Lady Amber's Reviews

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

#NewRelease - Somewhere Out There Anthology

Title: Somewhere Out There

Genre: Mixed Genre

Publisher: Bathory Gate Press

Cover Designer: Elizabeth Constantopolous

Hosted by: Lady Amber's Reviews & PR

Blurb:

Sometimes an anthology is more than a collection of great stories.

This anthology is about making a stand.

More than 150 authors, editors, artists, and promoters from all around the world have come together to say, “Enough is enough, and let the children go free.” Immerse yourself in the tales of Somewhere Out There: A Fundraising Anthology that demands we keep immigrant children together with their parents, and out of incarceration.

Experience sizzling romances, journey through fantastic magical realms, and solve engaging mysteries in this collection of stories that encompasses all genres. Bestselling authors and new voices have come together to deliver an incredible and exciting collection that’s bound to keep you on the edge of your seat and turning the pages.

Best of all, know every cent of your purchase is going to a child who needs it. 100% of all net proceeds will go to non-profit organizations that will reunite immigrant families detained and separated at US borders.

It’s your turn to rise up. Will you join us in supporting immigrant families (and get a great reading deal in the process)?

One-click and take a stand today!

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BEngjp

Universal: www.books2read.com/somewhereoutthere

https://yourprfriend.lpages.co/somewhere-out-there-giveaway/

#CoverReveal & #Giveaway - Hope's Defeat by @angela_mcph

Title: Hope’s Defeat

Author: Angela McPherson

Genre: Mature YA Paranormal Romance-- Greek Mythology

Publisher: Untold Press

Cover Designer: Just write. Creations

Hosted by: Lady Amber's Reviews & PR

Blurb:

While some bonds break, fate built theirs to last forever.

Winning the battle against Melia was supposed to give Trinity and Blain a chance to live a normal life. The problem is another evil has taken the Rogue’s place, shattering any promise of a future Trinity hoped to have with her sworn guardian.

Darkness now controls Blain.

Freeing his soul is a challenge Trinity gladly accepts, but rescuing the love of her life comes with one major complication. To save him she must go through Cronus, the ancient god who holds Blain’s light hostage.

Every Watcher Trinity enlisted failed.

Nothing is too extreme if it releases Blain. Summoning a forgotten god is dangerous, but for help in the fight against Cronus it’s worth the risk. In the end, she’ll even gamble her own soul to set Blain’s free.

Protecting humankind isn’t just a destiny Trinity was born to uphold—it’s her rite of passage. One that may cost her life.

Born and currently residing in Texas, Angela works as a nurse during the day and an author by night. She's addicted to cleaning, coffee, and fuzzy socks. When not spending time with her husband and their three children, working or writing, she's reading a good book or listening to music.

Author Links:

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2lUqJip

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7074174.Angela_McPherson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelaMcPhersonRomanceAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/angela_mcph

Newsletter: https://app.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/n2p3w0

Website: http://angelamcphersonblog.wordpress.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/angela.mcpherson/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/armcpherson/

Buy Links:

Hope’s Decree: https://amzn.to/2Ig6V6j

Hope’s Deceit: https://amzn.to/2KFOx57

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Monday, August 20, 2018

#AudioBlitz & #Giveaway - The Stone Series by @DakotaWillink

Title: The Stone Series

Author: Dakota Willink

Genre: Romance

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

Krystina Cole was a girl on a mission. She had big dreams and aspirations, none of which included a man by her side. She knew better than that – at least until she met Alexander Stone, the New York billionaire real estate tycoon. She saw the way that he looked at her, and the dark promises in his eyes. She was curious about his world and all that it entailed. But the shadows of her past haunted her, making her afraid to explore possibilities that she could never before have imagined…

Alexander Stone was a man who knew how to get what he wanted. He understood the value of finesse, and the importance of patience and diligence to achieve the desired result. He was successful and wealthy, relying on his naturally sharp instincts to guide him through life. But a chance run in with Krystina Cole quickly turned his world upside down. Her quick wit and firecracker attitude was the complete opposite of what he wanted in a woman, and his instincts failed him at every turn…

However, both Krystina and Alexander are clinging to the secrets in their past, and neither of them are willing to compromise. Krystina’s hardened heart makes emotional surrender a hard limit. But for Alexander, revealing his past could have devastating results.

Blurb:

The story of Krystina and Alexander continues in Stepping Stone, book two of The Stone Series.

Krystina Cole is flawed and damaged from a traumatic experience. A relationship with Alexander Stone will never work. She knows that her capacity for love is limited, and that only she alone can repair the pieces of her shattered heart. But Alexander is everywhere she turns. In her mind. In her heart. And in her soul. She cannot deny him. He is her addiction and she is unable to stay away.

