6/18 Blurb Blitz – Attack of the Car(r)i(e)s!
From
Carrie Ann: Thank you for stopping by to watch Cari Quinn
and I go crazy. Well, maybe not crazy, but a little quirky never hurt anyone.
When we realized we both had a release on the same day, it was only natural
that we showed you guys what it meant to be a Car(r)i(e). I do hope you get a
chance to check out our newest editions!
From
Cari: Thanks so much for hosting me and the fabulous Carrie
Ann Ryan. I love that girl and I’m so excited to read her Redwood Pack series!
If only I could read as fast as she writes!
Shattered Emotions
By Carrie Ann
Ryan
Maddox Jamenson is the Omega
of the Redwood Pack, the one burdened by emotions stronger than his own. He's
spent his entire life shrouded in the secrets of his "gift" and the
price he has to pay to keep it, yet the cost just escalated. He's known a mate
could be in the cards for him, but he can't have what he wants. Not when the
battles he has yet to fight could destroy her.
Ellie Reyes was the
Central's princess, the daughter of the most hated Alpha of all time, yet not
prized. No, she's spent her life as the toy of her brother's sadistic torture
and has endured a pain that no one else should have to even contemplate. Though
when she's rescued, the one person who could help her, her mate, turns his back
on her for reasons unknown to her. As each day passes, the strength that
everyone sees in her dwindles to a point that there may be no coming back from.
When the Centrals find a new
way to attack, leaving Ellie's only protection a mate that she doesn’t think
wants her, they’ll both have to overcome their fears and fight for something
stronger than their pain. The war isn't
over and new players are coming that will decide the outcome. Maddox and
Ellie's connection will be tested even as their fragile bond is only newly
forming.
Buy
Links:
iTunes: Coming Soon
Author
Bio
Carrie Ann Ryan is a
bestselling paranormal and contemporary romance author. After spending too much
time behind a lab bench, she decided to dive into the romance world and find
her werewolf mate – even if it’s just in her books. Happy endings are always
near – even if you have to get over the challenges of falling in love first.
Carrie Ann’s Redwood Pack
series is a bestselling series that has made the shifter world even more real
to her and has allowed the Dante’s Circle and Holiday, Montana series to be
born. She’s also an avid reader and lover of romance and fiction novels. She
loves meeting new authors and new worlds. Any recommendations you have are
appreciated. Carrie Ann lives in New England with her husband and two kittens.
Excerpt
Ellie Reyes gripped Maddox’s
hand as tight as she could. Yes, it was the first time he’d voluntary touched
her since he’d picked her up out of the back of the Jeep when they’d first met,
but, honestly, that wasn’t important now.
She’d think about the calloused
hands of a hard worker—one who helped his Pack and brothers, not necessarily in
his job—and how they would feel against her skin. She’d think about what it all
meant later.
Maybe later she could even
relish his touch and imagine the scents of wolf and forest washing over her.
Later.
Right now, all she wanted to
do was hide in a corner so the others would stop staring at her. Or, she could
raise her chin at them all and show them they couldn’t hurt her. Her wolf
whimpered at the thought, not knowing if that were possible. She didn’t know if
she was broken or strong anymore.
She’d been hurt far more
than they could ever imagine. They had no idea what she could endure. Oh,
they’d all guessed and given her their pitying looks, but they didn’t know.
They couldn’t know.
Dirty Distractions
By Cari Quinn
She wants a fling, and he
wants forever…
Zoologist Sara Carmichael’s
active social life is the envy of all her friends, but she has a secret. She’s
bored senseless. If she has to go to one more bird sanctuary fundraiser with
some guy who thinks his little sports car makes him “hip”, she'll scream.
Enter Brad O’Halloran, her
best friend Kim’s much younger brother. A guy who’s picking up the
pieces after a quickie marriage and even quicker divorce. A guy so hot he makes
her body scream with frustration.
Until Sara’s apartment is
renovated, they’re all living at Kim’s place. Despite her determination not to
salivate at glimpses of Brad’s finer-than-fine body in nothing but a low-slung
towel, flirtation escalates to the brink of something more.
Now one of them has to back
down…or ante up for some good, dirty fun with the unspoken understanding that
when the time comes, they’ll make a clean break. Neither anticipated they’d
make the most complicated connection of all—love.
Warning: This book contains
a hero who knows how to make engines— and women—purr, seduction while on cold
meds, and a heroine who might be a little older but still enjoys learning a few
naughty new tricks.
Buy
Links:
Samhain Publishing:
http://store.samhainpublishing.com/dirty-distractions-p-7424.html
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Distractions-ebook/dp/B00BMM5LG8/ref=la_B00410QGRQ_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369703362&sr=1-15
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dirty-distractions-cari-quinn/1114852553?ean=9781619214835
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dirty-distractions/id610295237?mt=11
Kobo:
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Dirty-Distractions/book-dFRN9hceokSeRvIg2OnLDg/page1.html?s=zvWHxcq1DUizBnd8vyeI-Q&r=5
Author
Bio:
USA Today bestselling author
Cari Quinn saves the world one Photoshop file at a time in her job as a graphic
designer. At night, she writes sexy romance, drinks a lot of coffee, and plays
her music way too loud. When she’s not scribbling furiously, she’s watching
men’s college basketball, reading excellent books, and causing trouble.
