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Book Review: The Muse by Lauren Blakely

The Muse by Lauren Blakely

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On March 23,21 | 0 Comment

Title: The Muse (Beautiful Magic #1)
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Julien Granier is a connoisseur of fine art. Art speaks to him. Now he unimaginably begins to live it. At night at the Musée d’Orsay it comes to life to breathe, entertain and interact with him. A beautiful experience only he sees.

“Museums are like churches for art. Sacred spaces or holy ground or something.”

When a new Renoir is scheduled to show, Julien immediately feels connected to the woman in the painting. He can’t wait until she comes to him and can interact with him. When she finally comes to life, he is sunk in love with Clio, a woman unlike any he’s met or imagined.

“Yes, that’s it. We come like pilgrims to an abbey to see them.”

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Release Blitz: The Muse by Lauren Blakely

The Muse by Lauren Blakely

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On March 19,21 | 0 Comment

Title: The Muse (Beautiful Magic #1)
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 19 March 2021

Summary:

The first time a woman stepped out of a painting, I thought I was seeing things.

The second time, I thought I was going mad.

The night she emerged from a Renoir, I felt something else entirely — a deep stirring of desire, and the wish to get to know the brilliant beauty who’s been trapped inside a painted garden for years.

She can only come out at night in the Musée d’Orsay, where I work. There, after hours, we wander through galleries, with the Van Goghs, the Monets, and the Toulouse Lautrecs the only witnesses to our midnight kisses and, soon, our trysts.

She opens her heart to me, and I learn her story.

But she keeps secrets too, ones I hope to unravel. Why she was trapped. Why Renoir is hunting her. And why artwork in famous museums across the world is starting to disintegrate.

Why I, too, seem to be the only person who can repair the masterpieces.

As I fall deeper for the woman who’s trapped in a museum, I’m caught up in another side of Paris after dark, one inhabited by forgers, ghosts of famous artists and, impossibly, by Muses.

But someone is after the woman I’m falling in love with, and it’s up to me to save her…even if it means losing everything I’ve found with her.

Book Teasers, Contemporary Romance

Teaser Reveal: Good With His Hands by Lili Valente & Lauren Blakely

Good With His Hands by Lili Valente & Lauren Blakely

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On November 25,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Good With His Hands (Good in Bed Series #1)
Author: Lili Valente & Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 18 December 2020

Summary:

A sexy best friend’s brother romance from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente!

I’m the wrong guy for her.

She’s sunshine and cherry pie. I’m whiskey and fast cars. I’m also keeping one hell of a secret from the woman I’ve wanted for years.

But when I find a list my sister left behind for Ruby, I’ve got no choice but to offer the sexy, big-hearted girl next door both a road trip and a chance.

A chance to discover how big she can dream.

And if some of those dreams play out in the bedroom? Well, there’s nothing wrong with a few — okay, several — hot nights together as we hit the beach, visit old stomping grounds, and test all sorts of limits, in and out of the sheets.

Seven days, then I’m off, moving across the country, far away from her.

No way can things get complicated in a week. Ruby and I aren’t the kind of dream that has a shot of coming true.

Especially once she learns what I’ve done.

GOOD WITH HIS HANDS is a sexy standalone romance in the Good in Bed series!

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Cover Reveal: Good With His Hands by Lili Valente and Lauren Blakely

Good With His Hands by Lili Valente and Lauren Blakely

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On October 21,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Good With His Hands
Author: Lili Valente and Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 18 December 2020

Summary:

A sexy best friend’s brother romance from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente!

I’m the wrong guy for her.

She’s sunshine and cherry pie. I’m whiskey and fast cars. I’m also keeping one hell of a secret from the woman I’ve wanted for years.

But when I find a list my sister left behind for Ruby, I’ve got no choice but to offer the sexy, big-hearted girl next door both a road trip and a chance.

A chance to discover how big she can dream.

And if some of those dreams play out in the bedroom? Well, there’s nothing wrong with a few — okay, several — hot nights together as we hit the beach, visit old stomping grounds, and test all sorts of limits, in and out of the sheets.

Seven days, then I’m off, moving across the country, far away from her.

No way can things get complicated in a week. Ruby and I aren’t the kind of dream that has a shot of coming true.

Especially once she learns what I’ve done.

GOOD WITH HIS HANDS is a sexy standalone romance in the Good in Bed series!

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Release Blitz: Thanks for Last Night by Lauren Blakely

Thanks for Last Night by Lauren Blakely

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On September 16,20 | 1 Comment

Title: Thanks for Last Night (The Guys Who Got Away #3)
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: 16 September 2020

Summary:

A sexy new friends-to-lovers standalone!

Let me list the reasons why dating a sexy, charming, pro hockey star is a bad idea:

He’s one of my closest friends
All our friends are friends
The wounds I’ve got from past relationships go deep. And so do his.

We’re both devoutly single — it’s just safer for the heart that way. But there’s no reason not to bid on the gorgeous, clever athlete at the charity auction this weekend. If I win, it’ll be a friendsdate.

And I do win.

I win him big.

And hard.

And all night long.

The trouble is . . . what happens in the morning?

