ROBsessed Giveaway: We interview Sophie Jackson and give away A Pound of Flesh for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: We interview Sophie Jackson and give away A Pound of Flesh for Fiction Friday!

This week's giveaway should be a treat for many of you because it's coming from a previous fanfic author with a very well known story.



Sophie Jackson wrote the popular fanfiction, A Pound of Flesh, and the story is now being published under the same title! Releasing June 9th, A Pound of Flesh will be the first in a series (details below). We got a chance to interview Sophie about her story, dream casting, Rob (naturally) and more but first let's give you guys a synopsis in case you're a newbie like me:

Haunted by nightmares of her father’s street murder fifteen years ago, Kat Lane decides to face her fears and uphold his legacy of helping others by teaching inmates at a New York prison. 

There she meets arrogant Wesley Carter, who’s as handsome as he is dangerous, as mysterious as he is quick-witted, and with a reputation that ensures people will keep their distance. 

As teacher and student, Kat and Carter are forced to leave their animosities at the door and learn that one should never judge a book by its cover. As Carter’s barriers begin to crumble, Kat realizes there’s much more to her angry student than she thought, leaving them to face a new, perilous obstacle: their undeniable attraction to one another. 

When Carter is released and Kat continues to tutor him on the outside, the obstacles mount. 

Can they fight the odds to make their relationship work? Will Kat’s family and friends ever accept her being with someone of his background? And will Kat’s discovery of Carter’s role on the night her father died force them apart forever...or unite them?

And now our interview with Sophie Jackson!

Congratulations on A Pound of Flesh! I'm a lover of Twilight fanfic but remarkably late to the party for your wildly popular story. You know how you have stories on your TBR list and they just get away from you sometimes? It does however excite me to read the published work without the fanfic bias. I'm starting from scratch so tell me - what inspired you to write a fresh take on the teacher-student trope?

Thanks so much! When I originally got the idea for PoF, I set it in a high school. It was a story about a delinquent, ex-juvvy boy being tutored by an exemplary student girl, but their ages limited where I could go with the story, so I aged them 10 years and placed them in a prison.
As important as it was, the story wasn't ever really about the teacher/student relationship, but rather Kat and Carter having a mysterious history between them, while being in a hopeless situation, in a hopeless setting, which added to the tension between the two of them. I hope it worked.

I'm a big follower of the podcast Serial and by proxy, Adnan Syed's ongoing case. I also listen to a follow up podcast, Undisclosed, that factually tracks the case even more than Serial. I say all that to say I'm increasingly sensitive to the issues surrounding the incarcerated. Tell me about your choice of setting. How did you land in a New York prison to tell your tale?

New York is my favourite place in the world, so it had to be there!
I may have answered this above, but, Carter was always going to be a 'bad boy' while Kat had to be in a position of authority that would, again, increase the tension between them. Setting the story in Arthur Kill allowed the characters to get to know each other in ways they may not in an ordinary every day setting. Prison is not an easy place to be, which fit perfectly, because this relationship is anything but easy! I like to think that the prison also represents Carter's life before he meets Kat. It's only with her help that he manages to free himself of all his restraints, physically and emotionally.

I've spoken to other published fanfic authors who had a desire to publish and were exercising their skills and some who didn't know they had it in them and just had a story they wanted to try out. What came first for you? The desire to be a published novelist or the dive into the world of fanfiction?

Of course, being published is the dream, but I never believed it would happen for me. It was never the end goal.  It was always just about scratching a creative itch by writing characters I'd fallen in love with in a new and different way online. I loved writing Fanfiction; I love the people and the community. I've made some incredible friends. It was a baptism of fire, but invaluable to me as a writer. I learned so much.

Beyond the synopsis, what kind of guy is Wesley Carter? How does he pull your readers in? Do you think we get attached before Kat or follow her road?

Carter is stubborn, caring, mysterious, and passionate. He isn't a 'bad guy', but rather he's made bad decisions that were all based in love and friendship. He's loyal to a fault. He's had a pretty tough upbringing and lashes out as a way of protecting himself. He's pretty endearing from minute one, but I definitely think the reader sees what Kat sees as the story progresses. She is able to peel him apart layer by layer, which is great. The readers fall in love with him right along with her.

Have you dreamcasted your characters? If a studio rang you up today and said give us your ideal actors, who would play Kat Lane and Wesley Carter?

Tom Hardy for Carter seems to be a favourite amongst the fans, while I think Christina Hendricks would be my perfect Kat, curvy, sassy, sexy with all that glorious red hair!

