Have you Pre-Ordered your copy of Freed by E.L. James…

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I absolutely love the love story between Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele… And yes, I enjoy a good steamy read too! But, this particular love story is exactly why I read romance. I am so excited for E.J. James newest release, Freed. Can’t wait to dive into the world of Fifty Shades again.

Releasing June 1st, 2021

Relive the sensuality, the romance, and the drama of Fifty Shades Freed―the love story that enthralled millions of readers around the world―through the thoughts, reflections, and dreams of Christian Grey.

Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele have tied the knot―but marriage brings its own challenges. Though their passion burns hotter and deeper than ever, Ana’s defiant spirit continues to stir Christian’s darkest fears and tests his need for control. As old rivalries and resentments endanger them both, one misjudgment threatens to tear them apart.

Pre-Order your copy of Freed today: https://www.bloombooks.com/freed-fifty-shades-freed-as-told-by-christian.html

E L James is an incurable romantic and a self-confessed fangirl. After twenty-five years of working in television, she decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts. The result was the controversial and sensuous romance Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. In 2015, she published the #1 bestseller Grey, the story of Fifty Shades of Grey from the perspective of Christian Grey, and in 2017, the chart-topping Darker, the second part of the Fifty Shades story from Christian’s point of view. Her books have been published in fifty languages and have sold more than 165 million copies worldwide.

E L James has been recognized as one of Time magazine’s “Most Influential People in the World” and Publishers Weekly’s “Person of the Year.” Fifty Shades of Grey stayed on The New York Times Best Seller List for 133 consecutive weeks. Fifty Shades Freed won the Goodreads Choice Award (2012), and Fifty Shades of Grey was selected as one of the 100 Great Reads, as voted by readers, in PBS’s The Great American Read (2018). Darker was long-listed for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award.

She was a producer on each of the three Fifty Shades movies, which made more than a billion dollars at the box office. The third installment, Fifty Shades Freed, won the People’s Choice Award for Drama in 2018. E L James is represented by her long-standing agent Valerie Hoskins of VHA London.

E L James is blessed with two wonderful sons and lives with her husband, the novelist and screenwriter Niall Leonard, and their West Highland terriers in the leafy suburbs of West London.

After We Fell by Anna Todd, Movie Release Dates!!!!

FABULOUS NEWS for fans of Anna Todd’s After series movies… We have release dates for the After We Fell (book 3 in the After series) movie!!!! I am so ready for more Hardin and Tessa, are you??

~NEW RELEASE AND COVER REVEAL~ LOVE REVOLUTION by Michelle Mankin

An amazing new book is coming our way!!!!! Love Revolution by Michelle Mankin is slated for release mid-November!!!

LOVE REVOLUTION

Genre and Age Group:  Romance Young/New adult 

Author: Michelle Mankin

Release date: November 14

Links: michellemankin.com

Book Description:  The wheels of love are always turning at Black Cat Records. Things are just starting to settle down there, but two Texas sisters are fixin’ to stir things up again at the Vancouver record label. CEO Mary Timmons sets spirited country superstar, Sara Daniels, on a collision course with cocky rocker, Chris Alex. Meanwhile, Brutal Strength’s suave drummer, JR, has his head turned by pretty young intern, Samantha Daniels.  Do all their highways lead to happiness or will the wheels fly off when the sisters’ tragic past comes back to haunt them?

Love Revolution is a rock ‘n roll romance inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and is the second book in the Black Cat Records Trilogy.

