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Monday, January 21, 2019

Dream Lover Blog Tour


Dream Lover
Book 1 in the Forbidden Attraction Trilogy
by Alisha Guenzel
F/F Erotic Romance





Samantha was an editor who knew nothing but rules. Vanessa lived to her own set of rules. Both looking for something but never knowing what it was until that fateful night.
Seeing her across the room made Samantha’s heart beat faster and her soft spots wet. She didn’t know the woman she saw would change her life forever.
Vanessa was rising to the top in her party planning career. She wasn’t expecting the shy eyes of Samantha to turn her life upside down. But they did. And it would be up to them to either go with their attraction or to hide from it.


“I want you again.” She whispered as we rolled in the bed. “I want to make you cum all over me.”
“But I’m having so much fun loving you.”
“True but give and take baby. Get on your side.”
She rolled me so my ass was touching her kitty cat. She held me close, massaging my nipples. Her touch was so soft, I spread my legs in need of her. She picked up on my need very fast. Moving her hands down she inserted her fist into my kitty cat. And a wonderful fist it was. She used all five fingers for something. Her thumb was for my clit; the other four fingers took turns everywhere else. Just making it grow with need to release passion on to her. My breathing became labored. I felt myself needing her more. “Oh God! I need to breathe.” I moaned.
“No, you need to explode. You can do it baby. I feel you need to.”
“But if I do then you’ll stop. Let’s just take a break and we can go again.”
“First of all, I will never stop. Second, you need this. Come on. Be my lioness.” She stroked harder. “I feel your need baby. Release on me.”
“Oh God, you feel so good! Don’t stop please.” And I released. My kitty cat hot with my cum, she took her hand out and licked it. Kissing me, she rubbed it all over my tits. She then ate my tits like they were her favorite treat. I was so stir crazy with need of her.
I had never met her before tonight. My life had been dull and boring. But finding her was destined. We laid in my bed throughout the night. Just randomly making each other crazy with need. By two in the morning we held each other close.
“I just thought of something.” I said.
“What’s that?”
“I never got your name. Or you mine.”
“True. My name’s Vanessa.” She turned over and kissed my lips. “What’s yours?”
“Samantha.” I pushed her hair back and caressed her face. “It’s a pleasure meeting you, Vanessa.”
“You’re so cute.” She kissed me. “Let’s cuddle some more.”
Laying back down. All I kept thinking of was the happiness that I found in being in Vanessa’s arms. She had known everything I wanted. And I her. Although she had been my first I wanted her to be my last too. Falling asleep, all I could think of was her.



Later that evening I found her waiting for me. Much like the night before. Only difference I was wearing leather pants and a top to match and she was wearing a mini skirt and white blouse. “Wow, you look hot.” She said once I reached her.
“Look who’s talking. You look wonderful.” I kissed her cheek. “Are you hungry?”
“Starved, I haven’t eaten all day.”
“Where you want to go?”
“Any place, baby.”
“I know this great Chinese place down from my place.”
“That would be wonderful.”
“Come on, let’s go.” I took her hand. We walked side by side to my car. She wrapped her arm around my waist. I kissed her cheek and she let out a small sigh. “It was crazy today.”
“I’m sorry baby. You need to unwind.” I whispered opening her door. “I know just the thing. Dinner first.” She got in and I kissed her lightly. Driving to the restaurant she turned on the radio and took my hand. The touch felt so natural. My heart began to beat fast as she caressed my hand. Everything she did turned me on. I never knew there was a person alive who could do that to me.
Turning into the restaurant, I let out a long sigh. I couldn’t help but wonder if this side of me would stay a secret forever. If my mother and sister would always think less of me. Because I never did it their way.
“What’s wrong?” She asked.
“Oh nothing.” I smiled as I parked. “Nothing important at least.”
“That was a deep sigh. Must have been important.”
“You really want to know?”
“I wouldn’t have asked.”
“I had lunch with my mother and sister this afternoon. And it didn’t go so well. End of story.”
She looked at me questionably. I blinked away the self-doubt I felt with them. I didn’t want to think of them now. I wanted to be Vanessa’s lioness. “Alright, let’s eat.” We got out of the car hand in hand. Leaving the worries of the day behind us. Neither one of us wanted to think of the stresses of the day. We were with each other and that meant it was time to have fun and loose the responsibility of being who we were.
Finding a table, we ordered our food. Unlike the lunch with my mother and sister though, we actually talked while we ate. “So, when did you know you were going to be a writer?” Vanessa asked.
“I think I’ve always known. But I never took it seriously until I moved out on my own.”
“What genre?”
“Romance, mainly. Although I do dabble in other genre’s.”
“Boy meets girl, yummy.” She took my hand and caressed it. “What do you like more cock or pussy?”
“Right now, pussy. But I always love a great cock.” I blushed.  “What about you?”
“Both. I love a great cock. But I have to be honest I can’t shake your pussy. I like it a lot.”
I giggled, looking at her with a glow in my eye. I move my leg close to hers feeling the softness against my leather turned me on. “I know what you mean. I like cock, and although I’ve been busy with work I do try to date. But something about you, I don’t know, you’ve made me see things differently.”
“When was your last date with a hot guy?”
“It wasn’t really a date per say. My boss sent me to talk to writer, and well he didn’t want to talk shop.”
“You fucked him, didn’t you?” Vanessa’s eyes became big with excitement.
“Yes,” I smiled and came closer to her. “But while I fucked him, I thought of you.”
“You are so hot! Why aren’t you like that all the time?”
“I don’t know.” I took a sip of my beer. “I think I’m confident, it just depends on the person. What about you? When was your last date?”
“Last night. There was this really hot girl I met and we made passionate love.”
“No,” I laughed. “With a guy.”
“Oh, it varies really. My job takes me everywhere so I find them as I go.”
“We are a couple of horny toads, aren’t we?”











