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Naomi’s Weekly Wrap Up 180 ~ I'M BACK!!

Hello everyone! I'm back from our little trip across country! We had a fabulous time away, visiting family and friends and checking out the sights around Perth and Busselton. If you want to see any snaps, I did post some on Instgram so go check them out. We got in late last Friday night, so I didn't have time to do a post last week, and honestly am still very far behind!

Thank you to all those who visited my blog over the past month. Knowing that you all have been leaving comments most days has made me so happy! I still need to return the favour and hope to catch up on what you've been doing next week.

My scheduled posts are down to just 7... However I have reviews for 8 books already, I just need to format my posts! I've cross posted all the reviews that posted while I was away, so that's a huge job off my shoulders. I need to clear out my emails too... Argh! It's a never ending cycle!

Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews ~ Review & Quote-tastic

Tempting the Bodyguard by J. Lynn ~ Audiobook Review & Teaser Tuesday

Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry ~ Review, Teaser & Giveaway

Waiting On Wednesday #186 – The Glittering Court / Nightstruck

Lawless by T.M. Frazier ~ Review & Swoon Thursday

Hunter by Blaire Drake ~ Excerpt & Teasers

Brave Enough by M. Leighton ~ Review & Quote-tastic

Enthrall by Vanessa Fewings ~ Audiobook Review & Teaser Tuesday

Waiting On Wednesday #187 – Stuck-Up Suit / Dirty

Soulless by T.M. Frazier ~ Review & Swoon Thursday

Right by Jana Aston ~ Review

Jockblocked by Jen Frederick ~ Review & Quote-tastic

Enthrall Her by Vanessa Fewings ~ Audiobook Review & Teaser Tuesday

Waiting On Wednesday #188 – Ride Hard / Soldier

Crazy, Stupid, Fauxmance by Shellee Roberts ~ Review & Swoon Thursday

In Your Dreams by Ginger Scott ~ Excerpt, Teaser & Giveaway

Pieces of You and Me by Erin Fletcher ~ Review & Quote-tastic
Dirty by Kylie Scott ~ Review & Teaser Tuesday
Waiting On Wednesday #189 – Never Let You Go / A Court of Mist and Fury
Bad Boy by J.C. Reed & Jackie Steele ~ Review & Swoon Thursday
Dirtiest Secret by J. Kenner ~ Excerpt & Teaser

One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy ~ Review & Quote-tastic
The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead ~ Review & Teaser Tuesday
Waiting On Wednesday #190
Beat by Amity Cross ~ Review & Swoon Thursday
The Randy Romance Novelist by Meghan Quinn ~ Excerpt

Heart Strings: The Devon Stone Prequel (The Lust List: Miles Riot #1)

Heart Strings: The Devon Stone Prequel (The Lust List: Miles Riot #1) by Mira Bailee

The Trouble with Goodbye (Fairhope #1)
by Sarra Cannon
One Condition (The Lust List: Kaidan Stone #1)
by Nova Raines

This one... Just 99c!

Every Last Breath (The Dark Elements #3)
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Had to get these two!!
The Year We Hid Away (The Ivy Years, #2)

The Year We Hid Away (The Ivy Years #2)
by Sarina Bowen
Dirty Sexy Inked (Dirty Sexy #2)
by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde

I watched the movie of If I stay, and now I want to read the books... as well as an extra Forman read.

If I Stay (If I Stay #1)
Where She Went (If I Stay #2)
I Was Here by Gayle Forman

I have enjoyed Clare's previous books... I needed to try her new series!

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1)
by Cassandra Clare

I grabbed this one ay a second hand book store... I love Rachel Vincent!

Menagerie (Menagerie #1)
by Rachel Vincent

Mayhem (Mayhem #1) by Jamie Shaw

Hustler by Meghan Quinn & Jessica Prince

Right (Wrong #2) by Jana Aston
Beautiful Distraction by J.C. Reed
Viktor by Clarissa Wild
The Empty Jar by M. Leighton
Mr. Perfect (Mister #1) by J.A. Huss

Last Kiss (First and Last #2)
by Laurelin Paige

A huge thanks to Penguin Australia for this beauty!

