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Genre: Contemporary, coming of age

Release Date - June 21, 2013

Can a guilty conscience keep wounds from healing?

Fine arts major, Candace Parker, grew up with a mother who thinks image is everything, and her daughter’s perfection will never be good enough. About to graduate college and pursue her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, Candace decides it’s time to let go and have a little fun. But fun is short-lived when a brutal attack leaves her completely shattered.

The memories that consume and torment Candace are starting to destroy her when she meets Ryan Campbell, a successful bar owner. He feels instantly connected and tries to show her that hope is worth fighting for. But is Ryan harboring his own demons? As walls slowly begin to chip away, the secrets that are held within start to become painful burdens.

At what point do secrets become lies?

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THE STORY YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW

When Kyle Calloway died, he took a part of Nell with him. She wasn't the only one left to pick up the pieces, however; Kyle's death left a gaping hole in the hearts and lives of his parents and his older brother Colton, and ultimately broke the will of the girl he loved.

THE STORY YOU NEVER IMAGINED

Becca de Rosa is Nell's best friend. When Kyle died, Nell was so devastated that no one could reach her, not even her best friend Becca. As she tries to help Nell through her grief, Becca's own life is thrust into turmoil, and everything she knows is changed.

Jason Dorsey asked Nell out the week after her sixteenth birthday, but that date never happened. Instead, he ended up going out with Nell's best friend, Becca. He had no way of knowing, then, how that one date would send him on a life-long journey with Becca. He had no way of knowing the tragedies and triumphs he would experience, or that in Becca, he might find the love of a lifetime.

THE HEARTACHE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET

New York Times Best Selling Author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women.

When she’s not writing, she’s probably shopping, baking, or reading.

Some of her favorite authors include Nora Roberts, JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Liliana Hart and Bella Andre.

She loves to travel and some of her favorite vacations spots are Las Vegas, New York City and Toledo, Ohio.

You can often find Jasinda drinking sweet red wine with frozen berries and eating a cupcake.

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Lauren broke off an engagement with her old boyfriend because she caught him cheating on her. She's finally ready to move on, but work has been keeping her too busy. 

Marcus is a player, never settling down with one girl. No one seems to meet his long list of requirements in a woman. 

Marcus and Lauren have worked for the same company for years, but in locations across the country from each other. They've been flirting for months. When they are in the same city for a conference, they spend a few passionate days together, both assuming this is just a fling. Once they each get home though, they realize they want more. Can they make a long distance relationship work? And when Lauren's old boyfriend come back to win her affection, can Marcus compete with their history? 

Scarlett lives in the Midwest with her family. When she's not busy writing steamy stories, she can be found with her nose in a book, camping, or geocaching with her family. She loves Diet Coke, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and 80's hair bands. 

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Navigating the world alone is all Josephine Geroux has ever known. Life altering tragedy struck early on for her. She endured an admirable struggle through her youth and learned the hard way how to adapt and survive. She managed to arrive at adulthood in one piece in spite of it all.

After such chaos, maintaining a life free of complications is a priority for her.

Everything changed when a man with amber eyes came through her door and claimed her heart. She fell hard in more ways than one. The pull between Jo and Damon seemed like fate bringing things full circle.

With another devastating loss looming, Jo fights to hold on to the very thing that brought her to her knees. She finds herself torn between a promising future and clinging to a devastating past.

But that’s not the most worrisome problem on her hands.

She must convince more than just herself to let the past stay in the past, where it belongs, but on her journey to find closure and resolution, she does the exact opposite. An old wound caused by a heinous act becomes exposed for what it is. The truth is catastrophic and Jo is helpless, watching as the ruins of her fragile world endure more turmoil.

Can something conceived from tragedy and malice end well? Can something so completely poisoned conquer adversity? Jo is left to make a decision; accept the circumstances she finds herself in or fight with unwavering ferocity to restore what has been damaged.

