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Monday, August 22, 2016

Blog Tour: The Sapphire Heist - Lauren Blakely

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✮✮✮ THE SAPPHIRE HEIST is here! The highly anticipated conclusion of New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely’s new contemporary romance Jewel Novel Series, this enemies-to-lovers series is filled with sex, wit, glamour, and high stakes, with a rugged, ex-military, dirty-talking alpha hero! Don’t miss this explosive and passionate series and check out all the stops on the tour! ✮✮✮


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THE SAPPHIRE AFFAIR & THE SAPPHIRE HEIST are being released by Montlake, which is an Amazon publishing company, and will only be available for sale at Amazon. You can download a free Kindle reading app for any smartphone or tablet here: http://amzn.to/1MIyrHi

**THE SAPPHIRE AFFAIR & THE SAPPHIRE HEIST are available for free on Kindle Unlimited!**


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ABOUT THE SAPPHIRE HEIST (Jewel Novel #2): 

Keep your lover close and your enemy closer…

After giving in to a fiery night of passion, island adventurer Steph Anderson and bounty hunter Jake Harlowe are back to square one. With millions in stolen jewels at stake, it’s hard for Steph not to question her new partner’s true motives—no matter how sexy he might be. Jake is hungry for more of Steph, but he can sense her growing mistrust, which only fuels his own doubts. Worse, there’s undeniable evidence that someone else is now after the jewels—and that they are both in real danger.

Fighting against their magnetic attraction is a distraction these two can’t afford. In order to survive, they’ll have to pull off one more heist—and trust each other with something even more precious than jewels: their hearts.  
  
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Review

The Sapphire Heist is a continuation of the story from The Sapphire Affair.  And I was excited to get my hands on it.  The mystery began to pick up in this half of the story; I was definitely on the edge of my seat on this book.  The twists and turns this book took kept me second guessing the whodunit until the very end.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading this duet.  The fast-paced adventure and shenanigans were a lot of fun to read.  There was humor mixed in with the mystery and romance.  And those are the books I find loving the most.

I’m still in book love with Jake.  I loved that we got to see him interact with his family even more in this book.  I’d love to maybe see a series pop up with his siblings (hint hint nudge nudge).  The chemistry between the two is still hot as hell, burning up my Kindle.  Its explosive, Jake has such a mouth on him!  Dirty talking and otherwise.  But it’s not all fun and games.  You get a lot of time with them actually building a relationship and working through their issues (sometimes in creative ways!).  I love that Blakely gave them very real flaws and obstacles to work through.  It didn’t feel forced or “created” just to have drama in the book.  It felt organic, something that could very well happen between two people with trust issues in real life.  Well…if they were on a hunt for missing diamonds that is.

I’d read a few of Ms. Blakely’s books in the past but I think that it is this duet that has truly made me a fan.  I’m looking forward to diving into more of her books in the future.  -Peace and love, Buxom J


Excerpt

The best part of the windows was the view they afforded—a clear shot into the art gallery across the street, wedged next to an empty storefront on one side and the Atlantis submarine tours on the other, with a slim alley slicing between the gallery and the vacant shop. That must be the property Isla and Eli were trying to purchase to expand the gallery.
Good Lord, business must be good in “Artlandia” if they had the kind of change needed to annex a shop. He chuckled to himself. Of course business was good for Eli. The man was a thief. The bastard stole money from hardworking Americans. Jake dug his fingers into his palms, a burst of righteous anger fueling him—a reminder of why he did what he did for a living. Because rich, privileged men like Eli Thompson thought nothing of skimming a little off the top. Eli had done that to the tune of $10 million from his very own hedge fund, stealing it from the Middle America customers the fund served. Then he turned their retirement savings to diamonds and skipped out of the good old USA and into the Caymans with the loot in his pockets, and Jake had the evidence to prove it, thanks to his client—that same fund. All he needed to do now was locate those watermarked diamonds, take them back, and return the money to its rightful owners.
Eli had gotten away with his fraud so far. But the road stopped here with Jake. His mantra was simple: “Don’t let the bastards get away with anything.”
That was the promise he’d made as a teenager after the drunk driver who smashed into his parents’ car had gotten off scot-free. Now as an adult, Jake had no qualms whatsoever with tracking down the criminals and scum of the world to make sure they paid up.
Soon, it would be Eli’s turn.
And if the tip he and Steph had garnered last night about the location of the gems was right—inside the frames on the art in the gallery office—Eli’s opportunity to pay the piper was coming due any minute. Made sense that the rocks would be stuffed inside frames. You could store a lot of stones in that sort of clever hiding spot. Come to think of it, the frames he’d seen in the halls at Eli’s Sapphire nightclub had an unusual look to them, too. Strangely heavy for such light, contemporary art. One more possible option to pursue.
Jake lowered his shades, placed his palms on the windowsill, and stared across the street. From the second story of the church, he had a bird’s-eye view of the gallery. Well, it was really courtesy of the binoculars built into the awesome sunglasses he wore today that he was able to keep watch on the back door, then the front, then the alley along the side of Isla’s Island Gallery. The most useful sunglasses ever, they provided a close-up look into what was many feet away. He enjoyed the little gadgets of the job, like his lock-picking kit and the sunglasses with the built-in zoom.
With its bright white walls and steel framework, the gallery exuded class and style. The proprietor was catering to the wealthiest clientele on the island, even if it was located amid souvenir shops, bars, and tour operators. As Jake scanned the swank location, he took mental note of the number of employees visible in the gallery—three, including one at the reception desk—as well as the activity of the establishment.
Busy.
A green Honda pulled up outside the gallery, and a tall guy with graying hair emerged, glanced at the gallery doorway, then popped into a souvenir shop down the block. A thick, burly man in a suit strolled by next, ducking into the gallery for five minutes or so, chatting with Isla the whole time. A woman in a flowy red dress walked in next.
When the woman left the gallery, she blew a kiss to Isla, who held open the door. The woman breezed down the street with a brochure in hand. Jake checked his watch. One more hour ’til showtime. This morning in Steph’s hotel room, they’d checked out every angle of Isla’s Island Gallery with Google street view as they’d prepped, but it was wise to obtain an actual visual with one’s own eyes.
Though the visual he wanted in his line of sight again was Steph Anderson.