Alexander Stone has accepted the inevitable. If he wants to hold on to Krystina, he must bare all and release the secrets in his past. There were risks, but she is worth it. No woman has ever affected him the way that she did. She is the sunshine in his darkness. The lightning to his thunder. She is his angel.

Bound by their passion to be together, Alexander and Krystina fight to let go of their pasts. Together, they embark on journey of self-exploration, relying on trust to be their ultimate bond. Falling completely into one another, there finally seems to be a beacon of hope for their future. But as they test their boundaries of desire, fate takes an unexpected turn, threatening their only chance at survival…

Blurb:

Two declarations of love. And a past that won’t set them free.

Alexander had rules. Krystina broke them. Together, they learned the hard way that life was too short to play the game. Choosing to not leave their relationship to Fate, they fell completely and irrevocably into one another. As two shattered souls, wrapped in each other’s arms, it was as if the world and all its troubles did not exist.

However, committing to love each other was only the beginning. Caught up in their blazing desire, they unexpectedly find themselves facing the shadows of the past once again. Just when Krystina thought she knew the man she committed to, more questions arise, causing her to wonder if Alexander is who he says he is. It should have been one of the happiest times in their lives, but the darkness still loomed, threatening everything they fought so hard to overcome.

Now Krystina is faced with a terrible decision: go against Alexander in order to save him or sit idly by and watch as his world shatters around him. For her greatest battle was the very thing their relationship was founded upon. Trust.

The heart-wrenching and seductive story of Alexander and Krystina concludes with Set In Stone, the powerfully moving finale to The Stone Series.

Dakota Willink is an Amazon International Bestselling Author. She loves writing about damaged heroes who fall in love with sassy and independent females. Her books are character driven, emotional, and sexy, yet written with a flare that keeps them real. With three published titles and a magazine publication under her belt, Dakota's imagination is constantly spinning new ideas. Her current work in progress is The Dahlia Project, a series of standalone books that will embrace diverse characters and current day world issues.

Dakota’s love affair with reading and writing began when she was in the sixth grade. Competitive by nature, she was determined to win a reading contest and blitzed through every Sweet Valley High book she could get her hands on. As a result, she discovered her love for words. Since then, she dreamed of one day writing her own book, but put her aspirations on hold to focus on family and a career that would pay the bills. However, her heart continued to be with fictional characters – whether they belonged to a favorite author or if they were just stories that she made up in her own head.

In 2013, Dakota gathered enough courage to turn her dreams into a reality. In between playing chauffeur to two very busy teenagers and working her job during the day, Dakota began to put words on paper. By 2014, she gave up the security of a steady paycheck and began working on her first novel full-time.

Dakota often says she survived her first publishing with coffee and wine. She’s an unabashed Star Wars fanatic and still dreams of one day getting her letter from Hogwarts. She enjoys spending time with her super-supportive husband and two witty teenagers, her two Labrador Retrievers, and her spoiled rotten cat. During the summer months, she can often be found soaking up the sun on the Great Lakes with her family

Author Links:

Website: https://www.dakotawillink.com/home.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DakotaWillink/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DakotaWillink

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakotawillink/

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PjmaMw

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14808492.Dakota_Willink

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/dakota-willink

Buy Links:

Heart of Stone: https://amzn.to/2OLOiH1

Stepping Stone: https://amzn.to/2nTYgLj

Set in Stone: https://amzn.to/2L6msmR

Audio Links:

Heart of Stone: https://amzn.to/2OJROBG

Stepping Stone: https://amzn.to/2PozBuO

Set in Stone: https://amzn.to/2L6nBLb

a Rafflecopter giveaway

#CoverReveal - Redemption Part Five by @KateBensonAuthr

Title: Redemption Part Five

Author: Kate Benson

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Editor: Chasing Sophie Publications

Cover Designer: Dana Leah at Designs by Dana

Publication Date: August 27^th, 2018

Hosted by: Lady Amber’s Reviews & PR

Blurb:

***This book contains content intended for mature readers***

BELLA

Disaster puts a lot into perspective.

I thought I’d made my peace with losing everything in the name of love.

For months, it’s been staring Adam and I in the face.

If I’m being honest, there’s a part of me that welcomed it. There’s a piece of my soul that yearned for it to swallow me whole, offer us a means to an end.

I’m not sure of much these days, but there’s one thing I know as fact…

I’ll never survive losing him.

ADAM

The moment Isabella came crashing into my life, something irrevocably shifted inside my soul.

Now that I’ve tasted it, I don’t know how to live without her.

The very love I didn’t know I craved has me facing the loss of everything I ever cared about.