*Restore Me is the second book in the Wrecked series*

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This book made me question a lot of things…

Can love really fix what life has broken? I mean, is love enough to cover all the things that have been wrongly done? That after the suppression that hides the truth, is love enough to fix things that have been damaged over a period of time? 

I cannot tell you how much I love this book! And I think I just found my new favorite author!

J.L. Mac has mastered the art of breaking hearts. Once again, she has toyed with my emotions, made me cry buckets of tears and left me yelling WTF!!! Not again!!!

The story picked up exactly where we left off the first book. The first part showed the painful past of Damon. How he had endured the abusive life as a child and how he has suffered for a long time. This made me understand his character and made me love him even more. 

Thank God Jo had finally man up (lol) and tried every possible ways to get him back. The first book made me hate her soo much, I just wanna throw my ipad and scream… F*** you Jo! But she has redeemed herself here and Im glad she took the right path this time. Only she has to earn it the hard way.

I loved how J.L. has taken us through their hard times, heartaches, the roller coaster ride of their relationship to see if they can repair the trust and love that was broken. 

Storyline is perfect. Dialogues are real. Characters are developed. Everything I hoped it to be. There were scenes when I thought I had everything figured out, but then again the story takes you on unexpected twist and turn, cuts you up, deep and wounded, and then brings back the pieces together in the end. 

I got really affected by this series! I felt the joy and pain in every character. I loved how Jo and Damon's relationship was not perfect but they have worked so damn hard to fight for it. And not to mention the super hot, sexy scenes, making me almost start to leak into my favorite panties. But don't be fooled! There's another cliff hanger here but not as bad as the first one so you better guard your heart against emotional damage once again.

Do I love it? Yes! Do I recommend it? Oh yes, yes yes!

The story stays true to its plot and without a doubt,  J.L. Mac has nailed it again! She has "wrecked" me once, but she has completely "restored" me and I can't wait to read the next one.

5 SUPER STARS!

1. Can you tell us something we don’t know about J.L. Mac?

I love to garden but can kill a rose bush quicker than anyone or anything. It’s an unforgiving curse to a person like myself who loves rose gardens. *sigh*

2. When did you first realize that you wanted to become a writer?

I was six years old. I’ve been writing ever since.

3. Why do you feel you had to tell this story? Is there something in this book that is based on real life experience?

Not really. I just thought “hey that’s one hell of a story” and got to work on it.

4. What was your inspiration in creating the characters? Was it hard to do a love story about 2 damaged souls? Describe Damon and Jo’s relationship in 3 words.

“Worst case scenario” was my inspiration. This awful scenario hit me while driving one day and I just knew it would be worth telling. It’s in our nature to be curious about tragedy. It’s human nature to be enamored with it. It’s a fascinating trait. We see a disaster happening and we stop and stare. Look at the news. That’s all the proof a person needs. Telling the story was pretty easy because I think we are all pretty screwed up in our own ways. Imperfection is the norm. Jo and Damon’s relationship in 3 words- unique-tragic-moving.

5. Do you write to music? Any songs that inspired their love story?

I always write to music. I have a Wreck Me/Restore Me playlist.

6. Among all the books that you have read, which of these have significantly contributed to your writing style?

Hmm. That’s tough. I’m not really sure. I don’t read much of what’s out there now. I stick to the classics. But I will say that I think I have a deep appreciation for the current authors who are not afraid of telling a story that makes the reader uncomfortable. An author who can wield words in such a way that makes the reader, smile, scream, cringe, or slump in defeat is a writer with passion and a skill. That author’s stories will never be enough because readers have an insatiable appetite for good books. It’s all I aspire to.

7. Name 3 authors you would love to collaborate with.

Great question. I’m not really sure. Didn’t Chuck Norris write an autobiography or something? Maybe one day I can convince him to collaborate with me on some book titled Love and Nun Chucks ;)

8. Excluding your own, name 3 books you would recommend to your friends.

Dark Duet CJ Roberts, The Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger (all time favorite book), and the Fade series by Kate Dawes. (just grabbed my Kindle and paged through it)
9. If you could date any fictional character, who would it be and why?

