**Release Day Blitz & Giveaway** The Bad Ones ~ Stylo Fantome

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Love isn't always bright and shiny.

Sometimes, it's dirty and wrong, buried six feet deep in a secret place where only wild things dare to go. Hidden behind a big black curtain that covers things no one should ever see.

Sometimes it happens between two people who should never be allowed to come together. One who is a match, and the other who just happens to be gasoline.

One strike is all it takes to burn the whole world down, and that's exactly what they plan on doing.

Even if it kills them.

warning: this book contains graphic sex, extremely brutal violence, bad language, and people repeatedly and knowingly breaking the law.

Beautifully haunting

Stylo is definitely my go to for dark and depraved.

I received an ARC of The bad ones from the author in exchange for an honest review.

No spoilers...
If you thought the stories about long lost love and fairie tale endings were to good to be true think again.
Author Stylo Fantôme has let her imagination run wild in THE BAD ONES and I loved it!
Totally believable in every way. I actually think I went to school with some of these characters! *cringing*
If you're interested in some heart stopping jaw dropping action this is the ONE.
I actually had to put this book down and walk away for a bit because I was so emotional. (If you've read Stylo's stories before I know you can relate ) With that being said I truly feel that with each and every story she writes she becomes bolder and her creativity is blooming into something timeless.

I truly could go on and on but I absolutely don't want to spoil it.

Five bloody good stars from me !

Jennifer

Con finally unlocked the doors and she hefted herself into the massive vehicle. They sat in silence for a while, their breath fogging up the glass. Then he opened his mouth.

“Did he touch you?”
Dulcie knew he wasn't asking about the homeless man.

“Not in any way that counts,” she replied, turning to look at him. His hands had moved to grip the steering wheel.

“So he has touched you.”

“Jared was just an experiment, I wanted to see if -”

“You let him fucking touch you.”

“You fucking left me!” she was suddenly screaming. He didn't even flinch, just gripped the steering wheel harder. “You fucking left me in this fucking town, without a goddamn goodbye! Without a goddamn word! God, you have no idea what it's been like. That fucking camera, all those drawings. And there's all these people, and talking, and feeling this way, and all the blackness, and I don't even know what's wrong with me, and nothing. You come back, and it's like nothing to you. Oh hey, Dulcie. Where's your sketchbook, Dulcie. Come to a party, Dulcie. Let me just fuck this chick in the woods, Dulcie. So you know what? Yeah, he fucking touched me. I let him fucking touch me. And I hated every minute of it, and I would pretend it was you, and I would hate you, and I would hate myself, and I just let it happen.”

Con lunged across the seat, and absurdly, her first thought was “wow, he's really fast” before his fingers wrapped around her throat. She wasn't fazed, though, and she pushed right back, slapping him across the face. This only caused him to clench both hands around her neck and he yanked her forward, dragging her to him so their faces were only inches apart.

“Stupid little Dulcie,” he whispered, his breath hot against her lips. She held onto his wrists and glared at him, but didn't try to pull away. His fingers got tighter. “So scared of the big bad wolf.”
“I'm not … scared of you,” she managed to gasp out, but then his grip grew so tight he completely cut off her oxygen.

“Of course you aren't scared of me. I'm not the wolf. You are.”

So that's what was hiding behind the curtain. I wish you'd told me sooner, Con. We could've reveled in our darkness together.

It felt like a weight was lifted off her back. She'd been pretending for so long, and she hadn't even realized it. Had conditioned herself to do it. It was easier to believe Con was the darkness, and she was simply drawn to it. Basking in his wake. But it was all a lie – she was every bit as dark as him. They were the same animal. She'd just been better at deceiving herself. And now they'd evolved into something else, into a new, higher being.

Her lungs were throbbing, screaming for oxygen. She could feel her pulse pounding behind her face. Her mouth was open, but she couldn't make a sound. Black spots danced in front of her eyes, yet still they stared at each other. Recognizing each other, maybe for the first time ever.

Maybe for the last time.

What a way to die, looking into the face of this beautiful boy. What a gift.

Crazy woman living in an undisclosed location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ..., forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.

