UK Blog Tour: Crash Into You by Katie McGarry (Guest Post and Giveaway!)

CRASH INTO YOU

Pushing The Limits #3

Katie McGarry

MiraInk

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UK VERSION - ABOUT THE BOOK

‘KISS ME,’ Isaiah whispers

My heart beats frantically
Isaiah is hot and scary and hot
Why would a guy like him want to be anywhere near A GIRL LIKE ME?
People expect Rachel Young to be the good girl who always gets straight As. But Rachel’s keeping her real life secret.
Her wealthy family have no idea that she loves racing strangers in her Mustang.
Or about dangerous, intense Isaiah Walker.
Isaiah has secrets too. And the last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a rich girl slumming it.
But when their shared love of speed puts their lives in
jeopardy, Isaiah and Rachel have six weeks to come up with a way out – and to discover just how far they’ll go to save each other.

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Creating Rachel

(guest post by author Katie McGarry)

In CRASH INTO YOU, my third young adult novel, I wanted to show that sometimes heartbreak is actually the catalyst a person needs to find true love. This is true for my main character, Isaiah.

As anyone who’s read my previous two books knows, Isaiah’s been in love with his best friend, Beth, for what feels like ages. In my first book, PUSHING THE LIMITS, we saw the lines blur in their complex relationship. In my second book, DARE YOU TO, Beth realized Isaiah was not the guy she was in love with. The scene where she confronted him with this revelation ripped out my heart.

From Beth’s point of view in DARE YOU TO as she confronts Isaiah:

I try to physically shake the tears forming, but his hold on my face makes it impossible. We haven’t talked for weeks, but I knew, in the deep recesses of my mind, that our separation was temporary. This somehow feels too real and that means this goodbye could be concrete. I can’t lose him. I can’t. “I mean it. I love you.”

Like a friend. Like my best friend. Before Groveton, I never understood love and now…I still don’t understand it. But I know that it’s not emptiness, I know it’s not letting a guy use me, I know there are different types and what I feel for Isaiah…it’s not how I feel when I’m with Ryan.

Isaiah rests his forehead on mine. “Like you love him. Tell me you love me as much as you love him.”

Isaiah had his heart utterly and completely broken in DARE YOU TO. So much so that when I wrote that scene, I was in tears and was unable to write anymore for that day. 

I broke the heart of the character I had developed a huge crush on. At that moment, I hated myself. 

Luckily, I was given a chance to heal Isaiah’s heart and this healing happens in CRASH INTO YOU.

I spent a long time creating the right girl for Isaiah. He is a complicated person so I knew that the girl who would challenge him would also be somewhat complicated.

She had to be tough, but Beth was tough, so I knew that the girl meant for Isaiah also needed to be outwardly vulnerable. I needed someone who would challenge Isaiah’s belief system that he was a street rat who would always be a street rat. For that reason, I made Isaiah’s new love interest come from an affluent family.

Isaiah, deep in his soul, felt like he never belonged anywhere and that is what I knew this new female character also had to feel. This would be the thing that would unite them when everything else on the outside said they were complete opposites.

So this is who I created: Rachel Young.

I made her a junior in high school and a year younger than Isaiah. She’s from one of the richest families in the state and attends private school. She’s beautiful, loves fast cars, and on the outside, she has the whole world dangling at her fingertips, but then I made her real.

Everyone has problems, no matter how much money they make. Rachel suffers from panic attacks, but she hides them from her family because she doesn’t want anyone to think she’s weak. Rachel is drawn to Isaiah because of his strength and after a night where Rachel keeps Isaiah from being arrested at a drag race, he’s drawn to her for the same reason.

Rachel doesn’t feel like she fits in at home or in her family’s world. Isaiah feels as if he will never belong with anyone.

One chance meeting, one moment of courage, and two lives are intertwined forever.

I can’t wait for everyone to see how Isaiah and Rachel’s story unfolds. 

GIVEAWAY!

