Playing the Part by Robin Covington – a Review & Giveaway

Playing the Part by Robin Covington – a Review & Giveaway

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Links to order Playing the Part: Amazon / Barnes & NobleKobo

Description:
After publicly self-destructing over a heartbreak a year ago, bestselling romance writer Piper James is now making nice with her publisher by agreeing to teach Hollywood’s favorite action star how to act like he’s in love. Only playboy Mick Blackwell has no clue what love looks like. When a seductive heat ignites between Piper and Mick, she jumps at the chance for a bit of fun between the sheets, but with two stipulatons: she’s kept out of the public eye and things end when she returns to New York. Only Mick keeps changing the rules on her. Tempted by America’s favorite bad boy, Piper is wondering how far she’s willing to bend…

Review:

It’s a SCORCHER and I’m not talking about the weather outside!!  I am fanning myself off after reading PLAYING THE PART by Robin Covington.  It’s her newest novel that is going to be a great summer read! It’s a great plot with wonderful characters.  Piper James is a romance novelist who has been hired as a consultant to a movie set.  Her book is being made into a movie and the hot Hollywood star, has no idea how to play a man in love.  Mick Blackwell “was a man-sized death-by-chocolate layer cake, and she wanted to eat him up”.  I love some of the lines in the book!  It’s a classic story of man sees girl, man wants girl, girl wants guy but……. She has some rules!  Piper, the romance novelist that looks like a sexy librarian has been burned in the past.  She is interested in a sex only relationship with the handsome actor.  She just wants no sleepovers and no bad press.  Well, the chemistry between the two characters is hot, hot, and scorching!   Mick is a love them and leave them guy, but he keeps on wanting to change the rules. He is drawn to Piper and his relationship with Piper is making him a better actor too!  Hey, what’s going on Mick?  This is a great story dealing with building a relationship, trust, falling in love and great sex.  Can Piper teach Mick how to love?  How many rules is Piper willing to break to keep this man in her life?  

If you want a great summer read, you will enjoy this novel.  Robin Covington has some great lines that will leave you laughing too!  I love the whole book, except for the epilogue.  That was a little too unbelievable, but I must admit, the romantic inside of me swooned!   Enjoy!

Reviewed by Jules

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AUTHOR: C.J. Ellisson

SERIES: A Walk on the Wild Side

RELEASE DATE: June 20, 2013

 

 

 

BLURB: Carla Johnson thinks issuing orders to a lover will keep her heart safe and leave her in charge of her own destiny. Afraid for Carla’s future, her best friend Heather implores her to change her self-centered ways, handing her a list of love life mistakes to steer clear of:

1. Casual Sex
2. Friends with Benefits
3. Avoidance of Intimacy

Carla ignores the list—unwilling to face she might have a commitment problem. Until she invites a co-worker to her place one night. She instantly regrets the hum-drum sexual encounter and discourages the accountant from pursuing her.

Andy Shea refuses to become another lover the feisty blonde dumps. It’ll take a patient man with a strong hand to unlock Carla’s sexual awareness and win her heart. He’s up for the challenge to convince her he’s the one—and eager to prove this number cruncher won’t make a boring bedmate.

 

 

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Robin Covington – Guest Post & Giveaway

Robin Covington – Guest Post & Giveaway

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The Boys: Jackson, Lucky, Teague, and Beck.

These are the kind of men every southern daddy hopes never catch the eye of their daughters.  Lifelong friends, born and raised in the small town of Elliott, VA, they left town the minute the ink was dry on their high school diplomas and made lives of their own choosing far away.

None of them ever planned to return.

But, fate has brought them home to confront their demons, re-evaluate the past, and find their future in the women who can finally make it all make sense.

My latest release, His Southern Temptation, is Lucky’s book.  A former Black Ops assassin, he’s come home to outrun the demons that chase him even in his dreams. All he wants is to settle down on the family farm and find a woman to share his life with. He even knows the woman he wants but she’s half a world away and isn’t returning home any time soon—a slight problem.