I like dogs more than I like most people, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink. No, I do not live in an igloo, and no, the sun does not set for six months out of the year, there's your Alaska lesson for the day. I have mermaid hair - both a curse and a blessing - and most of the time I talk so fast, even I can't understand me.

Yeah. I think that about sums me up.

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*~*~* Blog Tour & Review *~*~* Out of Plans by Stylo Fantome

We are excited to participate in the release week event for Stylo's OUT OF PLANS, the much anticipated sequel to Best Laid Plans #RunningOutOfTime

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THE new PLAN:

* Find Marc

* Don't find Marc

* Take down a Russian Bratva boss

* Don't have sex with Kingsley

* Find Marc

* Take down a Colombian drug lord

* Don't fall for Marc again

* DON'T FIND MARC

* Kill every -

*

*

* SCREW THE PLAN AND JUST WING IT

This is the story of what happens when best laid plans fail, and a vengeful woman is forced to find her own way once again. A bond broken, trust shattered, and too many lies to keep track of find Marc and Lily all out of plans and running out of time. Can they find their way back to each other before trouble finds them first, or is it really the end of their journey?

If this NOVEL were a MOVIE, it would have an R rating from the MPAA. Contains: Violence, Grisly Images, Strong Language, Nudity, and Graphic Sexual Content.

Out Of Plans (The Mercenaries #2)

Fun and fast paced.

Hot and steamy.

Disturbing and thought provoking.

Happy ever After.

Lily has almost found her mark. By enlisting the help of Marc's friend/competition Kingsley Law (I call him hotness in a suit) she's stronger and has a much better understanding of the brutal lifestyle that she has fallen Into.

Marc is determined to finish Lilly's quest for vengeance. Still trying hard to believe that he made the right decision leaving her alone. He should have known her will to avenge her sisters death would put her in harms way.

(She wasn't going to stay put)

Just when all her planning is about to pay off she runs smack dab into the second man on her to do list. (I don't mean do in a good way either)

Author Stylo Fantome has taken Lilly and Marc full circle and us with them...

I was hanging on by a thread throughout this one. How Stylo mixes all my emotions together is amazing. I loved every page.

I highly recommend all thriller / romance readers put the  the Mercenaries high on their TBR list. Nobody does it better than Stylo!

Five gigantic stars!

                                            

Shock wasn't a big enough word to describe how Lily felt, looking up to find Marc staring at her in that ballroom. Anyone else. It literally could have been anyone else – her father, Mickey Mouse, Hitler, and she would've been less surprised. Marcelle De Sant wasn't real, anymore. He was a figment of her imagination, something that usually only appeared late at night, when she was alone and missing a more dangerous time in her life.

Besides, wasn't he supposed to be in Brazil!? Wasn't he ... anywhere she wasn't?

Wasn't he not quite this good looking!? It's unfair that such a dick can be so good looking.

Dancing with her was bad enough. They'd fought, as had always been in their nature, but it wasn't the same. She hated him. He'd lied to her, and he'd manipulated her, and he'd abandoned her. Told her she wasn't good enough, then told her to go home. She loathed him.

And yet, his arm was around her, and his eyes were so blue, and she'd missed him so much.

Rat bastard.

And of course, along with fighting, their other old friend made an appearance – bad luck. Next thing Lily had known, she was being dragged upstairs and shoved into a bedroom. There was arguing. There was kissing.

So really, it was just like old times.

The bedroom door swung open, but she barely registered it. Marc's hands were moving over her body, pressing down on her breasts. He moved one lower, sliding it over her hip and around to her ass, pulling her away from the wall and into himself. She ran her hands down his chest and worked them under his jacket, smoothing around to his back. She bit into his bottom lip and that earned her yet another groan, followed by his tongue filling her mouth.

Acting a part, acting a part. Not enjoying this at all. Nope, nooooope.

People were in the room. Someone was barking questions in Spanish. Marc ignored them, and the hand on her ass suddenly moved and grabbed her thigh, yanking her leg up to his hip. She made a big show of pulling his belt apart, all while his mouth moved down her neck, leaving sloppy wet kisses in its wake. His hands were back at her chest and buttons flew as he yanked open her blouse. One hand went down the top of her tank, and suddenly Lily didn't care that they had an audience. Marc was touching her again, that was all that mattered.