I’ve sworn myself to protecting both my empire and the love of my life.

If it comes down to keeping only one, which will grant me redemption?

Facebook Release Party:

https://www.facebook.com/events/649913888714471/

Kate Benson was raised in Texas and currently resides in central Florida with her husband and their growing army of fur minions.She learned to read at the age of four and has been hooked ever since. She credits her passion for literature to her mother, her love of story-telling to her father and her unwavering faith in happily-ever-after’s to her husband, Sean.Some of her favorite things include rainy days, loud music, superhero movies, hot tea and of course, lazy afternoons with a great book.To find out more about Kate, her work or to just say hello, she loves hearing from her readers and can be found on social media.

Author Links:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HilBz1

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7391945.Kate_Benson

Facebook: www.facebook.com/katebensonauthor/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Katebensonauthr

Instagram: www.instagram.com/katebensonauthor/

Benson's Book Babes (Fan Club/Readers Group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/PromiseSeriesSupportGroup/

Buy Links:

Redemption: Part One (The Vault Book 1): https://amzn.to/2IPcIwx

Redemption: Part Two (The Vault Book 2): https://amzn.to/2HRBywv

Redemption: Part Three (The Vault Book 3): https://amzn.to/2IHth1C

Redemption: Part Four (The Vault Book 4): https://amzn.to/2LcmRZF

Redemption: Part Five (The Vault Book 5): https://amzn.to/2PlSKh1

#NewRelease - ROOMIES by @LStevensAuthor

Title: ROOMIES

Author: Lynn Stevens

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Southhampton Design

Publication Date: August 20^th, 2018

Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR

Blurb:
The night before my wedding, I ran.

I needed a place to hide. A place to start over. A place to figure out how to move forward with my life.

When my cousin Lena offered me a rent free apartment in Chicago, it seemed like the perfect solution. And it was until the legal tenant, a Marine named Josh, returned early from his deployment overseas.

The little security I had shattered. I had no place left to go, and I couldn’t live with a man I didn’t know. But I had no choice. If he knew how badly I was damaged, he wouldn’t want me around. After all, that’s what he had told me over and over. Nobody would want me.

Maybe sometimes you have to run away to find yourself.

The night of my wedding, I ran, but I hadn’t ran far enough.

Lynn Stevens flunked out of college writing her first novel. Yes, she still has it and no, you can't read it. Surprisingly, she graduated with honors at her third school. A former farm girl turned city slicker turned suburbanite, Lynn lives in the Midwest where she drinks coffee and sips tea when she's out of coffee. She’s the author of Full Count and Game On..

Author Links:

Website: www.lstevensbooks.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16771319.Lynn_Stevens

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LStevensAuthor

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LynnStevensAuthor/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lstevensauthor/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lstevensauthor/

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JinMTL

Buy Link:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2uYa1UU

Chapter One

Lena and Ryder’s latest argument greeted me as I climbed the stairs to the second floor apartments. They didn’t fight very often, but with their impending wedding, my cousin and her fiancé didn’t hold back their tempers or opinions. Of course, Lena liked it. She had to tell me how the make-up sex was worth his stubborn attitude. Information I didn’t want or need to know. Wisely, I kept my mouth shut. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have a place to live. Or worse, I’d still be in Des Moines. I shook the thought out of my head. Des Moines was in the past and the people, including my mother, could stay there.

They’d quieted down by the time I reached the top of the steps. The shouting had toned into loud whispers. I smiled. Lena and Ryder were perfect for each other. I put my key in the door, pushing it opened. My heard froze. The door had opened without unlocking it. I couldn’t move. A shadow darted from the living room toward the back bedroom, my room. My legs unfroze. I stepped away slowly, hoping not to make a single sound until I rapped on Lena’s door. My back pressed against the white wood. I knocked again. The door gave way and I fell back into my cousin’s fiancé.

“Val?” Ryder asked.

I pointed toward the open door across the hall. My stomach churned, threatening to clear the gallon of decaf I’d sucked down in the last hour. This wasn’t happening. Chicago was supposed to be my safe haven. Nobody knew I was here. Nobody was supposed to find me. I closed my eyes and prayed it was a robber, not somebody worse. I turned to move into Lena’s apartment, to push Ryder back in and away from the danger, but strong hands squeezed my upper arms. Ryder moved me out of the way like I was a rag doll. Just the mere touch of his fingers made me want to curl up in a ball. I couldn’t keep living like this.

