Entangled Books Anniversary Celebration and Giveaway

Entangled Publishing is turning 5 and love is in the air!

We are so excited that we are offering all the books on our latest bestselling imprint, Lovestruck, at a celebratory price of just 99¢ each! If you love romantic comedies you won't want to miss any of these laugh out loud and smexy reads.

AND that's not all. From 2/1 to 2/21 we are giving away 5 Lovestruck prize packs including 5 different Sephora Minimergency kits, an Amazon gift card and other surprise gift cards. So be sure to stop by each of our amazing blogger hosts below and visit the Lovestruck Facebook page to find out about the fun events and giveaways we will be having in the coming weeks. You will also get sneak peeks inside our different releases so you can pick out your must reads.

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An unexpected surprise...with Jade Lee/Kathy Lyons and Giveaway

USA Today bestselling author Jade Lee has been scripting love stories since she first picked up a set of paper dolls. Ball gowns and rakish lords caught her attention early (thank you, Georgette Heyer), and her fascination with the Regency began. An author of more than thirty romance novels and winner of dozens of industry awards, Lee lives in Champaign, Illinois.

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Guest Post with Author Jade Lee and Giveaway #CMCon16

Meet Jade Lee/Kathy Lyons author of over thirty novels spanning both historical and contemporary romance and one of the fabulous featured authors that will be at the Coastal Magic Convention in February in Daytona Beach. 

USA Today bestselling author Jade Lee has been scripting love stories since she first picked up a set of paper dolls. Ball gowns and rakish lords caught her attention early (thank you, Georgette Heyer), and her fascination with the Regency began. An author of more than thirty romance novels and winner of dozens of industry awards, Lee lives in Champaign, Illinois.

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ARC Review: Two Week Seduction by Kathy Lyons

Two Week Seduction by Kathy Lyons was a fun and light read. This is what I would call beachside reading. It’s the perfect book to escape to by the beach. The story is light and fun and so are the characters. I was really interested in this book because of the plot. Alea Heling and Tech Sergeant John O’Donnell seemed to have unfinished business between them and I wanted to find out how they resolved their issues.

Alea always had a crush on her brother’s friend, John. When she decided to act on her attraction he walked away from her. Alea was never able to get over the rejection. When John comes home to help out his widowed mom she sees it as an opportunity to have a second chance with John.

John was a great character. He was a little short fused but he really was a good guy. He had a tough childhood with his father who was abusive and an alcoholic. When John left to enlist in the services he and his father argued. That was the last time he saw his father alive. Now he is back to his home town but he is not happy with all the memories that come back. These memories include Alea. He is attracted to Alea but out of loyalty to his friend he knows that he can’t act on his feelings for her. He knows that he is only home temporarily and then he will be back to his base.

Usually when I read a romance novel I either like both main characters or I like the heroine more but with this book I really liked John. He was an honorable and good guy. He has his ghost to deal with and his temper but he is healing form his past. Alea was a harder character to understand. One minute she is dressed as a librarian and the next she is wearing thigh-high boots and playing pool in a bar with a group of men. She is a teacher but has applied to law school and received acceptance. She also has an alter ego that she lets lose once in a while. I think I would have liked her more if she stayed within one character. At the beginning she is helping John’s mother with his welcome home party the next she is deciding how to seduce him.

Overall, this was a fun and light read. Both characters had great chemistry and they were enjoyable. They were well matched because Alea knew how to handle herself and John as well. I recommend this story if you’re looking for a fun couple who are trying to play a game of cat and mouse, although it’s never clear just who the mouse is! Fun read!

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Feature and Giveaway: Two Week Seduction by Kathy Lyons

She’s going to break all of his rules…

Tech Sergeant John O’Donnell was never fond of his hometown. Too many reminders of poverty, his rocky family life, and the girl he was never allowed to have. Now he has exactly two weeks to sort out his mother's finances before he heads back overseas. Two weeks that he's determined to spend as far from his best friend’s little sister as possible.

