Blog Tour: Damaged By Nina D'Angelo @janinedangelo @GHBTours

Title: Damaged
Series: Outlaws Series # 1
By Nina D'Angelo
Expected Publication Date: February 28th, 2014

Blurb:

Before Stephanie Carovella had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, she was damaged.

Stephanie Carovella has been running from her past all her life. The survivor of a brutal attack which left her best friend dead, she has carefully built a protective wall around herself, but she knows sooner or later her past is going to catch up with her.

It's why she doesn't want to fall in love. It's why she doesn't want to let anyone get too close. Dominic Delaney works hard and plays just as hard. He's a love 'em and leave 'em guy who doesn't believe in forever until Stephanie walks into Outlaws. She is wild, unpredictable and dangerous as hell, yet, he's drawn to her.

He needs to know the secrets behind her eyes. He can't walk away.

A sexy, tattooed womanizer, Dominic Delaney's everything Stephanie wants to avoid. She knows she should stay the hell away from him, but he makes her want to stop running.

Sometimes, even the Damaged deserve to fall in love.

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Excerpt:

"I don't understand, Dominic. Why are you acting like this?" Stephanie said, taking a step towards him and reaching out to touch his arm. She couldn't understand why he was treating her this way. He was acting so indifferent, so cold. She scrambled her brain, wondering what she'd done wrong. She knew she'd been tense on the trip back to San Francisco, but he'd seemed okay with it. He'd accepted that she had a lot on her mind, or at least, she thought he had. When he stepped back to avoid her touch, she flinched.

"Listen, honey, this thing between us . . . it was fun," Dominic began, feeling bile begin to rise in his throat as he pushed on. "But that's all it was. Fun, and now it's over."

"It's over?" she echoed, staring at him in disbelief. "I don't understand."

"What's there to understand?" he drawled, raking his eyes over her and turning his lip into a sneer. "The sex was good, but that's all it was. Good sex."

"You said you loved me," she whispered, shaking her head in disbelief.

"I lied," Dominic replied, gripping the door handle tightly. He flinched when Stephanie's head jerked back as if he'd struck her. Forcing himself to continue, he added brutally, "I wanted to get you into bed. Christ, don't tell me you actually believed I loved you?"

When she remained silent, he laughed harshly. "Why the fuck would I love you? No man in his right mind could ever love someone as fucked up as you are."

"Stop it," she whispered, tears sliding down her cheeks. "You don't mean that."

"Oh, honey, yes I do," he bit out, shaking his head in disgust. "You were an itch I wanted to scratch, that's all. It was nothing more. And I had you. You practically wrapped yourself up in a red bow and gave yourself to me on a silver platter. All I had to do was stroke your ego and pretend to give a damn, and you were all mine."

"No," she whispered, shaking her head in denial.

"Yes," Dominic growled.

Stephanie stumbled backwards, unable to take her eyes off him. She wrapped her arms around herself, starting to shake. "You don't mean that," she whispered again, shaking her head. "I told you everything. I told you who I was."

"Yeah, you did," he said silkily, his hardened gaze pinning her to the spot. "And you actually thought after you told me who you were, I would still want to be with you? That I would actually love you?" He forced himself to drive the knife in deeper, telling himself this was for the best for both of them. "Christ, I was hoping when I didn't answer your messages you'd get the hint, but no, you had to come here and make a scene. Get this through your head: I don't want you. I never did. I just wanted to fuck you, and now I'm done. You're delusional to think that I could ever love someone as damaged as you. Hell, no one could."

Character Bio:

Stephanie Carovella

Stephanie been running from her past all her life. The survivor of a brutal attack which left her best fiend dead, she's carefully built a protective wall around herself. She knows sooner or later her past is going to catch up with her. That's why she doesn't want to fall in love. It's why she doesn't want to let anyone get too close.

So, she dates a boy she will never love and waits for the day when she has to walk away.

She's been hell and back and she's still standing. She has scars on the inside and the outside and she's determined to kick the world in the ass.

She never lets anyone get close and doesn't want to need anyone.

She just never counted on meeting Dominic Delaney.

Dominic Delaney

A sexy tattooed womanizer, Dominic works hard and plays just as hard. He's more of a love em and leave em guy rather than a forever kind of guy.

Dominic is loyal to his family friends. He'd rather break his own heart than hurt any of them. He's never given much to falling in love until recently. Lately he's been restless and he can't work out why. It's almost like he's searching for someone - that one girl who will capture his heart forever.

Then Stephanie walks into Outlaws.

In one single moment everything changes.

He knows Stephanie's damaged. She'd wild, unpredictable and dangerous as hell not just to his sanity but to his health. Yet, he's drawn to her.

He knows his life's never going to be the same again but he can't walk away.

Book Soundtrack:

I think the idea of the perfect soundtrack would be songs that suit everything that Dominic and Stephanie went through. When I wrote Damaged, I did have a soundtrack in mind for the book. These were songs that really struck a chord with me and became an integrated part of the characters and their love story.

Christina Aguilera - Just a Fool
Whiskeytown - Excuse me While I Break my own Heart
Big and Rich - You Never Stop Loving Somebody
Gary Allan - Along the Way
Blake Shelton - It Aint' Easy Being me
Lady Antebellum - All We'd Ever Need
Sheryl Crow - First Cut is the Deepest
Ozzy Osbourne - Bloodbath in Paradise
Bret Michaels feat Miley Cyrus - Nothing to Lose
Garth Brooks - More than a Memory
Bad English - when I see you smile
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow - Picture
Allison Iraheta - Scars
Bon Jovi - Wedding Day
Sister Hazel - Your Winter
Katy Perry - I'm still breathing
Sarah Mclachlan - Full of Grace
Eric Church - My Heart Has a Memory
Kenny Chesney - Better as a Memory
Christian Kane - Whiskey in Mind
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
Pink - True Love

In other words while there would be love songs there would also be songs about Heartbreak, loss and inner demons.

