The Billionaire's Betrayal
by Carmen Falcone
Series: Highest Bidder, #3
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: September 14, 2020
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Monday, September 14, 2020
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Sold to the King by Carmen Falcone - New Release and Giveaway
Sold to the King
by Carmen Falcone
Series: The Highest Bidder, #2
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance
Release Date: March 22, 2020
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Brazilian Capture by Carmen Falcone @CarmenExpress - New Release and Giveaway @IndieSagePromo
Brazilian Capture
by Carmen Falcone
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Monday, May 22, 2017
New Releases from Entangled Suspense - @JulieRoweAuthor & Carmen Falcone @CarmenExpress @EntangledPub
Are you looking for heart-pounding, edge-of -your-seat romantic suspense that is sure to leave you breathless? The you're in luck! Entangled Publishing was two brand new, sexy titles to thrill you!
Thursday, January 14, 2016
A Weekend of Misbehaving by Carmen Falcone @CarmenExpress - New Release and Giveaway @BPICPromos
A Weekend of Misbehaving
by Carmen Falcone
Series: Time to Misbehave, #2
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Accidentally Seduced by Carmen Falcone @CarmenExpress - New Release and Giveaway @Barclay_PR
Accidentally Seduced
by Carmen Falcone
Series: Naked Truth, #3
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Accidentally Still Married by Carmen Falcone @CarmenExpress - Sale Blitz and Giveaway @BarclayPublicity
Accidentally Still Married
by Carmen Falcone
Series: Naked Truth, #2
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Review - Accidentally Still Married by Carmen Falcone
Accidentally Still Married
by Carmen Falcone
Series: Naked Truth, #2
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Grace King needs to save her catering business by all means necessary. Even if it means striking a deal with the hot estranged husband she walked out on, but can’t forget despite her best efforts.
Sebastian Zwane is baffled to discover he’s still legally bound to the woman who broke his heart. With a booming career and new offices to open, the last thing he needs is a scandal and for her to demand half of the empire he built after their separation.
The bargain that will get them both what they want is put to the test by their sizzling attraction—stronger than ever, in spite of their rocky past. When the deal is over, will they be able to walk away from each other?
Sebastian Zwane is baffled to discover he’s still legally bound to the woman who broke his heart. With a booming career and new offices to open, the last thing he needs is a scandal and for her to demand half of the empire he built after their separation.
The bargain that will get them both what they want is put to the test by their sizzling attraction—stronger than ever, in spite of their rocky past. When the deal is over, will they be able to walk away from each other?
I love my second chance love stories and this one did not disappoint. Even though it has been two years since Grace walked out on Sebastian, neither has successfully moved on – in fact Grace never actually signed those divorce papers and now Sebastian needs to resolve his marriage so he can move his business forward. Of course what Sebastian finds when he seeks Grace out allows for a story that is filled with unspoken accusations, secrets, half-truths, and insecurities, all layered around an attraction between the two that seems to transcend all those issues – and leads them down a path that just may prove to be too much for either of them to walk away from without more heartache.
What was interesting to me about this read was that I really enjoyed Grace and Sebastian together – the dynamic between the two, the undercurrent of attraction, the banter and compassionate exchanges, and even when they would build their walls – but I wasn't a huge fan of either character by themselves. There was a level of immaturity about the characters that had me frustrated at times, perhaps a touch of self-centered behavior that put me off, but again, when they would come together everything became just…right. Of course learning some of the secrets they both carried also explained some of their behavior, which did redeem them both a bit by the end of the story.
There weren't a lot of secondary characters in this story and Ms. Falcone does a nice job having her main characters support the story all on their own. She brings the sizzle and heat that steams up the pages, but also treats us with many moments that were sweet and allowed us to feel with her characters as they had moments of introspection and true compassion.
I found this to be a quick read that was a bit edgy with the tension the story was laced with. A definite fit for a series called “The Naked Truth”.
I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.
Review - Accidentally Hooked by Carmen Falcone
Accidentally Hooked
by Carmen Falcone
Series: A Naked Truth Novella
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Exposing the truth has never been naughtier
Ryan Winters will do whatever it takes to protect his sister from marrying a sleaze ball rumored to be the head of a prostitution ring. If that includes bringing down the whole operation, so be it. When he spots a gorgeous hooker, he decides she could be the key for exposing everyone.