Sometimes simultaneously.
Smexy
Excerpt:
Lips curving, Sara reached
for her body wash and squirted a huge dollop into her palm. She set aside the
bottle and rubbed the soap over her torso, her smile turning impish.
“Uh-oh. That smile scares
me.”
She laughed and trailed
bubbles over Brad’s chest, leaning forward to nip the corded muscles in his
shoulders. He tensed, his pecs flexing under her meandering fingers.
“I want to watch you touch
yourself.” She looked up at him under her lashes. “That’s not scary, is it?”
“No.” His throat rippled as
he swallowed. “And I do aim to please.”
He didn’t hesitate to load
up his hands with the body wash she even now worked into his ropey upper arms.
This was a man for whom life itself was a workout. She would bet he didn’t even
have a gym membership. He just worked and played hard.
And she had a feeling he had
sex the same way. God, she couldn’t wait to find out.
They soaped each other for a
couple minutes, the only sounds the rushing water and their increasingly heavy
breathing. Without a word, he reached down and gripped his cock. When he began
to move up and down in short strokes, her breath caught. So hot. She’d seen men
do that in adult movies but never in reality. Never right in front of her.
His arm muscles flexed as
the first fat drop of precome seeped down his shaft before being washed away.
He sped up, working himself hard. Noting his firm hold, she bit her lip. Maybe
she’d been too careful when touching prior lovers. Not that she’d gotten any
complaints, but the harsh pumps of his hand gave her pause. They also provoked
a low moan.
The sexiest part of this?
His low-lidded, burning blue eyes were focused on her. Right now she was the
fuel for his fantasies. Knowing that brought a fresh rush of moisture between
her thighs.
Riveted, she cupped her own
breasts, hardly aware of what she was doing. But then she sneezed again, and he
choked out a laugh. “I’m going to get an erection every time I hear you sneeze
from now on. You know that, right?”
Instead of responding in
kind, she stared at his hand, now moving slower than before, and unwittingly
pinched her nipples. The pinch twanged in her lower belly, swift and sharp.
“Damn, baby, that’s
beautiful.” Reverence filled his tone.
She splashed a little water
on them to wash off the last of the body wash. After she turned off the tap,
she stepped closer and gazed deep into his eyes. What she saw there made her
heart flutter and her core clench. “Tell me what you imagine when you’re doing
this alone.”
“I usually pretend you’re
riding me. Your hair loose, your breasts bouncing. I knew they’d be like this.”
He molded her flesh, his tanned fingertips against her pale skin an incredible
turn-on. “Not too big. Not too small. And your nipples…they’re the same
cinnamon brown I always pictured. Almost as pretty as those light brown eyes of
yours.”
That his attention returned
to her face as he spoke inflamed every dormant nerve inside her body. He
captured her lips, tormenting her with light, teasing kisses that made her want
to grab his arms and drag him against her. But she reached for his cock instead,
desperate to learn how he would feel in her hand.
In her mouth. Inside her.
Everywhere.
She shuddered, and he palmed
her cheek. “Let’s go in the bedroom.” Each subtle throb of his thick, velvety
flesh told her how much his own monologue had affected him. “It’s too cold in
here, and you’re all wet.”
“That won’t improve if we go
in the bedroom.”
His rich, appreciative
laughter wound around her while he nudged her out of the shower and bundled her
into one of her thick, Egyptian cotton towels. He folded another around her
hair and led her into her room, then tugged her onto the bed. When he started
to pull her on top of him, she put up a fight, enjoying the fierce flare of
arousal on his face as he finally pinned her beneath him.
“Like it rough, hmm?”
“Maybe.” She blew an escaped
strand of damp hair out of her eyes. “But it was more that. I had an ulterior
motive. I wanted you just like this.”
He arched a brow. “That so?”
“Oh yeah.” Watching his
face, Sara stroked the delicious erection flush against her belly. Then she
licked her palm and slickened his length, repeating the move until his cock
glistened. “Because you’re not finished.”
From
Shelbie:
I would like to start by thanking Carrie Ann Ryan and Cari Quinn for taking a moment to stop by and visit my blog; it was a pleasure to host these two wonderful Romance Authors today and I hope you have enjoyed the Attack of the
Car(r)i(e)s!!
I would also like to thank you, the reader, for stopping by my blog today. As a new Author, your support means a great deal to me. While you are here, don't forget to scroll down a bit and enter my Amazon gift card giveaway drawing! The winner will be selected in just a few short days, and how perfect is this? If you are the one to win, you will have the funds to purchase both these wonderful Authors books, and then some, or whatever your heart desires!
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Thanks again for visiting and have a wonderful day! Congrats to Carrie Ann Ryan and Cari Quinn on their new releases; may you both enjoy all the success in the world!
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Shelbie Knight =)
