RE-RELEASE BLITZ - I SURRENDER by MONICA JAMES - I SURRENDER TRILOGY - NEW ADULT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

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I Surrender is back and better than ever! 
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SYNOPSIS

Singapore has stolen a piece of Ava Thompson.

It took one life shattering moment for her to realize her ex-boyfriend is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava, as her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought.

Enter Jasper White.

Unbeknown to Ava, he will change her life forever.

The attraction is instantaneous, which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely. Yet, she is finding resisting Jasper—with his tousled bedroom hair and piercing cerulean eyes—harder than she ever imagined. That’s because Jasper knows what he wants … and he wants her.

Can Ava surrender to her feelings for the one man who compels her to love again? What happens if love isn’t enough?

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Excerpt

Our faces are inches apart and I’m still sitting submissively, too afraid to make the first move. Jasper rests his forehead against mine, inhaling softly. He slides his nose against mine, backwards and forwards, and I take a steady breath before I pass out.

“You smell like lilacs,” he whispers hoarsely, his mouth fluttering over my chin.

He unhurriedly moves to my neck, his nose gliding over my skin, inhaling my scent. I detonate as the tip of his tongue slowly sashays along my collarbone, but before I can demand more, his tongue retreats and he begins kissing my cheeks delicately. I wish in this moment I looked nicer or had on more makeup. But under his passionate gaze, I feel like a queen. His tranquil blue eyes take in my impassioned face and he rewards me with a dimpled smirk.

“You look so beautiful, looking at me with those big brown eyes,” he says, and a low moan escapes me as he passes his thumb softly along my bottom lip. I purr with desire and close my eyes involuntarily, because the scene playing out before me is too much.

“Open your eyes,” Jasper whispers. I oblige.

As I take in the man before me, I gasp at what I see. Jasper is sitting before me, inches away from my face, his eyes consumed in a blistering stare. As he slowly leans in to kiss me, I’m waiting with bated breath to feel his lips on mine.

Author Bio

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.

When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two.

She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories, hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. She is an Amazon best selling author in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals.

She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.

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BOOK REVIEW - I SURRENDER by MONICA JAMES - I SURRENDER # 1 - NEW ADULT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE - THE EDGE BOOKS

By: Monica James
Published By: The Edge Books
Released : Available Now
Details: Kindle for honest review, 492 Pages

RATING: 4.5 MONICA IS KILLING ME STARS!!

Blurb: Goodreads

Singapore has stolen a piece of Ava Thompson.

It took one life shattering moment, for her to realize, her EX is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava. Her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought.

Enter Jasper White.

Unbeknown to Ava, Jasper White will change her life forever.

The attraction is instantaneous which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely. But, she is finding resisting Jasper, with his tousled bedroom hair and piercing cerulean eyes, harder than she ever imagined. And that’s because Jasper knows what he wants, and he wants Ava.

But, can Ava surrender to her feelings for the one man who compels her to love again? Because, what happens if love does not triumph all? What happens if love isn’t enough?

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

“Go home and forget we ever existed.”

Harper evicts Ava from his life with those seven words.

Four years of a relationship... over in seven words.

Enter best friend Veronica, aka V. I gotta say, I absolutely love V. She owns her own tattoo studio, Ink of Queens. She has an awesome boyfriend Lucas, who is in the band  Passenger's of Ego.

Lucas and V are just right for each other.

They are a good fit.

They are uncomplicated.

Ava is suffering deeply for her relationship break up. She gave everything up to follow Harper to Singapore and watch him follow his career.

It took seven words to undo all that.

Enter Jasper. 5ft 10 inches of man, band member of Passenger's of Ego with the cerulean eyes. 

Enter Indie, bimbo extraordinaire and all round pain in the arse. Indie plays the part very well. You will loathe the girl, but at the same time you can see from Jasper that there once was a girl that had potential. 

"He's such a great guy and she's, she's just a Botox injection away from being Barbie's big sister. What they have in common is a mystery to everyone."

Now that is one big trouble maker.

I can't help thinking Indie has a story to tell. Jasper sees something in her. The girl he once knew.

Jasper has a broken soul, a family life that is deeply hurtful and a heart waiting to be loved. He is talented. He hasn’t had it easy. He wants to better himself.

Jasper laughs. "Well what do friends normally do ? Go get coffee, hang out, that kind of stuff. That's all I'm asking Ava. I'm an artist, I like to explore then write about it. You never know, if you turn out to be as interesting as I think you are, there just might be a hit song about you."

He likes Ava.

