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SHINE - a new adult / young adult novella line from Leap Books is celebrating the cover reveal for RACING HEARTS: Book Two, the second book in a heart-pounding series by Laura Lascarso.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lascarso strives to craft stories that are honest and real with characters who must overcome great odds. Her debut novel Counting Backwards (Atheneum 2012) won the Florida Book Award gold medal for YA literature. RACING HEARTS is Laura’s first e-series with Leap Books. She lives in North Florida with her darling husband, two children and a menagerie of animals.
ABOUT THE BOOK
SHINE - a new adult / young adult novella line from Leap Books is celebrating the cover reveal for RACING HEARTS: Book Two, the second book in a heart-pounding series by Laura Lascarso.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lascarso strives to craft stories that are honest and real with characters who must overcome great odds. Her debut novel Counting Backwards (Atheneum 2012) won the Florida Book Award gold medal for YA literature. RACING HEARTS is Laura’s first e-series with Leap Books. She lives in North Florida with her darling husband, two children and a menagerie of animals.
ABOUT THE BOOK
See you at the finish line…
With the big race weeks away, eighteen-year-old Jesse
Copeland struggles to keep his head in the game and his hands off his smoking
hot competition. But when Brooke reveals a secret that could destroy Jesse’s
family, it sends him into a tailspin of self-doubt.
Jesse must pull himself together if he hopes to have a shot
at the prize money, save his home, and win the heart of the girl he loves.
Can these two competitors overcome the sins of their fathers
or will a shadowed history destroy their dreams forever?
AND NOW FOR THE COVER!
PRAISE FOR RACING HEARTS: BOOK ONE
“Laura Lascarso clearly knows her stuff–about both fast cars and how to write a compelling tale. I loved Jesse and Brooke right away, and his story tugged at the heartstrings. Racing Hearts was a compelling, character driven tale that has more twists and turns than a motor speedway.”
~ Sherry Ficklin, author of QUEEN OF SOMEDAY, LOSING LOGAN, and EXTRACTED
~ Sherry Ficklin, author of QUEEN OF SOMEDAY, LOSING LOGAN, and EXTRACTED
“Racing Hearts is a sexy, steamy, thrill-read that will leave you wanting more Jesse and Brooke!” ~ Robin Constantine, author of THE PROMISE OF AMAZING
FOR MORE INFO
Website:
http://lauralascarso.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/lauralascarso
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/laura.lascarso
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ABOUT 21 STOLEN KISSES:
When I first met him I resisted.
Like any forbidden love, I told myself he was a crush, and it would pass.
That was a lie. It never faded.
And I never expected he would fall for me just as hard.
There were so many reasons that should have kept us apart, least of all, the decade that separated us.
Growing up in New York City, I learned early on that love is a double-edged sword.
Love broke up my parents, love took away my friends, and love -- the big, intense, never-been-like-this-beforelove -- landed me in therapy.
Now I'm heading to college, and it's time to give love a clean slate again. But, can I really start over when he's still in my life?
Because the one man I've always wanted, is also the only guy I absolutely can't have…
And he wants me just as fiercely.
Can I settle for anything less than the love of my life?
About Lauren Blakely: Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in her novel, FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her bestselling series include Caught Up in Love, Seductive Nights, and Fighting Fire. She recently released Nights With Him, a standalone novel in her New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series that became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her next book in that series is Forbidden Nights, releasing in early 2015. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney.
To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, text BLAKELY + your email address to 678-249-3375 (please use the actual + sign).
We are seriously swooning over the cover for Lauren Blakely's 21 STOLEN KISSES!! 21 STOLEN KISSES is a New Adult Forbidden Romance being published by Bloomsbury Spark and will be available May 5th! Pre-order your copy now and your future self will be sure to thank you when you wake up to this amazing read on May 5th!
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ABOUT 21 STOLEN KISSES:
When I first met him I resisted.
Like any forbidden love, I told myself he was a crush, and it would pass.
That was a lie. It never faded.
And I never expected he would fall for me just as hard.
There were so many reasons that should have kept us apart, least of all, the decade that separated us.
Growing up in New York City, I learned early on that love is a double-edged sword.
Love broke up my parents, love took away my friends, and love -- the big, intense, never-been-like-this-beforelove -- landed me in therapy.
Now I'm heading to college, and it's time to give love a clean slate again. But, can I really start over when he's still in my life?
Because the one man I've always wanted, is also the only guy I absolutely can't have…
And he wants me just as fiercely.
Can I settle for anything less than the love of my life?
About Lauren Blakely: Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in her novel, FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her bestselling series include Caught Up in Love, Seductive Nights, and Fighting Fire. She recently released Nights With Him, a standalone novel in her New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series that became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her next book in that series is Forbidden Nights, releasing in early 2015. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney.
To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, text BLAKELY + your email address to 678-249-3375 (please use the actual + sign).
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Eileen is thrilled to announce that her book REMEMBER hits shelves February 24, 2015 .
About the Book:
A thrilling tale about what a girl will do to get back a memory she lost…or remove what she wants to forget.
Harper is used to her family being hounded by protestors. Her father runs the company that trademarked the “Memtex” procedure to wipe away sad memories, and plenty of people think it shouldn’t be legal. Then a new demonstrator crosses her path, Neil, who’s as persistent as he is hot. Not that Harper’s noticing, since she already has a boyfriend.
When Harper suffers a loss, she’s shocked her father won’t allow her to get the treatment, so she finds a way to get it without his approval. Soon afterward, she’s plagued with strange symptoms, including hallucinations of a woman who is somehow both a stranger, yet incredibly familiar. Harper begins to wonder if she is delusional, or if these are somehow memories.
