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Blog Tour Review, Interview & Giveaway: The Grown Ups – Robin Antalek

Posted February 13, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Blog Tour, Giveaways / 1 Comment
Blog Tour Review, Interview & Giveaway:  The Grown Ups – Robin Antalek

From Robin Antalek, author of The Summer We Fell Apart, comes an evocative and emotionally resonant coming-of-age novel involving three friends who explore what it means to be happy, what it means to grow up, and the difficulties in doing both together. Spanning over a decade, and told in alternating voices, The Grown Ups explores […]

Review: Shanghai Girls – Lisa See

Posted February 8, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Shanghai Girls – Lisa See

In 1937 Shanghaiβ€”the Paris of Asiaβ€”twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefreeβ€”until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth. To repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled […]

Review: Fever – Jamie K. Schmidt

Posted February 8, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Fever – Jamie K. Schmidt

Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You will savor a visit to Club Inferno, the erotic playground where glitz and glamour mix with leather and whips. Deep in the shadows of her exclusive fashion resort, Couture, Colleen Bryant presides over a much more intimate world: Club Inferno. The successful businesswoman and sex […]

Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Blurred Lines – Jen McLaughlin

Blog Tour Review & Giveaway:  Blurred Lines – Jen McLaughlin

Once burned… Finding my fiancΓ©e naked on my couch might’ve been a good thing, if her ex-boyfriend hadn’t been with her. For the past eight years I’ve been a witness to the power of true love, but after getting burned I’d decided there wasn’t any hope for me finding it for myself. Until I met […]

Review: Darkest Angel – Tabitha Shay

Posted January 25, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Darkest Angel – Tabitha Shay

Woman of lightβ€”Grace Martin once loved Rio Kelmanβ€”Older and wiser now, she refuses to surrender her heart to the gunfighter againβ€”not when he has a habit of riding away when she needs him the most. Man of darknessβ€”Rio Kelman gave up the woman he loved to track down the demons that terrorized the citizens of […]

Review: Playing for Keeps – Kate Donovan

Posted January 25, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Playing for Keeps – Kate Donovan

When Erica McCall finally gets her big break in advertising, she knows just which spokesperson to pitch: gorgeous football superstar Johnny Spurling. She has followed his career since college and knows he’s perfect for the spot, even though it’s common knowledge his famous family doesn’t do product endorsements, ever. But Erica knows Johnny’s weak spot, […]

Review: Triple Threat – Regina Kyle

Posted January 25, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review:  Triple Threat – Regina Kyle

Sabotage and Seduction! The Playwright: It’s emerging playwright Holly Nelson’s big break. Broadway. Having survived her traumatic marriage and divorce, Holly is now aiming for success, not love. And any naughty dreams about Nick Damone,the gorgeously dishy star who was her crush back in high school, must remain a fantasy. The Star: For Nick, Broadway […]

Review: Playing with the Drummer – Robin Convington

Posted January 25, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Playing with the Drummer – Robin Convington

Entertainment journalist Lita Matthews is on the verge of making it big. As in her-own-TV-show big. She just needs amazing inside scoop on the year’s hottest celebrity wedding. Instead, her big break is becoming a big nightmareβ€”all thanks to rock star Rocky Cardano. Who apparently hasn’t gotten over what happened between them four years ago… […]

Review: Walking on Trampolines – Frances Whiting

Posted January 18, 2015 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review:  Walking on Trampolines – Frances Whiting

Praised as β€œa tender exploration of friendship, families, and first love” (Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of The Husband’s Secret), this coming-of-age novel from bestselling author Frances Whiting is equal parts heartwarming, accessible, and thought provoking. β€œTallulah de Longland,” she said slowly, letting all the Ls in my name loll about lazily in […]