Congratulations to Our Winner!!

The winner of the FREE Audible of this book......

(Which I cannot WAIT to hear the rest of!  Seriously...his voice is HOT!)

Tami Estes!!!!

You were chosen by Random.org.  Email me at chelleauthorstalker@gmail.com to claim your prize!  

And if you haven't read "Bound' yet, you can pick it up by clicking here.

Congratulations Tami!  And thank you Brenda!

Fun Read For Your Book Bash Travel!

I'll be the first one to admit...I'm on Facebook a little too much these days.  

Ask my kids.  

They can tell you all about the cat that thought the hedgehog was a hairbrush and what Colleen Hoover's kids are probably up to today.  

Granted, I have a blog and am in charge of posting things for the swim team.  But I could stand to step away from Mark Zuckerberg for a few days.  Couldn't we all?  No one's #tbt is going anywhere.

That's one of the reasons I like "Facebook Jeanie" by Addison Westlake.  

Honestly, I wasn't sure what I was going to think of this book.  But it was fun!  It was lighthearted.  It had a nice message about how detached we can become from reality when we let our mobile devices take over.  

As do many of my reads, it wasn't completely problem free.  The ending dragged out a bit. And to me, the epilogue was a little much.  But those issues aren't enough to not recommend it as a fun vacation book.  It's well worth the 99-cents it costs.  You can get it now by clicking here.

I give "Facebook Jeanie" and her lovely message a fun and enjoyable

Well Look What Just Went Live....Just 12 Days Early!

I'll be the first one to admit, I'm not a huge fan of erotica.  

It usually goes one of two ways.  It's either boring and doesn't give me any ideas for the home front anyway.  Or it's so over the top and gross I throw up in my mouth a little.

But Kathryn Perez has this knack for making a book like this interesting.  It's not just porn.  It's a story.  I connected with the characters and I'm DYING to know what happens to them!  Because it isn't just about sex.

Now, don't get me wrong.  The sexy scenes are, in fact, scorching.  But don't you find those scenes so much more exciting when you actually connect with the characters in them?  

Exactly.  Me, too.

"Sex Unlimited:  Volume 1" is the first in a serial series so there is a cliffhanger.  But rest assured, "Sex Unlimited: Volume 2" comes out next month.  So you won't have to wait that long.  In fact, it's already in the works.  And yeah.  It's just as good.

You can pick up "Sex Unlimited:  Volume 1" by clicking here.  

Only 0.99 for the first in a series that so far, because it's not just porn, deserves 

Win an Audible!

Audio books are my new favorite thing.  Why?  Besides the fact that I've gone on quite a few trips lately that require driving, my house also tends to get a lot cleaner when I don't have to keep my book in one hand and cleaning supplies in the other!

That's why I'm so excited about today's giveaway!  Brenda Rothert (remember her from yesterday's review?) is giving away an Audible of her book "Bound", which is the first in the series.  It comes out in just a couple of weeks and you don't want to miss this!!  I've heard a snippet...let's just say, this is exactly how Ryke sounds in my head!

All you have to do to enter is pimp yesterday's blog post.  (Seriously, "Bound" is a freebie...who doesn't want to know about a freebie anyway?  Your friends will thank you!)  Come back here to comment that it's done and you are entered!  Easy peesie!  

And while you wait for the Audible version to come out, you can still get "Bound" for free by clicking here. 

The winner will be chosen early Friday morning.  Good luck!

Not A Sports Fan? You Will Be Now!

Here in Texas, if you aren’t a football fan, you must be from out of state because EVERYONE is a football fan.  Entire communities are known to rally around Friday night high school football games.  Quarterbacks are hailed as heroes in small towns.  JJ Watt is a household name.   (In all fairness, a friend of mine got some video from the first row of him warming up for a game.  A football has never looked sexier.)

And then, my next Diamond, Brenda Rothert enters.

JJ who?  Forget football.  I am now a die-hard hockey fan!!

Ms. Rothert’s first book, “Bound”…just, wow.  I loved this book.  It is not your average hockey stud falling for an everyday girl.  Oh no.  It couldn’t be that easy.

I cried so many times that I lost count.  It was heartbreaking and hopeful, all at the same time.  What a great ride!  Some of the conflicts were a little repetitive and the traumatic parts could have been more gripping, but dang.  The second it was over, I 1-clicked the next book.

While I loved “Bound”, “Captive” was just simply amazing.  There were a couple of timing issues, but they were completely overshadowed by the wonderful story.  This is exactly how I like my characters to end up.  With hope and growth.  To me, “Captive” was perfect.
But of course she wasn’t done yet.  Add “Edge” in to the mix.

Oh my.

“Edge” is still part of the “Fire on Ice” series.  But it’s based on one of the secondary characters we already knew.  Holy smokes…I am loving me some hockey players now!

And lucky us, Ms. Rothert still isn't finished!  The next one, “Drive,” about yet another character, is scheduled to come out next month.  EEKKKK!!!!  I can’t WAIT!

Due to those minor issues I mentioned, I have vacillated between giving this entire series 4 or 5 Diamonds.  However, my excitement over the next installment counts for something, so I’m rounding up.  Get started with "Bound" by clicking here.  It's free, so you have nothing to lose! 

The “Fire on Ice” Series by Brenda Rothert gets a well-deserved

DIAMONDS....We Have A Winner!!

The lucky winner of an e-copy for "Finding Jordie" by HJ Harley (a not sucky book) goes to none other than...

Helen!! 

You were randomly chosen by Random.org.  To claim your prize, make sure to email me at chelleauthorstalker@gmail.com verifying the email address attached to your reading device.

If you didn't win this time, you can always purchase a copy by clicking here.  Guys...it's 99-cents.  Don't tell me it's not worth a shot.

Congratulations Helen!  And thank you again Ms. Harley!

What The Heck Did This Book Just Do To Me???

Lately, I have discovered that I have way too many books on my Kindle app. At some point, the synopsis looked interesting, so I'm not even bothering to look at it before I start reading.  I just dive right in.  That's how  I did it with "Love, Kinsey" by my newest Diamond, Brandy Jeffus Corona.  

WHY DIDN'T I READ THE SYNOPSIS????  I had no idea what I was getting myself into.  And it was brutal.

Synopsis made super short...she's dying and wants to write her legacy so she isn't forgotten.

Yeah.  Giving myself a heads up would have been nice.  I started crying on page 1.  I'm not even close to exaggerating.  I started crying and couldn't stop.  The entire book.

So why in the world am I putting this in the "Beach Read" category?  Two reasons.

1)  The more I do this blog thing, the more I'm finding myself on a schedule but I couldn't wait to tell you about this book.
2)  The length of the chapters.  They are short and to the point.  When your kids say, "Mom!  Come jump in the waves with us!", you can say, "Give me one minute to finish this chapter," and actually  mean one minute.

BUT this one is a gut-wrencher. You will cry.  A lot.  It will be a wonderful cathartic feeling.  And you will love it.  So click here to get it.  You won't regret it.

Brandy Jeffus Corona, you owe me some boxes of tissues for this book that I'm rating a sobbing