Alisha Guenzel is an author of romance. She has always been fascinated with a happy ending. Although it's not a happy ending that keeps her writing. It's the story. When she sits down to write one of her characters stories she gets involved with her characters so much that they seem to come off the page.
When she's not writing she is a mother and a Public Areas Attendant for a local Casino. Her children and job take up a lot of her time so when she sits down with her characters she enjoys the escape, even if it is for a little while. She has published two stand-alone books: Unspoken Dreams and Dream Lover. Unspoken Dreams was her debut book and is no longer available. But you can read her series: The McGregor Legacy on Amazon along with other venues like Barnes and Noble etc…




Monday, January 14, 2019

A Love Ever After Series Blog Tour


A Love Ever After Series
by Amber Lacie
Contemporary Suspense Romance




Eve is a beautiful woman surrounded by her friends and family. In her twenty-six years of life, nothing exciting has ever happened to her. Everything is going perfectly for her. Little does she know, one summer at the beach could change her life forever. . .
Theron is the son of a cutthroat multi-billionaire business tycoon. He thought he left behind the world his father created, but things change. His only hope at overcoming his past, is finding the one person he lost so very long ago. . .
When Eve bumps into Theron, their worlds collide. Nothing can prepare them for the instant fireworks and roller coaster ride waiting for them.
When evil starts to surround them, intent on destroying them, Eve runs into trouble…
Can Theron and Eve find Light among the Shadows? Or will evil win?





Secrets are dangerous. If not dealt with carefully they can ruin lives.
But, they can also save them.

Eve is broken, but moves on with her life while trying to put her days with Theron behind her.
The lies and secrets he kept broke her trust, but soon she'll have secrets of her own. Will hiding them be the death of her, or will she be able to let them go and let Theron back into her life?





Broken hearts aren’t just for the weak. Sometimes it’s the strongest ones who fall the hardest.

Evan didn’t need love, and honestly, he didn’t want it. Every time he opened his heart, he got hurt. If he learned one thing in the military, it was how to survive. To do that, he had to run. But before he could, he lost himself to someone who never should have been there in the first place. Now, her blonde ringlets and the feeling of her body pressed to his still haunt his dreams.

Kayla wanted nothing to do with men after her fiancé not only left her for someone else, but also stranded her at a wedding reception. All she had to comfort her was a few glasses of wine and the quietness of the starry night sky. She wanted to be alone, to hide herself from the world, however, under a gazebo she sought solace from her heartache and found herself in the arms of another man.

When their worlds collide years later, will either of them be able to trust what their hearts are telling them?



