*COVER REVEAL* NEED ME by Tessa Bailey

I'm so excited to share with you the cover for book TWO of Tessa Bailey's upcoming and HIGHLY anticipated Broke and Beautiful series! I have heard such amazing things about this series, so be sure to put this on your TBR list!

Without any further ado, here it is:

Need Me by Tessa Bailey
Genre: Adult Romance
Expected Publication Date: April 21st, 2015


From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tessa Bailey, comes the next fun and sexy novel in her Broke and Beautiful trilogy!

“How did this tweed-wearing English professor turn out to be my dirtiest hero ever? Cause he really is.”--Tessa Bailey

When Honey Perribow traded in her cowboy boots for stilettos and left her small Kentucky town to attend Columbia University, she never expected to find a dirt-cheap apartment or two new best friends. No stranger to hard work, Honey’s sole focus is a medical degree...until she sees newly-minted Professor, Ben Dawson, and her concentration is hijacked. Honey is fascinated by her gorgeous, young English professor and vows to find a crack his tweed-wearing, glasses-clad exterior.

While at an off campus party, an accident lands Ben in a dark, locked closet with a sexy-sounding southern belle...and their chemistry is explosive. But when he discovers that the girl in his arms is the same beautiful student he can’t stop thinking about, he is stunned. Student-teacher relationships are strictly forbidden…yet no matter how hard he tries, Ben can’t stay away from Honey.

And when his attempts to fight their attraction nearly ruin the best thing that ever happened to him, Ben will do anything to prove how much he needs her.

About the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tessa Bailey lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and young daughter. When she isn’t writing or reading romance, Tessa enjoys a good argument and thirty-minute recipes.

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Day 19 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Welcome to Day 19 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

Today I'm giving away the fabulous On Dublin Street by Samantha Young!
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#TheWinnersTrilogy Read-Along + Giveaway: Week Four

READ-ALONG SCHEDULE

The Winner's Curse Read-Along

February 3rd - Chapters 1 - 10 (Catch up HERE!)

February 10th - Chapters 11 - 20 (Catch up HERE!)

February 17th - Chapters 21 - 30 (Catch up HERE!)

February 24th - Chapters 31 - 42

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Chapters 31-42: My *SPOILER-FREE* Thoughts...

This is the end...but also, just the beginning. These last few chapters powered through with emotion, tension, and action.

Kestral and Arin are torn apart and made to question everything as they fight a battle within themselves between duty and desire. They make their choices, but are they the right ones?

Before the book ends, their choices will be put to the test, as will their determination to see their decisions to the end.

This book does not leave you to stumble at a cliff's edge, but you'll be quite happy that book two, The Winner's Crime is almost here. Trust me, you'll want it desperately after finishing this thrilling introduction to this world.

P.S. Spoiler-free thoughts are so so difficult, so please excuse my vague stream of consciousness!

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As a general's daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin's eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him'with unexpected consequences. It's not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner's Curse is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.

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Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love.

The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.

As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.

GIVEAWAY!

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Day 18 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways: Beautiful Wedding SIGNED by Jamie McGuire

Welcome to Day 18 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

Today I'm giving away a SIGNED hardcover copy of A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire!

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Apollycon Author Spotlight: Cora Carmack! #Apollycon

Hi lovelies!
An incredibly awesome, once in a lifetime event that is Apollycon is coming up at the end of this month to celebrate the release of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Return! I'm THRILLED about this event, even though I can't physically attend. I'll be there in spirit along with a host of amazing authors, bloggers, and readers a like!

So for the next few weeks, I'm going to spotlight some of my favorite authors that will be attending! That way, if you're letting me live vicariously through you, you can tell these awesome people "HI" for me! ;) OR, if you haven't heard of them just yet, I can give you a little introduction to them before the event! Win, win, right?

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? There's only a few FREE tickets left up for grabs, and one of them has your name on it! The link to the event page is at the bottom of the post.

ApollyCon Featured Author: Cora Carmack

About the Author

Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Losing It series.

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Books

Recent Release

Kalliope lives with one purpose.

To inspire.

As an immortal muse, she doesn’t have any other choice. It’s part of how she was made. Musicians, artists, actors—they use her to advance their art, and she uses them to survive. She moves from one artist to the next, never staying long enough to get attached. But all she wants is a different life— a normal one. She’s spent thousands of years living lie after lie, and now she’s ready for something real.

