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GIVEAWAY - Bad Boy Romance Reads that Kiss & Tell

Kaye Kennedy • April 2, 2021

WIN 5 BOOKS


The danger, the control, the "oh no he didn't" reactions...all things we love about bad boy romances!   

These five romance reads deliver on love that is found in the most unlikely places, and you can win all five in celebration of the release of my new book, Burning for Love, on April 14th!



*Burning for Love is the sixth book in my Burning for the Bravest Series, which features New York City firefighters who love hard and make love harder. While each book in the series features a different couple, the books are intended to be read in order as the previous couples continue to be a part of the series. Get started with Burning for More (Book 1) for free on Kindle Unlimited or get it on Amazon for only 99¢.

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Read on to learn a little more about each of the books in this giveaway.

Burning for Love by Kaye Kennedy

If you like alpha males with soft centers who love hard and make love harder, then the Burning for the Bravest Series is for you! Follow 8 firemen in New York City, as they risk their lives and their hearts, in the name of love. While the story can standalone, this series is meant to be read in order, so make sure you start with Burning for More, which is FREE on Kindle Unlimited or get it on Amazon for only 99¢.


Burning for Love - Book 6 in the Burning for the Bravest Series


Can the good girl and the bad boy really be destined for love?


Declan

Everything about Declan Murphy screamed bad boy. He didn’t just look the part, he owned it with his tattoos, cut up knuckles, and that scar in his eyebrow he refuses to talk about.


After spending a night with the ultimate ‘good girl,’ he can’t seem to forget about her. Six months later, the woman he’d dubbed princess re-appears and while he’s no good for her, he can’t stay away.


This New York City fireman works out his frustrations by fighting in the MMA cage, but when he finds himself in the fire after a fight goes wrong, his princess gets caught in the crosshairs and he’ll do anything to protect her.


Gwen

Gwendolyn Roth has always been a good girl. As the heiress to her family’s billion-dollar real estate fortune, she’d never questioned the expectations she must uphold...until she’d found herself in bed with Declan Murphy for her one and only one night stand.


They have no business being together, but the heart wants what the heart wants...though, that doesn't mean they can have it.


Declan and Gwen will steam up the pages while also proving that love can be found with the most unlikely person...even if there are forces determined to keep them apart.

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Vicious  by LJ Shen

From bestselling author LJ Shen, Vicious is the alphahole you didn't know you needed!


Emilia


They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true.

The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares.

He is a brilliant lawyer.

A skilled criminal.

A beautiful liar.

A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover.

Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him.


Vicious


She is a starving artist.

Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom.

Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down.

She paid the price.

Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate.

That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t.

So she hates me. Big fucking deal.

She better get used to me.


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Don't Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole

Don't Kiss the Bride is a sweet but sexy slow burn, age gap, marriage of convenience romance with major swoony feels by Carian Cole. Typically, I don't read age gap, but this is easily one of my favorite books of 2021.


I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor. 

But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos. 


Jude "Lucky" Lucketti wasn't just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero, showing up in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room. 


Those weren't exactly my best moments, but they were his. 


We became friends, and it didn't matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common--like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships. 


When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out with my many problems, I couldn't say no. 


The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else. 


It should've been easy, but it wasn't. 


Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with. 


We had just one rule--no kissing the bride. 


But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.

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Break Me by Geneva Lee

Break Me is the 12th book in the Royals Saga by NYT bestselling author Geneva Lee. Passion, intrigue, and romance—Experience the international bestselling phenomenon with over two million copies sold and be swept into the dark and sensual world of the Royals.


We thought our lives were starting, but our nightmare is just beginning.


Belle changed me. She made me a better man. But I’ll have to accept the monster I once was if I’m going to protect our future.


Because we’ve let something dark into our home, but it won’t break us. Nothing—and no one—will come between us. No matter what sins I have to commit.

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Reign by Jessica Gadziala

The first book in the Henchman MC Series by Jessica Gadziala, Reign will satisfy all your bad boy needs.


1 notorious 1%er

1 innocent trapped in an impossible situation

1 vicious crime lord

3 people who aren't who they appear to be

= one big (bloody) mess.


Reign is no stranger to the criminal underbelly and hard life, but when a random woman comes (literally) crashing into his life- learning things she has no business knowing, and bringing with her the weight of the city's biggest skin trader, the "hard life" starts to take on a whole new meaning.

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Contest Rules

*Giveaway ends on April 14, 2021 at 11:59 pm EDT. Winner will be announced on April 15, 2021 and will be notified by e-mail. Winner must respond to that e-mail in order to receive the books. This giveaway is sponsored by Kaye Kennedy and is not affiliated with Amazon or the other authors.

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