Amazeballs Book Addicts: November 2013

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Blog Tour for Clutch by Tess Oliver

Clutch by Tess Oliver

Released: 5th November 2013

Synopsis:

When Taylor Flinn’s parents shipped her off to an aunt for her last year of high school, James “Clutch” Mason had convinced himself it was for the best. Taylor, the wild, impulsive and far-too-appealing seventeen-year-old had been driving him nuts. Her school girl crush on him had been the last thing he needed. Now he had time to concentrate on his booming classic car part business, his new found love-- drag racing, and keeping his twenty-year-old brother Barrett out of trouble. But when Taylor returns from her aunt’s more grown up, utterly seductive, and attached to another guy, Clutch realizes that the only thing he ever needed or wanted was Taylor Flinn.

Review:
Clutch is the second book in Custom Culture series. Freefall is the first book in the series. Freefall is Nix and Scotlyn's story. I haven't read the first in the series, but I was not lost reading Clutch. It contains many of the characters from the first book and moves their stories forward. There is enough character background in Clutch that it can be read as a stand alone. But after reading it, I do want to read Freefall.
Clutch is the story of James "Clutch" and Taylor. The story is told in a dual POV. So, we get to see both Taylor's and Clutch's perspective. Taylor has had a crash on Clutch for a long time. When she's around Clutch she sometimes makes rash decisions. Taylor has gotten herself into trouble and her parents and brother try to keep her away from Clutch. There is a point where Clutch finally realizes that Taylor is the one from him, but it's not that easy there are bumps and turns in the road for their relationship.
This was a really go read. Although it was the second book in the series and I'm sure there will be other books in the series, there was no cliffhanger. It's a really sweet story and I would recommend it.
4 Amazeballs Stars!

Author Bio:

Tess Oliver is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of Freefall (Custom Culture, #1). She is also a full time teacher and lives in California with her husband, two kids, and a pack of pampered pets. She loves horses, chocolate, and Jane Austen books. She has a BS in Nutrition Science and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction.

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tessoliverauthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tess_Oliver Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4178161.Tess_Oliver Email: toliverbooks@gmail.com Blog: http://tessoliverauthor.blogspot.com/ Website: http://tessoliver.com/

Giveaway:

Tess is giving away two $10 Amazon Gift Cards a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blog Tour for Wake Up Call by Victoria Ashley

Wake Up Call by Victoria Ashley

My heart stopped and suddenly it was hard to breathe. His voice always had that effect on me. It was like poison slowly running through my veins killing me bit by bit. Like a drug that I couldn't get enough of even though I was almost down to my last breath.
Jace took a step forward and grabbed my hand. He slowly trailed his fingers over my face and backed me into the wall. My heart stopped again if that was even possible. "You can't leave," he whispered. "I need you." His warm breath kissed my lips as he bit his bottom lip and placed both of his hands around my face. They were warm and soft to the touch. Too big for my fragile face, although I wanted to bury myself in them. "Breathe. There is no one here but the two of us. Breathe," he whispered.

Avery Hale had spent her whole childhood abused by her drunken, hopped-up parents. Broken from a lifetime of hate and pain she grew up realizing that trust and love just didn't exist. Not in her world at least.
After turning the age of eighteen, she packed up and moved far away determined to escape her hurtful past and start a new life. Once on her own she comes to the conclusion that the emptiness still exist. Doing what she had to to survive she found herself mixed up in exotic dancing and meaningless sexual relationships unable to feel anything, for anyone. She was sure that her life was worthless and there was nothing left for her. Or, she thought.
After meeting a beautiful stranger, jace, her life suddenly is turned upside down. Everything that she truly believed suddenly gets questioned and then she is left to figure out if there is really more to her than she could ever have imagined. Jace, having some secrets of his own puts the pain of his own past behind to do what he can to help Avery. Can the love of another broken person be enough to help Avery, or is she already too far gone?
Avery's life is pulled in many directions as she tries to find herself, and not everyone and thing is what they seem to be in this story of love, trust and opening up. Finding herself and learning to love herself might just be the hardest thing she's ever had to do.

