COVER REVEAL: Set The Pace by Kim Karr



Title: Set the Pace
Series: The Detroit Love Duet #1
Author: Kim Karr
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 21, 2016


Every city needs a hero, but Detroit’s white knight just might be a villain.
A rough childhood branded Jasper Storm trouble. A bad boy. Not worth a damn. His love of cars was the only thing that could battle his delinquency. With the need for speed in his blood, he overcame his wayward ways. Mostly. Now the broken city of Detroit hails him their shining star. And the man behind a new cutting-edge automobile is ready to turn this bankrupt town around.
Charlotte Lane was the tomboy who lived next door. She was his best friend. He was her protector. Then tragedy struck and she disappeared, forever—or so he thought. 
Everything Jasper does in life is fast. He talks fast, f*cks fast, and drives fast. But when one reckless turn brings him face-to-face with the childhood he has tried very hard to forget, he finds himself on the edge of wondering if he shouldn’t slow down.
Time hasn’t erased who they are though. Jasper has many reasons to hate Charlotte and keep his distance, which is easier said than done. Soon she’s infiltrating his every thought and he can’t stay away. Back in town with an agenda of her own, she should push him aside. Make him turn around. Walk away herself. Yet she can't. 
With the past lurking between them, they proceed with caution. That is until one sex-filled night leads to murder, and things are forced to change. Now that Detroit’s biggest ally has suddenly become suspect number one, will Charlotte—the girl Jasper once kept safe—be the one to save him?






Reader * Writer * Coffeelover * Romantic
Kim Karr is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She is a daydreamer. So much so that if daydreaming could be a hobby it would be her favorite. It's how her stories are born and how they take root. An imagination that runs wild is something to be thankful for, and she is very thankful. :)
She grew up in New York and now lives in Florida with her husband and four kids. She's always had a love for reading books and writing. Being an English major in college, she wanted to teach at the college level but that was not to be. She went on to receive an MBA and became a project manager until quitting to raise her family. Kim currently works part-time with her husband and with the rest of her time embraces one of her biggest passions--writing.
Kim wears a lot of hats! Writer, book-lover, wife, soccer-mom, taxi driver, and the all around go-to person of her family. However, she always finds time to read. 
She likes to believe in soulmates, kindred spirits, true friends, and Happily-Ever-Afters. She loves to drink champagne, listen to music, and hopes to always stay young at heart.



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REVIEW: Pucked Over by Helena Hunting

It's finally here!!


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Summary: 

Lily LeBlanc isn’t versed in the art of casual sex, but after seven years in an on-again, off-again relationship, she’s definitely willing to give it a shot. And who better to try it with than her best friend’s boyfriend’s best friend? What could possibly go wrong?
NHL player, Randy Ballistic, lives up to his last name on the ice and in the bedroom. His best friend and teammate has recently given up the puck bunnies and traded them in for a real girlfriend. And she just happens to have a seriously feisty, extra-hot best friend on the rebound. Randy’s more than happy to be Lily’s spring board back into the dating scene.
But casual sex is only casual until those pesky things called emotions get involved. Once that happens, someone’s bound to get pucked over.

Check out this super hot trailer made by +Debra Anastasia 



And this was me after reading this book...

Seriously I am on a super HIGH of loving Randy & Lily's story!!

Okay, if you haven't read this series yet, go 1 click!  Right now!  

You don't want to miss out on the hilarious, sexy, filthy mouth characters that Helena Hunting has created.  She knows how to write funny and heart felt characters that you will fall in love with.

Okay, so back to Randy....Balls! 

Soooo, what do I say without spoiling this book...

Randy Balls trumped Alex Waters for me. Yes I said it.  But I'm not going to lie, I would never turn down either men cause they both just are UNF!

Now admit it, you know the cover has you wanting to know who Randy is right?

Let's look at the pretty again


Yep... this teaser says it all.

Randy is everything you want in a man.  He is sexy, funny, bearded, tattooed and has a mystery about him that you can't figure out.  He also has a heart of gold!  He helps his friends without questioning and he does as much as he can to help others.  Also he is all about HOT sex!  Like OMG did I just read he did or said what to Lily?

And that is what Lily does!  Lucky gal!

I loved Lily, she is like Randy in always helping others 1st before herself and when her and Randy get together, they just sizzled off the pages.  Randy shows her how to break out of her shell and learn what it's like to do things that she hadn't done before inside and outside of the bedroom...

Lily and Randy learn from each other that is just not all about sex.  Yes the sex is mind blowing to them, but they realize other things are blown up between the 2 of them and they need to decide if that is what they want.