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Release Blitz: One Night Only By Lauren Blakely

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ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On June 09,20 | 0 Comment

Title: One Night Only
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 07 June 2020

A delicious new After Dark novella featuring a strong, protective bodyguard and the beautiful, brilliant hotel heiress he protects…

I shouldn’t want my bodyguard the way I do. His job is to protect me. It’s not to fulfill all my filthy wishes.

And so I resist him, fighting the enticing pull of the strong, powerful man who watches over me.

Until the night we combust in my penthouse suite.

It won’t happen again, we say the next day.

Besides, my mission is singular — pull off the event of a lifetime — a one-night only concert with one of the world’s biggest rock stars.

A man my bodyguard happens to know.

And a good bodyguard knows all sorts of things about his client. Turns out he knows my secret desires, and he wants to make them come true. Including a VIP engagement so I can experience both men at the same time…

I want to say yes, but what if I fall even more in love with the man whose mission is to keep me safe?

ONE NIGHT ONLY is a red-hot, sexy love story with a toe-curling, sheet-grabbing MFM sequence.

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Cover Reveal: One Night Only by Lauren Blakely

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ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 18,20 | 0 Comment

Title: One Night Only
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 04 June 2020

Summary:

A delicious new After Dark novella featuring a strong, protective bodyguard and

the beautiful, brilliant hotel heiress he protects…

I shouldn’t want my bodyguard the way I do. His job is to protect me. It’s not to fulfill all

my filthy wishes.

And so I resist him, fighting the enticing pull of the strong, powerful man who watches

over me.

Until the night we combust in my penthouse suite.
It won’t happen again, we say the next day.

Besides, my mission is singular — pull off the event of a lifetime — a one-night only

concert with one of the world’s biggest rock stars.
A man my bodyguard happens to know.

And a good bodyguard knows all sorts of things about his client. Turns out he knows my
secret desires, and he wants to make them come true. Including a VIP engagement so I

can experience both men at the same time…

I want to say yes, but what if I fall even more in love with the man whose mission is to

keep me safe?

ONE NIGHT ONLY is a red-hot, sexy love story with a toe-curling, sheet-grabbing

MFM sequence.

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New Release: Sex & Other Shiny Objects by Lauren Blakely

Sex and Other Shiny Objects by Lauren Blakely

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ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On January 13,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Sex and Other Shiny Objects (Boyfriend Material #2)
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: January 13, 2020

Summary:

The second the test-the-sexy-scenes offer landed in my lap, I said yes.

After all, I’ve been damn curious about a few things I’ve read in romance novels. Do buttons truly go flying across the floor when you rip off a guy’s shirt? Is staircase sex hella hot or does it leave you with a big old bruise mark on your back? And don’t even get me started on all that panty shredding, and whether it even works.

Time to find out as I embark on Project Sexy Scenes Research, at the request of my hotshot book editor bestie.

All I need is a willing scene partner. Enter Tristan, my best guy friend. The witty, tell-it-like-it-is, bearded hottie volunteers for the experiment.

He’s also the guy who gave me the most devastating, toe-curling kiss of my life ten years ago. But nothing has happened since then.

And nothing will come between my panties and our friendship now since we have a plan to keep it PG.

But once the buttons start flying, all bets are off…

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Teaser Reveal: Sex & Other Shiny Objects by Lauren Blakely

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ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On January 03,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Sex and Other Shiny Objects (Boyfriend Material #2)
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: January 13, 2020

Summary:

The second the test-the-sexy-scenes offer landed in my lap, I said yes.

After all, I’ve been damn curious about a few things I’ve read in romance novels. Do buttons truly go flying across the floor when you rip off a guy’s shirt? Is staircase sex hella hot or does it leave you with a big old bruise mark on your back? And don’t even get me started on all that panty shredding, and whether it even works.

Time to find out as I embark on Project Sexy Scenes Research, at the request of my hotshot book editor bestie.

All I need is a willing scene partner. Enter Tristan, my best guy friend. The witty, tell-it-like-it-is, bearded hottie volunteers for the experiment.

He’s also the guy who gave me the most devastating, toe-curling kiss of my life ten years ago. But nothing has happened since then.

And nothing will come between my panties and our friendship now since we have a plan to keep it PG.

But once the buttons start flying, all bets are off…

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New Release: Special Delivery by Lauren Blakely

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ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On November 11,19 | 0 Comment

Title: Special Delivery (Always Satisfied #5)
Author: Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 11, 2019

Summary:

All I want for the holidays is the willpower to resist my brother’s sexy, charming, easy-on-the-eyes new business partner.

Instead, I’m stuck planning all the holiday parties with the one guy who makes me want to break my dating diet.

Who thought that was a good idea?

Oh, me. Yep, brilliant, strategic me who raised her hand and said yes I’d love to hang mistletoe with that hot former sports star. (Note to self: Mistletoe leads to toe-curling, knee-weakening kisses.)

And I’d love to get snowed in with the one guy I shouldn’t fall for. (Addendum to the note to self: You know exactly where eight inches of snow leads to. Ahem, eight inches.)

As long as I can make it through the holidays I’ll be on my merry way, fa la la la la. But the holidays have a surprise for me.