We all have crushes on the guys in a band. We dream of singing alongside them or having them sing to us. But what happens when one girl's dream comes true? Can she find a way to bridge her friendship with the guys or will the tour go up in flames?

Blurb:
Mackenzie Tanner was living the dream.
 
At least that’s what she thought.
 
When Mackenzie Tanner met world-famous boy band Dear Juliet while songwriting in Nashville, Tennessee, she never imagined it would lead to being the opening act on their worldwide tour, or the broken heart which would follow.

As they play to sold-out audiences across the globe, Mackenzie realizes her dream may not be what she thought it was. Singing with the boy she loves and the boy she's supposed to love leads to a tangled mess.

But Nashville is on the horizon...
 
EXCERPT
Mackenzie sang into the microphone, throwing as much attitude and energy into the song as her tired body could muster. “I’ll be your shotgun, you’ll be my trigger. If we’re going down, we’ll go together.”

When the song was over, she waited for the red light over the door to flash off before reaching down for her water bottle. She heard the track click off in her headphones, replaced with a voice she’d grown quite accustomed to over the past ten hours.

“That was great,” praised Eugene Worsham, her EP’s producer. “You nailed the last chorus and the tag, but I feel like you lost momentum on the bridge…”

Declan Collins, manager of the world-famous boy band Dear Juliet, and now Mackenzie Tanner, had flown Eugene in from Nashville to work with her in the London studio. Eugene was a budding producer in Nashville and had the perfect country-pop edge she needed. She and Eugene had bonded immediately over their mutual love for Johnny Cash.

“Let’s give it another go,” he instructed, in his easygoing Southern drawl.

It made Mackenzie feel less alienated in the sea of British accents she’d been surrounded with since she’d stepped off the plane that morning. “I’ll punch you in three bars before the line, okay?”

“Sounds good,” she replied, giving him a thumbs up through the soundproof glass that separated them.

The music started up in her headphones, and when the lyrics began, she sang as passionately as she could. Again, Eugene thought she could do better.
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It was tedious work, but Mackenzie loved it—which was a good thing, because she was only one day into her four weeks of intense preparation before joining her friends William Bishop, Cooper Hart, Jacob Turner, and Riley Knight—collectively known as Dear Juliet—on tour.

About the Author:
Alexandra Holden is a writer from Calgary, Alberta. She is married to her best friend Jon, raising two stubborn bunnies and one cuddly puppy, and can likely be found wandering the aisles of a Michaels Craft Supply store or quoting The Office. Alexandra recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree in English Literature and is represented by the Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency. She had her first novel, Tangled In Tennessee, published in 2015 and hosts the Mrs. Feminist Podcast.
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Website: www.alexandralydia.com
Instagram: alexandraalydia
Facebook: Alexandra Lydia

This week I saw Halloween. American Movie Classics is showing around the clock all the movies in the Halloween franchise if you want to catch up. You can read my review here: 

Venom and Bad Times at the El Royale don't seem to have much in common but both feature some amazing action and surprising twists. Check out my reviews to find out more!

Blind dates never worked out for me. The person my friends thought might be perfect for me wasn't! Most often, they were horribly wrong. But what about asking a friend to "pretend" to be your date so that you aren't alone at a family event? 

Having a friend come with me to events is good. I feel more relaxed and enjoy the event more. But for our heroine in Love Is...sparks fly and the pretend date may become so much more.

BLURB:
Sometimes what starts out as fake can get all too real.

Things started out innocently enough. Put on the spot by my sister about going on a blind date, I mention I’m already dating someone else. But then she wants to meet him. Better yet, she wants me to bring him to our upcoming family gathering so he can meet everyone. Which would be a fantastic idea if he wasn’t a complete work of fiction.

My best friend, Julian, suggests I bring a fake date, and it sounds like a good plan. What could go wrong? We’ll go home, spend the weekend with my family, and they’ll stop setting me up on blind dates. No one gets hurt and no one has to know. Easy peasy, right?

But then there’s Jackson. And it’s no coincidence that his last name is Sparks.
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Maybe one day I’ll learn that listening to Julian is always a recipe for disaster. Someday I’ll remember that he talks faster than he thinks, and any idea out of his mouth is probably a bad one. Until then, let me explain how I got into this mess. My name is Avery Jane, and I’m about to show you what happens when a fake relationship gets all too real.

