Saturday, November 29, 2014

Review: Softy Wipes



The world is a big, gross place. Thankfully, we created a sanitizing wipe with the stopping power of an elephant gun to keep the nastiness at bay. Germaphobes, rejoice, for we are your new protectors. Give us your children's grubby fingers, your subway handrails, even your disgusting hotel TV remotes. Softy wipes will accept any challenge, anywhere; killing 99.9% of every germ in their path. We like those odds. We think you will, too. Let's keep it clean. 

Features: 
- Alcohol free antimicrobial solution that kills 99.9% of germs within 5 seconds. 
- Unlike gels, our wipes help not only to sanitize but remove dirt as well. Cleaning made easy when soap and water is not available. 
- Aloe and Vitamin E infused to keep your hands moisturized, not sticky or soapy. 
- Our patented frustration-free dispenser makes wipe removal super easy. 
- One of the largest, thickest, and softest premium sanitizing wipe on the market. 
- Use on hands, body, or surfaces. A truly versatile sanitizer wipe. 
- Unconditional "stay moist" guarantee. Your canister will stay moist down to the last wipe or your money back. 
- Softy Wipes are manufactured in the USA at an EPA registered and FDA approved facility. 


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These wipes are so awesome I use them for everythingWhen I got the package I couldn't believe how big the container was compared to other wipes I buy in the store.

I absolutely love them, they are soft, durable and smell great. They take care of my cleaning needs and are great for hands, floor spills and cleaning counter tops in the kitchen and bathroom. 

I also love that they kill germs, clean, are safe for your skin (they are alcohol free, so they don't dry out my hands), don't tear or leave residue!

Highly recommended. An absolute must have for bathrooms and kitchens!



















*I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Friday, November 28, 2014

Read-A-Long: When You're Ready by J.L. Berg


Years after suffering the tragic loss of her husband, Ethan, which left her alone to raise their young daughter, Clare Murray still holds the last letter he wrote with the words "When You're Ready" written in his familiar messy handwriting, unable to break its weathered seal. Ready for what? He was her entire world, and Clare had accepted a life without him, without love. Until years later, fate brings her to an emergency room, and face to face with a stormy-eyed doctor intent on changing her mind.

Son of a billionaire, Logan Matthews has spent his life trying to make his absentee father proud. Without a family to depend on, all he's ever wanted is a place to call home. After a failed marriage, Logan believes he's unworthy of love...until he meets a woman who awakens his spirit and transforms his entire life in an instant. 

But how far are Clare and Logan willing to go for love? Can his love mend the pieces of her grieving heart?

When their love is tested, is Clare ready to put her whole heart on the line again? Can Logan learn the true meaning of love, even if it means sacrificing his own happiness? When a second chance at love is given, Clare and Logan learn you are never truly ready until you're ready to risk it all.





This is a beautiful story. No doubt about it! I had When You're Ready on my iPad for a few months, and I shouldn't have waited. It's is the debut novel by J.L. Berg. I loved Clare, Maddy & Logan from the beginning.


Clare, who suffered the tragic loss of her husband Ethan, is been left to raise their adorable daughter as a single parent. She was such a strong female character, so strong, so caring. 

"I felt like I’d lost a part of me, the part that made me feel like a woman, and I needed it back to feel whole again."

Logan Matthews is the son of a billionaire who has spent his entire life trying to make his absent and heartless father proud. 

"I was not the man for her. Broken people like me didn’t deserve perfection."

But Clare and Maddie enter Logan's life and show him that love is possible. And I have to say that Logan, Clare and Maddie made an amazing trio.  They stole my heart! Clare and Logan slowly let go of all the pain and hurt and allow themselves to love again. 

"And there it was, the new reason for my existence. To make her happy. No matter what."

"I’m here, making new memories with you and that erases the bad" 

"I’ve loved you Clare, every minute of every day, since the very first day."

This book is very enjoyable to read and I can't wait for Never Been Ready! The author really did take us through our paces with this story; my heart sure ached in parts, but made me giggled in others. It was exactly what I needed at that moment! So, if you want to read a beautiful romantic story be sure to pick up When You’re Ready! The two of them together will melt your heart! 













J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready Series. She is a California native living in the beautiful state of historic Virginia. Married to her high school sweetheart, they have two beautiful girls that drive them batty on a daily basis. When she's not writing, you will find her with her nose stuck in a romance novel, in a yoga studio or devouring anything chocolate. J.L. Berg is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC.

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Tour: Until You Find Me by Amber Hart


Amber Hart pushes contemporary romance to its wildest limits in this heart-pounding novel, the story of a girl who travels to Africa to protect the legacy of one man . . . and stays for the love of another.

Raven Moore, a twenty-year-old college student from Michigan, feels out of place in the beautiful, treacherous jungles of Cameroon, staying in the habitat where her father gave his life to help protect endangered gorillas. He left home years ago; now Raven refuses to return home until she unravels the truth about his last days.