Alea Heling has a naughty streak a mile wide. Sweet and simple? Boring. She’s been craving a bad boy like John since their wild days together in high school, and this time, she’s not taking no for an answer. But with every panty-meltingly hot encounter, Alea forgets one hard, cold reality—this soldier won't let a fortnight turn into forever...and forever might be exactly what they both need.

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ARC Review: Two Week Seduction by Kathy Lyons

Two Week Seduction by Kathy Lyons got my attention first with its sexy cover and then with its blurb. This is a little sister and brother's best friend story which happens to be my favorite trope, so of course I had to read it. Throw in a sexy man in uniform and I couldn't resist. This story had its cute and sexy moments, but it also had some really cheesy and corny ones as well. It was a quick and easy read, but I had some issues with it.

Alea Heling has wanted her brother's best friend John O'Donnell since high school. He never seemed to notice her except for the one time she tried to dress sexy for him and he rejected her. Now years later when he is home on leave, she decides to be exactly what he is looking for. She trades in her sexy and bold clothes for her more understated teacher clothes. She is determined to convince him to give her a chance and see where things between them could go. John has no intention of seeing Alea while he is in town, but when he arrives home to a welcome home party he quickly realizes that he has no choice. The more they are around each other the more the attraction between them grows. John has always wanted Alea but stayed away because of her brother and because he always felt she was too good for him. He has worked hard to provide for his mother and sisters, but it will never be enough for Alea and what she is used to coming from with her family. But Alea is also struggling with whether to pursue a career that her family has pushed her into and living the life she has come to love. Can these two have a shot together or will their differences be too much for them to overcome.

I liked John, but I didn't really love him. For some reason I just never really connected with him or Alea. I thought that he was sweet and hardworking, and that he was good with his family. But I thought that he let his family run his life too much and that he was a bit too insecure about his station in life. He had worked hard and made it to a successful career, and yet he still thought that he wasn't good enough and that he was beneath Alea's family. It just kind of turned me off to his character. A military man is usually confident to the point of cocky, and I just never got that with him. Alea was also hard for me to connect to and I just didn't understand her character. She was bold and confident at times, challenging men to games of pool and wearing daring clothes. But then she felt like she couldn't be herself and had to alter her looks and personality in order to land John. I just couldn't get behind her changing herself for a guy and it was pretty much over before it began since that is the way this book started. I thought that they had some chemistry together and that they had a good sort of friendship having known each other for years. But I didn't really ever see the love between them or connection. It just never really clicked for me for some reason and I was left wanting more when it came to their relationship. I think part of what hurt it was that even though they knew each other, they had never really been together or had a strong relationship before. They hardly spoke, and the only reason he even had her phone number was that his mom had given it to him. It just didn't seem to really develop for me.

I also felt like this one was just sort of cliche and predictable. It was like everything that happened was straight out of how to write a romance. There was nothing new or different here, and I just felt like it was a bit too corny at times. The ending was especially hard to get behind. It was too sweet and cutesy for me, and honestly it felt pretty unbelievable. I am not an expert in military matters, but it just seemed as though things were too easily altered and I just couldn't get behind how neatly everything was tied up at the end. I think that this could have been a great story and showed promise, but overall I was disappointed with this one. I also felt that it was a little light on the action and less sexy than what I have come to expect from Entangled's Brazen line. I think that if you are looking for a cute story with a happy ending that you might give this one a shot. This one just wasn't for me and I thought that it was less than what I had been hoping for.

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Brazen Release Day Celebration and Giveaway

If you like your heroes hot, the sex hotter, and a swoon-worthy romance to swoop in and save your happily ever after, Brazen has the story for you. Sinfully sexy soldiers. Alpha cops who demand control. Sweet guys with a naughty side in the bedroom. At Brazen, they've got the hero destined to melt your... heart. Visit the Entangled website, the Brazen Blog, follow them on Twitter, Like their Facebook page, and follow them on Pinterest.

