Cross Courting Chaos Book 1 by Heather Young-Nichols Book Tour and Giveaway!

Cross 

Courting Chaos Book 1 

by Heather Young-Nichols 

Genre: Rockstar Romance 

A sexy drummer and a rock god’s daughter on tour together for the summer… what could possibly go wrong?

Indie

When Cross Rhodes from Courting Chaos mistakes me for a groupie and tries to kick me out of the venue, I remind myself that touring with my dad isn’t always easy. I don’t fall for rock stars—ever but Cross makes me want to break all the rules.

Summer fun crashes around me when I discover one of the openers prefers his women too young. Unfortunately for him, intimidation doesn’t keep me quiet.

Cross

Opening for Kissing Cinder is the break my band needs and none of us can mess this up. Then I try to remove a hot, sassy blonde from the venue and now I can’t get her off my mind. Indie’s off limits. The daughter of a man that can make or break us. What the hell am I thinking?

The only thing I know for sure is that I will protect Indie from my bass player at all costs. 

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Ransom 

Courting Chaos Book 2 

Bellamy Harper needs an escape and becomes Ransom’s challenge.

Bellamy

My life has taken a hard turn. So, when my best friend asks me to join her on tour with her dad, I can’t say yes fast enough. I expected to be surrounded hot rock stars. But I never saw Ransom or our intense attraction coming. He’s impossible to ignore but given my crazy ex, I’m determined to keep my distance. That only works for about a minute before my former boyfriend shows up ready to reclaim what he says is his.

Ransom

The stand-offish red head suddenly on the tour has me falling all over her and she’s everywhere I go since her best friend is dating mine. It takes a lot of hard work to break through Bellamy’s tough exterior and of course that’s the moment my ex-girlfriend decides to screw up my life. The media attention is too much for Bellamy and I can’t blame her. She has her own problems and didn’t ask for this.

With her psycho ex-boyfriend and my secret-keeping ex-girlfriend hindering any hope of a relationship, we’ll both have to confront our pasts if we want any chance at a future. 

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Booker 

Courting Chaos Book 3 

We come from opposite worlds and really shouldn’t work…

Paige

I’m used to sacrifice and hard work. Growing up in the foster system didn’t leave a lot of room for error. Then I land a job with one of the richest families in the state that might allow me to have the life I’ve been working so hard toward. When their son, Booker, comes home, I try so hard to keep things professional. Him being around make it impossible to ignore my feelings. But I work for his family… there’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed.

Booker

When I’m called home to see my sick mother, I sure didn’t expect to find a hot as hell nurse living in the house, taking care of my mother. Paige is smart, sassy, and unimpressed by my rock star status. But my growing feelings could get in the way of getting back out on the road to escape my tense relationship with Dad.

I need to cement my place with the band and Paige can’t screw up her career. Can we find a way to do both? 

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Dixon 

Courting Chaos Book 4 

It’s the opportunity of a lifetime and he’s the one person who could derail it all.

Barrett

Getting a job has been my focus since the moment I graduated from college. And maybe coming to terms with my less than amazing childhood. So, when a job opens up to be the personal assistant of Courting Chaos’ manager, I go for it. Too soon, Dixon begins worming his way into my heart, everything might come unraveled.

Being with him could cost me the job he needs and the life I’ve dreamed of.

Dixon

Everyone in the band might be catching feelings but that’s not remotely on my radar. I’m perfectly happy living the rock star life as the guitarist for Courting Chaos. With all the drama around the guys, easy is safest. Until everything changes when a joke gets out of hand and I do something I immediately regret. Making amends for my own stupidity might turn into the best thing to ever happen to me.

Being with her might not be the smart choice and certainly isn’t the easy one. Yet here we are… falling. 

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Something Irish 

Courting Chaos Book 5 

A hot Irishman and a woman stuck in his country…

Maggie Dwyer and her mother are given a weeklong trip to Ireland when a last minute injury sidelines her grandma. It’s a chance to learn where she came from. When the trip comes to an end, Maggie is horrified to discover that her purse has disappeared. Her driver’s license and passport along with it. Even worse… She can’t leave Ireland with her mother.