Raven certainly doesn’t count on crossing paths with a handsome young hunter—especially one as charismatic and intense as Jospin Tondjii. Instantly, she’s hooked. But Jospin is hiding a dark truth: He is the heir to a powerful poaching empire, part of a ruthless black market that is responsible for the dwindling gorilla population.


Their fathers may have been enemies, but Raven and Jospin forge a bond that goes beyond blood, a relationship that is tested as Raven draws closer to the source of her father’s death. Can she and Jospin bear the weight of the secrets of the wild—and the secrets of their pasts? Or will the rain forest destroy them both?

Until You Find Me
Until You Find Me # 1
By: Amber Hart
Releasing November 11th, 2014
Loveswept: Flirt






 
I take inventory. The girl possesses no visible weapons. There were no young gorillas involved, unless they ran off when the workers arrived—but that isn’t typical behavior. Normally the young stay by the adult’s side. Conscious or not. And the girl didn’t seem to have provoked it with a loud sound—I would have heard that. But there is always a trigger. I’m missing something.
The man and girl disappear from sight. The gorilla takes a shuddering breath, causing dirt around his face to puff up like smoke. He continues in his slumber while I watch the women. One reaches a hand to the ape’s rough palm. Touches it gently with two fingers, like a mother would her sleeping infant. Such love, such tenderness, in that act.
They clearly do not blame the ape.
A man’s voice comes over the radio, announcing that he’s approaching fast. Even without the radio, I can hear him crashing through the underbrush.
The gorilla stirs, and the woman removes her hand quickly. Her actions speak volumes. She cares for the animal but understands that he is wild, that only in his short-lived hibernation is it okay to invade his space.
But the woman is safe, because the dart hasn’t worn off yet.
The man who was talking on the radio appears, jogging through the trees. Another man is with him, and they immediately set to work, taking the gorilla’s vitals. A thick needle pierces the animal’s tough skin, withdrawing two vials of blood. It flows like a river into the tubes, I presume for the scientists to analyze in their lab later.
From a distance, my eyes scour the surface of the silverback, checking for wounds. As suspected, there aren’t any. Unless they are superficial, and superficial matters none to a gorilla.
Very few people come face-to-face with an angry silverback and live to tell. Even so, silverbacks have been hunted to an endangered status. Their meat sells on the bush market for prices worth the risk. Even the government is involved, quietly, in the poaching practice. People here train months, years, an eternity it seems, for the skills necessary to hunt gorillas. Should they want to be illegal hunters.
Then there is the process of being accepted by the poachers. Three main poaching groups patrol and surround this part of the jungle. The boundaries are clearly mapped. Violation of those borders by anyone belonging to another poaching pack is essentially suicide. Occasionally, wilds—people belonging to no pack—can be found searching for a quick kill, for a quick paycheck. But they are rare. If a gorilla doesn’t kill them first, a poaching leader will. It’s considered stealing from the poachers to undermine their training and boundaries and take their meat. There is an order to the black market. It is normally strictly adhered to, because it is necessary. After all, only those with minds as sharp as steel, only the strongest hunters, can outsmart the highly intelligent gorillas and live to tell about it.
I should know.

I am one of them.






Amber Hart is the author of Before You and Until You Find Me. She grew up in Orlando, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, and now resides on the Florida coastline with her family. When not reading, she can be found writing, daydreaming, or dipping her toes in the sand.











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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Tour: Play Me Series by Tracy Wolff



Wolff’s Play Me series centers on the love story between Aria Winston, a cocktail waitress at one of Vegas’ hottest five-star casinos and Sebastian Caine, the casino owner’s son and handpicked successor. It is an erotic romance series intended for mature audiences.


Fans of Wolff’s bestselling Ethan Frost series will be excited to learn that the characters in Play Me are closely connected to Ethan Frost and Chloe Girard from Addicted and Ruined—and that Ethan and Chloe make cameo appearances in Play Me. The third installment in the Ethan Frost series Exposed, coming February 2015, will feature the characters from both series.


PLAY ME Series

Books 1-5
Tracy Wolff
Loveswept
Releasing Dec 2nd, 2014



Play Me Wild

In the seductive first installment of an eBook original serial from the New York Times bestselling author of Ruined andAddicted, a woman running from her past has finally found a bit of control . . . until her powerful new boss makes her go wild.


My name is Aria Winston. I’ve fought desperately to escape the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. Now I’m on my own, in control of my own life and my own destiny . . . just the way I like it. Until Sebastian Caine changes everything.



Working as a cocktail waitress at one of Vegas’s hottest five-star casinos means putting up with a ton of bad behavior from the big spenders. But it pays the bills—and that’s all that matters to Aria, who needs every last dollar to escape from her father’s destructive grasp and the brutal man he expects her to marry. But when she lashes out against a billionaire who won’t take no for an answer, she nearly loses everything—until Sebastian steps in.