Because we're a Robert Pattinson fan blog and you're no stranger, has he inspired your writing or characters in ways that will make our readers swoon and sigh?

He was and will always be my perfect Edward, but, in my fics, and certainly when I read other fics, I don't tend to cast him in my mind. Certain types of Edwards can conjure up his image, though, like a goofy, geeky, sweet, laughing Edward is just perfect for Rob in my opinion!

What's next for you in the literary world? Where do you go beyond A Pound of Flesh?

PoF is the first of five books in the series. After its release June 9th, it'll be followed by the enovella, Love and Always, which is out in August. This enovella gives us a glimpse of life for Kat and Carter straight after the end of PoF. That'll be followed by An Ounce of Hope, Carter's friend, Max's story, which will be available January 2016. Both are available for pre order now.

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway and following the author (@sophiejax) are optional but give you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE! 
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, June 5th
• There will be 2 winners receiving A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for Between Octobers, September Rain and Trouble Me??
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Congrats Yvonne and Paula for winning Between Octobers and September Rain! Congrats Elena for winning Trouble Me and the $25! We'll email you to get your information!

FanFic Friday
I haven't read any fanfic lately because I reread the Demonica series in anticipation for Hades, which released May 26th. I did however finally read Rochelle Allison's one-shot from a few months back. If you haven't checked it out already, do yourself a solid and tuck into this gem for a half hour. The (Wet) Dreamgirl is classic Rochelle which means it's perfect.

If you want to purchase any of the latest books featured in this post, click the Amazon links to buy now!


   

ROBsessed Giveaway: September Rains and Between Octobers during a Marvelous May for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: September Rains and Between Octobers during a Marvelous May for Fiction Friday!

We have plenty of goodies today! Book sets, sequels and gift cards, oh my!

The book set is coming from an author and Rob fan who we've featured before with her novel, Between Octobers. You guys might recognize A. R. Rivera from the comments and she's our featured author for this Fiction Friday!

Last year, A.R. released Between Octobers and also let us know that Rob inspired one of the characters! From A. R.:

Rhys Matthews, also known as Evan, is a fictional character from my book, Between Octobers. He is Graces’ love interest–handsome, funny, charming, and an all-around nice guy. His career–the mania that surrounds him–is inspired by that of Robert Pattinson. He also happens to be British, with great hair and a few dark secrets. He is poised to steal Graces’ heart.

We certainly love when that happens. Her second book in the Savor The Days series, September Rain, is released today, May 15th and we have 2 copies to giveaway including 2 copies of Between Octobers. So our winners will be able to read the latest novel and catch up on the first if you haven't done so already. September Rain isn't a sequel to Between Octobers by plot but have connected characters - and the Rob-inspired character. ;)

Reviews aren't out yet for September Rain but an excerpt from this reviewer is just the perfect description for Between Octobers and what to expect from A. R.:

"I went into this book thinking it was going to be a run-of-the-mill thriller. I was pleasantly surprised when the book began seamlessly alternating between suspense and love story. I honestly don't know that I've ever read another book like it."

Between Octobers synopsis:

Happy endings have always eluded Grace Zuniga. 

Now, she is in real trouble, hoping and praying that will change. When she wakes up in a dark, confined space with no memory of how she got there, the fear is nearly crippling. 

There are only two thoughts keeping her from losing her head. 

First, her children need her to survive. Though Grace is not sure she can, she's determined to try. 

Second, figuring out who took her and how she ended up, pregnant, alone, and at the mercy of a person who will do anything to keep her from escaping. 

Stumbling through her bleak circumstances, Graces mind wanders over the last life-changing year, from one October to the next, and relives the most precious moments and circumstances that led to her kidnapping. 

The previous October, as Grace stepped inside an elevator and into the life of enigmatic Rhys Matthews, it all began. But Grace must ask herself, "where will it end?"

September Rain synopsis:

Clinging to your past will smother your right now . . . which is exactly what Angel Patel is hoping for, since nothing in her present life is quite what it seems. 

The past is where she left her heart, beating inside the chest of the boy she loved. What does she have in the here and now that’s so special? Nothing and no one. 

Angel’s been in prison for the past six years. She's got about sixty square feet of concrete flooring enclosed by concrete walls and one metal door. One twin-sized bunk. No windows—which means no view. No birds, no trees. No family to visit. No friends. 

Avery Campbell doesn’t count. She was never Angels’ friend, though if you asked Avery, she’d say different. She’d sell her story to anyone; try to make them believe that it was okay for her to betray her life-long friend—the only real friend she ever had. Avery’s convinced that lies are acceptable if they protect someone. But that isn't always true. 

