ROBsessed Giveaway: Get your summer read collection started with Christina Lauren's LOVE AND OTHER WORDS

ROBsessed Giveaway: Get your summer read collection started with Christina Lauren's LOVE AND OTHER WORDS

Summer time is almost here and you need to start gathering your summer reads. Christina Lauren's latest book is a great place to start and we have a copy to giveaway! We also want to say congrats to Christina and Lauren for ROOMIES heading to the big screen.

From the publisher: Released April 10th, Love and Other Words is a beautiful story about love, forgiveness and the powerful connections books can form. This story is told in alternating timelines between the Then and Now following Macy Sorensen and Elliot Petropoulos from childhood friends, spending weekends and lazy summers together devouring books, to much more. Now adults living in San Francisco, a chance encounter brings them back into each other's lives after a decade apart. A love story for romantics and book lovers alike, Love and Other Words, will stay with readers long after the last page is turned.  

Synopsis: Macy has settled into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: working hard as a new pediatrics resident, planning her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keeping her head down and her heart tucked away.  

But when she runs into Elliot - the first and only love of her life - the careful bubble she's constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy's entire world - growing from her gangly boyish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her. As adults, they have become strangers but can they overcome the past and restore faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love and each other? 

Giveaway details:

• There will be 1 worldwide winner!
• You can enter the giveaway once a day through the Rafflecopter and/or Twitter.
• The giveaway will end Friday night, May 11th
• Good Luck!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Close out 2017 with Christina Lauren's sensual new book, ROOMIES!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Close out 2017 with Christina Lauren's sensual new book, ROOMIES! 

We have another Christina Lauren treat for you guys! ROOMIES is the latest novel from the peer writing duo and this one is a page turner.

ROOMIES, is on sale Dec. 5th, and the praise is effusive:
Publishers weekly describes the novel as "fresh and sensual…the lyrical language creates atmosphere that sets this novel apart from others of the genre. Lauren’s standalone brims with authentic characters and a captivating plot.” And RT Book Reviews says, “the story is so intriguing that readers will find it hard to step away.” Before you enter to win, check out the synopsis:

Green Card meets Once in ROOMIES by New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren; a tale of marriage convenience that is just so…inconvenient. 

Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant subway musician back by pulling some of her errand-girl strings and getting him an audition with a bigtime musical director. 

When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until he admits his student visa has expired and he’s in the country illegally. 

Holland impulsively offers to wed the Irishman to keep him in New York, her growing infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves from awkward roommates to besotted lovers, Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway. In the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting, what will it take for Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago? 

From subway to Broadway to happily ever after, modern love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable.

Giveaway details:

• There will be 2 worldwide winners!
• You can enter the giveaway once a day through the Rafflecopter and/or Twitter.
• The giveaway will end Friday night, Dec. 8th
• Good Luck!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Christina Lauren scores again with young adult novel, Autoboyography!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Christina Lauren scores again with young adult novel, Autoboyography!

We're big fans of Christina Lauren and they're releasing their most personal novel to date. Of course we want to support and offer you guys a chance to win a copy.

AUTOBOYOGRAPHY, released Sept. 12, is "Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and is a funny and poignant coming-of-age novel about two boys who fall in love in a high school writing class in Utah—one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community." The novel is part of Christina Lauren's young adult collection (Sublime, The House) which we do giveaways for since Twilight was young adult genre after all. :)

The new novel is a love letter from Christina Lauren to LGBTQ teens with the hope of bringing attention to Encircle, "a non-profit in Provo, Utah that offers a safety net of support to LGBQT teens in the area." It's heartwarming, sincere, and worth your time.

Check out the synopsis!

Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah.

But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester—Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity.

It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.

As the two begin an intense, secret relationship, words flow out of Tanner and into an autobiography he soon realizes he can never turn in. Tanner struggles to help Sebastian carve out a new path forward in his faith, and find his place in a world that once told him the only road to happiness is a straight and narrow one.

Giveaway details:

• There will be 1 worldwide winner!
• You can enter the giveaway once a day through the Rafflecopter and/or Twitter.
• The giveaway will end Friday night, Sept. 16th.
• Good Luck!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Another great summer read from one of our fave authors - Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Another great summer read from one of our fave authors - Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren!

We have a new summer read for you guys from Christina Lauren of Beautiful Bastard fame and their other sexy series, Wild Season. Dating You/HatingYou is their first standalone romance novel released today, June 6th. This romantic comedy will have you flipping through the pages while you lounge by the pool, take to the skies for a vacation or curl up on the couch with a glass *coughbottle* of wine. Check out the synopsis:

Dating You/Hating You (on sale June 6th) - Everyone knows that all's fair in love and war. But these two will learn that sabotage is a dish best served naked.  

