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Book Blitz: Don't Speak by Katy Regnery PLUS Excerpt and Giveaway

Today we're featuring DON'T SPEAK by Katy Regnery. Take a look at this new adult fairy tale romance and don't forget to enter the rafflecopter below!

Don’t Speak
Katy Regnery
(A Modern Fairytale)
Publication date: February 27th 2017
Genres: Fairy Tales, New Adult, Romance

From New York Times bestseller Katy Regnery comes a new twist on a beloved fairytale.
A fisherman’s daughter.
The governor’s son.
Two very different worlds.
In this modern retelling of The Little Mermaid, a fisherman’s daughter from an Outer Banks island untouched by time, meets the son of North Carolina’s governor at a fancy party where she’s working.
Laire, who wants so much more from life than her little island can offer, is swept away by wealthy, sophisticated Erik, who is, in turn, entranced by her naiveté and charm. The two spend a whirlwind summer together that ends on the knife-point of heartbreak and forces them to go their separate ways.
Years later, when fate leads them back to one another, they will discover the terrifying depth of the secrets they kept from each other, and learn that shattered hearts can only be healed by a love that willfully refuses to die.
All novels Katy Regnery’s ~a modern fairytale~ collection are written as fundraisers. 10% of the e-book sales for in March and April 2017 will be donated to P.E.O. International, a non-profit organization that celebrates the advancement of women, awards scholarships and grants, and provides motivation for women to make their dreams come true.
**Contemporary Romance. Due to profanity, adult themes and very strong sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.**
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Don’t Speak is part of the ~a modern fairytale~ collection, which includes six standalone, completely unrelated novels inspired by beloved fairy tales:
The Vixen and the Vet (Beauty & the Beast) – available now

Never Let You Go (Hansel & Gretel) – available now

Ginger’s Heart (Little Red Riding Hood) – available now

Dark Sexy Knight (Camelot) – available now

Don’t Speak (The Little Mermaid) – available soon

Swan Song (The Ugly Duckling) – available late-2017
Love my fairytales? I’m always open to suggestions! E-mail me your favorite and maybe I’ll reimagine it for you!

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EXCERPT:

“Hey!”

She heard his voice before she saw him.
Had she known the ultimate cost of that simple glance heavenward, maybe she wouldn’t have stopped. Maybe she would have just kept on walking with her head down. But fate held no warnings for Laire Maiden Cornish.
Shielding her eyes, she looked up at a deck wrapped around the second floor of the mansion, waiting a moment for her eyes to adjust as he came into view.
There, in the glittering sunlight . . . a boy.
No, a man.
A young man, a little older than she, tall and muscular, with jet-black hair and a square jaw, dark brown eyes, and a deep tan. He wore a robin’s-egg blue bathing suit with Kelly green palm fronds in a small repeat and a pair of sunglasses buried in his thick hair. In one hand, he held a phone up to his ear, and in the other, he slowly swirled a glass filled with ice and clear liquid. He stared out at the sound, concentrating on his call.
“Hey!” he yelled. “Can you hear me now?” He huffed with annoyance, pulling the phone away from his ear and squinting at it before trying again. “Pete? It’s Erik. Can you hear me?” He set the glass down on the balcony’s wooden railing and gave his phone his full attention. Staring down at it, he muttered, “Shit. No reception.”
It’s Erik.
Erik.
His name is Erik.
Feeling a sharp burn in her lungs, Laire realized she’d been holding her breath and sucked in a huge gulp of air as she stared up at him, frozen in the moment, utterly mesmerized.
She had never seen a more perfect, more handsome person in her entire life.
The sun glinted off his dark hair and wrapped his body in gold, making him appear godlike so very far above her. Were she the type to swoon, Laire imagined she would have been a puddle of goopy longing on the ground below him, content to sacrifice her pride for a glimpse at his beauty.

