Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Teaser Tuesday ~ 1/14/14 & GIVEAWAY

This is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.


To participate you:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
(Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!



Here's my teaser!

In Bed with Mr. Wrong (Out of Uniform, #1) by Katee Robert

The blind date from hell is about to get hotter…

Brianne Nave is never doing her friends a favor again. When they begged her to go on a blind date, she didn’t expect someone so perfectly gorgeous. She’s a mousy librarian—totally not in this man’s league. And judging by his odd reaction when she opens the door, he knows it, too.

Air Force Pararescuer Ryan Flannery avoids his hometown at all costs. He’s not thrilled about the date until he’s shocked silent by the prickly little librarian’s sweet curves and kissable lips…and her smart mouth. But then an argument leads to a kiss that spirals out of control. How can two people have so little chemistry outside the bedroom when they fit together so perfectly in it?

When their friends strand them in a cabin to "work things out," Bri’s not sure whether to kill him or put the industrial-sized box of condoms they find to use. Bottom line—Ryan’s career military and hates the tiny town she loves. He’ll leave, just like everyone else in her life. And if she’s foolish enough to give him her heart, he’ll take it with him.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19549107-in-bed-with-mr-wrong

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1622663535?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1622663535&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-bed-with-mr-wrong-katee-robert/1117785749?ean=9781622663538&itm=1&usri=9781622663538&cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-GwEz7vxblVU-_-10:1&r=1,%201


Just like that, he came alive in her arms and pulled her tighter against him.  His tongue delved into her mouth, stroking hers with no hesitation, igniting her passion until she couldn't fight back a moan.  How could one giant brute taste so decadent?  She slid her tongue along his, not sure if she was searching for an answer or simply enjoying the way her very nerves seemed to spark and dance at every place they touched. (Kindle location 251)

 What ya think?  Pretty toasty, huh?  Have a teaser for me?  Leave me a comment.



Here's some special teasers & a Giveaway!



Emma Walker was a writer who'd lost herself to someone else's anger--who had given up on ever feeling like herself again.
Evan Levesque was a rock-god--the one all the woman wanted, but he'd never gotten used to the loneliness between the stage and real life.

With just one cup of coffee they'll begin a journey of self-discovery at each others sides, but can Emma handle Evan's fame while dealing with her own demons? Emma's checkered personal past, a bad relationship that haunts the edges of her memories, threatens to make everything implode on them when Evan takes matters into his own hands.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they'll destroy my soul--Can Emma handle being put back together and facing who she's become because of it?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17457178-love-exactly?from_search=true

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1482688514?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1482688514&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-exactly-cassandra-giovanni/1115749708?ean=2940016768960


"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they'll destroy my soul."

~~~

"Everyone wanted me to be the bad boy, the label wanted it, the publicists wanted it, but I was just trying to be myself."

~~~

"Most things in my life are anything but simple--but loving you is. I just do."  

 Walking in the Shadows by Cassandra Giovonni

Seconds seem like a lifetime when the life you lived is slowly drained out of you by those who care not what you felt, hoped, or dreamed. When the darkness comes it is all-consuming; there is no light and there is no pain. It is the never-ending loss of hope that now consumes me as I die in his arms.

This is Abigail Martin’s nightmare. After her parents become the first victims of a serial killer obsessed with the vampire saga, "Crimson Reign," Abigail does the only thing that she thinks will save her from her parent’s fate–she becomes some one else. As Vera MacIntrye, she falls in love with the very handsome Tad Knightley, and then walks into her first day at her new school to see him standing at the front of the classroom. He’s every teenage girls fantasy, but as he writes “Mr. Knightley: AP British Literature” across the white board Vera realizes the one person who filled the gaping hole in her heart will soon rip it wide open again. 

Vera struggles to adjust to being a ‘normal’ teenager with very adult responsibilities like paying the rent, buying groceries and making sure that lights stay on, while being drawn time and time again back to her off-limits teacher. What’s worse is he is drawn to her too, and their worlds refuse to stay apart when Tad finds Vera screaming in terror in the parking lot after the winter formal. The murderer has struck again and is getting closer to the next target–Vera. Tad will do whatever he can to save her, even if it means losing his dream job, but will it be enough when the murderer is closer than anyone ever thought?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15763192-walking-in-the-shadows

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Shadows-Cassandra-Giovanni-ebook/dp/B009Y7Y6UK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389556213&sr=8-3&keywords=cassandra+giovannihttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/walking-in-the-shadows-cassandra-giovanni/1113639395?ean=2940015893274

"All that guides me is fear,

And all that finds me is loss

Death defines which paths I cross

It is within the shadows that I stumble

And I am desperate without a voice

Here I am threatened by the resolve that you are

my soul

But if my lies are the path that I have to wander

because there is no choice

Will you love me still?

