Release Blitz & Reviews – Bachelor Swap, Lacey Black
March 23, 2021 | Posted in Release Day Blitz, Review | By Two Book Pushers
- Oversee the redecorating of his apartment in the famed Bachelor Tower in Boston.
- Make sure his latest business deal proceeds without a hitch.
- Break up with his girlfriend, Kyla.
Bachelor Swap is a novel that is part of Ruth Cardello’s Bachelor Tower World. I have every every single word Lacey Black has written and have loved them all. I am so excited for her for being in this world.
Mason is a cowboy. Matthew is a ruthless businessman. They haven’t been close for over a decade but they need each other now. Mason’s ranch is going under while Matthew’s business in thriving. Matthew comes up with a deal Mason can’t say no to. He will payoff his brother’s debt if Mason pretends to be him for three weeks. Easy, right?
Not even close. You would think hanging out in swanky apartment and having everything at your fingertips would be easy. Overseeing decorators, going to dinner with an old man, and breaking up with a girl. Easy. Nope. Not after meeting the woman he brother has been dating. She is beautiful, smart, funny, and loves animals. She is his kryptonite. She is a risk. He signed on the dotted line. He was completely screwed.
Kyla wasn’t sure what happened to the man she has been dating for the last few months but she is for it. He is more relaxed. More attentive. Sweet even. She was seeing sides to him that she could really fall for. She is having fun. So much fun but will he go back to the busy man who doesn’t answer her calls?
Aw!! I loved it! Mason is delicious. Kyla is amazing. Their banter is flirting and witty. Their connection is beautiful and sexy. They just click but what will happen when the truth comes out?!
Quotes:
It’s the first time I’ve ever experienced anything so…animalistic from just a kiss.
The moment my lips meet hers, I want to devour, to claim her as my own and never let her go.
Don’t ever doubt what you do to me, sweetheart.
Bachelor Swap by Lacey Black, is part of Ruth Cardello’s Bachelor Tower World. I wish I had time to read every book in the series! Bachelor swap is a fun and sexy story! Mason is a cowboy and he financial help to save his ranch. His twin brother offers him the money in exchange for pretending to be him for three weeks. He just has to go to a few business meetings, watch his place and oh, break up with his girlfriend. What? Mason isn’t sure it’s even worth it, but he signed his name and the deal is done. Turns out Matthew’s girlfriend is pretty great. They have more in common than he thought they would. She loves animals and being outside. He needs to remember he’s pretending to be someone else, but everything he does and says is all Mason. What’s going to happen when Kyla finds out the truth? Oh man! I loved Mason and Kyla so much! They were truly meant for each other. They were fun and sexy and I couldn’t get enough!
New Release, Exclusive Excerpt, Review & *Giveaway* – Changing the Rules, Catherine Bybee
March 23, 2021 | Posted in Excerpt, Giveaway, Release Day Blitz, Review | By Two Book Pushers
Title: Changing the Rules
Author: Catherine Bybee
Release Date: March 23, 2021
Publisher: Montlake
Exclusive Excerpt from Changing the Rules by Catherine Bybee
“Wow, why are you girls all dolled up?” Lars asked before he sat down.
“Jax has a date,” Claire announced.
“What’s your excuse?” Cooper asked. “Do you have a date, too?” His eyes walked up and down her body. She was wearing a dress, which she didn’t often do unless she was painting the town with her best friend.
But sometimes, when she’d been cooped up too long and hadn’t been able to shop or let her hair down, or be something other than a girl trapped in a world she didn’t want . . . yeah, at those times she needed to get out. It was her release valve.
Jax started to laugh.
And laugh.
Claire followed Cooper’s gaze in Jax’s direction.
“Claire doesn’t date!”
The hair on her neck started to stand on end.
“I date.”
Jax leaned her head back and laughed. “No, what you do doesn’t classify as dating.”
Much as Claire wanted to disagree, she knew her friend spoke the truth. It wasn’t that she had an aversion to dating, there just didn’t seem to be enough datable guys out there.
