Showing posts with label Layla Hagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Layla Hagen. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2014

Xpresso Presents~ Layla Hagen Found in Us Book Blitz!


Thank you for taking a look at my stop on Layla Hagen's Found in Us Book Blitz presented by Xpresso Book Tours.  Layla shared some random/funny facts:


So, remember the awkward story I shared with you when Lost in Us was released? The one where I wrote a letter on the back of a paper with a really hot scene in it?
            
 It gets better. 

I love writing in airports. I don’t know why, I just do. If I would ever be blessed to be able to write full time, I’d totally be an airport crasher :-D Well, anyway, I was travelling this one time, and of course I got my laptop out to write a scene. A HOT scene. I didn’t quite manage to finish it while waiting for boarding, so once the plane was in the air, I got out my laptop and began to type away. At some point I shifted slightly in my seat. That’s when I realize the guy seated next to me was staring at my laptop screen and his face was very, very red. I politely smiled and immediately closed my laptop, my own face on fire. 

So yeah, I seem to have achieved a new high in embarrassing myself. Not that it will stop me from writing in airports :-D





Title: Found in Us
Author: Layla Hagen
Series: Lost #2
Publication date: July 24th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Goodreads   

**This can be read as a STANDALONE. The second book in the Lost series tells Jessica and Parker’s story.**

Blurb:

All Jessica wants -as a college graduate — is to be a good girl. She landed the job of her dreams at a museum and is trying to eliminate temptations. No more short skirts (when she can help it). No wild parties. And no men.

She particularly excels at that last thing. . .

Until her path crosses Parker’s. Again. Jessica remembers the last time their paths crossed very well. She was left with a seriously bruised ego. She knows it would be best to avoid him altogether. But the charming Brit makes it hard for her to elude his electrifying pull. He is as irresistible as he is captivating.

And enigmatic.

Because underneath the sleek Armani suit and the sweet British accent that makes her crave his touch, Parker isn’t the perfect gentleman everyone thinks he is.

He’s exactly what Jessica doesn’t want, but desperately needs.
A bad, bad boy.





Excerpt:

"I can't make up my mind," Parker says. 

"About what?"

"About what I want to do with you."

I gulp. "Don't I get a say in this?"

He snaps his head up, chuckling. "Not really."

"That's not frustrating at all, you know? What are you thinking right now?"

He tugs his lower lip with his teeth. "You really want to know?"

"Yeah, I really want to know."

He shifts his weight on the edge of the seat, and when he leans forward this time, I don't back off. "I'm thinking I would very much like to see you come," he says into my ear. My mind doesn't register the full impact of his words right away. But my body does. "Anything against that, Jessica?" he whispers, his hand trailing up and down my inner thigh.

"N-no," I say in a low voice. So low that I hope he hasn't heard me. But he has. There's no other explanation as to why his hand has already found its way under my dress. 

"Turn around and spread your legs," he commands. 

"Parker," I mumble, "not here . . ."

"No one can see us, and Dani won't come back soon. Turn around." 

Despite knowing I shouldn't, I turn around. My body no longer seems to listen to any commands of mine. I lean my back against his chest, my head resting on his shoulder, my forehead touching the base of his neck. I look into the room, trying to gauge what those in the boxes opposite us can see. But I can barely see anything in the back row of the boxes directly in front of us. There's no reason to believe anyone could see us from there. Anyone looking from above won't have a clear view of the back row either. 

"Spread your legs," he repeats, his tone more authoritative than before. It sends another wave of heat through me. Burying myself in his neck, I open up for him. He doesn't touch me right away. He takes his time, trailing his fingers on the inside of my thigh, inciting a deep hunger in my core that grows with each inch of my skin he touches until I drop any pretense of shame and beg him, "Parker . . ."

When his fingers touch my intimate spot over my panties, I stiffen against him. 

"You're soaked," he says, and I take immense pleasure in the slight tremble in his voice. Then his fingers start rubbing me slowly, and I dig my own fingers in the cushion of the chair as a spasm wracks through me. 

This man will make me come. 

Here, surrounded by people and plush velvet-covered seats. 



Buy Links:


Lost in Us is also $0.99 to celebrate the release of Found in Us. 

Buy Links:
Amazon US: Lost In Us (Lost Series)
Amazon UK
Barnes & Noble
iBooks





My name is Layla Hagen and I am a New Adult Contemporary Romance author.
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough. 

Author Links:
http://laylahagen.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7520984.Layla_Hagen
https://www.facebook.com/LaylaHagenBooks
https://twitter.com/laylahagen


Blitz-wide giveaway- Open INTL
$100 Amazon Gift Card
Ends August 12th

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Xpresso Presents-Layla Hagen Found in Us Cover Reveal & Giveaway!