Ryder pushed by me in his bare-chested glory, his sculpted muscles cut with scars from his days as a Marine. I’d never seen a guy with a prosthetic leg move with so much grace. He rushed into my apartment. Well, not mine, not really. It was Ryder’s and his USMC buddy Josh’s place. Since Ryder spent most of his time at Lena’s and Josh was deployed, they’d let me move in until Josh returned in a couple of months. I hoped to be out of their way by then.

Why didn’t he just call 911? Why didn’t I?

I ran after him. Nightmares of Des Moines invaded by mind, but I shoved them back into their compartment. Ryder could get hurt. I’d never forgive myself if that happened. Not that I had ever been able to forgive myself for much of anything. Lena deserved happiness, and I would make sure she had it even if I couldn’t.

It was still dark inside the apartment when a loud “oomph” sounded in the hallway. I flipped on the light, illuminating Ryder on top of the would-be robber. As I stared at the unfamiliar face, all I could think was thank God it wasn’t Sam.

“Jesus, Ryder, I know you missed me, but tackling hugs aren’t necessary,” the robber said.

“Josh?” Ryder sat up, still straddling the guy’s lap.

It would’ve been funny had the circumstances been any different. Or even slightly different. Suddenly I longed for the home invader and not the roommate’s return. I’d have to move. There was no way I could stay here.

#BookBlitz & #Giveaway - The Extraction List by @Reneenmeland

Title: The Extraction List Series

Author: Renee N. Meland

Genre: YA Dystopian

Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

In development for film by 5x5 Media!

An unforgettable, fast-paced science fiction adventure where a mother and daughter must rely on a gifted killer for survival...

In an America where parenting is regulated by the federal government, fifteen-year-old Riley Crane assumed she would never be taken from her home, and with good reason: her mother Claire had designed the criteria that parents must live by in order to keep their children.

But a simple knock at the door one evening proves her wrong.

Now on the run, Riley and Claire must rely on Cain Foley, a gifted killer who is as handsome as he is dangerous, to get them out of America alive. But when they discover what's really happening beneath the government's surface, they realize that escaping the country is only part of their problem. Together, they figure out that a killer can save a life, and a mother can damn a nation.

If you're a fan of Unwind by Neal Shusterman, you will enjoy Renee N. Meland's page-turning tale of survival in a world where obeying the law is no longer an option.

Blurb:

The suspenseful science fiction adventure continues as we now follow Cain Foley back to the beginning, where the extraction list started...

Fifteen-year-old Cain Foley just faced a fatal choice…

Fight back against his abusive father, or die on the basement floor.

He chose life.

Now a fugitive in an America that is stricken with poverty and violence, he finds himself being hunted by a police officer with his own special brand of torture. Before he can save even a handful of the children who have been swept up in the gang life, he must first cover up not one, but two murders. His father’s and one committed by a teenage madam who is either the love of his life or his final undoing.

As he feels himself being pushed closer and closer to the edge, Cain realizes surviving his father was just the beginning.

If you're a fan of Scythe by Neal Shusterman, you will enjoy Renee N. Meland's violent tale of what happens when an abused teenager in a broken world is pushed to change everything.

Blurb:

Riley thought she could live a normal life after The Extraction List, but now in this third book in the fast-paced sci-fi adventure series, she must reconnect with Burning Doors’ hero, Cain, to save the people they love most from certain destruction.

Four years after escaping America, Riley Crane discovers the compound she calls home is facing a looming danger, and she’s in desperate need of a solution. The last person she expects to have the answer is the guy who has been the one piece missing from her life—Cain Foley.

With a broken heart and a switchblade knife, Riley follows Cain to Italy in order to rescue a missing child. If they find him, the child’s parents will give them enough cash to move everyone they love to a safe location where they can build a new life for the second time. But with their goal almost in sight, they discover their mission wasn’t what they thought, and much more than they expected hangs in the balance.

The question they must ask has no simple answer.

They want to save the people they love…

But are they willing to sell their souls to do it?

If you're a fan of the Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman, you will enjoy Renee N. Meland's fast-paced third installment of The Extraction List Series, where cruelty knows no bounds and characters are forced to test their humanity to save the ones they love...

Renee N. Meland is an avid writer and reader of speculative fiction. She and her husband reside in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When she is not writing or being a devoted doggy-mom, she is gardening or learning a new recipe.

She is currently working on the rest of the books in The Extraction List Series. Other upcoming projects involve reincarnation, and a house filled with people who all have something to hide.

Author Links:

Amazon Profile: https://amzn.to/2NxafJv

Website: https://www.reneenmeland.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reneenmeland

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorreneenmeland/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reneenmelandsbooks

Buy Links:

The Extraction List: https://amzn.to/2OGnOXC

Burning Doors: https://amzn.to/2Mv3oTT

Leave Me Lost: https://amzn.to/2nKhEKz