ARC Review: One Night In The Spa by Kathy Lyons

One Night In The Spa is a contemporary romance novella by Kathy Lyons. What originally drew me in was the cover and the blurb. I was excited to read this one because of the friends to lovers trope. I am definitely a sucker for a guy who has the feelings and is determined to win over his heroine. However for me, this story just didn't work. This story was very short, almost so short that if you blink it is over. Despite the short length, I found it hard to finish as it just didn't keep my interest.

After an injury, Kim has to give up her professional racquetball career and goes to work for a gym. She is the manager of the gym and her best friend David is the manager of the spa next door. They have known each other for 3 years and he has wanted her since the beginning. Kim has no clue that he feels more than friendship for her. Recently Kim has started to feel things that she never has before. Since she hasn't been as active and constantly training to stay in shape, her body has started to go through puberty and she has begun to look and want every guy around her. After David finds this out, he is determined to be the guy to show her what being an adult is all about. When she arranges a facial and massage, he views this as the perfect way to seduce her into wanting more with him than friendship. But after their night together in the spa and some secrets are exposed, is a relationship together possible?

David was a nice enough character. He seemed to really care for Kim, and he looked out for her. I didn't really care for Kim. I felt like she was extremely immature for her age of 24. The fact that she thought she was seriously ill because she was horny all the time was just over the top for me. Most of this story just seemed far fetched and ridiculous to me. I felt like even though there was chemistry and steam between Kim and David that their relationship progressed at an alarming rate. There was no transition from friendship to love, which seemed unrealistic to me considering that Kim had no romantic feelings for him before their night together. I just didn't feel the connection between the two of them and I didn't feel as though I had connected with them at all. For some reason, these characters just didn't interest me.

The fact that David was spying and committing an illegal act by obtaining secret financial documents from Kim's computer and the entire thing was just glossed over was also something that I didn't care for. I also would have liked to have seen some of Kim's past have some resolution. Kim has some damage from things that happened at a young age and they are like the rest of the big things in this story in that they just seem to be brought up and dropped. There were just too many things going on in such a short amount of time, that I felt as though everything was crammed into a few pages. Things were either forgotten or happened instantly. I know that things typically happen rather fast in novellas, but this one was just way beyond that. This story just wasn't for me. I just couldn't get into all the silly things that bordered on ridiculous with this one. If you read for the sole purpose of being entertained, and don't care about how realistic the story is you will probably enjoy this one.

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Guest Post with Author Kathy Lyons and Giveaway

Welcome Kathy Lyons, author of the novella, One Night in the Spa.

Kathy Lyons is the fun, contemporary side of USA Today Bestselling author Jade Lee. She loves sassy romance with lots of laughter and sex. Spice is the variety of life, right? Okay, so maybe two kids, two cats, two pennames, and writing over 40 books has messed with her mind, but she still keeps having fun. And in her new Dream Nights series couples share erotic dreams that lead to a sizzling reality. Check her out at www.KathyLyons.com Or hang out with her sexy historical half, Jade Lee. Titled heroes with dark secrets are Jade’s passion. Especially when they fall for women who add more than just spice to their lives.

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Guest Post with Author Kathy Lyons and Giveaway

Today I would like to welcome author Kathy Lyons to RFTC. Kathy is currently on tour promoting her newest release, Dream Nights with the CEO and has stopped by to chat. Please give Kathy a warm welcome.

Kathy Lyons is the fun, contemporary side of USA Today Bestselling author Jade Lee. She loves sassy romance with lots of laughter and sex. Spice is the variety of life, right? Okay, so maybe two kids, two cats, two pennames, and writing over 40 books has messed with her mind, but she still keeps having fun. And in her new Dream Nights series couples share erotic dreams that lead to a sizzling reality. Check her out at www.KathyLyons.com Or hang out with her sexy historical half, Jade Lee. Titled heroes with dark secrets are Jade’s passion. Especially when they fall for women who add more than just spice to their lives.

Places to find Kathy: 

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