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Title:   Viewer Discretion Advised Author:   Cindy Roesel Genre:   Chick Lit, Contemporary Romance Pages:   284 Published:   March 2012 Publisher:   Blue Point Press Source:   via CPL Blog Tours Synopsis: LIVE FROM MIAMI! VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED features Charlene "Charley" Thomas - a smart, sassy, highly competitive thirty something television news executive producer. Charley's got maxed out credit cards and an office fridge stocked with vodka. Her boss, Jonathan Lefton, a.k.a "The Velvet Ax" is all about ratings, slash-and-burn newscasts - no matter who who gets hurt in the process. Charley is hell-bent on doing whatever it takes to impress Lefton. But will pleasing Lefton mean losing the man she loves? Filled with suspense, romance, and newsroom backbiting, VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED features a cast of ambitious adrenaline junkies. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED is "Sex and the City" meets "Broadcast News." It's this summer's hot ne...

Author Bio: CINDY ROESEL is an Emmy Award winning television broadcast journalist. After working for twenty years in newsrooms filled with ambitious backbiting adrenalin junkies, she's turning her experiences into novels.  Cindy lives in Miami with her shih-tzu, Sassy. Connect with Cindy! www.cindyroesel.com ~ cindyroesel.blogspot.com ~ writeoncindy@yahoo.com ~ cindyroesel.facebook ~ cindyroesel.twitter ~ cindyroesel.LinkedIn LIVE FROM MIAMI! VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED features Charlene "Charley" Thomas - a smart, sassy, highly competitive thirty something television news executive producer. Charley's got maxed out credit cards and an office fridge stocked with vodka. Her boss, Jonathan Lefton, a.k.a "The Velvet Ax" is all about ratings, slash-and-burn newscasts - no matter who who gets hurt in the process. Charley is hell-bent on doing whatever it takes to impress Lefton. But will pleasing Lefton mean losing the man she loves? Filled with susp...

  Welcome to Stitch Read Cook's weekly feature!! A Day in the Life of..... This is where us bloggers & fans get a glimpse inside the days of our favorite authors BLOGGERS! -------------------- Hey everyone! I'm Ashley from the Bookish Brunette ... Being summertime, my schedule is a TAD different than it is September - May... But since I'm an "in the moment" type chick, we'll go with my summer day to day activities! This is what I look like before coffee. Seriously. 8 AM (could be 9 or 10 AM depending on how late I was up the night before... But for the sake of routine- let's go with 8!) Wake up. Reluctantly... Not everyone knows this about me- but I am a chronic sleeper. No joke, I hit the bed and I am OUT and it takes a Mac truck to get me out of bed if I'm not ready. Trudge downstairs to my children who are surely causing havoc of some kind or another (they are MINE you know...)Pray no one speaks to me until I've been properly caf...

Title:   Conquered by a Highlander Author:   Paula Quinn Genre:   Historical Romance Pages:   384 Published:   May 2012 Publisher:   Forever Source:   NetGalley Buy Links:   Amazon, Book Depository, Kobo Synopsis: BOUND BY DUTY Colin MacGregor was born to fight-for his beliefs, his king, and his family's honour. After years away from his beloved Scotland, he yearns to return to its lush, green hills-and he can, after he completes one final mission for the king. Sent to infiltrate a traitor's home, Colin is determined to expose the treasonous plot and triumph on the battlefield . . . until he meets a sensual lass who tempts him towards other pursuits . . . . BETRAYED BY PASSION Lady Gillian Dearly is no stranger to temptation. Cast out of her family for bearing an illegitimate child, she's now the ward of a barbarian conspiring against the king. Her only desire: freedom for her son and for herself at any cost, even if it means making a deal wit...

Release Date:  August 24th Excerpt: I never heard the rest of Tristan's sentence—what he didn’t want me to think. The handsome guy thought I’d nodded to him and had me by the hand, stumbling over his own feet as he dragged me to the dance area. As soon as we stepped onto the sunken floor, his hands were on my hips, pulling me close to him. For a brief moment, I forgot about all the mind signatures, the twirling lights and pounding music and could only think about how strange it was to be that close to a man other than Tristan. But only for a brief moment. Before I could even do anything, a growl ripped through the music—or maybe just through my head—and Tristan was suddenly between the guy and me, his back to me and his arms out protectively. The drunk guy swung without even looking, and Tristan caught his wrist in mid-air. With the pain of the grip, the guy finally looked up into Tristan’s face. His eyes grew wide and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he gulped. He gave me an apolog...

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Title:   The Carny Author:   Brooke Moss Genre:   Contemporary Romance Published:   July 2012 Publisher:   Inkspell Source:   via Publisher Buy Links:   Amazon , Book Depository , Kobo Synopsis: At a town fair on the coast of Oregon, handsome Native American carny, Vincent Youngblood, bestows an unforgettable kiss on shy, awkward teenager, Charlotte Davenport. Then he disappears without another word, leaving her baffled and enamoured. Ten years later, Charlotte is still living in the small fishing town of Astoria, while being trained to--reluctantly--take over for her philandering hotelier father when he retires. After all, who else will do it? Her two perfect sisters are busy being married to their flawless husbands and having cookie cutter children, while Charlotte remains single, childless, and every bit as mousy as she was a decade ago. As Charlotte struggles to climb out from underneath her judgmental parents thumb, the carnival rolls back i...