Cover Reveal: Deadly Secrets, Loving Lies by Cynthia Cooke

Join me today for a cover reveal, a special Mother's Day treat from Entangled Publishing for you.  An extra bonus, it's also the day Deadly Secrets, Loving Lies goes on sale on Amazon and B&N!

Doesn't this cover just make you want to know more and read the book?  Well check out the blurb below then go to Amazon or B&N and check out the book.

Deadly Secrets, Loving Lies  by  Cynthia Cooke

 

Family secrets must be kept, and painful wounds must be ignored.

After an all-out assault by a vicious terrorist bent on destroying her entire family, a former government agent must break the strict rules she has always lived by when she emerges from hiding to reluctantly accept the help of her all-too-sexy ex-lover. Running a deadly race against time, they rush to rescue her kidnapped sister, find her missing father, and bring the notorious villain to justice. But nothing ever goes as planned. Bullets fly, danger abounds, and their passion reignites even faster than the lies are flowing. But their stubbornly held secrets just might spell the end of their rekindled love and hopes for the future...as well as their very lives.

Book Review: Barefoot in the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire

Barefoot in the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Publish Date: May 1, 2012

Paperback, 432 pages
Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
 ISBN: 9781455508211
Barefoot Bay #1

 
My Review:
I love romances and Roxanne St. Claire's return to contemporary romance is a real winner (she has primarily been doing romantic suspense for those unfamiliar with this wonderful author).

First this involves four friends, each with some kind of baggage to work through, so these aren't "young" women.  These are women who are my age.  So that was a plus to me.  Then they were college friends.  Women who could lead separate lives, but when one is in trouble, they are there to help.  So when Lacey loses her house during a hurricane, the other three return to help out.  In Barefoot in the Sand you get hints of the other three and hints of their pasts and issues but the main story is about Lacey, her daughter, Ashley and Clay. 

But not only do you get the romance, you get the backdrop of building something larger, a resort that the women will be involved in and I love that sort of thing added to stories.  And of course Clay is the architect, and a younger man (go Lacey!)  But there is so much more to the story.  Ms. St. Claire has really built layers to the story and to the characters that kept me interested in the book and reading.  And unfortunately the book was over all too soon (even though it's over 400 pages) and now I can't wait for the next book to get more of Barefoot Bay.

The romance, the setting, the characters, the plot were all executed very well.  I loved the supporting characters and the way the town was controlled by just a few people, but how things could be changed.  I also liked the realistic look at dealing with a teenage daughter.  Some things were dealt with a little too easily, but it's fiction, it's a romance and it's meant to be fun and not heavy so I can deal with it.

In the end, I think that Barefoot in the Sand is the perfect book to put into your beach or pool bag for this nice warm May weather, or wait until your weather is warm and you are heading to the beach.  But it is sure to put you in the mood for the beach, warm water and sun plus a little romance.  I love this type of book, it leaves me happy in the end and I will be waiting for the next in the series, Barefoot in the Rain, featuring Jocelyn in November 2012.


My Rating: 4.5/5.0


About the Book:
When all you hold dear is taken away . . .

When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong's home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that remains in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, especially not a hot, younger architect, is going to distract Lacey from finally making her dreams a reality.

A second chance is the only thing you have left.

Love has already cost Clay Walker everything. And if he's going to have any chance of picking up the pieces of his life, he needs the job as Lacey Armstrong's architect. What's not in the plans is falling for the headstrong beauty. Her vision of the future is more appealing than anything he could have ever drafted for himself. Will Clay's designs on Lacey's heart be more than she can handle, or will she trust him to build something that will last forever?

About the Author (from Goodreads.com): 
Roxanne St. Claire is a bestselling author of nearly thirty novels of romance and suspense. A four-time nominee and one time winner of the prestigious RITA Award for outstanding romantic fiction, her books have also won the National Reader’s Choice Award for best romantic suspense for two consecutive years, as well as the Daphne du Maurier Award, the HOLT Medallion, the Maggie, Booksellers Best, Book Buyers Best, five Awards of Excellence, the Aspen Gold and many others

Prior to launching a full time career as a novelist in 2003, Roxanne spent most of her professional life as a marketing executive and public relations consultant. She is a graduate of UCLA, an active member of several national writing organizations, and a lecturer on a wide range of writing-related topics. She lives in Satellite Beach, Florida with her husband and their two teenagers, and if you know her, you call her Rocki.