Stood up by her identical twin sister once again, Kika Martinez has no idea why the sexiest man she ever laid eyes on mistakes her for a prostitute. It’s wrong, but also part of her most secret—and unrealized—sexual fantasy. Wanting to forget her guilt about her brother’s death just for one night, she gives into temptation and indulges in a hot night of passion.
When Kika discovers her sister’s life is in jeopardy, everything changes. Ryan is set on uncovering the truth, but will he do that at the price of exposing Kika and her sister?
Ryan Winters will do whatever it takes to protect his sister from marrying a sleaze ball rumored to be the head of a prostitution ring. If that includes bringing down the whole operation, so be it. When he spots a gorgeous hooker, he decides she could be the key for exposing everyone.
Stood up by her identical twin sister once again, Kika Martinez has no idea why the sexiest man she ever laid eyes on mistakes her for a prostitute. It’s wrong, but also part of her most secret—and unrealized—sexual fantasy. Wanting to forget her guilt about her brother’s death just for one night, she gives into temptation and indulges in a hot night of passion.
When Kika discovers her sister’s life is in jeopardy, everything changes. Ryan is set on uncovering the truth, but will he do that at the price of exposing Kika and her sister?
This was a sizzling read that starts off hot and stays that way right until the end! When a case of mistaken identity brings Ryan and Kiki together, what starts as a business arrangement quickly proves to be so much more!
Both Kiki and Ryan are in Vegas trying to make amends for the past. Ryan is determined to keep his sister from marrying a man who may be involved in illegal activities, and Kiki has returned to Vegas to try and rebuild her relationship with her twin sister. As Ryan and Kiki spend time together and their secrets start to come out, both will have to decide if they are willing to take a chance and trust each other – especially when Ryan’s mission to uncover the prostitution ring may put Kiki and her sister behind bars.
This was a quick read that has a lot happening on every page. There is tons of steam and heat between Ryan and Kiki, but there are also some real moments between the characters as they begin to realize that what is a business arrangement is really so much more. Kiki and Ryan are both a bit broken from events in their past, and it was nice to see them slowly reveal some of their scars to one another. The mystery and reveal about the prostitution ring tied up the story nicely, and although we didn’t get to spend too much time with secondary characters, their time in the book added to the storyline.
Another fun read from Carmen Falcone, with a lot of heat and a whole lot of Vegas fun! A great addition to anyone’s TBR list!
I received a copy of this book from the Author for an honest review.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Accidentally Still Married by Carmen Falcone - Release Week Blog Tour and #Giveaway
Accidentally Still Married
by Carmen Falcone
Series: Naked Truth, #2
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy Designs
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Accidentally Hooked by Carmen Falcone - Release Week Blog Tour and #Giveaway
Accidentally Hooked
by Carmen Falcone
Series: A Naked Truth Novella
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Monday, November 17, 2014
Release Day, Review, & Giveaway - Red Hot Christmas by Carmen Falcone & Michele de Winton
Red Hot Christmas
by Carmen Falcone & Michele de Winton
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 17, 2014
This Christmas, get ready to be nice… and naughty.
Christmas Scandal by Carmen Falcone
After doing time for a crime she didn’t commit, paramedic nurse Sydney Bell avoids trouble at all costs. Yet, trouble comes knocking on her door when a dying patient begs her to deliver a mysterious message to hunky Argentine investor Alejandro Soto.
Alejandro needs to publish the one book that will help restore his image and aid his uncle’s political campaign. It's full steam ahead until a feisty redheaded woman storms into his office and offers a clue to his biographer’s death. He’s skeptical about Sydney, and laughs it off but after she’s attacked, Alejandro realizes he has no choice but to protect her, whether she likes it or not. He can't have another death on his conscience.
A crazy attraction threatens to make Sydney surrender to her Argentine savior, but will she be ready for the Christmas scandals that will rock them along the way?