Well, I’m biased but Damon from my Wrecked series is just… *sigh*

10. What could “wreck” J.L. Mac in real life? And what could “restore” her afterwards?

My husband is active duty in the Army and if anything ever happened to him I’d be wrecked. Thoroughly and truly wrecked. I don’t think anything could ever restore me completely but that’s the point in the series. We try to restore ourselves. We work towards being better but we are never really done with being better. It’s a work in progress for everyone. The point is, as long as you are trying, that’s all that can be asked of a person.

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1. Coffee or tea? Tea 
2. Lights on / lights off? off 
3. Boxers or briefs? (For your guy) boxers 
4. Favorite male body part? arms 
5. Do you believe in love at first sight? I believe in fate. 
6. 3 things you never leave home without? (apart from keys, phone and money) Chapstick. Perfume/body spray. Sunglasses. 

7. Sleep in or get up early? Get up. I am not a morning person by any means but the day just doesn’t have enough hours in it to be sleeping in.
8. Ever slapped a guy? Yes. Yes I have. Hard. Full on, open handed, pimp style, Hollywood worthy, slap. I shocked myself when I did it. I think he saw it coming so he just stood there looking at me.
9. 3 celebrity crushes? Gerard Butler, Ryan Gosling, Chris Hemsworth. 
10. Sex on the first date? Depends I guess. There is a difference between dating someone new and hooking up. Dating a new guy you’re interested in? No. Don’t be easy. But if it’s a hookup/one night stand? Have at it if it’s what you want to do. 

Any advice to give to aspiring writers?
Be unique. Be committed. Be invested in yourself and others will too. 

Any message to your followers?
I love and adore you all more than you know. I love hearing from my readers. It’s the highlight of my day. Thank you for loving my characters as much as I do. 

USA Today Best Selling Author,J.L. Mac is twenty-six years old and currently resides in El Paso, Texas, where she enjoys living near her family. She was born and raised in Galveston, Texas, until she married her husband in July of 2005. She has two young children and is married to a soldier in the United States Army. J.L. and her family have lived all over the United States and have enjoyed each new experience in each new place. J.L. admittedly has had a long and sordid love affair with the written word and has loved every minute of it. She drinks too many glasses of wine on occasion,and says way too many swear words to be considered “lady-like.” J.L. spends her free time reading, writing, and playing with her children.

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Title: Working It 

Author: Kendall Ryan 

Expected Release Date: August 5, 2013 

Genre: New Adult Romance 

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A New Adult Romance from New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Kendall Ryan.

Straight-laced Emmy Clarke’s assistant job at the modeling agency provides her with one distinct perk – getting to watch pretty mancandy parade around all day. But having to work under the ultra-bitchy, ultra-British Fiona Stone barely makes it worth it. Emmy enjoys looking, but she’s not stupid enough to fall for one of the tempting specimens. Especially not rising star Ben Shaw.

Ben is everything Emmy’s not: well-traveled, highly paid and exquisitely gorgeous. He’s also got more issues than Vogue. Against her better judgment to get involved, Emmy’s southern roots kick in, and whenever he’s on set, she makes sure he’s treated well and looked after. But she refuses to become one of the pathetic groupies lusting after him, and soon Ben’s drawn toward her refreshingly real attitude.

Against the backdrop of fashion shows in NYC, Paris and Milan, their casual flirting turns into more, and they embark on a journey of sexual discovery. But when Ben’s twisted past is uncovered, it threatens both their relationship and careers as the bitter Fiona digs her claws in, unwilling to let her golden boy go without a catfight.

Filled with passion, jealousy and heart-thumping sex, Working It is the tale of falling for a supermodel.

Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the contemporary romance novels HARD TO LOVE, UNRAVEL ME, MAKE ME YOURS and RESISTING HER. She's a sassy, yet polite Midwestern gal with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. 

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Cruelty is a cycle. Once inflicted, it spreads.

