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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

✯COVER REVEAL:✯ Lovers Dance Series by Deanna Roy {GIVEAWAY!}





Book 1 – Forbidden Dance

Release Date: March 28th 2017 by Casey Shay Press
Pages: 344
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Shy tender Livia has always been sheltered from the vulgar world of technology, television, and social media. At nineteen, she knows little of life beyond her immediate family, church, and the Dreamcatcher Dance Academy, where she studies ballet and assists a teacher with a group of spunky, beautiful dance students in wheelchairs.

Then comes Blitz Craven, the disgraced star of Dance Blitz, a bawdy, often-censored reality show where Blitz sleeps with as many dancers as possible under the guise of finding his perfect partner. His connections lead him to Livia, where the wheelchair ballerinas are his ticket back into the public’s good graces.

Blitz takes one look at the sweet talented Livia and he wants her. But Livia isn’t as naive as she seems, and her biggest, most tender secret is not going to be unraveled by a sexy muscled dancer who stands for everything she’s ever guarded herself against.


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AUTHOR BIO:

Deanna Roy is the six-time USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and women's fiction. She is a passionate advocate for women who have lost babies. She has several books on the subject, including her bestseller FOREVER INNOCENT, a romance about a couple whose baby is taken off life support at seven days old. She has run the website PregnancyLoss.Info for fifteen years, including many large spin-off support groups both online and in person. To learn about new releases, sign up for her subscriber list at http://deannaroy.com/news. She has regular giveaways in conjunction with major pregnancy loss events. 

{GIVEAWAY!}



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Thursday, July 30, 2015

✯BOOK BLITZ✯: Forever Bound by Deanna Roy {EXCERPT + GUEST POST + GIVEAWAY!}





Forever Bound by Deanna Roy

Release Date: July 28th 2015 by Casey Shay Press
Pages: 300
Genres: New Adult, Romance

A new full-length standalone romance from the USA Today bestselling romance series

Jenny is a girlfriend-for-hire, the platonic kind. 

While under contract with her movie director boyfriend, glamour has ruled. Designer gowns. Red-carpet premieres. And, of course, seeing her face in the tabloids.

She loves tabloids.

But her reign has come to an end. Her sugar daddy has fallen in love -- with someone else. Her contract is over and tonight she has to end it publicly by making sure the paparazzi "catches" her with another man.

She just has to find the man.

Chance has been hitchhiking across the US, playing and singing for tips. This is the life he's always imagined, and the farther he gets from his disastrous family in Tennessee, the better he feels.

An unexpected invitation to sing with an indie blues group at a movie premiere party gives him a sweet taste of fame. As a bonus, a beautiful girl with pink dreadlocks only has eyes for him.

But the collision between Jenny and Chance is more emotional and intense than either of them expected. When the scandal hits the news, Chance's family finds him, pushing him to come home and face his demons. 

The night has even more consequences for Jenny. She needs to find Chance, but nobody knows anything about him, not even his last name.

Her journey takes her across the country and into the disaster Chance is running from. But she can't give up on him, because what neither of them realized is that sometimes a single night can be the beginning of forever.


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{GUEST POST}

The Song Behind the Book Forever Bound

I was DUMBSTRUCK when I first read the words to my friend Brad Whittington's song "Forever."

There ain't nothing you can say

To make me turn away

There ain't nothing you can do

To make me take my love away from you

Because I said forever

And that's just what I'm gonna to do


I couldn't have imagined a song that better fit the theme of my Forever series. All the books have couples struggling to find their forever loves, and the newest novel in the series, Forever Bound, was definitely no different.

Chance is a singer/songwriter hitchhiking across the US for tips. Jenny has just been let out of her contract as a girlfriend-for-hire. Their collision is supposed to be a one-night stand. But it becomes something so much more.

Chance writes a lot of songs in the novel, courtesy of Brad's talented lyrics, and I was thrilled when both Brad and his don Daniel recorded acoustic and full-band versions of the song.

So go give them a listen!


{EXCERPT}


The guy I’d been watching walked over to the mike and said, “Hello, I’m Chance, and Paul here has kindly invited this Tennessee boy up to do a number.”

His name was Chance.

“Yeah!” Paul bellowed. He lifted his guitar strap over his head and handed it to Chance.
I made it to the base of the stage, where the crowd had left a gap in its disinterest. I wondered if my boy choice was doing to get their attention, or if he would be terrible.
I was rooting for him.

The band crashed into the opening licks, and when Chance started singing, I wanted to laugh out loud with giddiness. His voice was pure magic, deep and edgy.

He moved across stage like a fury, all energy and muscle. I was so close I could feel the wood floor shifting under his feet. His fingers squeezed the guitar in a steady grip. I was mesmerized by every movement. I could already see how his skilled hands would work on me.

I was hooked.

The song rollicked along for another chorus, then Chance brought them to a strong stop with a motion of his hand.

That’s when he saw me.

He froze a second, as if he couldn’t believe I was so close after he’d searched for me for so long. His smile spread to a wide grin. I’m sure my panties would have gone flying, if I’d been wearing any.

AUTHOR BIO:

Deanna Roy is the five-time USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and women's fiction.

She is a passionate advocate for women who have lost babies. She has several books on the subject, including her bestseller FOREVER INNOCENT, a romance about a couple whose baby is taken off life support at seven days old.

She has run the website PregnancyLoss.Info for fifteen years, including many large spin-off support groups both online and in person.
To learn about new releases, sign up for her subscriber list at http://deannaroy.com/news. She has regular giveaways in conjunction with major pregnancy loss events. 