MiraInk (the UK pub for Pushing The Limits) are lovely enough to give away 2 SETS of ALL THREE BOOKS in the series. So you can win Pushing The Limits, Dare You To and Crash Into You and this is an amazing oppurtunity if you haven't already started the series! 

Just comment on this post and you'll be automatically entered into the giveaway. Just PLEASE include your email address OR your twitter name so I can contact you if you win. You don't need to follow the blog (though, I'll love you forever if you do). Open only for UK residents. There will be two winners and each will have the full set of this series. :)

Will close 5th February and an email will be sent to the winner asap. Chosen randomly. 

5 Chapter Reveal: Be With Me by J. Lynn

 BE WITH ME 

J. Lynn 

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wait for You

Do Teresa and Jase have a real shot at getting together or will life get in the way?

Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she's in love with her big brother's best friend, but he hasn't spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, life-changing kiss. Then she got out of a terrible relationship. Now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It's time for plan B: college. And maybe she'll have a chance to convince Jase that what they have together is real.

Jase Winstead has a huge secret that he's not telling anyone—especially not his best friend's incredibly beautiful sister. Even though he and Teresa shared the hottest kiss of his life, he knows that his responsibilities must take priority. He certainly doesn't have time for a relationship. But it doesn't help that all he can think about is kissing the one girl who could ruin everything for him.

As they're thrown together more and more, Jase and Teresa can't keep denying their feelings for each other. But a familiar danger looms and tragedy strikes. As the campus recovers, the star-crossed couple must decide what they're willing to risk to be together and what they're willing to lose if they're not. . . .

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THE FIVE CHAPTER REVEAL!

Here's the first five chapters of the sequel of WAIT FOR YOU, BE WITH ME! I just read this myself yesterday and already hooked! Can't wait for February 4th to read the whole thing!! :)

Be With Me Excerpt

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. 

Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.

She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

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Waiting On Wednesday (58)

kiss of deception by mary e. pearson

July 15th, 2014

Henry Holt Publishing

In this timeless new trilogy about love and sacrifice, a princess must find her place in a reborn world.

In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met.

On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assasin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.

  

This is just one of those covers that you can't help but stare at. It's so so so gorgeous. That was what first caught my attention and then I read the blurb and then BAM. I fell in love. It's got a Princess as a lead!! Hehe. Princesses, princes and assassins. Sign me up please! 

So what do you think of my WoW pick?

Book Trailer Reveal and Giveaway: I See London by Chanel Cleeton

I SEE LONDON by Chanel Cleeton

February 3, 2014

Harlequin HQN (Digital First)

New Adult Contemporary Romance

BOOK SUMMARY:

Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change— and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than she bargained for.

When Maggie meets Hugh, a twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she always wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? Another guy, the one she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.

Half French, half Lebanese, and ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn’t do relationships. He’s the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and he’s everything she can’t resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.

This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up.

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Author Information

Originally a Florida girl, at seventeen Chanel moved to London to attend an international university.  In the four years that followed, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, learned how to dance, travelled through Europe, and made lifelong friendships.  Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever.  But fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise, when an American fighter pilot with smooth dance moves, swept her off her feet. 

Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South Korea.  An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she is happiest curled up with a book.  She has a weakness for handbags, puppy cuddles, and her fighter pilot husband.  Harlequin (HQN) will release Chanel’s New Adult debut, I SEE LONDON, on February 3, 2014, followed by a sequel, LONDON FALLING, later in the year.

Website:   www.chanelcleeton.com

Facebook:   www.facebook.com/authorchanelcleeton

Twitter:   www.twitter.com/chanelcleeton

Goodreads:   www.goodreads.com/chanelcleeton

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 Chanel is giving away 2 $10 Amazon Gift Cards. Contest is International.

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Review: Being Sloane Jacobs - Lauren Morill

Title: Being Sloane Jacobs 
Author: Lauren Morrill
Release Date: January 7th, 2013   
Publisher: Delacorte 
Age and Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Pages: 352
Source: bought

Meet Sloane Emily Jacobs: a seriously stressed-out figure-skater from Washington, D.C., who choked during junior nationals and isn’t sure she’s ready for a comeback. What she does know is that she’d give anything to escape the mass of misery that is her life.

