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Release Blitz and Giveaway: LOSING ME FINDING YOU by Natalie Ward

August 12, 2014

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Title: Losing Me Finding You

Author: Natalie Ward

Publication Date: August 12, 2014

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Synopsis

The 29th of February, the day I was born.

When I wake up on this day, I’m in a different city, with a different life and no memory of the lives I had before this one. Today is the tenth time this has happened to me. The tenth time I’ve had to figure out where the hell I am. The tenth time I’ve had to try and work out who the hell I am. This is the tenth alteration of the person I am. Each of us has had different lives, different backgrounds and different families. But there’s always been one constant.

Him.

He’s the reason I keep doing this. He’s the reason I spend four years searching. If I’m lucky, I’ll get the trigger and find him quickly and we can spend those four years together before I disappear again. If I’m not, we might get a year, a month or even just a day. Once we got nothing, but that was a choice. 

And every time it happens, he patiently waits for me. He says that every time I come back to him, it’s like falling in love with me all over again. I say that every time I come back, I fall even more in love with him than before.

It scares me that one day I won’t be able to find him at all, because when that day comes, I’m not sure I’ll want to keep going. He is my strength, my protector, my one and only constant.

I love him.
He loves me.
But every four years, I lose myself. 
And every four years, I have to find him.
This is our story.

 

 

Excerpt

“Aren’t you supposed to be studying,” Ben asks, never stopping the sit-ups he’s doing on the floor of his bedroom. I’m sprawled out on his bed supposedly doing some study for my English final tomorrow, but more distracted by what’s going on in front of me.

I smile at him. “I am studying,” I say, knowing it’s true, even if it’s not exactly the stuff I’m supposed to be studying.

Ben smiles as he does a couple more sit-ups before collapsing back on the floor, his hands behind his head as he stares up at me. “You sure about that?” he asks.

I stare at him lying on the floor beside me. I still can’t believe how unbelievably gorgeous he looks in this life. Can’t get over the fact that Ben is all mine.

“Evie, babe,” Ben says, still smiling. “What are you thinking about?” he asks, a question which seems to come up a lot these days.

I’m sure the look on my face gives me away, but I tell him anyway. “You.”

Ben’s smile gets wider. “Oh yeah,” he says, that cheeky grin out in full force. “What about me?”

I smile as I slide off the bed and onto the floor, crawling towards him. “How good you look,” I whisper, as I lean down to kiss him.

Ben kisses me back as he says, “Good? Just good?”

I can’t help but laugh as I slide my hand up and under his sweaty t-shirt. I feel his stomach contract at my touch and it only highlights all the firmness of his muscles, the warm, tight skin that covers them. “Really good?” I suggest.

Ben laughs now, his eyes still watching me. I’m staring at my hand, watching it as my fingers slowly pull his t-shirt higher. His skin is covered in sweat and I watch my fingers slide over his stomach, tracing the outline of his hips, the trail of hair that leads from his belly button and lower down. I still haven’t found out how far down it goes and right now, that’s the only thing I’m thinking about.

As my fingers brush along his waistband, Ben groans, and I notice the tightness in the front of his track pants. Unable to resist, I lower my hand, my fingers caressing him on the outside of the fabric. He’s already hard and I can’t help but bite my bottom lip, mesmerised by the fact that I can do this to him.

“Evie, what are you doing, baby?” Ben whispers, his voice strained as though he’s trying to keep himself under control. What I am doing is a risk, but right now, it’s one I’m willing to take.

I glance up at his face and see his eyes are closed. With my hand still on his crotch, I lean in and press a kiss to his lips. “I’m studying,” I whisper.

 

About the Author

natalie ward

Hey – welcome, thanks for stopping by! What can I tell you about me? I’m a seriously avid reader and probably get way too invested in stories and characters. Have been known to go without sleep just so I can finish a book. I also obviously enjoy writing them, but we’ll see how that all pans out!

Oh and if you want to follow me here are the links! 

Facebook | Goodreads | Website

 

Natalie is also the author of the I Love You series:

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 I Love You to Death (I Love You, #1) | Stubborn Love (I Love You, #2) | I Love You, Always (I Love You, #3)

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Christmas Greetings and Giveaway!!!

December 24, 2013

We asked a few of our favorite authors to stop by with some very special holiday greetings and exclusive teasers!!! We want to say how incredibly thankful we are to these amazing and talented writers who participated in this Christmas post. We LOVE you all!

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Tristan
Access All Areas (The Access Series Volume 1)
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ACCESS UNLIMITED (The Access Series Volume 3)- COMING JANUARY 2104!!

by Alice Severin

Tristan Hunter

He took my hand. “I imagined this,” Tristan said. “I imagined us together, just the two of us, like this.” He laughed. “Isn’t that stupid? But I could see us, holding hands, lying on the bed, on the tour bus.” He rolled over and carefully draped a long leg over mine. “Maybe not just holding hands, though.”

I looked at the little door leading to the rest of the bus, out to where the bunks were. I frowned at him. “The rest of them, can they hear us? You’ve done this before?”