Despite the odds against them from an embarrassing meet-awkward at a mutual friend's Halloween party, Carter and Evie immediately hit it off. Even the realization that they're both high-powered agents at competing firms in Hollywood isn't enough to squash the fire. 

But when their two agencies merge - causing the pair to vie for the same position - all bets are off. What could have been a beautiful, blossoming romance turns in to an all-out war of sabotage. Carter and Evie are both thritysomething professionals - so why can't they act like it? 

Can Carter stop trying to please everyone and see how their mutual boss is really playing the game? Can Evie put aside her competitive nature long enough to figure out what she really wants in life? Can their actor clients just be something close to human? Whether these two Hollywood love/hatebirds get the storybook Hollywood ending, or just a dramedy of epic proportions, you get to enjoy Chistina Lauren's heartfelt, hilarious story of romance in the modern world.

Giveaway details:

• There will be 2 worldwide winners!
• You can enter the giveaway once a day through the Rafflecopter and/or Twitter.
• The giveaway will end Sunday night, June 25th.
• Good Luck!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter to win WICKED SEXY LIAR signed by Christina Lauren and all the books in the WILD SEASON series!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter to win WICKED SEXY LIAR signed by Christina Lauren and all the books in the WILD SEASON series!

UPDATE: The winner has been announced! Scroll down to see the winner in the Rafflecopter widget. The winner will be emailed for further information. Thanks for participating!

We tend to hold these book giveaways on Fridays but the publishers have reached out to us with a great prize and we want to start the giveaway tout de suite!

The final book in the Wild Seasons series is coming out Feb. 2nd and we're not only giving away that hot novel, we're giving away the whole series!



The winner will received SWEET FILTHY BOY, DIRTY ROWDY THING, DARK WILD NIGHT and a signed copy of Christina Lauren's latest, WICKED SEXY LIAR.

When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything can—and does—happen. Book Four in the New York Times Wild Seasons series that began with Sweet Filthy Boy (the Romantic Times book of the year that Sylvia Day called “a sexy, sweet treasure of a story”), Dirty Rowdy Thing, and Dark Wild Night.

For two people ambivalent about dating and love, they sure get naked around each other an awful lot . . .

London Hughes is very content to surf daily, tend bar, hang out with her group of friends, and slowly orient herself in the years after college. Everything’s going great and according to the non-plan.

But when a wave knocks her for a loop one morning, then Luke Sutter’s flirtatious smile knocks her for another that evening, she veers slightly off course…and into his path. Sure, he’s a total player, but the Why not—it’s only one night is a persistent voice in her ear.

For his part, Luke’s been on hookup autopilot for so long that he rarely ever pauses to consider what he’s doing. But after an amazing time with London, he realizes that he hasn’t been moving on from a devastating heartbreak so much as he’s been drifting to wherever—and whomever—the current takes him. With London he wants more.

Every relationship involves two people…plus their pasts. And as much as she enjoys her fling with Luke, when London learns about his past—more specifically, who’s in it—everything becomes the brand of complicated she strives to avoid. It’s up to Luke then to change some things in order to try and ensure he’s not something she’ll outright avoid as well.

In case you haven't heard of the other books in the series, here are the synopses of all the books in the giveaway!

SWEET FILTHY BOY synopsis:

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. 

But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. 

When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

DIRTY ROWDY THING synopsis:

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. 

She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs. 

We interviewed Christina Lauren about DIRTY WILD THING (my fave of the series so far) when it was released last year...

Q: Fan casting is fun. Who have you fan casted for Harlow and Finn? Or who have you seen others suggest? 

Christina Lauren: Ooh this is a good one but our answer is going to be a cop out—but wait! With good reason! See, it’s really hard to find an actress who fits Harlow. Harlow is half Spanish, half Irish-European mutt, so she has darker hair and skin but light brown eyes. In our mind her face is very Emma-Stone, but she’s more golden, darker-eyed. Finn is similarly tricky for us to cast. But since it’s a Rob site, we can totally confide here that if Rob put on about 30 pounds of muscle, he could rock the role. 

Click HERE if you want to read more from our interview!

DARK WILD NIGHT synopsis:

Lola and Oliver like to congratulate themselves on having the good sense not to consummate their drunken Las Vegas marriage. If they'd doubled-down on that mistake, their "Just Friends" situation might not be half as great as it is now.  

...Or so goes the official line.  

In reality, Lola's wanted Oliver since day one - and over time has only fallen harder for his sexy Aussie accent and easygoing ability to take her as she comes. More at home in her studio in her studio than in baring herself to people, Lola's instinctive comfort around Oliver nearly seems too good to be true. So why ruin a good thing? 

