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lundi 21 septembre 2020

Un tome 4 vraiment bon (lecture VO)

lundi 21 septembre 2020

Depuis que j'ai découvert la série "Ice Kings" de Stacey Lynn, je me régale à chaque nouvelle sortie et je l'avoue, j'attendais ce tome 4 "Hard Checked" avec impatience car il met en scène Sebastian, un des joueurs qui semblaient les plus posés dans les tomes précédents mais surtout qui n'était pas heureux. On ne savait pas ce qui se passait mais juste que sa femme semblait être une garce, peu appréciée des autres compagnes des autres joueurs de hockey. 

   On va donc découvrir donc dans ce roman ce qu'il en est et force est de constater que c'est un nouvel homme qui  va faire son apparition, lorsque forcé au divorce par son amour de jeunesse, devenue son épouse, il va s'ouvrir aux autres et notamment à Gigi, la barwoman du bar que tous fréquentent régulièrement depuis plus d'un an et qui va le soutenir dans cette épreuve.. Lui qui était malheureux va retrouver la joie de vivre et bien sûr, vous l'imaginer l'amour... 

   Mais rien n'est simple : pourquoi Sebastian et Madison, ensemble depuis le lycée et mariés depuis plusieurs années, vont-ils en arriver à divorcer? Qu'est-ce qui pousse Madison à le quitter? Quant à Gigi, elle est revenue de son voyage autour du monde, après un divorce, là encore avec son amour de lycée, pour soutenir son père, propriétaire du bar mais dont la santé décline : elle va recueillir tout d'abord Sebastian après une nuit de beuverie chez elle (il s'enivre pour oublier la demande de divorce inattendue et le fait que sa femme ne veuille plus lui parler) mais le jeune homme le lendemain est limite odieux, il ne se souvient de rien et rien ne s'est passé : pourtant, elle le pousse à se confier et progressivement, ils vont se rapprocher.. Mais Sebastian demeure un homme marié tant que le divorce n'est pas prononcé ! La jeune femme qui craque pour lui depuis un an ne veut pas être juste un bouche-trou en attendant qu'il se reprenne... leur histoire a-t-elle donc un avenir? et bien vous le saurez en lisant cette belle romance et ce beau roman touchant qui ne vous fera qu'aimer davantage Sebastian. 

  Il est sorti le 13 septembre et je remercie Social Butterfly Pr pour leur envoi et leur confiance de ce roman en sp comme les précédents.

Présentation de l'éditeur : 

 Getting served divorce papers was not how I planned spending New Year’s Day.I probably shouldn’t have gone to my favorite bar and gotten wasted trying to drown my sorrows.I definitely shouldn’t have spent the night passed out in the bed of the bartender’s daughter, Gigi.And the absolute last thing I should have done was let my guard down and start having fun. Now I’m thinking of her all the time… fantasizing about the things I want to do to Gigi.I’m in the middle of the best hockey season of my life. I need my head in the game and my focus on the playoffs – not playing house with the gorgeous bartender who makes me feel more alive than I have in years.Finding someone new so soon after a failed marriage isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.But it just might be too late. I’ve been checked hard into the boards, right off my skates, and I’m not only spinning out of control…I might just be falling in love all over again.

Mon avis : vous l'avez compris, j'ai beaucoup aimé et tout le bien que je pensais de ce personnage s'est confirmé dans ce roman : tout d'abord, il ne mérite pas ce qui lui arrive et même si on peut comprendre un peu plus son épouse et ce qu'elle ou ils traversent (ce qui explique pourquoi ils en arrivent là ) il n'empêche qu'il méritait plus de respect et de considération et notamment qu'ils en parlent avant qu'elle ne le quitte : elle aurait pu le prévenir! (je ne supporte pas ça) Fort heureusement, c'est un joueur de hockey et ses coéquipiers sont devenus plus que des amis, notamment parce qu'en leur temps, il les a soutenus et ils vont lui renvoyer la balle. De même, il va découvrir une jeune femme totalement différente de la sienne et qui va lui rendre la joie de vivre : tout d'abord en étant son amie et bien sûr, plus : on va donc voir apparaître un personnage plus sexy, sûr de lui mais toujours fidèle à lui-même : l'abandon de sa femme ne va pas le transformer en un homme amer ou un séducteur : c'est un type bien et il va le rester jusqu'au bout. Bien sûr, il n'est pas parfait, fait des erreurs mais le fait qu'il se batte au départ pour ce mariage avec cette femme qu'il a aimée toute sa vie mais qui a tant changé est la preuve que c'est vraiment quelqu'un de bien : il a des valeurs et on le voit. Sa "rencontre" avec Gigi va le pousser à foncer dans une nouvelle vie qu'il n'avait pas prévue mais n'est pas un mal : elle est si différente de lui et surtout de son ex : elle va le révéler et lui rendre le bonheur.