Indie-Award Winning Author Amber Lacie is about all things books, glitter, and shenanigans. Never without a book or caffeinated goodness, she's managed a husband that worships at her alter and two awesome kiddos, all while pumping out tales of love and suspense. Growing up in Chicagoland, she's seen the nitty, and knows the gritty. As for love and home, that landed her in Beverly Shores, Indiana where she dreams up adventures for her characters so that you the reader can explore new bends in the road. Buckle up.




Monday, December 10, 2018

The Pieces that Built Me Blog Tour



The Pieces that Built Me
by Amber Lacie
New Adult Romance







Every person is a puzzle made up of many different pieces, each connecting perfectly to the pieces around it. After a while, a picture begins to come into focus, and then we, the puzzle creator, can finally make sense of the beauty displayed before us.
It was different for me. Some of my pieces were bent or twisted, but I made them fit. It wasn’t until I finally let him in that I realized I was missing one important piece…

Love.

I knew how to give it. What I didn’t know was how to accept it––until he showed me how…




“Do you remember the first day we met?”
“Yeah––I was waiting with Daniel at school and you walked up.  Why?”
“That was the first day I started writing my own songs.  As hard as I tried, they always felt empty. Do you remember the first time we kissed?”
A soft smile formed on my lips as I remembered the way his soft lips felt against mine.  “Perfectly.”
“I couldn’t get it out of my head.  Words were slamming against each other in my mind.  That night I put my heart onto paper. It was the first time I felt like I was doing something.  I knew at that moment, music was my calling. I mean, yeah, I thought about it before, but I always felt like I was trying too hard.  You came along, and I didn’t have to try anymore.”
Flying.  It’s the only word I could use to describe what I felt at that moment. His words made me feel weightless.  I was soaring above the clouds with the stars. It’s still one of my favorite memories. I felt beautiful, loved, and wanted.  It was perfect.
August pressed a soft kiss to my forehead as I closed my eyes, reveling in his touch.  “This is the very first note I wrote after we kissed. It was the note.  It’s everything.”

He was leaning against the building with one leg bent behind him, and he was swinging his keys around on his index finger.  I stepped out onto the sidewalk and my stomach flipped a little as I watched him rake his bottom lip through his teeth. Every time I saw him he got more attractive.  He was forbidden. He was everything that was wrong. If he was the poison apple, I was Snow White, and I was going to sink my teeth into him.
“Damn.  You look amazing.”
I smiled, as I tucked a stray curl behind my ear.  




“There she is.”
“There who is?”
“The girl I knew in high school.  Remember her? She was the one I fell in love with.”  Being a songwriter gave him an advantage over me. I could never match my words for his.  It was a battle I would never win.
“You should know she’s gone, August.  She left a long time ago.” I shifted on my feet.
“No, she’s just hiding.”
I took a step back.  “I don’t remember you being this witty and sure of yourself.”  Deflection.  It was the only move I knew how to do well.
He saw my move and countered me.  “What do you remember?”
Memories flooded my mind as I closed my eyes.  “I remember the garage. You would play your guitar and try to get the others to learn the notes you had in your head.  I remember leaning back on my dad’s bikes and pretending not to watch, when I was.”
“What else?”
“I remember the first time you grabbed my hand.  I was so nervous, but you didn’t notice. Do you remember when we would sneak around school, trying to see each other without being caught?”
“Yeah.  I remember your lips always tasting like the bubblegum you were chewing.  The first time I saw you, my heart skipped a beat and I couldn’t catch my breath.  I watched you walk away that day and every time we’ve been together since. I don’t look away until you’re gone.”
His heart may have skipped beats, but mine was jumping valleys.  “Why?”
August shrugged his shoulders as if it all made sense.  “What if you changed your mind and you wanted to come back to me?  I didn’t want to be the one to walk away. I didn’t want to miss a moment with you.”
“Is that a song?”
“No.”
“It should be.”














Indie-Award Winning Author Amber Lacie is about all things books, glitter, and shenanigans. Never without a book or caffeinated goodness, she's managed a husband that worships at her alter and two awesome kiddos, all while pumping out tales of love and suspense. Growing up in Chicagoland, she's seen the nitty, and knows the gritty. As for love and home, that landed her in Beverly Shores, Indiana where she dreams up adventures for her characters so that you the reader can explore new bends in the road. Buckle up.