Release Blitz: Once Upon a Sexy Scrooge by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

 

Once Upon a Sexy Scrooge by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine is now live!

Ah, Christmas. The most magical time of the year. A time when the snow is falling, cider is flowing, and couples are kissing under the mistletoe.

Too bad all that makes me want to gag.

Look, it isn't that I'm a hater, it's just that I have a job to do, and this particular holiday is getting in the way of that. And I know what you'll say, that Micah Noble's Christmas Tree Farm is a beloved tradition for many of the families of Merrihill, but you have to see the bigger picture here: a five-star luxury resort where overworked Manhattanites can escape to, a serene place of spas and shopping and watching sexy lumberjacks chopping wood...

Oh, wait, scratch that last one. Lumberjacks aren't my thing. Anymore. Micah Noble cured me of that, which tends to happen when you're trying to buy someone's family land to bulldoze to the ground.

He can call me a Scrooge all he wants, but business is business, and pleasure is...well, not something I can afford to think about. Even if it does come packaged in those tight jeans and flannel shirts that make me want to rip them off with my teeth—

No. This is not happening. I will not think of Micah as anything other than an obstacle to getting what I want. A really, really sexy obstacle.

Ugh. Screw Christmas and the sleigh it rode in on.

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Meet Ella

Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust and is the co-author of the fan-favorite Preslocke series. Her Prime Time series has been praised as “highly entertaining!” and “sexy as hell!”

A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction.

Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.

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Meet Brooke

Brooke Blaine is a USA Today Bestselling Author best known for writing romantic comedy and M/M romance. Her novels lead with humor and heart, but Brooke never shies away from throwing in something extra naughty that will scandalize her conservative Southern family for life (bless their hearts).

She's a choc-o-holic, lives for eighties bands (which means she thinks guyliner is totally underrated), believes it's always wine o'clock, and lives with the coolest cat on the planet—her Ragdoll/Maine Coon mix, Jackson Agador Spartacus.

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Review: The Leftover

For this review, I chose The Leftover by Brooke Williams.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:

A reserved wallflower discovers that reality TV is the perfect backdrop to develop her confidence in this lighthearted rom-com. Megan Malone is the ultimate homebody. When her sister talks her into going on The Leftover, a local version of the TV show Survivor, she isn’t sure she’ll make it past the first vote. Meanwhile, Cane Trevino is nursing a broken heart by joining the show as a medic. With time away from his regular job and a dozen contestants to distract him, he hopes he can finally get over the woman he thought was “the one.” 

Megan Malone is a sweet, clumsy, geeky wallflower, who hides in her home.  Her sister, Molly, can not do the show called The Leftover so she gets her sister to go for her because she is pregnant.  I loved how this book showed Megan becoming her own person and not letting anyone tell her how to live her own life.  Cane is hurting from being heartbroken.  He joins the show as a medic.  Cane and Megan have this great chemistry and can talk like they are old friends.  
I love Ms Williams writing.  She takes things that could happen in real life and brings it alive on paper (or ipad!) like being a wallflower.  Great characters.

There is a giveaway on Goodreads.  It ends September 2, 2017. 

☆☆☆☆

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next:  Whispered Prayers of a Girl by Alex Grayson.

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: After the Final Dandelion

For this review, I chose After the Final Dandelion by Brooke Williams.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
After Renee Lockhart appeared on the local TV dating show "Accept this Dandelion" and found the love of her life, she thought she was done with TV. But when she hears that the entire city has bets on how soon she and her fiancé will break up, she is determined to show that their love is meant to last. When Mike, the KETO producer, approaches her about airing the wedding live, she jumps at the chance. Once she is set up with a famous wedding coordinator, plans take a turn for the worse and the simple wedding they wanted becomes the event of the year. In the meantime, Eva Merida is dealing with her own life changing opportunity. Though she’s in love with her boyfriend, who she met on the second season of the dating show, she can’t turn down the chance to investigate a Hollywood TV show when offered a position. When she runs into an old flame, she questions the stability of her current relationship. Will Renee be able to prove her love for Ben to the city before her wedding falls apart? Who will Eva choose on her own emotional roller coaster? Hilarity ensues as the wedding of the decade melts into the disaster of the year. Because everyone knows weeds take over every garden…

This is the third book in this series, Dandelions.  Book #1 is Accept this Dandelion.  Book #2 is Dandelions on the Road.  It is nice to be back with the Accept This Dandelion gang and to see what the couples are up to from Book ! & 2.  

This book is about the wedding of Renee and Ben, who met in the first book when Renee was on the Accept This Dandelion show.  The KETO producer, Mike, wants Renee and Ben to air their wedding live.  I would not do this.  I wanted our wedding about us.  Our styles.  We got that.  Will Renee and Ben have their wedding as their style or will it be what the producers want?

This was well written.  This was also funny and sweet.  I think you need to have read the first 2 books to completely understand somethings.    I really hope that there is a fourth book to see what happens with Eva and Brian.  