Even as geek girls fawn over him, Oliver can't get his mind off what he didn't do with Lola when he had the chance. He knows what he wants with her now...and it's far outside the friend zone. When Lola's graphic novel starts getting national acclaim - and is then fast-tracked for a major motion picture - Oliver steps up to be there for her whenever she needs him. After all, she's not the kind of girl who likes all that attention, but maybe she's the kind who'll eventually like him. 

Sometimes seeing what's right in front of us takes a great leap of faith. And sometimes a dark wile night in Vegas isn't just the end of the day, but the beginning of a bright new life.

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway and following the author (@ChristinaLauren) are optional but give you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only! 
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted.
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Monday, Feb. 1st.
• There will be 1 winner receiving Sweet Filthy Boy, Dirty Rowdy Thing, Dark Wild Night and the latest, Wicked Sexy Liar signed by Christina Lauren!
• The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends.

Good luck!!!
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ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter THE HOUSE if you dare for a creeptastic October read by Christina Lauren

ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter THE HOUSE if you dare for a creeptastic October read by Christina Lauren

Everyone loves a scary story right?



Rob's face is pretty much my reaction. I'm such a wuss and easily frightened by films and books that make it their mission to give you the creeps. Well Christina Lauren is back this fall to freak you the BLEEP out.

Last year, the ladies dived into Young Adult fiction with their creeptastic and eerily whimsical story, Sublime. This year, they return to freak-out-fiction and want to make your house unlivable with THE HOUSE *enter screams here*.

Author, Ransom Riggs, warns, "Don't read it at home alone. Or at night. Or at all if you scare easy." Sheesh! I'll admit, I started and had to stop. I told you. I'm a wuss. I like peace of mind, OK. But for you daredevils out there, maybe you think you can enter THE HOUSE. We'll see. We'll see.

Summary:

His shirt is black, jeans are black, and shaggy black hair falls into his eyes. And when Gavin looks up at Delilah, the dark eyes shadowed with bluish circles seem to flicker to life.  

He lives in that house, the one at the edge of town. Spooky and maybe haunted. Something worse than haunted. And Gavin is trapped by its secrets. 

Delilah and Gavin can't resist each other. But staying together will exact a price beyond their imagining.

GAH. I can't. *cowers away*

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway and/or following @ChristinaLauren are optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE! 
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Oct. 16th
• There will be 2 winners receiving THE HOUSE by Christina Lauren!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who won the PLAYING WITH FIRE???
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Congrats Marty and Irmaida! We'll email you to send your prize.

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Win a DARK WILD NIGHT with Robert Pattinson (in your dreams, ladies)

ROBsessed Giveaway: Win a DARK WILD NIGHT with Robert Pattinson (in your dreams, ladies)

Oh wouldn't we all love a dark, wild night with Rob...I should pluralize that right? NIGHTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.



We love Christina Lauren's work and I especially love their Wild Seasons series. The third book, DARK WILD NIGHT, is coming out Sept. 15th and we're not only giving away that hotness...we're giving away SWEET FILTHY BOY and DIRTY ROWDY THING as well!

If you haven't read any of the books, you must start from the beginning since the characters stay connected through the series and "that one time in Vegas" starts with a SWEET FILTHY BOY. ;)

Here's the synopsis to DARK WILD NIGHT:

Lola and Oliver like to congratulate themselves on having the good sense not to consummate their drunken Las Vegas marriage. If they'd doubled-down on that mistake, their "Just Friends" situation might not be half as great as it is now.  

...Or so goes the official line.  

In reality, Lola's wanted Oliver since day one - and over time has only fallen harder for his sexy Aussie accent and easygoing ability to take her as she comes. More at home in her studio in her studio than in baring herself to people, Lola's instinctive comfort around Oliver nearly seems too good to be true. So why ruin a good thing? 

Even as geek girls fawn over him, Oliver can't get his mind off what he didn't do with Lola when he had the chance. He knows what he wants with her now...and it's far outside the friend zone. When Lola's graphic novel starts getting national acclaim - and is then fast-tracked for a major motion picture - Oliver steps up to be there for her whenever she needs him. After all, she's not the kind of girl who likes all that attention, but maybe she's the kind who'll eventually like him. 

Sometimes seeing what's right in front of us takes a great leap of faith. And sometimes a dark wile night in Vegas isn't just the end of the day, but the beginning of a bright new life.

In case you don't know about the prior 2 books in the series, here are the summaries to entice you as well as an interview excerpt.

SWEET FILTHY BOY synopsis:

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. 

But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. 

When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

DIRTY ROWDY THING synopsis:

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. 

She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs. 

We interviewed Christina Lauren about DIRTY WILD THING (my fave of the two) when it was released last year...

Q: Fan casting is fun. Who have you fan casted for Harlow and Finn? Or who have you seen others suggest? 

