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  • Drew Sera’s Books Available in all formats.

    Drew Sera’s Books Available in all formats.

    Want to pick up one of Drew Sera’s 5 Star books? Go To https://drewsera.com/ 

    Between the Lines is my favorite. Blub and Red’s Review below.

    Between the Lines new coverBetween The Lines by Drew Sera

    Description

    “She believed she could, so she did.” 

    My name is Amy Andrews, and those are the words I live by.

    I write happy-ever-after romance novels, and after writing ten romance novels you’d think I’d know a thing or two about love. But I’ve been chasing my own happy-ever-after for a long time.

    I seem to have no problem starting my fairytale, but the ending never comes to be. My love life isn’t the best-seller that I’ve written, so I decided to change things up and write a dark romance.

    While finding my way around and reading books in that genre, I discovered something unexpected. I found a sexy, romantic man who happens to have a soft spot for romances.

    He’s an alpha male, and that type would never have appealed to me before…but it’s amazing what you see when you look between the lines.

    Reds Review

    The Prince and his Princess

    This is the second books I’ve read by Drew Sera. The first was Saving Graves. My point for saying this is that I have read these two books like stand alones, which you totally can, how ever I see now why reading from the beginning will have more meaning.
    What I’ve also found is Drew Sera has a way of developing emotions of all sorts. Each of the books I read had a strong emotional reaction from me. From the gleefully new love interest kind like in the his book, to the heart wrenching anger in the other.
    Talking specifically about Between the Lines, I love the way Amy is part of this book world I have grown to love. I especially love how Drew has used real blogs I am a member of. A few of them are admin’d by women I admire greatly in the blogging community. Ii started my own blog in Dec 2017. I had no idea Drew had included them in this book. The Facebook connection and author events are so fun and real. It made me smile at how Drew showed her appreciation by including these real blogs in her book.
    — i am attending my first author in event and ironically Ms. Drew Sera will be there. I am excited to connect the dots between this line and Drew as the author.

    Now I will be starting at the beginning with Fragile

    Fragile-Book 1,The Everett Gaming Series

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    Powerful and handsome CEO Colin Everett, is a well respected Dom and takes an active role educating within the BDSM community. Colin’s interest in a young woman at work begins to take over most of his waking thoughts as he discovers that she has been experimenting in the BSDM lifestyle.

    Troubled Sydney Burke is a late twenty-something focused on fading into the background at her dream job. Sydney has a lot going on in her life while trying desperately to keep her personal life from colliding with her work life.

    Colin begins fantasizing about training Sydney and help her to build confidence. While he is determined to be patient with her an untimely incident at work makes Colin concerned that Sydney may be in some sort of trouble. The Dom in him wants to protect her from everything and pushes to uncover what, or whom, she’s hiding from.

    Will Colin get the chance to train and work with Sydney? Hopefully he won’t be too late.

    *This book contains sexually explicit scenes, adult language, disturbing scenes that may be considered offensive to some readers. This book contains content that is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.

     

    About the Author and where to find her:

    Drew Sera was born and raised in Sin City and writes dark romance.

    Email sign up: http://bit.ly/drewsnewsletter

    Join Drew’s Crew on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Drewz…

    Follow Drew on BookBub: http://bit.ly/2zA42sH

     

     

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  • New Release

    New Release

    Title: All The Right Moves
    Author: Becca Taylor
    Genre: Romantic Comedy
    Release Date: October 13, 2018

    Being called the worst boyfriend can do a number on a man’s ego. 

     

    But I handled it the way any full-grown adult male would—by eating copious amounts of carbs and wallowing over whether I was good enough.

     

    I admit, it wasn’t the best of moments, but it made me realize I needed answers to the question, what are women looking for inside and out of the bedroom?
    After I researched the subject, I compiled my data into a solution.
    Thirty days. 

    Thirty right moves.
    But I needed to test out my newfound theories, and my best friend, Tenley, was going to help. 

     

    It was a foolproof plan. 
    We would date and act like a real couple, all in the name of research. And when the thirty days were up, we would go back to being just friends. 