Author Bio:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Regnery started her writing career by enrolling in a short story class in January 2012. One year later, she signed her first contract and Katy’s first novel was published in September 2013.
Twenty-five books later, Katy claims authorship of the multi-titled, New York Times and USA Today Blueberry Lane Series, which follows the English, Winslow, Rousseau, Story, and Ambler families of Philadelphia; the six-book, bestselling ~a modern fairytale~ series; and several other standalone novels and novellas.
Katy’s first modern fairytale romance, The Vixen and the Vet, was nominated for a RITA® in 2015 and won the 2015 Kindle Book Award for romance. Katy’s boxed set, The English Brothers Boxed Set, Books #1–4, hit the USA Today bestseller list in 2015, and her Christmas story, Marrying Mr. English, appeared on the list a week later. In May 2016, Katy’s Blueberry Lane collection, The Winslow Brothers Boxed Set, Books #1-4, became a New York Times E-book bestseller.
In 2016, Katy signed a print-only agreement with Spencerhill Press. As a result, her Blueberry Lane paperback books will now be distributed to brick and mortar bookstores all over the United States.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, two dogs, and one Blue Tonkinese kitten create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home.

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Book Release: Dawn on the Road by Lea Waterhouse PLUS Excerpt

Today marks the release of DAWN ON THE ROAD by Lea Waterhouse. Check out this young adult contemporary novel.

Dawn on the Road
by Lea Waterhouse


She’s here for the ride. For the road. For inspiration.

Dawn dreams of adventure, inspiration, and to feel something deeper. She’s certain that art will be the catalyst for these goals, except that the adults around her think she’s not being realistic. When Justin returns to her life the summer before her senior year, he convinces her to find inspiration on the road. Now she’s off, perched on the back of his motorcycle, heading up the coast to a preview weekend at an art school.

It isn’t long before Dawn realizes Justin’s view of inspiration is quite different than hers. He believes it comes from a God she was taught absolutely does not exist.

On the road, maybe she’ll find a friendship renewed. Maybe art. Maybe even love. Or perhaps she’ll find all three wrapped up in a different kind of inspiration, but only if Dawn can break from her upbringing, open her heart, and figure out what she believes.

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We were back on the road early, since we needed to make serious mileage if we were going to make it in time. That meant watching the sunrise over lush forests from the back of the motorcycle. Chilly morning air whipping my skin.

As excited as I was for the school tour and portfolio discussion, I was also looking forward to a leisurely ride back. We could take our time. Justin and I could continue all our wonderful philosophical discussions. We could see more gorgeous, natural places. I would spend hours on the back of the motorcycle with my arms wrapped around him. Maybe I would even dig deeper on all this religion stuff. I had to admit I was getting a little curious.

About the Author

Lea Waterhouse is a lover of words, wilderness, and roads to anywhere. She graduated from Vanguard University of Southern California with a major in English and minor in Religion. Other than writing, her passions are reading (of course!), traveling (by plane, motorcycle, car, boat, train…anything!), and viewing beautiful art.

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Book Blitz: All it Takes by Clare Dugmore

I’m thrilled to announce Clare Dugmore’s dual-POV
contemporary romance ALL IT TAKES is out now, exclusively on Amazon Kindle, and
in paperback.

Title: All It
Takes

Author: Clare
Dugmore

Genre: Romance

Release Date:
February 14, 2017

Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing

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Description:

All It Takes is one night to change the rest of their lives.

Graduating Uni, travelling Europe and buying her own place –

these are on Megan Green’s to-do list.

At just twenty-two, becoming a mother isn’t.

Fast cars, expensive clothes and bedding a different women

every night – this is how Kian Murphy spends his time when not in the MMA ring.

Pre-natal scans and birthing classes are not on his agenda.

After a chance meeting and passionate encounter, Megan finds

herself pregnant with Kian’s child. But with a womanizing reputation, and a

temper that often leads him into trouble, Kian is hardly boyfriend material,

let alone father material.

Now Megan and Kian must work out if they have All It Takes to

turn their one-night-stand into a relationship that will connect them for a

life-time.

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All It Takes is a dual-POV new-adult, contemporary-romance

about responsibility, love and discovering who you are in life.

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