US Amazon link http://www.amazon.com/Wake-Up-Call-Victoria-Ashley-ebook/dp/B00EBGBV4S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385335424&sr=8-1&keywords=wake+up+call

UK Amazon link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Call-Victoria-Ashley-ebook/dp/B00EBGBV4S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385335514&sr=8-1&keywords=wake+up+call

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18364031-wake-up-call

Review:

I enjoyed this book. It was a quick read that pulled me right in. When we first meet Avery she is working at a strip club and being evicted from her apartment. Avery had rough childhood and at eighteen she left home. She ends up meeting Jace. He offers her help. From there a friendship becomes a relationship. Avery needs to learn to love. Jace is the perfect savior. It's a really cute story.
4 Amazeballs Stars

Author Bio:

Victoria Ashley is an author from Rockford, IL. She wrote her first novel in 2011 after finding an app on her phone that allowed writers to upload their own work. After finding her passion in writing she then moved on to publish her first novel Wake Up Call, which has been viewed over thirteen million times on that website and plans to continue working hard to publish more in the near future. You can find her Facebook Author page here. https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaAnneAshley?ref=stream

Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/VictoriaAshleyAuthor1

Cover Reveal for Alabama Sons by E. A. Whitehead

Title: Alabama Sons
Author: E. A. Whitehead
Expected Publish Date: January 2014
Genre: New Adult

Book Synopsis:

Penny Wilmot leads a simple life.

Together with her widowed father and best friend Boone they run a small U-Pick farm. She never asked for much, and certainly wasn't looking for him...

Jackson Hawkes lives his life at one steady speed: fast.

On a mission to find his father, he takes a road trip and ends up finding himself with a new band, a new job and a new dream.

The two meet by accident and begin a romantic adventure in the summer heat of Alabama. But what happens when the pair find out that they have the one thing in common that took their whole worlds away from them?

Death.

It takes things away, but can it bring the two together?

Join Penny and her sons of Alabama in a turbulent journey of love and loss...

Book Links:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18161513-alabama-sons

Author Bio:

E.A. Whitehead is the author of Alabama Sons, book one of The Sons Trilogy. She spends an unhealthy amount of time ‘pinning’ things and getting lost in a fantasy world where everything is DIY and she owns a 12-room house to decorate. She obsesses over hockey (go Bruins!), all things Harry Potter, and her cats Little Bear and Baby Girl. She also believes that Wanderlust will cure your soul, live your dreams passionately!

Author Links:

Twitter https://twitter.com/ea_whitehead
IG @eawhitehead
Web www.eawhitehead.com
Facebook www.facebook.com/eawhitehead
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7161263.E_A_Whitehead?from_search=true

Giveaway Information:

Signed Swag Pack & $25 giftcard of their choice (Target, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon:

Direct link to rafflecopter: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/97d19d0

Friday, November 29, 2013

Bolg Tour for Heels Of Love by Phoenix Rayne

Title – Heels of Love
Series – From Love to Loathe
Author – Phoenix Rayne
Genre – Contemporary Romance
Publication Date – September 26, 2013
Publisher – G Street Chronicles
Cover Artist – G Street

Book Blurb/Synopsis
When Cricket Hooper moves to Seattle she only has a couple of goals—find a job and an apartment near her friend Chelle, and basically to live a quiet, normal life. However, it isn’t long before life becomes far from normal. When a mysterious man helps get her car out of the mud after she makes a wrong turn, she finds herself in his thrall. He wines and dines her, quite literally, and before Cricket can stop it, things are steamy and serious…very serious. Cricket is thrown aback when Jyme turns out to be more than a simple fisherman, but then she isn’t telling all of her story either.

Review
I really like this story. In the beginning of the book Cricket has just broken off her third and final engagement and moved to the Pacific Northwest, where her friend Chelle lives. In her first day of sight seeing she gets lost and stuck in mud on a Native American Reservation. There she meets Jyme. Cricket and Jyme end up in a relationship.
Both Cricket and Jyme are great characters. They both have a little bit of mystery to them. We still don't get Cricket's whole story of her past. Jyme says he has told Cricket everything about himself but I think he still has some secrets.
Last 1/4 of the book took a turn I didn't except. The ending is very emotionally and it leaves you wanting more. I can't wait for the second book to come out.
4 Amazeballs Stars!!

BUY LINKS

MEET THE AUTHOR
My parents planned for me, conceived me, and then birthed me. After that, things got much more boring. I didn’t do much, but I did do some things. I lived more and did more things. Then I found that I’m only happy when I write. So now, I mostly write and am, therefore, happy.

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