It all goes back to when Angel and Avery met the hazel-eyed boy who would become the love of Angels’ life. Jake Haddon. He was a surprise. Such talent; a gorgeous, undiscovered, musical genius at the age of eighteen. He was also the lead singer of Angels’ favorite indie rock band on the cusp of stardom. 

When the state prison Angel resides in is marked for closure, Angel and her lawyer go before a two-person panel to plead her request to be moved to a moderate security facility, better suited for someone like Angel. Ever anxious to draw out the memories of her life with Jake, Angel recalls how Jake was the only good part of her terrible life as a disposable kid, raised in foster care. With him, she was happy for the first time in seventeen years. Because she didn’t know what Avery was doing. 

During the case review, as Angel recounts the lies and mistakes that snowballed into the sentence she’s currently serving, she’s simultaneously formulating a plan to escape. She aims to find her long-lost love, Jake, and spend the rest of eternity trying to make up for her part in the crimes that landed her in jail. 

But before she can do that, she needs to get through the case review. She has to make sure that the interviewing panel understands that it was not her—that is was her best-friend turned sworn-enemy, Avery—who plotted and carried out the crimes. That it was Avery who killed Angels’ boyfriend, Jake Haddon.

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway and following the author are optional but give you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE! 
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, May 29th
• There will be 2 winners receiving the eBooks Between Octobers and September Rain by A. R. Rivera!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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This next giveaway has already started HERE but we wanted to post the info again as a reminder.

Beck Anderson is another Rob fan, supporter of the blog and novelist. We've featured her books before and now she has a brand new sequel. Beck wanted to give our readers a treat in honor of Rob's 29th birthday, which is the post where the giveaway debuted. You have a chance to win the eBook, Trouble Me, sequel to Fix You, as well as a $25 gift card for Amazon. Here's the synopsis:

In Fix You, movie star Andrew Pettigrew (Andy to his fans, Andrew to his friends) somehow found the level-headed love he was looking for in young widow and “regular girl” Kelly Reynolds. Now, as they work to mesh their growing relationship with his gold-statue ambitions, things go a bit sideways, in true Hollywood fashion.

Though they’re still wonderfully in love, it’s challenge enough for Andrew and Kelly to decipher what it means to be a family—and a growing family at that—between takes on set. But Andrew also brings history with a temperamental co-star, assorted paparazzi, and someone out there who has serious, perhaps obsessive, issues with him into the mix. Suddenly the Reynolds-Pettigrew clan must fight not just to stay together, but to stay safe.
In Trouble Me, the sequel to Fix You and third novel from Rita finalist Beck Anderson, Kelly and Andrew struggle to stay sane within their whirlwind life. It’s a life that’s equal parts amazing and amusing, less glamorous than you might expect, and spiked with very real fears no amount of stardom can overcome.

Will Andrew and Kelly be torn apart, or will they help each other stay strong at their broken places?

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE! 
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Wednesday, May 20th
• There will be 1 winner receiving the eBooks Trouble Me by Beck Anderson and a $25 Amazon gift card!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good Luck!
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Who is our winner for the Searching For series??
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Congrats Peg! We'll email you to get your information!

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HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY, ROBERT PATTINSON! Plus enter our special ROBsessed Giveaway!

HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY, ROBERT PATTINSON! Plus enter our special ROBsessed Giveaway!

If something special hadn't happened 29 years ago today, we wouldn't all be here - friends brought together from so many different places around the world! 

But thankfully here we are, the ROBsessed celebrating the birthday of Robert Pattinson. 

With another great year of Rob to look forward to, let's raise our glasses to a lot more fun, talent and sexy on the countdown to the big three oh! 

*clink*

The love doesn't stop there! Readers sent in their sweet birthday messages for Rob that you can view in our birthday video, ROBsessed reader, Beck Anderson, has a special birthday giveaway for you guys and we design HQ wallpapers for Rob's birthday.

Thanks to our readers that sent in such sweet messages, personal photos and your fave Rob pics to wish Rob all the best for his 29th birthday. 

And thank you, Andreea, for the perfect song suggestion!

We love you guys! 

On to the giveaway!

We've visited Beck Anderson's novel, FIX YOU, a few times on the blog and now she has a brand new sequel. Beck wanted to give our readers a treat in honor of Rob's 29th birthday! You have a chance to win the eBook, TROUBLE ME, as well as a $25 gift card for Amazon! Here's the synopsis:

In Fix You, movie star Andrew Pettigrew (Andy to his fans, Andrew to his friends) somehow found the level-headed love he was looking for in young widow and “regular girl” Kelly Reynolds. Now, as they work to mesh their growing relationship with his gold-statue ambitions, things go a bit sideways, in true Hollywood fashion.