The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court #1)
by Richelle Mead

Naomi’s Weekly Wrap Up is a combined meme with the Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Bought, Borrowed and Bagged hosted by Braine @ Talk Supe and Stacking The Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.

Dirtiest Secret by J. Kenner ~ Excerpt & Teaser (@juliekenner, @InkSlingerPR)

Dirtiest Secret by J. Kenner has now been released... and all the teasers I've read have been hot! I am sure Dallas Sykes knows his way around a woman and I need to know more about him!!

Title: Dirtiest Secret

Author: J. Kenner

Series: S.I.N. #1

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Published: April 19th 2016

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From the New York Times bestselling author of such “racy, sizzling Stark novels” (RT Book Reviews) as Release Me and Say My Name comes the provocative first Stark International Novel—the beginning of the S.I.N. series.

It was wrong for us to be together, but it was even harder to be apart.

The memory of Dallas Sykes burns inside of me.

Everyone knows him as a notorious playboy, a man for whom women and money are no object. But to me, he’s still the one man I desperately crave—yet the one I can never have.

Dallas knows me better than anyone else. We bear the same scars, the same darkness in our past. I thought I could move on by staying away, but now that we’re drawn together once more, I can’t fight the force of our attraction or the temptation to make him mine.

We’ve tried to maintain control, not letting ourselves give in to desire. And for so long we’ve told ourselves no—but now it’s finally time to say yes.

Dirtiest Secret is intended for mature audiences.

Even by Southampton standards, the party at the nine-thousand-square-foot mansion on Meadow Lane reeked of extravagance.

Grammy Award–winning artists performed on an outdoor stage that had been set up on the lush lawn that flowed from the main house to the tennis courts. Celebrities hobnobbed with models who flirted with Wall Street tycoons who discussed stock prices with tech gurus and old-money academics, all while sampling fine scotch and the season’s chicest gin. Colored lights illuminated the grotto style pool, upon which nude models floated lazily on air mattresses, their bodies used by artisan sushi chefs as presentation platters for epicurean delights.

Each female guest received a Hermès Birkin bag and each male received a limited edition Hublot watch, and the exclamations of delight—from both the men and the women—rivaled the boom of the fireworks that exploded over Shinnecock Bay at precisely ten p.m., perfectly timed to distract the guests from the bustle of the staff switching out the dinner buffet for the spread of desserts, coffee, and liqueurs.

No expense had been spared, no desire or craving or indulgence overlooked. Nothing had been left to chance, and every person in attendance agreed that the party was the Must Attend event of the season, if not of the year. Hell, if not of the decade.

Everyone who was anyone was there, under the stars on the four acre lot on Billionaires’ Row.

Everyone, that is, except the billionaire who was actually hosting the party. And speculation as to where he was, what he was doing, and who he was doing it with ripped through the well-liquored and gossip-hungry crowd like wildfire in a windstorm.

“No idea where he could have disappeared off to, but I’d bet good money he’s not pining away in solitude,” said a reed-thin man with salt-and-pepper hair and an expression that suggested disapproval but was most likely envy.

“I swear I came five times,” a perky blonde announced to her best friend in the kind of stage whisper designed to attract attention. “The man’s a master in bed.”

“He’s got a shrewd head for business, that one,” said a Wall Street trader, “but no sense of propriety where his cock is concerned.”

“Oh, honey, no. He’s not relationship material.” A brunette celebrating a recently inked modeling contract shivered as if reliving a moment of ecstasy. “He’s like fine chocolate. Meant to be savored in very limited quantities. But so damn good when you have it.”

“More power to him if he can grab that much pussy.” A hipster with beard stubble and a man-bun wiped his wire-rimmed glasses clean with his shirttail. “But why the fuck does he have to be so blatant about it?”

“All of my friends have had him.” The petite redhead who pulled in a six figure wife bonus smiled slowly, and the flash of her green eyes suggested that she was the cat and he was the delicious cream. “But I’m the only one of us to enjoy a second helping.”

“All your friends?”

“How much pussy?”

