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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

Lady Luck
Colorado Mountain #3
By: Kristen Ashley
Published: December 11, 2012
Publisher: Forever Romance
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Is love in the cards? 

Since birth, Lexie Berry has had nothing but bad luck. Orphaned at an early age, she had a rough childhood and a boyfriend who was murdered. Now the beautiful, stylish Lexie is determined to change her luck and her life. But first she's got to make good on a promise: to pick up Ty Walker from prison. One look at the gorgeous ex-convict and Lexie knows she's in trouble-and already thinking about taking a walk on the wild side . . . 

For five years, Ty was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Now he wants revenge on the people who framed him. Yet when the high-stakes poker player sees the leggy Lexie, he suddenly has other desires on his mind. Realizing that Ty is innocent, Lexie tries to stop his plan for vengeance and help him become a better man. But as Ty battles his inner demons, dirty cops and criminals plot to take him out. Can he and Lexie find a way to escape the past?

My Swoon:

"Our Wedding kiss wasn't chaste.  It wasn't removed.  It wasn't void of emotion.  It was an arms crushing me to his body, heads slanting, mouths opened, tongues invading, toes curling, knees weakening, bones dissolving, deep, wet, hungry, carnal kiss.  It seemed to last forever but that forever was not near long enough."  (eARC, Loc. 844)

~Lexi 

What Did You Swoon Over?

Swoon Thursday (73)

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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My Swoon:

She comes back downstairs with the familiar box and hands it to me. 
Our eyes meet when I take it and, right here, in this crazy moment, I know what real love looks like. What it tastes like, smells like. I know what real love feels like, and it feels like home. It feels like Kayla Turner, believing in me. It feels like everything I've ever done right in a pair of bright blue eyes. There is nothing I wouldn't do for her.  
(eArc, Loc. 3582)

~Daren

What Did You Swoon Over?

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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My Swoon:

"I can't take my eyes off her as she spins and spins and spins. And I feel it hit me. It smacks me hard; the thought that Chloe is the most beautiful creature I've ever seen, right here, right now, spinning like a figurine in a silver snow-globe. The wind picks up and clutches at her dress. I reach out instinctively to her face, run a thumb along her cheek, swiping at raindrops. ''You're drunk'' I whisper, but even as she frowns and rolls her eyes at me I have to smile because I see her; the kid who held my hand when my dog died, who gave names to the snails in her yard, who made me jump about her bedroom carpet like it was an ocean full of islands."  (eArc, Loc. 2451)

~Noah

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Goodreads Summary:

You know that catchy song you keep hearing on the radio? It’s about you.

Natalie Jamison has spent five years trying to forget the girl she was in high school: popular, pretty…and, okay, mean. Now in her twenties and living once again in her small town, she’s right back where she was: following Queen Bee Amber and keeping secrets from her best friend, Sarah.

Secrets like Jack Moreland.

Everyone knows Jack Moreland—his new album, Good Enough, is everywhere. He’s famous. Impossibly handsome. Completely untouchable. But what none of Natalie’s old clique knows is that in high school, Natalie and Jack fell in love. And their secret relationship was incredible, painful—and earth-shattering enough to inspire an entire album.

Facing friends and enemies isn’t easy, but Natalie will go to great lengths to prove she is good enough—to her friends, to herself, and most of all, to the small-town boy turned worldwide heartthrob she never forgot.

My Swoon:

"I put my hand on his waist, stood on my tiptoes, and leaned into his ear to say it again, when he moved quick and caught my hands and kissed me.  Oh.  My.  Jack had one hand on my waist while the other stroked the side of my neck under my ear.  His lips were hot, soft, perfect, the pressure of his mouth and tongue just enough to ease the growing ache and keep me wanting more.  The kiss was different than any of our others--deeper, more urgent.  When we parted, I was dizzy, off-balance, but I had him to lean into.  His mouth moved back to my ear, and when he spoke, I heard him perfectly.  'I didn't know girls in Science Club could kiss like that.'  Neither had I."  (eArc, Loc. 1513)

~Natalie

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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In the small town of River Black, Texas, sits the Triple C—a working cattle ranch that sustains the town. But it also holds painful memories and shocking secrets for the Cavanaugh brothers...

When the Cavanaugh brothers return home for their father’s funeral, they discover unexpected evidence of the old man’s surprising double life—a son named Blue, who wants the Triple C Ranch as much as they do. The eldest son, Deacon, a wealthy businessman who couldn’t wait to leave the ranch and move on with his life, is looking to use his powerful connections to stop Blue at any cost. He never expected the ranch’s forewoman, Mackenzie Byrd, to get in his way.

Mac knows Deacon means to destroy the ranch and therefore destroy her livelihood. But as the two battle for control, their attraction builds. Now Deacon is faced with the choice of a lifetime: Take down the Triple C to feed his need for revenge, or embrace the love of the one person who has broken down every barrier to his heart.

My Swoon:

Relief, pure and intense and plentiful, washed through him, and he pulled her impossibly closer.