☆☆☆☆☆
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Heated Match by Lynne Silver

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Backwards Christmas

For this review, I chose Backwards Christmas by Brooke Williams.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
Local tour guide Noelle Richards loves everything Backwards Christmas has to offer in South Pole, Alaska. She gets wrapped up in the upside down trees, taking presents TO Santa Clause and all the festivities. Sled dog trainer Chris Furst, on the other hand, approaches the holiday with nothing but skepticism. When their history bubbles into the present, their difference of opinion comes to a head. When Chris gets himself into a dangerous situation in the snow, Noelle and the hope of Christ are his only hope for redemption

Noelle Richardson loves Christmas.  Her hometown of South Pole, Alaska does everything with Christmas backwards.  Chris Furst hates everything about Christmas.  His reason for him hating everything Christmas is nothing he took lightly.  It changed everything in his life- how he looks at everything.

This was a quick read.  Noelle is a sweet woman, who loves her hometown and Christmas.  Her love for Jesus is even bigger.  She tells us readers the true meaning of Christmas.  I agree with her completely, but a Backwards Christmas is not something I have done and I would not want to.  It was nice to read about how things are done differently in South Pole, Alaska.

☆☆☆☆
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Desert Heat by P.H. Turner

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Shower in the Rain

For this review, I chose Shower in the Rain by Brooke Williams.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
It's a rainy day...what's a kid to do? Play outside in the rain of course! Mom is usually willing to enjoy the fun, but today, she hasn't even showered yet. When her daughter persists, mom gives in and simply showers in the rain! Join in on the fun any mom can have by going back to being a kid at heart with this whimsical story about a mom trying to handle it all and a child just trying to have a good morning in the rain! 

This is my first children's book that I have reviewed, but I would love to review more.  It is also my first children's book I have read by Brooke Williams.  It is a cute little book with great illustrations.  Ethan and I read this book together.  Ethan is a first grader.

I asked Ethan a few questions about the book.
Do you want to play in the rain?  Ethan said yes.
Should I use soap in the rain?  Ethan said no, just play.
Would you read this again?  Ethan said yes.
Will you tell your friends?  Ethan said yes.

☆☆☆☆☆
We give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: SEAL of My Home by Sharon Hamilton

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Dandelions on the Road

For this review, I chose Dandelions on the Road by Brooke Williams.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
Twelve men…one woman…plenty of dandelions. Eva Merida has her life in order. She loves her job at the Furry Friends Rescue League and has a loving, supportive family. But she’s still missing that one special person to stand by her side. When she comes in third place on the local TV version of “The Bachelor,” entitled Accept this Dandelion, she nearly loses all hope for romance. Fortunately, the TV station decides to do a second season of the dating show…and they name Eva as the Bachelorette! With a plethora of dating mishaps recorded for TV, Eva finds herself falling for several men at once…including the show’s host. Will she find love at last or simply embarrass herself in front of the entire city?

Eva Merida has her dream job, but she is missing the one thing she has always wanted- a man to share her life with and a family of her own.  Eva is the sweetest person one can meet.  Her love of animals is contiguous to those around her.  Eva was on the first season of the dating show called Accept this Dandelion where we met Ben and Renee.  She is now the Bachelorette for the second season, but they are taking the show on the road and renamed it Dandelions on the Road.  This is a sweet book about finding love.  Eva needs to look what is in front of her the whole time!!  I am looking forward to any more books in this series.

☆☆☆☆☆
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Watercolors in the Rain by Kay Springsteen

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Day 28: Eliot Lane of Mamarazzi

Welcome to Day 28 of my 31 Days Series!!  Today's book boyfriend is Eliot Lane of Mamarazzi by Brooke Williams.

Danica has a secret that she is the Mamarazzi.  She has a lot on her plate with her mom in a nursing home and paying all of her bills and her own.  She wants to be a photographer for the famous, but right now she is taking photos by being the most famous of the Hollywood Paparazzi and she calls herself Mamarazzi.  When Danica leads herself on a new show filming, she meets Eliot Lane.  

How is Eliot a book boyfriend?  
-HOT
-Kind
-Shows the real Eliot to Danica
-An Actor

Happy Reading!
Melissa

Review: Someone Always Loved

For this review, I chose Someone Always Loved by Brooke Williams.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
His first day on the job, ambulance driver Jay has a horrible accident. The victim of the crash is thrown into a coma and Jay keeps vigil by her side. As their lives, past and present intertwine; a story of love through time unfolds. An intricate drama including adoption, love, suspense, and plenty of questions, Someone Always Loved You is a novel that keeps the mind churning and the soul alive.

This is such a sweet story. Not the normal story I read. You know man finds the one he wants and one of them has something holding them back from being together.  This was definitely an emotional roller coaster ride.  I think I had every emotion possible during this story.   I love the title of this book, Someone Always Loved You.  You need to read this to find out about the title.  I don't want to say too much about it because it is so better to read it all.  Like why did Jay have an accident on his first day of his new job?  Why was it that victim and not someone else?  Were they fated to have their paths cross?  

During the time Jay is sitting vigil by this victim's bedside, we learn more about Jay and this victim. I wanted so many questions to be answered and I kept guessing what I thought. 

Loved the ending a lot.  I was crying.  It was so filled of emotions.

☆☆☆☆☆
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Escape to Heaven by Reana Malori

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.