The 2nd book in the Black Cat Records Shakespeare inspired trilogy has more MUSIC, more ROMANCE, and much, much, more STEAM…

 

*A lone spotlight illuminated JR as he began to lay down a heavy beat. Strobes flashed as Avery stepped out from behind the black curtain to meet Marcus at center stage. He reached for her, but she leaned away, just out of reach. She winked at him and smiled at the audience. The crowd roared their approval…For Sam, the spotlight stayed on JR. She didn’t notice anyone else. Frenetic, yet fluid, he flailed away on the drums like a madman, a modern day Keith Moon. His sticks spun like twin rotator blades on a Chinook helicopter, and his knees moved up and down, pistons pounding out a rhythm…

*Her whole body came alive at the first touch of his warm lips on hers, the tender way he‘d looked at her the moment before a tantalizing preview of the gentle way he was devouring her lips now…

*An anticipatory thrill ran down her spine as Chris Alex stalked her. Sara cast her gaze around the room, trying to avoid gaping at his naked torso. No use. Pupils dilated, her eyes followed the trail of brown hair down to the point where it tapered and disappeared into the waistband of his low hanging jeans. Oh, no. Wrong place to look. Look up. Look up. Icy fire ran through her veins. She licked her dry lips and nervously balled up her hands…

This is going to be blazing HOT!!! How can you go wrong with love and rock ‘n’ roll?!

If you haven’t read the first in the trilogy– Get on it!!!! Her’s a little bit about it!!! And a trailer too!

After the death of her twin brother, nineteen year old guitar prodigy Avery Jones finds herself desperate, alone, and out of options. Hope arrives in the form of a job opening with Brutal Strength, one of the biggest rock bands out there. Only problem is temperamental lead singer Marcus Anthony doesn’t want a woman in the group. So Avery and her manager Trevor come up with a plan involving a Bieber haircut and men’s clothing. No one seems to be onto their little con. But what happens when Avery starts falling for Marcus? Will she be able to continue with the farce or will the whole thing come crashing down around her like a house of cards?

Love Evolution (the first in a planned trilogy) is a rock ‘n roll romance based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Trailer link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9b0luVyBUI

Love Evolution is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Amazon:   http://www.amazon.com/Love-Evolution-ebook/dp/B0080ZCZ14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351056182&sr=8-1&keywords=love+evolution

Barnes & Noble:   http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-evolution-michelle-mankin/1110911128?ean=2940014442084

~NEW RELEASE AND COVER REVEAL~ LOVE REVOLUTION by Michelle Mankin

An amazing new book is coming our way!!!!! Love Revolution by Michelle Mankin is slated for release mid-November!!!

LOVE REVOLUTION

Genre and Age Group:  Romance Young/New adult 

Author: Michelle Mankin

Release date: November 14

Links: michellemankin.com

Book Description:  The wheels of love are always turning at Black Cat Records. Things are just starting to settle down there, but two Texas sisters are fixin’ to stir things up again at the Vancouver record label. CEO Mary Timmons sets spirited country superstar, Sara Daniels, on a collision course with cocky rocker, Chris Alex. Meanwhile, Brutal Strength’s suave drummer, JR, has his head turned by pretty young intern, Samantha Daniels.  Do all their highways lead to happiness or will the wheels fly off when the sisters’ tragic past comes back to haunt them?

Love Revolution is a rock ‘n roll romance inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and is the second book in the Black Cat Records Trilogy.

The 2nd book in the Black Cat Records Shakespeare inspired trilogy has more MUSIC, more ROMANCE, and much, much, more STEAM…

 

*A lone spotlight illuminated JR as he began to lay down a heavy beat. Strobes flashed as Avery stepped out from behind the black curtain to meet Marcus at center stage. He reached for her, but she leaned away, just out of reach. She winked at him and smiled at the audience. The crowd roared their approval…For Sam, the spotlight stayed on JR. She didn’t notice anyone else. Frenetic, yet fluid, he flailed away on the drums like a madman, a modern day Keith Moon. His sticks spun like twin rotator blades on a Chinook helicopter, and his knees moved up and down, pistons pounding out a rhythm…

*Her whole body came alive at the first touch of his warm lips on hers, the tender way he‘d looked at her the moment before a tantalizing preview of the gentle way he was devouring her lips now…

*An anticipatory thrill ran down her spine as Chris Alex stalked her. Sara cast her gaze around the room, trying to avoid gaping at his naked torso. No use. Pupils dilated, her eyes followed the trail of brown hair down to the point where it tapered and disappeared into the waistband of his low hanging jeans. Oh, no. Wrong place to look. Look up. Look up. Icy fire ran through her veins. She licked her dry lips and nervously balled up her hands…

This is going to be blazing HOT!!! How can you go wrong with love and rock ‘n’ roll?!

