BLOG & REVIEW TOUR: DANTE’S FIRE by Jennifer Probst @jenniferprobst

DANTE’S FIRE by Jennifer Probst

August 26th, 2014

BOOK SUMMARY:

It’s Time To Meet A New Kind Of Hero...

Dante Stark has a dark secret--a legacy left to him by his father which is both a blessing and a curse. A traumatic experience as a small boy gave him special powers of healing, but it comes with a price. Destined to wander the world alone to heal others, he's accepted his fate. Until Selina Rogers forces him to confront his deepest fears, erotic desires, and question his capacity to love.

Selina Rogers has made a name for herself at Inferno Enterprises. She's tough, confident and prepared to succeed. She's also built a world she believes is safe, until she's attacked and then saved by a masked stranger. As he helps her heal physically and emotionally, she becomes fascinated by his overwhelming power and gentle touch. Determined to show Dante the love he's been denying himself, Selina surrenders her heart, and dreams of a future with the mysterious man who completes her.

But will his dark legacy destroy them...or save them both...

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REVIEW BY 
KIMBERLY IBARRA BOOK OBSESSIVE

This is my review for Dante's Fire:

I really enjoyed this book. It had just the right amount of mystery mixed with romance that it kept me flipping through the pages to find out what was going to happen next. Seriously, in the beginning I was almost dying to know what was so wrong with Dante, or should I say Daniel, that he couldn't be with anyone. However, it was worth the wait. I had never really read a story such as this one and I have to say it was pretty good. I really liked how, not only the characters, but the plot developed as well. I give 4 out of 5 stars total and really recommend that people read it.

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My review:

It started off a bit slow, and I had to force myself to go on further. You have to give this book a chance. It picks up eventually. A relationship is formed in the strangest way between the 2 main characters, and you cant help But live Dan/Dante. He has the soft caring side, and does normal things that you would not expect of a billionaire. 

You prepare yourself for the book to end, and you don't expect there to be a second book. But Jennifer Probst slams you with a surprise in the end. One I was not expecting, seeing as this possibility was mentioned in the book but was shut down by Dante.

I am interested to see where she will take this story, and give this book a 3/5 Stars.

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NADIA DEBOWSKA-STEPHENS

4 star paranormal romance review

**received from Obsessed by books for an honest review**

Dante/Daniel, the woman saving super hero by night/mail man by day. He has the gift of fire to mark any man that threatens a woman and an awareness of when someone is in need of him. He is a tender but strong alpha male with a tragic past.

Selina is an ambitious and strong woman, raised in foster care and now very successful. Her world enters a tail spin when she is attacked.

A masked man saves her, protects her and her feelings quickly develop into more than lust. He becomes the light at the end of the tunnel, comforting her and soothing her nightmares.She grows to need him to pick up the pieces and overcome her fears. Through helping her he comes to terms with his own past and they fall in love. They have the whole superhero issue to deal with and the fact that she is torn between his alter ego before she finds out his secret.

With heat literally sizzling between the two main characters the plot isn't as dark as it first seems. It is very well written, emotional and chemistry filled love story. As an introduction to this author I am excited to read more. 

Author Information

Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a master’s in English Literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again.

She makes her home in Upstate New York with the whole crew. Her sons keep her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean.

She is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain, was ranked #6 on Amazon's Best Books for 2012. She loves hearing from readers. Visit her website for updates on new releases and her street team at www.jenniferprobst.com.

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HAPPY RELEASE to DAMAGED GOODS by NYT Bestselling Author Nicole Williams @nwilliamsbooks

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DAMAGED GOODS

by NYT Bestselling Author Nicole Williams

The Outsider Chronicles, #2

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New Adult/Adult Contemporary

Release: September 9, 2014

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When Liv Bennett said good-bye to her sinkhole of a hometown, she planned to leave that chapter of her life behind forever. But forever turned out to only be three years.

After her addict of a mother up and disappears, Liv returns to what she considers her own personal hell smack in the middle of nowhere Nevada to take care of her two younger sisters, and she promptly reinstitutes the golden rule that got her through her first nineteen years of life without getting knocked up, roughed up, or messed up: don’t date the local boys and, god forbid, don’t fall in love with one of them.

It isn’t long before that golden rule is put to the test.