  Gigi est une sorte de petit lutin multicolore, une artiste qui voit la vie en couleur malgré les épreuves qu'elle a traversées : elle préfère lire et se cultiver plutôt que de faire le ménage ou du rangement (mdrrrrr je me suis bien reconnue en elle sur cet aspect) elle est assez "bordélique" (désolée du terme) alors que chez lui tout est rangé et semble cadré mais ce chemin tracé tout droit vole en éclats le jour où sa femme le quitte. Elle craque pour Sebastian depuis longtemps mais c'est un hockeyeur célèbre, riche et elle le voit comme une sorte de rêve inaccessible : elle a donc du mal à croire qu'il puisse être sincère et veuille construire une histoire avec elle. Il devra combattre ses doutes et lui montrer que même s'il n'a aimé quasi qu'une seule femme dans sa vie, c'est un type bien sur qui elle peut compter. Elle va mettre de la couleur dans sa vie et le faire s'épanouir et c'est génial de la voir guetter le moindre sourire. J'ai beaucoup aimé ce personnage féminin, qui semble sûre d'elle mais qui, en réalité, a ses fêlures comme tous les autres. J'ai aussi beaucoup aimé sa relation touchante avec son père (sa mère est décédée des années auparavant et il ne l'a jamais oubliée) ce sont de belles scènes. 

  On a des nouvelles des couples passés et l'on sent venir d'autres histoires à venir et j'ai déjà hâte de les lire : c'est une très bonne série sportive avec des romances touchantes dans l'air du temps. Si vous lisez en VO, foncez! 

 Pour l'acheter, c'est ici : ebook

mardi 15 septembre 2020

Release Blitz... Sortie du jour VO + extrait

mardi 15 septembre 2020



I’ve been checked hard into the boards, right off my skates, and I’m not only spinning out of control…
I might just be falling in love all over again.


Hard Checked, an all-new beautifully written, second-chance-at-love sports romance that will bring all the heat and feels from Stacey Lynn is available now!




Getting served divorce papers was not how I planned spending New Years Day.

I probably shouldn’t have gone to my favorite bar and gotten wasted trying to drown my sorrows.
I definitely shouldn’t have spent the night passed out in the bed of the bartender’s daughter, Gigi.

And the absolute last thing I should have done was let my guard down and start having fun. Now I’m thinking of her all the time… fantasizing about the things I want to do to Gigi.

I’m in the middle of the best hockey season of my life. I need my head in the game and my focus on the playoffs – not playing house with the gorgeous bartender who makes me feel more alive than I have in years.

Finding someone new so soon after a failed marriage isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.

But it just might be too late. I’ve been checked hard into the boards, right off my skates, and I’m not only spinning out of control…

I might just be falling in love all over again.





Download your copy today!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kf1zsf
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2Xw3qit
Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/hardchecked
Nook: https://bit.ly/3kjU0AK
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2XxnSzF
Google Play: Coming Soon!

Add HARD CHECKED to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3keNV8l





Excerpt: Extrait 

Another set of drinks arrive at our table, served by a pair of small hands, with a tiny little broken heart tattoo on a ring finger and dark purple nail polish.
“Thanks, Gigi,” I say, lifting my head and grinning at her.
She smirks at me. “No problem, hotshot. Dad wanted me to give you these but says it’s last call.”
“Damn,” Jason groans. “I didn’t realize it was so late.”
“You can take off. I’m good.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah.”
He turns to Gigi who’s taken our empties and is starting to walk away.
I try. I try really hard to not let my gaze drop to her short, cut-off sweat shorts, to the length of her legs beneath them. The shape of her calves or to notice the dark red polish on her toenails.
I fail.
Miserably.
There’s something so damn attractive about her petite size.
I grip my new beer bottle harder and take a healthy swig.
“Hey Gigi,” Jason calls out. “Keep this loser company for me so he doesn’t get shit-faced before practice tomorrow?”
“Me?” She’s turned, gaze bouncing from me to Jason and she frowns. “You need my help?”
“No—”
“Yes—” Jason says at the exact time I disagree.
She smirks at Jason. “Seems to me he doesn’t need it.”
“Sometimes this asshole doesn’t know what he needs.” He slaps the table and slides out, holding out his arm in a gesture for Gigi to take his spot.
“Jason—”
He shrugs and holds out his fist. “I’ll pay the tab. You get home safely, yeah?”
“Yeah,” I grumble and return his fist pump.
“And you’ll thank me for this someday, too.”
I watch him go, frowning.
What the fuck does that mean?
“I can pretend to sit here until he leaves if you want to be alone.”
Her voice does something to me. Like a bug is happily leaping in my gut when she looks down at me, all that teal hair and new nose ring and tattoo peeking out from the wide collar of her sweatshirt.
It’s the collar I’m noticing. And the tattoo.
Not the thin, white strap of her bra.
Shit.
“You can sit. Please. You want Jason’s last beer?”
“Nah.” Her nose crinkles and the soft light above the bar flints on her nose ring. I quickly look away as she slides in. “I’ve never acquired the taste for beer. No matter what kind it is, it always tastes like wet cardboard.”
“You know what cardboard tastes like?”
“Yeah. Like beer.” She grins.
I grin back.
This girl is funny. Well-traveled.
Divorced. Cute. And fun.
The exact kind of temptation I do not need in my life right now. Yet as I sit across from her, taking in every little nuance about her like the freckle on the back of her hand, that broken heart tattoo… I can’t for the life of me think of an excuse to leave.