Now meet Sloane Devon Jacobs, a spunky ice hockey player from Philly who’s been suspended from her team for too many aggressive hip checks. Her punishment? Hockey camp, now, when she’s playing the worst she’s ever played. If she messes up? Her life will be over.

When the two Sloanes meet by chance in Montreal and decide to trade places for the summer, each girl thinks she’s the lucky one: no strangers to judge or laugh at Sloane Emily, no scouts expecting Sloane Devon to be a hero. But it didn’t occur to Sloane E. that while avoiding sequins and axels she might meet a hockey hottie—and Sloane D. never expected to run into a familiar (and very good-looking) face from home. It’s not long before the Sloanes discover that convincing people you’re someone else might be more difficult than being yourself.

This book was just what I needed. After reading quite a lot of NA and Adult romances lately, I started to miss and want to read something that's a bit more light and fun and YA. BEING SLOANE JACOBS fulfilled my needs and more. It's one of those books you finish with a big stupid smile on your face and contains a message that I think is pretty relevant to today's teens. 

First of, I love the storyline! If you love a bit of The Parent Trap plus hockey and ice-skating, you will fall in love with this book. While it will never happen in real life, it was hilarious to see and read about it here. Here we have two very different girls with only one common: they each play a sport and they share the same name. As they have family/other issues, they decided to go to a different summer camp, to pretend as each other and play their sport. How they handled it and their reactions were actually very realistic. They did NOT have an easy time, and they found out their judgemental thoughts about each other's sports were false.

We get both Sloane Emily and Sloane Devon's POV, which was awesome and really helped to develop and for the reader to distinguish between them. Personally, I prefer Sloane Emily more, maybe because she's more like me. The girly, more shy one that have a love for glittery stuff. Oh, and she also ice-skates. Sloane Emily's the more tomboy, laidback of the two and it was fun reading the scenes where she have to act all graceful and light (while ice-skating) and Sloane Emily having to wear more casual, dirty stuff while playing hockey. You can just imagine them in your head thinking, what the hell am I doing?? 

Of course, there's some family issues and all that drama, but I'm glad it didn't very much just focused on that particular aspect. The main focus was the two very lost young women trying to find out what they truly want and how they don't have to always follow everyone just to make them happy. There's a little bit of romance too, of course. Honestly, that's the one that I'm let down by the most. While it's not a major issue, I felt as though the two main love interests should have been more developed and that we get to spend more time with them. But, looking at the grand scheme of things, this is a very small detail. This is my first book by Lauren Morrill, and I can assure you I'll be looking out for her future ones! :)

Cover Reveal: On The Rocks - Sawyer Bennett

A NEW SERIES

BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR SAWYER BENNETT

The Last Call Series, #1

Adult Contemporary Romance

Releasing February 17, 2014

Cover designed by Vitalink

He left to travel the world for fame and glory, but only after spurning Gabby Ward and crushing her young heart. Now Hunter Markham has come back home to the sand and salty breeze of the North Carolina Outer Banks so he can open up Last Call, a beach bar nestled among the dunes of the Atlantic. Gabby Ward is not happy that Hunter has returned. Bitter over his rebuff years before, she’s content to stay far away from him and his dangerously charming ways. Gabby’s well-schemed plans to ignore Hunter go up in flames when he presents an offer to her that she simply can’t refuse, throwing them together in a common quest to each reach their goals. Working together day in and day out proves to be problematic for Gabby, who soon realizes that the feelings she had for him are still very much alive. Hunter struggles to reach through to Gabby’s cold heart, all while starting a new career away from his life as a top ranked, professional surfer. What starts out as a mutual business arrangement soon turns into a passion that neither of them can continue to deny. Hard choices lay ahead for both of them when Hunter is offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to return to the pro surfing tour. Choices that could destroy what they have built or take them further than they ever had dared to hope.