Her name is Lana. She wasn’t dealt the easiest cards in life. She wasn’t dealt the hardest. She has an illness, but she doesn’t let it rule her. The first time she laid eyes on her best friend’s twin brother, she fell in love at first sight. It didn’t last very long. He was a hateful boy who made her miserable. The happiest day of her life was when he moved away to London six years ago.

His name is Robert. He breaks the ones who love him. He’s always liked to play games with Lana, see how far he could push her. He once thrived on her pain, but no more. Now she’s coming to London to live with his sister for the summer and this time he plans on being her friend instead of her tormentor. But Lana is scarred by his past bullying. She doesn’t trust him, nor does she have any reason to.

When the two find themselves living under the same roof, they call a truce. This summer will change both of their lives, as they put their history aside and learn one another from scratch.

When fear takes over, we use cruelty as a mask. Robert and Lana’s story will see their masks slip away as the love they felt on the inside shows its true face.

L.H. Cosway is a self-employed writer, editor, and proofreader. She has a BA in English Literature and Greek and Roman Civilisation and an MA in Postcolonial Literature. She lives in Dublin city. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favourite things in life include writing stories, vintage clothing, dark cabaret music, food, musical comedy, and of course, books.

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Title: Romancing the Bookworm 

Author: Kate Evangelista 

Publisher: Omnific Publishing 

Genre: Romance 

Age Group: New Adult 

Expected release date: July 9, 2013 

Cover reveal organized by: AToMR Tours

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Sometimes, even the best-laid plans can unravel.

It's spring break, and Tamara Winters would rather stay on campus and read romance novels than flaunt her size-fourteen body on a beach. But her best friend, Ronni, has other ideas. Against her wishes, Tamara is whisked away to picturesque Maverick Bay, where she's wrangled into waiting tables with Ronni at the Shore Shack for its busy week leading to Maverick's Surf Invitational. There she meets fellow schoolmate Xavier Solomon, the Invitational's organizer and campus womanizer by reputation. From the moment Tamara sees him emerging from the waves like a hero in of one of her romance novels, all she wants to do is run away from the feelings he inspires in her.

Little does she know Xavier has been watching her for weeks now. In fact, after failed attempts at asking her out on campus, he's concocted a crazy plan: fabricating romantic situations straight out of her favorite books. Xavier quickly realizes that if Tamara gets a whiff of his designs, he might as well spell CREEPER across his forehead. Yet as they grow closer, he's convinced it's a risk worth taking. What he hasn't planned on, of course, is his drug-addicted, alcoholic stepbrother, who decides to join the fun and put a wrench in Xavier’s scheme. 

Spring break is proving hotter than Tamara expected. Will her romance novels be able to compete? 

When Kate Evangelista was told she had a knack for writing stories, she did the next best thing: entered medical school. After realizing she wasn't going to be the next Doogie Howser, M.D., Kate wandered into the Literature department of her university and never looked back. Today, she is in possession of a piece of paper that says to the world she owns a Literature degree. To make matters worse, she took Master's courses in creative writing. In the end, she realized to be a writer, none of what she had mattered. What really mattered? Writing. Plain and simple, honest to God, sitting in front of her computer, writing. Today, she has four completed Young Adult novels. 

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1.Can you describe your write style in one sentence?
Brief, casual and to the point.

2. What are your top 5 books
The Opportunist, One Day, Gabriel’s Inferno, Gabriel’s Rapture, How to Kill a Rockstar, Binding Arbitration

3. If you were not writing what would you be doing?
Getting my butt off my chair and working out more

4. If you had to give up all but one of the following what would you keep. Facebook, Twitter, your phone or your laptop? My phone

5. Lastly, if you had to recommend one author other than yourself who would it be and why? Tarryn Fisher, she’s incredibly smart, intensely dark and refreshingly genuine.

Affected by her parents’ highly publicized broken marriage, Isabel grows up isolated and alone with a resolve never to fall in love and repeat their mistakes. When Jesse Cain enters her life, she falls hopelessly in love with him and every sadness she’s ever felt is washed away by his intensity and passion. But people change as they grow up and things can never stay the same forever. Can Jesse and Isabel fight for what they have enough to stay together? Who says you can’t hold on to your first love? Will a second love ever be enough to make you forget?