Christina Lauren: Ooh this is a good one but our answer is going to be a cop out—but wait! With good reason! See, it’s really hard to find an actress who fits Harlow. Harlow is half Spanish, half Irish-European mutt, so she has darker hair and skin but light brown eyes. In our mind her face is very Emma-Stone, but she’s more golden, darker-eyed. Finn is similarly tricky for us to cast. But since it’s a Rob site, we can totally confide here that if Rob put on about 30 pounds of muscle, he could rock the role. 

Click HERE if you want to read more from our interview!

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway and following the author (@ChristinaLauren) are optional but give you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE! 
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Sept. 18th
• There will be 2 winners receiving Sweet Filthy Boy, Dirty Rowdy Thing and Dark Wild Night by Christina Lauren!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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FanFic Friday
I haven't gotten much fic reading done and ended up reading 2 stories from my TBR list that have been on there for ages. I loved them both! Hands down, I recommend In The Debris. This story was beautifully written and you don't just fall for Edward and Bella, you fall for Victoria and James too! That's rare. The POVs are Edward and Victoria and just thinking about them makes me want to reread the fic. I was completely captivated by their voices. The setting is high school but these kids are dealing with heavy but realistic issues. It's an oldie so you might have already checked it out. If not, start it tout de suite! I'll tell you guys about the other fic next week!

If you want to purchase any of the latest books featured in this post, click the Amazon links to buy now!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Who has a BEAUTIFUL SECRET for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Who has a BEAUTIFUL SECRET for Fiction Friday!

I had plans to do the giveaway for The Fire Sermon, but then yesterday happened and I feel compelled to do the giveaway for Beautiful Secret.



Who knows what the heck is going on but whatever it is, it's all a beautiful secret for sure. We'll save The Fire Sermon for later. It's a great book and you guys won't want to miss it.

Beautiful Secret is the fourth, full-length book of the Beautiful series - An uptight British executive. An adventurous American newbie. A sexy international scandal in the making. 

I'm sure many of you are following along with Christina Lauren's adventures and in case you want to catch up, we included links to the entire series below! Here's the synopsis for the latest book in the series, releasing April 14th:

When Ruby Miller’s boss announces he’s sending her on an extended business trip to New York City, she’s shocked. As one of the best and brightest young engineers in London, she knows she’s professionally up to the task. 

The part that’s throwing her is where she’ll be spending a month up close and personal working alongside—and staying in a hotel with—Niall Stella, her firm’s top urban planning executive and The Hottest Man Alive. 

Despite her ongoing crush, Ruby is certain Niall barely knows she’s alive…until their flirty overnight flight makes him sit up and take notice.  

Not one for letting loose and breaking rules, recently divorced Niall would describe himself as hopeless when it comes to women. 

But even he knows outgoing California-girl Ruby is a breath of fresh air. Once she makes it her mission to help the sexy Brit loosen his tie, there’s no turning back. 

Thousands of miles from London, it’s easy for the lovers to play pretend. But when the trip is over, will the relationship they’ve built up fall down?

I've enjoyed the Beautiful series and this book was no exception. Christina Lauren continue to dish out sexy stories with charming characters. I know the lucky winners will love meeting Ruby and Niall!

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win!
• Giveaway is US/Canada only!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, April 10th
• There will be 2 winners receiving BEAUTIFUL SECRET by Christina Lauren!
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for Flirting with Fire??
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Congrats Sue and Lynda! We'll email you to get your information!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Read about the Shades of Jamie Dornan for Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Read about the Shades of Jamie Dornan for Fiction Friday!

Simon & Schuster sends a bunch of books to us to check out and then giveaway to you guys. We love that they do this because we know many of you are readers. This blog wouldn't have happened if we didn't have a girl who loved a book then loved the man who brought the character to life.

Shades of Jamie Dornan was sent because Fifty Shades of Grey is out this weekend....in case you've been living under a rock. ;)
Are you going to see it? Did you read Master of the Universe or just the published book? I will have seen the film by the time this blog posts but I wonder when Rob's checking it out....


We, of course, know that Rob and Jamie go way back but the media is just catching on since Jamie's star is rising. There's mention of Rob in this book as well, on page 133 so if you're a winner, keep a look out! Here's the synopsis for Shades of Jamie Dornan by Jo Berry:

From film and TV critic Jo Berry comes the unauthorized biography of model-turned-actor Jamie Dornan, starring as Christian Grey in the wildly popular Fifty Shades of Grey film! 

Jamie Dornan is quickly becoming a megastar. The announcement of his lead role in the upcoming movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey caused a media frenzy and he has been hitting the headlines ever since. After English actor Charlie Hunnam stepped away from the role, Dornan was catapulted into the international spotlight. Previously a model for Calvin Klein alongside Kate Moss, he has appeared in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, has dated Keira Knightley, was cast as the sheriff in the hit fantasy TV drama Once Upon A Time, and followed it up with an acclaimed leading performance in the TV thriller The Fall. With details compiled from in-depth research into both his personal and professional life, this insightful book will reveal fifty shades of Jamie Dornan—a no-holds-barred biography of the man who everyone wants to know intimately.