If you haven’t read the first in the trilogy– Get on it!!!! Her’s a little bit about it!!! And a trailer too!

After the death of her twin brother, nineteen year old guitar prodigy Avery Jones finds herself desperate, alone, and out of options. Hope arrives in the form of a job opening with Brutal Strength, one of the biggest rock bands out there. Only problem is temperamental lead singer Marcus Anthony doesn’t want a woman in the group. So Avery and her manager Trevor come up with a plan involving a Bieber haircut and men’s clothing. No one seems to be onto their little con. But what happens when Avery starts falling for Marcus? Will she be able to continue with the farce or will the whole thing come crashing down around her like a house of cards?

Love Evolution (the first in a planned trilogy) is a rock ‘n roll romance based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Trailer link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9b0luVyBUI

Love Evolution is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Amazon:   http://www.amazon.com/Love-Evolution-ebook/dp/B0080ZCZ14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351056182&sr=8-1&keywords=love+evolution

Barnes & Noble:   http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-evolution-michelle-mankin/1110911128?ean=2940014442084

~NEW RELEASE AND COVER REVEAL~ LOVE REVOLUTION by Michelle Mankin

An amazing new book is coming our way!!!!! Love Revolution by Michelle Mankin is slated for release mid-November!!!

LOVE REVOLUTION

Genre and Age Group:  Romance Young/New adult 

Author: Michelle Mankin

Release date: November 14

Links: michellemankin.com

Book Description:  The wheels of love are always turning at Black Cat Records. Things are just starting to settle down there, but two Texas sisters are fixin’ to stir things up again at the Vancouver record label. CEO Mary Timmons sets spirited country superstar, Sara Daniels, on a collision course with cocky rocker, Chris Alex. Meanwhile, Brutal Strength’s suave drummer, JR, has his head turned by pretty young intern, Samantha Daniels.  Do all their highways lead to happiness or will the wheels fly off when the sisters’ tragic past comes back to haunt them?

Love Revolution is a rock ‘n roll romance inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and is the second book in the Black Cat Records Trilogy.

The 2nd book in the Black Cat Records Shakespeare inspired trilogy has more MUSIC, more ROMANCE, and much, much, more STEAM…

 

*A lone spotlight illuminated JR as he began to lay down a heavy beat. Strobes flashed as Avery stepped out from behind the black curtain to meet Marcus at center stage. He reached for her, but she leaned away, just out of reach. She winked at him and smiled at the audience. The crowd roared their approval…For Sam, the spotlight stayed on JR. She didn’t notice anyone else. Frenetic, yet fluid, he flailed away on the drums like a madman, a modern day Keith Moon. His sticks spun like twin rotator blades on a Chinook helicopter, and his knees moved up and down, pistons pounding out a rhythm…

*Her whole body came alive at the first touch of his warm lips on hers, the tender way he‘d looked at her the moment before a tantalizing preview of the gentle way he was devouring her lips now…

*An anticipatory thrill ran down her spine as Chris Alex stalked her. Sara cast her gaze around the room, trying to avoid gaping at his naked torso. No use. Pupils dilated, her eyes followed the trail of brown hair down to the point where it tapered and disappeared into the waistband of his low hanging jeans. Oh, no. Wrong place to look. Look up. Look up. Icy fire ran through her veins. She licked her dry lips and nervously balled up her hands…

This is going to be blazing HOT!!! How can you go wrong with love and rock ‘n’ roll?!

If you haven’t read the first in the trilogy– Get on it!!!! Her’s a little bit about it!!! And a trailer too!

