Violence by Lily White ~ Blog Tour w/ 5 Star Review & Giveaway!

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 / The Smut-Brarians / Leave a comment

Title: Violence
Series: Antihero Inferno #3
Author: Lily White
Release: July 29, 2020
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Cover Designer: Lori Jackson Design
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster; @lanefotograf
Model: Lawrence Templar; @Lawrence_Templar

Blurb

Seventh Circle
Violence
Also Known As Ezra Cross

He’s one of a pair.
Identical twin to Damon.
And an enforcer for the Inferno if one is ever needed.

I knew better than to get involved with him.
With his aggression.
With the constant fights.
With the games the twins were known to play with every woman stupid enough to fall for them.

We made a mistake when we met again as adults.
I fell in love.
He fell in love.
His brother fell in love, too.

What used to be a good time is now a tragedy.

Our story is messy.
It’s cruel.
It’s forbidden.

Despite all that, Ezra refuses to let go.

*** Each novel in the series depicts a unique romance, but the plots through each book connect in one world. For the best experience, read the series in order.

Nine Dangerous Men. Nine Unrepentant Sinners. Nine Irresistible Manipulators.

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Review

Feels 5
Steam 5
Storyline 5
Overall Rating 5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Lindsey

Five easy stars here folks!! Lily, whyyy do you write such addictive stories I can’t get enough of?! Cause OMG! Ezra! He was the asshole I knew he would be but man oh man, did he surprise me and win my heart instantly. Love love love this series and how the story flows from one book to the next with different characters. I can’t wait to see what comes next. Ezra just might be my favorite but with Lily, she always comes up with another one to change my mind. Loveeeeeeeee it!

Praise for the novel

‘CONSUMED! ADDICTED! OBSESSED with the Inferno Boys!!!’ ~ Keri Loves Books

‘HOLY ish!!! I thought I was in love with Tanner and Gabe…but Ezra…I love him and all his broken parts.’ ~ Boys in Books are Better

Giveaway

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In the Series

Treachery (Antihero Inferno Book 1)

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Fraud (Antihero Inferno Book #2)

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About Lily White

Lily White is a romance writer who likes to dabble on the taboo side of eroticism. She is most known for her Masters Series, Target This, Wishing Well, and Asylum. In addition to dark romance Lily writes contemporary romance, taboo romance, and psychological thrillers. Lily enjoys stretching her writing muscles by continuing to challenge herself with each book she publishes.

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Hood River Zero by K Webster ~ Blog Tour w/ 5 Star Review & Giveaway!

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 / The Smut-Brarians / Leave a comment

From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden, friends to lovers romance called Hood River Zero!

Blurb

Life was nearly stolen from me.
In the blink of an eye, everything changed.
I’m no longer the charismatic, hot playboy Hoodlum.

I’m irrevocably altered.
Damaged both inside and out.

I can’t think. I can’t function. I can’t live.
Not with all this darkness and pain dragging me into unknown depths.
Some days, I wish I never woke up.

But then life takes an unusual turn.
A sweet, sad little girl might be mine.
My dream job is gifted to me.
I have a doctor who cares.
Things are looking up.

Until her.

One mouthy, bratty, mean beautiful young thing complicates everything.
She sees the darkness inside that I’m trying desperately to hide from everyone.
Pokes. Prods. Infuriates.
This girl won’t stop until she’s touched every scar, both inside and out.

I’m not sure how I’m supposed to mentally heal and be a better man when I have the most unapologetic, unpopular mean girl shining her light into every dark crevice inside me.

Annoying. A nuisance. Not worth my time.
I’ll shake her off eventually.
She’s nothing to me.
A Hood River zero.

Try telling my heart that…

******************************************************

This is a full-length high school friends-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It’s book four in the Hood River Hoodlum series that all have interlinking storylines. Hood River Zero shouldn’t be read as a standalone and is the final book in the four-book series that gives each Hoodlum a story. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF. The Hood River Hoodlums is now a complete series!

Purchase Links

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Review

Feels 2
Steam 4
Storyline 5
Overall Rating 5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Robin

Dare I say I freaking loved Penny and Terrence? Well, I do, I do, I doooo!!!! Penny was quite the little badass. Miss independent. Miss sassy and feisty protector. She can take a hit and keep on fighting. Terrence…he definitely grew a lot during this story. From former player with a chip on his shoulder to stable, supportive partner and potential father figure. Loved how each character grew separately AND together. This book had action, suspense, twists, tragedy and darkness. Angst and revenge. And I feel like perhaps I was teased with a little taboo? Pretty please?!?! I’m looking forward to some of the side characters’ stories and I have some thoughts running around in my head. You know who and what I’m talking about. I can not wait for more of this world!