Meet Stacey Lynn:



Stacey Lynn likes her coffee with a dash of sugar, her heroes with a side of bossy, and her wine a deep shade of red.

The author of over thirty romance novels, many of which have been best-selling titles on Amazon, AppleBooks, and Barnes & Noble, she loves being able to turn her vivid imagination into a career that brings entertainment and joy to her readers. Focused on sports romance and emotional, small-town romance, she also loves stretching herself in different genres.

Born in Texas and raised in the Midwest, she now makes her home in North Carolina and loves all things Southern. Together with her ultimate tall, dark, and handsome hero, she has four children. Her life is a chaotic mess that fights with her Type-A, list-making, neurotically organized preferences and she wouldn’t have it any other way.


Connect with Stacey:
Facebook: http://bit.ly/379Te19
Twitter: http://bit.ly/3bjzOKx
Instagram: http://bit.ly/3bn1e2o
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2H8K22u
Amazon: https://amzn.to/375UpP7
BookBub: http://bit.ly/2G52o5q
Website: http://bit.ly/2uyDibF
Stay up to date on Stacey’s latest news! Subscribe to her Newsletter today!
http://bit.ly/36zXy9R

mercredi 9 septembre 2020

Dans ma pal... service presse VO

mercredi 9 septembre 2020

Hard Checked, le tome 4 de la série "Ice Kings" de Stacey Lynn qui sort le 15 septembre en VO (j'adore et j'attends ce tome depuis le début)
Merci à Hillary de Social Butterfly PR pour l'envoi en service presse ou ARC

Je vous rappelle que j'ai chroniqué les précédents








“Hey you.” I’m already grinning, raising my head to look at Sebastian while I place the drinks on the tray. The expression I see on his face wipes the smile off mine. “What is it? Are you okay?”
“Can we talk a minute in private?”
I scan the bar on instinct. “I’m kind of busy. Can it wait a little while?” Or tomorrow, with the way this crowd is going.
“Not really.”
I swear, beneath his beard his jaw is clenched. “One minute. Won’t take long.”
“I’ve got this,” Dom says, grabbing the tray from the bar. “Take your minute.” His dark brown eyes flicker between the two of us. I know he recognizes Sebastian. Hard not to when I’ve had the televisions constantly on hockey games.
“You sure?”


Want more, continue reading here → https://bit.ly/32PVzhI

Be notified first when HARD CHECKED releases → http://bit.ly/36zXy9R



Pre-order your copy today!Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kf1zsf
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2Xw3qit
Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/hardchecked
Nook: https://bit.ly/3kjU0AK
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2XxnSzF
Google Play: Coming Soon!

Add HARD CHECKED to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3keNV8l




Présentation de l'éditeur :

Getting served divorce papers was not how I planned spending New Years Day.

I probably shouldn’t have gone to my favorite bar and gotten wasted trying to drown my sorrows.
I definitely shouldn’t have spent the night passed out in the bed of the bartender’s daughter, Gigi.

And the absolute last thing I should have done was let my guard down and start having fun. Now I’m thinking of her all the time… fantasizing about the things I want to do to Gigi.

I’m in the middle of the best hockey season of my life. I need my head in the game and my focus on the playoffs – not playing house with the gorgeous bartender who makes me feel more alive than I have in years.

Finding someone new so soon after a failed marriage isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.

But it just might be too late. I’ve been checked hard into the boards, right off my skates, and I’m not only spinning out of control…

I might just be falling in love all over again.

vendredi 4 septembre 2020

Sneak Peek (extrait VO)

vendredi 4 septembre 2020

Hard Checked, an all-new sexy and emotional second chance at love sports romance from Stacey Lynn is releasing September 15th, and we have the first sneak peek!

