Showing posts with label Jamie McGuire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamie McGuire. Show all posts

Monday, December 7, 2015

Authors Korner with Teresa Mummert

Hiya all!! It's Monday, so that means it's Authors Korner here on the blog... and today, we are featuring one of my favorite authors! The fabulous Teresa Mummert!!! Give me a moment, I have to fan myself... I'm totally fangirling over here. Teresa is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of about a bizillion books, but she's also an all around sweetheart that makes me laugh daily! So in book... she's good people :) Take a look below at a few of Teresa's favorite things!!



Top 10 Songs
1. Take me to Church – Hozier
2. Say Something – A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
3. Black Water – Doobie Brothers
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
6. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. In My Veins – Andrew Belle
8. Let Her Go – Passenger
9. Coal War – Joshua James
10. Give Me Love – Ed Sheeran

Favorite Movie
Fear starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg

Favorite TV Shows
Sons of Anarchy
Weeds
The Office
The Fall


YOUR Favorite Books
Vacant by Lya Lively (releasing soon)

Person that you would most want to meet and have dinner with and why?
Neil Degrasse Tyson so I could pick his brain about the universe.



Here's how you enter the giveaway.  Teresa and I are turning the tables on you, the readers. We have a question for you. Answer the question in the comments section and next sunday, 12/13th we'll pick one of you to win an ecopy of her latest hit, The Good Girls !!


Author Biography
Teresa Mummert grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania where she began dating her husband when they were only sixteen years old. They married at eighteen and soon moved to Louisiana as her husband began his military career. They are the proud parents of four children that they are raising in Georgia. 
Teresa began writing when her husband was deployed to Afghanistan as a way to cope with him being away at war. She soon became a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her work includes, the word of mouth bestselling, White Trash Trilogy which landed her a three book publishing deal with Simon & Schuster. She has also written the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel The Note, the USA Today bestselling novel Safe Word, Perfect Lie, Pretty Little Things, the Honor series, Rellik, The Good Girls, Something Wicked, and Sweet Nothing.
Future releases include Crave, Cruel, Depravity, The Death of Lila Jane, Hollow, Weeping Willow, and Victim. 

A word-of-mouth bestseller that’s captivating readers with its honesty, grit, and headstrong heroine, White Trash Beautiful is a story for anyone who has ever felt trapped in life, cheated by love—and longed for something more . . .

Cass Daniels isn’t waiting for her knight in shining armor. She knows that girls like her don’t get a happily ever after. Not if you live in a trailer with your mom, work at a greasy spoon diner, and get leered at by old men. Maybe that’s why she puts up with Jackson—her poor excuse for a boyfriend, who treats her like dirt. Cass has learned to accept her lot in life. That is, until he walks into her diner. . . .

His name is Tucker White, and he’s different from any man Cass has ever known. Tall, tattooed, and bad-ass gorgeous, he’s the lead singer of the rock band Damaged. From the moment they meet, Tucker sees something in Cass he just can’t shake. Something beautiful. Something haunted. Something special. And he’s determined to find out what it is—if only he can get her to open up and let him in. . . .

Rocker Tucker White saved down-and-out waitress Cass Daniels from everyone in her life who was hurting her—except herself. In the much-anticipated follow-up to White Trash Beautiful, Teresa Mummert’s New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Tucker and Cass are finally together, but does that mean they get their happy ending?

Living on a tour bus with your boyfriend’s rock band is nothing like living in a trailer with your drug-addicted mother—except for the drama. After all the pain and grief that marked the beginning of Cass and Tucker’s relationship, they’re finally building a life together—just the two of them, his three bandmates, some groupies, and thousands of screaming fans. And not everyone is as happy about the couple’s reunion as they are.

The last thing Cass wants to do is create friction within the band—especially when Damaged is on the brink of achieving the success Tucker has worked so hard for. She’s thrilled to finally be with a man who loves and protects her as much as he does. But how can she carve out a place for herself in this new rock star world . . . without being swallowed by the shadow of Tucker’s fame?

In this highly anticipated follow-up to White Trash Damaged, Cass and Tucker have finally found their happily ever after, but can Eric, the band’s brooding drummer, ever let go of his past and find love?

From a small-town boy with fantasies of superstardom to rock star on tour with the suddenly famous band Damaged, Eric’s life has not been an easy journey. Now he struggles to let go of his past of physical abuse, a past that still haunts him. His anger is causing him to spiral out of control and he risks losing everything he has worked so hard for.

Only one person has ever gotten him to open up about his past: Sarah, the lead singer of Filth, the opening act on their first national tour—a fellow rocker with a confident façade that masks her own painful secrets. But their bands’ rocky past and Sarah’s tumultuous relationship with her bandmate and boyfriend Derek force her to keep Eric at a distance. As their friendship begins to grow into something more, Eric has to find a way to let go of his tortured past, or it could jeopardize his only chance for a happy future…

It is enough to break any man: watching what could have been my future slip away before it was ever in my grasp. The possibility of losing someone I loved before she was even mine is something I never would have imagined—certainly nothing I'd ever wish on anyone. I went to her every day and waited. Waited for the impossible, for a sign, for her to look at me ... hoping sinners are granted miracles, too.