Start the series now…

Hood River Rat (Hood River Hoodlums, #1)

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Little Hoodlum (Hood River Hoodlums, #2)

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Campfire Chaos (Hood River Hoodlums, #3)

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Giveaway

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About K Webster

K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.

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Dangerously by M. Never ~ Blog Tour w/ 5 Star Review & Giveaway!

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 / The Smut-Brarians / Leave a comment

DANGEROUSLY by M. Never
Release Date: July 6, 2020
Cover Design: Cover Me Darling LLC
Genre: Romantic Suspense with dark elements

SYNOPSIS

I’m known as many things— A hunter. A killer. A lone red wolf.

A femme fatale caught between two men.
One a ruthless Boston crime boss who wants to steal my freedom.
The other an Irish gun for hire who demands my loyalty.
Both are my enemy.
Both are dominant. Deadly. And dangerously seductive.

When I’m forced to choose between them the stakes get higher. The consequences become deadlier. And the lone red wolf goes from hunter to hunted.

In a world where trust is an expensive currency, I need to be smart. Kill anyone who gets in my way. And protect the people I love no matter the cost.

They don’t call me dangerous for nothing…

PURCHASE LINK

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REVIEW

Feels 4
Steam 5
Storyline 5
Overall Rating 5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Lindsey

All the epic goodness right here!!! I inhaled this book! So good! M always nails it. The characters were intense and the flow had me flying through the pages. I was so sad when I reached the end. I could read these characters and never get bored. Their banter was witty and steamy. The chemistry with them was scorching. All the great book things!!!

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ABOUT M. NEVER

M. Never, the author of dark, contemporary and ménage romance. All my stories have addictive heroes, fierce heroines, hot sex, and page turning plots.

A little about me, I love the color black, I’m dependent on coffee, sushi, sweatpants, boots, and watermelon Perrier. I have a clingy pit bull named Apache, and a needy pitsky names Kai!

Writing is my passion, but readers are my love! Suggested reading– Owned, Ghostface Killer or Slashes in the Snow!

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Campfire Chaos by K Webster ~ Blog Tour w/ 5 Star Review & Giveaway!

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 / The Smut-Brarians / Leave a comment

From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden, enemies to lovers romance called Campfire Chaos!

Synopsis

I had it all.
Popularity. Good grades. Cheerleading. Doting family and great friends.

Until the wrong boy swept into my perfect world and destroyed every part of it.
Abuse. Drugs. Humiliation.
He trampled all over my reputation and I was powerless to do anything about it.
I couldn’t break free from his controlling hold.
But the night of the accident changed everything.

Now I’m freed at last.
It comes at a cost, though. I hurt a Hoodlum.
I can’t fix him, but I can fix me.
Without the monster in my life, I grow stronger, fiercer, braver.

I’m on the right track to cleaning up the mess that is my life.
Repairing friendships.
Restoring trust with my family.
Healing from my recent, terrible past.

Everything was going to be okay.
Or so I thought.

Because I have a new problem.
Cal Hutton.
Town’s lawless, gorgeous bad boy. A Hood River Hoodlum. My new nemesis.
He wants me to pay for what I did to his best friend.

Cal thinks I’m weak and an unworthy adversary, someone he can toy with.
But I’ll never allow another man to have that power over me.

I have claws now.
I fight back.

This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It’s book three in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Campfire Chaos shouldn’t be read as a standalone and is the continuation of a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF.

Purchase Links

Amazon: https://amzn.to/36iegfm

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Review

Feels 3
Steam 5
Storyline 5
Overall Rating 5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Robin

It’s hard to put into words what I feel about this series. There’s so much delicious angst in every single book and Charlotte and Cal’s story is no exception. Charlotte has went through hell and is trying to claw her way out of the trauma and consequences of her actions. I was so angry at what she allowed herself to get pulled into the last book and I was glad I got a peak inside her thoughts and emotions. She’s such a complicated character and I loved seeing how she went about mending relationships she had bruised and pushed away. Cal…don’t get me started on Cal. LOVED HIM!!! He’s such a strong member of the Hoodlums. Cocky, confident and loyal. But he’s also missing a piece of himself and I melted watching what he was enduring while dealing with his feelings for the cause of what happened. JUST SO GOOD! These books deal with a dark and brutal coming of age of a close group of friends storyline. I cannot recommend them strongly enough.