    Piece of cake, right?
    Only, I forgot to take into consideration the multiple outcomes. Specifically, the one where it left me wanting more and refusing to go back to what we were… ever again.

     

    “Not only entertaining but has lots of sweet, endearing and funny moments. – Chasing the Words Book Blog

     

    I couldn’t stop until I had read every last word.” – Danielle

     

    “A great way to escape over the weekend.” – Erika, Book Haven Book Blog

     

     

     
    Becca Taylor dived headfirst into the world of writing in 2015. As a child, she explored writing songs. As a teen, she wrote poetry until she found a love of all things romance.
     
    One night, a dream turned into an idea. An idea turned into a chapter. A chapter turned into a novel and a new adventure began.
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  • ENSLAVED by Jax Hart

    ENSLAVED by Jax Hart

    Title: ENSLAVED
    Series: The Devil and His Dove Book 1
    Author: Jax Hart
    Genre: Dark Romance/Contemporary Romance
    Release Date: September 24, 2018

    Every time I tried to run, he caught me. 
    The nights were turbulent as the stormy tides. In his arms, I found refuge…until he became my storm.
     
    He’s breaking every part of me like the tide battering against the rocks.
    If I can’t escape… I’ll lose more than my heart and body–I’ll lose my mind. 
    Next time he won’t catch me. I’ll run to the moon if need be. But something tells me I could never go far enough. He has me ENSLAVED.
    I was bored. Attending the same parties, seeing the same faces and even more familiar bodies dolled up in the latest fashions straight from the runway. But one night in Capri changed everything.
    She was perfect.
    UNTAINTED.
    My sweet little dove became a caged bird. I cruelly clipped her wings just as she started to fly. 
    She’s mine. 
    Destined to soar only in my embrace.
    She’s become my sweet little pet, and I’m her UNRELENTING MASTER.
    Together we are both ENSLAVED.
    Authors Note: This is the first book in a 3 part series. Each book ends with a mini-cliffhanger. 
    Book One: ENSLAVED
    Book Two: ENRAPTURED
    Book Three: ENTWINED
    Jax Hart: Singer, a songwriter, living creatively through art. Dirty Romance author from the great state of Washington. Duke is his first full-length novel. He generally hates most people, plays the bass guitar, and enjoys camping trips with his son. 
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  • Red’s Author Chit Chat with Marsha Black

    Red’s Author Chit Chat with Marsha Black

    Hi Marsha, Thank you for stopping in so we can get to know you better. You said your genre is more Young Adult but that your anthology stories might not be suitable for the average YA reader. Maybe for a more mature audience. That is great to know. Congratulations on your first book, The Triplet’s Curse – Hope’s Story: Book One. I can’t wait for you to tell us more about you and your books. 

    1) Do you have a favorite character from The Triplet’s Curse?

    Marsha: I really enjoy Hope. She reminds me of how I was when I was a teenager and I had so much fun writing her story.

    Red: How interesting to get a peek into your teen years while reading this book. 

    2) What is your favorite part of being a published author?

    Marsha: I love gaining new fans and being able to talk and interact with them.

    Red: Fangirling is a real thing. Trust me, just doing this interview with you I have to control myself. Authors are superstars in out world. 

    3) Where is the strangest place you had a book or character idea come to you?

    Marsha: I had a series idea come to me on the way to the dentist, lol. I thought that was quite funny.

    Red: I ask this question of each author and I have to say that this a first for the idea box. 

    4) I am sure you don’t sit with a timer but if you had to guess how long does it take for you to write a book? 

    Marsha: This completely varies, I work full-time, taking online college courses and have a toddler, so with the help of my boyfriend I get writing done, but it’s not every day and not always a lot at a time.

    Red: Sounds like me when I am trying to clean house. Writing is much more fun than cleaning up after a toddler. 

    5) Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones?

    Marsha: I do read them. Thankfully I’ve only had good reviews, but I wouldn’t mind bad as long as there’s a reason why. I don’t see the point in giving a book one or two stars, but not explaining or contacting me about what you didn’t like about the book. I want to make my book an enjoyable read, and I can’t do that if I don’t know where mistakes are being made.

