29 July 2014

Release Day Blitz {Review+Giveaway}: Lead by Kylie Scott

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Stay up all night with the sexy rockers in Stage Dive, the epic New Adult series from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, author of Lick and Play.
 
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About Lead (Stage Drive #3):

As the lead singer of Stage Dive, Jimmy is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants it, whether it's booze, drugs, or women. However, when a PR disaster serves as a wake-up call about his life and lands him in rehab, he finds himself with Lena, a new assistant to keep him out of trouble.
Lena's not willing to take any crap from the sexy rocker and is determined to keep their relationship completely professional, despite their sizzling chemistry. But when Jimmy pushes her too far and Lena leaves, he realizes that he may just have lost the best thing that ever happened to him.

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The Stage Dive series by Kylie Scott:

Lick (Stage Dive #1): Amazon / B&N / Goodreads
Play (Stage Dive #2): Amazon / B&N / Goodreads
Deep (Stage Dive #4) available on January 6th, 2015: Amazon / B&N /Goodreads

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Excerpt:

“Lena, you seen my old black Led Zep shirt?”
“Nope.”
“You sure?” His brows became one dark cranky line. The scratches on his face were healing well, thank goodness. Though it didn’t reduce my desire to throttle his mother on a daily basis.
“Yes. I haven’t seen it.”
Can’t find it anywhere…”
“And this is a surprise, how?” I slipped my hands into my back jean’s pockets. “Jimmy, you own more clothing than Cher, Brittney, and Elvis, put together. Things are bound to go missing.”
“Sure you haven’t seen it?”
“For goodness sake, what do you think, Jimmy? That I stole it to sleep in or something?” I laughed bitterly. Sure as hell, the truth deserved a good mocking. I’d sunk so despicably low.
I hadn’t even meant to steal the stupid thing, but the shirt had been mixed up with my laundry a few days ago. It’d been the first top I laid my hand on after stepping out of the shower, ready to go to bed. Without thought, I’d put it on and it’d been so soft, the scent of him lingering beneath the laundry detergent. Every night since, I’d found myself in it come bedtime. My shame knew no limits. And no, I still hadn’t quit. The words still hadn’t come even close to leaving my mouth.
He frowned. “No.”
“That I have some deep secret longing to feel close to you resulting in my stealing your shirt like some creepy perv?”
“Course I don’t fucking think that,” he replied crankily, reaching up to grip the top of the doorframe. All of his bulging muscles stretched the arms of his white T-shirt in the nicest way. It was all I could do not to start drooling, my heart beat taking up residence somewhere down between my thighs. And who could blame it? Not me. Maybe if I got laid, this would go away and things would return to normal. It’d seemed safer to avoid rubbing up against any men just in case I got carried away and started dating again. This new situation, however, changed everything.
“Well, of course not! That would be crazy.” And wasn’t that the god’s honest truth? Cray-zeee. Lock me up and throw away the key because it wasn’t like I didn’t know better.
“Just can’t figure out where the hell it could be.”
Angels couldn’t have smiled as innocently. They might have tried, but they would have failed, the dirty-mouthed, winged, little liars. “Jimmy, I don’t know where it is. But I’ll look around for it later, okay?”
“Yeah,” he said, and then added as an afterthought, “and stop looking at me weird.”
“I’m not!”

About Kylie Scott:
Kylie Scott
Kylie is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and one delightful husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.



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ARC Review: Lead (Stage Dive 3) by Kylie Scott

Lead (Stage Dive. #3)
 Synopsis

The lead singer of Stage Dive, Jimmy is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants it whether it's booze or women. However, when a PR disaster serves as a wake-up call about his life and lands him in rehab, he finds himself stuck with a new assistant hired by the record company to keep him out of trouble. He doesn't need or want a babysitter. Especially one that looks like Lena.

Lena's not willing to take any shit from the sexy rocker she's been hired to assist and is determined to keep their relationship completely professional, despite the sizzling chemistry that sparks between them every time they're in the same room. But when Jimmy pushes her too far and Lena leaves, he realizes that he may just have lost the best thing to ever happen to him. Readers won't want to miss the third book in this New Adult series about ordinary young women who fall in love with rock stars.

4.5 stars!

This series just keeps getting better and better with Lena being my favorite heroine in the series so far!

The Story!

We met Lena briefly in in Play and she was introduced as Jimmy's assistant. What wasn't revealed was the extent of her involvement in Jimmy's life.

In this book, not only do we get to see how she became his assistant-slash-sobriety companion, we also get to see how their relationship progressed from being boss/employee to friends and then ultimately to lovers.

One thing I loved about this book is that it didn't take a shortcut when it comes to the development in their relationship. There was no insta-lust here folks. In fact, in the very beginning of the book, their relationship was strictly a professional one. I was quite worried that there would be no chemistry between the two because they literally have to start at zero.

But then you get a look there. A touch here. A smile. Possessiveness. Jealousy. Then the sexual tension just builds and builds and builds until...