The owner’s son and handpicked successor, Sebastian is dark, sexy, and kinder than any rich man should be. And when he apologizes and offers to keep her job safe, Aria can’t help the way her body reacts to his. Suddenly her job, and the security it brings her, isn’t the only thing Aria wants.



Play Me is an erotic serial intended for mature audiences. Aria and Sebastian’s story continues in Play Me: Hot. 

Play Me Hot

Return to a world of secrets and desires. In the sultry second installment of an eBook original serial from the New York Times bestselling author of Ruined and Addicted, Aria and Sebastian turn up the heat. But will they get burned?


My name is Aria Winston. I’ve fought desperately to escape the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. Now I’m on my own, in control of my own life and my own destiny . . . just the way I like it. Until Sebastian Caine changes everything.



If getting tangled up with her new boss is wrong, Aria doesn’t want to be right. Powerful men usually have a way of thinking they can take whatever they want while giving nothing back, but Sebastian is different. He’s gentle with her body. Rough in all the right places. And hot enough to make Aria break every last rule she’s set for herself. But with her history, it’ll take more than mind-blowing sex to heal the pain deep inside . . . no matter how good Sebastian’s intentions are. She’s spent her entire life fighting for control of her own life, and no one’s going to take that from her. But the more time she spends in Sebastian’s world, the deeper she’s drawn into his sensual games.



Play Me is an erotic serial intended for mature audiences. Aria and Sebastian’s story continues in Play Me: Hard.



Play Me Hard

No one ever said love is easy. In the third installment of an eBook original serial from the New York Times bestselling author of Ruined and Addicted, Aria and Sebastian discover that building trust might be harder than they ever imagined.


My name is Aria Winston. I’ve fought desperately to escape the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. Now I’m on my own, in control of my own life and my own destiny . . . just the way I like it. Until Sebastian Caine changes everything.



Ever since taking Aria under his wing and into his seductive domain, Sebastian hasn’t been able to think straight. Their chemistry is intoxicating. Their power exchange is exhilarating. And the sex leaves them both absolutely exhausted. But if there’s one thing Sebastian does know, it’s that he needs to protect this strong yet vulnerable woman. Because she has depths that are unknown—even to her. Aria has worked hard to establish herself as anything but submissive. That isn’t who she is, or who she wants to be. So why does it feel so sweet to give up control . . . and so intense when Sebastian takes care of needs she doesn’t even realize she has? But he has needs of his own—and secrets that run just as dark and deep as Aria’s.



Play Me is an erotic serial intended for mature audiences. Aria and Sebastian’s story continues in Play Me: Real. 


Play Me Real

How do you know when something’s real? In the steamy fourth installment of an eBook original serial from the New York Times bestselling author of Ruined and Addicted, a devastating betrayal unravels a fierce yet tender connection.


My name is Aria Winston. I’ve fought desperately to escape the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. Now I’m on my own, in control of my own life and my own destiny . . . just the way I like it. Until Sebastian Caine changes everything.



Aria has learned to play Sebastian’s game. She’s given him control, taken it back, and let him push her farther than she ever imagined she could go. But when Sebastian’s past comes to light, Aria receives a glimpse behind the facade—a revelation that disturbs her even as it makes her feel closer to this simmering, complicated man. Finally she comes to understand the real reason why Sebastian feels the need to dominate everything in his path. But Aria has a tortured history, too. And together they’re a dangerous combination. Now she’s the one pushing Sebastian to the breaking point . . . and if one of them burns up, they’ll both go down together.



Play Me is an erotic serial intended for mature audiences. Aria and Sebastian’s story concludes in Play Me: Right.



Play Me Right

Good things never have to end. Tracy Wolff, the New York Times bestselling author of Ruined and Addicted, brings her eBook original serial to an unforgettable climax in Play Me’s sensational finale . . . for now.


My name is Aria Winston. I’ve fought desperately to escape the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. Now I’m in control of my own life and my own destiny . . . but my future belongs to Sebastian Caine.



Technically, Aria may still be in one piece, but she’s feeling pretty damn close to broken. While she knows Sebastian would die before hurting her, their intense, steamy encounters have opened up old wounds in them both. Now Aria is considering the unthinkable: walking away again—this time to save Sebastian from the pain she knows her past will cause him. But Sebastian’s the one who set her free in the first place—how can she not show him the same care and compassion? Because, in the end, being together forever is the only thing that feels right.



Play Me is an erotic serial intended for mature audiences. 





Tracy Wolff lives with four men, teaches writing to local college students and spends as much time as she can manage immersed in worlds of her own creation. Married to the alpha hero of her dreams for twelve years, she is the mother of three young sons who spend most of their time trying to make her as crazy as possible.











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