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Saturday, January 2, 2016

#Review - SEAL Brotherhood: Lucas by Sharon Hamilton - Band of Bachelors, #1

Seal Brotherhood: Lucas is the first book I have had the chance to read by Sharon Hamilton. If you are looking for an intense, action packed, drama filled, hot and steamy story that is going to keep you on the edge of your seat holding your breathe, well then you have found the book you are looking for.

Lucas Shipley has found himself in some hot water. His picture was posted online from a bachelor party in Vegas. In this case what happened in Vegas did not stay in Vegas. His wife has kicked him out and has filed for divorce. Lucas is one of those guys that really does like the happily ever after life. He's not much for the party lifestyle and a girl in every port thing.

Marcy Gelland has received the ultimate pleasure of having to deal with Lucas' soon to be ex but currently separated wife. Marcy is a realtor for a high class realty office and does her best to maintain a clean image and work ethic for her clients. She works with co-workers that really don't have each other back. Honestly this group might be quicker to stab each other in the back before they'd help each other.

Lucas and Marcy meet up in a chance encounter at his cabin in the woods. As much as they do their best to try to fight their attraction to each other the chemistry is just too much. Sparks of attraction soon turn into a volcanic eruption of passion.

Their happily ever after is not going to be an easy one. Lucas ends up on another mission Marcy ends up in a very dangerous and horrific situation. I don't want to tell you too much because it will spoil the story for you. I will tell you that there is a lot of drama, some very traumatic moments, and action that is breath taking. I have to say one of the things I love about SEAL's stories is the teamwork. These teams work so well together they can move as one and know what the other is going to do without saying a word.

I enjoyed Sharon Hamilton's writing style. She certainly can tell an action packed drama with some hot and steamy romance scenes mixed in.

I was given the opportunity to read and review this story so that I may share my thoughts with you. As always it has been my pleasure to share my thoughts with you on SEAL Brotherhood: Lucas.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Romancing the Military Man ~ Box Set

Romancing the Military Man

Ten Hot Military Heroes

Authors: New York Times, USA Today and National Best Selling Authors Sharon Hamilton, Caridad Pineiro, Toni Anderson, Karen Fenech, Kathy Kulig, Jan Springer, Lisa Hughey, Denise A. Agnew, Adrienne Bell and Monique Dubois

Release Date: Tuesday, September 29

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Genre: Military Romance
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SEAL’s Promise by Sharon Hamilton
He makes a deathbed promise to care for his best friend’s wife and baby. She wants nothing to do with anything that reminds her of her fallen SEAL husband, until fate steps in to show her she is still connected, and needs the love of the flawed warrior who shares her grief.

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Stay The Night by Caridad Pineiro

Sexy Navy SEAL Rafe Castillo is home after months of separation. Will Rafe stay the night with his wife Elena so they can rekindle the love they once shared?

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The Killing Game by Toni Anderson

A snow leopard biologist becomes prey when Cold War secrets threaten to expose a modern-day spy ring, and an elite British soldier is forced to choose between his country and his heart.

When Elle Jameson is caught by a human trafficker, she doesn't dare believe the man's claims that all is not as it seems and that he will see her safely home, not even when she finds herself softening toward him, because trusting him, believing him, may cost Elle her life.

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Red Tape Protector by Kathy Kulig

FLC series book 2 (stand-alone)

Black-ops agent is hired to train a secret White House society member to be an assassin or be eliminated.

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Christmas Lovers by Jan Springer

Kidnap Fantasies series

Nurse Tania Sparks has always been purely professional with her injured soldiers…until sinfully sexy Connor Jordan enters her hospital.

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Still The One by Lisa Hughey

Family Stone #4 Jack

Jack Stone never got over Bliss Lee…but he can he convince her she’s still the one?

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Saved By The Marine by Denise A. Agnew

Explosive danger creates a whirlwind of heat between a marine and the woman he’s just met when they’re trapped in a terrifying situation.

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Carter: The Sinner Saints #1 by Adrienne Bell

Sometimes a bad boy is the best man for the job.

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Romance: Quickies by Monique Dubois

Encounter 9

In QUICKIES (Encounter 9), Malia is introduced to the world of BDSM by a mysterious army ranger. He captivates her body and senses, but does he have a secret side that leads her into danger?

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Summertime eReader Giveaway

More than 20 authors will be sharing their best and worst pick-up lines during this EPIC eReader Giveaway! Win dozens of prizes, including swag packs, print or eBooks, gift cards, tote, posters, themed prizes, etc...and of course, a grand prize of four (4) eReaders!

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Sharon Hamilton

I’m so old I can hardly remember a pickup line. And when you get to be my age, you don’t get them hurled at you any longer, either. My babies are having babies of their own, so I’m not even around that scene any longer. But I do have a few exceptional, colorful memories.

In the 1960’s and 1970’s pick up lines were very simple. The favorite pick up line in my day would have been, “I have some really good shit.” The guy would wiggle his eyebrows. I’d notice his pupils were dilated and I’d declare him truthful.

My answer always was, “Really?”

But I remember well the one line the football player I would not sleep with (he later went on to play for the Kansas City Chiefs) liked to use on me, until he got tired of waiting, “We’d be so good together.” Oh, I knew it would feel good, and he did have the moves, and liked to demonstrate them masterfully. But I couldn’t handle the guy’s hairy chest and all the gold chains. Not to mention, I didn’t have the guts to tell him he smelled like a jockstrap.

