PLAYING THE PLAYER RELEASE BLITZ

 

One of us has to make a big play and decide if this game of love has a final score…

Playing the Player, an all-new steamy sports romance from New York Times bestselling author Erin McCarthy, is out now! Get ready to fall in love with JJ Beckett.

When a chance meeting with a tall, hot, and obviously wealthy stranger leads to a sexy hookup, can this Cinderella play to win, or will it all end when the clock runs out?

I did not steal JJ Beckett’s wallet. Or his championship ring.
In fact, seeing as I accidentally left my shoe behind, maybe I should be the one crying thief.
But after a one-night stand with the hottest stranger I'd ever seen?

Well, that was the last thing I was yelling.

Not that I had time to say much of anything–I was already late for work.
The shoe seemed like a small price to pay for a night like that.
The kind of night I could remember while I’m cleaning other people’s rooms; the kind of night a girl like me never dared to dream of.

C'est la vie, right?
Wrong.

Because the shoe wasn’t the only accidental thing that happened the morning after.
Turns out I may have grabbed his stuff too.
Putting it back isn’t as easy as I’d hoped . . . and as he says, no one plays the player.
Getting caught leads to some X-rated tackles that make it all worth the risk.

Now one of us has to make a big play and decide if this game of love has a final score…

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USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Erin McCarthy sold her first book in 2002 and has since written over seventy-five novels and novellas in the romance and mystery genres. Erin has a special weakness for high-heeled boots, martinis, and Frank Sinatra. She lives with her renovation-addicted husband (he built her a bar, so it’s all good!) and their blended family of kids and rescue dogs.

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DARE TO STAY (DARE NATION #4)

Hot doctor. Check.

Second chance romance. Check.

Workplace romance. Check.

He’s the one who left.

She's the one he left behind.

Willow James, athletic trainer for the Miami Thunder football team, knows abandonment and hurt. A child of foster care, she’s been moved around and left behind more times than she cares to count. Just when she was starting to let her guard down with Braden Prescott, he left for a two year stint with Doctors Without Borders. Now he’s back.

Dr. Braden Prescott always felt like an outsider in his family of professional sports players. He’s traveled the world and is better for it, but now he’s home with a job for the Miami Thunder. When he comes face to face with the woman he left behind, their chemistry still smolders. She’ll give him her body again but not her heart.

He knows leaving her once was the biggest mistake of his life. Can Willow learn to trust him not to leave, especially when adventure comes calling again?

This book can be read as a stand-alone.

Release Date: January 25, 2021

CP Publishing

Dare Nation #4

Contemporary Romance/Sports Romance

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Liza's Review:

Carly Phillps once again delivers an amazing story with Dare to Play, the newest installment in her fabulous Dare Nation series. I adore a second chance romance, and loved every moment of Willow James and Braden Prescott's story.

Braden Prescott is the only male member of the Prescott family to never play sports. He became a doctor and after spending 2 years with Doctors without Borders, he knows he has found his calling to help others. By taking the roll as head physician for the Miami Thunder, he has the steady job he needs so he can find a location to volunteer to help others, along with his best friend Hudson Northfield, who also is hired as a team physician for the Thunder. The best part of working with the Thunder is the fact Braden's ex-girlfriend WiIlow James, who is the head of the Athletic Training Department. Braden is back and ready to win back the one woman he has never been able to forget.

Willow James grew up in the foster care system, so when Braden dropped the bombshell he was joining Doctors Without Borders, she ended their relationship and never expected to see him again. She once again was left behind without thought, and my heart absolutely broke for her as she shared more about her past. 

Now with Braden back and Willow and Braden working together, the sparks fly from the very beginning. Braden is willing to do whatever it takes to prove to Willow he is back for good, and they belong together. I loved Braden and Willow from the very first moment. I really loved that Braden not only realized he messed up the first time they were together, but did everything possible to show Willow he had changed, and not just expect her to take him at face value. I've loved each book in the series so far, and have to say Braden and Willow gave me all the happy feels as I read this book. They had scorching hot chemistry from the very beginning and there was so much growth for both characters over the course of their story. 

