Monday, November 11, 2019

CHAPTER ONE VIOLENT TRIUMPHS.....BY JESSICA HAWKINS

Dear reader,
In case you need a little something to hold you over until tomorrow (or midnight if you preordered), I've got chapter one of Violent Triumphs for you below. I won't keep you—go ahead and dive in while you await the conclusion to this epic story!
Natalia

I suspect you might even like the feeling of surrender.
Cristiano’s distant words echoed through the darkness falling over my mind. He hadn’t meant submitting to death, but the hands around my neck demanded that.
The back of my skull throbbed where it’d been slammed against the tile floor. One moment, I’d been trying to tell Cristiano something important over the phone. The next, dragged through our bedroom and pinned on my back by an immovable weight.
Now, pinpricks of white light pierced the black. Stars in the night sky, promising peace. It wouldn’t be difficult to walk toward them. The dark had always been a fierce presence within me. Unknown. Ever-inviting.
Surrender would be simple. My body and my training had failed me—I hadn’t even fought back. Or maybe nothing up to this point had been real. Maybe this had all been a dream, and I was being torn from sleep.
As my windpipe closed under the grip around it, my screams relented. The shrill house alarm faded into a peaceful buzz. My fear ebbed, an ocean of tranquility rising in its place.
Heaven.
Mamá waited with open arms.
Go to her. Be with her again. Submit.
I wasn’t waking up; I was dying. Cristiano was the last person I expected to see at the gates of Heaven, but there he was, waiting in his suit and tie. Thank God. Wherever I was going, Cristiano was there, and he wouldn’t let anything hurt me.
He and my mother would be the light, the serenity, the prize for giving in to death.
All I had to do now was succumb. Go to him . . .
Cristiano.
“Cristiano is dead.”
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VIOLENT TRIUMPHS 

White Monarch, 3 

I’ve become a queen to the forsaken, a leader to thieves, and the wife of a man who instills fear in all who cross his path. He was the husband I didn’t want. Now, I can’t fathom life without my king.

I should’ve been ready for anything. Like the caterpillar that feeds on poison during metamorphosis, I was raised in the dangerous world of cartel crime. But nothing could’ve prepared me for Cristiano de la Rosa, his brother’s poison, or the Calavera cartel.

This is still a story about a love strong enough to topple households, unite enemies, and divide brothers. Resilient enough to bring down those who would try to destroy it . . . and selfless enough to make the ultimate sacrifice.

But I was warned, and so were you. Death’s day always comes. This time, it will find what was once a caterpillar is now a butterfly—and hell hath no fury like the White Monarch.
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VIOLENT DELIGHTS 

White Monarch, 1 

In the de la Rosa family, old grudges run deeper than loyalty, and betrayal is a three-letter word: war. But this feud isn’t between enemies. It’s between brothers. And I’m the prize.

I was born a princess among criminals. An untouchable among thieves. Heiress to a life others have killed for, and one I'd do anything to escape. I vowed not to leave without Diego, my first love and best friend, but if his ruthless brother has his way, I won’t leave at all. Cristiano de la Rosa is a man as big and bold as his legend. Once upon a time, he was our cartel’s best soldier . . . until he became my family’s worst enemy.

A man like Cristiano will bend fate to his will to get what he wants. Even if it means dragging me to hell—and tearing me from his brother's arms.

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WHITE MONARCH
Reading Order / Release Schedule:

Violent Delights (3.19.19)
Violent Ends (6.18.19)
Violent Triumphs (11.12.19)

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CHAPTER REVEAL!!! IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT.....BY LJ SHEN



In the Unlikely Event, an all-new 
“messy, sexy, laugh-out-loud, cry-out-loud romance” from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is coming November 19th and we have a sneak peek of chapter one! 

A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.
An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny.
We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together.
Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.
In New York.
And he’s America’s music obsession.
The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees.
The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe.
Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.
But a king he became, and now I’m his servant. 
I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands.
I have a career I love.
A boyfriend I adore.
An apartment, a roommate, a life.
I changed. He changed, too. 
But Mal kept the napkin.
Question is, will I keep my word?


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Sneak Peek from In the Unlikely Event: 
Chapter One
Present day

Rory

My life is contained in a round, beautiful snow globe.
The kind no one has bothered to pick up from the dusty shelf in years. Unshaken. Quiet and still. From the outside, my manicured Swiss village looks perfect. And it is. Kind of. At twenty-six, it appears I have my life together.
Perfect job.
Perfect apartment.
Perfect roommate.
Perfect boyfriend.
Perfect lies.
Well, they’re not lies, per se. All my accomplishments are real. I worked hard for them. Problem is, I promised eight years ago to give them all away in the blink of an eye if I bumped into him again. But back then, I wasn’t the same person I am today.
I was lost. Grieving. Broken. Confused.
Not that it matters, because that was then, and this is now, and it’s not him I’m staring at. Nope. There’s no way.


LA REVIEWS FIX.....BY MOLLY MCADAMS

Molly McAdams, you know I adore you. I just finished Fix and you have proven again what an incredible storyteller you are. And since you’re my friend in my head, please know you can always use my guest room if you’re driving around aimlessly and need somewhere to go.

Ok, back to the story, which is just so awesome. It should be an insta love story, two people attracted to each other from the start, but it’s not. Sawyer Dixon and Rae Jacobs to everything humanly possible to deny their attraction.

Rae appears in Amber and the whole town notices. Amber is the very small, everybody knows everybody town where the story takes place. She appears at Brewed a coffee house/bar owned by Sawyer’s best friend Emberley Olsen. Another reason to love Rae...she’s a caffeine junkie!!

Sawyer and his family have lived in Amber since he was born and nobody seems to want to leave this sleepy little town (ok one person, but you’ll find out about him later).

Rae claims to be doing research on small towns because she’s a ROMANCE WRITER!! But, she’s got another motive to be in this tiny town. And I’m not telling you what is is, so one click away friends.

Sawyer is an unbelievably swoon worthy hero. His dark, messy hair and blue eyes got me from the start. His personality, his body, his love for his family, he’s so much deeper than the town player, which he kind of is.

Two wonderful, attractive main characters. You want them together right? Well their journey is a long one and you’re never quite sure how it’s going to turn out. Although Molly does write them with explosive chemistry, so no worries on sexy scale. Oh and Sawyer, you can smear my lipstick ANYTIME. 

Here’s the thing about Molly’s characters, she’s writes them so well that you become invested in their lives. I wanted to yell at Rae. I wanted to hug Sawyer. I desperately wanted them to be happy.

You won’t be able to put Fix down because there are so many twists and turns and you just need to know if everything is going to be ok. And yes when you get through all the secrets and baggage, you will need tissues. I teared up so many times, again because Molly makes you care so much about these fictional people.

I’ve said it before and I know I’ll say it again, Molly has to be the best storyteller I have ever read. She never gets bogged down in one topic. Her writing is always fresh and interesting and I love it!!!

Five caffeinated stars for Fix and hurry up with the rest of the series please!!!

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