“Excuse me!” a voice barked out. “You cannot be in here. You go now.”

Marc's free hand began rooting around in his pocket, and he pulled out a handful of pesos. He held them out to the nearest guard.

“We go in twenty minutes,” he panted, shoving the money into an open hand.

“Twenty minutes? Jesus, that's disappointing,” she gave a husky laugh, then moaned when the hand on her breast squeezed.

“Alright. Twenty minutes. We come back, and you leave room,” they were warned.

But neither of them could answer, as their mouths met again and their tongues moved against each other.

Her mind had registered the length of time since he'd left her, but her body didn't notice it at all. It recognized his touch as if they'd been together just the day before; like no time had passed. It made it all even worse. Her brain had done a good job of pretending it was over him. But her body had longed for him for six months. Had missed him. Hadn't understood why he'd left.

That thought brought her to her senses, and Lily abruptly shoved him away. They were both breathing hard. Marc's pants were undone and Lily's blouse was hanging open. Her matte red lipstick was smeared across his mouth and chin. She took a deep breath and smoothed her hands over her hips.

“Okay, we need to figure this out, right now,” she told him.

“Alright,” he agreed, though he seemed a little dazed. She resisted the urge to smirk.

“I didn't come here for you. Nothing I've done in the last six months has been for you,” she lied. “You're not a part of this. You were never a part of this, except for a couple weeks in Africa. I will not let you ruin this for me again, De Sant. When we walk out of this room, you're going to leave the house, and I'm going to finish this job.”

Marc's daze wore off and he glared as he put his pants back to rights.

“I've been a part of this since the moment you opened that safe, and you know it. What do you think I've been doing this whole time? Fucking vacationing? I'm not exactly getting paid for this shit.”

“No one asked you to do any of this shit. You just took it upon yourself. You just ran away and decided to solve a problem that wasn't even any of your business.”

He flinched and Lily smiled.

“I thought you'd understand,” he grumbled, glancing in a mirror that was behind her. He yanked off his bow tie and used it to wipe at lipstick around his mouth.

“Then you thought wrong.”

Crazy woman living in an undisclosed location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ..., forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.

I like dogs more than I like most people, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink. No, I do not live in an igloo, and no, the sun does not set for six months out of the year, there's your Alaska lesson for the day. I have mermaid hair - both a curse and a blessing - and most of the time I talk so fast, even I can't understand me.

Yeah. I think that about sums me up.

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**Cover Reveal & Giveaway** Best Laid Plans ~ Stylo Fantome

We are so excited to share the cover reveal for Stylo Fantome's next book - BEST LAID PLANS releasing on September 7th. Add it to your TBR and make sure to enter the giveaway below for a chance to win a paperback ARC of this book that includes the author's notes! Isn't the cover AWESOME!!!

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*Available on Kindle Unlimited Program for free. The $.99 release price will be good through Sept. 8th and then it goes up to $2.99.*

THE PLAN:

* Smuggle diamonds from Liberia to Morocco

* Make the trip in three days

* Don't get caught

* Don't kill each other

* Don't have sex with each other

* Don't fall for each other

* Stick to the plan

This is the story of what happens when an unlikely bond is formed between enemies, causing tensions to rise, and igniting a chemistry that threatens to burn them both. Together, they'll learn that sometimes even the best laid plans can fail.

If this NOVEL were a MOVIE, it would have an R rating from the MPAA. Contains: Violence, Grisly Images, Strong Language, Nudity, and Graphic Sexual Content.

Cover Designed by Najla Qamber

She came back around to his front and watched him as he loaded up the rest of his gear. Thigh holsters, shoulder holster, ankle holster; pretty much anywhere he could hang a gun, there was a holster. When he glanced at her, she had her eyebrows raised in surprise.

“What?” he looked himself over, looking to see if he'd missed anything.

“That's a lot of gear,” she commented.

“Can never be too careful. I don't feel like dying tonight.”

“Why are you getting ready here, anyway? Don't you have a home?” she pointed out. He snorted.