About the Author:
S.E. Harmon has had a lifelong love affair with writing. It’s been both wonderful and rocky (they've divorced several times), but they always manage to come back together. She's a native Floridian with a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Fine Arts, and now splits her days between voraciously reading romance novels and squirreling away someplace to write them. Her current beta reader is a nosy American Eskimo who begrudgingly accepts payment in the form of dog biscuits.
http://seharmon.weebly.com
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BLURB
Four years after Angel marries David, she discovers he has fallen for Angel’s best friend, Jean. Instead of fighting for his love, she generously gives him up and assures him he can still be father to her five-year-old son, Stevie. After they divorce, David constantly bullies and berates her. When her son declares he wants to live with David and Jean, Angel hits rock bottom. Max Straun advises her to take a vacation, so she heads off to Scotland. Max sends one of his agents, Jeff Rosen, to be her ‘roommate’. Jeff does a fabulous job cheering her up as he expands her horizons in the process.
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When Angel returns from her vacation, she goes directly into the secret facility that houses the Carnivore Program. She’s determined she can endure the efforts taken to secure and protect Carnivore this time, only the efforts have intensified. Soon, Angel needs a break, and she’s sent back to her home, which is now home to eleven FBI agents. She soon has multiple lovers to ensure she is never without a man. Ironically, she has selected men who can never be more than casual lovers due to their own situations and commitments.

Eventually, the kidnapping of her son, and an unexpected pregnancy helps her come to terms with her life. She no longer wants ‘many easy loves’. Angel longs for a deep, strong love with one very fine man. But it’s quite possible the man she wants won’t want her. If so, she’ll just go it alone.
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EXCERPT
Angel stared at the embracing couple. They were so focused on each other they were unaware of their audience. She suspected she could have walked up and stood directly before them, and they wouldn’t have noticed. She didn’t test her theory. She remained in the safety of her car.
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The man, showing a bit of gray at his temples, was still very handsome and carried an air of power and importance. The woman was younger, and while pretty by any standards, she had the most beautiful long legs imaginable.

Presently one leg was hiked nearly to her lover’s hip as if they were frozen in a tango step. His hand caressed the back of her leg, running beneath the short skirt for a moment and then traveling down to the sensitive skin at the bend of her knee.

The sensual passion between them would have set off Angel’s own passion, if not for two painful facts: the man, the Chief of Police for Richmond, was her husband, David, and the woman, the captain of his police force, was her best friend, Jean.

She remained in her car and watched them in their dance of love. She had driven down the mountain to surprise David for lunch. His secretary seemed upset when she told Angel she thought David might be awhile and advised her not to wait. Angel reassured her it was not a big deal and left. She had driven to the city park because David had mentioned it once. He said when things got crazy he would go there to take a ‘time out’.

This was some ‘time out,’ far more than an escape from work. This was a time out from their marriage and his commitments. But was it a time-out from his love for her as well?

She didn’t want to believe that, but she had to consider the possibility. After her third miscarriage and the doctor said no more tries, David had changed. He remained kind to her and was as wonderful as ever with her son, Stevie, but in bed, the passion had unquestionably ebbed.

She had told herself it was the pressures of his job. However, watching him with Jean, she sensed more passion than he’d ever shown with her. How was that possible?

She tried to remember how it had been when they first married. She remembered feeling great happiness, and an overwhelming sense of ‘rightness’ about their love. She also remembered thinking at the time that it was almost too easy with them.
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About the Author
Liza O’Connor lives in Denville, NJ with her dog Jess. They hike in fabulous woods every day, rain or shine, sleet or snow. Having an adventurous nature, she learned to fly small Cessnas in NJ, hang-glide in New Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski in New York, scuba dive with great white sharks in Australia, dig up dinosaur bones in Montana, sky dive in Indiana, and raft a class four river in Tasmania. She’s an avid gardener, amateur photographer, and dabbler in watercolors and graphic arts. Yet through her entire life, her first love has and always will be writing novels.
 
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Angel had gone through so much to reach her happily ever after at the end of Angel of Mercy. She'd faced horrible treatment at the hand of a man she thought she hurt to attempted murder. After all that, she deserved a forever happy ending but life isn't all wine and roses. 

In Easy Love, Angel realizes that her husband isn't who she thought he was and now sets out to find herself and her own happy ending. Like the first book, she faces some tough times but doesn't give up. She's willing to do anything for her son, even walking away for a bit. 

I have to give it to Angel. She's a stronger woman than I am. She made me want to be a better person, though. I also had faced some challenges with my first marriage and sought to do what was right for my children. I didn't always make the best choices but my heart was in the right place. 