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Book Tour: Night Sky by Jolene Perry

Night Sky Summary

After losing Sarah, the friend he’s loved, to some other guy, Jameson meets Sky. Her Native American roots, fluid movements, and need for brutal honesty become addictive fast. This is good. Jameson needs distraction – his dad leaves for another woman, his mom’s walking around like a zombie, and Sarah’s new boyfriend can’t keep his hands off of her.

As he spends time with Sky and learns about her village, her totems, and her friends with drums - she's way more than distraction. Jameson's falling for her fast.

But Sky’s need for honesty somehow doesn’t extend to her life story – and Jameson just may need more than his new girl to keep him distracted from the disaster of his senior year.

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ISBN: 9781466052338
Pages: 247
Release: March 1, 2012

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Jolene grew up in Wasilla, Alaska. She graduated from Southern Utah University with a degree in political science and French, which she used to teach math to middle schoolers.

After living in Washington, Utah and Las Vegas, she now resides in Alaska with her husband, and two children. Aside from writing, Jolene sews, plays the guitar, sings when forced, and spends as much time outside as possible.

She is also the author of The Next Door Boys and the upcoming Knee Deep.

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Character This or That: Joshua from The Other Life (Susanne Winnacker)

Character This or That: Joshua

Cheetos or Doritos?

Both! Food is hard to come by, so you can’t be picky!

Harry Potter: Books or Movies?

Hm. Joshua doesn’t allow himself to get distracted often but if he had to choose it would be movies. Joshua’s more of the visual type.

Small towns or Big Cities?

Small towns because they are safer. They aren’t as infested with Weepers.

TV or music?

Music. It isn’t as distracting. You still have your eyes to look for Weepers. But he wouldn’t turn up the volume too much so he could still hear suspicious noises!

Snow or rain?

Rain is safer. Snow means cold and that could mean freezing to death.

Math or English?

Joshua isn’t really the studious type. He’s very physical, and math and English are the least of his worries. He hasn’t been in school for years.

Sunrise or Sunset?

Sunrise. Darkness equals danger in Joshua’s and Sherry’s world, so every new sunrise means they survived another night!

Preferred method to kill Weepers?

Shoot them - Joshua always carries a gun with him. But actually you can kill Weepers the same way you kill humans.

Dogs or cats?

Joshua prefers dogs because they aren’t as unpredictable but he can’t really have a pet since that would mean another mouth to feed!

Skateboard or bike?

He’d choose the faster option, so I guess bike.

Football or Soccer?

Joshua hasn’t had the time to think about sports for years but he loved football in his other life.

About The Other Life

3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life. 98,409,602 seconds since the heavy, steel door had fallen shut and sealed us off from the world

Sherry has lived with her family in a sealed bunker since things went wrong up above. But when they run out of food, Sherry and her dad must venture outside. There they find a world of devastation, desolation...and the Weepers: savage, mutant killers.

When Sherry's dad is snatched, she joins forces with gorgeous but troubled Joshua - an Avenger, determined to destroy the Weepers.

But can Sherry keep her family and Joshua safe, when his desire for vengeance threatens them all?

Top Ten List: Penna's Top Ten Favorite Artists (While He Was Away by Karen Schreck)

Penna's Top Ten favorite artists:

