Showing posts with label Gambling. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Love in the Vineyard by Pamela Aares Release Blast!


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LOVE IN THE VINEYARD
Tavonesi #7
Pamela Aares
Releasing Sept 10th, 2015



From USA Today bestselling author Pamela Aares comes Love in the Vineyard, the seventh book in the Tavonesi family series featuring passion, mystery, and well-won love!


A one-night stand brought Natasha Raley the greatest gift of her life—her son. She wants to give him a better life than she had, but a gambling bet lands both of them in a homeless shelter. When the shelter director gives her a ticket to a masquerade ball, Natasha finds herself dancing with the most intriguing and mysterious man she’s ever met.

Adrian Tavonesi is creating a paradise on earth in Sonoma California, determined to be worthy of his vast fortune by making the world a better place. Convinced women only like him for his money and his status, he invents an anonymous relationship with the beautiful Natasha to create a dream world for both of them.

As passion flares into an all-consuming affair, the lies Adrian and Natasha have told each other threaten to ruin everything. Adrian is kind, generous, and sincere—Natasha knows he would be the ideal father for her son. But will her past and the devastating gamble she once made destroy her new world? Or will betting on the truth this time lead to the perfect, ever-lasting love?



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Pamela Aares is a USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author of contemporary and historical romance novels. Her contemporary series, The Tavonesi Series, explores the lives, loves, friendships and sizzling romances of the Tavonesi family.

Her popularity as a romance writer continues to grow with each new book release, so much so, that the Bay area author has drawn comparisons by reviewers to Nora Roberts.

Pamela Aares writes romance books that she loves reading, particularly those that entertain, transport and inspire dreams while captivating and tugging at the heart. She takes her readers on a journey with complex characters in both contemporary and historical settings who are thrown in situations that tempt love, adventure and self-discovery.

Before becoming a romance author, Aares wrote and produced award-winning films including Your Water, Your Life, featuring actress Susan Sarandon and NPR series New Voices, The Powers of the Universe and The Earth’s Imagination.

If not behind her computer, you can probably find her reading a romance novel, hiking the beach or savoring life with friends. You can visit Pamela on the web at http://www.PamelaAares.com.

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

The Devil Wears Spurs by Soraya Lane!

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Ryder has always fell in love with rodeos and is now the most successful bull rider in the state. He's so confident in himself that he bets his third of the ranch....but loses. Chloe is trying to save enough to finish college, having had to give all of her money to her father to save him from bad debt. She makes Ryder a deal-he pays for her college and never gambles again and she'll get his ranch back. But she doesn't count on the fact that she'll be getting to know him better....and that could be a dangerous thing. Find the official description on Goodreads.

The characters in this book certainly make the saying Don't Judge a Book by it's cover very appropriate. Honestly, I didn't like Ryder in the beginning. He seemed too cocky for his own good and I was glad when Chloe knocked him down a few pegs. But as you move through the book you start learning more and more about him, finding more qualities that are good and nice behind the confidence. And that's a good thing. Mind you it's still nice to see Chloe verbally spar with him. Those two provide quite a bit of laughter from that alone. 

And then there was a shocker that shouldn't have come as much of a shocker, but still kind of does. And wow, that had my heart pounding, and me quickly flipping pages to find out what happens. 

The ending was definitely very beautiful and just sigh.

Soraya Lane's writing style is very interesting and it makes the story come to life.

Overall, I throughly enjoyed The Devil Wears Spurs, and I think I'll add The Texas Kings to my watch list as Ryder's brothers are likely to have just as interesting stories as he did.

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