REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Sweet Surprise by Candis Terry

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Playing naughty or nice . . .

Fiona Wilder knows all about falling in lust. Love? That's another story. Determined not to repeat past mistakes, the single mom and cupcake shop owner is focused on walking the straight and narrow. But trouble has a way of finding her. And this time it comes in the form of a smoking hot firefighter who knows all the delicious ways to ignite her bad-girl fuse. Can lead to heartbreak . . .

Firefighter Mike Halsey learned long ago that playing with fire just gets you burned. He's put his demons behind him, and if there's one line he won't cross, it's getting involved with his best friend's ex. But when fate throws him in the path of the beautiful, strong, and off-limits Fiona, will he be able to fight their attraction? Or will he willingly go down in flames? Or a sweet surprise!

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Candis Terry was born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on an Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own happily ever after.

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SOMETHING SWEETER by Candis Terry is the 

Harlequin Junkie Book Club Read for January!

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Sarah's Review
Thanks to Candis Terry, Edelweiss, and Tasty Book Tours for the opportunity to read and review this amazing book and continuation of the Sweet Texas series.  I have read the others and I have been looking forward to this one for a while.   It was also great to see glimpses into what was happening with the other couples.

We met Fiona Wilder during Jackson and Abby's story in Sweetest Mistake.  Fiona was married to and had a child, Izzy, with Jackson, but they are happily divorced.  There was something about Fiona that I loved and respected about her and was looking forward to her getting her forever love.  As a single mom myself, I could relate to Fiona on so many levels.

We also met Mike during previous books, but was able to see the friendship that he and Jackson have and they are also co-workers.  Mike has this rule that he tries to abide by about keeping his distance because Fiona and Jackson were married.  That is until Jana Wilder, the all meddling and all knowing mother of Jackson and the other guys of Sweet Texas, decides to call in the auction that she won Mike in.

With Jana's wickedly wonderful ways, Mike learns that Fiona is exactly what and who he needs in his life.   Now, he just needs to break his own rule.  Fiona also learned that accepting help is not a bad thing. She also has to open her heart up again.

I love these two characters and I have to say that this is my favorite of the series.  Although, I can't wait to read Jake's story.

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Sweet Cowboy Christmas by Candis Terry

Sweet Cowboy Christmas
Sweet, Texas # 3.5

By: Candis Terry

Releasing November 25^th, 2014

Avon Impulse

Blurb

Mistletoe, holly, and cowboys, oh my! Christmas in Texas has never been sweeter.

Years ago, Chase Morgan traded in his dusty cowboy boots for the shimmering lights of New York City and a fast track up the corporate ladder. But when his shiny life is turned on end just in time for Christmas, Chase knows he needs to reevaluate even if that means going home to Texas to endure his least favorite holiday.

When Mr. Tall, Dark, and Smoking Hot walks through her door at the Magic Box Guest Ranch, Faith Walker sees just another handsome, rich exec looking to play cowboy for a week-at her expense. She’s sure the grumpy, but sexy as hell Scrooge will put a crimp in her holly jolly plans. Until a sizzling kiss has her seeing him in a new light.

Chase is haunted by secrets, and even though it goes entirely against her “hands off the guests” rule Faith is tempted to help him leave the past behind. As the magic of the season swirls around them, she is determined to succeed because now she is certain one sweet, cowboy Christmas will never be enough

Excerpt: 

“My God, you’re gorgeous.” Passion ignited the thick arousal surging through his veins.

“You might be gorgeous too.” Her head tilted, and a smile brushed her lips. “Hard to tell with all those clothes on.”

Laughter tickled his chest, and he surrendered to the heated curiosity in her eyes. He held his arms. “Maybe you can remedy that problem.”

She came forward, and he was immediately consumed with her honeyed scent. He wanted his hands all over her–now–and he didn’t think she’d argue if he took her hard and fast. But with her, he wasn’t in for a lightning round. Tonight, he wanted a pleasure cruise.