Also on this day (the 13th), the XOXO podcast is out and author Kresley Cole is talking about Fifty Shades of Grey:

XOXO plays Siskel & Ebert with 50 Shades of Grey, Lauren interviews #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole and the ladies wrap it up with a game of “What’s In A Name?”.

What is XOXO?

XOXOAfterDark is proud to announce, in conjunction with CBS Radio, CBS Local Digital Media, and Play.it®, the launch of an all-new podcast devoted to romance novels, sex, pop culture happenings, relationships, writing, and did we mention sex? Every two weeks listeners can join XOXO After Darkcast for an entertaining, passionate and blush-worthy discussion about all things romance from the people who know best (heck they’re book editors, if they don’t know…who does!?!). Witty and what promises to be an always lively discussion, we hope you’ll join us to hear what Abby, Kate & Lauren have to say because… ‘the best conversations happen after dark’.

Lauren from Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard, Sweet Filthy Boy) and we'll feature a giveaway from Kresley Cole soon! Click HERE to listen to the first podcast!

Giveaway Guidelines

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win
• Giveaway is US/Canada only
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Feb. 20th
• There will be 2 winners receiving a copy of Shades of Jamie Dornan
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after the giveaway ends

Good luck!!!
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Who are our winners for HUSH??
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FanFic Friday
Last time, I was jonesing for some more canon fic and was in the mood for the fantasy genre. I wanted to get down down down with that world again. But I didn't know where to settle! This isn't fic but a friend recommended I read Pleasure Unbound. This is the first book in a series Goz mentioned to me years ago! I dived in and man. MAN OH MAN. I loooooove it. I'm on book 2 and this stuff is HAWT. It's the Demonica series. I don't think I can even do a synopsis justice here. I tell you it's about demons and some of you might turn away. But come on! We love a vampire. Surely you can be open minded. ;) Because trust me. You will LOVE this demon. His name is Eidolon. I pretend he's Edward. And Tayla is Bella. Shade is Jasper. Wraith is Emmett.

What. So I have fanfic syndrome. Don't send help. Just check out this series. Click HERE to purchase or read an excerpt HERE. I love how detailed this world is. And it's not completely unrecognizable. It takes place in New York City and a hospital so you can relate to that in case I've scared you. Don't be scurred. And I still have Deep In The Heart Of Me to keep me attached to my fanfic world. The last chapter had my emotions giving me whiplash. I was grinning like a fool and then tearing up. Such is the life in a counselor story. Ulie's out and now we see what adventures that brings for Tonio.

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Production Notes For Robert Pattinson's 'Life'

Production Notes For Robert Pattinson's 'Life'

With the Berlin Film Festival about to start the Production Notes for Life have been released.
They're an interesting read and include some great quotes from Rob and also some very complimentary quotes about Rob from his co-stars, director and more.
Grab a cuppa and make yourself comfy! 



Telefilm Canada, Film4, Screen Australia, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Present

LIFE

In association with FilmNation Entertainment, Corner Piece Capital, Entertainment One, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Cross City Sales

A See-Saw Films, First Generation Films, Barry Films Production

A Film by Anton Corbijn

ROBERT PATTINSON

DANE DEHAAN

JOEL EDGERTON

ALESSANDRA MASTRONARDI

STELLA SCHNABEL

and BEN KINGSLEY

Directed by ANTON CORBIJN

Screenplay by LUKE DAVIES

Produced by IAIN CANNING EMILE SHERMAN CHRISTINA PIOVESAN

Produced by BENITO MUELLER WOLFGANG MUELLER

Line Producer STEVE WAKEFIELD

Executive Producers TESSA ROSS MARK SLONE MICHEL MERKT

Executive Producers MARK ROBERTS SHELDON RABINOWITZ ROSS JACOBSON

Director of Photography CHARLOTTE BRUUS CHRISTENSEN

Production Designer ANASTASIA MASARO

Editor NICK FENTON

Music by OWEN PALLETT

Hair Designer VINCENT SULLIVAN

Make-up Designer DONALD MOWAT

Costume Designer GERSHA PHILLIPS

Casting by LAURA ROSENTHAL

Canadian Casting by JOHN BUCHAN C.S.A. and JASON KNIGHT C.S.A.5

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ROBsessed Giveaway: 6 years of ROBsessed is SUBLIME and so are 6 winners for this Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: 6 years of ROBsessed is SUBLIME and so are 6 winners for this Fiction Friday!

Have you visited our birthday post and entered our birthday giveaway HERE?
We're still celebrating 6 years of ROBsessed and this Fiction Friday joins the theme!