Will Goods grew up in the next trailer over, but the wild, careless boy who used to tear up the town with his three brothers has morphed into someone else so completely, he’s almost unrecognizable. The quiet, contemplative man who works on cars every night and takes care of his mentally ill mother every day is nothing like the local boys Liv grew up avoiding.

But when Liv considers suspending her golden rule just this once, she finds out something about Will that will change everything.

Will Goods isn’t who he used to be—he’s not even the man Liv thinks she’s gotten to know over the summer. He’s become someone else entirely.

He’s become . . .

Damaged Goods.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18487371-damaged-goods

About the Author

I’m the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the CRASH series (HarperTeen, S&S UK), LOST & FOUND series, UP IN FLAMES (S&S UK), The EDEN TRILOGY, and a handful of others. I write stories about everyday kinds of people who find themselves in extraordinary kinds of situations. I tell love stories with happy endings because I believe in making the world a better place, and that’s one tiny way I can make it so. I’m one of those people who still believe in true love and soul mates, and would rather keep my head in the clouds any day over having my feet firmly on the ground.

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Congrats on your release Kendall Ryan: All or Nothing by Kendall Ryan @KendallRyan1

You’ve met Ben Shaw. Now meet Braydon Kincaid, the devil-may-care male model who nearly stole the show in Working It by New York Times bestselling author Kendall Ryan.

As one of the world’s most sought-after male models, Braydon is no stranger to the finer pleasures in life. The last thing he wants to do is limit himself, especially when it comes to women. His best friend, Ben, might’ve settled down, but Braydon doesn’t want to waste his youth on the messy complications of commitment. He wants fun. He wants easy.

Ellie isn’t looking for a casual relationship, but her tough and sassy personality instantly attracts Braydon, who proposes a “friends with benefits” arrangement. Unable to resist the powerful pull of the charming bad boy, Ellie eventually relents, though she longs for all-consuming love.

As the two spend more time together, Ellie soon realizes that Braydon’s posing skills extend off the runway. His carefully crafted façade masks a secret hurt that he’s reluctant to share with Ellie, even as they embark on a passionate affair that sends them hurtling toward a fate neither expected. Can Ellie risk her heart while she waits for Braydon to let her in, or will she be forced to demand all or nothing?

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A story of heart-stopping, toe-curling passion by the beloved bestselling author of Hard to Love, Resisting Her, and The Impact of You.

Straight-laced and well-mannered southerner Emmy Clarke is out of her depth in New York City’s fashion world, but when she lands a job as an assistant at a modeling agency it seems like the perfect mix of business and pleasure. Working under the notoriously tyrannical Fiona Stone is a nightmare, but there’s one distinct perk: ogling the ridiculously hot male models who parade through the office—particularly rising star Ben Shaw.

Ben is everything Emmy’s not: exquisitely gorgeous, highly paid, and well-traveled. He’s also got more issues than Vogue. Emmy looks after Ben on photo shoots, but she refuses to become another one of his lusting groupies. Ben finds Emmy’s refreshingly real attitude to be surprisingly attractive.

Against a backdrop of the most fashionable cities in the world, casual flirting turns into an illicit affair, but when Ben’s twisted past is revealed, and the bitter Fiona catches wind of their relationship, their careers and hearts are threatened.

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Emmy Clarke is no quitter. Toughened by her experience working for fashion heavyweight Fiona Stone, Emmy has come a long way from her country girl roots, embracing her fast-paced and unpredictable life in New York City.

Though that life comes with more than a few complications.

First there’s the mystery of Fiona’s pregnancy, which may or may not involve Emmy’s boyfriend, superstar male model Ben Shaw. Emmy has always known that Ben comes with more baggage than she can handle—and not the Louis Vuitton kind. Yet Ben is the only man who has ever loved Emmy for who she is, and she wants nothing more than to do the same for him, even if it means forgiving his past and overlooking their wildly different lifestyles.

But when a shocking secret from Ben’s past comes to light, unraveling all of their progress, Emmy must decide if their relationship is worth the fight, or if it’s time to ignore her passion for him and let go.

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 Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including Hard to Love, Unravel Me, Resisting Her and When I Break.

She's a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. She lives in Minneapolis with her adorable husband and two baby sons, and enjoys hiking, being active, and reading.