Though they’re still wonderfully in love, it’s challenge enough for Andrew and Kelly to decipher what it means to be a family—and a growing family at that—between takes on set. But Andrew also brings history with a temperamental co-star, assorted paparazzi, and someone out there who has serious, perhaps obsessive, issues with him into the mix. Suddenly the Reynolds-Pettigrew clan must fight not just to stay together, but to stay safe.
In Trouble Me, the sequel to Fix You and third novel from Rita finalist Beck Anderson, Kelly and Andrew struggle to stay sane within their whirlwind life. It’s a life that’s equal parts amazing and amusing, less glamorous than you might expect, and spiked with very real fears no amount of stardom can overcome.

Will Andrew and Kelly be torn apart, or will they help each other stay strong at their broken places?

The giveaway is worldwide and will last until May 20th. 
Good Luck!
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And last but not least, you can enjoy this gorgeous man on your desktop on his birthday and beyond! Enjoy!

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See all the birthday messages from the video under the cut!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: We're SEARCHING FOR PERFECT, SOMEDAY and BEAUTIFUL for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: We're SEARCHING FOR PERFECT, SOMEDAY and BEAUTIFUL for Fiction Friday!

Searching for perfect? Beautiful? Are we talking about Robert Pattinson?



We actually aren't if you can believe it. Well I am because he's the star in all my fiction. And we have such a great series for him to be your star too.

A delightful, romantic, sexy series by Jennifer Probst that will fit nicely into your spring and summer readings. The highly anticipated third novel in the Searching For series, SEARCHING FOR BEAUTIFUL, is being released May 26th and we're giving away the entire series to get you ready!

If you aren't familiar with the series from this New York Times best selling author, we have some quickie descriptions for you:

SEARCHING FOR PERFECT: In charming Verily, New York, Kate Seymour has a smashing success with Kinnections, the matchmaking service she owns with her two best girlfriends. But Kate’s more than a savvy businesswoman: She’s gifted with a secret power, a jolting touch that signals when love’s magic is at work. 

It rocked her when she picked up a strange volume of love spells in the town’s used bookstore . . . and it zapped her again when she encountered Slade Montgomery, the hot-tempered—and hot-bodied— divorce lawyer who storms into Kinnections demanding proof that playing Cupid won’t destroy his vulnerable sister, Kate’s newest client. 

The only way to convince this cynic that she’s no fraud, and that love is no mirage, is for Kate to meet his audacious challenge: find him his dream woman. 

Can Kate keep their relationship strictly business when her electrifying attraction nearly knocked her off her feet? Or has the matchmaker finally met her match?

SEARCHING FOR SOMEDAY: The up-and-coming matchmaking agency Kinnections is the hottest thing to hit Verily, New York—just like Kennedy Ashe, social director for the service she owns with her two best girlfriends. 

A coach, consultant, and cheerleader rolled into one super-sizzling package, Kennedy creates dream dates, encourages singles to shine, and never refuses a challenge—not even her new client, Nate Ellison Raymond Dunkle, rocket scientist and nerd extraordinaire. Kennedy vows to transform this hot mess in a lab coat with a disastrous relationship track record into the most wanted man on the Verily dating scene. If only she could turn the wand on herself. . . . 

Though she radiates confidence and sex appeal, Kennedy harbors deep-seated insecurities from her tormented past. When she realizes she and Nate are cut from the same cloth and might be perfect together, can Kennedy learn to let her heart lead the way? Or will her fears sentence her to the sidelines as Nate finds love—with someone else?

SEARCHING FOR BEAUTIFUL: Genevieve MacKenzie has her life completely under control. About to wed the charming Chief doctor at the local hospital, she’s an up-and-coming surgeon with everything she could ever want. 

Until an escape through the church window on the day of her wedding sends her life into a tailspin…and flings her right into her best friend’s arms. When Wolfe catches his best friend falling out a window on her wedding day, he doesn’t ask questions. 

He whisks her away, determined to watch over her and discover the truth behind her desperate escape. But when his feelings turn more than platonic, he realizes he may risk his most important relationship in order to protect his damaged heart, and the woman he loves. 

Can Genevieve and Wolfe’s friendship turn into something deeper—or is it already too late for true love?

This is a trilogy of steamy sweet fun and we hope you enjoy! We'll be offering another set later this month and an exclusive interview with the author (Larissa Ione and her Demonica series) so check back on Fiction Fridays as always!