We've had multiple Fiction Friday giveaways for our gal pals, Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, but we have something pretty special for this week. Just in time for Halloween! ;)

While we know Christina Lauren can burn up the pages with their sexy romps (Beautiful Bastard Series, Wild Seasons Series), they had yet to venture into the Young Adult genre - until now. SUBLIME is their first YA novel and I can't help but be nostalgic about this since a little known YA novel called Twilight pretty much got all of us started in this community.

I was pulled into this supernatural story from the cover alone but the synopsis is truly compelling:

When Lucy walks out of a frozen forest, wearing only a silk dress and sandals, she isn’t sure how she got there. But when she sees Colin, she knows for sure that she’s here for him. Colin has never been captivated by a girl the way he is by Lucy. 

With each passing day their lives intertwine, and even as Lucy begins to remember more of her life—and her death—neither of them is willing to give up what they have, no matter how impossible it is. 

And when Colin finds a way to physically be with Lucy, taking himself to the brink of death where his reality and Lucy’s overlap, the joy of being together for those brief stolen moments drowns out everything in the outside world. 

But some lines weren’t meant to be crossed…

And from ChristinaLaurenBooks.com

Love is beautiful, dangerous, scary, sublime. 

From the moment she sees Colin, Lucy knows she’s meant for him. But their love is no ordinary love; Lucy is a ghost, and Colin can only physically be with her when he’s standing on the brink of his own death. 

Willing to give anything for their stolen moments together, Colin pushes his daredevil tendencies to the extreme time and again. But as he becomes obsessed with testing the limits between his world and that of the dead, Lucy begins to wonder if she’s meant to be his guardian—or his destruction.

Sounds so wonderfully angsty and fantastically romantic. :)
Here the details on how to enter!

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway daily and liking our Facebook in honor of 6 years are optional but gives you more chances to win.
• There will be 6 winners receiving SUBLIME by Christina Lauren!
• Giveaway is worldwide!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Oct. 31st
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced on or after Oct. 31st

Good luck!!!
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Now what about that huge 5-book giveaway we hosted the last 2 weeks?
Find out the winners under the cut!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: We talk to Christina Lauren about SWEET FILTHY BOY, DIRTY ROWDY THING and of course Robert Pattinson for Fiction Friday

ROBsessed Giveaway: We talk to Christina Lauren about SWEET FILTHY BOY, DIRTY ROWDY THING and of course Robert Pattinson for Fiction Friday

It's our last giveaway for the one-two punch of SWEET FILTHY BOY and DIRTY ROWDY THING!

Last week, we revealed some fun info from Christina Lauren about Finn and Harlow's look and the rest of our interview with the ladies is here!

Q: Fan casting is fun. Who have you fan casted for Harlow and Finn? Or who have you seen others suggest? 

Christina Lauren: Ooh this is a good one but our answer is going to be a cop out—but wait! With good reason! See, it’s really hard to find an actress who fits Harlow. Harlow is half Spanish, half Irish-European mutt, so she has darker hair and skin but light brown eyes. In our mind her face is very Emma-Stone, but she’s more golden, darker-eyed. Finn is similarly tricky for us to cast. But since it’s a Rob site, we can totally confide here that if Rob put on about 30 pounds of muscle, he could rock the role.

Q: What's something you loved from SFB that DRT doesn't have and vice versa, something you love in DRT that SFB doesn't have? 

Christina Lauren: In Sweet Filthy Boy, we had an entirely new city and culture to explore—Paris—because Mia follows Ansel back to France. It was amazing to write because it totally transported us, and there is an atmosphere to the book because of it that feels . . . different than our other books, for a lack of a better word.
Dirty Rowdy Thing takes place in San Diego and, for a very small portion, on Vancouver Island in Canada. One thing we have in DRT that we adore is the tender family dynamics, and close bonds between Harlow and her family. There was one sweet scene between Mia and her mother in SFB, but for the most part, the family was absent. In DRT, family is very much a central focus, and maybe for that reason the words just flew from our brains while we were drafting. 

Q: Harlow is super fun and saucy. When you developed these characters, what did you like about Finn that made him the match for Harlow? 

Christina Lauren: We’ve heard from a bunch of folks already that Harlow is hands-down their favorite of our characters to date, and this makes us giddy. Her flaws are right at the surface (i.e. she’s meddling and loyal to a fault—that combination gets her in trouble) but there are many things about her that women can relate to now, or remember from their early twenties. She’s smart, but underemployed. She’s watching people around her figure out what they want to do and for her it isn’t yet the most important thing. Most of all, she’s genuinely young. We don’t mean in years, we mean in experience, and when you’re at that point in your life, just because that may be true doesn’t mean you recognize it. Readers can go on this journey of discovery with her, and it’s why Finn really was perfect for her, because he’s older and although he’s had fewer options in his own life, he’s wise enough to be patient with her youthful stumbles.
They also have a bit of a Chloe-Bennett dynamic, too, in that Finn wouldn’t do well with a woman who didn’t stand up to him. And Harlow would never settle for anything less than equal partners. 