"Never apologize for being you Ava. True feelings that are raw, no matter how messy they may be, I will gladly take over superficial, insincere actions. You told me so much about yourself; about your vulnerability and your heartache and you didn't even utter a single word. Your tears told me everything."

Ava is a character who had all her firsts with Harper. He was her everything, even if she was blind to his controlling ways. Ava loved him, thought they were forever. She thought she was happy.

Jasper brings out another side to Ava. She wants to make herself first for once and she needs to understand what her confusing feelings are for Jasper.

Ava brings out a happy side in Jasper that few get to see.

"No because he's Jasper. Jasper doesn't do friends. I've never even seen him be friends with his so called friends but with you he's different. He's happy."

What is this thing that is between her and Jasper?

Does Jasper feel this thing?

The more the story goes on, the more I felt personally that Ava got very neurotic towards Jasper. There was this build up coming and it was about to blow.

When she was with Harper, from what I could make out, she was easy to please him and did what he said.

With Jasper she was like a volcano of neurosis flowing with sometimes quite extreme over reactions. She was becoming quite unhinged with her fears and retorts. I felt a bit sorry for Jasper.

They both had to contain the green eyed monster, but I felt like Ava was quite high maintenance.

Their friendship/relationship is fiery.

I felt like Ava was sabotaging her relationship with Jasper quite dramatically. I know she was hurt from Harper. I believe Harper just woke up and decided he didn’t want Ava anymore. He wasn’t cheating. He had just lost his love for her.

My heart did bleed out a couple times for Jasper.

"But with you, you see me, you really see me and that to me is more attractive than you will ever know."

Just when you think things are back on track...

Harmony was a character that just up and disappeared from the story. I did wonder where her friendship with Jasper went.

This is a roller coaster of angst and fiery emotion between two souls that want a HEA but are having so much difficulty reaching it.

"Ava I want you, all of you. Not just your perfect body," he says kissing my hip bones, " but you. I want to make you laugh everyday and I want to push you when you don't want to be challenged. I want to grow with you and discover where this crazy path leads us." 

What I did like about Ava was she needed to sort her career out and she has a second chance at fulfilling her dream. She isn’t wasting that chance, but in true Ava style the volcano erupted again and let the lava overflow speeding towards a fiery pit of fierce emotion.

"I'm relying on you to complete me. I'm so lost; I need to find out who I am."

Jasper is quite a beautiful character. He has deep feelings for Ava early on, but he is trying to put all that straight in his own head too.

"Because of what you make me feel in here," he says pointing to his heart. "I can't control it and it scares me. I don't understand these feelings I have for you. They are irrational, and when I saw you with that guy, with his hands on you, that feeling turned to rage."

He is patient, but he also comes with his own flaws when it comes to other women. I had to shake my head a couple times at his insensitive behavior. 

But then, Ava hurls back her own insensitive behavior...double fold.

I tell you what V and Lucas make it look super easy to hold down a relationship. V really does rock as a friend. She knows Ava well and she talks straight to her. 

"You are both moping sad sacks of shit. I don't understand why the hell you don't talk to one another!"

I want V as my friend.

Can Jasper and Ava survive all the angst and emotion that is trying to drown them?

"I surrender," he whispers huskily, his fingers lingering on my cheek. Why do I feel there is a hidden message behind those two little words?

I am looking forward to Surrender To Me , things appear to be looking up.

But then I made the mistake of reading the first 1 % of Surrender To Me.

Monica, are you trying to kill me?

I've got whiplash.

* face plant * 

The one thing is for sure, this trilogy is going to have me along for its character's bumpy ride.

Michelle

MONICA JAMES - GIVEAWAY - VLOG GUEST POST - THE I SURRENDER TRILOGY - NEW ADULT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE - AUSSIE AUTHOR ROAD TRIP - DAY 30

Day 30 is the last day of my Aussie Author Road Trip. I am spending it with the lovely Monica James and she has an AWESOME guest post VLOG for y'all and she wants to show you her books, I Surrender and Surrender To Me. Check out her excerpts and her awesome giveaway.

Ahhh, the last day in my magical Kombi van . It has been a blast discovering all the Aussie talent we have in our country. I hope you have all found some wonderful authors to read. I know I have.

Until next time ...

Welcome Monica James.

AUTHOR BIO:

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson. Listening to the likes of Elvis to Fiona Apple and everything in between has been her inspirational tool to write. Her varied musical and literary tastes have shaped her into the writer she has become. 

Monica partook in extra Literature and Writing studies in High School. She studied a Bachelor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University Victoria, Australia, majoring in Philosophy and Cinema Studies for three years. 