I enjoyed that Ms. O'Connor tells a realistic story with characters who are flawed but who do everything possible to make their life better and to ensure their child's happiness. Ms. O'Connor doesn't hold back with the pain and negatives in Angel's life, nor the mistakes she makes but that only makes this story more realistic and one you won't be able to stop reading until you see just what happens!

Finn and Lara have been through so much during this first year of marriage. Sometimes it can be overwhelming, even when your husband isn't a super star! In Country Roads, we met them both and saw how they had reconnected and fallen in love. Life was all roses until the horrible accident. Then Finn withdrew and Lara faced her own issues. But the the two of them came out together stronger and set about to have an amazing marriage.

In Almost Heaven, the couple found their footing among their jobs. Now married, there are always concessions which have to be made. Finn's career and his success was something they both dreamed about and when he won the award in Nashville, it was an amazing event. But it's hard when you are combining two lives. There's all the baggage you bring with you from your previous relationships and family issues. Lara had her share of secrets, too. But once again, tragedy struck.

Third time's a charm... Finn and Lara are back and ready to make a home among the soft lights of Nashville. A place for them to withdraw from the bright lights of stage and move forward, making a family. Will Take Me Home prove to be the winning time for them?

Blurb:
Sometimes you have to take the long, bumpy road to get home.

Finn and Lara Murphy thought they finally had it all. He had a chart-topping country music career, they were happily married, and their first child was due in a few months. Until… that fateful afternoon when all was lost.

Is it possible to rebuild the foundation of your life when your heart is crumbling?

TAKE ME HOME is an emotional journey down the roads you must take to reconcile with your past, begin to heal, and find out what home is truly all about.

EXCERPT:
“I miss them so much. It’s hard, you know, to move on … to know that I couldn’t do anything to save either of them and, yet, to be so grateful that you are alive … that you are here.”

“I am. I’m here. And it’s because of you…because of you and your love. Don’t bottle things up. Don’t sto—” But it was me who stopped. I didn’t want to push it. I didn’t want to risk the progress that had just been made.

He took my chin in his fingers and tilted my face toward his. “Say it.”

I adjusted slightly so I could meet his eyes. “Don’t do that again, Finn. Don’t risk going off your meds.” My bravado started to fail as my voice cracked and my eyes got a tad watery. “Don’t. Please.”

“I’m sorry. I thought I just wanted a couple of days to feel …” He tried to explain. “I let you down.”

​“You … no. It’s okay to feel. Just don’t hurt yourself doing it. And don’t shield me from it.”

​About the Author:
There really wasn’t any other path. Grea Warner knew from a young age that she wanted to write. She was born to write. First it was in diaries with little metal keys and in written tales that she slipped to friends in study hall. School newspapers, a college television drama, and internships in the soap opera world were next. After producing and writing a local show, she decided to delve into the world of the novelist. When her fingers aren’t tapping out her latest book filled with angst and romance, Grea can be found hiking the trails or jamming to her favorite country artists on the radio.
 
Website: greawarner.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grea.warner.7
Twitter:@grea_warner
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17230140.Grea_Warner
 

There is something about returning to a favorite book. Tangled in Tennessee introduced us to the boy band, Dear Juliet and Mackenzie Tanner who was dragged into their fast paced world. In Tangled on Tour, we see what has been going on since the last book. Now they are touring and things are heating up! 

Blurb:
Mackenzie Tanner was living the dream.
 
At least that’s what she thought.
 
When Mackenzie Tanner met world-famous boy band Dear Juliet while songwriting in Nashville, Tennessee, she never imagined it would lead to being the opening act on their worldwide tour, or the broken heart which would follow.

As they play to sold-out audiences across the globe, Mackenzie realizes her dream may not be what she thought it was. Singing with the boy she loves and the boy she's supposed to love leads to a tangled mess.
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But Nashville is on the horizon...

About the Author:
Alexandra Holden is a writer from Calgary, Alberta. She is married to her best friend Jon, raising two stubborn bunnies and one cuddly puppy, and can likely be found wandering the aisles of a Michaels Craft Supply store or quoting The Office. Alexandra recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree in English Literature and is represented by the Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency. She had her first novel, Tangled In Tennessee, published in 2015 and hosts the Mrs. Feminist Podcast.
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Website: www.alexandralydia.com
Instagram: alexandraalydia
Facebook: Alexandra Lydia

A fun and magical movie for the whole family. You can see my whole review here: Movie Reviews

I always check out the magazines in the checkout line at the grocery store. This week, Megan, the new British princess was on one cover as well as an article about the life of Burt Reynolds who passed away last week. While I don't watch television, I do like to know about the celebrities mentioned. 