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BLOG & REVIEW TOUR: The Replacement & The Prisoner by Rachael Wade @RachaelWade

The Replacement & The Prisoner by Rachael Wade
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Synopsis for The Replacement (January 24th 2014):

*Contains sexually explicit content and mature subject matter, including language and elements of abuse.*

A gritty New Adult drama about a young woman’s self-destructive quest to find purpose, self-worth, and love in a broken world.

My name is Elise Duchamp. I’m twenty-three years old and I’m known as the town whore.

No, not the kind who exchanges sexual favors for money. The other kind. The kind who gives it all away for free, whenever and however she likes. I am that girl. The one everyone whispers about and the one none of the girls seem to like, because all of their boyfriends either want to sleep with me or already have. Promiscuity is my thing—the kind that slowly, violently turns my insides black, but gives me something I need.
All things considered, I’m not completely reckless. I’m safe, and contrary to popular opinion, I do have a heart. I live in a world of careless choices, and with those choices come careless people. I cannot judge them, because I am one of them. I too bow down to the altar of the self-serving. I am not a good friend. I am not and never could be anyone’s girlfriend. I’m convinced any goodness in me shriveled up and died long ago.

But I am a replacement. That is something I know how to be, and this is a story of the lengths I’d go to in order to keep it that way.

REVIEW BY WRENN BLACK BOOK OBSESSIVE

his was a very raw emotional read. Many times people are broken from what they have endured in their lifetime, but they try to hide it. Not Elise, the protagonist, she puts it right out there for all to see, not caring because she doesn’t think she is worthy of anyone's love. She never learned to care because she is so emotionally scarred from her mother's death and her father's emotional and physical abuse. She lashes out to all who try to come close to her the only way she knows how, by using her body. Because she feels no one can love her, she makes it difficult for any of the people in her life to get close, personally sabotaging all who try. One wall after another goes up, as people, especially men try to get close. The main premise involves Elise’s beautiful awakening that she is indeed worthy of someone to be at her side.

Two men in her life love her, Christian and Ryder. Who will win out? No spoilers here, but this book needs to be read to understand how raw emotions can be and how a broken life can be healed.

REVIEW BY NADIA DEBOWSKA-STEPHENS BOOK OBSESSIVE

5 star read "That's all you are, you slut - a replacement" 

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Elise is a whore. She knows it, the town knows it and she doesn't hide it, she has come to uneasy terms with her choices. She is very unlikeable in the traditional sense as she is naturally what most readers of this genre detest - a woman who helps break down marriages by sleeping with men she knows are taken. She doesn't care. It's just sex to her. She isn't looking for redemption. Even when they leave their partners for her she runs...which as a reader makes you shake your head at her!

After a series of dramas with the respective men she is involved with we get flashbacks to her childhood and although it falls a little short to really justify her choices we get to know her a little better and get am inside look into what makes her tick.

Ryder is not your stereotypical alpha male either. Though together they go on a journey of self discovery he helps a broken women morph into someone who feels worthy to be loved. 

The sex scenes are well written and hot. The characters including Tim, Jay and Christian provide moments of frustration, warmth and out right he never did! 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I for one love  the non conventional characters and was rooting for the HEA! 

Synopsis for The Prisoner (July 24th 2014):

***THE PRISONER is a novella (approx. 25,000 words) intended to be read AFTER The Replacement. Contains explicit material and language.***

My name is Christian Walker, and Elise Duchamp is my drug of choice.

No matter how hard I try to break the habit, it’s a lost cause. Okay, maybe I haven’t really tried to quit this particular habit. All I can think about is owning her. Making her mine. Can you really blame me? With that sinful body, luscious mouth, and wicked tongue, she’s every man’s dream, and she knows it.

No one is immune to her charm, not even me, a man who has everything—a beautiful wife, an office with a view, and more money than most people can spend in one lifetime. Only I know how to make her toes curl. Only I know her body better than the other men she screws in her free time. None of them can compare to me.

But the joke is on me. I’m the prisoner.

The one who will never compare to him. The one man who makes me see red. His name is stored in her cell phone. It’s the first one she calls out to, the first one she cries for when all hell breaks loose. Ryder Jacobson.

The name makes me cringe.