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I personally loved that. I loved that their relationship took time to grow and continued to grow throughout the book. Lena is a wonderful character. She's the funniest heroine to date. Her snark and biting sarcasm is a perfect foil for Jimmy's stoic elegance. Not to say Jimmy wasn't funny too because he was. Again, I was a little worried that I wouldn't like Jimmy because he was such an ass in previous books. But here, he totally redeemed himself. He still acted like an ass sometimes but now he's a lovable ass.

Loved, loved their banter. Their chemistry wasn't obvious at first but like I said, it escalated as the book went along. The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars was because I would have really loved Jimmy's POV. Don't get me wrong, Lena was a great narrator but there were some things happening with Jimmy that I would have loved to have been privy to especially when it came to Lena. I had to rely on what Lena sees and what Jimmy tells her. Having his POV would have made that experience much sweeter.

Yet despite that, I still adored this book. Definitely the best in the series so far for me. :)


25 July 2014

Blog Tour:More Than Forever by Jay McLean


Title: More Than Forever 
Author: Jay McLean 
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: July 12, 2014

MORE THAN FOREVER, #4 

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-LUCY-
There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. 
A heart so strong it will never slow. 
There is a promise so sure it can never lie.
He promised me that love forever.
Even when it wasn't enough.

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Forever. Everlasting. Eternal.
There is no measure of time. 
No sounds of the ticking of a clock. 
Just the rising and falling of the sun.
And our own sense of forever. 

But our forever isn't always.

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EXCERPT 

I see her wobble on her feet before she slowly tumbles 

to the ground. Her knees give out first, then the rest of 

her. It feels like I should've gotten to her earlier, but 

seconds of panic took place before my mind kicked into 

gear. And the rest is a blur.

Her friend's standing over us while I rest her head on 

my lap. "Lucy," I say. And it's the first time I've said 

her name out loud. It'd been over three weeks since I'd 

learned it.

"What happened?" Logan asks her friend.

"I don't know." She's as panicked as I am, if not 

worse.

"Is she dehydrated?" Logan picks up what looks like an 

uneaten sandwich. "Is this hers? Has she eaten?" I don't 

know why it annoys me that Logan is asking all the right 

questions and all I can do is stare down at her. She's 

breathing, so I guess that's something.

He drops down on his knees on the other side of her and 

pours water from his bottle into his hand, and then he 

runs it across her forehead and into her hairline.

"Is she alright, mate?" Jake asks. He's new and has a 

weird accent but Logan seems to think he's cool so we 

keep him around.

Logan does the water thing again, and this time her 

eyes slowly flutter open.

And I release the breath I was holding.

"It's okay," Logan says to her, "you just passed out." 

He's in her face now, and I want to punch him for being 

the first thing she sees when she comes to. I was here 

first; I was the one watching her when she fell. It 

should have been me.

The More Series
More Than This, #1



*Mikayla* 

In one night my fairytale ended. Or it may have begun. This is my story of friendship and love, heartbreak and desire, and the strength to show weakness. 



*Jake* 

One night I met a girl. A sad and broken girl, but one more beautiful than any other. She laughed through her sadness, while I loved through her heartbreak. 



*This is our story of a maybe ever after.* 



He was right. It made no difference whether it was 6 months or 6 years. 

I couldn’t undo what had been done. I couldn’t change the future. 

I couldn’t even predict it. 

It was one night. 

One night when everything changed. 

It was so much more than just the betrayal. 

It was the Tragedy. 

The Deaths. 

The Murders. 

But it was also that feeling. 

The feeling of falling.



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More Than Her, #2



For every action there is an equal or opposite reaction." For every choice you make there are rewards, or there are consequences. It was my choice to walk away the first time. And my choice to chase her the second. But sometimes you don't get a choice, and all you get are the consequences.” "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Unless that someone is Logan Matthews. Because loving him didn't give me the strength to walk away. It didn't give me the courage to fight for him. And when it was over, all it gave me was a broken heart. 

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More Than Him, #3



"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us." - Marianne Williamson

We live in a world of darkness and shadows,
where monsters hide and aim to ruin.
And they did.
They ruined us and turned our dreams into nightmares.
But now we're back.
And we're fighting.
Not just for us, or for each other, but for our light.

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AUTHOR BIO




Jay McLean is the author of the More Series, including More Than This, More Than Her, More Than Him and soon to be released, More Than Forever. She also has two standalones coming soon titled The Road, and Combative. Jay is an avid reader, writer, and most of all, procrastinator. When she's not doing any of those things, she can be found running after her two little boys, or devouring some tacky reality TV show. She writes what she loves to read, which are books that can make her laugh, make her smile, make her hurt, and make her feel.

AUTHOR LINKS  You can follow Jay on Instagram and twitter @jaymcleanauthor. You can also find her on her blog at www.jaymcleanauthor.com where you can subscribe to her newsletter and get teasers and updates first hand, her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/jaymcleanauthor or her fan group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/moreserieslovers, or you can contact Jay directly at jay@jaymcleanauthor.com All her other social media links can be found below. Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/jaymcleanauthor/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4724550.Jay_McLean