1. Mark Rothko (His color “hums.” That’s what David and I say.)
2. Georges Seurat (Knows how to connect the dots.)
3. Artemnisia Gentileschi (Italian Baroque painter.  First female painter to paint with the big guns in Florence.  Her paintings are gorgeous.  They’re also often about women cutting the heads off kings.  Artemnisia really knew how to work out her issues . . . and make great art at the same time.)
4. Vincent Van Gogh (Love sunflowers and starry, starry nights.)
5. Claude Monet  (There are haystacks, and then there are haystacks, and then there are haystacks.  Seriously.  He showed me that you should never look at anything just once—and you should look at it even more, should you dare to dry and draw it.)
6. Ana Mendiata  (Check her out.  She’s fearless.  And she’s not afraid to get dirty.)
7. Marc Chagalls (He dreams in paint.  And I love his lovers.)
8. Frida Kahlo (That woman took her pain and made something beautiful out of it.  She’s magical.  She’s real.  She’s magical real.)
9. David O’Dell  (Best Manga Artist Around.  Also a very cool person.) 
10. Justine Ditmore  (My grandmother.  What can I say?  She was ahead of her time way back when, and right here and now, she’s an inspiration to me.)

Author This or That: Kimberly Pauley (Cat Girl's Day Off)

This or That with author Kimberly Pauley

Breakfast or Brunch?

Brunch! I am SO not a morning person.

Sunrise or Sunset?

Sunset. Same reason as above, though sunrise is beautiful.

Math or English?

ENGLISH

Dogs or Cats?

CATS!!

Sedan or Sports Car?

Definitely sports car. I used to have a two seater hardtop convertible. *sigh* But now that we live in London, I don’t have a car at all anymore.

Laptop or Ipad?

Er…depends on what for. For most things, I’d say the laptop. But for reading books or, um, Angry Birds…iPad.

High Heels or Flip Flops?

Flip flops are SO far ahead of high heels for me it isn’t funny.

Trip around the world or trip to the moon?

World. Right now, anyway. There’s nowhere to go on the moon yet…

M&Ms:

Peanut or Plain? Peanut

Hair: 

Short or Long? Long (I used to have really really long hair. Now it’s medium-ish)

Necklace or Bracelet?

Necklace

Take a walk or go to the gym?

Take a walk. Love walking.

Write at home or write somewhere else?

Er…somewhere else, mostly. I, um, write best if I go to a café with no Wi-Fi…and hey, they have good coffee here in London.

Spring or Fall?

Oh! I don’t think I can answer this one. I love both! Maybe Fall just because it’s the gateway to the holidays. But then it’s also the gateway to the really cold grey months so I dunno.

About Cat Girl's Day Off:

Natalie Ng’s little sister is a super-genius with a chameleon-like ability to disappear. Her older sister has three Class A Talents, including being a human lie detector. Her mom has laser vision and has one of the highest IQs ever. Her dad’s Talent is so complex even the Bureau of Extra-Sensory Regulation and Management (BERM) hardly knows what to classify him as.

And Nat? She can talk to cats.

The whole talking-to-cats thing is something she tries very hard to hide, except with her best friends Oscar (a celebrity-addicted gossip hound) and Melly (a wannabe actress). When Oscar shows her a viral Internet video featuring a famous blogger being attacked by her own cat, Nat realizes what’s really going on…and it’s not funny.

(okay, yeah, a frou-frou blogger being taken down by a really angry cat named Tiddlywinks, who also happens to be dyed pink? Pretty hilarious.)

Nat and her friends are catapulted right into the middle of a celebrity kidnapping mystery that takes them through Ferris Bueller’s Chicago and on and off movie sets. Can she keep her reputation intact? Can she keep Oscar and Melly focused long enough to save the day? And, most importantly, can she keep from embarrassing herself in front of Ian?

Find out what happens when the kitty litter hits the fan.

Waiting On Wednesday (24)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This came to my attention in an email from Penguin last week about their Penguin Five for this year which is Five Debuts and Five Breathless reads.  One of the other choices was my WoW a few weeks ago, Origin, so they definitely have some interesting books in the pipes and some great marketing.

The Innocents by Lili Peloquin
Razorbill, October 2012
Hardcover, 272 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1595145826
Young Adult
The Innocents #1

Two sisters fight to belong in a town built on secrets and lies in this romantic new YA series.

Nothing ever came between sisters Alice and
Charlie.
Friends didn’t.
Boys couldn’t.
Their family falling apart never would.
Until they get to Serenity Point.

The Innocents is the first in a new series of young adult novels that weaves a saga of nail-biting drama, breathless romance, and gothic mystery

So what are you waiting on this week?