It's this compulsion which serves as a backdrop for Celia Mulder's latest release, Celebrity Spin Doctor. Her main character works to keep the juicy nuggets of gossip out of the headlines and spins any leaks to benefit her clients. Pregnant? It's a love child! Public breakup? Just an innocent break! Now you can get a behind the scenes look at a heroine who not only puts her job on the line but her love life as well! Hilarity ensues!

Blurb:
Remember when country star, Christy-Anne, had the leaked sex tape?

No one else does either. All thanks to Lucille Anton, undercover PR agent for troublesome celebrities. They screw up, she covers up. Business is good and Lucille’s good at it. But all that changes when international superstar Michel Polce approaches her with the toughest case of her career—his fiancée is trying to kill him and he doesn’t want anyone to know. 

Brett Jacobs is at rock bottom of, well, everything. But he pulls himself out of his grimy apartment to attend a party with his former best friend, Michel Polce. Little does he know he’s about to be introduced to the most fascinating, unattainable woman he’s ever met in his life. And the only way to get close to her is to convince her, and himself, to help Michel.
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The mission is clear—find the fiancée, tell her to stop trying to kill Michel, and make sure no one knows. But with an ex-boyfriend popping up at inconvenient moments, a fugitive uncle who can’t stay away, and some ill-timed sexacapades, this ordeal is more than any of them bargained for. 

EXCERPT:
Lucille had her arms crossed over her black blouse, forcing open the unbuttoned top and revealing a glimpse of black lace. She looked him up and down while he stared at her face. He could feel her eyes on his skin, scraping across every inch of his being with slow, deliberate judgment. As in the hotel suite, he felt gloriously naked. He was sure it was meant to make him feel insignificant and tiny, but whether it was from his years of neuroses and self-deprecation or some latent desire in her gaze, he shivered with pleasure at the scrutiny.

“I see you own other clothes.” Her tone was clipped and cold.

“Are you checking me out?” Brett had meant to joke, but it came out husky.

Lucille laughed, one brief, humorless bark that said “you wish.” She pushed past him and into the tomb of the mansion beyond. She paused in the foyer, taking in the empty stillness.

“I don’t know how to say this, but—” Brett began.

“Sylvia’s been kidnapped.” Lucille cut him off. “And what I’d really like to know is why the hell you didn’t call me about it. You’ve clearly been here long enough to make yourself at home.”

Brett frowned. “What does Sylvia’s kidnapping have to do with you? Aren’t you Michel’s publicist?”

Lucille turned on her scary, pointy-heeled boots and glared at him, her arched eyebrows knit together. “Don’t be stupid.”

“Then you’re not his publicist.” Brett already knew this, of course, but he was annoyed and sick of her, and wildly attracted to her and now a bit pissed off.
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“No. I’m not. We both know I’m not, so we can drop the charade. I need to see Michel.” She turned and walked away, her heels ringing against the stone.

About the Author:
Celia Mulder hails from the lovely, yet unpredictable northern Michigan. She is a librarian, a former wedding planner, and an avid appreciator of all things campy and ridiculous. Friends-to-lovers plots are her catnip. She believes in three things— the superiority of Aquaman, the healing power of romance novels, and Buffy: the Vampire Slayer.
 
Website: www.celiamulder.com
Instragram: celiamulder
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celia.mulder.7
Twitter: @celiamulder
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12829781-celia

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Troubles & Crimes to be solved
Xavier’s dead great-grandmother wants Vic to solve a crime
A Despicable Crime
(The Attempted Abduction of Xavier’s Mother)
A Painful Conclusion
The Improvement of Crime Lords
A Gift Returned
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Family contacts that Xavier Thorn has long ago hidden from his life suddenly return. His beloved great-grandmother, which his father had declared dead when Xavier was six, turns out to be alive and annoyed that his father is stealing money from her bank account and the bank won’t stop him.

As matters escalate from theft to murder to a most despicable crime, Xavier learns more about his father who has hated him all his life and discovers some good news. However, first, he must secure his great-grandmother and his mother, since the connection between the two ladies and Xavier has become known to several Crime Lords. As the man responsible for keeping all Crime Lords in line, the two ladies are now in danger of becoming hostages.