Carly Phillips knocked it out of the park with Dare to Stay. She gave her readers an amazing second chance romance, as well as letting readers spend a little time with all of the other Prescott siblings and their significant others. With only one more Prescott sibling awaiting her happily ever after, I loved that we were introduced to new characters in Dare to Stay. I'm already chomping at the bit to spend more time with the Kingston family! 

Rating:5 Stars (A+)

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LOVE IN MOMENTS COVER REVEAL

 

“Count on Scarlett Cole to give you everything you want in romance!”
--Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author.

Love in Moments, an all-new steamy sports romance standalone from bestselling author Scarlett Cole is coming February 9th, and we have the incredible cover!

Swedish hockey player, Anders “Iceberg” Berg, is counting the days until he’s an unrestricted free agent and can land the contract he’s worth. Yet, instead of recovering and resting at home so he can play to impress his dream organization, he’s in Denver for his brother’s wedding at a gin distillery, watching the pretty brunette who organized the whole thing.

Olivia Dyer can’t wait to put the year behind her. Her father died, and the event hall she ran at her family’s distillery was destroyed. The cost to the business and her mental health more than she could ever afford to repay. Rebuilding both takes all her effort leaving little time for anything else. Except for a single night of fun with the hot hockey player who’s been watching her every move.

When a kitchen catastrophe throws Anders and Liv together, it ends with an evening neither of them can forget. It was only meant to be one night. But when Anders is unexpectedly traded to see out the rest of his contract with the Denver Rush, and his plans to leave as quickly as possible are disrupted by the sultry brunette who defines courage, their only option is to give to the attraction they feel for one another.

Yet with Liv stuck in the past and Anders firmly focused on the future, can they put aside their differences and allow themselves to find love in the present?

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Scarlett Cole is a contemporary romance author that calls both Toronto, Canada and Manchester, England home. A born city dweller, she periodically quashes the urge to live in the country by hiking up a mountain to remind herself that living away from people would terrify the pants off her.

She believes everybody deserves their love story to be told and loves her heroes on the rough and rugged side…and usually tall (because she married one of those 6ft 6” men you read about in romance!). She’s an A-type personality and Scorpio star sign, so good luck getting her to do anything she doesn’t want to.

When she isn’t writing, she’s happy to talk hot men and expensive shoes while drinking a cold gin and tonic. Don’t bring up olives. As far as Scarlett is concerned, they are the devil’s food. As long as you don’t bring up olives, she’s happy to hear from any time.

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SLEIGH RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #7)

Sleigh Ride - The South Florida Riders Book 7 (A Holiday Novella)

It's Christmas in the Tropics…but not everyone on the South Florida Riders team is feeling the cheer. When the players and their families gather for a holiday dinner with their beloved coach John Watson, they learn that he’s facing heartbreak in his happy home. Determined to do whatever they can to turn the tide, the couples devise a plan to save Christmas and their coach’s marriage by recreating the night John and Jeanette met…in Vermont. In the snow. On a sleigh.

Can they turn the beaches of South Florida into a romantic winter wonderland? Can they make it snow? Find a sleigh? Get a reindeer to South Beach? When love is on the line, these guys and their wives have to get quite creative. But if there’s one thing a South Florida Rider can do, it’s win at love. All they need is a Christmas miracle and some holiday magic under the palm trees.

Release Date: November 13, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #7

Contemporary romance/Sports romance

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Liza's review:

Breezie Bennett gives her readers a wonderful early Christmas present this year with the surprise release of Sleigh Ride. First you get to spend time with all the couples you have fallen in love with over the course of this series to date. I often wonder what happens next with couples from a series, so that alone was wonderful. Add in the plan to reunite Coach John Watson and his wife Jeanette for Christmas, and this story was total catnip for me.

I love the passion and romance in every book from Breezie Bennett, and it was totally there in Sleigh Ride. There are always funny events in her stories, but the humor in this novella totally had me laughing out loud over and over again. It was a story I didn't want to put down, and it tugged on all my heart strings. I absolutely loved every single moment of Sleigh Ride. It was the feel-good romance I needed right now. While Sleigh Ride wasn't as steamy hot as other books from Ms. Bennett, it was a beautiful, sweet, and funny story from start to finish. 