Just one glimpse of him was all it took. In the next lane, at a stop light, was the man I would fall in love with and marry. People talk about love that takes time—the kind you fall in to. We were more like a crash and burn. When our lives intertwined, I knew I would never be the same. He was the man I would cherish the rest of my life, who would father my children. In an instant our life together began, and in an instant it would end. The late nights; the excuses; the lies. And in the blink of an eye, it was like we never were.

For the first time, experience a heartfelt, jaw-dropping novel by New York Times bestsellers Jamie McGuire and Teresa Mummert.

When you think you know what's happening, you're only half way there.

A coming of age story that transcends the stereotypes of the NA genre.

My life was meticulously planned and I refused to deviate from that path. While my peers were partying, I prepared for the future. Then a tragic event destroyed everything and I learned that while I was looking ahead, I forgot to live in the moment.

Starting over seemed impossible until I met Cara McCarthy, who lived every day like it was her last. She opened my eyes to a world of chaos and disorder. I loved every minute of it. She was also dating Tristan Adams, one of the most gorgeous men I’d ever seen.

The three of us became inseparable. Our parents were oblivious and soon lines became blurred, feelings began to grow, and someone’s heart was going to get broken. I hoped it wasn’t mine.

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLING NOVEL

Everything happens for a reason.

Sometimes in life it feels like everything that can go wrong does, but everything happens for a reason. A relationship crumbles so someone else can mend the pieces of your broken heart. A change of plans can lead you to something you didn't even know you were missing. We help others and discover that it was us who needed to be helped all along.
Jenn's life is nothing as she had imagined it would be. She is twenty-something with a failing career and her love life has officially ended with an ultimate act of betrayal. She is ready to throw away her dreams when a chance run-in with a soldier, dealing with his own misfortunes, alters her course and changes her perspective on life.
Everything happens for a reason.

A chance meeting with a stranger can turn your entire world upside down.

When Colton ‘Colt’ Bishop enters a bar in New York City, he has a plan. His job is to find an easy target and take her back to his place for a few days. He is working his way up the crime ladder doing a job he never wanted. Lily Hilton has it all, but is hiding from a troublesome past. When she enters a bar downtown, and runs into her old high school crush, her entire world is turned upside down. She is determined to make him notice her, but that plan may work better than she expects. Colton does not hesitate to take Lily home and use her as his new pawn, but their past begins to catch up with them as their secrets unravel and he must decide what is more important to him, protecting Lily or himself.

*Warning: Contains adult content and is not suitable for those under the age of 18 yrs.*
What readers are saying:

"...it was a great read with mystery, intrigue, and sex." ★★★★★

"I loved it! This story has just about everything you could want in a novel. A mystery that keeps you guessing throughout the entirety of the story, three-dimensional characters you are really able to relate to, steamy sex scenes that are downright delicious to read..." ★★★★★

"I will definitely recommend this to my friends..." ★★★★

"The plot and characters were great. I could barely put it down to go to sleep!" ★★★★★

Emma lives a very self-destructive life, barely making her way through college. Her world is turned upside down after meeting Mr. Honor, her new history teacher whose idea of discipline may be a little too much for Emma to handle. While trying to figure out their new relationship, they also have to deal with the very real possibility that someone has discovered their secret and is trying to hurt them. But Mr. Honor is keeping a few secrets of his own from Emma.

EROTIC LOVE STORY (✓) STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT (✓) BDSM (✓)


*Warning: Contains adult content and is not suitable for those under the age of 18 yrs.* 

Book Two in the Honor Series 
There are two sides to every story. Emma told of her love for William in Honor Student. Now read things from his dark and twisted perspective. There is nothing he will not do to protect her. 
EROTIC LOVE STORY (✓) STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT (✓) BDSM (✓) 

~HONOR SERIES~ 
Honor Student (Emma's perspective) 
Honor Thy Teacher (William's perspective) 

~COMING SOON~ 
Honor & Obey (Emma's Perspective) 

*Warning: Contains adult content and is not suitable for those under the age of 18 yrs.* 
There are two sides to every story. 

Book 3 of the Honor Series 
Emma has found the love of her life, but his dark secrets could change everything. With a horrible accident and the loss of another loved one, the student must become the teacher. As secrets begin to unravel, will she be able to look passed them or will she have to leave William and start life new again?

*Warning: Contains adult content and is not suitable for those under the age of 18 yrs.*
There are two sides to every story.

William has learned how to love, but his dark secrets could change everything. With a horrible accident and the loss of another loved one, their relationship hangs by a string. As secrets begin to unravel, will William be able to hold on to Emma, or will he lose everything?


Rellik Bentley is to die for.


He can have any woman he wants and they will do anything to be with him. He uses and abuses them like drugs and tosses them out with the trash. The only thing he gives a f*ck about is his music. That is, until Ella Leighton walks into his life and stumbles upon one of his darkest secrets. In the midst of doing damage control, he begins to obsess over the mysterious woman who wants absolutely nothing to do with him. 
Rellik won’t take no for an answer. 

