Books with Chrissy: August 2020

Cover Reveal: The Right Player by Kandi Steiner

Kandi Steiner has revealed the cover for The Right Player: A Sports Romance!

Releasing: September 24, 2020

Cover Photography: Perrywinkle Photography

I have a three date rule — but it’s not what you think.

See, I’ve been told I’m the “good time girl,” not the one you take home to Mom. And while that label stung at first, I’ve since embraced it — living the wild and free life and sticking to a three date max. That’s just enough time to have some fun and snuff out the possibility of catching feelings. And it’s been working for me for years…

Until Makoa Kumaka.

Sadly, he also has a three date rule — and it’s the exact opposite of mine. From the second I meet him, all I can think about is stripping down that six-foot-five Herculean hunk of a man. But like the gentleman I wish he wasn’t, he’s making me wait.

The more time we spend together, the more I feel those pesky emotions creeping in. I’m even tempted to trust him, but blame it on my past or my instincts, I can’t shake the feeling that he’s hiding something…

I’ve been playing the game forever, and no man has ever won my heart — which meant they never had the power to break it.

But maybe I just hadn’t met the right player.

Maybe I’ll wish I never did.

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Meet Kandi

Kandi Steiner is a bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing "emotional rollercoaster" stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance -- in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you're a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she's your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women's Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her "freedom of press." She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn't writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys live music, traveling, anything heavy in carbs, beach days, movie marathons, craft beer and sweet wine -- not necessarily in that order.

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Website: www.kandisteiner.com

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Blog Tour and Review: The One for Me by Corinne Michaels

An all new and endearing friends-to-lovers story…

The One for Me by New York Times bestselling author Corinne Michaels is now live!

Devney Maxwell has been my best friend since we were six years old, but she has no idea I'm in love with her.

 Even when I'm on the road playing professional baseball, she's my home--the only one I've ever known. But when I return to Sugarloaf to care for the family farm, I discover she's trying to talk herself into a life with the wrong man ... and I become desperate.

It only takes a single, perfect kiss to change everything.

I have six months to get it right with Devney--to convince her to leave this town and turn that kiss into forever.

I aim to do just that as I spend my days coaching her nephew's baseball team, fixing up the farm, and loving her with all I have. Finally, it seems like our relationship is secure and we'll find a way to make it work.

Then tragedy strikes ... changing her life forever. She's needed here more than ever, but as for me--there's no way I can stay.

I know she's the one for me, but I might have to let her go ...

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Excerpt:

“Don’t play that crap with me, Sean Arrowood. I know you better. You want the wife and kids. You always have. The issue that you have is that you’re stupid.”

“Stupid?”

She nods. “Yup. S-T-U-P-I-D. And dumb.”

“They mean the same thing.”

“It required the extra punctuation at the end.”

God, I love the side of her that is smart-mouthed, fearless, and relaxed. She’s only this way with me. Or at least, that’s what I’d like to think.

The last ten years have been hard on our friendship. We both went off to college, I had baseball and she was studying. We’d see each other on breaks, but after the accident that changed the trajectory of my life, I stayed in Maine, and we rarely saw each other.

However, when I had a series in New York, Devney came. If I was in Philly, she would find a way to meet me, and I flew her down to Tampa a few times.

Now, though, I’ll be around her so much more, and I know these feelings aren’t going to go away, they’ll get stronger.

Yeah, I guess I really am stupid.

“Well, I may be stupid, but at least I’m not settling.”

She sits up, slapping her hand on the couch cushion. “Settling?”

“Yeah. You may love Oliver, but he doesn’t make you crazy.”

Devney shifts back. “You’re making me crazy right now.”

“Good.”

“You’re infuriating!”

I shrug. “You love me.”

“It helps that you’re hot.” Devney quickly covers her hand over her mouth. “I did not mean it that like that.”

I grin and lean toward her. “You think I’m hot?”

“I think you’re mediocre. God knows your harem of . . . whatever you call them . . . think you are.”

For so long I’ve fought against telling her anything about how I feel. How those women are faceless and mean nothing to me. It’s always her. Always a brunette who I seek out, hoping to find just a piece of something like her that I can cling to, but I never say it.

Then I wonder, maybe this is the perfect time. Oliver is going to propose. Oliver will marry her, and I won’t have a god damn thing to say about it because I will have never told her.

Plus, she’s drunk.

Maybe she won’t remember it.

My Thoughts and Review:

Friends-to-lovers, while being an excellent romance trope is not usually one of my favorites. I am usually more fond of second chance or enemies-to-lovers. Sean and Devney's story may have changed my mind though.

Sean and Devney have been friends since they were little kids. No matter what other people thought they always had each other's back. They were the kind of friends where she learned to love baseball because it meant so much to him, and he would dump a girlfriend because Devney didn't like her. Everyone around them knew they were in love long before Sean and Devney realized it.

