My Summer in Seoul- Release Blitz and Review

 My Summer In Seoul by Rachel Van Dyken is now live! 

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a standalone new adult romance set in the competitive world of K-pop.

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It's not all K-dramas and happily ever afters. 

Intern with Korea's number one record label? Yes, please. 

Find out there's a huge scandal I need to help "manage"... not so much. 

Add in the fact that I don't recognize the "superstars" of the label and think they're interns...

And my dream job quickly becomes more of a nightmare.

But I'm in Seoul, the one place that is beginning to feel more and more like home...

Except it isn't home, and the drama surrounding the biggest K-pop group in the world, SWT, is consuming my every moment. 

Spoiler alert. They hate me. 

Everything I do is wrong: wrong clothes, wrong honorifics, wrong manners. 

Till the leader of SWT takes pity on me.

But pity is dangerous when it comes from someone as beautiful as him. 

Every SWT member is gorgeous, perfect, and cultivated to be an idol... lethal to a girl's heart.

And sanity. 

But fame plus a perfect face and voice don't equal an easy life. As their comeback nears, the stakes rise higher. 

Suicide watch...

Angry fans...

Threats...

All I want to do is survive. 

But the price for survival might mean losing my heart.

And like a character in a K-drama, I'm not sure if there will be an actual happily ever after...

Or simply a lesson learned.

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My Review:
My Rating: 4 Stars

Let me preface this by saying I knew nothing about K-pop before I started this book, however I usually love Rachel's books and she's been super excited by this project for a long time. So when I got the chance to get an arc of this book I didn't hesitate to request.  Grace Lee is planning a different type of Summer when her Uncle in South Korea grants her an opportunity as an Intern for his production company. Grace accepts considering she studies production in the States, except the Rockstar's or idols as they are called in South Korea are vastly different than in the United States. There is less freedom, more pressure and more grooming to become an idol because not everyone has the moves and voice and persona to be an idol. There is even a type of schooling to see if you could make it as an idol! Grace steps off the plane not knowing Korean or many of their customs and has to try to navigate a whole new world. Grace ends up working with SWT, the biggest K-pop group around. She has a lot to learn and not a lot of time to do it. As she spends more time with the group she and the reader learn about the different pressures and aspects of K-pop and it's not as fun as it may seem at first.

I'm not going to go too much into the romantic relationship because while at times it almost seems a little love triangleish it is not. Grace only truly feels romantic feelings for one guy in the group. I love how they all become a family. This book does talk about sensitive issues, but does so in a way that if someone you know or you yourself are facing depression there is no shame in talking to someone about it. I did like that Rachel really brought in her mental health background with this story. The reason why I am only rating it 4 stars is that for some reason the first part of the book took me a little bit of time to get into, but once I did the pages flew. I can't wait to see the other guys get their happily ever after. 

Meet Rachel

Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 90 books ranging from contemporary romance to paranormal. With over four million copies sold, she's been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable sons, naked cat, and two dogs. For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com

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Love to Tempt You-Release Blitz and Review

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Our band's stunning, untouched new assistant was completely off-limits. But that didn't stop me.

A car crash. A fake story at the hospital.
She warned me when I dragged her from the nightmare that was her life that she could very well destroy mine.
I didn't listen. I didn't care.
I brought her into my home. Into my life. Gave her a job.
My Pandora. A goddess amongst mortals who opened a jar and obliterated my world with her beautiful evils. But from the moment I saw her, I knew she had to be mine.
Consequences be damned.


In a life where getting by is barely a thing, I didn’t expect much.
Until I crashed into him. Literally.
Keith Dawson is a god amongst mortals. A Rockstar I’ve drooled over for longer than I can remember.
And now the hero of my darkest tales when a hero was the last thing I was looking for.
But a god this powerful always has a fatal flaw. Turns out, she died a long time ago. And there is no living up to the ghosts of his past, right?
So where does that leave us? Well, that’s where this story gets interesting.