Gabby plays a very dangerous game... 
Drake is eager to teach her the rules. 

Gabby wants nothing more than to be an author, but she is stuck working for a magazine that she despises. When she is tasked to interview an actor at a movie premiere, she reluctantly sets off to do her job. Drake doesn't make it easy for her and she lets her frustration get the best of her. She is soon thrown into his world and in over her head. 

Full length novel 

BONUS: Sample of Rellik


Sometimes love burns so hot in your veins that it consumes all rational thought. 
That’s why Brock and I never had a chance. I had to start my life over. College was my chance to become someone new. I changed everything about myself to fit in, but one person saw through my facade. 
The attraction between Abel and I was undeniable, but I still hadn’t healed from the painful secret I carried around with me. Abel struggled to get me to face my past in order to move forward. In doing so, he revealed a secret of his own; one that changed everything I thought I knew. 
A secret that would bring Brock back into my life and force me to face the truth of what really happened the day I lost him. 

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

I was young enough not to understand that my life was different. My stepbrother Colin became the one person that I could count on to protect me. He suffered for the both of us by carrying the burden of our secret.

We were the lucky few that got a chance to start over. A fake family, a new home and a pretty little life built on lies. But while our lives continued to intertwine, we were put on very different paths. Now it was only a matter of time before they collide and the beast behind the beauty is exposed.




Future release:
The Death of Lila Jane
Release date: Dec. 28, 2015
Synopsis:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Teresa Mummert comes a cautionary coming of age tale.
Lila Jane is spending her summer vacation preparing for high school. She does everything asked of her, but her parents rarely give her credit for her efforts. She decides to sneak out with a friend to attend a local party and shed her little girl image, to become a woman once and for all. What starts out as a fun escape soon escalates into a life on the run with a boy she barely knows.


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Thursday, November 27, 2014

My Review of Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire

The Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster phenomenon continues in the first heart-pounding new adult romance in The Maddox Brothers series.

Fiercely independent Camille "Cami" Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn’t have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is cancelled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year.

Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt.

Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red.

As the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes she’ll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever—even if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.

In the first installment of the Maddox Brothers books, readers can experience the rush of reading Beautiful Disaster for the first time, all over again.


My Review
5 Stars!
Another Maddox brother for us to swoon for, and to be quite frank to have our panties explode over. Jamie's writing just gets better with each book that she releases, and each brother only makes us pant harder for the next. Bravo! Jamie has a fan for life with me.


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Friday, April 26, 2013

What's on the agenda for today, K.B.?


You guys keep asking what's on the Agenda for today... so I'm going to tell you, LOL!
But... you should already know. I'm promoting some kick-ass authors! 
Here we go!


Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter


Destined by Jenna Pizzi

Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Playing Patience by Tabatha Vargo

Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke

Rise of the Demons by Willow Cross

The Life We Dream by J.H. Glaze

The Vampire Hunter's Daughter by Jennifer Malone Wright

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Knotted Roots by Ruthi Kight

Unbound by Cat Miller


I hope that you've enjoyed what was on my agenda for the day! Make sure you check out ALL of these amazing authors and books!
AND... if you have the desire, give one of my books a read :)
As always, until next time...

Kymberlee, XOXOXO

Sunday, April 21, 2013

My review of Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Blurb
Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster. Can you love someone too much?
Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.

Every story has two sides. In Beautiful Disaster, Abby had her say. Now it’s time to see the story through Travis’s eyes.


My Review
5 Owls
Wow. Just when I thought that I couldn't love Travis anymore... I was wrong! Mrs. McGuire did an absolutely fabulous job with the complexity of this character. Giving us the answers we desperately craved from Travis's POV. On the surface, Travis Maddox is a shallow ladies man. When you peel back his layers, he's a dynamic character. A tattoo'd bundle of emotions. Very easy on the eyes.

I don't think that I can say Walking Disaster was better than Beautiful Disaster or vice versa. They each hold a special place in my literary heart. Just a warning... have lots of tissues on hand for this one folks!

Bravo, Jamie!


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Kymberlee, XOXO

Saturday, April 20, 2013

My review of Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Blurb
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand. 



Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.



My Review

5 Owls
People told me that I wasn't going to enjoy this book. After devouring it in a matter of 48 hours, my response... "Wanna bet?" I'm an author. Contemporary romance is not usually my thing. I write YA and NA Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy. I've always had a hard time reading about events that could actually occur.

But, let me assure you... after reading Beautiful Disaster, I'm now a huge fan of contemporary romance!

The authors writing absolutely fit the genre. The characters were well developed with numerous layers and facets. I became attached to Travis and Abby after mere pages, which speaks volumes. The story line was well thought out and completely believable for the age group that it's written about. And, let's be honest... Mrs. McGuire delivered the one thing that most of us want in a book, a wonderful bad boy to fall in love with!

Walking Disaster releases on my birthday, April 2, and I have my copy preordered and ready to go.

Kudos to Jamie on this wonderful hit!



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As Always, until next time...

Kymberlee, XOXO