It’s a hard month for Vic. Due to saying too much while teaching the Scotland Yard officers on how to stop forgeries, Vic believes she has lost Xavier’s love. Also, her crazy sister Claire burns down the house Claire lives in simply because it cannot be put into her name. Then she arrives at Xavier and Vic’s house with the intention of killing them all.
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Family can be so difficult!

Excerpt
Xavier sat and listened to the old woman, seated on the other side of his desk, drone on and on. Honestly, he had no idea why she was here. Worse yet, she seemed to be telling her story backwards, or at least he suspected as much. Every time he took the effort to listen, she was talking about something that happened further in the past.

If she had been a man, he would have tossed her out long before now, but she was almost the spitting image of his great grandmother whom he had truly loved. Now that he gave the matter more thought, his great-grandmother often told him stories in reverse, insisting a person could learn more by going back.

“We all know where we are, but the past we know is often nothing but nonsense.” She would then give him a hard glare. “I expect better of you, young man. You are like me. We remember the truth, not some made up magpie, pretending to be a sparrow.”

Yes, this woman sounded a great deal like his dead great-grandmother. She also made statements that truly made no sense.
 
Book 9
A Despicable Crime
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Need to catch up?
Book 1
The Troublesome Apprentice
Book 2
The Missing Partner
Book 2.5
A Right to Love
Book 3
The Mesmerist
Book 4
Well Kept Secrets
Book 5
Pack of Trouble
Book 6
The Darkest Days
Book 7
The CrimeLords’ War
Book 8
Toxic Diamonds
 
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Liza O’Connor was raised badly by feral cats, left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast. There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell in love with her new life where people behaved nicely. But all those bad behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous books. Please buy these books, because otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels instead. They will likely traumatize you.

You have been warned.
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The Adventures of Xavier & Vic Sleuth series: (Late Victorian/Mystery/Romance)
The Troublesome Apprentice — The greatest sleuth in Victorian England hires a young man who turns out to be a young woman.
The Missing Partner — Opps! The greatest sleuth in Victorian England goes missing, leaving Vic to rescue him, a suffragette, and about 100 servants. Not to mention an eviscerating cat. Yes, let’s not mention the cat.
A Right to Love — A romantic detour for Jacko. Want to see how amply rewarded Jacko was when he & Vic save an old woman from Bedlam?
The Mesmerist — The Mesmerist can control people from afar and make them murder for her. Worse yet, Xavier Thorn has fallen under her spell.
Well Kept Secrets — The problems with secrets is that they always come to light, no matter how you wish to silence them.
Pack of Trouble — Changes are a part of life, but these changes almost kill Vic.
The Darkest Days — Muddled cases make Vic very grumpy.
The CrimeLords’ War — Vic is almost killed twice as she tries to prevent a CrimeLords’ War, stop a female Russian spy, and locate Xavier.
Toxic Diamonds -- The Queen’s Diamonds have been stolen, Director Stone of Scotland Yard is missing, and there is a toxic gas that may kill hundreds of Londoners.
A Despicable Crime — Just when you think Crime Lords cannot behave worse, they step up their game, and I’m sorry to report that Xavier’s father caused this debacle.

When Xavier's great grandmother returns, her life as well as the life of Xavier's mother become in jeopardy. It's up to Vic and Xavier to save them as well as find out all the other strange things going on with Scotland Yard.

Like all the rest of the Adventures with Xavier and Vic, there are twisted and convoluted events which bring about a happy ending--at least for some of the people! I really enjoy the wild ride to arrive at the ending!

Vic and Xavier have become some of my favorite characters as Ms. O'Connor shows their interesting thinking and deduction skills,  in addition to how they operated in Victorian Times. Their amazing friends also come along for the ride and help with the mysteries. However, if you picking this book up first, you don't need to have read the previous ones, but you will want to. 

While Xavier will be disappointed in my saying so, but if people love mysteries like Sherlock Holmes, you will also love these books where thinking and actions bring about the solutions.

I love returning to some of my favorite characters. They feel like home and when a new book comes out, it's a one click for me. Finn and Lara are just like that. I got to know them in Country Roads and saw them face some tough choices in life. Now they are back....in Take Me Home...

Blurb:
Sometimes you have to take the long, bumpy road to get home.

Finn and Lara Murphy thought they finally had it all. He had a chart-topping country music career, they were happily married, and their first child was due in a few months. Until… that fateful afternoon when all was lost.

