Release Blitz - Release by Aly Martinez

"I couldn't put it down! The incredible premise and the tension will keep you turning the pages until dawn." -Sarina Bowen, USA Today bestselling author

Release, an all-new powerful and emotional standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez, is available now!

Growing up, Ramsey Stewart branded my soul in ways time could never heal.

At twelve, he asked me to be his girlfriend.

At thirteen, he gave me my first kiss.

By sixteen, we’d fallen in love, planned a future together, and had our eyes set on the horizon.

Love never fails, right?

But for Ramsey, it did.

Love failed him.

I failed him.

The entire world failed him.

At seventeen, Ramsey was convicted of killing the boy who assaulted me.

Move on,he wrote in his first and only letter from prison.

Start a new life, he urged.

I don’t love you anymore, he lied.

There was no such thing as giving up on Ramsey. Love may have been our curse, but he was mine—then, now, and forever.

So here I am, twelve long years later, waiting for a man I don't even know to emerge from between the chain link gates.

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About Aly

Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her husband and four young children.

Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and olives. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.

She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.

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Book Review -- Hush Hush by Lucia Franco

Lucia Franco is the Queen of controversial reads! Despite its taboo aspects, Hush Hush, ended up being sweeter than I thought it would be. 

Aubrey/Valentina is an interesting complex heroine just like I like them, she's sexually liberated and is ok with having one night stands and having sex just for the pleasure. And no friend is there to call her a slut or to be the judge counterpart I found that really refreshing. 

I loved how she found love when she really didn't expect it or even looked for it. The age gap and the twist really added to it, I really wondered how it could work out until the very end. Very stressful !

Some things made me uncomfortable at first, there's drug use and there is a theme of sex work but honestly it's just because I'm not used to this in this genre and i'm not gonna lie I wish authors would be more daring. It doesn't hurt to step out of our reading zone from time to time. 

Also the H James was very sexy, I loved his connection with the heroine, their chemistry was amazing from their first moment I knew they would be super hot together.

Hush, Hush so far is one of my favorite 2019, I didn't read many books this year not as much as in 2018 and I missed that feeling when you anticipate a book release and can't stop reading and steal some moment at work to do it. 

5 stars

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Cover Reveal : Hush Hush by Lucia Franco

I'm so excited for this new book. Lucia Franco say that it's her favorite she's ever written. It's going to be amazing, I just know it. I loved reading about the her experience writing this book, it came so fast and naturally. I can't wait to read it and share my thoughts with you. You can already pre-order the book using the amazon links below. 

Title: Hush Hush

Author: Lucia Franco

Genre: New Adult College/Erotic Romance
Cover Design: Okay Creations
Photo: Regina Wamba
Model: Hannah Peltier

Release Date: August 14, 2019

Blurb

I knew the rules.

Never reveal my true identity.

Play the game, give the illusion.

Don’t get close to the clients.

The dark and glamorous lifestyle of the rich and shameless open my eyes to a lavish world of sin and wealth, and a man I can’t have.

A man I desperately want—James Riviera.

We're treading a fine line as we live the ultimate double life until we make a startling discovery that tests both our loyalties.

I only had to follow the rules, but rules are meant to be broken.

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Author Bio

A competitive athlete for over ten years, Lucia Franco currently resides in sunny South Florida with her husband and two boys. Paranormal romance was her first love, but she has a soft spot in her heart for small-town and reunion romance stories.

When Lucia is not hard at work on her next novel, you can find her relaxing with her toes in the sand at a nearby beach.

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Book Review -- Forbidden by Time by Negeen Papehn

I can't believe this is the end. This series is so important to me, I remember when I couldn't stop reading the first book even to sleep, and when I was in a major book slump and the second book got me out of it. 

This one follows Bita story, it's funny because I usually dread when a character I disliked in a series end up getting their books. Bita frustrated me so much in Forbidden by Faith when she didn't support Maziar and Sara that I thought it would be hard to get into her book. I was so wrong !

Bita and Ramtin are so good together, their chemistry,their passion and their connection is EVERYTHING I wish it would be when I read the blurb. Everything happened organically between them, they felt good together, couldn't help but be around each other and it deepened their connection until it became impossible to deny their powerful attraction. I love that even though I knew they would happened i felt every single thing, it was like I was Bita and i couldn't help but feel frustrated when Ramtin took a step back, her joy everytime she felt that something was happening between them. Until their very first kiss I could feel the uncertainty. 

With age gap in relationships the difficulty is to not feel the bittersweetness because the older person has more experience and in this case Ramtin is divorced and has two daughters and a very present ex-wife. It's not the same feeling when you have a young couple that get to live their firsts together but Ramtin and Bita's love never felt tainted by their age difference or by the obstacles they had to face. 
I felt the excitation of their blossoming love even if they were hiding; and when their secret was discovered I firmly believed they could overcome her family's disapproval. When the topic of children came I felt Ramtin's conflicted stance it didn't cheapen his love for Bita.

I can't believe it's over, I'm certainly not ready to say goodbye to these characters. You won't regret reading this series, love stories are universal but reading about other cultures and perspective is definitely important. I may not be from Iran but the topic addressed, the sense of community and the cultural and generational clash is something I could totally relate to and it felt GREAT to be able to connect more with the characters. 

FIVE STARS !

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Review - Forbidden by Destiny by Negeen Papehn

Nothing is better than this feeling, when you read the first pages of a book and you just know it will consume you. 

I don't want to give anything away, because this book can stand alone but it's still part of a bigger arc. I think you won't be able to appreciate the depth of this story unless you've read the first book. You need to experience the love triangle between Sara, Maziar and Ben to truly get what is at stake when Leyla, Sara's best friend and Ben Sara's ex-boyfriend fall for each other. 

I for example felt my heart breaking for both Sara and Leyla because the author did an amazing job at portraying a meaningful, solid friendship between two girls in their twenties. I also could understand how conflicting the situation was for Leyla because of Negeen Papehn stellar character development. In theory the choice between a man and your closest girlfriend is easily made but I got Leyla, this was not just lust it was a once in a lifetime love, a love she never felt, a love she never dreamed of feeling. 

What I love the most about Papehn is the fact that you can tell that each of the books of this series is written with passion and that it's not just another book to sell to eager readers.He stories are never predictable, she writes about heavy subjects and it's not always easy to read but it's also never gratuitous, everything on her characters journeys happen for a reason. 

As a french girl whose parents are first generation of immigrants I felt truly connected to this cast of characters and their family dynamic. I'm not Iranian but I felt the story was authentic and resonated with my own experience. 

When I finished reading Forbidden by Destiny I became a fan of her work, I can't wait to get my copy of Forbidden by Time, the next book of the Forbidden Love series.

This is an arc I was generously offered in exchanged of a honest review but I want you guys to know that I loved it so much that I'm gonna buy my own copy on February 19th. 

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