Start the series now…

Hood River Rat (Hood River Hoodlums, #1)

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Little Hoodlum (Hood River Hoodlums, #2)

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Giveaway

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About K Webster

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Like You by Rachel Leigh ~ Release Blitz w/ Review, Excerpt & Giveaway!

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 / The Smut-Brarians / Leave a comment

Title: Like You
Series: Redwood High #2
Author: Rachel Leigh
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 25, 2020

BLURB

Knox

I’ve got everything going for me—the grades, the scholarship, the goals. I’ve had it all planned out for years. Then she came along. On the outside she has it all together—on the inside she’s damaged goods. She needs me. I just have to decide if she’s worth everything I’m about to lose.

Claire

I came to this town to escape the claws of my past. A simple life in a small town—I just want to live under the radar and blend in. I was doing just that until Knox caught my eye. They say when you know, you know—that we can’t help who we fall in love with. The rules are pretty simple, so why am I breaking them all? I’m a teacher, and he’s my student—this can’t end well. More than just rules are going to be broken. I just hope his heart can be mended when it’s all said and done.

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REVIEW

Feels 1
Steam 1
Storyline 3.5
Overall Rating 3.5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Ladyballs

There is a whole lot jammed into this book for sure. Not sure where to begin first. This is a teacher/student romance and the teacher is not really a teacher. She is a woman on the run from her sex-trafficking, drug selling, abusive soon to be ex-husband. It’s a lot and she is only 23. She ends up getting a job and a place to live from an ally of hers. But it’s only two hours away from the ex which to me…made no sense. If you’re trying to hide, you change your name. You haul ass to another country from this madman. This was one of the many reasons this story was not believable for me.

Knox is an 18 year old stud. He is super smart, hot and all the rage. Of course, he falls for the hot teacher and as if she didn’t have enough to worry about, she gets wrapped up with him. Knox’s mom is the principal at his school. His 17 year old best friend Axel is super rich and runs an underground fight club.

The ex husband turns up like they always do. Knox and Axel get caught in the middle of all of the drama. I had to repeatedly remind my self that these two were only 17 and 18 years old. This story had so many moving parts. Each one more unbelievable than the next that I found myself skimming a whole lot of this book. It definitely wasn’t real life for high school kids. But if you love the angst, action and crazy times…you will LOVE this book. For me, I just couldn’t get into the complicated storyline going on.

EXCERPT

My heart is banging on the walls of my chest, as I stand here with my breasts and my ass hanging out of my silk nightgown. Knox watches me like he’s waiting for me to make a move and grab the blanket that lies at my feet. I look down at it, but I’m frozen in place.

I force myself not to look up. Not to look over at the perfectly sculpted body that stands just a few feet away from—more so, the bulge that’s growing in his boxers. I keep my head down, struggling to speak. “I…I’m sorry, I thought the house would be empty. If I had known you were staying here…”

“Don’t apologize,” he interrupts me. Walking over to my side, he bends over, reaching for the blanket. I can feel the burn of his eyes singe down my body, as he reaches for it, starting with my breasts and ending at my toes. He comes back up, and if my heavy breathing weren’t a big enough sign of my pent-up sexual deprivation, my trembling legs are.

With one hand, he swings the blanket over my shoulders and the scent of whiskey and sweet cinnamon rolls off of him. I can tell he’s had enough liquor to intoxicate us both, as he stumbles to the side. I place a helping hand on him to catch his fall, as he slowly lowers down to a sitting position on the all-white sofa. “Are you alright?”

“I’m golden. Feeling pretty damn good right about now.” His bloodshot eyes fight to stay open.

“You don’t look so good. Let me get you some water.” I attempt to walk away, but his hand on my wrist has me frozen once again. I look down at his fingers wrapped around me and feel enamored by his touch.

He’s a kid, Claire. Stop this.

I’m not sure why Knox has this effect on me. It’s like nothing I’ve ever felt before. It’s so wrong, but everything about being near him feels so right. He’s like a drug that I want to inhale, just to see how it makes me feel. It could destroy me—or, it can free me from myself.

He uses his grip on me to pull himself up. “Knox,” I mutter into the empty space between us.

He takes a step closer and leans in, his chest pressed against mine, as he whispers in my ear, “Don’t go.”

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ABOUT RACHEL LEIGH

Rachel Leigh resides in West Michigan and has three beautiful children with her husband of eleven years.
Rachel overuses emojis and lol. Coffee is her guilty pleasure, paired with a nice alpha hero romance novel. Writing is her passion. Her goal is to brighten at least one person’s day with the worlds she creates between the pages of her books.

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