   

About the Author USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate. Website | Facebook | Twitter


My comments: 

I am currently reading this book and it's AMAZING. Seriously, if you're a fan of Sawyer Bennett and/or love a great contemporary adult romance, this book is for you. Trust me, you wouldn't want to miss this.
 

Waiting On Wednesday (57)

  wish you were italian by kristin rae

 

May 6th, 2014

Bloomsbury

Pippa is in Italy for the summer and, despite her parents’ wishes, she has no intention of just studying the local art! She has a list of things of her own to do: from swimming in the Mediterranean Sea to getting a makeover – and falling for an Italian boy! As Pippa explores the dramatic ruins of Rome and Pompeii, she is swept into her own drama with two guys: an irresistible local she knows is nothing but trouble and a cute American archaeology student . . . Will she find her true love?

The perfect reckless romance to enjoy whether you are home or abroad.

  

OMG. Where can I even start explaining how much I want to read this book right now? IT JUST SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. And have I ever told you how much I'm fond of Italy and Italians? Yeah. This just sounds like the perfect summer holiday read and I've read a few early reviews and all of them mentioned the SWOON. That's a big win, right?

Cover Thoughts:  I really liked how they combined illustrations and photography. Very cool!

So what are you waiting for this Wednesday? And what do you think of my choice this week?

Review: Legal Affairs - Objection by Sawyer Bennett

Title: Legal Affairs, Vol 1 - Objection
Author: Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: December 26th, 2013 
Publisher: Big Dog Books, LLC

Age and Genre: Adult, Romance

Pages:unknown

Source: for review

One year ago, I graduated from law school and embarked on a career as a purveyor of high priced legal shenanigans.

Six months ago, my boyfriend dumped me when I thought he might be proposing.

Two weeks ago, I got drunk and joined a secret sex club.

Two days ago, I had a torrid one-night stand with a stranger.
Today? Well, today I’m contemplating having an affair with my boss.

Matt Connover is all kinds of forbidden temptation wrapped up in a deliciously wicked package, and he’s made it clear… he’s only interested in sex.

My name is McKayla Dawson but everyone calls me Mac. I work at the powerhouse firm of Connover & Crown, LLP, where the law has never felt so hot.

But between you and me, I’m afraid my heart won’t survive these Legal Affairs.

Legal Affairs is a serial romance with a whole lot of hot and a little bit of funny. It has six volumes that will be released every two weeks, the first one, entitled Objection, on January 10, 2014.

If you read my latest blog posts, you'd know that I recently discovered Sawyer Bennett's AMAZING books and am totally obsessed with all of them! Well, this new start of a series is no different and I couldn't get enough of it. The only problem (well..it's not really a problem hehe) is that it's too short as it's part of a volume series and I wanted more. Nevertheless, Sawyer delivers yet again another really sexy, humorous story with lovable characters. 

I don't know how she does it but Sawyer just creates the most delicious, hottest MEN ever. Matt Connover just got added to my Book Boyfriends list because he is just.YUM. The things he said and did..OMG. *fans self* Yeah. I wouldn't mind being McKayla.  :P And as for McKayla, I love this girl. She's a character that I loved reading about. Her inner dialogue is hilarious and damn she is seriously relatable. With these two main characters, you know you're just going to get something awesome. And Holy hell. Their interactions (the sexual tension, guys!!!) I couldn't get enough of and let me tell you know, there are some really hot scenes. Which, if you're like me, then you'd love. :) 

This wasn't only focused on the two main characters, their jobs was also highlighted. I never read anything about the law/lawyers before and stuff but this was actually pretty interesting and I admittedly quite enjoyed it. Of course, the romance is centre stage but it was pretty cool too. 

Now I'm just (impatiently) waiting for the next which will be published in two weeks. YAY!
For fans of Sawyer Bennett will most definitely won't be disappoint with this, and for those who haven't read other books by her, you MUST! This is one author and series you shouldn't miss.