Q: I saw what's up next for you guys with the series (Dark Wild Night) and the return to the BB series...which will loop in a Wild Seasons character...it's the literary Marvel Model. Do you have a grand plan that goes 15 years down the road or does the world expand naturally from story to story? 

Christina Lauren: We just finished writing BEAUTIFUL SECRET, which is the fourth full-length Beautiful novel, and where that series crosses over with the Wild Seasons series. We love writing the group dynamics, especially when all of the guys are together. It does get harder as the ensemble grows, simply because you have more people to juggle (but that’s also sort of the fun part because it becomes a little like writing fanfiction for yourself).
In any case, we do have a grand plan, but it’s more like a 5-year model rather than 15. After Beautiful Beloved (e-short, Feb 2015) and Beautiful Secret (April 2015), there are still two more Wild Seasons out after DRT (Dark Wild Night is September of 2015, and Wicked Sexy Liar is February of 2016). We have our next series already outlined, and we know how it will dovetail with our previous work. We can’t wait to talk about it! 

Q: Last but not least, how up to date are you on your Rob news? You still get the weekly ROBsessed memos that he's hot as fire right? 

Christina Lauren: Ha! Well we still follow a lot of Rob accounts so we’re up to date on all the latest. He’s a pretty dude, there is no way around it. At the end of the day, coming from the Twilight fandom we can both say we just want Robert Thomas to be happy. Whatever makes him happy makes us happy. :)

So much fun on the horizon for the characters of Christina Lauren. :)

DIRTY ROWDY THING synopsis:

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs. 

SWEET FILTHY BOY synopsis:

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. 

But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. 

When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

Giveaway guidelines:

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win.
• There will be 1 winner receiving DIRTY ROWDY THING and SWEET FILTHY BOY
• Giveaway is worldwide!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Oct. 10th
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced on or after Oct. 10th

Good luck!!!
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Winner listed under the cut & more!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Second chance to have a SWEET FILTHY BOY and a DIRTY ROWDY THING for our Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Second chance to have a SWEET FILTHY BOY and a DIRTY ROWDY THING for our Fiction Friday!

It's time for week 2 of our double hitter - SWEET FILTHY BOY and DIRTY ROWDY THING!

I got a chance to finish DIRTY ROWDY THING last weekend and my oh my. I think the title fits juuuuuust right. Finn is definitely a dirty, rowdy thing and matches up perfectly with the sassy Harlow. I had fun reading the story and catching up with the characters we first met in SWEET FILTHY BOY. Naturally, Rob plays all leading men that I read. What.

But I did get a chance to talk to Christina Lauren about who they could fan cast as Finn and Harlow and I LOVE IT.

Q: Fan casting is fun. Who have you fan casted for Harlow and Finn? Or who have you seen others suggest? 

Christina Lauren: Ooh this is a good one but our answer is going to be a cop out—but wait! With good reason! See, it’s really hard to find an actress who fits Harlow. Harlow is half Spanish, half Irish-European mutt, so she has darker hair and skin but light brown eyes. In our mind her face is very Emma-Stone, but she’s more golden, darker-eyed. Finn is similarly tricky for us to cast. But since it’s a Rob site, we can totally confide here that if Rob put on about 30 pounds of muscle, he could rock the role.

Emma is already awesome to me and I totally dig her as Harlow! And Rob, always Rob for any and everything.



I know I picked a picture of Emma covering half her face but there's something about her look that is so Harlow. Playful, flirty and pretty. I tried to darken her eyes and golden her complexion to get in sync with Christina Lauren's description. And the Rob selection. Come on. This look wins all day every day and I definitely see dirty, rowdy Finn all over him.

Contest is the same as last week so let's do this! Synopsis and guidelines...

DIRTY ROWDY THING synopsis:

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs. 

SWEET FILTHY BOY synopsis:

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. 

But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. 

When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

Giveaway guidelines:

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win.
• There will be 1 winner receiving DIRTY ROWDY THING and SWEET FILTHY BOY
• Giveaway is worldwide!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Oct. 3rd
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced on or after Oct. 3rd

Good luck!!!
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Winner listed under the cut & more!

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ROBsessed Giveaway: Time for your SWEET FILTHY BOY to meet a DIRTY ROWDY THING for our Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Time for your SWEET FILTHY BOY to meet a DIRTY ROWDY THING for our Fiction Friday!

We have a fun giveaway for you guys for the next 3 weeks!