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only! I know we said worldwide next time but our Rob birthday giveaway will actually be worldwide. Stay tuned May 13th!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, May 15th
• There will be 1 winner receiving the 3 novels in Jennifer Probst's SEARCHING FOR series!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for Darnay Road and Finding My Thunder??
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Congrats Sharon and Sus! We'll email you to get your information!

Diane Munier also released another eBook while this giveaway was going on. Leaping is included below as an Amazon link but we'll hold a giveaway for the story the next time we visit Diane's work. I quickly mentioned this last time but don't forget to also stop by her blog. She's been releasing a work in progress called Sam. I love it. It's set in the era that I can't get enough of from Diane. Click HERE to visit her blog and find Sam (currently 16 dibbles deep).

If you want to purchase any of the latest books featured in this post, click the Amazon links to buy now!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Travel down DARNAY ROAD and FINDING MY THUNDER for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Travel down DARNAY ROAD and FINDING MY THUNDER for Fiction Friday!

We're big fans of Diane Munier's work and have a double hitter for you this Fiction Friday!



As you may know, we did a giveaway for Diane's first novel HERE and we even go to chat with her about her stories and moving her counselor fan fiction work into the published realm. Click HERE if you missed our interview!

Since that giveaway, two other stories have been launched and I loved them both when I first read them. We're doing a 2 week giveaway for a package of both books for 2 winners. Deuces all around! Both stories also take place in the sixties and if you know anything about Diane, you know she can write amazing period pieces. The woman transports you. I feel like I step into a time machine when the story takes place in another era.

Here are they synopses for Darnay Road and Finding My Thunder but I'll say a little bit extra right after:

Darnay RoadIt starts out in 1963, spanning ten years in the life of Georgia Christine. At ten years old, she and her best friend Abigail May are mystery solvers. They get to the bottom of things like–what is inside the altar at their Catholic church? Rumor says the bones of the saints. Climbing that holy gate and entering the forbidden area so they can take a look means the threat of eternal flames is not greater than their curiosity. It’s not different when they meet Easy and Cap, the brothers from the other side of the tracks. Those two may live on Scutter, the most down-and-out street in town, but they are always in the road riding their beat-up bicycles. And when someone dies on the tracks behind Abigail’s house, the mystery surrounding them deepens. But so do their friendships. When Abigail moves away and Cap is no longer around, it’s as natural as breathing for Georgia and Easy to step in the gap toward one another. But Easy is in trouble and even a dedicated-mystery-solver-turned-teenage-problem-solver is limited in what she can do. When Easy has to leave will their friendship just be a sweet memory or can Darnay Road stretch long enough to keep them connected even if that gap becomes an ocean?

Finding My ThunderThe story takes place in the late sixties. Hilly Grunier has been in love with Danny Boyd since she was a kid telling scary stories on summer nights at the fire hydrant while Danny pulled close on his bike. But when Danny is thirteen, their friendship ends when he and his brother Sukey have a vicious fight over Hilly. Years pass, and Hilly carries a secret and growing love as she watches Danny rise athletically to the top of their school’s food chain. He even dates the prom queen and rumor says they are engaged. Now Danny has graduated and shows up in her dad’s shop looking for some temporary employment until the army picks him off for Vietnam. He’s thrown aside his college scholarship and the golden girl. He seems to be searching for something new before he leaves town. He seems to be searching for her. Hilly can’t let him go overseas without showing him how she feels. But once he’s gone, her own battle intensifies. It’s a long road to finding her thunder.

I didn't know how I was going to feel about reading a story with kids as my guide when I first read Darnay Road. This was pre-Tonio mind you. But I read anything Diane does. Of course I didn't regret it. The story is vivid and intense. I was always trying to figure out what was up with Easy just like Georgia. I fell for their coming-of-age story and the road they took to get there. I'm also pleased that the published work included an epilogue! I never want to leave Diane's character so any extra will always make me jump for joy.

Finding My Thunder was one of the first stories from Diane that took my by surprise. It was the last I read when I first discovered her and went on a binge of whatever was complete at the time. I didn't think I wanted to go to the 60s when I was so thoroughly in love with her post-Civil War work (My Wounded Soldier! Bringing Bella Home!). I ended up loving this story so much. It's darker in ways then her other work. There's pain that unfolds and your heart cries out for these characters. But you get the title right? You have to go through what Hilly goes through and it's worth it. She's worth it. It's a powerful love story in more ways than you can guess.