Monica James has just had her first novel, paperback and eBook editions, published through theEDGEbooks. The novel is entitled I Surrender, and is the first book in a trilogy. Her second book, Surrender to Me, will be released October 21st 2013. 

I Surrender, on the first day of release, charted at #38 on Amazon’s Hot New Coming of Age Bestselling Releases List. 

Monica is attending her first book signing at, Rockin’ the Holidays Indie Readers Bash at the House of Blues, Anaheim, Downtown Disney on Nov. 2, 2013. 

When she is not writing, Monica is running her own business, but always finds a balance between the two. Monica enjoys reading honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories that leave an imprint on her. She put pen to paper because she wanted to write a book that she would want to read. She draws inspiration from her surroundings, hopeful others enjoy reading about the world as she sees it.

6 Quick Things: 

A quote that means something to you.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss

A song that describes you. 

Trouble by Elvis Presley

 Who is your book boyfriend? 

Do I have to list only 1?! LOL Hmmm... atm (it changes daily) Bones from The Night Huntress Series by Jeaniene Frost. Why? Pssh, because he's Bones!! 

Amen

Who is your book girlfriend? 

Ellie from Sins and Needles (The Artists Trilogy) by Karina Halle. Why? because she's a total badass!

Author that inspired you and why?

 Dr. Seuss, because he writes whimsical nonsense that makes complete sense to me. 

 Will you be attending the Indie Author Down Under Gold Coast event 22nd March 2014? 

Facebook Link

YES, YES YES!!

Title of Book : I Surrender
Author: Monica James
State: Victoria
Series Title:The I Surrender Trilogy
Published By : theEDGEbooks
Date Released : July 30th 2013

Genre : New Adult

I Surrender: Singapore has stolen a piece of Ava Thompson.

It took one life shattering moment, for her to realize, her EX is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava. Her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought.

Enter Jasper White.

Unbeknown to Ava, Jasper White will change her life forever.

The attraction is instantaneous which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely. But, she is finding resisting Jasper, with his tousled bedroom hair and piercing cerulean eyes, harder than she ever imagined. And that’s because Jasper knows what he wants, and he wants Ava.

But, can Ava surrender to her feelings for the one man who compels her to love again? Because, what happens if love does not triumph all? What happens if love isn’t enough?

Surrender to Me:Ava Thompson left the love of her life, Jasper White, to unearth her destiny. Even though the decision was the toughest of her life, it was the only way for Ava to grow into the woman she’s always wanted to become.

Sadly, that destiny has led her back to the place that broke her.

Singapore.

And more importantly, it has led her back to the man who broke her.

Harper.

But Ava is no longer the scared, lost girl she once was. Ava is stronger, and she will not allow her past, taint her future.

Six months later, Ava travels back to Los Angeles for an event that embraces the true meaning of love. Sadly for Ava, her meaning of true love has been lost.

And that’s because of one life changing event that has altered her life forever.

Los Angeles is not how Ava left it. Things have changed. People have changed. She has changed. But what has remained untouched is her passionate love for Jasper White.

But does Jasper feel the same?

AWESOME VLOG GUEST POST

What a sweetie!!

Title of Book : Surrender To Me
Author: Monica James
State: Victoria
Series Title:The I Surrender Trilogy
Published By : theEDGEbooks
Date Released : October 21st 2013

Genre : New Adult

Ava Thompson left the love of her life, Jasper White, to unearth her destiny. Even though the decision was the toughest of her life, it was the only way for Ava to grow into the woman she’s always wanted to become.

Sadly, that destiny has led her back to the place that broke her.

Singapore.

And more importantly, it has led her back to the man who broke her.

Harper.

But Ava is no longer the scared, lost girl she once was. Ava is stronger, and she will not allow her past, taint her future. 

Six months later, Ava travels back to Los Angeles for an event that embraces the true meaning of love. Sadly for Ava, her meaning of true love has been lost.

And that’s because of one life changing event that has altered her life forever.

Los Angeles is not how Ava left it. Things have changed. People have changed. She has changed. But what has remained untouched is her passionate love for Jasper White.

But does Jasper feel the same?

Goodreads Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6937440.Monica_James

Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/monica.james81

https://www.facebook.com/authormonicajames

Twitter: @monicajames81

Excerpt from I Surrender:

"Both our chests are rising with the adrenalin of our chase, but as my mind comprehends the position we are in, I am breathing uneasy for another reason. His entire body is pressed against mine. He gazes at me with a half smile, his dimples on show. I am so aware of how close we are and I can’t move.

