Blog Tour, Review, and Giveaway: Search Me by Katie Ashley

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Search Me

by Katie Ashley

Release date: July 2^nd, 2013

Twenty year old Lane Montgomery never imagined her usually boring summer in the boonies would require her to trade her toe shoes for hunting boots or her monotonous college textbooks for treasure map deciphering. Never would she have imagined after breaking her grandmother’s precious Native American statue, danger, a lost treasure of Cherokee Gold and a hostage situation would arise. Nor could she predict that the one man destined to protect her and her family was her childhood nemesis and former crush, Maddox Diaz.

Returning after three years in the Army, twenty-three year old Maddox Diaz is confronted with more than he bargained for when agreeing to help his childhood buddy and deepest regret, Lane. Suddenly he is thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with armed and ruthless treasure seekers that results in car chases and gun battles all in the presence of the one girl who still manages to haunt his dreams and drive him wild with desire.

Lane is determined to deny the sizzling chemistry with the man who stole her virginity and broke her heart. She just wants to stay alive with her heart intact. Will she be able to resist the man whose body sets fire to all her senses?

REVIEW: Search Me is the story of Lane and Maddox as they look for buried treasure. They have criminals on their tail, trying to take the map and gold before Lane and Maddox can find it. Along the way Lane and Maddox find each other.

Three years ago, Maddox and Lane spent one night together. Lane gave Maddox her most precious gift, her virginity. He was an ass and walked away. Three years later, they’re thrust together on a treasure hunt and he’s still an ass.

There was plenty of action and suspense in this story. Lane and Maddox were running from gunmen, involved in shootouts, kidnapping, hostage situations and setting fires. While parts of it were predictable it was still enjoyable.  We didn’t get to any romance between Lane and Maddox until over 50% into the book. I didn’t feel any sparks or sexual tension between them. Maddox was an ass for the first 60% of the book. It was only in the last 40% that I began to kind of like him. Lane was a little harder to get a read on. She was a little wishy-washy for me. That could be her lack of experience with dating and boys or it could have just been her love for Maddox.

I definitely would have liked to have seen more romance and tension in the story. That being said, it was a decent suspense/action story.

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Katie Ashley is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Best-Selling author of The Proposition. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled dogs and one outnumbered cat. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls, Harry Potter, Shakespeare, Supernatural, Designing Women, and Scooby-Doo.

She spent 11 1/2 years educating the Youth of America aka teaching MS and HS English until she left to write full time in December 2012.

She also writes Young Adult fiction under the name Krista Ashe.

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley

For Abby Renard, the plan was supposed to be simple—join her brothers’ band on the last leg of their summer tour and decide if she’s finally ready for the limelight by becoming its fourth member. Of course, she never imagined stumbling onto the wrong tour bus at Rock Nation would accidentally land her in the bed of Jake Slater, the notorious womanizing lead singer of Runaway Train. When he mistakes her for one of his groupie’s, Abby quickly lets him know she sure as hell isn't in his bed on purpose.

Jake Slater never imagined the angel who fell into his bed would resist his charms by promptly kneeing him in the balls. Of course, the fact she seems like a prissy choir girl makes her anything but his type. So he is more than surprised when after betting Abby she wouldn’t last a week on their tour bus, she is more than willing to prove him wrong. But as Jake’s personal life begins to implode around him, he finds an unlikely ally in Abby. He’s never met a woman he can talk to, joke with, or most importantly make music with.

As the week starts comes to a close, neither Abby nor Jake is ready to let go. Can a sweetheart Country songstress and a bad boy of Rock N Roll actually have a future together?

Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley Playlist

Abby sings an acoustic guitar version for the boy of Adele's Someone Like You.

Abby gives Jake a run for his money by knowing how to play AC/DC's Highway to Hell

AJ and Abby dance to the La Tropa Vallenata version of Los Caminos de la Vida

AJ and Abby sing a duet to Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's Islands in the Stream

Abby proves Jake wrong singing Madonna's Like a Virgin

Abby tries to get Jake to keep song writing by mentioning Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven

Then Alter Bridge's In Loving Memory

 And Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You

And singing in codes like in the 60's with The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man

Abby is dancing to Michael Jackson's Beat It while cleaning the bus when Jake interrupts her!

Jake helps Abby prepare for her duet with Garrett to Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson's Don't You Want To Stay

Jake and Abby hang out together and jam to duets like Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn's Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man

Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford's Close My Eyes Forever

For her first song with her brothers, the boys of Jacob's Ladder, Abby sings a cover of The Band Perry's If I Die Young

At his sister, Allison's, Sweet Sixteen, Jake sings Chrissy Hynde's Forever Young for her.

At the Sweet Sixteen, AJ and Abby dance to Paula Rubio's Dame Otro Tequila to show how the kids how it's done

One of the most important song is Aerosmith's Angel that Jake sings to Abby on stage

Susan asks Abby to sing the old hymn Angel Band for her.

With her brothers, Abby sings Pink's Beam Me Up at Susan's Benefit Concert

She also sings Pink's Great Escape, which she dedicates to Jake

At the benefit concert, Jake and Abby do a duet to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's I Need You

They also sing Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed's All I Ever Needed 

Blog Tour: The Proposal by Katie Ashley

If you have not read the Proposition yet stop reading this review now! There are spoilers about The Proposition.

The Proposal picks up almost right where we left off in The Proposition. Emma has walked away from Aidan after catching him with another woman and is trying to move on with her life. She is heart broken that Aidan attempted to have sex with another woman on the day her ultra sound was scheduled, but is determined to move on without him. Aidan knows he fucked up, he wants Emma and the baby in his life and has tried relentlessly to win her back. 