I'm a believer in reading books in a series in order. That being said, Sleigh Ride gives new readers the perfect chance to read a fast-paced romance from Breezie Bennett, and totally fall in love with her voice. I absolutely loved this early Christmas gift!

Rating: 5 Stars (A) 

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DARE TO PLAY (DARE NATION #3)

 

Release Date: October 6

He’s the bad boy of baseball who’s about to lose everything. 

She needs a husband to get custody of her teenage sister. 

Suddenly a marriage of convenience doesn’t look so bad. 

Pitcher, Jaxon Prescott has a lot on his plate. Major League Baseball. Reputation as a player. And now? He’s on the verge of losing it all. He didn’t mean to sleep with his general manager’s daughter or get into a brawl that was captured on camera. But his notoriety is a problem and everything he's worked for is at risk. 

What’s a bad boy to do? Marry his sister's best friend to save his career, even if it’s the opposite of everything he wants and believes in.

Macy Walker is the sole guardian of her half-sister until the girl’s mother returns and wants her daughter back. In order to win custody, Macy needs to provide stability and marrying someone would do the trick. Luckily for her, her best friend’s brother needs a wife.

They're this close to getting exactly what they want - as long as they don't fall in love. 

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Meet Carly Phillips

NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire. 

She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. 

The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer. 

Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub. 

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Dare to Play is another winner from the Dare Nation series. Just when I think the previous book will be my all-time favorite, Ms. Phillips gives me a new story to love. I love the marriage of convenience troupe, and Dare to Play was done perfectly!

Jaxon Prescott is a player for sure, but his reputation for being a bad boy isn't completely true. He doesn't always think before he acts, so he tends to get himself into trouble and both Austin and Bri are at the end of their ropes with trying to keep him out of trouble. Bri's best friend Macy Walker has been around the Prescott family a great deal, and after she is caught doing the walk of shame after her hot night with Jaxon, she needs his help to keep custody of her half-sister. Jaxon and Macy getting married will help out both their reputations, showing Jaxon as a steady family man, and giving Macy the stable home life she needs to help keep custody of her sister.

Jaxon and Macy had the most amazing chemistry! Yes, they started out only planning on a one-night stand, but OMG I loved them from the very first. First of all, even if Jaxon needs a steady relationship to clean up his image for the owners of his baseball team, that doesn't mean he needs to do so by jumping into a ready-made family with Macy and her 15-year-old sister Hannah. Hannah is a pretty typical teenage girl with all the emotional ups and downs, but turned up a notch thanks to her mother returning after 5 years of almost no contact. I loved how Jaxon jumped right in to help Macy out. Over and over again he went out of his way to help, and he showed he was so much more than just a player. I felt like while they started out with only a physical attraction, they quickly became friends and gave me all the feels as they fell in love with one another. 

Dare to Play pulled me in from the very first page, and I loved every moment of this story. Carly Phillips once again tugged on all my emotions, and knocked it out of the ballpark with Jaxon and Macy's story. I'm already counting down the days until we get the next Dare Nation story, which will feature Braden Prescott, the doctor of the family. 

Rating: 5 Stars (A)

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SWEET RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #6)

When the beloved superstar quarterback of the South Florida Riders is benched with an injury, back-up quarterback Matt McKenzie's life changes in every imaginable way. Not only is the team's first real chance at the Super Bowl now riding on his arm, a celebratory hook-up with the new team owner's daughter ends up rocking his world completely...with the news that she's expecting his baby. So much for that playboy lifestyle Matt had been trying to embrace. Being a father means everything...and it feels so much better than the hook-up life. Plus, it doesn't hurt that the woman who's having his baby is as irresistible and elusive as that Super Bowl ring.

Ellie Vice can happily pack all her earthly belongings in two suitcases and spends about 350 days of the year visiting her billionaire family's hotel properties to manage PR campaigns and explore every corner of the world. When she reveals the news that she's pregnant, her powerful family "grounds" her in Miami, and gives her a new PR assignment for their NFL team: making South Florida fall in love with the Riders' second-string quarterback. But when they learn he's her baby's father, they will do everything to make sure she doesn't fall in love with him, too. But nothing and no one can stop the passion that's building with Matt, and this sweet and sexy quarterback is quickly becoming her next big adventure.