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My Review:
My Rating: 3 Stars

According to Goodreads I am in the minority and while I liked this story and thought it was cute, it wasn't one I will go back and read. I liked the characters and I am just unsure why I didn't love this one. It was good, but for me was missing that special spark. Keith is the drummer of the Wild Ones, a popular band, when he gets in a car crash with Maia. 

Both have had a rough life that have shaped them into the people they are now. I liked how real the characters were. The author did a great job showing the raw pain Keith went through and how he's still healing after a traumatic experience. I feel the relationship with Keith and Maia was a little rushed, but the author did address that. Like I said, many people on Goodreads loved this and while this wasn't a book I felt sad about laying down I am slightly intrigued with the next book as I do love a good best friend's sibling story. I almost wonder if I would have liked this book more had I started with the first in the series. Even though this book can be read as a standalone I might have connected more with Keith after seeing him in the other stories.

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Surrender-Release Blitz!!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the next standalone rockstar romance in her Seaside Pictures series…Surrender is now live!

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I had his posters on my wall when I was sixteen and when I accidentally got pregnant in high school—his was the face I dreamt of when I closed my eyes at night.

Now, over twenty years later, that dream's turned into a reality.
Not only is Drew Amhurst in my tiny town of Seaside, live and in the flesh…
But he's mentoring my rockstar son.
Drew says he's mine for a week.

And he made me three promises.

"No strings attached."
"No falling in love."
"It's only seven days."

He's confident that he can help me rediscover myself both in and out of the bedroom, and I'm confident that he's too arrogant for his own good.

And at the end of seven days, he swears he'll walk out of my life the way he came into it.

The only problem is, the more I get to know him, the more I want to surrender the last pieces of my heart and beg him to stay.

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Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 90 books ranging from contemporary romance to paranormal. With over four million copies sold, she's been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience.

She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable son, naked cat, and two dogs. For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com.

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Provoke-Review

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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a new story in her Seaside Pictures series…

The music industry called me a savant at age sixteen when I uploaded my first video and gained instant fame. And then Drew Amherst of Adrenaline became my mentor, and my career took off.

Everything was great.

Until tragedy struck, and I wondered if I’d ever be able to perform again. I fought back, but all it took was a falling light to bring it all back to the fore. So, I walked away. Because I knew it wasn’t just stage fright. It was so much more.

The only problem?

Drew and the guys are counting on me. If I can’t combat the crippling anxiety threatening to kill me, I might lose more than I ever dreamed of.

Enter Piper Rayne, life coach, with her bullshit about empowerment, rainbows, and butterflies. She smiles all the damn time, and I'm ninety-nine percent sure there’s not a problem she can’t solve.

Until me.

She was given twenty-one days to fix me. To make me see what’s important. What’s real. The problem is, all I can see now is her. The sexy woman who pushes me. Provokes me.

Only time will tell if she’s able to do her job—and I can make her mine.

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My Review:
My Rating: 4 Stars

Braden is a rock star until an incident happens and now he has crippling anxiety when he has to perform on stage. Some of his buddies decide to get him a life coach to see if she can help him deal with his anxiety and get back on stage. Piper is a successful life coach who loves to help other people. As soon as Braden and Piper lock eyes the sparks fly, but Piper is a professional and she can fight her attraction, right?

This is a short novella so there is a little insta-love, but the way the characters are written make it believable. There is little angst and honestly with the other guy characters making an appearance in this book I couldn't stop laughing. I love the build up with Braden and Piper and thought they were both written well. I always enjoy when we get to go back to Seaside and see our rock stars again.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Rachel Van Dyken is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. When she’s not writing about hot hunks for her Regency romance or New Adult fiction books, Rachel is dreaming up new hunks. (The more hunks, the merrier!) While Rachel writes a lot, she also makes sure she enjoys the finer things in life—like The Bachelor and strong coffee.

Rachel lives in Idaho with her husband, son, and two boxers.

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Provoke-Release Blitz!!!