His. Mine. She's mine, and I'm hers. Forever.

Forever.

"I love you, baby,'' he said with a passion-filled growl. ''I want to be here for you always. In good and bad and crazy. I want you to be my best friend for life, my partner and my wife.''(ARC, page 351)

~Deacon

What Did You Swoon Over this Week?

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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It all comes down to this . . .

Chloe Lilywhite has struggled for years to find her footing in a series of dangerous and demanding worlds. Creator, first tier Council member, and one of the most powerful Magicals in existence, she was little more than one of Fate’s pawns. But now, Chloe is back home and ready to call the shots. She knows what she wants and who she wants to be.

Except the Elders never got the memo.

Annar and Magical-kind are under attack. The lives of Chloe’s loved ones, and life as they know it, are at stake. Chloe's the key to taking the Elders down, but they won't go quietly into the night.

This time, neither will Chloe.

*This is a New Adult title, suitable for readers 18+.

My Swoon:

"As the mild breezes gracing Annar's gorgeous summer nights lately blow around us and stars wink in the inky black sky above, our mouths meet, hot and lovely.  His fingers tangle in my hair, twisting gently; mine run down his arms to the waistband of his shorts, and then lower still to dip below the band and trace light lines meant to serve as promises.  He pushes me against the railing, hips blocking me in as he deepens the kiss.  I lose myself in this, in him and how my body is floating and burning and aching all at once.  I tug his shirt up; his lips leave mine long enough for the t-shirt to whisper off.  And then they're on my neck and my head falls back, and I can't help wonder if those stars above could be from him."  (eARC, Loc. 744)

~Chloe

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Atria—Simon & Schuster bring you this addictive and steamy romance novel by the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Moreno Brothers, 5th Street, and Fate series.

Besides working three jobs, worrying about her family back home, and running from her past, the worst thing to complicate Bethany Amaya’s life further would be a romance. But after a second-run in with the irresistibly sexy detective Damian Santiago, that’s exactly what she gets. In the blink of an eye, she’s caught up in a passionate romance with one of the most intense men she’s ever met.

Awestruck for a second time by the beautiful and intriguing performer, Damian is both surprised and delighted that Bethany agrees to something he didn’t even expect to be asking for so soon—exclusivity. As things heat up, Damian’s skills of detecting and reading body language begin to raise suspicions—Bethany is keeping something from him. Try as he might to calm his suspicions, the blatant signs become impossible to ignore.

Some things are better left unsaid. At least that’s what Bethany keeps telling herself. She never imagined falling in love so quickly, and she refuses to get Damian caught up in her troubles. She knows what he suspects—sees it in those possessive eyes. With Damian’s suspicions mounting, time is of the essence. The race is on, and Bethany finds herself scrambling to fix the past before the truth comes out and Damian finds out that it’s much worse than he suspected.

My Swoon:

"Hearing and feeling her soft moans against his lips as their kiss became more hungered had him throbbing again as he had at the concert.  He sucked her tongue mimicking the way he hoped someday he'd be sucking other parts of her body, as they fell against her door.  She ran her hands through his hair, pulling away at times to gasp for air, but in no way was she slowing it down.  In fact her moans were getting deeper, and she let her head fall sideways, giving him the go-ahead to kiss and suck her sweet neck."  (Pg. 162)

~Damien

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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Goodreads Summary:

He was lost and alone. Then he found her.
And the future seemed more fragile than ever.

As a child, Landon Lucas Maxfield believed his life was perfect and looked forward to a future filled with promise — until tragedy tore his family apart and made him doubt everything he ever believed.

All he wanted was to leave the past behind. When he met Jacqueline Wallace, his desire to be everything she needed came so easy…

As easy as it could be for a man who learned that the soul is breakable and that everything you hoped for could be ripped away in a heartbeat.

My Swoon:

"My lips closed over hers, more carefully than I'd ever kissed anyone.  I was terrified to startle her.  Afraid she would retreat and never trust me with this chance again.  Afraid she would equate me with that asshole who hurt her--who would have hurt her so much more.  I shoved him from my mind as though I'd pushed him from a cliff.  He was not a part of this.  I wouldn't let him in.  I touched my tongue along the seam of her lips--a quiet inquiry and a promise to withdraw if required.  But she opened her mouth, and my blood ignited, rolling below my tattoos like tiny ribbons of fire.  Her tongue touched mine--a connection I hadn't imagined would be allowed, and one that incited an ache for more.  I swept my tongue across hers and she sighed and trembled beneath me."  (Pg. 178)

~Lucas 

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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A brand new novel in the New York Times bestselling Hard Feelings series—where nothing’s more dangerous than a bad boy with a broken heart…

First Sergeant Rafe Murano did everything to the extreme. He trained harder, he fought harder, and, unfortunately, he loved harder. And falling for the wrong woman nearly destroyed him.

