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Release Blast & Giveaway: Tommaso – Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Posted May 24, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Blog Tour, Giveaways / 0 Comments
Release Blast & Giveaway:  Tommaso – Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Huge Giveaway!! Β Eight Chances to Win!   TOMMASO Immortal Matchmakers, Inc #2 Mimi Jean Pamfiloff Released May 24th, 2016 From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff… TOMMASO, Book #2, Immortal Matchmakers, Inc. Series (Standalone) SOMETIMES, HOT MEN CAN BE REAL MONSTERS… Tommaso Fierro is used to the finer things in lifeβ€”nice suits, nice car, […]

Review: The Wedding Sisters by Jamie Brenner

Posted May 22, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  The Wedding Sisters by Jamie Brenner

IΒ enjoyedΒ TheΒ WeddingΒ SistersΒ moreΒ thanΒ IΒ expectedΒ to.Β ThisΒ isΒ notΒ aΒ typicalΒ romcomΒ weddingΒ story.Β ThereΒ areΒ manyΒ layersΒ toΒ thisΒ taleΒ thatΒ isΒ humorousΒ atΒ times,Β butΒ itΒ isΒ muchΒ moreΒ thanΒ that.Β BrennerΒ doesΒ aΒ wonderfulΒ jobΒ ofΒ slowlyΒ revealingΒ herΒ characters’Β personalitiesΒ andΒ complexitiesΒ toΒ weaveΒ allΒ ofΒ theirΒ storiesΒ togetherΒ intoΒ aΒ well-developedΒ storyΒ toΒ whichΒ readersΒ willΒ beΒ drawn. TheΒ biggestΒ appealΒ forΒ meΒ wereΒ theΒ charactersΒ inΒ thisΒ storyΒ (althoughΒ theΒ backdropΒ ofΒ NYCΒ drewΒ meΒ inΒ too).Β Meryl,Β motherΒ ofΒ theΒ brides,Β wasΒ theΒ oneΒ IΒ mostΒ identifiedΒ with.Β HerΒ struggleΒ toΒ keepΒ itΒ togetherΒ whileΒ planningΒ aΒ weddingΒ andΒ simultaneouslyΒ dealingΒ withΒ allΒ otherΒ aspectsΒ ofΒ herΒ worldΒ fallingΒ apartΒ evokesΒ sympathy,Β especiallyΒ beingΒ aΒ motherΒ myself.Β HerΒ daughtersΒ allΒ haveΒ distinctΒ personalitiesΒ leadingΒ toΒ aΒ battleΒ toΒ maintainΒ theirΒ individualityΒ andΒ stillΒ maintainΒ aΒ sisterlyΒ bond.Β WhenΒ allΒ threeΒ areΒ engagedΒ atΒ theΒ sameΒ timeΒ toΒ highΒ profileΒ fiancees,Β theirΒ struggleΒ forΒ individualityΒ isΒ putΒ toΒ theΒ test. MerylΒ notΒ onlyΒ hasΒ toΒ dealΒ withΒ weddingΒ planningΒ forΒ three,Β butΒ alsoΒ theΒ otherΒ complicationsΒ ofΒ life- specificallyΒ mid-life.Β InΒ theΒ midstΒ ofΒ beingΒ inΒ mother-of-the-brideΒ mode,Β MerylΒ isΒ strugglingΒ withΒ theΒ careΒ ofΒ herΒ “elderly”Β mom- whoΒ isΒ aΒ hoot,Β byΒ theΒ way- andΒ herΒ marriageΒ ofΒ thirtyΒ years.Β SheΒ hasΒ toΒ doΒ someΒ soul-searchingΒ alongΒ theΒ way,Β butΒ IΒ amΒ happyΒ toΒ sayΒ thatΒ all’sΒ wellΒ thatΒ endsΒ well! IfΒ youΒ haveΒ everΒ readΒ anyΒ ofΒ myΒ otherΒ reviews,Β youΒ knowΒ IΒ likeΒ aΒ happyΒ ending–orΒ atΒ theΒ veryΒ least,Β closure.Β IΒ wasΒ veryΒ satisfiedΒ withΒ theΒ wayΒ thisΒ bookΒ ended.Β IΒ trulyΒ feltΒ likeΒ everybodyΒ wasΒ goingΒ toΒ beΒ ok,Β andΒ IΒ wasΒ happyΒ aboutΒ that.Β IΒ hopeΒ youΒ readΒ thisΒ oneΒ andΒ comeΒ toΒ careΒ aboutΒ theseΒ characters as much as I did!

Release Blitz: Toward the Sound of Chaos – Carmen Jenner

Posted May 20, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Blog Tour / 0 Comments
Release Blitz:  Toward the Sound of Chaos – Carmen Jenner

A heart-wrenching new military romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Carmen Jenner. Available exclusively on Amazon and KU Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1TgTU7v Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1TiqZDz Amazon CA:Β http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01FOQJ780 Amazon AU:Β http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01FOQJ780 Blurb Jake Tucker is broken. At twenty-two, he went into the Marine Corps a naΓ―ve, troubled youth. Nine years and four tours later, Jake finds himself back […]

Cover Reveal: Moonshot – Alessandra Torre

Posted May 19, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Cover Reveal / 0 Comments
Cover Reveal:  Moonshot – Alessandra Torre

*** Title: Moonshot Author: Alessandra Torre Genre: Romantic Suspense/Sports Romance Release: July 4th Cover Artist: Sommer Stein with Perfect Pear Creations Model: McKinli Hatch Photographer: Perrywinkle Photography *** Synopsis: Baseball isn’t supposed to be a game of life and death… The summer that Chase Stern entered my life, I was seventeen. The daughter of a […]

Release Blitz: Turn it Up – Kim Karr

Posted May 19, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Blog Tour / 0 Comments
Release Blitz:  Turn it Up – Kim Karr

Sometimes there’s only one way to do it! Turn it Up is Book Two in The Detroit Duet & this friends to lovers romance is NOW LIVE! Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1Ta0SAD Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1TRSgeJ iBooks: http://apple.co/221opDW Nook: http://bit.ly/1VUMU67 Kobo: http://bit.ly/24SPO02 Blurb Charlotte Lane was the tomboy who lived next door. Eyes the color of the summer […]