Is it possible to rebuild the foundation of your life when your heart is crumbling?
TAKE ME HOME is an emotional journey down the roads you must take to reconcile with your past, begin to heal, and find out what home is truly all about.

What's been your favorite Finn and Lara moment so far??

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
There really wasn’t any other path. Grea Warner knew from a young age that she wanted to write. She was born to write. First it was in diaries with little metal keys and in written tales that she slipped to friends in study hall. School newspapers, a college television drama, and internships in the soap opera world were next. After producing and writing a local show, she decided to delve into the world of the novelist. When her fingers aren’t tapping out her latest book filled with angst and romance, Grea can be found hiking the trails or jamming to her favorite country artists on the radio.
 
Website: greawarner.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grea.warner.7
Twitter:@grea_warner
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17230140.Grea_Warner
 

Jennifer Gardner is back and badder than ever. I loved her before but lately she's only been "the mom". However, Peppermint (the movie) showcases her new buff body and revenge driven lifestyle! Women will love this action movie where a female kicks butt!

​Read my review here: Melissa's Morning After Movie Reviews

If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I asked this of people on my page about a month ago and many people had definite answers. Some were planning trips to Scotland and Europe while others wanted a more tropical clime- as in Bahamas or Australia. If you could go anywhere, money is no object, where would it be?

In My African Craving, our heroine doesn't have a choice. She's off to Africa for a business trip. But while she's there, she finds danger and love. 

Blurb:
The Nights are Hotter in Africa…
When Erica Knight arrives in Lebombo Game Reserve for her first African safari she has no idea that her life is about to be changed forever. As an executive for a mining company she believes that negotiating the mining rights for the Lebombo Reserve will be a slam-dunk, but she didn’t count on locking horns with the reserve’s enigmatic owner, Jean-Luc de Graaf.

In the heart of a wild African landscape full of beauty and danger, Erica and Jean-Luc both stubborn and passionate find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict. With the Reserve threatened by vicious poachers and runaway fires, they are thrown together unable to contain the scorching attraction between them.

Far away from the rat race of New York Erica feels the stirring of a different drum, ancient and irresistible. But surrendering to the wild would mean she would have to submit to the powerful attraction to Jean-Luc and she isn’t ready to give up control just yet…

EXCERPT:
A slight breeze stirred, and despite the fires, Erica found herself shivering in her thin sweater.

“I think I’ll just go back to my room and grab a jacket.”

She stood up, and so did Jean-Luc.

“Fine,” he said. “I’ll just grab my rifle.”

Erica had forgotten that because out past the dining area, the camp was unfenced, guests were forbidden to walk around alone after dark and had to be accompanied by an armed ranger. She picked up her backpack while Jean-Luc took his rifle out of its case.

“This way.” He ushered her out of the boma and onto the path toward her room.

She shuddered slightly as his hand touched the sensitive area of her upper arm. “Wait, what is that noise?” she asked.

They both paused mid-route. Across the still night, they stood motionless, and listened to a strange, throaty growling sound, followed by a kind of deep bark.

“Lions,” said Jean-Luc casually. “Sounds like they’re mating.”
“Really?” asked Erica. “I thought lions hunted at night.”

“Actually, during mating season, they will have sex for three days. For all of that time, they don’t hunt, or even sleep.

Don’t worry—they are actually quite far off. When lions are near, I can smell them. You are perfectly safe.”
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Erica felt safe from the lions, with a six-foot-four armed ranger at her side. But was she safe from the ranger? Or more to the point, was she safe from the desire she felt building in her at every second? 

About the Author:
As a rock singer Audrey has toured with the likes of Bryan Adams and Roxette. As a magazine writer she penned columns for ELLE magazine and Cosmopolitan and published a best-selling memoir. She has had a lifelong love affair with spicy romances and classic whodunits. Based in the turbulent city of Johannesburg she shares her home with her highly -strung husband and two ridiculously awesome kids.

Since moving from Canada to South Africa as a child she has been entranced with the people and landscapes of this magnificent part of the world. Serving up steamy African themed romances is far more exciting than the school run and Audrey is happiest on safari, at sunset with a Gin & Tonic in hand.

Audrey loves interacting with readers via Facebook and Instagram. She doesn’t mind being contacted as Audrey Flynn or as she is also known; Nadine Raal.
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You can find her at: safari_romance (Instagram) and audreyflynnbooks.com (Website)