Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Alexa Crushed- Cover Reveal and Release


Alexa Crushed by T.R. Cupak
(Alexa Crushed #1)
Publication date: May 20th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis:
Alexa Morgan lost her mother when she was two. At eighteen, her father and stepmother died when a devastating earthquake hit the Bay Area. Only one person has remained a constant in her life: Devin.
Devin has been Alexa’s best friend since childhood. The two are inseparable—or they were until Devin declared his love for her at sixteen. When Alexa can offer him only friendship in return, Devin retreats, brokenhearted.
Alexa, on the other hand, longs for Ethan, the boy next door. Four years older than her, and with an ever-changing roster of girlfriends, Ethan is everything Devin isn’t: wild, sensual, and unpredictable.
In the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, Ethan makes his move on Alexa, who reciprocates in a confused whirl of grief and desire. When Ethan leaves town shortly after, Devin comes back into Alexa’s life, offering support and expecting nothing in return.
Alexa begins to see the advantages of Devin’s quiet, stable love. But just as her feelings for her old friend begin to blossom, Ethan returns. Now Alexa must choose—the perfect boyfriend or the wild, thrilling bad boy. It��s a choice that changes her life forever.




AUTHOR BIO:
T.R. Cupak was born and raised in the suburbs of a Bay Area city in California. She was the closet nerd who hid her love of reading and writing short stories and poetry when she was younger. Back then it wasn’t considered cool to be into those types of activities for pleasure, whereas today you have TV shows, movies and books that glamourize that being a nerd is actually cool.

T. lives in a quiet, little, country town south of where she grew up. She is happily married to an amazing man who supports her in everything she does and spoils her rotten. They have a crazy little Shih Tzu named Harley. He's their fur-baby and even though he’s a pain in the arse most days, they love the little guy. She has an obsession with cars, especially fast ones. She enjoys her music louder than anyone should. Admittedly it’s to drown out hearing her own singing voice, or lack thereof. When she’s not at work or busy writing you can find her curled up reading a book on her Kindle with a glass of wine or Dirty Shirley.

T. lost touch with her creative side and stepped off the path of all things written in her early twenties. Six years ago, her passion for reading was rekindled. She began to utilize reading as a way to escape everyday chaos. Late 2013 she began journal writing. After a couple of months of journaling T. realized that this form of writing wasn't keeping her interest nor was it helping her to relax. After that realization settled in she changed the direction of her writing. Her creative aspirations were flowing once again and she happily embraced it. As her fingers started to dance across her keyboard she began to see her fictional characters begin to breathe life. Writing was only supposed to be a way for the new author to relax, but a story was born and T.R. Cupak is excited to be releasing her self-published debut novel, Alexa Crushed.



Friday, May 15, 2015

Some great Reads...

So I have been uber busy lately.  Being a country girl and all will do that with fieldwork and such.  I have had a chance to read some amazing books in the wee hours of the morning, but just haven't been able to give my full attention to reviews here...

I absolutely loved The Resistance (Hard to Resist Book 1) by S L Scott!  A yummy rocker read!  If you don't want to strangle and hug Jack Dalton at the same time in this one I don't know what you are reading.  Probably wasn't a proper read on the bus with my son, it was HOT!  ( I sat in the back seat so no one could read over my shoulder ;))

Tiffany Snow put out a little Blane and Kade Novella in the limited edition Sweet Dreams Boxed Set (Thirteen NEW Thrillers by Bestselling Authors to Benefit Diabetes Research)! OMG I missed my sexy Bad Boy and his Good Guy Brother!  I haven't read the rest of the books in this one yet, but the list of authors is amazing... so excited to find the time for this one after fieldwork!  She also has out her second book in the Twisted Ivy Series, Shadow of a Doubt (Tangled Ivy Book 2).  Loved the first so I am anticipating a great read here too.  It is loaded and waiting on my kindle!

I am currently working on The Virgin Romance Novelist by Meghan Quinn.  My husband may have been reading over my shoulder on this one.  "OH MY GOD woman what are you reading!"  He also asks what I learned today...hahaha.  It is laugh out loud funny!  And the names she comes up with to name parts are even some I haven't heard of.  I am only half way through... so far so funny.  A good read as well...

I will hopefully be back soon.  But if anyone wants to come help pick rocks and stuff so I can get back to reading I pay in margaritas, wine, beer, and laughter (all age appropriate of course)!