Release Day Blitz: Lovelines (Wilmington Saga #1) by S. Walden {Review + Giveaway + Excerpt}

The Wilmington Saga:

Follow the stories of Wilmington, NC residents as they fall in and out of love, mend and break hearts, grow, change, lose, win, and experience what it means to truly live in this small coastal community.

Title: LoveLines

Author: S. Walden

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 25th, 2014

Arrive to work at 7:58 A.M. sharp. Check. Count forty-seven steps to cubicle. Check. Arrange pens in their red-blue-black-green-purple order of importance. Check. Apply hand sanitizer before opening email. Double check. And that’s just the first few minutes of her work day. Thirty-one-year-old proofreader Bailey Mitchell is a slave to her tics. She inherited Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from her father, and it’s done nothing but inhibit her love life. She’s run the gamut of boyfriends—none of them willing or able to cope with her condition. Enter 32-year-old Reece Powell, her new coworker at Beach Elite Marketing Firm. He’s more than willing to cope. He finds her habits cute and quirky . . . for now. Reece wins her over, and life coasts along for them until Bailey experiences a devastating blow. Tragedy exacerbates her OCD, and Reece realizes her tics aren’t so cute and quirky anymore. Just like all the others, he has the choice to leave. But Reece isn't like all the others.

COVER REVEAL + GIVEAWAY: LOVELINES (WILMINGTON SAGA #1) BY S. WALDEN

I am really excited to be sharing this cover reveal with you today! I am a huge fan of Walden's after reading her other work. She has a way of hooking you into her world no matter how difficult or uncomfortable the story gets without letting you go for a moment! I can't wait to read this one!! -Hootie




Release Date: March 25, 2014

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Spice Factor: Freaking Hot (don't let the cutesy cover fool you)

Arrive to work at 7:58 A.M. sharp. Check. Count forty-seven steps to cubicle. Check. Arrange pens in their red-blue-black-green-purple order of importance. Check. Apply hand sanitizer before opening email. Double check.

And that’s just the first few minutes of her work day.

Thirty-one-year-old proofreader Bailey Mitchell is a slave to her tics. She inherited Obsessive Compulsive Disorder from her father, and it’s done nothing but inhibit her love life. She’s run the gamut of boyfriends—none of them willing or able to cope with her condition.

Enter 32-year-old Reece Powell, her new coworker at Beach Elite Marketing Firm. He’s more than willing to cope. He finds her habits cute and quirky . . . for now. Reece wins her over, and life coasts along for them until Bailey experiences a devastating blow. Tragedy exacerbates her OCD, and Reece realizes her tics aren’t so cute and quirky anymore. Just like all the others, he has the choice to leave.

But Reece isn't like all the others.

The Wilmington Saga

Follow the stories of Wilmington, NC residents as they fall in and out of love, mend and break hearts, grow, change, lose, win, and experience what it means to truly live in this small coastal community.

Blog Tour: Better (Too Good #2) by S. Walden {Review + Giveaway}

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected Publication Date: November 19th 2013

Series: Too Good #2

Format: ARC

Source: Provided by author for tour

Their relationship has been exposed, and now their lives are changed forever.

For Cadence Miller, the fast track to adulthood proves intimidating and frustrating. She’s a little girl lost—abandoned by her parents and uncertain of her future. She doesn’t think she “fits” anywhere. She’s eighteen. She wants to be older. And the result is both comical and heartbreaking.

Mark Connelly will do anything to provide Cadence a stable, loving home—to be her protector. But he’s just as broken and lost, and his heart won’t let go of his past so easily. He knows he must share his secret with Cadence. And he hopes his revelation won't tear them apart. He hopes it will draw them closer, and make their love better.

Cover Reveal: Better (Too Good #2) by S. Walden {Teaser + Giveaway}

I am extremely excited to share the cover for BETTER by S. Walden. I fell in love with GOOD not too long ago and am currently 80% into the ARC for this one and love it just as much! The cover for BETTER is gorgeous don't you think? Thanks for stopping by today, be sure to check out the teaser and Giveaway below! -Hootie

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected Publication: November 19th 2013

Their relationship has been exposed, and now their lives are changed forever.