Oh…and she’s his best friends little sister.

And, then she comes back to town.

Lucky and his dream woman—Taylor— have been on again and off again lovers for a number of years but never in Elliott. They’ve never told her brother Teague but secrets are really hard to keep in a small town. And Lucky isn’t sure he wants to keep the secret any longer. He wants Taylor—out in the open and part of his life.

But, how do you tell your best friend that you’ve been sleeping with his baby sister?

Here are some ideas:

            1. A singing telegram: Everyone loves a good song and if you can get their favorite artist to sing it for them? Bonus!

           2. Put it on a t-shirt: You can never have too many t-shirts.

           3. Put it on a big sign/billboard/jumbotron:  Most people are not going to kill you with all those witnesses at a large sports event and if you rent one of the big signs outside of church, they’ll feel too guilty to take you out. And, they’ll have to forgive you.

           4. Put it in a fortune cookie:  This will only work if you can actually eat while knowing you’re going to drop the bomb.  If you can’t wait, have dessert first.

          5. Give them REALLY bad news and then slip this one in after: Once you’ve told them that there is a zombie apocalypse and their entire family s dead, the rest is easy peasy.

Now, Lucky didn’t use any of these methods but he probably wished he had.  ; )

Thanks for having me here today!  Robin

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Robin Covington, who NYT Best Selling authors, Robyn Carr and Carly Phillips, said was their new “auto-buy author”, writes sizzling hot contemporary and paranormal romance.

A Night of Southern Comfort, her best-selling debut novel earned 4.5 stars and was touted by RT Book Reviews as bringing a “fresh, modern feel to the genre while still sticking to the things that get our adrenaline pumping — sex and danger”. When she’s not exploring the theme of fooling around and falling in love, she’s collecting tasty man candy, indulging in a little comic book geek love, and stalking Joe Mangianello.

Robin is a member of the Romance Writers of America, the Washington Romance Writers, a faculty member at Romance University, a member of the Waterworld Mermaids, and a contributor to the Happy Ever After blog at USA Today. You can find Robin on her website, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter (@RobinCovington).

Robin lives in Maryland with her hilarious husband, brilliant children, and ginormous puppy.

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His Southern Temptation Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/His-Southern-Temptation-ebook/dp/B00C2RVPWQ
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/his-southern-temptation-robin-covington/1114954596
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/his-southern-temptation/id627967168?mt=11
Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/His-Southern-Temptation/book-Z2OWqjoFZ0ubvPXYluy70g/page1.html?s=zGD0B2MRyUyB3coO1o-j6g&r=1

Tour Schedule:
4/9 – Christi Barth
4/12 – Caribbean Accent Reviews
4/15 – Bistro on Blog Talk Radio
4/17 – Get Lost in a Story
4/20 – The Reading Cafe
4/22 – Book Lovers Inc
4/24 – Chicklets in the Kitchen
4/25 – That’s What I’m Talking About
4/26 – Manga Maniac Cafe
4/29 – Feeling Fictional
5/1 – Cynthia Woolf
5/2 – The Romanceaholic
5/7 – Cocktails and Books
5/9 – Reading Reality
5/16 – Rom Con

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His Southern Temptation Excerpt

She was tall, her length stretched out under most of his six foot three inch frame even with their legs tangled together. And Lucky could feel every inch of her long, silky-skinned limbs as they extended out of the sexiest, tiniest pair of boy shorts ever sold without a warning label. Those shorts, coupled with the tiny tank top, left absolutely everything to fuel his imagination.

Damn, she smelled good too. From where his face rested in the crook between her face and her shoulder he was enveloped in the combination of coconut and a sharp, exotic floral scent. Their exertion had caused the unique combination to intensify, and he couldn’t resist taking one last deep breath and dragging it in. It reminded him of the beach, long summer days, and suntan oil.

“Are we going to lie here all night?” Her voice was breathy, but she maintained a healthy edge of “kiss my ass” in the delivery.

“Nope. Only until the sheriff arrives and he confiscates the gun you tried to kill me with.”