There are other exciting developments for Diane: By now you probably know that Deep In The Heart Of Me completed and is being readied for publishing. We also know we'll be getting a sequel of that story! My Wounded Soldier will also be two books. Two wonderful books that I can't wait for. You can keep up with the latest from Diane (who is also writing mysterious and intriguing dribbles titled Sam) on her blog HERE!

Now let's ready to go back into time! Start in the early sixties with the kids on Darnay Rd then close out the decade with Hilly and Danny while she finds her thunder.

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only! Worldwide giveaway coming next time!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, May 8th
• There will be 2 winners receiving eBooks DARNAY ROAD and FINDING MY THUNDER by Diane Munier!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for Manwhore??
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Congrats Cyndee and Elizabeth! We'll email you to get your information!

If you want to purchase any of the latest books featured in this post, click the Amazon links to buy now!

ROBsessed Giveaway: MANWHORE is our "sizzling, decadent, love story" for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: MANWHORE is our "sizzling, decadent, love story" for Fiction Friday!

I love a title that's pretty in your face. MANWHORE.



Yup. And I loved this story. It reminded me of some classic Ficwards I've read before and I had no problem fan casting Malcom Saint ifyouknowwhatImsayin. New York Times bestselling author, Katy Evans, has written what Sylvia Day (the Crossfire series) calls, "a sizzling, decadent, tender love story", and tried to put dibs on Saint. Didn't she know I have dibs already? The story came out just a few weeks ago and here's the synopsis if you haven't been properly introduced to MANWHORE:

MANWHORE follows Rachel Livingston, a young and hardworking reporter trying to save her magazine and given an assignment of a lifetime: write an expose on Malcom Saint and reveal his juiciest secrets. Saint, Chicago's most wanted bachelor, is a young billionaire with a bevy of beautiful women at his feet who has never revealed the scintillating details of his personal life. When Rachel poses undercover to better understand the mysterious Malcom, she finds both her body and her heart in danger of succumbing to the city's most notorious womanizer:
Is it possible to expose Chicago's hottest player--without getting played?

This is the story I've been waiting for all my life, and its name is Malcolm Kyle Preston Logan Saint. Don't be fooled by that last name though. There's nothing holy about the man except the hell his parties raise. The hottest entrepreneur Chicago has ever known, he's a man's man with too much money to spend and too many women vying for his attention.

Mysterious. Privileged. Legendary. His entire life he's been surrounded by the press as they dig for tidbits to see if his fairytale life is for real or all mirrors and social media lies. Since he hit the scene, his secrets have been his and his alone to keep. And that's where I come in.

Assigned to investigate Saint and reveal his elusive personality, I'm determined to make him the story that will change my career.

But I never imagined he would change my life. Bit by bit, I start to wonder if I'm the one discovering him...or if he's uncovering me.

What happens when the man they call Saint, makes you want to sin?

This story was delicious. A fun and sexy read you won't want to end and guess what? It won't! This is the first in The MANWHORE Series. So buckle up and take this saucy story for a ride.

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, April 24th
• There will be 2 winners receiving MANWHORE by Katy Evans!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for The Fire Sermon??
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Congrats A.R. and Peggy! We'll email you to get your information!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Take a dystopian dive with THE FIRE SERMON for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Take a dystopian dive with THE FIRE SERMON for Fiction Friday!

And now for something completely different. The book for this week takes a shift from our norm and into the territory similar to The Hunger Games and Divergent trilogies.



The Fire Sermon by award-winning poet, Francesca Haig, is the first novel in a trilogy. The hardcover novel went on sale last month and it's "a sophisticated, lyrical novel that vividly brings to life a devastated, engrossing world on the brink of transformation - and the courageous outcast determined to push it over the edge." You're intrigued right? I loved this story and felt the above description was spot on. Check out the lengthier synopsis:

Before the blast, they say there'd been sermons about fire, about the end of the world. The fire itself gave the last sermon; after that there were no more. 

Four hundred years in the future, the Earth has turned primitive following a nuclear fire that has laid waste to civilization and nature. 

Though the radiation fallout has ended, for some unknowable reason every person is born with a twin. Of each pair, one is an Alpha—physically perfect in every way; and the other an Omega—burdened with deformity, small or large. With the Council ruling an apartheid-like society, Omegas are branded and ostracized while the Alphas have gathered the world’s sparse resources for themselves. Though proclaiming their superiority, for all their effort Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: Whenever one twin dies, so does the other. 

Cass is a rare Omega, one burdened with psychic foresight. While her twin, Zach, gains power on the Alpha Council, she dares to dream the most dangerous dream of all: equality. For daring to envision a world in which Alphas and Omegas live side-by-side as equals, both the Council and the Resistance have her in their sights.