For Cadence Miller, the fast track to adulthood proves intimidating and frustrating. She’s a little girl lost—abandoned by her parents and uncertain of her future. She doesn’t think she “fits” anywhere. She’s eighteen. She wants to be older. And the result is both comical and heartbreaking.

Mark Connelly will do anything to provide Cadence a stable, loving home—to be her protector. But he’s just as broken and lost, and his heart won’t let go of his past so easily. He knows he must share his secret with Cadence. And he hopes his revelation won't tear them apart. He hopes it will draw them closer, and make their love better.

Release Day Launch: GOOD by S. Walden {Review + Excerpt + Giveaway}

I am excited to be taking part in the release day event for GOOD by S. Walden. Below I share my review for the book and you can also find an excerpt PLUS don't forget about the Giveaway! Thank you for stopping by! -Hootie

_{Genre: New Adult Romance}

Publication Date: August 27th 2013

Publisher: Penny Press 

Series: Too Good #1

Pages: 371

Format: Kindle/ARC

Source: Provided by author for tour

Cadence Miller is a good girl. She just happens to make one terrible mistake her junior year in high school which costs her ten months in juvenile detention. Now a senior, she’s lost everything: her best friend, the trust of her parents, driving privileges, Internet access. It’s a lonely existence.But there is one bright spot: Mark Connelly, her very cute, very off-limits 28-year-old calculus teacher. She falls hard for him—a ridiculous schoolgirl crush headed nowhere. She can’t help it. He’s the only good thing at Crestview High. She doesn’t expect him to reciprocate her feelings. How inappropriate, right? But he does. And he shows her. And that’s when her life goes from bad to good.

Cover Reveal: GOOD by S. Walden

I *Heart* Ryan Blog Tour: Going Under by S. Walden {Review + Guest Post + Giveaway}

Welcome to our stop on the I heart Ryan Blog Tour hosted by the Romance Addict Book Blog. Check out all the Ryan goodies below and be sure to enter the Giveaway! Thanks for stopping by!

{Click the banner to follow the tour!}

Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance

Publication Date: March 14th 2013

Author: S. Walden

Pages: 344

Format: Mobi/Kindle provided for tour

Brooke Wright has only two goals her senior year at Charity Run High School: stay out of trouble and learn to forgive herself for the past. Forgiveness proves elusive, and trouble finds her anyway when she discovers a secret club at school connected to the death of her best friend. She learns that swim team members participate in a “Fantasy Slut League,” scoring points for their sexual acts with unsuspecting girls. Brooke, wracked with guilt over her friend’s death, decides to infiltrate the league by becoming one of the “unsuspecting girls,” and exact revenge on the boys who stole away her best friend. An unexpected romance complicates her plans, and her dogged pursuit of justice turns her reckless as she underestimates just how far the boys will go to keep their sex club a secret. (This is a New Adult fiction book with mature themes. It contains graphic sex and language and a description of sexual violence.) 

Teaser Tuesday 5/14: Going Under by S. Walden

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading Anyone can play along! 

Here are the Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Genre: New Adult Romance
Publication Date: March 14th 2013
Publisher: Penny Press
Source: Kindle/Mobi given for tour
Pages: 344

Brooke Wright has only two goals her senior year at Charity Run High School: stay out of trouble and learn to forgive herself for the past. Forgiveness proves elusive, and trouble finds her anyway when she discovers a secret club at school connected to the death of her best friend. She learns that swim team members participate in a “Fantasy Slut League,” scoring points for their sexual acts with unsuspecting girls. Brooke, wracked with guilt over her friend’s death, decides to infiltrate the league by becoming one of the “unsuspecting girls,” and exact revenge on the boys who stole away her best friend. An unexpected romance complicates her plans, and her dogged pursuit of justice turns her reckless as she underestimates just how far the boys will go to keep their sex club a secret. (This is a New Adult fiction book with mature themes. It contains graphic sex and language and a description of sexual violence.)