She loves him, and I love her. In my own way, I always will. But the bad guy doesn’t always belong with the bad girl. Sometimes the bad girl needs a good man to believe in her, to give her that final push toward ultimate transformation. I wish I was that good man. That I could be her happily ever after. I guess that’s the thing about prisoners, though. They’re left alone with their torment, and in the end, they have no one to blame but themselves.

REVIEW BY WRENN BLACK BOOK OBSESSIVE

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is a companion novella to the book The Replacement that should be read before the Prisoner, to help explain this story.

This novella is written in first person, and is Christian Walkers POV, and I’m so glad the author decided to write about another of the characters in The Replacement.

Christian Walker is the bad boy you love to hate, she cheats on his wife, and he’s pretty much self -centered, but he has a goal.

Christian Walker is stuck in a loveless marriage; he flounders through life with one idea in mind, having the elusive Elise Duchamp by his side forever. He is obsessed with her and though not quite stalkerish, he could easily become so. Although he offers her a life with material things, he is so caught up in himself and what he wants, he cannot give Elise what she needs. Like Elise, Christian also exudes a raw sexuality that comes across as pretty hot. And yes, that bed was burning up! But, Elise needs more than that; she needs someone who will love her unconditionally with a selfless love. Can Christian fill the bill?

This was a great, well-written companion book, and I hope there will be one about Ryder, another hot character in The Replacement!

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/series/132394-the-replacement

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AUTHOR BIO

Rachael Wade is the Amazon bestselling author of The Preservation Series, The Resistance Trilogy, and the upcoming sci-fi series, The Keepers Trilogy. When she’s not writing, she’s busy learning French, watching too many movies, and learning how to protect animals and the environment. Visit her at www.RachaelWade.com and www.LightsOnOutreach.com, or come chat with her on Twitter via @RachaelWade

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CONGRATS ON YOUR RELEASE KEMMIE MICHAELS @KemmieM

IT'S LIVE!!!!!

For Mason, every smile is forced. Every joke represents effort. Bartending stands as a calculated decision to be a regular guy. In spite of his best efforts, life at such an easy pace is painful…because Mason was raised on a diet of crushing adrenaline and fierce, strategical thinking. His time in the Special Forces ended two years prior, but his drive and skill remained the strongest part of his being. When his skills are needed again, Mason wakes up from a two-year haze and rescues the damsel. Mission accomplished. Victory had. …Devastation returns. Mason has no idea how to return to his everyday existence, not after flexing every strength he'd pushed aside. The simple truth is he can't. Balance, he decides, is the key: remain his joke-cracking self with his friends, and indulge in some ass-kicking on the side. Together with Sofia 'Dig' DiGiacamo, Mason plans to eliminate every point of corruption they can uncover. A life of purpose fills him again, but the pressure threatens to rip him painfully apart. The turmoil stirs ugly memories of his Army career, adding an explosive element to his world. Every day he fights corruption, every evening he fights himself. But still, Mason grits his teeth and grins. He's determined to keep his life, love, past, shame, desperate need, and suppressed anger all hidden behind his smiling, regular guy, bartender self. His fight remains an unending circle, and Mason battles on every front.

Mother of Two Boys...

My husband and I are blessed with two amazing young men. They are 9 and 11 right now, and both are on very different parts of the autism spectrum. I’ve learned so much by being their mom and feel pretty lucky to have become a part of a community of loving, understanding people.

If you’d like to meet my oldest son, just watch Big Bang Theory and shake hands with Sheldon. Those two are so similar, straight down to the fake laugh when they recognize something is funny.

My youngest cannot be explained. He’s more of an experience, and a joyful one at that.

Romance Novelist...

I’ve always loved to write. I’ve written for newspapers and magazines, also a host of personal projects. Then in December of 2012 I was reading on my first Kindle, gobbling up romances left and right. That’s when I fell in love with Ethan Blackstone, by the way.

Anyway, I was inspired to sit down and write. Less than one year later I’ve published three books, written another and its sequel novella, and started on two more. As of November of 2013, I’m more than 60k words into those two total. Since I’m sure I won’t update this bio for a long time, you’ll have to rely on my Facebook updates to know what’s going on with Kemmie Michaels romances. There are stalker links on my home page.

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