{GIVEAWAY!}



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Monday, February 24, 2014

Review: Forever Loved (The Forever Series #2) by Deanna Roy

Forever Loved 
by Deanna Roy
Released Date: Published January 10th 2014 by Casey Shay Press 
Series: The Forever Series #2
Pages: 275
View/Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N

The much-anticipated sequel to the Top 10 bestselling new adult romance Forever Innocent.

“How do I tell the woman I love that I fathered a son with a prostitute?”

After four long years of separation, Gavin has finally reunited with his childhood love Corabelle. She’s forgiven him for leaving her during the funeral of their seven-day-old baby, and also for where he ended up — in Mexico to get a vasectomy.

But a message from Rosa, a prostitute he met the day of his surgery, brings his life to a crashing halt. She claims Gavin has fathered a son, now three years old and living with her cousin in Ensenada. He doesn’t know if he can trust Rosa, who never mentioned the boy before, or if his delicate reconciliation with Corabelle can withstand the shock if it is true.

Corabelle believes their future together is the right thing despite their past. But when she learns of this other child, the one thing she lost long ago and might never have again with Gavin, Corabelle’s faith that her life will ever follow her old dream is shattered. To make things right for Gavin and his son, she just might have to let go of the only person she always believed would be her forever love.

(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)

My Review:

This book was very unexpected, I really liked the first book and I was excited to read it after finding out that there was going to be a continuation of the first novel. From the characters, to the plot, Deanna Roy did a good job once again bringing an interesting yet realistic story. Forever Loved picks up right where we are left of in Forever Innocent, Corabelle is in the hospital yet again after attempting suicide, and Gavin is right there to take care of her. But not everyone is happy, Corabelle's parents are outraged at Gavin and want him away from their daughter. Not having the best relationship in the past, Corabelle's father still hasn't fully forgiven Gavin for leaving his daughter after the death of their newborn baby. Now since they're together, Gavin has to prove himself worthy of Corabelle's love and prove that he is going to be there for her no matter what. But things don't always end up going the way they are planned, after receiving a message from Rosa, a prostitute that he met while he was in Mexico. She claims Gavin is the father of her son and that he needs to help her get him back. Now the real story begins with Gavin struggling to keep his relationship with Corabelle and his deciding of whether the son that Rosa claims is his will be part of his life or not. 

I really enjoyed reading this book, Deanna Roy added different elements to the story to keep one reading until the very end. It's intriguing and I found myself torned with Corabelle's decisions sometimes. She clearly has been through a lot, but attempting suicide might not have been the best way to solve her problems. In contrast, Gavin tries to make things better for them as a couple, and he was the one character that I really liked in the book. The whole plot seems to be more about his life and what he does, that we don't see a lot Corabelle. Overall, the plot was great, and the writing flowed very well. I wasn't expecting the ending to end the way it did, and I'm still having mixed feelings about it. But I recommend everyone to read both books, they deal with a lot of topics that are well introduced and explained that makes them good young adult novels. 

*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*



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Monday, September 30, 2013

Review: Forever Innocent by Deanna Roy

Forever Innocent

by Deanna Roy
Released Date: Published September 26th 2013 by Casey Shay Press
Pages: 288
View/Purchase: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N

"Our baby died on prom night, and nothing was ever the same again."

Corabelle doesn’t feel like any of the other college girls. On what should have been one of the happiest nights of her life, she and her boyfriend Gavin watched a nurse disconnect the ventilator from their seven-day-old baby. During the funeral two days later, Gavin walked out and never returned.

Since then, her life has been a spiral of disasters. The only thing that has helped is her ability to black out whenever the pain gets too hard to bear, a habit that has become an addiction.

When Gavin shows up in her astronomy class four years later, he is hell-bent on getting her back, insisting she forgive him. Corabelle knows she can’t resist the touch that fills the empty ache that has haunted her since he left. But if he learns what she has done, if he follows the trail back through her past, her secrets will destroy their love completely. And once again, she’ll lose the only person who always believed she was innocent.

(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)

My Review:

"Our baby died on prom night, and nothing was ever the same again."

I really enjoyed reading Forever Innocent, it's definitely a story of hope and new beginnings. Deanna Roy does a marvelous job describing the struggles that both Corabelle and Gavin go through while trying to cope with the death of their baby. 

Losing their seven-day old baby wasn't easy for them to take, both of them were young when everything happened and right after the funeral, Gavin walked out on Corabelle, leaving her behind to pick up the pieces while he destroyed his future. Now four years later, they are reunited in San Diego California when they both decide to take astronomy at UCSD. Corabelle was not expecting to see Gavin again, after all those years of spiraling events happening to her, she never expected to see the guy she ever loved in her class again. She feels angry to see him and blames him for leaving her alone to deal with Finn's death. 

At the same time, Gavin is equally shocked to see Corabelle in the same class. After all those years trying to forget and move on. He finds himself thinking back at all the memories that they both had before the death of their son. He also finds himself wanting her again after everything that happened, and this time around he is determined to get her back. 

They both hide secrets that could potentially hurt one another, and it is because of these secrets that they can't seem to move on from their past. They both haven't forgiving themselves of happened to their son and as they start to spend time together did they see just how much they are in need of each other to move on. After reading this book, I felt connected with the characters and their struggles. They go through emotional roller coasters that made them stronger, and both grow to accept the past and hope for a better future. Overall, the story was beautifully written, and the setting was just perfect. I'm not just saying that because I've been to UCSD, but because it really fits. Everything comes full circle in the end and although there is going to be a sequel to this book, I didn't feel that their was a cliffhanger at the end. It just ends with a sign of hope and a new future for them. I recommend everyone to give this book a try, it has a good message behind it that will leave you wanting for more. 

ARC provided by Netgalley

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