Emma is with Patrick, Aidan’s father, when he has chest pains and is rushed to the hospital. While waiting at the hospital, she meets Patrick’s doctor, Dr. Alpesh Nadeen.

Pesh is attracted to Emma and wants to get to know her. He doesn’t care if she's pregnant with Aidan’s baby; he just knows that she is something special and wants a chance. Emma is on bed-rest due to early labor and is forced to stay with Aidan because she can’t be left alone. She isn’t going to cut the baby from Aidan’s family, she is close to them and loves them all. She is especially close with Patrick.

Even though Emma is staying at Aiden's house, Pesh still arranges to visit her. Will Emma move on from Aiden and begin a relationship with Pesh? Or will Aidan be able to win her back and prove that he does love her and only wants to be with her, and no one else?

OMG I could not wait for this book to come out! When I finished The Propositio,n I think I screamed, threw a tantrum (even putting my 18 month old to shame), and used every curse word in a variety of creative combinations to show how upset I was at the cliffhanger! really enjoyed how Ms. Ashley picked the story right back up, like she didn’t miss a beat! 

I felt both Emma and Aidan’s pain. Emma loved Aidan so much and when he betrayed her like he did, I honestly didn’t think they could move on from it. Personally, if I had caught my man with someone else I wouldn’t have been as calm, and he sure as hell would have needed multiple ice packs for his balls, but that’s just me. Aidan did what any male who knows they fucked up should do; he begged, pleaded, sent flowers, sent gifts, took care of Emma when she was on bedrest, and worked to earn her back. Oh boy, for a second there I thought he was going to commit murder when Emma was around Pesh. I have give it up to Aidan though, he never gave up and I love that he didn’t. 

I love how Emma made Aidan work to earn her forgiveness and for a place in the baby’s life. With Pesh in the picture, will Emma go with the safe relationship with Pesh, or will she go back to Aidan, the one who has her heart?

I loved Casey’s names for Aidan, some of them are now in my vocabulary. Can you say twatwaffle and douchenozzle? LOVE THEM! Seriously she was like a pit bull when it came to how she felt about Aidan being back in the picture. But that’s what a best friend is for, right? Well, that and ball shots with purses.

I honestly devoured this book in a day, it was that good! Katie Ashley is now in my top ten must read authors. The Proposal was worth the wait and in my opinion, is the perfect ending for this love story.

Hi John, Percy and Georgie! My name is Janna, and I’m going to ask you questions about your Uncle Aiden today. Are you ready for some fun questions?

What is it that you like best about Uncle Aidan?

John: I like his pool

Percy: Seriously? That’s your answer.

John:  Okay, fine, I like that I can myself around him, and he doesn’t give me much shit about it

Georgie: *eyes widening * You said a bad word!

John: You squeal to mom, and I’ll smack the crap out of you.

Percy: Real smart, ace, considering everyone in the just interview heard you say it! *shakes his head and then looks at Janna* I love the fact that Uncle Aidan actually spends time with us. He’s always willing to help me with my swimming. 

 Is there anything that you don't like about him? I promise not to tell. :)

John: Yeah, right, like we believe that one.

Percy: *laughing* I enjoy his pool too much to stay anything bad about him.

Georgie: He’s the best uncle I have!

John, do you want to be like your Uncle when you get older?

*with a grin* You mean like a ladies man? Yeah, I’m cool with that! I also wanna make a lot of money like he does and have a sweet ride like his Mercedes!

Percy, your Uncle Aidan is a swimmer. Do you like to swim? Would you want to be a swimmer, too?

Yeah, I love to swim. I’m on a team at the YMCA, and I hope to be an All-State Swimmer, just like Uncle Aidan was. Maybe even get a scholarship.

Georgie, can you tell me three fun things you like to do with your Uncle?

*fidgets in his chair* Hmm, well, I like to go swimming at his pool. And I like it when he puts the top down on his convertible and takes me to get ice cream. Oh, and he got me a puppy like Beau.

John: *snickers* Yeah, Mom loved him for that! *Percy joins in laughing*

What do you all think of Emma? Is she pretty? Do you want her to be your Aunt one day?

Georgie: She’s sweet and nice, and she smells good too.

Percy:   *nodding* I really want her to be my aunt because she’s good to keep Uncle Aidan in line…like when he wasn’t going to let us come swimming, she let us.

John: *with a wicked grin* I think she’s smoking hot.

Percy: *rolls his eyes* You’re disgusting.

Do you think your Uncle Aiden loves her?

Percy: I do, but he just needs to man up.

John: Yeah, he’s afraid of being tied down. I can see why. I mean, one girl the rest of your life…where’s the fun in that?

How do you feel about having a new baby cousin on the way? Are you going to help with the baby? Feeding, clothing…and changing diapers? ;)

Percy:  With all of our mom’s sisters, our family is pretty big so it’s really not that exciting. I mean, there’s our baby cousin Mason, and he’s pretty cool.  And I’m sure that Noah will be a neat kid because he’s Uncle Aidan’s. ..and Emma’s.

John: *wrinkling his nose* Noah is their baby, and they can deal with him. I mean, I’ll play with him when he gets older and can throw a football around. But when he’s just lying around, taking up space, meh, not interested.

Percy: *elbowing John* You’re a jerk!

John:  *rolls eyes* Whatever

Georgie: I got to feel Noah kick, and I can’t wait to see him when he’s born. Mommy’s promised to take us to the hospital when he’s born. I even get to go in the middle of the night if that’s when he’s born!