Tristan ignored my question, and instead kissed me, gently, tracing the line of my cheekbone with his lips. Then he looked up at me, teasingly, from under his long eyelashes. “Why, are you shy? They know what we’re going to do.” He ran his finger slowly up my bare arm. “I’ll be very quiet, if you will.” He caught my hand and brought it up to his mouth, covering it, his eyes flashing with amusement.

It went beyond understanding how Tristan made every time feel new again, like we were starting over, right from the first desperate need to be touched. I closed my eyes. It felt good, so good to feel the weight of his body on me. His hands were warm and strong, and soon I forgot about the people on the other side of the door, the bus, the tour, and everything except the feeling of his skin on mine.

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Luke
I Love You to Death (I Love You #1)
Stubborn Love (I Love You #2)
I Love You Always (I Love You #3) – Coming 2014!!

by Natalie Ward

Luke:

She’s lying on her stomach beside me, propped up on her elbows, her feet in the air and crossed at the ankles. But it’s her back I can’t take my eyes off. The smooth, lightly freckled skin of her shoulder blades. The long groove of her spine and the slow rise of her butt. The bikini she wears is tiny, small scraps of black material held together by strings.

I reach my hand out and lightly run my fingers down her spine, knowing how much she loves it when I do this. Her skin is so warm and smooth, so unbelievably soft under my fingertips. When I reach the base, I trace a line against the edge of her bikini bottoms, across the small of her back, before running my fingers slowly up her spine again. There’s a string tied across her back, and right in the middle is a complicated knot that I am dying to undo.

Not here though, that’s just for me, later.

Instead, I run my fingers slowly along the string, from one side of her back to the other. I feel the deep rumble of her laugh at something Mia has said and my heart flips in my chest at that sound. The sound of her laughter, something I never thought I’d get to hear, is now music to my ears. It happens more and more every day and I’ll never get tired of hearing it.

I slide my fingers up from the string and between her shoulder blades, to the nape of her neck. I gather her long brown hair and push it to the side. I watch my fingers as they trace an outline of freckles across her shoulders, before running them back up her neck again. I lean in and softly kiss her shoulder, leaving my lips pressed against her warm, soft skin as I run my fingers ever so slowly back down her spine again.

It’s almost unbearable how much I want her right now, but at the same time, so unbelievably good.

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Jay Mayard
Beneath the Burn
by Pam Godwin

DELIVER – COMING FEBRUARY 2014

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Jay Mayard

Charlee, you taught me that the true meaning of the holidays is either you’re on the good list, or you’re bent over my knee getting your ass spanked. Come over here, baby. I think it’s beginning to burn a lot like Christmas.

~Jay

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Kayden

Untangle Me (Love at Last #1)
by Chelle Bliss

Kayden: The Past (Love at Last 0.5) – coming January 2014!!

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We hope you all enjoyed these special holiday messages from these lovely authors. We love our authors and readers! Merry Christmas and all the best in 2014!

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Cathy and Ellen
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BOOK REVIEW and GIVEAWAY: STUBBORN LOVE (I LOVE YOU #2) by NATALIE WARD

October 29, 2013

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Title: Stubborn Love (I Love You)
Author: Natalie Ward
Release Date: September 3, 2013

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Synopsis:

Five years ago, tragedy brought Jared and Mia together. A tragedy that was the start of an unlikely source of support, a true friendship and eventually, deep, heart-stopping love. Until the day something pushed them apart, forcing one of them to let the other one go.

Now, over the course of a day and a night, Jared and Mia will finally talk about how it all went wrong. How something which seemed so perfect and true, was so easily broken. And just when they think they’ve found their way back to each other, their love, will once more be put to the ultimate test.

Sometimes, you never realise how much you can hurt the one you love.
Sometimes, you never realise the lengths you’ll go to, to help someone you love.
And sometimes, you never realise just how stubborn love can be.
Because it’s impossible to let somebody go, when you never stopped loving them in the first place.

Review:

So I’m a huge fan of ‘I Love You to Death’ and was thrilled to read an advance copy of ‘Stubborn Love’. Two things you should know about this story: it take place parallel to ILYTD, and it moves back and forth between the past and the present. Flashbacks can be difficult to write but Natalie Ward absolutely hits it out of the park! The first thing I thought when I was reading Stubborn Love was that this book should be made into a movie, pronto. The writing, the setting, the story, all perfection. I absolutely love Jared, who is passionate, sexy and honest. What more can you ask for?

“Don’t ever think that I don’t want you Mia.”
“Because I do, more than you’ll ever know.”

This is Jared and Mia’s story. Mia is Luke’s sister from ILYTD, and Jared and Luke were roommates and bandmates. The story alternates between Jared and Mia’s POV, which I loved. It is very difficult to write in both alternating POV’s and in flashbacks but Ms. Ward is an incredibly gifted writer and she effortlessly swtiches back and forth between timeframes and POV’s.

Stubborn Love is an beautiful love story and has lots and lots of heat (like, a lot), passion and emotion. The entire story really only takes place over 24 hours but you get to witness almost the entire lifespan of a realtionship because of the flashbacks. I was already a big fan of this author (sorry to repeat myself) and now I can’t wait to read more of her writing, when Luke’s POV is released!

**ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.**

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