About the Author:

Nina D'Angelo is the best-selling author of the Stephanie Carovella series. Her first novel, Nowhere to Run was released in February 2013 and reached #86 on the Amazon Top 100. Her second novel, Nowhere to Hide was released in August 2013.

They are both available in Paperback and ebook format.

Damaged is the prequel to the Stephanie Carovella series and the first in the Outlaws series. Nina has already started working on Deadly Secrets, the third in the Stephanie Carovella series and Shattered, the second in the Outlaws series. Both are slated for a 2014 release.

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Review Tour: Moonbow By Sheila Hollinghead @SHollinghead @GHBTours

Title: Moonbow
By Sheila Hollinghead
Genre: Inspirational Romantic Suspense

Blurb:

A widow, a doctor, an unborn child. Three lives are at risk in this high stakes suspense. Die Auserwahlten, the Chosen Ones, have impregnated Gisa with an embryonic clone. Is it evil or just a child? It's up to Dr. Rayden Brooks to untangle the web that keeps them captive and save their lives. But will Gisa trust him?

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Excerpt:

The opening of her door startled her. She looked up into Rayden's face.

"What are you doing?" she asked, gulping down a sob.

He reached in and placed her hand in his. His hand was warm and dry, and his strength seeped into her. She allowed him to pull her out until they stood face to face. He wrapped his arms around her, and she cried into his shoulder while he stroked her hair.

With a shuddering breath, she pushed back to peer into his face. He brushed her tears away with a tender touch. Even with the tumult of emotion crashing through her, her skin tingled each place his fingers trailed.

She pulled back to escape the sensation and searched his eyes. "Why? Why did they choose me?"

"I don't know." His voice was gentle, his lips agonizingly close.

She wanted to remain like this, in his arms, safe and secure, enshrouded where nothing could ever harm her. "If I have an abortion, at least they'd quit following me?" She said it tentatively, as more of a question than a statement.

He sighed. "I told you that's not going to happen."

"Why? I need to know why."

"Maybe you know?"

She shook her head again. "I don't know! I'm nobody. Nobody at all..."

My Review:

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Gisa lost her parents both of her parents at the same time in a car accident. After losing both of the parents Gisa never had many friends in high school. When she went to college just made a few friends but not many. Gisa was the kind of girl who just stayed to herself. Then she met David and fell in love. Not long after they were married David was sent to Afghanistan. He was killed in the war. Gisa wanted to have David's baby her one and only connection that she would have of her husband. You know something to remember him by and to also have a piece of him with her always.

Gisa had earned her teaching degree and was teaching small children with autism. She loved her job and her kids. She loved being with them and helping them. But she wanted this one last thing from her husband, a baby. So she is artificially inseminated with David's sperm. Then one day one of her Doctors pulls up at her school saying they had to leave and they had to leave now. Gisa couldn't just leave some of her kids were still there at the school and she waiting with them on their parents to pick them up. No way was she going to just leave those children there, standing on the curb by their selves. Gisa and Rayden are being chased by these guys who want Gisa's baby. Rayden is trying to save her from the men that are after her. He is only trying to get her away before they get to her and kidnap her. Gisa doesn't know if she can trust him or not but something tells her that it is ok to go with him.

Rayden and Gisa go on the road and travel across several states trying to stay one step ahead of the men that are after her and her baby. They finally end up ditching them or so they think. Well maybe they did and maybe they didn't even though they didn't see them or think they didn't. With so many members in this group of people there are probably someone from this group in every state they come to. They are more than likely being followed or they actually know where they are the whole time and maybe just playing with them knowing they can catch them anytime they want but they probably need a place where there would not be many witnesses before they take or kill them.

Moonbow is full of mystery, suspense and Christian values. Rayden is a Christian and Gisa is an atheist. She tells Rayden that her parents were agonistic and she was atheist. Rayden is telling her that god will take care of them and keep them safe. He is also telling her about people in the bible but Gisa has no idea who or what is talking about. Being raised agonistic she has never read them bible. But Rayden tells her about the bible, God and Jesus, he is not only trying to save her life he is also trying to save her soul and get her to turn her life over to God.

Moonbow is a great story and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery with a lot of twist and turns. Rayden and Gisa are two very wonderful people that care about other people and will put others first. They will put their own lives in danger if that is what it takes to save the lives of others. They both come to care about each other so much that they both put their own lives in jeopardy trying to get to the other one to keep them safe when they are torn apart.

About the Author:

Sheila Hollinghead, an army brat, was born in Nuremberg, Germany. When she was ten, her father was stationed in Toul, France where she discovered a treasure trove of books hiding in the furnace room. The house was rumored to be the former headquarters of the Nazi Party with bullet holes decorating the foyer as evidence. The books, sci-fi, mysteries, fantasy, and the classics, opened her mind to the power of story. Today, she is married and lives on a farm in south Alabama with dogs, cats, and chickens. She agrees with Emily Dickinson who said, "I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it until it begins to shine."

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A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

Moonbow began as a literal dream. Bless (or curse) my husband. When I told him the strange story, he encouraged me to turn it into a book. I'm not sure if the final manuscript resembles the first shadowy images in the least. Writing morphs and grows into things we cannot imagine when we first put pen to paper. I hope to continue the growth of the story and further explore the question from my dream: "Are some men born evil? What if they got a second chance?"

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