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Kiss Me That Way Cottonbloom #1 By: Laura Trentham Releasing May 31, 2016 St. Martin’s Paperbacks Here is a little about Kiss Me That Way: A river divides Cottonbloom in two: the upscale enclave on the Mississippi side and the rundown, rough and tumble side in Louisiana. They’re worlds apart—but nothing can build a bridge like love… Cade Fournette never had it easy Cottonbloom. He stuck around long enough to raise his orphaned siblings and then hightailed it out West—and never looked back. Even though he’s made a success of himself in Seattle, Cade never lost the toughness and the angry edge that helped him survive down South. His only weak spot: the girl he left behind… Monroe Kirby came from the wealthy side of town, but that didn’t protect her from her mother’s drinking—or her mother’s boyfriend. It was Cade who did that, on a long-ago hot September night, before he disappeared…along with a piece of her heart. Now Monroe is a physical therapist who ca...

At Any Cost (U.S. Marshals #4) Author: Mandy Baxter Published by: Kensington Publishing - Zebra Red's Rating: 5 VERY steamy stars U.S. Marshal Nick Brady's rebellious streak has landed him on a mandatory vacation, and the idea of stepping away from work for a month is almost more than he can bare, there are cases calling his name and he knows they will continue to do so while he is on hiatus, so he decides to sneakingly take a little work on vacation with him. There is a dangerous biker on the run and Nick has the perfect plan to finally capture him, he's planning to track down the biker's ex-girlfriend, which will hopefully put him right on the path of the criminal. What Nick doesn't account for is falling for his beautiful new neighbor, now his feelings for her have him crossing lines he knows he shouldn't and could ultimately put his future as a U.S. Marshal at risk... Fearing for her life Olivia Gallagher took to running, and has been on the run...

***** Title:  Primal Instinct Author: Tara Wyatt Series: Bodyguard, #2 On Sale:  May 31, 2016 Formats: Mass Market & eBook Price: $5.99 USD ***** Add it to your Goodreads Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26245883-primal-instinct ***** Book Blurb: ROCK YOU ALL NIGHT LONG The first time he lays eyes on Taylor Ross in a bar, Colt Priestley does something few men would dare to do. He approaches the world-famous singer, shamelessly flirts with her, and gives her a night in his bed that neither of them will soon forget. When Taylor's record label hires a bodyguard to keep tabs on the out-of-control rocker, she's less than thrilled to find it's her off-the-charts one-night stand who shows up for the job. She's terrified of letting herself fall for the damaged ex-Army Ranger, and she's determined to push him away. Yet every moment they're together simmers with tension. As the danger from an obsesse...

Book Title: Kiss Me That Way (Cottonbloom Novels #1) Author: Laura Trentham Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks Red's Rating: 5 Stars Cade Fournette knows all to well what it's like to grow up on the wrong side of the river, and just how it feels to labeled and treated as such, and it's always been a sore spot with him. If you're from the Louisiana side of Cottonbloom your the lowest of the low and you have no business meandering to the upscale Mississippi side of Cottonbloom, but that didn't stop Cade from taking an occasional peek on the other side, and discovering a beautiful girl he knew he could never have. When his parents passed he was forced to step in as guardian of his two younger siblings, and it cost him a lot, but he wouldn't have had it any other way, they were family and you always take care of your own. As soon as they were old enough to venture out on their own, he packed a bag and left town, in search of his long awaited fut...

Book Title: Stepping Over the Line (Stepbrother#1) By: Laura Marie Altom Publisher:  Random House Publishing Group - Loveswept Red's Rating: 4 Stars Garrett Marsden is all to familiar with wanting something that he can't have, long ago it was made clear that the woman he loved was off limits, mainly because she is his stepsister, in marriage only, and it has been haunting him for years. One night five years ago she took him by complete surprise and confessed that she too was fighting an attraction, an attraction for him, and that night he allowed her to act on their desire, with the thought they might really be onto something, but the minute their elicit little affair was over she introduced him to her boyfriend, and it completely crushed any hope that Garrett had about them ever being together. So, he made the painful decision to let her go, knowing she had found happiness with someone else, pretty much sealed the deal for him. And shortly there after he found hims...

Book Title:  Stacked Up (Worth the Fight #6)  Author: Sidney Halston  Publisher:  Random House Publishing Group - Loveswept Red's Rating: 5 Stars Penny Richards was tired of her overbearing father wanting to dictate how she lived her life so she packed up her and her infant daughters belongings, and left behind everything she knew for a chance at a life she could live on her own terms. She knows being on the run with her two day old daughter isn't exactly an ideal situation for them but she just couldn't bring herself to subject her daughter to the lifestyle she grew up in, so running is their only option. The minute she settles in Tarpon Springs she knows she is in the right place, she finds herself employment, and a good circle of friends that feel more family than the family she grew up with. Along with that circle of friends comes MMA fighter Travis Calhoun, he is a sexy and oh so tempting, but she isn't much for playboys, especially ones that live li...