Welcome to Layla Hagen's Found in Us Cover Reveal & Giveaway presented by Xpresso Book Tours.






Title: Found in Us
Author: Layla Hagen
Series: Lost book 2
Publication date: July 2014
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Cover designed by: Cover It! Designs
Goodreads   

Blurb:
**This can be read as a STANDALONE. The second book in the Lost series tells Jessica and Parker's story. **

All Jessica wants–as a college graduate—is to be a good girl. She’s taken the right steps for that, too. She landed the job of her dreams at a museum and is trying to eliminate temptations. No more short skirts (when she can help it). No wild parties. And no men.

She particularly excels at that last thing. . .

Until her path crosses Parker’s. Again. Jessica remembers the last time their paths crossed very well. She was left with a seriously bruised ego, and maybe even a heart-break. She knows it would be best to avoid him altogether. But the charming Brit makes it hard for her to elude his electrifying pull. He is as irresistible as he is captivating.

And enigmatic.

Because underneath the sleek Armani suit and the sweet British accent that makes her crave his touch, Parker isn’t the perfect gentleman everyone thinks he is.

He’s exactly what Jessica doesn’t want, but desperately needs.

A bad, bad boy.


Did you miss the prequel novella?  It's free get it here: Lost (Lost Series)


Book 1 Lost in Us get it here: Lost In Us (Lost Series)


The Giveaway: 
$25 Giftcard. Rafflecopter will run until June 22


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Monday, March 17, 2014

Xpresso Presents Layla Hagen's Lost Book Blitz & Giveaway!!!



Hello and thanks for stopping by my stop on Layla Hagen's Lost Book Blitz & Giveaway presented by Xpresso Book Tours. In addition to the tour wide giveaway, I'll be giving one lucky commenter an ebook copy of Lost In Us book 1. Leave a comment on this post and please include your email addy so you can be notified if you win. Have a great day and good luck!



Title: Lost
Author: Layla Hagen
Series: Lost in Us #0.5
Publication date: March 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance 
Goodreads 

**Lost is a prequel novella to Lost in Us and can be read before or after. **

Blurb:
Whatever might help him forget his past and numb the pain, James has tried it all: booze, car races, fights, and then some. Especially women. College offers plenty of opportunities for everything. . . Especially when you have a trust fund to spend.

Serena spirals deeper and deeper into a hurricane of pain. But no matter how far she falls, there’s no redemption from the overwhelming guilt.

Two souls consumed by their pasts fight to learn how to survive. But all hope seems to be lost.
Until they meet each other.

Buy Links: This novella is FREE!
Amazon:
Barnes & Noble
Goodreads
Smashwords




Excerpt:
I see someone who looks vaguely familiar at the bar. She has long black hair and large round eyes. It bugs me that I don’t remember where I saw her before. I have a good memory when it comes to people. Especially women. And especially when they look like her. 

It's only when she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear that it hits me where I saw her before, making that same gesture—last year at the award ceremony of that math contest I sponsored. She was the mentor. I grasp my empty glass firmly in my hand, remembering the details of that day. It took me long enough to forget them. I look around for that rat of a boyfriend who was with her then, but he isn't anywhere. The only person she seems to be with is the inebriated blonde sitting next to her at the bar. 

I scrutinize her, trying to understand what she’s doing in a place like this. She doesn’t belong here. I’m not exactly sure where she belongs, but it’s not here. At any rate, she didn’t strike me as a particularly outgoing type of girl when she was on that stage. I think I know why she’s here. I've seen this look before in women. The hunched shoulders. The unsure gaze. Yes, she wears the unmistakable signs of someone who's been dumped, and who’s trying, but failing, to forget about it. These signs in women usually make me want to run in the opposite direction. 

This time, it has an entirely different effect on me. It makes me want to do what I didn’t have the courage to do last year. Walk up to her. I wanted to make her smile then. The haunted look she had in her eyes back then isn’t as visible now, but it lingers there somewhere. Just like it lingers in me. When it takes over again, I want to make sure she has someone who can put a smile on her beautiful face. 

And I still want to taste her lips and those delicious-looking breasts, just like I wanted back then.






Buy Links for Lost In Us

Amazon:
Lost In Us (Lost Series)


Barnes & Noble







My name is Layla Hagen and I am a New Adult Contemporary Romance author.
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough 

Author Links:
http://laylahagen.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7520984.Layla_Hagen
https://www.facebook.com/LaylaHagenBooks
https://twitter.com/laylahagen


The Giveaway:
Prize - open INTL
$15 Amazon Gift Card