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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a new story in her Seaside Pictures series…


The music industry called me a savant at sixteen when I uploaded my first video and gained instant fame. I started writing music for every big name until I decided it was time to break out on my own.

The only problem?

Stage fright.

All it took was one fan provoking me during my first concert, and I went full Sia on everyone’s asses. Basically disappearing into a shell of what I once was — ignoring friends, family, and most importantly, one of my mentors, Drew Amherst, from the band Adrenaline.

It doesn't take long for him to track me down and give me an ultimatum.

Get help or I can say goodbye to opening up for him on his solo tour.

I know I can't let fear win, but the crippling social anxiety just may kill me — at least it feels that way until Piper Rayne walks into my life with all her bullshit about empowerment, rainbows, and butterflies. She smiles all the damn time. Never has a bad thing to say about anyone, and I'm ninety-nine percent sure she dreams about world peace and the cure for cancer.

There isn't a problem she can't solve.

Until me.

Maybe I’m impossible, but she makes me think that there’s hope — dangerous to a guy who’s at the end of his rope, dangerous to a guy who’s falling for the very girl who has the power to destroy the last remaining part of him that’s still able to perform.

They say God created the earth in seven days.

My manager gave her twenty-one.

She says I provoke her.

Well, here goes nothing…

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Rachel Van Dyken is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. When she’s not writing about hot hunks for her Regency romance or New Adult fiction books, Rachel is dreaming up new hunks. (The more hunks, the merrier!) While Rachel writes a lot, she also makes sure she enjoys the finer things in life—like The Bachelor and strong coffee.

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Waking Up Married- Release Blitz

Waking Up Married by Lisa Suzanne
Release Date: December 13, 2019

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I’ve never seen Emily Clarke as anything more than my little sister’s best friend.

One drunken mistake later, she’s my wife.

My first thought is how to get out of this, except our wedding video has gone viral and record sales are skyrocketing. My manager thinks following the newlyweds on the second season of my band’s reality show will keep up the momentum.

I just have to get Emily to agree to faking this marriage for six months, and then we can quietly divorce.

Right?

Wrong.

Nothing is quite that simple when feelings blur the line between a contract and reality.

I ended up with more than just a hangover when I found myself waking up married.


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My Review:
My Rating: 4 Stars

Emily needs to escape after finding her boyfriend cheating on her. Emily's best friend Amber is going to visit her brother Adam and his band in Vegas. Not wanting to leave her best friend alone after finding out about her boyfriend Amber drags her along for her birthday weekend. Emily has always had a major crush on her best friend's older brother. As soon as Adam opens the door of his Las Vegas Suite Emily remembers just how much of a crush she had on him and Adam notices she's not the same girl he remembers, but now a woman. Sparks fly between the two as they hang out and both comment how they are relationship people and not one night stand people. After a few tequila shots and some other booze they both wake up the next morning not remembering the night before where they got married! With Adam being a rock star
everyone knows about the two getting married and the bands manager, Kylie, shows Adam how much the bands sales have risen after everyone found out about the marriage. Adam's band is supposed to be doing a reality television show and after finding out how everyone has reacted asks Emily to stay married to him for 6 months. 

Emily decides to help him out, except what happens when the feelings she felt when she was younger become stronger. After all, this is only supposed to be a fake marriage...right? But the way Adam is making her feel she doesn't know if she can pretend to be in love with her husband when she really is falling in love with him. Also, is Adam only acting this way because of the show or is he feeling what she's feeling?

I loved the side characters and the chemistry between Adam and Emily. I liked that Emily thought things through and didn't just follow her heart. There were times that I wanted to smack Adam, but as a whole I really liked how he went after what he wanted. There were a few things that I feel were just added in as drama and never felt fully resolved, but I will definitely be checking out more of this author's books, especially Amber and Rascal's book.  

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Lisa Suzanne is a romance author who resides in Arizona with her husband and two kids. She’s a former high school English teacher and college composition instructor. When she's not chasing her toddler or cuddling her newborn, she can be found working on her latest book or watching reruns of Friends.

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