A few months ago, we held a giveaway for Christina Lauren's SWEET FILTHY BOY. We were even featured in the praise section of the novel! Now the ladies are back with the 2nd story in their Wild Seasons series - DIRTY ROWDY THING. The story isn't out until November 4th but we have it now for our giveaway.

Synopsis:

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs. 

We first met Harlow and Finn in SWEET FILTHY BOY as friends of Mia and Ansel. Now they get their own sexy story and of course Mia and Ansel join the fun too!

So for our 3-week giveaway, every week we'll be giving you guys the 2 books in the Wild Seasons series so far - DIRTY ROWDY THING and SWEET FILTHY BOY! Here's the synopsis for SFB in case you aren't familiar. If you purchase these stories on your own, read this one first:

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. 

But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. 

When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

Giveaway guidelines:

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway is optional but gives you more chances to win.
• There will be 1 winner receiving DIRTY ROWDY THING and SWEET FILTHY BOY
• Giveaway is worldwide!
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, Sept. 26th
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced on or after Sept. 26th

Good luck!!!
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ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter for a chance to have a SWEET FILTHY BOY for our Fiction Friday

ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter for a chance to have a SWEET FILTHY BOY for our Fiction Friday

Ahhhhh....we all love a sweet filthy boy, don't we?



*howling* Oh Rob. KimmelRob sure knows how to let his hair down. We love us some SweetFilthyRob and he's the inspiration for this Fiction Friday. Christina Lauren started a new series called the Wild Season series and we're giving away the first book in the series, SWEET FILTHY BOY.

Synopsis:

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. 

But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. 

When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

What's also cool about this giveaway is that we're one of the featured quotes in the beginning pages, praising the book!


Time to snag this fun summer read!
Giveaway guidelines:

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway through Rafflecopter is optional but gives you more chances to win.
• Giveaway is US/Canada ONLY
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, July 25th at 12am ET
• There will be 2 winners receiving the novel, SWEET FILTHY BOY, by Christina Lauren
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced on Friday, July 25th

Good luck!!!
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In fanfic world, I just finished the completed story, My Ex-Con. I didn't know how I'd feel about this story but oh my. I loved it so much. What an amazing Edward, full of passion and heart. Give it a read if you love counselor's work. The E&B in this story are something else.
I'm not sure what I'm going to read next so I'll be looking to see if you guys share what you're reading in the comments.

If you want to purchase before the winner post, click the Amazon link to buy now!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win FIX YOU and more for our Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win FIX YOU and more for our Fiction Friday!

Are you ready for your fiction fix? This Friday, we're hosting a worldwide giveaway of an eBook from a long time ROBsessed reader! FIX YOU by Beck Anderson is a finalist in two of Romance Writers of America's RITA awards - Best First Book and Best Contemporary Romance - reported by USA Today. While Beck let us know that this is an original story, she also told us who inspired the hero in her book...



If that gorgeous face doesn't sell you, well then you're a lost cause, dagnaddit! Here's the synopsis for FIX YOU:

When Kelly Reynolds’s husband died, he left her—the awkward, cautious one—to raise their two young boys. She’s pieced herself back together, barely. Now she takes refuge in her routine: running her kids around and running the trails near her Idaho home.
Two years after her husband’s death, a chance encounter on a run brings Andrew into her life. But Andrew is Andy Pettigrew, the Andy Pettigrew, famous actor. Kelly hates risk, and a love affair with Andrew is certainly tempting fate. She doesn’t fit into his Hollywood world. She doesn’t own a pair of Louboutins, and she couldn’t walk five paces in them if she did. Andrew oozes cool. She reeks of dork.
But despite this, they click. It may be inexplicable, but it works. However, it’s also becoming clear that Andrew struggles with the pressures of his fame. Kelly’s hold on a so-called normal life is already tenuous, and as much as she might want to indulge the fantasy, she doesn’t know how either of them is supposed to cope with stalkerazzi and tweet-happy fans with camera phones. She and Andrew both have secrets that seem impossible to keep.
Beck Anderson’s witty, engaging writing yields an emotional tale of love, loss, and all the little things that make up a life. In the end, what is it that really holds us together? Kelly must decide if love can fix two people who might be broken beyond repair.

Click HERE if you want to read an excerpt and see a trailer on Beck's website.

In addition to winning the eBook for FIX YOU, we're also giving away a DVD copy of Robsessed. The unofficial guide to Rob isn't affiliated with Rob or us but it's definitely a fun blast from the past.
Giveaway guidelines:

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway through Rafflecopter is optional but gives you more chances to win as well as liking the Facebook page linked in the Rafflecopter.
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, April 18 at 12am ET
• There will be 1 winner receiving the novel, FIX YOU, by Beck Anderson and the DVD Robsessed
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after April 18th

Good luck!!!
a Rafflecopter giveaway Find out the winners from our last Fiction Friday and chat about fanfic after the cut!

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