“I didn’t try to kill you.”

“Sugar, if you point a gun at me you better be prepared to—” Lucky lifted his head to get a good look at his would-be-assassin, and the shock of her identity hit him between the eyes, swirled around for a bit and melted his brain. The hair was different, shorter and colored in broad stripes of blonde and darkest brown, but he’d know those eyes anywhere—hazel with all the colors of autumn on the mountain—just like her brother Teague. Just like all the Elliotts.

“Holy shit. Taylor?”

“Lucky?”

“What the hell are you doing here?” Shock, instant remorse at the way he’d tackled her, and the crazy need to touch her threaded together in his mind in a confusing jumble of conflicting desires. The only clear thought was that Taylor was here—in the flesh— after two long years. He didn’t even mind his hands shaking as he released her arms from over her head, trailing his fingers down one smooth cheek, and finally stopping to cup her jaw in a light grip that forced her to maintain eye contact. Not that he needed to—her gaze never wavered from his. The warmth of welcome and the edge of heat in her expression made his fingertips tingle where they stroked her skin. “The last time I saw you in Elliott, you were stealing my car.”

 

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His Southern Temptation by Robin Covington – a Review

His Southern Temptation by Robin Covington – a Review

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Links to order His Southern Tempation:
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo

Description:
A former Black Ops assassin, “Lucky” Landon has had more near-misses than a man should ever have. Now he’s out of that business and settling into the simple life in his small hometown. So the last thing he ever expected was to end up at gunpoint. Or that the woman holding the gun would be his best friend’s little sister and Lucky’s on-again/off-again lover.

Taylor Elliott is Trouble, and she likes it that way. And seeing Lucky again? Well, he’s been her dirty little secret for the past few years and everyone knows that secrets in a small town are almost impossible to keep. But Taylor has bigger problems on her plate. Like the local mob boss who wants her dead.

And right now the only thing standing between Trouble and disaster is a hottie named Lucky…

Review:

HIS SOUTHERN TEMPTATION is book 2 of Robin Covington’s, ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ series!!  This story centers around David “Lucky” Landon and Mary-Taylor Elliott who have grown up together. This is a sweet romance that is full of action, humor and lots of hot, steamy loving!!

Lucky Landon is a former special-ops Marine that has returned to his small hometown to take over the family farm.  He is crashing at his best friend’s home, when he is woken in the middle of the night by the sound of a bullet being chambered near his head.  He disarms the intruder and discovers that it is his best friend’s little sister and BOY, do they share a history!!  They have had secret “hook ups” throughout the years and they share great chemistry. 

Lucky is determined to make their relationship more permanent, he just needs to talk independent Taylor into giving up her life in Hawaii and moving home with him.  Taylor is the “wild child” and doesn’t see herself settling down.  Her parents’ marriage failed miserably and very publically!  I loved this novel, because it is Lucky who has to convince Taylor!  The Alpha Male learns to grovel and persuade his woman to settle down with him!  They never deny their mutual attraction and their sex scenes are hot! Lucky is a very determined Marine who is not going to let Taylor back down without some smexy persuasion!

Lucky and Taylor love each other and it is Lucky that tells her that fact first!  He isn’t afraid to admit his feelings for Taylor to anyone in the town.  Taylor will do anything to help Lucky, she even hires herself out as a stripper to help him solve a case.  The nefarious villain in the novel kidnaps Taylor and Lucky cashes out his life savings to pay the ransom.  This is a modern day love story, because Taylor is torn between her career in Hawaii and giving it all up for a man.  Her mother plays into her fears by reminding her that she sacrificed all for her husband and he dumped her for his young paralegal.  Women need to think about this nowadays!  Can we really have it all?  The reader learns through the kidnapping, bar room fights and meddling family members that Lucky and Taylor are really devoted to each other.  HIS SOUTHERN TEMPTATION was a refreshing contemporary novel that proves that with mutual sacrifice, a couple can really have it all!! 

 

Review by Jules

Copy supplied by Publisher

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