And Violet is back... well duh, she will always be there.  The words that come out of her mouth always surprise me and leaving me pissing in my knickers!  Gosh I love her smart ass say it like it is mouth.

GO 1 click this book & find out how Randy & Lily turn out and how the gang handle the outcome.

**ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review***

5 Cherries Popped
    


Make sure to pick up Pucked & Pucked Up from this series!
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With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn’t interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. When Alex inadvertently obliterates Violet’s misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match.

Suffering from a complete lapse in judgment, Violet discovers just how good Alex is with the hockey stick in his pants. Violet believes her night of orgasmic magic with Alex is just that: one night. But Alex starts to call. And text. And email and send extravagant—and quirky—gifts. Suddenly, he's too difficult to ignore, and nearly impossible not to like.

The problem is, the media portrays Alex as a total player, and Violet doesn’t want to be part of the game

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Miller “Buck” Butterson has been banging his way through life ever since a puck to the face fixed his messed up front teeth. After five years in the NHL, deflecting goals on the ice and scoring them with puck bunnies, Miller has decided he’s ready for a girlfriend. A real, non-bunny girlfriend to take on dates, and not jump into bed with after five seconds of conversation.

Miller thinks he’s found that woman in his teammate’s sister. Except, unlike team captain and all-around nice guy Alex Waters—who happens to date his stepsister, Miller’s media reputation as a manwhore is well earned. Beyond that minor detail, Miller doesn’t know the first thing about relationships or the time and effort they require.

Miller learns—eventually—that if he wants to make Sunshine “Sunny” Waters fall for him, he's going to have to do a whole lot more than show her his stick skills in the bedroom.


REVIEW & BLOG TOUR: Find Me, Remember Me, & Keep Me by Michelle Mankin

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Find Me, Remember Me, and Keep Me, a sexy, sophisticated, beach holiday romance is
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Find Me (Part One)

Remember Me (Part Two)

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Blurb
Almost forty-one-year-old Annabelle Morris, wife to multi-billionaire record label executive Charles Morris of Zenith Productions, and mother of two is at a crossroads in her life.
Separated from her husband after walking in on him having sex in the public restroom of a charity event she was hosting, she has arrived on the island of St. John alone and rejected, determined to re-evaluate her life and her marriage. She's tired of being her husband’s showpiece while he pretends she doesn't exist. She's tired of trying to make their marriage work for the sake of their two teenage boys.

When she meets Johnny Lightning, a sexy but mysterious piano-playing, bearded sailor, she is tempted to break vows she has never before broken. But Johnny is much younger than her and seems to be hiding more than a few secrets of his own.
From the laid-back sandy beaches of the Caribbean to the elite circles of Dallas high society, Annabelle is forced to make critical choices.

Is a chance for happiness worth the risk of giving up the life she has always known?
Worth jeopardizing her own and possibly even her children's future?
In the end, will she stay on her present course or brave a new and uncharted one?

Find Me, Remember Me, and Keep Me is a full and complete novel in three separate parts.
A standalone Tempest spin-off. 


Yes I am not going to lie, the cover and the description of the book is what drew me in to wanting to read this series.  

 Johnny & Annabelle are characters that I liked and the story of how the find each other was good.  I loved to meet my equal on a tropical island!

By the end of Find Me, I needed to know where their relationship would go.  Diving into Remember me, I began to understand a little bit more of what Annabelle was dealing with, but still had many unanswered questions of her background as well as Johnny and all the other characters that were involved. 
Keep Me answered yet some more questions.  Still, some of the scenes I felt were not explained enough.  
 
I enjoyed this series but I just had a hard time with how the story was put together.  All 3 books, while reading it felt as though too many things were kept short and not explained enough.  I wanted a little bit more.

Go 1 click if you are looking a quick romance read to keep you warm during these winter months. 

**ARC kindly provided by Author in exchange for an honest review**
 3.5 Cherries Popped
   


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About the Author:
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Michelle Mankin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Records series of novels. Rock Stars. Romance. Redemption.
Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there.
Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the MAGIC series.
Catch the perfect wave with irresistible surfers in the ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series.
Romance and self-discovery, the FINDING ME series is a Tempest spin off with a more experienced but familiar cast of characters.


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Signed paperbacks of Find Me, Remember Me, Keep Me,
2016 calendar with watercolor prints from St. John artist Elaine Estern $25 value) $50 American Airlines gift card readers can use to take a beach holiday to look for their own Johnny Lightning;)  ONE WINNER!
 

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