Monday, September 10, 2012

BLOG TOUR: Empty Net by Toni Aleo

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I will have a Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway. First, let's get to know the Author! 



I am a wife, mother, and hopeless romantic.
I have been told I have anger issues, but I think it’s cause of my intense love for hockey!
I am the biggest Shea Weber fan ever, and can be found during hockey season with my nose pressed against the Bridgestone Arena’s glass, watching my Nashville Predators play!
When my nose isn’t pressed against the glass, I enjoy going to my husband and son’s hockey games, my daughters dance competition, hanging with my best friends, taking pictures, and reading the latest romance novel.
I love things that sparkle, I love the color pink, and did I mention I love hockey?

Twitter: tonilovesweber6



Contemporary Sports Romance
Date Published: 9/3/12

Definition of an Empty Net: When a team pulls the goalie for an extra attacker, desperately seeking a goal.


Audrey Parker was in a horrible place.

She hated her job, her sister was getting married and moving out, but worst of all, she was in love with a total jerk. No matter what she did, every guy she met hurt her. All she wanted was her happily ever after. Her Prince Charming. Her Lucas Brooks! She didn’t know how to change her life but she knew she needed too.
Feeling like she was about to hit rock bottom, Audrey wakes up next to Tate Odder.

Tate Odder had lost everything.

After being brought up from the Assassins’ farm team, the Florida Rays to the Nashville Assassins, Tate hopes he’ll forget everything he has lost. He doesn’t. Each day gets harder to live in a place he doesn’t know. Even being the first rookie goalie to shut out an opposing team three times during the Lord Stanly Cup Finals, he still felt empty. With the loss of his parents and sister still heavy on his heart, Tate isn’t sure how to live like everything is okay.

But when he wakes up beside Audrey Parker, things start to change. She turns his life upside down with her kooky sense of humor and her bright clothing. She is intelligent and beautiful, and for once, he doesn’t feel empty.

Will Audrey be the person to fill the holes in Tate’s heart, making him whole again?
Or will another player ruin everything, leaving him feeling forever like an empty net?



My Rating:

My Review:
It is no secret that I am a huge fan of Toni Aleo and the Assassins Series! She is on par with Jaci Burton and Kate Angell as far as Sports Romances Go! 

Another amazing addition to the Assasins family! Audrey Parker  has no luck with guys and seeing her sister marry such an amazing man has her wishing she could find her Prince Charming. A moment of weakness lands Audrey Parker in bed with Tate Odder. She is determined to let it be a one night stand... an AMAZING one night stand, but still! Soon she finds out his identity and how young he is and she is certain that their relationship can never progress. But OH the Attraction! They are seriously like magnets. 

Tate Odder is the most amazingly sweet guy I have ever read about in a book, seriously. He is so genuine and sensitive and full of love to give. I think the Romance in this book is really taken to a whole other level.

I feel like I should warn everyone, the emotions in this book are raw and so real. I was in tears, but I am a sucker for that in my books. Toni Aleo does a fantastic job of taking the reader from one emotional extreme to the next and this book will suck you in! Pure Genius! Can not wait for Blue Lines! I seriously wish she was super writer and could pop out an assasins novel every week! ; )

EXCERPT



“I have to tell you,” she said with a shy grin, “It’s usually not this easy.” 
He looked down at her questionably, “Easy how?” 
“This easy to pick me up. I usually make guys work for it.”
He grinned and her smiled grew more, “So you want me too?”
She eyed him, her face bright with excitement. He may have been a little too forward but he was a blunt person, and hardly ever hid his feelings from anyone.
She moved closer, her eyes bright with lust as she said, “I do and I don’t even know you’re name.”
“Do you want to know it?” he asked with a cocky grin.
She moved in close, her wide brown eyes locked with his, “All I want to know is when you can leave? I have a room not even a mile from here.” “I have to tell you,” she said with a shy grin, “It’s usually not this easy.” 
He looked down at her questionably, “Easy how?” 
“This easy to pick me up. I usually make guys work for it.”
He grinned and her smiled grew more, “So you want me too?”
She eyed him, her face bright with excitement. He may have been a little too forward but he was a blunt person, and hardly ever hid his feelings from anyone.
She moved closer, her eyes bright with lust as she said, “I do and I don’t even know you’re name.”
“Do you want to know it?” he asked with a cocky grin.
She moved in close, her wide brown eyes locked with his, “All I want to know is when you can leave? I have a room not even a mile from here.” 

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September 14 - Book Reviews and More by Kathy - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 15 - Forget the Housework, I'm Reading - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 16 - Always YA at Heart - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 18 - Crystal Reads - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 19 - Ex Libris - Review/Giveaway
September 21 - Natasja's Book Blog - Review/Excerpt
September 23 - Better Read than Dead - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 24 - The Adventures Within - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 25 - Beth From the Heart - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 26- Reader Girls - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
September 27 - Jersey Girl Book Reviews - Review/Excerpt
September 27 - What's on the Booklshelf? - Review/Interview
October 1 - In Between - Review/Giveaway
October 1 - TE Garden of Books - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 2 - A Date with a Book - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 2 - Mademoiselle Le Sphinx - Review/Giveaway
October 3 - Tana Rae Reads - Review/Guest Post/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 4 - My Cozie Corner - Review/Giveaway
October 5 - For the Love of Film and Novels - Review/Interview/Giveaway
October 6 - Journey with Books - Review/Interview/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 7 - Books, Books, The Magical Fruit - Review/Interview/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 8 - My Devotional Thoughts - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 9 - Sweeping the USA - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
October 10 - Cocktails and Books - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm a huge hockey fan, too (go Sharks!), and I usually get so disappointed in books (especially romances) where the hockey is just barely mentioned as a backdrop. I've seen enough interviews with Toni to know that she knows her stuff, and I'm really looking forward to reading this series!

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Joelle Mendes said...

Toni Aleo is awesome. I just stumbled onto Taking Shots a few months ago. Followed it up with Trying to Score and then spent weeks craving Empty Net. I was certainly not disappointed. Toni makes me laugh, cry, scream, pout, you name it. Reading her books is like being on an emotional roller coaster ride! Just what I love the most.

PuttPutt1198Eve said...

Thanks for letting us know how open the emotions are in this book. I really appreciate it when authors express their characters' feelings so completely. Sounds like a really good book!

bn100 said...

Nice review and excerpt.

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