Sweet, sexy, and steady, Wilder Bell feels more real than anything else in her long existence. And most importantly… he’s not an artist. He doesn’t want her for her ability. But she can’t turn off the way she influences people, not even to save a man she might love. Because in small doses, she can help make something beautiful, but her ability has just as much capacity to destroy as it does to create. The longer she stays, the more obsessed Wilder will become. It’s happened before, and it never turns out well for the mortal.

Her presence may inspire genius.

But it breeds madness, too.

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Other Titles

Losing It | Faking It | Finding It | All Lined Up | All Broke Down

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Day 17 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways SIGNED Swag Pack

Welcome to Day 17 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

I love swag! I especially love SIGNED swag!

So that's what I'm giving away today! Some signed, some not, here's an awesome, colorful pack of eye candy!

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Apollycon Author Spotlight: Jay Crownover! #Apollycon

Hi lovelies!
An incredibly awesome, once in a lifetime event that is Apollycon is coming up at the end of this month to celebrate the release of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Return! I'm THRILLED about this event, even though I can't physically attend. I'll be there in spirit along with a host of amazing authors, bloggers, and readers a like!

So for the next few weeks, I'm going to spotlight some of my favorite authors that will be attending! That way, if you're letting me live vicariously through you, you can tell these awesome people "HI" for me! ;) OR, if you haven't heard of them just yet, I can give you a little introduction to them before the event! Win, win, right?

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? There's only a few FREE tickets left up for grabs, and one of them has your name on it! The link to the event page is at the bottom of the post.

ApollyCon Featured Author: Jay Crownover

About the Author

JAY CROWNOVER Being native Coloradan is a source of pride if you ask Jay. She loves all the things her home has to offer, and that is why she set her books in this familiar place. Writing about what she knows is why her stories feature plenty of rock and roll and body modification.

Jay has been a bartender since she was in college, spending over forty hours a week watching interactions between men and women. This 9 to 5 job offered great insights into relationships - how they start and how they evolve in a social setting.

This cutting-edge author likes to write New Adult novels because she remembers being in her early twenties and thinking she had it all figured out, only to be proven wrong time and time again. When she looks back, she see's that those years defined who she is today, and, good or bad, those decisions ultimately set her current path.

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Books

Upcoming Release - Feb 3rd

Some men are just better when they're bold.

Welcome to the Point...

In a dark and broken kingdom, a ruler has to be fearless to control the streets and the ruthless people who run them.

Race Hartman is just bold enough, just smart enough, and just lost enough to wear the crown. Places like the Point will always have bad things and bad people, but the man in control of all that badness can minimize the devastation. Race has a plan, but can he prevent total annihilation without destroying himself?

Brysen Carter has always seen her best friend's brother for what he is--too pretty, too smooth, and way too dangerous to touch. Basking in Race's golden glow is very tempting, but Brysen knows she'd eventually get burned.

When she starts receiving threatening texts and someone tries to take her out in parking lot, the only person interested in keeping her safe is the one man she can't allow herself to have.

Sometimes being bold is the only way to stay alive. But can she let Race save her life . . . if it means losing herself to him?

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Other Titles

Rule | Jet | Rome | Nash | Rowdy | Asa | Better When He's Bad

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Day 16 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways: Before You Break SIGNED by Christina Lee

Welcome to Day 16 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

Today I'm giving away a SIGNED copy of Before You Break by the fabulous Christina Lee! This is probably one of my favorites of her series...though it's so so good, that is a tough choice. They can all be read as standalones, so if you haven't picked her up yet, be sure you do!

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Apollycon Author Spotlight: Diane Alberts / Jen McLaughlin! #Apollycon

Hi lovelies!
An incredibly awesome, once in a lifetime event that is Apollycon is coming up at the end of this month to celebrate the release of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Return! I'm THRILLED about this event, even though I can't physically attend. I'll be there in spirit along with a host of amazing authors, bloggers, and readers a like!

So for the next few weeks, I'm going to spotlight some of my favorite authors that will be attending! That way, if you're letting me live vicariously through you, you can tell these awesome people "HI" for me! ;) OR, if you haven't heard of them just yet, I can give you a little introduction to them before the event! Win, win, right?