One guy I dated casually was 6’11, and he also played professional basketball and sported two championship rings. He had been dating a girl barely five feet. I turned the tables on him before we started dating, using this line, “I saw you walk in that night, with your arm on her shoulder, and my friend and me said, ‘If there ever was a physical impossibility, that’s got to be it.’” He gave me a very nice smile and blushed (yes, this big guy cried on the court and blushed when I was too direct with him, which I later did all the time), when he answered me back,

“Well, it’s not.”

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SEAL's Code Blurb:

Danny Begay has tried to drive out the voices of his ancestors, but his Navajo roots will not die. Summoned back to Arizona to visit his dying grandfather, a former Navajo Code Talker, he knows he has disappointed his hero grandfather. He buries himself one more time in the arms of a stranger before going back to Northern California.

Luci Tohe teaches at a reservation school, safeguarding the health of her ailing mother and little sister’s future, her own life on hold. She doesn’t expect the young Dine warrior she meets to be anything but a distraction from her loneliness.

Danny decides to join the Navy, as a SEAL, becoming the man he knew he was destined to be. Before deployment, he goes back to visit the girl he cannot get out of his mind. A dangerous human trafficking element threatens Luci and her family. Danny vows to protect them all.

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About Sharon Hamilton

NYT and USA/Today and Amazon Top 100 Bestselling Author Sharon Hamilton’s SEAL Brotherhood series have earned her Amazon author rankings of #1 in Romantic Suspense, Military Romance and Contemporary Romance. Her characters follow a sometimes rocky road to redemption through passion and true love. Her Golden Vampires of Tuscany earned her a #1 Amazon author ranking in Gothic Romance.

A lifelong organic vegetable and flower gardener, Sharon and her husband live in the Wine Country of Northern California, where most of her stories take place. When she’s not writing, you will find her in the garden, getting verra verra dirty.

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Suzie T. Roos

Hello everyone!

I honestly do not have many stories about great pick-up lines. I do have one.

It begins back in (since I like to time-hop) 1989! No joke! This is a true story that only a few know.

So when I was 15 years old I was introduced to an older guy. He was seventeen. I was really living on the edge!

We were introduced by mutual friends back in high school. This was not among my usual group of friends, but this seventeen year old senior made my shy 15 year old self feel welcomed. Not to mention he was hot. Like a young Tom Cruise but built like a football player.

This senior asked if I wanted to play a game of table tennis, ping pong. Back then, not sure if bong pong (or whatever it’s called) was around. This was old school, straight-up ping pong. Since I had just quit playing softball, after being on a team for years (I was a pitcher and third basemen) I thought, “Oh why not. This can’t be any harder than a stick hitting a ball! Right?

Well, I was wrong.

This “senior” could give Macaroni (my nickname of John McEnroe) a run for his money. No joke. This senior served the ball so fast I didn’t even see it pass me. Not only was it a fast serve, it was an excellent serve.

Okay, that told me what I was dealing with.

So, in our game of table tennis he’s absolutely creaming me and says . . . are ya ready? This is the pick-up line. Hold your panties. This is a good one. Take a deep breath.

As he prepares to serve faster than the speed of light, he says, “You know I used to be the Missouri State Ping Pong Champion?”

Now . . . you may say, “Oh come on . . . how terrible is that? Is that even a pick up line?” And you would be correct. It was terrible, but it was a pick-up line. It’s the truth.

But I, at the age of fifteen, didn’t realize it was a real bona fide pick-up line.

With my hand on my fifteen year old hip, I said, “What? No. Really?”

No joke I considered it.

For the simple fact, I never saw the ball go past me!! Now, again, this is because I played ball. How could this be soo difficult for me? How could it have been that much harder than softball? He must have been the Missouri State Ping Pong Champ!!

And to this day, that “senior” still gives me the best one-liners! He’s my husband. And has been since 1996 when we finally got married.

My husband of 18 yrs, and a total relationship of 26 years long, will still feed me the best cheesy lines.

No matter how stupid, or corny, or cheesy, or just down right stupid his one-liners are, he still makes me laugh. I LOVE that about him. I suppose his “pick-up line” worked!

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Girl Spoken For Blurb

What’s the point of making a New Year’s resolution when weeks later your life goes to the toilet anyway?

Sixteen-year-old Tatum Duncan’s life has turned upside down. Her best friend and grandmother has died, her mother is threatening to send her to an all-girls school for defending herself against a bully, and her abusive boyfriend nearly kills hers. 1989 isn’t turning out to be her year.

But just when it seems like all is lost, Tatum is saved by Zach Bertano, her longtime friend and secret crush. Her dormant attraction to him surfaces with his persistent attention. As her love for Zach grows, she comes to learn that he too has skeletons, and his issues could affect Tatum’s life in ways she never imagined.

Zach’s overlooked Tatum’s baggage—can she overlook his?

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About Suzie T. Roos

Suzie T. Roos is from, and has settled in, St. Louis with her husband, two children and a number of foster pets at any given time.

She and her husband have lived everywhere from Philadelphia, PA out West in Santa Monica, Ca. They’re thankful they could expose their children to different American lifestyles and cultures.

Besides writing, Suzie’s hobbies include movies, traveling, and especially concert going her husband and friends.

She’s always been an animal lover and animal rights advocate. She is certified by FEMA in IS-00011.a Animal in Disasters: Community Planning. She’s also an active volunteer at the Humane Society of Missouri.

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