Christmas Secrets by Michele de Winton
All Gabby Phillips wants is a Christmas without drama. Fat chance. Not when the new owner of her department store is tall, dark and dangerous, Nicolas Morganti, the man she ran out on. The same man her father stole half a million dollars from and the man her body still craves in the deepest hours of the night. Now she has to keep her cool, and her biggest secret - because if he finds out he has a son, he might just take the last scrap of Christmas spirit she’s got left.
Nicolas Morganti always gets what he wants. This Christmas that includes his competitor’s huge department store chain. But when he’s told money is missing and that Gabrielle Phillips works there, it doesn’t take him long to point the finger. Nobody's ever run out on him before, and the way Gabby left was colder than a snow storm. Now it's time to settle the score. Revenge can be gift wrapped, right?
From Christmas Scandal
“You storm into my office and want to investigate me? Sweetheart, this isn’t an episode of Law & Order.” He stretched to his full height and walked closer to her. The temperature dropped a few degrees as he stared into her hazel eyes. “You told me you had a message for me. What is it?” he asked, skeptical. If nothing else, his former fiancée Carla had provided him with a PhD in reading women’s body language.
She lifted her chin, and he wished he could come closer and assess her—and savor her—like the bouquet of a new wine. What an interesting woman. Freckles peppered her nose and high cheekbones, and her lips thinned into a tight line. Her jaw was a tad too square. His gaze dropped to her soft neck; there was a line above her collar where her skin was swollen and marred. Wondering how she’d gotten that scar, he cocked his head for a better view, but she moved and her scar disappeared into her cotton shirt. How big was it? By the time his eyes reached hers again, she had taken a couple steps away from him.
She ran her fingers along the collar of her shirt. “Maybe this was a mistake.”
She started to walk away, but he reached out and took her elbow. “You don’t walk in here, do this little show, and leave. Tell me whatever you came to say.” How sick was he of women playing games? Extremely.
Fear flickered in her eyes, and she turned her attention to his fingers clasping her flesh. She yanked back her arm, clenched her teeth. “Don’t touch me.”
That’s…different. He shook his head and offered her more space, lifting his hands in surrender. “I won’t touch you,” he said, his drawl a notch smoother. “Just tell me.”
“Frank Lewis tried to tell me something. It was hard to understand him, but he mentioned your name, and said he was sorry for…putting you at risk.”
A chuckle floated up his throat. “Are you serious? What else did he say?”
“That was it,” she said.
“What’s your name?”
“I’m Sydney Bell. Listen, I have no ulterior motive to come here—and trust me, I have no talent for pranks. That’s what he told me before he lost consciousness.”
He inhaled and peered at her. Ever since he’d touched her, she’d lost some of her apparent composure.
Shuffling her feet, she finally studied his office, without as much as a smile of approval. Her attitude hinted that all she wanted was a distraction.
“Right. And I should take your word for it?”
“You can ask my coworker Patty if you don’t believe me.”
“Did you tell the police?” The last thing he wanted was an absurd rumor to make it to the headlines. What could possibly Frank have on him to put him at risk? With his uncle’s reelection campaign in full speed, his family couldn’t afford a scandal. Another one.
“No.” Her expression changed, fear crept in around her eyes. Alejandro’s hackles raised but she didn’t give him a chance to dig into why she kept the police out of it. “Look, sometimes people say weird things when they think they’re injured. It seemed odd at the time but I was trying not to make too much of it. Then this morning, I checked the news and saw that he died. I figured, maybe I should pass that message on.”
Alejandro drew back and studied her. She arched a thin eyebrow at him and tilted her head to the side, which exposed a bit more of her scar. He leaned toward her, narrowed his eyes as if there were a way to see more. Was she a burn victim? Had she gotten in trouble with the law?
She cleared her throat, and pulled the hem of her collar up. “A—Are you done gawking at me?”
He shrugged. “You barge in and say I’m supposed to be at risk, well, it’s been a day, and I’m still doing just fine.” He returned to the glass console and drank a mouthful of whisky. The burning alcohol coated his throat and loosened his limbs, but still didn’t give him any of the answers he sought. Had his psycho ex sent this woman to rattle him? And if so, why? This silly little prank could throw him off. It was in bad taste, no doubt. Why would Carla do that? And why on earth would she go through Frank to get to him? It didn’t add up.