Eagan O’Brien, the sexy pub owner Maggie’s been flirting with, steps in to help by offering his apartment to the damsel in distress. Maggie tries to flip her distress into her first successful one night stand.

But getting a replacement passport isn’t as easy as everyone thinks and Maggie stays for two more weeks.

Two more weeks of Eagan O’Brien.

Can Maggie turn that one night stand into something more or will luck not be one her side? 

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Heather Young-Nichols is a USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romances. A native of the great and often very cold state of Michigan, she is better known at home and to her friends as the Snarker-in-Chief. A job she excels at beyond anything she could have imagined. She loves many things, but especially cold coffee, hot books, and baseball. But not necessarily in that order. 

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Review and Giveaway of The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey

"A family's future is in the hands of one very brave young Irishwoman in this accomplished debut set between WWI and the growing violence of the Irish war of independence. Eileen O'Neill inherits a lifetime of struggle and heartbreak when her family is ripped apart by war, disease, mental illness and greed. And if civil war and family strife weren't enough to deal with, Eileen is torn between James Conlon, a passionate Irish nationalist, and Owen Sheridan, a British army officer and the son of a wealthy family. As the wars presence in her life intensifies, Eileen continues to weigh her heart's pull against national pride, family loyalty, class divisions and her own spirit. This novel delivers the best of both worlds: secrets, intrigue and surprising twists will keep readers flipping the pages, while Falvey's insight and poetic writing tugs at the heartstrings of the most cynical audiences."


— Publisher's Weekly from Patricia Falvey's website

As I am a fanatic about anything Irish, when I was approached to receive a copy The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey, I was delighted. I read the reviews and I couldn't wait to get my copy.

This is a novel about Ireland and takes place during the years 1900- 1924 during a time of strife and upheaval due to WWI and during the Home Rule in Ireland. The main character Eileen O'Neill is a very strong woman. After the birth of a baby brother her mother takes off and goes home to Eileens grandfather, but has a breakdown and ends up in an asylum for the insane. Eileen, takes her infant brother and lives with a friend of the family and his wife after the family home (The Yellow House) burns down and they lose everything, including her father. She is forced by circumstances at a young age to be both a mother and father to her little brother. She promised herself that she will get The Yellow House back and reunite her family.

Eileen had a sister that died, and she also has an older brother Frank who goes to live with their grandfather.The grandfather had disowned their mother because of a scandal that ultimately changes every one's lives in the O'Neill household.


Eileen eventually goes to work in the mill owned by the Owen Sheridan, son of a well to do Quaker family. Eileen is very vocal on the working conditions at the mill. Owen is British and against violence of any kind but does eventually go to fight in WWI. Eileen finds that she has feelings for Owen, but ends up marrying James Conlin whom she met while she did her part in a movement proclaiming an independent Irish Republic in the south of Ireland.


The story is full of history during this famous time in Ireland's past that shaped the country to how it is today. It is a heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by secrets, war, religion and class distinctions. This book was thoroughly researched and maybe even a bit of the authors own past wound through the story. The characters are very well thought out. It tells the history of Ireland, but does not overwhelm you with the details. It tells about the anger and the hatred between the Catholics and the Protestants. Michael Collins, an Irish revolutionary leader and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations is part of the story.


I loved this book to say the least. It was an easy and fun read, when the families and neighbors would get together and have their music sessions, I could almost hear the sad songs of love and loss. Irish fiction at it's best.


I would like to thank Miriam at Hatchette books for sending me a copy of The Yellow House. I received this book for read and review and I did not receive any monetary compensation for my honest review.


..now on to the giveaway.. Miriam is graciously providing three copies of this wonderful book. U.S and Canada only. No P.O.Box's please...


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Giveaway ends 3/10/10


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Author Bio from Hatchette Book Group
"I was born in Newry, Northern Ireland. At the age of eight I went to live in England and at twenty I immigrated to America. I enrolled as an English major at Suffolk University. However, due to lack of money I switched my major to Business. Although I progressed very successfully in my profession, I never lost my desire to write. It was only after years of struggle and doubt and yes... fear... that I eventually took the leap of faith, quit my profession, and devoted myself full time to finishing my first novel, The Yellow House."