After the death of her twin brother, nineteen year old guitar prodigy Avery Jones finds herself desperate, alone, and out of options. Hope arrives in the form of a job opening with Brutal Strength, one of the biggest rock bands out there. Only problem is temperamental lead singer Marcus Anthony doesn’t want a woman in the group. So Avery and her manager Trevor come up with a plan involving a Bieber haircut and men’s clothing. No one seems to be onto their little con. But what happens when Avery starts falling for Marcus? Will she be able to continue with the farce or will the whole thing come crashing down around her like a house of cards?

Love Evolution (the first in a planned trilogy) is a rock ‘n roll romance based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Trailer link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9b0luVyBUI

Love Evolution is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Amazon:   http://www.amazon.com/Love-Evolution-ebook/dp/B0080ZCZ14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351056182&sr=8-1&keywords=love+evolution

Barnes & Noble:   http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-evolution-michelle-mankin/1110911128?ean=2940014442084

~Features and Goodies~ Cover reveal for AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY by K.A. Linde

Take a look at this alluring cover!!!! Sexy right?  It also just screams the impending challenges Lexi is going to undoubtedly find herself in. So will it be Team Jack or Team Ramsey… or will it be a whole other team to rock Lexi’s world? December 1st is when we will all find out!!!! Until then, enjoy the cover and all the questions that come with Lexi’s complicated love life.

If you haven’t read Avoiding Commitment, now is the time to get on it. Find out what you’ve been missing and what could lay ahead for Lexi and the two gorgeous men in her life– Jack and Ramsey.

Jack and Lexi never had a typical relationship. After 2 years without speaking, she receives a phone call that changes everything. He unexpectedly asks her to convince the new girl, Bekah, that he’s ready to commit. Jack is calling now after everything they had been through because there is another woman. She can’t believe it. Follow Lexi in this heart wrenching drama as she relives her past relationship, or lack thereof, with Jack, and not just in her own mind, but to his fiance-to-be. Throw in Bekah’s hot brother who always seems to be in the right place at the right time, a past with more secrets to unravel than you can even imagine, and you get a recipe for disaster. Find out what happens to Lexi as she travels to Atlanta to get the closure she so desperately desires from Jack, and how the bumps of life seem to keep getting in the way.

Avoiding commitment is currently available on Amazon Kindle and Amazon paperback. it is also available for Nook on B & N

Amazon link:  http://www.amazon.com/Avoiding-Commitment-Series-ebook/dp/B008QSL4OE/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1351033232&sr=8-2

Barnes & Noble link:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/avoiding-commitment-ka-linde/1112306643?ean=2940015012606

~ A GEM TO SHARE~ Rhythm in Blue by TFC Parks

Check out Rhythm in Blue by TFC Parks, aka “Brandie Buckwine”.  TFC Parks was the pen name Brandie used before becoming Brandie Buckwine.  This contemporary novel has received great reviews which isn’t surprising since we know that Brandie Buckwine tells fabulous stories.

http://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-In-Blue-ebook/dp/B004Q9TYIA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

~REVIEWS~ and A Journey of Our Own

We gals at Flirty and Dirty would just like to say something about why we read, why we should read and what a book does for the mind, body and soul.

I’m sure like most of you, we read because we love to – unless it’s a textbook and we are studying for exams. Then it’s a must do… We love to see how others take perspective on something, be it friendship, love, tragedy, betrayal, sex or life in general.

We believe everyone should read. If not to remove yourself from the daily grind, even if just for a few moments, then to open your heart, mind and soul to the ‘other’ that is out there. Other may be something spiritual, something exhilarating, passionate, and different or something that you just can’t get from real life. Read to learn, to enjoy, to speculate, to ponder, to dream and to feel that AHA moment. Read because you can.

A book can take you on an amazing journey. Each time you reread a book will take you on an entirely different journey from the last. Every new book read takes you on yet another amazing path. Even when a book is not that appealing to you or you just couldn’t feel it, that story has evoked an emotion in you. It has made you think of something. If ten people read the same book, there will undoubtedly be ten different responses to that book.