Together with Neil, who insists he has his own reasons for needing answers about the real dangers of Memtex, Harper begins her search for the truth. What she finds could uproot all she’s ever believed about her life…
“Compelling combination of twisty mystery and realistic romance." (Cat Patrick, author of FORGOTTEN and JUST LIKE FATE)
Interview with Eileen
Where did the idea for Remember come from?
I’d read an article about some scientific experiments being done with memory. The scientists were looking for a way to reduce the difficulty war veterans have with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It occurred to me if people could get rid of very traumatic memories, there would also be a market for people who wanted to get rid of all sorts of memories.
I began to wonder what types of things might go wrong once you begin messing around with someone’s memory. It can be relatively easy to confuse what is a real memory from what someone might tell you happened. What if something you were sure was true, suddenly seemed to be uncertain, possibly a lie?
Once all these questions were swirling around in my head I knew I had a book- all I had to do is write it!
If the Memtex procedure existed is there any memory you would like to forget?
I think everyone has some memories they would like to forget, but even the difficult ones have shaped who I am so I’d have to hang on to them.
Tell us a behind the scenes story about writing the book.
I decided that I wanted the main character to ride horses competitively- a subject I know nothing about. I was lucky enough to have two close friends who grew up riding and were able to share all sorts of details and were willing to read early drafts to make sure I had things correct. Now I know more about saddles than I ever expected.
What are you working on now?
It’s a thriller that involves Italy, a possible murder and two best friends who may be enemies. There’s nothing better than writing a book that includes a research trip to Rome, Venice and Tuscany. I ate my weight in pasta, took thousands of pictures and wrote pages and pages of notes.
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Second, get educated on keeping your ticker healthy HERE and then, starting February 9th, prepare to have that baby broken with 14 HEARTBREAKING reads presented by the Heartbreakers Blog Tour. We have one amazing giveaway - a free Kindle and $20 Amazon gift card - so be sure to follow all the stops. For full tour details go HERE.
Ah, February. Besides being the Heart and Stroke Foundation's key month for awareness, it's also the month of romantic fiction blog tours.
And I'm taking part in two of them.
First, my novel with Bloomsbury Spark, MY SOON-TO-BE SEX LIFE, is on a book blitz through YA Bound. Watch for excerpts from MSTBSL appearing on the wonderful participating blogs and don't forget to enter the $10 Amazon gift card giveaway contest!
Second, get educated on keeping your ticker healthy HERE and then, starting February 9th, prepare to have that baby broken with 14 HEARTBREAKING reads presented by the Heartbreakers Blog Tour. We have one amazing giveaway - a free Kindle and $20 Amazon gift card - so be sure to follow all the stops. For full tour details go HERE.
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Tour Schedule:
Feb 2: Guest Post: Star Shadow Blog
Feb 3: Guest Post/ Review: Tana Rae Reads
Feb 3: Guest Post: Reese's Reviews
Feb 4: Guest Post: Judith Tewes Blog
Feb 5: Interview/Review: Twinning for Books
Feb 6: Review/
Guest Post: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Feb 7: Review: Michelle's Minions
Feb 8: Review: After the Last Page
Feb 9: Acrostic
Poem: Wanderings and Witchery
Author Bio
Laura Lascarso strives to craft stories that are honest
and real with characters who must overcome great odds. Her debut novel Counting
Backwards (Atheneum 2012) won the Florida Book Award gold medal for YA
literature. RACING HEARTS is Laura’s first e-series with Leap Books. She
lives in North Florida with her darling husband, two children and a menagerie
of animals.
Watch for Laura’s series with Shine which follows a pair
of star-crossed lovers. He wants to honor his father’s legacy; she wants to
prove her father wrong in this modern-day Romeo & Juliet set in the world
of competitive car racing. (ETA. Fall 2015)
Character Interview!
This is kinda sorta like the Newlywed Game...if you haven't seen reruns of that old TV gameshow, the idea is that couples are separated and asked questions - and told to answer them as they think their partner would respond...to see how well they really know each other. On with the questions.
Jesse
- how well do you know your crush? What would Brooke pick from the following?
1.
Chocolate or peanut butter? Chocolate
2.
Heels or Mary Janes? Heels. Maybe even red ones…
3.
Skydiving or deep-sea diving? Skydiving
4.
Running a red light or slamming on the breaks? Running
a red light, no question
5.
Country music or classic rock? Country
6.
Risking it all or playing it safe? Risking it all
Brooke
- your turn - how close was Jesse to getting these right?
He was pretty close…
1. Definitely chocolate
2. Neither—flip flops!
3. Wrong. Deep-sea diving.
4. Running a red light, but I’m
sure it was only yellow.
5. Country
6. Risking it all!
About the book...
RACING HEARTS (Book
One) – Laura Lascarso
SHINE /Leap Books,
LLC
eBook Novella
Start your engines…
Eighteen year-old
Jesse Copeland learns of a local car race sponsored by his father’s nemesis,
Shep Bradley, and the prize money might be enough to keep his family from
losing their home – if he can win.
Brooke, Shep’s
daughter, is also aiming to compete, with or without her father’s approval.
She’ll do whatever it takes to persuade Jesse to make her car race ready. Both
are driven, both are risk-takers, and soon it’s more than engines getting fired
up. Jesse tells himself their relationship is strictly business, until it
isn’t.
Can two
star-crossed lovers overcome a family feud as old as Ford vs. Chevy, or will
the competition become too explosive for these racing hearts?
Release Date: Feb
10, 2015
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