These two have several things to overcome to make their relationship work. Secrets to expose, and trauma to survive.

"When you find the one for you, it makes things that were impossible suddenly seem obtainable." Connor Arrowood.

As Connor tells Sean, the right one make the impossible seem possible. Especially once you ask the right question. Which Sean figures out while talking to Jacob later in the book.

This book will have you laughing, and crying. It takes you through an array of emotions. There were some things I predicted, but others that caught me completely off guard. Once again an Arrowood brother stole my heart, I am anxious for Jacob's book, but will be sad to see the series end.

New Release: KB Worlds Release Day: Revved by A.M. Mahler, Twisted by Ariana Rose, Revolution by Dr. Rebecca Sharp, Shift by J.S. Wood, and Collision by Karen Frances

The first set of books in the Driven KB Worlds are LIVE!!!

Inspired by K. Bromberg’s Driven series, each author wrote their own story to fit in the world. We hope you’ll fall in love with their new stories and characters while revisiting Colton, Rylee, and the gang from mine.

All the books releasing today are FREE in Kindle Unlimited:

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REVOLUTION by Dr. Rebecca Sharp: https://geni.us/RevolutionDW

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New Release and Review: A Moment Like You by Claudia Burgoa

This brand new standalone has:

Enemies to Lovers

Hot Billionaire

Sassy and Brilliant Heroine

The Aldridge Brothers (6 to choose from)

Small Town Romance

My Thoughts and Review:

Have you met the Aldridge brother's yet? Each book is essentially a stand-alone, but book 1 (Loved You Once) introduces you to the brothers.

So this book is Henry's romance, in away it's his redemption. He learns to be human and follow his heart, instead of just doing what his grandfather has set before him. He learns that not everything in life is a business transaction.

"She unravels me. But the moment I touched her, I became undone."-Henry Aldridge.

Sophia is Henry's #1 assistant. She feels over looked, held back, and underappreciated in her job. She wants to hate her boss, but she is attracted to him. She wants to quit her job, but she would never find another one that compensates her the way her current one does. Henry forces her to move to Baker's Creek when his father's will requires it of him and his brothers. She develops a friendship with the other women in the Aldridge brother's lives. Sophia is a female character that women will love. She is strong, sassy, and is devoted to her family.

I love watching these brother's grow. I can not wait for the next book or the rest of the series for that matter.

Blurb:

USA Today Bestselling author Claudia Burgoa presents a witty, funny & heartfelt billionaire, enemies-to-lovers romance.

I hate my boss. He’s the devil in disguise—but I just can’t seem to stay away.

When my employer Henry Aldridge is set to claim a large inheritance from his deceased father, he drags me along with him—because he needs his assistant. I have no choice but to move across the country with Satan’s bastard and stay with him for over a year in order to pay for my mother’s debts.

Henry drags me to a small town where everyone knows your business and to a family that’s more broken than close. The Aldridge brothers are handsome, arrogant, and sinful.

They’re also too much to handle.

Henry’s dad lost his mind before he died, and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I don’t know how I’ll survive for eighteen months with this man.

Except you should never judge a book by its cover. And Henry Aldridge has more hiding beneath the surface than I ever thought possible...

The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers series is a romantic comedy saga packed with the perfect mix of angst, tears, and laughs. If you like strong heroines & alpha males, steamy romances and witty love stories, this series is for you!

About The Author: Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author.

She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breath away. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and her youngest two children. She has a sweet Bichon, Macey, who thinks she's the ruler of the house. She's only partially right. When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At night, she likes to binge-watch shows with her equal geek husband.

New Releases: KB Worlds Release Day: Everyday Heroes

The first set of books in KB Worlds are LIVE!!! Inspired by K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes standalones, each author wrote their own story to fit in the world. We hope you’ll fall in love with their new stories and characters while revisiting the Malone brothers from mine.

All the books releasing today are FREE in Kindle Unlimited:

LEAD PLAYER by Alex Grayson: https://geni.us/LeadPlyr

NO MERCY by D.M. Davis: https://geni.us/NoMrcy

FIRESTORM by Ellie Masters: https://geni.us/Firestrm

FLAMEOVER by Esther E. Schmidt: https://geni.us/FlmOver

CRUSH by Kelsie Rae: https://geni.us/Crush

TAKEN by M.A. Lee: https://geni.us/TakenEHW

FLASHBACK by Rhian Cahill: https://geni.us/FlashBack

More Everyday Heroes books are coming your way every month. Stay up to date on all the releases here:

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New Release: Taken by M. A. Lee

M.A. Lee's Taken is a dangerously sinful contemporary romance novel written in K. Bromberg's Everyday Heroes Worlds!

Synopsis

College student Ally Reign moved to Sunnyville alone.

With no parents, money, or friends, she's starting life over again-- alone.

Only, someone else has a different plan for Ally.

