All Played Out by Cora Carmack Street Team: Big/Little—“Get to Know”

Last week or so, Cora Carmack introduced the new street team for her upcoming release in the Rusk University series, All Played Out. This time around, all the new members were assigned a mentor, or in my case, a little. As soon as I found out who my little was I got to knowing more about her. Check out my interview/questionnaire with her below!

Cora posted the announcement here if any of you would like to check out the new team! I am so excited and pumped to start spreading the word about Nell and Torres! Leggggo! Let's do this!

About the book:

Title: All Played Out (Rusk University, #3)
Author: Cora Carmack
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Expected publication: May 12, 2015
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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In the third book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack’s Rusk University series, a good girl is about to find out what happens when she creates the ultimate college bucket list and she sets her sights on a jock.

First person in her family to go to college? CHECK.
Straight A’s? CHECK.
On track to graduate early? CHECK.
Social life? . . . Yeah, about that . . .

With just a few weeks until she graduates, Antonella DeLuca’s beginning to worry that maybe she hasn’t had the full college experience. (Okay . . . Scratch that. She knows she hasn't had the full college experience.)

So Nell does what a smart, dedicated girl like herself does best. She makes a "to do" list of normal college activities.

Item #1? Hook up with a jock.

Rusk University wide receiver Mateo Torres practically wrote the playbook for normal college living. When he’s not on the field, he excels at partying, girls, and more partying. As long as he keeps things light and easy, it's impossible to get hurt . . . again. But something about the quiet, shy, sexy-as-hell Nell gets under his skin, and when he learns about her list, he makes it his mission to help her complete it.

Torres is the definition of confident (And sexy. And wild), and he opens up a side of Nell that she's never known. But as they begin to check off each crazy, exciting, normal item, Nell finds that her frivolous list leads to something more serious than she bargained for. And while Torres is used to taking risks on the field, he has to decide if he's willing to take the chance when it's more than just a game.

Together they will have to decide if what they have is just part of the experiment or a chance at something real.

Exclusive Excerpt Reveal: Unraveled (Mastered, #3) by Lorelei James

Title: Unraveled (Mastered, #3)
Author: Lorelei James
Publisher: NAL Trade
Release date: March 3, 2015
Age group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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In this sizzling continuation of the Mastered series by New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James, a man will find the domination he’s always craved . . .

Shiori Hirano and Knox Lofgren are left to run the martial arts program at Black Arts while Ronin Black travels. On the surface, the two highest ranked belts appear to cooperate—but in private, they butt heads constantly, despite the undeniable attraction between them. Soon their power exchanges start to make for a sweltering dynamic in the bedroom . . .

At first Knox is shocked to be living out his submissive desires, but Shiori sets out to prove that embracing his true sexual nature doesn’t make him a weak man. But even while their sexual relationship grants him a power and fulfillment he finds surprising, there’s no training regimen for the fight that comes with loving a strong woman . . .

Cover Reveal: Need Me (Broke and Beautiful, #2) by Tessa Bailey

Title: Need Me (Broke and Beautiful, #2)
Author: Tessa Bailey
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Expected publication: April 21, 2015
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Getting Dirty (Jail Bait, #1) by Mia Storm

Title: Getting Dirty (Jail Bait, #1)
Author: Mia Storm
Publisher: Self
Expected publication: March 19, 2015
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Book Blitz: Sex on the Beach Series by Jenna Bennett, Jen McLaughlin, and Jennifer Probst

Today is the big teaser reveal for the next books in the Sex on the Beach series! This series includes the novellas Finding You by Jenna Bennett, Losing Us by Jen McLaughlin, and Chasing Me by Jennifer Probst. This teaser reveal also includes the book trailers for Losing Us and Chasing Me.

The next installments in the Sex on the Beach series is coming March 3rd!

Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Fervent (Condemned, #3) by Gemma James

Last year, I discovered Gemma James and her incredible Condemned series. Since devouring the heck outta the first book, Torrent, I have been irrevocably obsessed! Often times, you hear people say: "I wish I could read [insert book title here] all over again for the first time," but for me and this series, that statement could not be more true. It's so good! If there was a way for me to experience it over and over and over again, brand new... I would do it in a heartbeat, every time. Sigh.

I can't say it enough: I love this series, these characters, Gemma's writing... I love all of it so much. It is truly a special rarity amongst my bookshelf.

I digress, sort of. You are all here to ogle the cover to the third book in the series, Fervent. I have to say, it is undoubtedly my most favorite. That also seems to be another phrase that gets passed around frequently but I'm serious and let me tell you why. I'm not a huge fan of book covers with the model's face on it because anonymity is you know, sometimes a good thing. The first two books in the series have the models' faces on it and well... Fervent cuts off right where you need it to and... voila, it's my favorite!

Check it out and let me know what you think! Are you a fan of covers with the model's face on it or are you Switzerland? ;)

Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Mayhem by Jamie Shaw

I've been following all the things about this release since the moment I saw this:

Post by Donaghy Literary Group.