“At least half the women here tonight. Maybe more.”

“Man, don’t even ask that. Just trust me. Dallas Sykes is the King of Fuck. You and me? Mere mortals like us can’t even compare.”

J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and internationally bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and #1 internationally, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, "chicklit" suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a "flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations" and by RT Bookclub for having "cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swopn for him." A four time finalist for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy).

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Bad Boy by J.C. Reed & Jackie Steele ~ Review & Swoon Thursday (@JCReedAuthor, @AuthorJSSteele)

I have wrapped up reading the An Indecent Proposal series and have thoroughly enjoyed the ride!

Title: Bad Boy

Author: J.C. Reed & Jackie Steele

Series: An Indecent Proposal #3

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Published: February 23rd 2016

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I should have seen it coming. Sexy? Handsome? Trouble? Check, check, and check.
Is he messing up my life? Hell yes. All the signs are there: he is a bad boy.
Even his name is a lie. Too bad I married him. I can’t wait to get divorced.
Does this make me sound crazy?
I know I should avoid him, run as fast as I can. However, when a harmless misunderstanding lands me in a foreign prison cell, my dear, lying husband is the only one who can get me out. Crap. I shouldn’t accept.

But how to say no to trouble when said trouble is the one who makes me fantasize all the dirty things he could do to me?

Bad Boy is the final book in the An Indecent Proposal series, and I have finally found time to pick it up. Each book has been building up and after what happened in the previous book I’ve been excited to see what would happen next between Laurie and Chase, would Chase come clean, could Laurie forgive him and could they work through it?

Laurie began to really annoy me in this final book, I know that she wanted to get space, but when Chase was there she just didn’t seem to listen. I just wanted her to shut up and let Chase explain what was going on. She was causing all this drama that she could’ve worked through easier if she just let him tell her what she needed to know.

I loved Chase though; through everything he was patient with Laurie, waited for her to absorb the information overload, and continued to show her how much he wanted her despite the deception that she put her through. I could see that he cared deeply for her, even though it wasn’t his intention.

Even Laurie’s BF did something that would’ve had my hackles raised, even if Chase was such a good looking guy and seemed normal via message, she shouldn’t have done that. However, she was a good friend to Laurie and was always there to support her.

The story line was good, even though Laurie got on my nerves at times. Laurie and Chase tried hard to get on the same page in regards to her family and entitlements. Chase proved his love over and over, but Laurie found it hard to get past the hurt and what she has been told all her life. The ending felt a little rushed, and I would’ve liked to see more of Laurie and Chase, and see them face it all together. The epilogue wrapped things up quickly and in the end it was a good conclusion to the series.

Complimentary copy provided by the Author in exchange for an honest review.

*** Swoon Thursday was first bought to us by YA Bound. Since they are no longer with us, and with permission from Trisha Wolfe, I have decided that those of us that love to swoon need a central meet up point. So here it is ladies! I have a link up for everyone at the bottom of the post you can add your swoons to, and I’ll set it up every week! So tell all other swooners out there to come on over, link up so we can visit each other! ***

I loved this moment when Chase was baring his soul to Laurie!

“I don’t think you understand what I’m saying.” His lips swept over my cheek, his nose brushing mine, as he whispered in my ear, “When I said I like you, what I really meant isn’t that I want to fuck you, or that we’re great friends. I’m saying that I really want to be with you. Every minute I see you, I fall in love with you even more, and I know you can feel it, too. Don’t pretend there’s nothing between us because you’re lying to yourself.”

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J.C. Reed is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of SURRENDER YOUR LOVE and CONQUER YOUR LOVE. She writes steamy contemporary fiction with a touch of mystery. When she's not typing away on her keyboard, forgetting the world around her, she dreams of returning to the beautiful mountains of Wyoming. You can also find her chatting on Facebook with her readers or spending time with her three children.

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Jackie S. Steele has lived most of her life in New England. She never read a book she didn't like. Her love for books began when she stumbled upon her mother's secret dash of Harlequin books, and couldn't stop reading until she had finished them all. Today she still loves curling up with a good book, sipping coffee, and taking long walks on the beach.

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