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? There's only a few FREE tickets left up for grabs, and one of them has your name on it! The link to the event page is at the bottom of the post.

ApollyCon Featured Author: Diane Alberts/Jen McLaughlin

About the Author

Diane Alberts is a multi-published, bestselling contemporary romance author with Entangled Publishing. She also writes New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling new adult books under the name Jen McLaughlin. She's hit the Top 100 lists on Amazon and Barnes and Noble numerous times with numerous titles. She was mentioned in Forbes alongside E. L. James as one of the breakout independent authors to dominate the bestselling lists. Diane is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.

Diane has always been a dreamer with a vivid imagination, but it wasn't until 2011 that she put her pen where her brain was, and became a published author. Since receiving her first contract offer, she has yet to stop writing. Though she lives in the mountains, she really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids, a husband, a schnauzer mutt, and a cat.Her goal is to write so many fantastic stories that even a non-romance reader will know her name.

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Books

Recent Release

He'll give her exactly what she needs…

Protecting a princess is not what former marine Gordon Waybrook signed up for when he joined the Shillings Agency. But instead of the spoiled, regal little creature he expects, Isabelle VanGuard is a fiery, sexy-as hell woman who's been denied what she needs for too long. And he's just the man to break through her frozen public facade and give it to her.

When she's with Gordon, all Isabelle can think about is pleasure. Their blistering chemistry is immediate and intense, but volatile. In fact, the only thing they agree on is that their one night together is just that—one night. Even after it becomes more. But tempers and temptation can't disguise reality. Isabelle is a princess, and a hot, hard, and tattooed bodyguard isn't the Prince Charming her country expects…even if he's exactly what she needs.

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Other Titles

Temporarily Yours | Stealing His Heart | Out of Line | Out of Time | Out of Mind | Fractured Lines

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Day 15 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways: It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis

Welcome to Day 15 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

Today I'm giving away one of my favorite books by Jill Shalvis!! It Had to Be You is part of the amazing Lucky Harbor series, though they can all be read as stand-alones! If you haven't read these books yet, you're seriously missing out.

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Apollycon Author Spotlight: Megan Erickson! #Apollycon

Hi lovelies!
An incredibly awesome, once in a lifetime event that is Apollycon is coming up at the end of this month to celebrate the release of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Return! I'm THRILLED about this event, even though I can't physically attend. I'll be there in spirit along with a host of amazing authors, bloggers, and readers a like!

So for the next few weeks, I'm going to spotlight some of my favorite authors that will be attending! That way, if you're letting me live vicariously through you, you can tell these awesome people "HI" for me! ;) OR, if you haven't heard of them just yet, I can give you a little introduction to them before the event! Win, win, right?

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? There's only a few FREE tickets left up for grabs, and one of them has your name on it! The link to the event page is at the bottom of the post.

ApollyCon Featured Author: Megan Erickson

About the Author

My first stories written in crayon-scrawl on loose-leaf notebook paper were about my childhood pet — a deaf cat with dandruff. And after covering real-life dramas as a journalist, I decided I liked writing my own endings better and switched to fiction. My romance novels full of humor and heart are a far cry from those early scribblings about my hygiene-deficient pet.

I live in southern Pennsylvania, with my husband, two kids and two cats. I like a good pint of beer, a greasy bacon cheeseburger, homemade mac and cheese, and a great book with a happily ever after. When I’m not tapping away on my laptop, I’m probably listening to the characters in my head who just. Won’t. Shut. Up.

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Books

Upcoming Release (1/6/15)

After graduating from Bowler University, the last place Cam Ruiz ever expected to find himself is his hometown. A bad job as a bouncer and worry over his mom’s health make living in Paradise anything but. There’s only one thing that can make his return any harder—running into the only girl he’s ever loved.

Tate Ellison made a mistake when she was eighteen, one that cost her the best thing she’s ever had. She’s always hoped the regret of losing Cam would fade over time. Too bad it’s only grown. She took comfort in the fact she’d never have to face him again, so his presence in Paradise throws her for a loop.

The pull between them is instant and when the truth of what happened years ago tumbles out, they share a mind-blowing kiss...which leads to more. But the past has a way of repeating itself. When all the cards are on the table, Cam and Tate must decide what they are willing to do to make it last.

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Other Titles

Make It Count | Make It Right

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