    Red: Very well said. The star rating system is severely flawed in my opinion. Here at The Redhead’s Book Blog we don’t use stars. The written content in a review is what is important in determining the opinion of the reviewer. Ok, I am off my soapbox now. As you can see this is something I have put a lot of thought into. 

    6) What do you do when you suffer from writer’s block?

    Marsha: I have thankfully not had to suffer through writer’s block as of yet.

    7) Which of your books do you wish more readers were aware of?

    Marsha: I currently have The Triplet’s Curse – Hope’s Story released. A novella in Dark Waters: A Mermaid Anthology and The Triplet’s Curse – Destiny’s Story(Book Two) rereleased Aug 2018.

    Red: You have been busy. 

    8) Did you have a mentor when you started?

    Marsha: I did not. I was a reader and participated in Facebook events before starting back writing.

    9) What advice would you give an aspiring author?

    Marsha: Go for it. It can be scary and nerve-wracking. You may worry about if anyone might like your story or not. The best thing I can say is…do it for you. There will be people who like it and people who don’t. If you enjoy writing the story and it’s something that you would read, then more power to you. Have faith in yourself. Even if you’re book isn’t well liked, you accomplished a goal in writing a book, and there are people out there who would be willing to help make it better by working with you on it. So never despair.

    Red: That is awesome advice. I had some tell me to carry a notepad and if I felt like writing a few sentences to do it. It’s fun to go back a look at those little bits from months ago. 

    10) What can we expect from you in the future?

    42 & Beyond: A Space Opera Anthology is available for preorder and is releasing Oct 12, 2018. I’ll be working on the 3rd book of the trilogy. Fingers crossed I’ll get it released by the end of the year. I do have about 4 or 5 other anthologies I’ll be part of this year, all of varying genres and story lines. I have a YA Fantasy stand alone I will be working on as well as a series I’m hoping to start next year.

    11) Anything Else

    Follow me so you can keep track of future books of mine!

    Amazon Author page https://amzn.to/2xzSUtH

    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMarshaBlack

     

    Thanks for spending the day with us today. I look forward to checking out all of your books. Please come back again soon.

    ~Red xoxo

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    The Triplet’s Curse – Hope’s Story: Book One

    Amazon Link https://amzn.to/2xG1J4z

    When the moon is full High above the Earth
    Three daughters shall be born
    On their 16th birthday, their destiny will begin
    One daughter, born with the knowledge of the future, yet blind of those closest to her

    Hope, your normal teenage girl, other than being one out of a set of triplets’, dreams about the day she turns 16 and can get her license.

    Unknowingly, as her 16th birthday draws closer, a curse that has been around for centuries will activate, causing her to have visions, giving her knowledge of the future. The things she sees, she hopes are just hallucinations.

    New guy Bryce, comes to town, knowing of the curse. He’s part of a group that prepares their whole lives to train the triplet sisters, who are unlucky enough to have it befall them. Hoping, the town he moves to doesn’t have the sisters they are looking for, once his eyes rest upon Hope, he knows without a doubt that his life will be changed and with the spark at contact, he knows it will be changed forever.

    With Bryce’s help, Hope must accept these changes and train, learning how to control her ability and preventing more visions from becoming a reality. As the fight hits closer to home, will Hope be prepared to defeat the evil, making the world safer, for just a little bit longer?

     

    About Marsha Black

    Mother of 2, avid reader, lover of anything and everything paranormal/supernatural. Enjoys reading, watching TV, and hanging out with her kids. Hopes that through her written books, readers can escape from reality, as many books did for her. Writes clean YA/NA, with some toe-dipping in other genres. Loves reading reviews and interacting with new readers/fans, so don’t be afraid to befriend and/or get in touch with her.

    The anthologies I am part of, even my stories may not be acceptable for teens, so make sure to check the ratings of anthologies if looking to get them for teens.

    Adults, I prefer writing clean YA/NA. I can write make-out scenes as far as anthologies or possible co-writings may go.

    Please keep these in mind going forward, since I don’t want any of my fans blind-sided by a descriptive make-out session within a story or anthology the is not rated PG-13 or below.