As the South Florida Riders series comes to a dramatic close, readers meet the new billionaire team owners, the Miami Vices. This colorful South Florida family has secrets, makes mistakes, gives into temptations, and takes risks...all in the name of love.

Release Date: August 28, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #6

Contemporary Sports Romance

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Liza's Review:

I've loved each of the books in the South Florida Riders series and with each new story, I think there is no way this book with top the last. I'm happy to say I was wrong once again. Sweet Ride is absolutely the very best book in the series! I love the surprise/secret baby trope, and Breezie Bennett did an amazing job with Ellie's and Matt's story. I've wanted Matt's story from the moment we first met him, and Sweet Ride was so worth the wait!

Ellie Vice is the daughter of the new owners of the South Florida Riders. She is a very successful single businesswoman who travels the world for her family's company, and has no plans to change anything about her life. Everything changes once she finds herself pregnant following a one-night hook up with Riders' back-up quarterback Matt McKenzie. Her parents reassign her to Florida for the duration of her pregnancy and put her in charge of PR for the team, and especially getting the fans being the new starting quarterback Matt McKenzie...not knowing Ellie and Matt already know one another.

I loved Matt and Ellie together from the very beginning. Partly because while they were raised completely differently and in totally different worlds, they both really seemed to be sweet and positive individuals. They also had smoking hot chemistry, yet there was also a sweetness to them as well. They seemed to care and respect one another from the start, and while they both seemed to be thrown for a loop about their impending parenthood, they also seemed to be on the same page about working together. It cracked me up they both were like we can wait until after the Super Bowl to share with family and really start to figure things out. 

I loved how Matt seemed to be low-key courting Ellie to spend more time together. I really loved that while Matt really wanted to be seen as a player much like other professional football players, his true self shined through and Ellie saw him for who he really was and was able to show it as one of his strengths for their PR push. Sweet Ride gave me all the happy feels and I seriously wanted to re-read it as soon as I finished reading it the first time.

I'm always a little sad when a favorite series comes to an end, and that is definitely the case with the South Florida Riders series. Breezie Bennett is an amazingly talented author, who writes stories filled with so much laughter and love, I can't wait to read each new story. I'm so very excited to see Ms. Bennett will be writing books about the Vice family in the future. While I didn't love Ellie's dad originally, he did end up being a much better person than he appeared at first. I adored her mom, and absolutely loved her brothers. I can't wait for this series to start!

Rating: 5 Stars (A+)

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DARE TO TEMPT RELEASE BLAST

Release Date: August 4

He’s a smooth talking jock in trouble.  

She’s the solution to his problems.

Love is the last thing they expected to find.

Damon Prescott had it all. Star quarterback. Money. Fame. 

Now? 

He’s being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs and banned from the sport and team he loves.

Determined to prove he’s innocent, he hires tough as nails private investigator, Evie Wolfe. 

She’s able to bring a man to his knees with a glare, yet sensual in ways that take him off guard - and she’s everything Damon didn’t know he needed. 

Evie’s used to men dismissing her, especially playboys like Damon Prescott so she’s not buying the sexual lines he’s trying to sell. She’s with him to do a job, nothing more. But you know what they say about the best laid plans? Sometimes you end up between the sheets with an arrogant football player anyway.

But when the case is over, can Damon convince Evie she’s the only woman for him or will she leave him tied up in love? 

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NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire. 

She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. 

The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer. 

Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub. 

Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. 

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Liza's Review:

There is just something about those Dare men...Carly Phillips once again slayed me with Dare to Tempt. Damon Prescott and Evie Wolfe are both such amazingly strong characters, and I loved the growth of both over the course of Dare to Tempt.

Damon Prescott is pretty much the golden boy of football. He is the starting quarterback for the Miami Thunder, until a random drug test following an injury during a preseason game shows a positive test for performance enhancing drugs. Following a family meeting with his sports agent older brother, he hires Evie Wolfe to help find out how he tested positive. 

