to woo Reese again. But to do it, he’ll have to fight the magic that brought her to 1850 and an Earl with the means to keep her there.



 

 

 "I don't usually like time travel novels but the humor, banter and the attraction kept me enthralled. A great love story with a little history lesson, a happy ending and a hook." ~K.B. 

 "A magical read" ~ Jennifer Soppe

 

 

 


 

“And where might you be going, Miss Hamilton?” The Earl surveyed the items stacked behind her.

“To your tenant village, my lord.” When his gaze darted to hers, she arched a brow, daring him to stop her.

“My tenants are none of your business.” His voice had turned hard, unrelenting.

“One visit there showed me they have been none of your business either,” she said sharply before remembering he could stop her efforts right now. “My lord.”

The Earl shot her another of his hard glances. “I shall accompany you then.” He waved to the groom. “In the back.” When the young man had vacated the seat beside her, Gareth took his place. He snapped the whip and the horse surged forward. “I have not visited there in years.”

“That was obvious,” Reese muttered. “Do you have someone handle the management of your estate for you?”

“Yes.” He glanced at her from the corner of his eye. “My man of business.”

“You might want to consider hiring a new one then,” she said, “because I’m underwhelmed.”

“Underwhelmed,” the Earl repeated. “I don’t believe I have heard that word before. Is it something you Americans invented?”

“Yankee ingenuity,” she said.

“Yankee arrogance, I would say.”

“Americans don’t have a monopoly on arrogance.” Reese kept her face forward.


     

   

  Author Donna K. Weaver 

 Award-winning author, wife, mother, grandmother, Harry Potter geek, Army veteran, karate black belt, and online gamer girl.  







  

  Giveaway Details 

$25 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway 

 Ends 3/12/18 

 Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. This giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.