“Good for you, Mr. Soto. Then my work here is done.” She spun on her boots without as much as a farewell. A woman of few words. He lifted his glass, staring in her direction. Hell, he had to admire that.
Why not admire a bit more? Her cell beeped, and she pulled it to read a message. He quirked his head to glance at her ass, and imagined the great butt those jeans hid. But something stilled her. Her phone slipped from her hands.
He reached her in a couple of long strides. She bent to grab her phone, and he didn’t miss the trembling of her fingers as they gripped the screen.
“Are you okay?” he asked, though no, she didn’t seem okay.
Her spine locked into place, and she glanced at the phone once more before meeting his gaze. Her skin paled. She licked her upper lip and took a deep breath. Her eyes darkened to a murky brown, and a quick twitch told him she was trying too freaking hard to remain emotionless.
“You got some bad news?”
“It was an email from my work. Patty…is dead,” she whispered.
From Christmas Secrets
Cupping her chin in his hand he tipped her head up and looked into her flashing indigo eyes. Dynamite. No wonder she was such a good con-artist.
Closing his own eyes to avoid her hypnotic gaze softening his resolve, Nicolas waited. And, yes, she brushed her lips over his.
Her mouth fitted perfectly with his and she tasted of summer—the bright air of a sunny day, the crisp white wine she’d just drunk. For a countless moment the kiss was all there was. The mingling of their breath, their lips, their heartbeats.
But like it had in the Santa grotto, their passion grew quickly and without thought. Nicolas ran his hand from her chin to brush the soft fabric of her shirt. As if it had a mind of its own a button came undone with no effort from his fingers. Then another, and another. Soon her shirt was completely open and he lay her back on the sofa, his mouth moving down as he did so. Baring his teeth he nipped at her breast through the pale pink lace of her bra and she arched her back, thrusting herself upward to meet him. This was the Gabrielle he remembered. The woman of open passion and transparent need. She raked her hands through his hair and writhed under him, clearly as ready as he was to consummate their meeting.
“You feel so warm,” he whispered against her soft stomach. Yet the subdued light from the Christmas tree stole the usual olive tone of her skin and cast an alabaster hue to her body. She was so pale. So delicate. So ready.
This is a Christmas romance duo with an added helping of suspense. I enjoyed both stories and loved the drama that was created from the suspense, as well as the romance that each story contained.
In Christmas Secrets by Michele de Winton, we meet Gabby who is keeping a big secret – one she is faced with revealing when her ex returns in to her life…as her new boss! I really enjoyed watching Gabby and Nicolas come together, their chemistry was off the charts and you just knew that no matter what had happened in their past and what hurt, lies and deception were between them, there was something physical between them that couldn't be denied. And of course when that secret is revealed…let's just say things got interesting!
I loved how Gabby was rebuilding her life, and in spite of the fact that the “secret baby” trope is not one of my favorites, it was hard to find fault with Gabby for her actions, especially when you take into account all of the other things going on at the time she found herself pregnant. I also enjoyed watching Nicolas constantly battle with himself, trying to justify his actions and rationalize away his feelings for Gabby – it’s always fun when the actions speak louder than the words, and watching the successful, powerful businessman totally lose control of his emotions and the situation.
In Christmas Scandal by Carmen Falcone, we are introduced to two characters who seem like such an unlikely couple – and if circumstances hadn't brought them together, it’s possible that neither of them would have ever truly found happiness.
Sydney was such a great character and written very well. With all the rotten things that have happened to her, she has a strength to her that makes you believe in her ability to persevere, yet she retains a vulnerability to her that makes you understand and accept some of her actions without having to make excuses for her. Alejandro was your typical alpha-male – always wanting to take charge…but even he is haunted by his past…and even more so when secrets are revealed that threaten the very foundation of his family. The chemistry between these two was more of a slow burn – with the issues that Sydney has and Alejandro trying to solve the mystery surrounding his biographer’s death, it was slow to start, but you could definitely feel the pull these two had towards each other.
If you are looking for a more suspenseful holiday read that still gives you a feel good at the end, then Red Hot Christmas is a must read this holiday season!
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