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What Stays in Vegas by Beth Labonte

I received a copy of What Stays in Vegas in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
Bored administrative assistant, Tessa Golden, is trapped in a life of lousy weather, irritating bosses, and mind-numbing secretarial work. Her dreams of being an artist have rapidly deteriorated into building things out of paperclips while on hold with tech support. To make matters even worse, the love of her life has gone off and married another woman.

So when Tessa is suddenly transferred to the Las Vegas branch of her company – playing wingwoman to her freshly divorced boss, juggling a client-from-hell, and catching the eye of one very eligible coworker – will her life finally be shaken up enough to straighten itself out?
My Review:
What a fun read! I may have only been to Las Vegas one time, but reading about Sin City has become a new favorite of mine. Tessa is an excellent MC, bored, unfilled, and needing to find that something more. I like how her trip to Vegas help put some things into perspective for her. I also was really intrigued about her love life – what a mess! It was great to see Tessa get stronger along the way, and getting back to her dream. I was hooked throughout, and this is a really strong chick lit book that I recommend!
[Rating: 4]

On Tour: Sex, Lies & Hot Tubs by Elissa Ambrose

Elissa will be on tour October 15-22 with her novel Sex, Lies & Hot Tubs If a woman tries to preserve a marriage that has…

Coming Soon: The Twelve Days To Christmas by Michele Gorman

I’m thrilled to announce the birth of my newest book, The Twelve Days to Christmas! She arrived on 11th October, 2012 at 12.01am after a fairly easy labour, weighing in at 120 pages. Author and book are doing fine and her big sisters, Single in the City and Misfortune Cookie, can’t wait to welcome her into the family.
Here she is … I think she looks a bit like me, don’t you?

And since my first-born, Little Sacrifices (which of course I love just as much as his sisters) is feeling a little left out after all the chick-lit fuss around The Twelve Days’ arrival, I’d like to offer everyone this 50% off gift voucher. If you’d like Little Sacrifices, go to Smashwords by November 11th and enter voucher code LH58H. He’s available globally in all eBook formats.
Stocking stuffers for friends
If you’re thinking about cheap and cheerful personalized gifts, I’d love to inscribe books for your friends and family. I can inscribe eBooks through www.kindlegraph.com (add your friend’s kindle or email address and a note so I know who it’s from/to). And I can inscribe bookplates that you stick into the front of the paperbacks too; just go here to make a request and I’ll pop it in the post to you: http://michelegorman.co.uk/Bookplates.html
Links to the book
Paperbacks on Amazon US
Paperbacks on Amazon UK
Paperbacks (globally)
Kindle (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain) – paperbacks are also available through Amazon Germany, France, Italy, Spain
Barnes and Noble
Kobo and Apple – via Smashwords or through the iBookstore or Kobo Boo

On Tour: Living in Glass Houses by Zoe McNight

Zoe will be on tour October 15-29 with her novel Living in Glass Houses Living in Glass Houses is a contemporary story about three friends,…

Author Profile: Jane Green

Author Name: Jane Green
Website: http://www.janegreen.com/
Bio: British import Jane Green is the author of twelve bestselling novels, dealing with real women, real life, and all the things life throws at them, with her trademark wisdom, wit and warmth.
A former feature writer for the Daily Express in the UK, Green took a leap in faith when she left, in 1996, to freelance and work on a novel. Seven months later, there was a bidding war for her first book, Straight Talking, the saga of a single career girl looking for the right man. The novel was a hit in England, and Green was an overnight success.
The success got even sweeter when her second novel, Jemima J, became an international bestseller. Cosmopolitan called this cheerful, updated Cinderella story “the kind of novel you’ll gobble up in a single sitting.”
Now in her early forties, Green has graduated to more complex, character-driven novels that explore the concerns of real women’s lives, from marriage (The Other Woman) to motherhood Babyville) to midlife crises (Second Chance). The Beach House and Second Chance spent months on the New York Times Bestseller list.
As well as writing a daily blog: www.janegreen.com, she contributes to various publications, both online and print, including Huffington Post, The Sunday Times, Wowowow, and Self.
Most weekends see her cooking for a minimum of twenty people in her home in Westport, Connecticut, where she lives with her husband and their blended family. When she is not writing, cooking, filling her house with friends and looking after their animals, she is usually thanking the Lord for caffeine-filled energy drinks.
Titles: Another Piece of My Heart, Promises to Keep, Dune Road, The Beach House, Second Chance, Swapping Lives, The Other Woman, To Have and to Hold, Straight Talk, Babyville, Mr. Maybe, Jemima J, Bookends,
Bio retrieved from janegreen.com