Enter our giveaway to dive into Cass' adventure!

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, April 17th
• There will be 2 winners receiving a hardcover copy of The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for Beautiful Secret??
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Congrats Danica and Ivey! We'll email you to get your information!

Fanfiction Friday: 
The final chapter of Deep in the Heart of Me posted after this went up so I didn't get a chance to include the link. The story will be pulled soon based on what counselor said in Chapter 108 so hopefully you guys get a chance to read the final chapter asap. You'll also be able to find the story on fan Facebook page, Counselor's Corner. I also have it of course so you can always email us and I'll send an ePub. The story will be published down the road and we'll also get a published sequel at a later date. We'll keep you posted! Now go run to catch up with Tonio's final thoughts! For now. ;)
Click HERE for chapter 109!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Who has a BEAUTIFUL SECRET for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Who has a BEAUTIFUL SECRET for Fiction Friday!

I had plans to do the giveaway for The Fire Sermon, but then yesterday happened and I feel compelled to do the giveaway for Beautiful Secret.



Who knows what the heck is going on but whatever it is, it's all a beautiful secret for sure. We'll save The Fire Sermon for later. It's a great book and you guys won't want to miss it.

Beautiful Secret is the fourth, full-length book of the Beautiful series - An uptight British executive. An adventurous American newbie. A sexy international scandal in the making. 

I'm sure many of you are following along with Christina Lauren's adventures and in case you want to catch up, we included links to the entire series below! Here's the synopsis for the latest book in the series, releasing April 14th:

When Ruby Miller’s boss announces he’s sending her on an extended business trip to New York City, she’s shocked. As one of the best and brightest young engineers in London, she knows she’s professionally up to the task. 

The part that’s throwing her is where she’ll be spending a month up close and personal working alongside—and staying in a hotel with—Niall Stella, her firm’s top urban planning executive and The Hottest Man Alive. 

Despite her ongoing crush, Ruby is certain Niall barely knows she’s alive…until their flirty overnight flight makes him sit up and take notice.  

Not one for letting loose and breaking rules, recently divorced Niall would describe himself as hopeless when it comes to women. 

But even he knows outgoing California-girl Ruby is a breath of fresh air. Once she makes it her mission to help the sexy Brit loosen his tie, there’s no turning back. 

Thousands of miles from London, it’s easy for the lovers to play pretend. But when the trip is over, will the relationship they’ve built up fall down?

I've enjoyed the Beautiful series and this book was no exception. Christina Lauren continue to dish out sexy stories with charming characters. I know the lucky winners will love meeting Ruby and Niall!

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, April 10th
• There will be 2 winners receiving BEAUTIFUL SECRET by Christina Lauren!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for Flirting with Fire??
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Congrats Sue and Lynda! We'll email you to get your information!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Getting hot by FLIRTING WITH FIRE for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Getting hot by FLIRTING WITH FIRE for Fiction Friday!

I have a couple months worth of books to give away to you guys and when I looked at the pile, I was drawn to Flirting with Fire and The Fire Sermon. Why did the fire attract me? Rob has been back in LA for a bit and, of course, he brought the heat like he always does wherever he goes!



So this week we're going to flirt with fire and next week we'll have a fire sermon.
Flirting with Fire is the first book in Kate Meader's Hot in Chicago series. Do you watch the TV show Chicago Fire? I do and that's all I could think about with this book. Sexy firemen foster siblings and their delicious love lives? Sign me up! The synopsis gets your imagination going too:

Savvy PR guru Kinsey Taylor has always defined herself by her career, not her gender. That is, until she moved from San Francisco to Chicago to be with her fiancé who thought she wasn't taking her "job" of supporting him in his high-powered career seriously enough - and promptly dumped her for a more supportive and "feminine" nurse. 

But that all changes when she meets Luke Almeida, a firefighter as searingly sexy as he is quick-tempered. He's also the second oldest of the Firefightin' Dempseys, a family of foster siblings who have committed their lived to the service - if Luke's antics don't get him fired first. 

When Luke goes one step too far and gets into a bar brawl with the Chicago Police Department, Kinsey marches into Luke's firehouse and lays down the law on the orders from the mayor. 

But at Engine Co. 6, Luke Almeida is the law. And he's not about to let Kinsey make the rules.

SPICY! Flirting with Fire was release just this week on March 24th so it's hot of the presses. ;) We'll get post-apocolyptic next week with The Fire Sermon that was released earlier this month. Check out the rules....