In the darkness of the night when I wish to do

nothing more than take flight?

Will you hold me to this plane and ease the

suffering and pain?

When all you know is the truth

And all they see is the lies

Will I be the one you find, or the one you leave

behind?

Alone may be the only home I shall find"



At eighteen there is one thing Kate Ericson is certain of—the world is at war and has been since she was two years old. That was when her father pulled her family and a group of close friends to a God forsaken place in the middle of nowhere. For Kate there is no escape from the sea of lies she is drowning in until her world collides with Hunter Marks—the son of her father's biggest opponent. An opponent that Kate didn't even know existed. What Hunter kidnaps Kate for, and what her family will try to kill her to keep secret, is a knowledge that she doesn't have. Now Kate’s innocence seems to becoming undone at the seams of reality. Hunter then finds himself fighting the hopelessness that is creeping into the edges of her heart as she learns more about the corruption that has devoured their lives. As Hunter and Kate forge a strong and unique relationship it becomes clear that their love is something that the bureaucracy never expected, and that Hunter's father will do whatever he can to destroy it. Hunter believes he must sacrifice love in order to teach Kate that the world's deadliest weapon is her. Hunter and Kate will have to find the strength to rise above a deception that is so great, even the ones who created it don't realize its depth.

In Between Seasons is a new kind of post-apocalyptic novel, one that focuses on the characters and uses the lack of understanding of a corrupt world as the backdrop to shape them into who they are as people.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14624929-in-between-seasons

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-between-seasons-cassandra-giovanni/1110616858?ean=2940014371537http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1477413685?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1477413685&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2

 "What were you thinking when Trevor had that gun to your head?”
“That I was going to die.” I said sounding too sarcastic to actually cover up that I was thinking something much different.
“Well, I know that…but when you heard him start to pull the trigger your face changed. I watched it as I pulled the trigger on him.” He said his body still tense against mine.
“I was thinking why the hell you hadn’t saved me yet.”
“Sure you were. That’s not what I saw in your face.” He noted as his body relaxed.
I turned to look at him again and our faces were barely an inch apart. “Then you know what I was thinking, so why are you asking?"

About the author:

Cassandra doesn't remember a time when she wasn't writing. In fact, the first time she was published was when she was seven years old and won a contest to be published in an American Girl Doll novel. Since then Cassandra has written more novels than she can count and put just as many in the circular bin. Her personal goal with her writing is to show the reader the character's stories through their dialogue and actions instead of just telling the reader what is happening. In 2012 she became a published Young Adult author, releasing In Between Seasons (The Fall, #1) and the Amazon bestselling thriller, Walking in the Shadows. In 2013 she branched out by using her artistic illustrating talents to publish her first Children's novel, The Adventures of Skippy Von Flippy: Tales of Friendship (Skippy Tales, #1). Cassandra released her first New Adult novel, Love Exactly, which became a Amazon Bestseller overnight in June of 2013. She's currently working on her new New Adult Contemporary Romance, Beautifully Flawed. The first novel in the series, Flawed Perfection is scheduled to be published on March 7, 2014.

Besides being a writer, Cassandra is a professional photographer known for her automotive, nature and architectural shots. She is the owner of Gio Design Studios Photography and Gio Design Studios Publication Marketing . She is currently studying to receive a degree in Marketing. Cassandra is happily married to the man of her dreams and they live in the rolling hills of New England with the other loves of her life their dogs, Bubski and Kanga.

Cassandra can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cassiegiovanni




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10 comments:

  1. This book makes me want to fan myself. Thanks for the giveaway!

    My TT

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  2. OMG so many teasers! Love the one from In Bed With Mr Wrong! Love the Brazens!

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  3. I know about these three books! I did a post about their sale. Wow, it seems so long ago, but it really wasn't, wow! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  4. wow awesome thanks for the giveaway!!

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  5. Thank you for the amazing giveaway!

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  6. That's a lot of teasers and great ones too! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  7. Oh wow! Such great teasers. And a giveaway too. Thanks so much for sharing.
    Here's my teaser
    http://fuonlyknew.com/2014/01/14/teaser-tuesdays-53-ethereal-fury-gemini-rising-1/

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  8. Congrats on 3 yrs!! And thanks for the great giveaways!! :)

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