Home from a deployment, and without his missions to consume him, Murano is ravaged by memories of his heartbreak. So he drinks until he’s numb and drowns himself in meaningless one-night stands. But they only take the edge off…

Until he meets Fallon.

Haunted by her past, Fallon Kelly knows all too well about the desperate desire for an escape. So when she sees the tatted-up bad boy who’s one punch away from a ride in the back of a squad car, she offers a distraction—one that quickly becomes an addiction.

Little does she know, this bad boy can love so hard, it can break her…

My Swoon:

" 'When I taste you, I'm tasting you.  I'm not chasing some fu**ing distraction.  This"--he moved his lips to hers--"is you.  And goddammit, Fallon, I want you.' "  She wanted to weep.  She wanted to scream.  Then he kissed her.  And she crumbled.  It wasn't just a kiss.  It was hungry and powerful and consuming.  His lips crushed hers and moved strongly and quickly above them.  She couldn't get enough.  His lips matched the fervent rhythm he set as his tongue explored her, tasted her, claimed her.  Her hands lifted and her fingers coiled into his shirt, fisting the thin material in her hands as she tried to pull him even closer to her. But it wasn't close enough.  At that moment, nothing would ever be close enough."

Swoon Thursday (65)

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"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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In this all-new novel from the author of Unbound, a woman with a rocky past finds romance in the last place she’d ever expect...

Annie Goodhouse doesn’t need to be warned about bad boys; good sense and an abusive ex have given her plenty of reasons to play it safe. But when she steps into her new role as outreach librarian for Cousins Correctional Facility, no amount of good sense can keep her mind—or eyes—off inmate Eric Collier. 

Eric doesn’t claim to be innocent of the crime that landed him in prison. In fact, he’d do it again if that’s what it took to keep his family safe. Loyalty and force are what he knows. But meeting Annie makes him want to know more. 

When Eric begins courting Annie through letters, they embark on a reckless, secret romance—a forbidden fantasy that neither imagines could ever be real…until early parole for Eric changes everything, and forces them both to face a past they can’t forget, and a desire they can’t deny.

My Swoon:

"He wasn't cautious, not the way a man gets when he's trying to give a good girl what he assumes she wants.  He kissed like he was tasting chocolate, a slow, rich, curious, exploration suspended between innocent and dirty.  A tease of tongue, another, then deep sweeps, ones that cocked his jaw and curled his fingertips in my hair.  Everything I'd imagined.  Hot.  Needy.  His low moan made the cab go hazy, and that mouth shifted--curious to ravenous in a beat.  I surrendered to his eager, bossy tongue, dying to feel this again without fear--a man's aggression.  And his was so sweet, marinated in so much longing and waiting and mourning.  When I'd tasted my feel of his hunger, I stroked him back.  I told him with my mouth that if--that when we found ourselves in bed, I'd be so much more than receptive.  That he'd leave those sheets with nail scratches up and down his back, maybe bite marks on his neck."  (eARC, Loc. 1743)

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A broken engagement sends Graciela Harper crawling back to Heron Creek with her tail between her legs, but finds the sleepy little town too changed to set her life right. Not even her budding drinking problem can obscure her Gramps’s failing health, or erase the mental picture of her first love happily married to her childhood best friend. To top it all off, she’s having a heck of time convincing the town’s dashing young mayor of her unfit-for-dating status.

When the ghost of 18th century lady pirate Anne Bonny starts insisting on a near daily audience, Graciela has to confront something else she never expected—being certifiably nuts at twenty-five years old.

Her brand new "I don't give a crap" attitude makes it easy to dismiss the mysterious threats that seem to be tied to her search for more information on the long dead pirate, but when her family becomes a target, Gracie knows she needs to find out why the ghost insists on being a constant, reeking companion. 

If Graciela can put aside her prejudice against people without a pulse, she may discover that Anne Bonny’s problems are intricately linked with her own. The past harbors answers could help the cantankerous spirit find closure, but she is, after all, already dead. If Graciela doesn’t move fast, she might find herself doing the haunting, instead of the other way around.

My Swoon:

"He's in front of me then, hands on my waist before I know what happened.  'I think I know how to kill that time,' he murmurs.  His lips brush mine, as soft as ever, but that's not going to do it for me.  For everything Beau has the potential to be in my life, tonight he's a sexy, welcome distraction.  I crush my mouth against his, opening my lips for him, finding his tongue hot and willing as it toys with mine.  My hands grasp his neck, one sliding higher until it twists in his hair, the combined motion pulling his body tight against mine.  It's hard and hot, molding his hips against mine, pressing my back into the countertop before he lifts me up by my a** and my feet lock behind his back.  A growl rumbles from his throat and he nips my bottom lip, diving back in for more.  The way he tastes me, as though he's dying of thirst and I'm the only one who can save him, drips sizzling heat into my belly, spills it down between my legs.  I'm lost in the moment, in the feeling of his wanting me, and it's exactly what I need because there's no room for anything else in my head."  (eARC, Loc. 2761)

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