 

We ask that when you post a review or comment on the blog or FB, that you respect everyone’s journey. So that means no spoilers and no bashing. We all have the right to read and the right to escape through stories.

 

Happy reading and get flirty and dirty! Cuz books are HOT!

D and Nic

Feature Friday!!!!! Melissa Brown and Bouquet Toss

Ever since Daphne Harper graduated from college, all of her friends have fallen in love, become engaged and walked down the aisle. Be it a blessing or a curse, Daphne (a hopeless romantic and perpetual single girl) catches the bouquet at every single wedding she attends. 

Daphne’s love life is a mess. Her first love, Mayson, haunts her heart and keeps her from pursuing happiness with any man who comes along. As she struggles to move on from the one who got away, Daphne wonders if she will ever break her curse and find her happily ever after.

This is one book that should definitely be on your to- read list. There is so much emotion in this book. So much heart. There are times when we read this book, that we were certain that our hearts were ripped out and just as that thought surfaced, Melissa Brown gave us the sun and let us bask in its warmth. The book was not always predictable. When you thought you had something figured out, gears shifted and left you to wonder all over again. If you haven’t read this yet. Don’t wait.

A little bit about Melissa Brown:

She’s cute as all get out !!!

I am a writer and stay-at-home Mom living in the Chicago suburbs with my husband and two young children.  I love books— everything about them. I love reading them, being surrounded by them in bookstores and libraries, and most recently, writing some of my own.

Here’s something else about Melissa that isn’t book related — she’s a baker extraordinaire!!! Oh and one more thing— she has a celebrity crush on the gorgeous, sexy Henry Cavill. We know, he’s definitely crush worthy!!! Feel free to brighten her day with a little Henry picture therapy on fb.

Check out Melissa’s blog:   http://melissabrownauthor.blogspot.ca/

and her Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/MelissaBrownAuthor?fref=ts

Bouquet Toss can be found in paperback or e-book —  http://www.amazon.com/Bouquet-Toss-Melissa-Brown/dp/1479218685/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349413898&sr=8-2&keywords=bouquet+toss

Feature Friday!!!!! Melissa Brown and Bouquet Toss

Ever since Daphne Harper graduated from college, all of her friends have fallen in love, become engaged and walked down the aisle. Be it a blessing or a curse, Daphne (a hopeless romantic and perpetual single girl) catches the bouquet at every single wedding she attends. 

Daphne’s love life is a mess. Her first love, Mayson, haunts her heart and keeps her from pursuing happiness with any man who comes along. As she struggles to move on from the one who got away, Daphne wonders if she will ever break her curse and find her happily ever after.

This is one book that should definitely be on your to- read list. There is so much emotion in this book. So much heart. There are times when we read this book, that we were certain that our hearts were ripped out and just as that thought surfaced, Melissa Brown gave us the sun and let us bask in its warmth. The book was not always predictable. When you thought you had something figured out, gears shifted and left you to wonder all over again. If you haven’t read this yet. Don’t wait.

A little bit about Melissa Brown:

She’s cute as all get out !!!

I am a writer and stay-at-home Mom living in the Chicago suburbs with my husband and two young children.  I love books— everything about them. I love reading them, being surrounded by them in bookstores and libraries, and most recently, writing some of my own.

Here’s something else about Melissa that isn’t book related — she’s a baker extraordinaire!!! Oh and one more thing— she has a celebrity crush on the gorgeous, sexy Henry Cavill. We know, he’s definitely crush worthy!!! Feel free to brighten her day with a little Henry picture therapy on fb.

Check out Melissa’s blog:   http://melissabrownauthor.blogspot.ca/

and her Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/MelissaBrownAuthor?fref=ts

Bouquet Toss can be found in paperback or e-book —  http://www.amazon.com/Bouquet-Toss-Melissa-Brown/dp/1479218685/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349413898&sr=8-2&keywords=bouquet+toss