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And Don’t Miss the First Book, THE SAPPHIRE AFFAIR, now available!

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About Lauren Blakely: 


 Since self-publishing her debut romance novel CAUGHT UP IN US three years ago, Lauren Blakely has sold more than 1 million books. She is known for her sexy contemporary romance style that’s full of heat, heart and humor. A devout fan of cake and canines, Lauren has plotted entire novels while walking her four-legged friends. She lives in California with her family. With ten New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than fifty times. Her bestselling series include Sinful Nights, Seductive Nights, No Regrets, Caught Up in Love, and Fighting Fire as well as standalone romantic comedies like BIG ROCK and MISTER O, which were both instant New York Times Bestsellers. In the fall she’ll release WELL HUNG, another romantic comedy. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter:laurenblakely.com/newsletter.  

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Lauren Blakely’s THE SAPPHIRE HEIST – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:
August 17th
A Bookish Mess – Review & Excerpt
BJ's Book Blog – Review
August 18th
Got Nikki? – Excerpt
Bookalicious Babes Blog – Review & Excerpt
Devilishly dirty book blog – Review & Excerpt
InBookEden – Review & Excerpt
Vagabonda Reads – Excerpt
August 19th
FMR Book Grind – Review
The Reading Cafe – Review & Excerpt
Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt
I Love Romance – Review & Excerpt
Inner Goddess – Review & Excerpt
Naughty Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
Two Book Pushers – Review
August 20th
Book Bitches Blog – Review & Excerpt
Reading Tigress – Review & Excerpt
Author Groupies – Review
Ashley Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
Books and Things Blog – Review & Excerpt
For The Love of Fictional Worlds – Review & Excerpt
August 21st
A Brit and a Yank – Excerpt
Musings of the Modern Belle – Review & Excerpt
Mia's Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
Evermore Books – Excerpt
Reese's Reviews – Excerpt
Dog-Eared Daydreams – Review
August 22nd
Quesarasera Book Blog – Excerpt
Alpha Book Club – Review & Excerpt
Angel's Book Heaven – Review & Excerpt
Pretty Sassy Cool – Review & Excerpt
Sassy Southern Book Affair – Review & Excerpt
The Pervy Ladies Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
August 23rd
Embrace the Romance – Review & Excerpt
All Romance Reviews – Review
Book Briefs – Review
Brittany's Book Blog – Excerpt
Ellesea Loves Reading – Excerpt
TjLovesToRead – Review
The Flare Up – Excerpt
August 24th
2 One Click Chicks – Review & Excerpt
The Book Avenue – Excerpt
My Girlfriend's Couch – Excerpt
Captain Reads A Lot – Excerpt
Krista's Dust Jacket – Review & Excerpt
Novel Addiction – Review
Sexyways of Reading – Review
The Book Sirens – Review
Four Chicks Flipping Pages – Review & Excerpt
August 25th
Beneath The Covers Blog – Review & Excerpt
Two Girls with Books – Excerpt
BFD Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
Smut Book Junkie Reviews – Review & Excerpt
The Read Report – Review & Excerpt
Sofia Loves Books – Review
August 26th
G & T's Indie CafĂ© – Excerpt
Sizzling Pages Romance Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Book Loving Fairy – Review
Ripe For Reader – Review
Book Lovers Hangout – Review & Excerpt

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