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, April 3rd
• There will be 2 winners receiving Flirting with Fire by Kate Meader
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for At the Water's Edge??
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Congrats Cathy (our US winner) and Mel (our worldwide winner)! We'll email you to get your information!

Fanfiction Friday
I haven't been reading anything new because I feel deep into the Demonica Series. So deep that we are going to have a giveaway of the first 3 books from the 11-book series, an exclusive interview with the author and a special gift! Can you tell I've made it my mission to get you guys all on board? I'm in withdrawals right now, reread my favorite book of the series and I'm now rereading the whole series again. This giveaway won't happen until May, closer to when the latest book in the series is released. Click HERE if you can't wait and want to get on board! Otherwise, you can wait until May for my full throttle endorsement. ;)
Of course, I've never left Tonio and you know we had a huge giveaway for counselor's first published story, Me and Mom Fall for Spencer, just a couple of weeks ago. Finding My Thunder is next up and will be released this Saturday, March 28th. We'll have another giveaway for this book in the next month so keep your eyes peeled. I loved this fan fiction so much and didn't expect to. I was riding the MWS love wave so hard, I didn't think anything could wipe me out again but this story did. You know how Edward is My Wounded Soldier? I feel like Bella is my wounded soldier in Finding My Thunder. It's heart wrenching, passionate, resilient and full of love. Click HERE if you want to buy NOW and simply can not wait for the Fiction Friday giveaway to roll around.
Back to Tonio and awesome news regarding Deep in the Heart of Me. On the last update, counselor let us know that we're about one more chapter away from the end. But wait...there's more! It's not the end! The story will be pulled shortly after the final chapter posts and readied for publishing. Then there will be a sequel!!! I can't tell you how ugly-cry happy I am about this. I've said time and time again that Tonio got deep in the heart of ME so to know he's not leaving us just yet - it's thrilling. And also a little scary. Do you know why? Eeeeek! I won't say since you might not be reading this yet or will wait for the published story. But I'm nervous about the sequel and the roads Tonio will travel. But I'll  be there! Every step of the way. Click HERE if you missed our great interview with counselor (Diane Munier). We'll keep chatting with this talented lady and follow the roads she travels as well.

Now can someone please cool this man off so that drought-plagued California can get a breather?


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ROBsessed Giveaway: AT THE WATER'S EDGE by Sara Gruen is the highlight for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: AT THE WATER'S EDGE by Sara Gruen is the highlight for Fiction Friday!

Last week, we had a great interview with Diane Munier about Me and Mom Fall for Spencer, Twilight, Edward, fan fiction and ROB! Click HERE if you missed it and HERE if you missed the initial post.

This week, we're visiting an author we're quite familiar with because of a certain film.....



Be still my heart! Robowski is a DREAM. Diving back into the world of Sara Gruen storytelling had me also revisit our beloved Water For Elephants. I know you guys are going to enjoy Sara's latest, releasing March 31st. We're having our giveaway NOW and here's the synopsis if you aren't familiar with AT THE WATER'S EDGE:

In this thrilling new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. At the Water’s Edge is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman’s awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II in a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands. 

After disgracing themselves at a high society New Year’s Eve party in Philadelphia in 1944, Madeline Hyde and her husband, Ellis, are cut off financially by his father, a former army colonel who is already ashamed of his son’s inability to serve in the war. When Ellis and his best friend, Hank, decide that the only way to regain the Colonel’s favor is to succeed where the Colonel very publicly failed—by hunting down the famous Loch Ness monster—Maddie reluctantly follows them across the Atlantic, leaving her sheltered world behind. 

The trio find themselves in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands, where the locals have nothing but contempt for the privileged interlopers. Maddie is left on her own at the isolated inn, where food is rationed, fuel is scarce, and a knock from the postman can bring tragic news. Yet she finds herself falling in love with the stark beauty and subtle magic of the Scottish countryside. Gradually she comes to know the villagers, and the friendships she forms with two young women open her up to a larger world than she knew existed. 

Maddie begins to see that nothing is as it first appears: the values she holds dear prove unsustainable, and monsters lurk where they are least expected. As she embraces a fuller sense of who she might be, Maddie becomes aware not only of the dark forces around her, but of life’s beauty and surprising possibilities.

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway and following Sara on Twitter are optional but give you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada (hardcover) and worldwide (eBook)!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, March 27th
• There will be 2 winners - 1 US/Canada winner will receive the hardcopy; 1 worldwide winner will receive the eBook of Sara Gruen's 
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

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Who are our winners for Me and Mom Fall for Spencer??
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