“Sweetheart, the job starts here and ends here. I don't want anyone following me back to my place – not even these fuckers. I don't let anyone see where I sleep,” Marc stressed. She pouted her lips.

“Pity.”

“Why?”

She stepped up close to him, standing on her tiptoes so her mouth was near his ear.

“Because I'd love to see where you sleep.”

Crazy woman living in an undisclosed location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ..., forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.

I like dogs more than I like most people, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink. No, I do not live in an igloo, and no, the sun does not set for six months out of the year, there's your Alaska lesson for the day. I have mermaid hair - both a curse and a blessing - and most of the time I talk so fast, even I can't understand me.

Yeah. I think that about sums me up.

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**Blog Tour with Review** My Time in The Affair ~ Stylo Fantome ~ Jennifer's Review ~

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~Mischa~

I made a conscious decision to cheat on my husband.

Now, before you judge me, hear my story. Hear how much I'm like you, how similar my thoughts are to your own. Yes, I'm a horrible person. Yes, I've done horrible things. Yes, I don't deserve forgiveness. Yes, bad things happened because of my actions.

But I'm willing to bet I've done things that maybe, just maybe, you have thought of doing.

Maybe, just maybe, you're not as innocent as you'd like to think.

Or maybe I'm not so guilty ...

WARNING: This book involves CHEATING. The word AFFAIR is in the title. The main character has an AFFAIR. In the synopsis (directly above), she states that she intentionally has an AFFAIR. If you don't like CHEATING, then you have been VERY WELL warned. Also, this book is primarily written in the third-person narrative.

I received a copy of My Time In the Affair in exchange for a honest review.

Brilliant ...

Let me start off by getting this out of the way... Do not judge this book by its title!

I know a lot of readers may be turned off by the thoughts of reading about an elicit affair. This is NOT that story!!!!!

Author Stylo Fantome has the ability to draw you into her stories with real life situations and characters that are not just believable but somehow seem to hit a cord with, or pull a feeling or deep hidden emotion from your heart and soul!

Her style of writing is mostly third person POV and it totally WORKS!

While hurting someone you love isn't an easy thing to do, sometimes it is absolutely necessary ! That's where we find Mischa. Married to her best friend. Oh, you know the one... met in college, worked together, hung out together, had the same friends. Of course they should be perfect for each other, grow old together.... Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. 

Trying to convince her husband, Mike, that all was not well on the home front was becoming futile. Being oblivious was so much easier than dealing with the problems that were pushing his beautiful wife into another man's arms and eventually into another man's heart!

Being the top seller in her insurance office had her boss, Peter, (you will hate Peter) demanding her expertise in helping to open new offices abroad (Think Rome.)

Perfect .... Mischa forms a plan to get her body and spirit back to where it once was and then get some much needed attention from the opposite sex!

Was she a cheater? 

Maybe.... the closer she came to actually doing "the deed" the more her brain told her to stop. She most certainly was not the kind of woman to have an affair.

It wasn't in her to hurt the people she cared about and that absolutely included her husband.

So you know that 'ol saying Karma is a bitch? (Thought you might)

Well, Karma has a sister named Fate and you 'ain't seen BITCH yet !!!!!!!!

Cheating was one thing. Falling into a love so deep it hurt was a completely different monster. Tal was that love. Oh... Tal had it going on. Tall, dark handsome, knight-in-shining-armor. Just what Mischa wanted ???? 

I'm not gonna tell you because, let's face it, that's not my job!

My job is to intrigue you... make you want to read this amazing love story ...

(Trust me you want too)

I was blown away. I don't even have the words to express the emotional pull My Time In The Affair will have on you. *wiping a tear away as I giggle just a little bit* (you have to read it to understand that one) *wink*

5 of the biggest brightest stars for MTITA! 

STYLO YOU ROCKED IT AGAIN. 

~Jennifer

 

Crazy woman living in an undisclosed location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ..., forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. 

So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.

I like dogs more than I like most people, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink. No, I do not live in an igloo, and no, the sun does not set for six months out of the year, there's your Alaska lesson for the day. I have mermaid hair - both a curse and a blessing - and most of the time I talk so fast, even I can't understand me.

Yeah. I think that about sums me up.