“What the hell does that mean?” Cooper’s tone was anything but happy as he asked the question.
Claire was about to ask why he cared when Neil stepped forward. “Are we done with the chitchat and ready to work?”
“Technically this is my day off.”
Neil’s expression told Claire he wasn’t amused.
Cooper looked like he had more to say, but kept his lips shut. Lars patted Cooper on the back as he walked by. “I need coffee.”
“There’s a fresh pot in the surveillance room,” Claire informed him.
“We start in ten,” Neil said before heading to his office.
Once the door was closed, Cooper slid beside Claire. “Mind elaborating about this ‘doesn’t date’ thing?”
“Why are you so interested?” And why was Cooper standing so close and watching her as if an expression was going to give something away?
When his eyes dropped to her lips, her belly did a little twist.
It was then that her brain started to short-circuit and the coffee felt bitter in the back of her throat.
There were two reasons a man stared at a woman’s lips.
The first was if they were a family member or possibly a gay friend that wanted to comment on the shade of lipstick.
And the second . . . he wanted to kiss her.
She blinked several times.
Cooper wanted to taste her.
The realization of that fact had her head spinning. Then, because she couldn’t stop herself from looking, she took in his lips, and then the expression on his face.
So many things clicked together. With them, a thousand questions.
Lars pushed through the door from the surveillance room talking and had Cooper taking a step back. “Have you met the new guy?”
Claire’s eyes stayed on Cooper. “Yes, I have.”
Cooper blinked and turned away. “I have not.”
A few more steps and Cooper walked into the other room.
“What the actual hell?” Claire asked the universe out loud.
Lars walked by, oblivious to what had just happened.
“What?”
Claire glanced over at Jax to see her soft smile.
In German, Claire asked, “Did you see that?”
“I felt the static in the room,” Jax replied.
“You know it’s rude to speak in a different language, right?” Lars said. Jax shook her head and went back to writing on the whiteboard. “Sorry,” she replied in English.
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Summary
As an employee of MacBain Security and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way…except one involving Cooper Lockman.
Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore the still-smoldering heat that lingers between them.
Their current mission: go undercover together at a California high school to root out the mastermind behind a prostitution ring targeting young girls. The closer they get to the truth and the closer they get to each other, however, the deadlier their task becomes. As Claire and Cooper risk their lives to bring down their target, will their hearts be the final casualties?
Changing the Rules is the first book in the Richter series by Catherine Bybee. We met Claire and Cooper in Say it Again and I was so happy when I heard they were getting a book! I loved Claire as soon as she said “Put it away Cooper. You’re too old for me.” And not only that, we get to see Neil, Gwen and Sasha again. I was so engaged with this story that I didn’t want to put it down. Claire isn’t a kid anymore. She’s grown up, working for Neil and loving her job. Cooper left town for six years and now he’s back. Claire hasn’t seen him since and she’s so happy to have her friend back. But Cooper can’t hide his feeling for Claire anymore and when she sees what everyone else sees, she can’t stop thinking about him. They have a job to do though and she’s going undercover as a student and he as a teacher. While they are at school it’s business, but after Cooper is just glad she’s not eighteen anymore. They have a serious job to do, tracking down a group of sex trafficking people, some of which might be teachers or undercover cops. I didn’t even know who to trust! I had my favorites and prayed it wasn’t them! I loved Claire’s teenage antics and her confidence and attitude. Cooper was swoonworthy as he put it all on the line with Claire. His honesty just made him sexier! And then she was saying “Put it away Cooper. We don’t have time for that right now.” I’m already loving the secondary characters and can’t wait for more from this series (Give me Leo!) Overall, I loved Cooper and Claire. There were fun, hilarious, sexy and sweet!
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About the Author
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee has written twenty-eight books that have collectively sold more than five million copies and have been translated into more than eighteen languages. Raised in Washington State, Bybee moved to Southern California in the hope of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full-time and has penned the Not Quite Series, the Weekday Brides Series, the Most Likely To Series, and the First Wives Series.
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