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Sweat beaded on Devon’s temple, and she wiped it off her forehead and out of her eyes. The party had been going all night, and it was nice to loosen up and get lost in the music and dancing. She hadn’t partied in so long, and she couldn’t resist when Amy had actually invited her out. Either she was getting over her hatred for the new girl, or Devon had just been there long enough that she wasn’t considered the new girl any longer.

People were packed into the club shoulder to shoulder, many even closer than that. The music was ear-splittingly loud. Crazy lights traversed the warehouse-sized room, and they alternated to strobes slowing everything down to slow motion. She hadn’t had much to drink, but she was dizzy with dehydration and the energy in the room. Her tank top was sticking to her back, and she had long since pulled her hair up off of her neck into a ponytail.

God, I need another drink, she thought.

Her eyes moved around the room taking in as much as she could from her vantage point. It really only ended up being the two feet encircling her. Amy had to be somewhere inside the building. How had she lost track of her?

Well, she knew how. There were too many damn people in the place. It was easy to lose track of one person, especially when that person was as short as Amy. Still, she should have done better. She didn’t like being alone in dark places. Whether she was surrounded by people or in a back alleyway at night, she was still alone.

She craned her head to look for her, but was having no luck. It felt like more and more people were being crushed into the space. How was this in line with fire code? Surely the place would be shut down soon.

Walking in the direction of the bar, Devon tried to find Amy in the crowd. Seriously it was getting harder and harder to maneuver through. She was literally having to elbow people out of the way. This wasn’t okay, and it wasn’t fun. They shouldn’t let any more people in. Things could get out of control.

Devon looked up over the heads of people in front of her and sighed. It felt like she was never going to reach the bar, and there was a huge line anyway. She thought maybe the bathroom would be a better alternative…at least there she would have some privacy.

She turned to walk the other direction and slammed right into a meaty guy in front of her, who glared at her as she lost her balance and tumbled to the floor. Someone stepped on her hand as she tried to get up. Devon swore and hissed pulling her hand away from the ground where someone else could do the same thing. She stood as best she could, cradling her aching hand. It wasn’t easy pushing through people with one hand pressed between her breasts to keep from someone else smashing into it. All it did was cause people to unknowingly smash into other parts of her. She hadn’t made it more than a few feet toward the bathroom, and she had already been elbowed in the arm, gotten her foot stepped on, and been drunkenly body slammed knocking the breath out of her. The club was getting dangerous.

A space opened in the crowd, and she took advantage, rushing forward through the throng of people. It took her closer to the bathroom but not close enough. Then she felt it. Eyes on the back of her head. She didn’t even know how it was possible. There were hundreds of people in the place. No one could be focusing that intently on her, but she could swear that someone was watching her.

“I knew you were running the first time I saw you…"

Devon didn’t have a game plan when she decided to leave St. Louis on a Chicago-bound train for the summer. Just a reason. One she couldn’t share with anyone.

Not Hadley, her best friend from college, who lets her stay in the guest bedroom; no questions asked. Or Brennan, the bartender at the local restaurant they frequent, who she actively tries to avoid. Or Garrett, Hadley’s boyfriend, who befriends her when she has no one else to turn to.

"I just didn’t know what you were running from...."

Desperate to hide at all costs, Devon plunges into her new life in the city. Everyone around her starts to reveal sides of themselves Devon never expected. And just when she starts to get comfortable, her world flips upside down…

"...but I think all along you were running toward me."

4 lives.
All connected.
All with secrets that just keep following them.

K.A. Linde graduated with her Masters in political science from the University of Georgia in 2012. She also has a bachelors in political science and philosophy. She wrote the Avoiding Series while struggling through advanced statistical modeling and writing her thesis. She enjoys dancing and writing novels that keep you guessing until the very end.

She currently resides in Georgia with her boyfriend and two puppies, Lucy and Riker.

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