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***Release Day Blitz*** My Time in the Affair ~ Stylo Fantome ~ Jennifer's Review ~

Happy Release Day to Stylo Fantome and her new book MY TIME IN THE AFFAIR! This book has been getting great reviews - add it to your TBR and get ready for some #EpicFeels!

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~Mischa~

I made a conscious decision to cheat on my husband.

Now, before you judge me, hear my story. Hear how much I'm like you, how similar my thoughts are to your own. Yes, I'm a horrible person. Yes, I've done horrible things. Yes, I don't deserve forgiveness. Yes, bad things happened because of my actions.

But I'm willing to bet I've done things that maybe, just maybe, you have thought of doing.

Maybe, just maybe, you're not as innocent as you'd like to think.

Or maybe I'm not so guilty ...

WARNING: This book involves CHEATING. The word AFFAIR is in the title. The main character has an AFFAIR. In the synopsis (directly above), she states that she intentionally has an AFFAIR. If you don't like CHEATING, then you have been VERY WELL warned. Also, this book is primarily written in the third-person narrative.

I received a copy of My Time In the Affair in exchange for a honest review.

Brilliant ...

Let me start off by getting this out of the way... Do not judge this book by its title!

I know a lot of readers may be turned off by the thoughts of reading about an elicit affair. This is NOT that story!!!!!

Author Stylo Fantome has the ability to draw you into her stories with real life situations and characters that are not just believable but somehow seem to hit a cord with, or pull a feeling or deep hidden emotion from your heart and soul!

Her style of writing is mostly third person POV and it totally WORKS!

While hurting someone you love isn't an easy thing to do, sometimes it is absolutely necessary ! That's where we find Mischa. Married to her best friend. Oh, you know the one... met in college, worked together, hung out together, had the same friends. Of course they should be perfect for each other, grow old together.... Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. 

Trying to convince her husband, Mike, that all was not well on the home front was becoming futile. Being oblivious was so much easier than dealing with the problems that were pushing his beautiful wife into another man's arms and eventually into another man's heart!

Being the top seller in her insurance office had her boss, Peter, (you will hate Peter) demanding her expertise in helping to open new offices abroad (Think Rome.)

Perfect .... Mischa forms a plan to get her body and spirit back to where it once was and then get some much needed attention from the opposite sex!

Was she a cheater? 

Maybe.... the closer she came to actually doing "the deed" the more her brain told her to stop. She most certainly was not the kind of woman to have an affair.

It wasn't in her to hurt the people she cared about and that absolutely included her husband.

So you know that 'ol saying Karma is a bitch? (Thought you might)

Well, Karma has a sister named Fate and you 'ain't seen BITCH yet !!!!!!!!

Cheating was one thing. Falling into a love so deep it hurt was a completely different monster. Tal was that love. Oh... Tal had it going on. Tall, dark handsome, knight-in-shining-armor. Just what Mischa wanted ???? 

I'm not gonna tell you because, let's face it, that's not my job!

My job is to intrigue you... make you want to read this amazing love story ...

(Trust me you want too)

I was blown away. I don't even have the words to express the emotional pull My Time In The Affair will have on you. *wiping a tear away as I giggle just a little bit* (you have to read it to understand that one) *wink*

5 of the biggest brightest stars for MTITA! 

STYLO YOU ROCKED IT AGAIN. 

~Jennifer

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Grown Woman – Beyonce 

Lips Are Movin' – Meghan Trainor 

Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison 

Do I Wanna Know - Chvrches 

Seaside – The Kooks 

Love Somebody – Maroon 5 

Can't Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers 

Firework – Katy Perry 

Stay With Me – Sam Smith 

We Found Love – Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna 

Safe and Sound – Capital Cities 

Paralyzed – Mystery Skullz 

I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons 

Everything – Alanis Morissette 

Gold – Neon Hitch ft. Tyga

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Crazy woman living in an undisclosed location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ..., forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. 

So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.

I like dogs more than I like most people, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink. No, I do not live in an igloo, and no, the sun does not set for six months out of the year, there's your Alaska lesson for the day. I have mermaid hair - both a curse and a blessing - and most of the time I talk so fast, even I can't understand me.

Yeah. I think that about sums me up.

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