Damon and Evie have a good bit of animosity between them upon their initial meeting, and I had to agree with Evie that he was being a bit of a jerk. Damon didn't believe Evie could convince anyone she was his girlfriend.  Evie has her very own style and it runs more to jeans and biker boots than glamorous dresses. I loved how Evie absolutely made Damon speechless the first time he saw her dressed up for her role as his pretend girlfriend so she could be around his teammates in public places. Evie is such an intelligent and fierce woman. I swear she might be one of my favorite characters ever from Carly Phillips. She sees things from an outsider's perspective and has a very diligent work ethic, which makes her such an amazing private investigator.

I absolutely adored Damon and Evie as a couple...you know once Damon took his foot out of his mouth. I have to say from their very first kiss I knew these two were absolutely perfect for one another. I loved they were each so protective of each other from the start, yet Damon saw Evie as a woman who could still take care of herself. I think that was so very important for Evie, especially with the history with her ex. The sexual chemistry between these two was scorching hot from their very first meeting. Seriously, I had mad love for them together. 

I always love to get time with characters from previous books, and loved that Austin and Quinn had a good bit of page time. Of course, since Austin is Damon's older brother and Quinn is Evie's best friend, it made perfect sense. I also loved meeting all of Evie's family, especially her 4 brothers and spending time with Uncle Paul and the rest of the Prescott family.

I loved every minute of Damon and Evie's journey. They worked together to solve any problem thrown at them be it figuring out the positive PED situation or dealing with Evie's ex. This couple gave me all the happy feels and I loved that I laughed and happy sighed so many times while reading their story. The Dare Nation series of books is off to a solid start with the first two books in the series. I can't wait to see where Ms. Phillips takes us next with the Prescott clan.

Rating: 5 Stars (B+)

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ROUGH RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #5)

Andre Smoke is the newest arrival to the Riders, an incredibly private defensive player who is feared and revered in the NFL. His trade to South Florida is a little unexpected in the league, but Smoke has his personal reasons for heading to the tropics to play football. Well, one reason. Her name is Kendall Collins and her big brother, Smoke's lifelong best friend, needs someone he can trust to keep an eye on her...without her knowing it, of course.

Loyal and protective, Smoke agrees...but one look at Kendall and things get a little complicated. The sassy designer is definitely not the awkward fourteen-year-old in braces that he remembers, and the attraction between them burns as hot as his name. Smoke hires Kendall to renovate his historic Miami home...but the plan to keep an eye on her soon turns into a desire to keep his whole body on her. Before long, Smoke is falling hard for his best friend's sister who is determined to fix more than his house...she's getting awfully close to his damaged heart and just might have to give it to her.

Release Date: May 29, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #5

Contemporary Sports Romance

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Liza's Review:

Breezie Bennett is back with another wonderful story in her South Florida Riders series with Rough Ride. Andre Smoke was recently traded to the South Florida Riders. I loved him from the moment he first appeared on the page, and was so excited to get his story with Rough Ride. 

Andre Smoke has been best friends with Wyatt Collins since they were kids. When he is traded to South Florida, Wyatt asks Smoke to check in on his little sister Kendall who is living and working in South Florida now. Kendall is all grown up now, and nothing like the young 14-year-old who had such a huge crush on Smoke when they were growing up. Kendall now runs a renovation and redecorating business with her best friend and her husband, and the house Smoke has purchased is perfect for the HGTV house flip contest. As it is a perfect way to keep his eyes on Kendall, Smoke hires her to renovate his historic mansion.

I absolutely loved Smoke and Kendall’s story! I love the friends to lovers trope, and add in the older sibling’s best friend, and it is like catnip! I love that Kendall was still crushing on Smoke, even as an adult. However, my favorite part was how attracted Smoke was to Kendall from the moment he saw her again. Their chemistry was smoking hot, yet there was also a sweetness to them that I didn’t expect but absolutely loved. I loved they each seemed to get each other like no one else every had. Rough Ride gave me all the happy feels and I so wasn’t ready for the story to be over when it ended.

The South Florida Riders series has quickly become one of my favorite. Breezie Bennett gives her readers wonderful, sexy and funny stories with each new installment. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Bennett does with the next book in this series.

Rating: 5 Stars (A)

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