“I hope you came prepared to play.” She smiled up at him while her fingers trailed down the front of his shirt, unbuttoning it along the way. When the cotton fabric hung free from his shoulders, her warm fingers played over his chest, ran through the short hairs, then tweaked his hard nipples.

Her soft, seductive laughter rippled through him like the slow build to a hot orgasm. Then she leaned in, kissed his chest, and slicked her tongue across his nipple. “Mmmm. Definitely gorgeous.”

Unable to bear the heavy lust pounding through his veins another second, he kicked off his shoes, yanked a rag quilt off the back of the sofa along with a couple of pillows, and tossed them on the rug in front of the fireplace. Then he pulled her up into his arms until her legs wrapped around his waist. Her sweet scent engulfed him, made him even hungrier for her.

As the fire crackled in the hearth, and Michael Bublé crooned, “Baby, please come home for Christmas,” Chase eased her down to the floor.

“Playtime’s over, sweet thing. Time to get down to business.”

Link to Follow Tour:  http://www.tastybooktours.com/2014/10/sweet-cowboy-christmas-sweet-texas-35.html

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22552585-sweet-cowboy-christmas?from_search=true

Buy Links: Amazon | Barnes | iTunes | Kobo

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Cowboy-Christmas-Texas-Novella-ebook/dp/B00L1AK6CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414523533&sr=8-1&keywords=Sweet+Cowboy+Christmas

B&N:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sweet-cowboy-christmas-candis-terry/1120159648?ean=9780062380296

iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/sweet-cowboy-christmas/id890047235?mt=11

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sweet-cowboy-christmas

Author Info

Candis Terry was born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on an Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own happily ever after.

Author Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Website:  http://www.candisterry.com/

 Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/CandisTerry

Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/CandisTerry

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4935263.Candis_Terry

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Sarah's Review:
Thank you to Candis Terry and Tasty Book Tours for continuing to provide our blog with amazing reading options.   I have read the other Sweet Texas books and I have loved every one of them.  This book was no different.  This was the first Christmas story I read this season and I am so glad it was an author that I am familiar with but also one  I truly love reading.

When Chase has a health scare, he decides that he needs a little R&R and ends up at Faith's B&B Ranch.  With past experiences, Chase is not a fan of Christmas and has avoided it in the past.  That is until he meets Faith.   Faith had a way of making Chase change his mind but she does it in a way that makes Chase not even realize what he is doing.   Watching the romance bloom between Chase and Faith had me in tears but also had me laughing.

It was also nice to see how our other Sweet Texas couple were doing.  

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Something Sweeter by Candis Terry

Something Sweeter

Sweet Texas Series #3

By: Candis Terry

Releasing June 24th, 2014

Blurb

The men in Texas are hard to resist . . . Seattle event planner Allison Lane is an expert at delivering the perfect wedding—even if she might not exactly believe in the whole "'til death do us part" thing. When her father decides to tie the knot with a woman he barely knows, Allison heads to Sweet, Texas, to make sure his new honey is the real deal. What she didn't expect to find at the local honky-tonk was a sexy Southern man as bent on charming her pants off as he is on blowing her "true love doesn't exist" theory all to hell. And they always promise . . .

Veterinarian, former Marine, and Sweet's favorite playboy Jesse Wilder takes one look at Allison and knows she's a handful of trouble he can't deny. But even after a sizzling kiss and obvious mutual attraction, it seems Allison has no such problem. When Jesse uncovers her sweet side, can he crush his playboy image, melt her cynical heart, and change her mind about taking a trip down the aisle?

Link to Follow Tour: http://tastybooktours.blogspot.com/2014/05/now-booking-tasty-virtual-tour-for_20.html

Buy Links

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Something-Sweeter-Sweet-Texas-Candis-ebook/dp/B00FJ34YHS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/something-sweeter-candis-terry/1117005010?ean=9780062237262

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/something-sweeter/id718579932?mt=11

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18599713-something-sweeter?from_search=true

Author Info

Candis Terry was born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on an Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own happily ever after.