Detective Todd Lane has been working for the Sunnyville Drug Task Force in an undercover operation to take down a deadly drug gang. This trust fund millionaire left his family to work for the police department. As his family turned their backs on him, he found himself married to his career.

When an unexpected meeting puts these two in harm's way, Detective Lane will stop at nothing to keep Ally safe. Will Ally be able to trust Detective Lane? Or, will she end up alone forever?

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Author Bio

M.A. Lee is the persona of a wife, mother, and coffee addict. Her love for writing began as a child and has flourished into a career as she fell in love with classic romance stories, but wanted to put her own twist on the ‘book boyfriend’ idea. You can find M.A. Lee enjoying time with her husband, kids, and dogs at her country home in Kentucky or at her many book signing events.

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Cover Reveal: Reforming Kent by Siobhan Davis

Release Date: October 23

An enemies-to-lovers new adult romance from USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis.

Kent

Rogue. Troublemaker. Bad Boy. Delinquent.

Everyone thinks they know who I am, but they know nothing.

And that’s how I prefer it.

Keeping my demons under lock and key is my only survival tactic.

Until she enters my life, turning it upside down.

She thinks she can fix me. That I can reform myself and redeem my sins.

But I’m beyond the point of saving.

And if she doesn’t let go, I’ll only drag her down this dark hole with me.

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Meet Siobhan Davis

I am a USA Today bestselling author and I write emotionally intense young adult and new adult fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime!

My family will tell you I am little bit obsessive when it comes to reading and writing, and they aren’t wrong. I can rarely

be found without my trusty Kindle, a paperback book, or my laptop somewhere close at hand.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, I forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.

I reside in the Garden County of Ireland with my husband and two sons.

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New Release: Hush by BT Urruela and Anne Malcom

Release Date: August 11

They were taken.

Off the street.

From parking lots.

Malls.

Playgrounds.

Snatched from life and thrust into hell.

They took Orion Darby on a perfect summer day, while she could still taste her first kiss on her lips.

She joined the others with chains on their ankles and scars on their souls.

They turned into nothing more than statistics.

Cold cases. Lost girls.

Years passed and the world forgot.

Until the day they escaped.

This is not about their captivity.

This is about their struggle to return to a life that's passed them by.

This was the real world.

But for Orion, this was hell.

You see... freedom isn't enough.

She needs blood.

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Meet Anne Malcolm

Anne Malcom has been an avid reader since before she can remember, her mother responsible for her book addiction. It started with magical journeys into the world of Hogwarts and Middle Earth. As she grew up, her reading tastes grew with her. Her obsession with books and romance novels in particular, gave Anne the opportunity to find another passion, writing. Finding writing about alpha males and happily ever afters more fun than reading about them, Anne is not about to stop any time soon.

Raised in small-town New Zealand, Anne had a truly special childhood, growing up in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. She has backpacked across Europe, ridden camels in the Sahara, eaten her way through Italy, and had all sorts of crazy adventures. Currently living in London, she’s on a whole new adventure.

Meet BT Urruela

BT Urruela is a combat wounded amputee, purple heart recipient, contemporary author who has written both independent and traditionally published books. He is a RARE under 40 award recipient, Rockwood Summit High School and Rockwood School District Hall of Fame inductee, Co-founder and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, Ambassador for Tampa Sports Academy, People Magazine Tribute for Heroes winner, Cover Model, Motivational Speaker and Philanthropist.

At an early age he began writing short stories having been inspired by reading books authored by RL Stein. His maternal grandmother's bookshelf was filled with literature that inspired his young mind and cultivated his vivid imagination.

Upon graduation from high school his desire to have a 20-year military career was cut drastically short by an improvised explosive device. Taking the life of his commander, and leaving the remaining four team members badly wounded.

After careful consideration and multiple surgeries, he along with the guidance of his doctors made the decision to amputate. It was the only surgery he ever left with a smile on his face, as if a weight had been lifted. He struggled for two more years through 4-5 hours of physical therapy a day, five days a week to get adapted to his new prosthetic. He medically retired from the Army with high hopes. His focus on restoring his physical shape being the most eminent battle caused him to neglect his psychological state.

Meeting people was difficult and there were very few options for veterans to utilize that would stimulate friendship, and ultimately, allow communication barriers to be breached. After moving to Tampa, Florida, he co-founded the veteran community sports nonprofit, VETSports, with two other combat wounded veterans. It was their mission to change the way veterans transitioned back to civilian life through organized team sports, community involvement, and leadership opportunities.

After being invited to attend a photoshoot with acclaimed photographer Michael Stokes, he flew to California in December of 2014, with incredible excitement. His photos were so widely publicized that he soon gained exposure to the literary world like he'd always dreamed of. That opportunity launched him into his present writing career. He co-wrote the novel 'A Lover's Lament with author KL Grayson. The following year he released first solo novel, 'Into the Nothing' and will be releasing Wicked Little Words with author Stevie J. Cole. He is now writing full-time.

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