Je vous rappelle que j'ai chroniqué les précédents








“Hey you.” I’m already grinning, raising my head to look at Sebastian while I place the drinks on the tray. The expression I see on his face wipes the smile off mine. “What is it? Are you okay?”
“Can we talk a minute in private?”
I scan the bar on instinct. “I’m kind of busy. Can it wait a little while?” Or tomorrow, with the way this crowd is going.
“Not really.”
I swear, beneath his beard his jaw is clenched. “One minute. Won’t take long.”
“I’ve got this,” Dom says, grabbing the tray from the bar. “Take your minute.” His dark brown eyes flicker between the two of us. I know he recognizes Sebastian. Hard not to when I’ve had the televisions constantly on hockey games.
“You sure?”


Want more, continue reading here → https://bit.ly/32PVzhI

Be notified first when HARD CHECKED releases → http://bit.ly/36zXy9R






Pre-order your copy today!Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kf1zsf
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2Xw3qit
Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/hardchecked
Nook: https://bit.ly/3kjU0AK
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2XxnSzF
Google Play: Coming Soon!

Add HARD CHECKED to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3keNV8l





Présentation de l'éditeur :

Getting served divorce papers was not how I planned spending New Years Day.

I probably shouldn’t have gone to my favorite bar and gotten wasted trying to drown my sorrows.
I definitely shouldn’t have spent the night passed out in the bed of the bartender’s daughter, Gigi.

And the absolute last thing I should have done was let my guard down and start having fun. Now I’m thinking of her all the time… fantasizing about the things I want to do to Gigi.

I’m in the middle of the best hockey season of my life. I need my head in the game and my focus on the playoffs – not playing house with the gorgeous bartender who makes me feel more alive than I have in years.

Finding someone new so soon after a failed marriage isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.

But it just might be too late. I’ve been checked hard into the boards, right off my skates, and I’m not only spinning out of control…

I might just be falling in love all over again.



Meet Stacey Lynn





Stacey Lynn likes her coffee with a dash of sugar, her heroes with a side of bossy, and her wine a deep shade of red.

The author of over thirty romance novels, many of which have been best-selling titles on Amazon, AppleBooks, and Barnes & Noble, she loves being able to turn her vivid imagination into a career that brings entertainment and joy to her readers. Focused on sports romance and emotional, small-town romance, she also loves stretching herself in different genres.

Born in Texas and raised in the Midwest, she now makes her home in North Carolina and loves all things Southern. Together with her ultimate tall, dark, and handsome hero, she has four children. Her life is a chaotic mess that fights with her Type-A, list-making, neurotically organized preferences and she wouldn’t have it any other way.



Connect with Stacey:
Facebook: http://bit.ly/379Te19
Twitter: http://bit.ly/3bjzOKx
Instagram: http://bit.ly/3bn1e2o
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2H8K22u
Amazon: https://amzn.to/375UpP7
BookBub: http://bit.ly/2G52o5q
Website: http://bit.ly/2uyDibF
Stay up to date on Stacey’s latest news! Subscribe to her Newsletter today!
http://bit.ly/36zXy9R

jeudi 6 août 2020

Cover Reveal (couverture révélée VO)

jeudi 6 août 2020
✮ ✮ ✮ SURPRISE COVER REVEAL! ✮ ✮ ✮

I might just be falling in love all over again.

Hard Checked, an all-new second chance at love standalone from Stacey Lynn is releasing September 15th, and we have the smoking hot cover! 

C'est le tome 4 de la série "Ice Kings" (j'ai lu et chroniqué les précédents et j'aime beaucoup cette série et visiblement, c'est le personnage préféré que j'attends)

Pre-order your copy today!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kf1zsf
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2Xw3qit
Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/hardchecked 
Nook: https://bit.ly/3kjU0AK
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2XxnSzF
Google Play: Coming Soon!

Add HARD CHECKED to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3keNV8l 

Getting served divorce papers was not how I planned spending New Years Day.

I probably shouldn’t have gone to my favorite bar and gotten wasted trying to drown my sorrows.
I definitely shouldn’t have spent the night passed out in the bed of the bartender’s daughter, Gigi.

And the absolute last thing I should have done was let my guard down and start having fun. Now I’m thinking of her all the time… fantasizing about the things I want to do to Gigi.

I’m in the middle of the best hockey season of my life. I need my head in the game and my focus on the playoffs – not playing house with the gorgeous bartender who makes me feel more alive than I have in years.

Finding someone new so soon after a failed marriage isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.

But it just might be too late. I’ve been checked hard into the boards, right off my skates, and I’m not only spinning out of control…

I might just be falling in love all over again.