To Be Honest by Polly Young

To Be Honest by Polly Young follows fifteen year old Lisi Reynolds. Like most teenagers, life can never be perfect. Her best friend Josh has a tumultuous love life, her mother is a shop-a-holic and the love of her life, the uber hot and swoon-worthy Chad doesn’t even know she exists … so she takes matters into her own hands and fibs. Albeit small, they are still fibs. So, what’s wrong with that? Well, that all changes when a rare moment presents itself and she finds herself living in another’s shoes. Life seems cool and better than she ever imagined in Miss Mint’s shoes. Why would she ever give it up? Well, only time will tell.

To Be Honest by Polly Young is a fun, youthful take a familiar story that is too much fun to resist. Polly does a fabulous job at creating a troubled (or she thinks, what youth doesn’t seem to be traumatized at fifteen?) and giving her the opportunity of a lifetime to swap places. I really enjoyed this story and found myself pulled in within the first couple of pages. I loved Lisi early on and found her story, and her dilemma, quite charming and wondered what I would have done if I had been presented with a similar situation at fifteen. Fortunately for everyone involved, I’ve never been given that chance, but this one is definitely an enchanting story and I absolutely adored the ending. I think you will too.

[Rating: 4.5/5]

Blog Tour Sign Up: The Green Ticket by Samantha March

College junior Alex Abrams scores her dream job at the ripe age of twenty – manager to a successful salon and spa. Thrilled to finally have a real adult job, Alex enthusiastically jumps into the world of schedules, conference calls, and getting a massage when interviewing prospective employees. What she doesn’t expect are the very grown-up issues that comes with a demanding boss. Kevin Dohlman quickly becomes Alex’s worse nightmare – covering up his affairs, dealing with his enormous ego, and trying to protect her female staff from him becomes a full-time job in its own right. Alex has also befriended Kevin’s wife and co-owner, Dani, and is trying to keep Kevin’s secrets hidden from her. The situation only worsens when Kevin starts paying Alex off to make sure she keeps her insider knowledge to herself.
While struggling to keep her wits and stay happy with her new grown-up job, Alex is juggling college courses, a new love interest, and keeping up with her close group of girlfriends. When her roommate and best friend Lila gets offered an opportunity to move to Los Angeles and sign with an agent, Alex realizes her life truly is changing, and everyone around her – including herself ­­–– is growing up. Knowing she is faced with some hard decisions ahead, Alex struggles with keeping her job at Blissful. But does she really want to throw away what she dreamed of as a career – or will the secret-keeping for Kevin become too much to handle? The Green Ticket is a story about morals versus money, and how one young woman navigates the shaky line between the two.

Future Tour: Maven Fairy Godmother: Through the Veil by Charlotte …

Charlotte will be on tour December 17-31 with her novel Maven Fairy Godmother: Through the Veil Maven’s new dream job–fairy godmother–presents more problems than she…

My First 5K: Complete!

I did! My first 5K is complete 🙂 The Color Run was such a fun experience. There were 27,000 people registered in Des Moines, and the atmosphere just screamed party. It was a great way to ease into the running world! I ran with my girlfriend Holly, and we tried our best to look pretty ridiculous – as you can see from our picture! At the end, we were a mess! We ran through four color stations along the run, where people were having a great time throwing the paint on us, and then at the end once we finished we participated in a color throw. The paint wasn’t like what you paint a room with it, it was a more dust-like paint. Everyone who registered got a packet of the paint, and once you finished, you got to throw it in the air and have the colors rain down. Combined with thousands of people doing it at the same time – bananas. I literally lost my vision during the color throw, it was CRAZY!! But overall, a great experience, and I am definitely hooked. Holly and I are running another 5K in November (BRRRR!) and our award at the end – chocolate! The run is sponsored by a chocolate store in Des Moines, and proceeds go to the John Stoddard Cancer Center – a win/win there. I’ve had a lot of fun blogging about my first 5K experience, and I hope to share some more with you after my second race!