Author Links

Website: http://www.candisterry.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candis.terry

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CandisTerry

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4935263.Candis_Terry

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 Sarah's Review:
Thank you to Candis Terry and Tasty Book Tours for the opportunity to read and review this great book.  I owe both of them an additional thanks because they both were extremely understanding with the fact that this review was likely going to be late due to the death of my best friend.  Well, it is the same day but a couple hours later than it should have been.  I recently found this series when Sweetest Mistake released and when I saw this was up for a tour, I knew I had to get in on the action.  I fell in love with the characters of Sweet, Texas and I wish I lived in that community! 

What I love: 
The characters:
Jesse Wilder is the heart breaking Veterinarian of Sweet, Texas but he loves his family with his entire heart.  During the course of this book, we come to find out why Jesse is the way he is and it has to do with Jared, the oldest brother that died in combat.  Even when Jesse wasn't aware of his feelings for Allison, he knew something was different and was fighting because of the promise he made to Jared.  Jesse's loyalty is what I love most about him. 

Allison is the daughter of Jana's fiance and she comes to town to figure out why her dad wants to marry Jana all of a sudden when neither her nor her sister had even met Jana.  What Allison doesn't expect to find is the unconditional love of Jana and the rest of the family.  When crises come up with Charli and Reno's wedding. Allison refuses to let their big day go down in flames.


I personally can't wait for more about the Wilder family and seeing them get their happy ever afters!!  

REVIEW: Sweetest Mistake by Candis Terry

SWEETEST MISTAKE BLURB

When friends become lovers . . .
Firefighter and former Marine Jackson Wilder has tough guy down to an art, but he’s learned the hard way that promises were made to be broken. Abigail Morgan was once his best friend, his first kiss, his first love, his first everything. He’d just forgotten to mention all that to her and she blew out of his life. Five years later, she’s back and he’s battling a load of mistrust for her disappearing act. But for some reason he just can’t keep his lips—or his hands—to himself.

It can lead to disaster or . . .
When her stint as a trophy wife abruptly ends, Abby returns home to Sweet, Texas, and comes face-to-face with Jackson—her biggest and sexiest mistake. Time and distance did nothing to squash her love for the act-first-think-later stubborn hunk of a man, and when he suggests they renew their old just-friends vow, Abby realizes she wants more. She’d cut and run once. Could she do it again? Or could she tempt him enough to break his promise?
The Sweetest Mistake

AMAZON LINK

http://www.amazon.com/Sweetest-Mistake-Candis-Terry/dp/0062237241/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390261164&sr=8-1&keywords=sweetest+mistake

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CANDIS TERRY BIO

Award-winning author, Candis Terry, may have taken 22 years to become published, but since 2011 she’s made up for lost time with the release of her new Sweet, Texas series and The Sugar Shack Novels—small town contemporary romances rich with memorable love stories, quirky characters, and tons of fun. Reviewers have called her books delightful, charming, and clever. Her short story in the anthology FOR LOVE AND HONOR was awarded a STARRED REVIEW by Library Journal Reviews and was called “Uniquely satisfying.”
Born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California, Candis has made her home on an Idaho farm for almost 20 years. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has remained constant: Candis’ passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own happily ever after.

When not writing, Candis can be found camping and ATVing through the beautiful Idaho wilderness with her family.

CONTACT INFO

Website: www.candisterry.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/candis.terry

Twitter: @CandisTerry

Sarah's Review: 
Thanks to my friend Rach for gifting this book to me so that I could review it for the blog!  I appreciate your generosity more than you know.  Your support of this blog is greatly appreciated.  

Jackson Wilder was great in "Anything But Sweet" and I was excited to read this one.  Boy, Jackson did not disappoint!  The alpha male, stubbornness, firefighter and Marine persona that Jack has is just part of who Jack is.  Jack playing with his daughter Izzy is so swoon worthy, especially when he let Izzy play make up with his face.  

Abby, long time friend of the Wilder family and Jack's best friend.  She leave Jack and the rest of the Wilder family to wonder why she left.  Abby has an image as to what will happen since she is back, but she isn't sure how to handle Jack.  

Watching these two friends turned lovers had me laughing at times, crying at times and wanting to smack Jack!  I love these two.