My cheeks suddenly heat and my heart begins to beat madly, as I aware of what Jasper wants. I can feel the heat of his skin against mine and I gasp at the contact. His smile disappears, and as he looks at me with such deep intensity, the butterflies in my stomach begin to flutter uncontrollably. He reaches up to brush a runaway hair from my face, his fingers passing gently over my cheek, while I involuntarily liquefy.

I stare into those cerulean depths and I feel it. That tickle you usually feel in your belly right before something big is about to happen.

“I surrender,” he whispers huskily, his fingers lingering on my cheek.


Why do I feel there is a hidden message behind those two little words?

With his fierce jaw, piercing blue eyes and unruly bedroom hair, he looks perfect.

But that’s not what knocks me flat. It’s that impassioned look of desire he is giving me, and I know Jasper wants to kiss me. He is looking intently upon my mouth, like it is his sustenance.I am torn. The sexual chemistry between us is palpable.

I shouldn’t want this for so many reasons, but why does it feel so right, so intrinsic? I feel like a liar after convincing myself I don’t want to explore anything more than friendship with Jasper. Because right now, looking at him, looking at his perfect lips, I can think of nothing else."

Monica signed at: http://rockinholidayindiebash.wordpress.com/

And will be signing at Indie Author Down Under event 
 http://www.indieauthorsdownunder.com/ Gold Coast March 22nd 2014.

Giveaway Time:

International

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Monica sent her street team, who are spread all over the world, stickers to sticker the hell outta their country and to also wear their shirts in front of landmarks that represent where they are in the world, wearing their shirts :) 

Check out the street crew around the world.

I Surrender by Monica James is making history!!

For the first time ever, a soundtrack has been written to accompany a book!! The 10 track album was written by Passengers of Ego, the band starring in the novel. All songs were inspired by I Surrender, and reflect a chosen chapter in the book.

The album entitled, I Surrender will be available via iTunes, and also on CD on October 25th 2013.

For orders- passengersofego.bigcartel.com

Be part of history!! 

Full music video released: October 18th 2013!

Here is a little taste of what’s to come!

http://animoto.com/play/BAJp9k9M51o10IqDhcWzMQ

Passengers of Ego are coming! 

https://www.facebook.com/passengersofego

I Surrender by Monica James 

https://www.facebook.com/authormonicajames

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17372057-i-surrender

Model: Anthony Hamelin 

Photographer: Lindee Robinson Photography

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lindee-Robinson-Photography/145122465514273

Monica James' publisher, theEDGEbooks.com has put together an author signing and band performance of P.O.E. to help celebrate the release of the CD at the legendary, House of Blues in Downtown Disney, Anaheim! Come out to meet Monica James and the band Nov. 2, 2013 at Rockin’ the Holidays Indie Readers Bash!

CD COVER REVEAL - I SURRENDER BY AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR - MONICA JAMES - PASSENGERS OF EGO

I Surrender by Monica James is making history!! 

For the first time ever, a soundtrack has been written to accompany a book!! The 10 track album was written by Passengers of Ego, the band starring in the novel. All songs were inspired by I Surrender, and reflect a chosen chapter in the book. 

The album entitled, I Surrender will be available via iTunes, and also on CD on October 25th 2013.

For pre orders- passengersofego.bigcartel.com

Be part of history!! 

Full music video will be released: October 14th 2013!

Here is a little taste of what’s to come!

http://animoto.com/play/BAJp9k9M51o10IqDhcWzMQ

Passengers of Ego are coming! 

https://www.facebook.com/passengersofego

Model: Anthony Hamelin 

Photographer: Lindee Robinson Photography

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lindee-Robinson-Photography/145122465514273

I Surrender by Monica James 

https://www.facebook.com/authormonicajames

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17372057-i-surrender

Singapore has stolen a piece of Ava Thompson.

It took one life shattering moment, for her to realize, her EX is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava. Her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought.

Enter Jasper White.

Unbeknown to Ava, Jasper White will change her life forever.

The attraction is instantaneous which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely. But, she is finding resisting Jasper, with his tousled bedroom hair and piercing cerulean eyes, harder than she ever imagined. And that’s because Jasper knows what he wants, and he wants Ava.

But, can Ava surrender to her feelings for the one man who compels her to love again? Because, what happens if love does not triumph all? What happens if love isn’t enough?

AUTHOR SIGNING

Monica James' publisher, theEDGEbooks.com has put together an author signing and band performance of P.O.E. to help celebrate the release of the CD at the legendary, House of Blues in Downtown Disney, Anaheim! Come out to meet Monica James and the band Nov. 2, 2013 at Rockin’ the Holidays Indie Readers Bash!

SURRENDER TO ME

I SURRENDER # 2

OCTOBER 21ST RELEASE DATE