I'm so excited for it because 1) it's New Adult, woot! and 2) rock stars. I mean, that's pretty much all you need in life! ;) I am so thrilled to be sharing the cover with all of you today because it's so sparkly; it pulls you in and leaves you all dazed. Check it out and let me know what you think! Also, don't miss out on the giveaway where you can enter to win an e-book pre-order of Mayhem!

Without further ado...

Excerpt Reveal: What's Left of Us by Amanda Maxlyn

I'm so stoked to be taking part in today's excerpt reveal for What's Left of Us, book two in Amanda Maxlyn's What's Left of Me series, hosted by TRSOR Promotions. I discovered What's Left of Me last year and after reading it, it immediately went straight to my top favorites list of 2013! It was heart-breaking-ly beautiful! I so cannot wait to read the next part of Aundrea and Parker's story but until its release on the 14th, check out the excerpt I have to share with you below!

About the book:

Title: What's Left of Us (What's Left of Me, #2)
Author: Amanda Maxlyn
Publisher: Self
Expected publication: November 14, 2014
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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The heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me...

Love found me three years ago.

I’m cancer free, happily married to the love of my life, and working toward my dream career.

Our life is complete. Perfect, really.

Or is it?

I’ve always wanted a family of my own, but never dreamed I could have one. Now Parker’s ready to make my dream our reality.

But sometimes our dreams are haunted by our deepest fears. Fears of failure, having a child, and in our case... death. How do I help the person I love get over his fear when I’m still trying to overcome that same fear myself?

Together we must learn what's left of us.

Caged in Winter Blog Tour: Author Interview + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the Caged in Winter Blog Tour hosted by Berkley. For today's stop, I've got an awesome interview with Brighton Walsh that I can't wait to share with all of you as well as the tour wide giveaway, so stick around and don't miss a second of any of it!

About the book:

Title: Caged in Winter (Caged in Winter, #1)
Author: Brighton Walsh
Publisher: Berkley
Release date: November 4, 2014
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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In this emotional and sexy New Adult debut from Brighton Walsh, the only thing more frightening than commitment is hope...

Aspiring chef Cade Maxwell is immediately, viscerally attracted to Winter Jacobson. But it’s not her mouthwatering curves he’s drawn to—it’s the strange emptiness in her eyes. When Cade saves her from a drunken customer with grabby hands, he’s shocked at her response...

Winter doesn’t need Cade’s help. After a lifetime of getting by on her own, she’s happy to rely on herself. She’s exactly seventy-six days away from graduating college, and if she can hold it together that long, she’ll finally be able to rise above the crappy hand she was dealt.

But now, every time she turns around, Cade is there, ready to push her, smile at her, distract her from her plans. Winter knows she can’t afford to open up—especially to a man she’s terrified to actually want...

Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Leaving Amarillo by Caisey Quinn

I got the email to reveal this cover on Friday evening and I told myself I'd share it with everyone today because everyone else was sure to share it on Friday and Saturday so I'd do it as an ICYMI type of thing.

Because I was planning that, I didn't see the cover when it popped up in my inbox. Instead, I saw it as a tweet from Cora Carmack. When I opened up the tweet, the cover was staring me dead on in the face and HOLY SMOKES! I love it crazy. I seriously think it's one of my favorites. The color combination, the model, her tats—just the vibe that it's giving off is oh-so-perfect I CANNOT!

I have an excerpt and giveaway to share with you so stick around for the good stuff but before all of that, ogle the heck out of this sexy cover! Without further ado...

Release Day Blitz: Insidious by Aleatha Romig

Happy release day to Insidious and congrats to Aleatha Romig!

About the book:

Title: Insidious (Tales from the Dark Side, #1)
Author: Aleatha Romig
Publisher: Romig Works
Release date: October 21, 2014
Age group: Adult
Genre: Dark Contemporary/Erotic Romance

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Dark desires... Deadly secrets... Devious deceptions... Nothing is exactly as it seems in Insidious, the new erotic thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig.

When a powerful man is willing to risk everything for his own satisfaction, only one woman can beat him at his own game: his wife. Or so she thinks...

“Let’s start with you calling me Stewart. Formalities seem unnecessary.”

Stewart Harrington is rich, gorgeous, and one of the most powerful men in Miami. He always gets what he wants. Anything is available to him for the right price.

Even me.

Being the wife of a mogul comes with all the perks, but being Mrs. Stewart Harrington comes with a few special requirements. I’ve learned to keep a part of myself locked away as my husband watches me submit to his needs. But the more he demands of me, the more beguiled he becomes and that’s to my advantage. So I keep fulfilling his fantasies and following his rules because he doesn’t know that what he’s playing is really my game. And winning is everything, right?

Insidious is a stand-alone novel and the first Tales from the Dark Side title. Due to the dark and explicit nature of this book, it is recommended for mature audiences only.