Book Launch: One Tiny Lie by K.A. Tucker

The second book in the Ten Tiny Breaths series is out in paperback today! I loved Ten Tiny Breaths, One Tiny Lie is just amazing and made my top ten New Adult reads in 2013. It's exciting to see it hitting shelves today!

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About One Tiny Lie

Livie has always been the stable one of the two Cleary sisters, handling her parents' tragic death and Kacey's self-destructive phase with strength and maturity. But underneath that exterior is a little girl hanging onto the last words her father ever spoke to her. “Make me proud,” he had said. She promised she would...and she’s done her best over the past seven years with every choice, with every word, with every action.

Livie walks into Princeton with a solid plan, and she’s dead set on delivering on it: Rock her classes, set herself up for medical school, and meet a good, respectable guy that she’s going to someday marry. What isn’t part of her plan are Jell-O shots, a lovable, party animal roommate she can’t say ‘no’ to, and Ashton, the gorgeous captain of the men’s rowing team. Definitely him. He’s an arrogant ass who makes Livie’s usually non-existent temper flare and everything she doesn’t want in a guy. Worse, he’s best friends and roommates with Connor, who happens to fits Livie’s criteria perfectly. So why does she keep thinking about Ashton?

As Livie finds herself facing mediocre grades, career aspirations she no longer thinks she can handle, and feelings for Ashton that she shouldn’t have, she’s forced to let go of her last promise to her father and, with it, the only identity that she knows.

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About the Author

Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.

Find Kathleen Online: Blog :: Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Goodreads :: Atria

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Release Day Launch: Four Seconds to Lose by K.A. Tucker

 Happy release day to K.A. Tucker and Four Seconds to Lose! If you've read K.A. Tucker's books before then you know this is an exciting day! If you haven't read her before - get excited. She's a stellar NA author and I'm really happy to help celebrate that her next book in the Ten Tiny Breaths series is out!  

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About Four Seconds to Lose

Owning a strip club isn’t the fantasy most guys expect it to be. With long hours, a staff with enough issues to keep a psych ward in business, and the police regularly on his case, twenty-nine year old Cain is starting to second guess his unspoken mission to save the women he employs. And then blond, brown-eyed Charlie Rourke walks through his door, and things get really complicated. Cain abides by a strict “no sleeping with the staff” rule. But being around Charlie challenges Cain’s self-control…and it’s been a long time since any woman has done that.

Twenty-two-year old Charlie Rourke needs a lot of money, really fast, in order to vanish before it’s too late. Taking her clothes off for men makes her stomach curl but Charlie tells herself that at least she’s putting her acting and dancing skills to good use. And though her fellow dancers seem eager to nab their sexy, sophisticated, and genuinely caring boss, she’s not interested. After all, Charlie Rourke doesn’t really exist—and the girl pretending to be her doesn’t need to complicate her life with romance.

Unfortunately, Charlie soon discovers that developing feelings for Cain is inevitable, that those feelings may not be unrequited—but losing him when he finds out what she’s involved with will be more painful than any other sentence awaiting her.

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About K. A. Tucker

Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.

Author Links: Blog :: Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Goodreads :: Atria

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Ten Tiny Breaths - K.A. Tucker

Synopsis: Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.
Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.
But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgiveable past of his own; one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.

I had no idea what to expect going in to this book, but it completely sucked me in and it affected me greatly. I became enamored with every single character in this book and felt so wrapped up in their lives that my emotions sat right on the surface through the whole story. It's a lovely, shocking and captivating story that's an exemplary example of NA lit. 




Kacey is a tough heroine, she was hard to connect to - but the amazing part is - I wanted to connect with her. She's stand-offish and a little off-putting, but it was so easy to care about her and hope that she'd start showing me what was behind her defenses. She's admirably strong and scrappy and even though she deals with stress and a traumatic past, there's something to envy about her. But she's just the one of the many loveable characters in this book. She's taking care of her little sister, Livie, who might be the sweetest and most likeable character ever. I just want to hug her and buy her presents for being so perfect (and not in an obnoxious way). And her next door neighbor and her daughter are so wonderful. I just loved that the four of them are all a bit displaced, yet they come together to form a pretty strong family. 


I really don't know what to say about Trent. He came on too strong sometimes and I was  a little worried I wouldn't like him. But I think I was projecting from Kacey's feelings. She doesn't trust easily and her struggle comes through completely when it comes to him. But as she falls for him, I started to get it. And I came to really care about him. I think Tucker did a really great job of showing how two people can change each other's lives. Their relationship is rocky, but ultimately you root for it because both seem to be better off when their together. Kacey can heal herself, but he helps. 


There's a lot in this book that I didn't expect. And there's a point where I totally had the rug - no not just the rug, it was bigger than that - I had the whole freaking ground pulled out from under me. I was reading the book on my computer and I had to physically step away because my stomach fell and I couldn't breathe. I didn't want to be near the book. Then I read it again to see if it was really happening. But of course, I took a deep breath (or ten tiny ones...) and jumped back in. Because Kacey is definitely worth sticking around for. 




I really love this book (if you can't tell by now). If you're new to NA, this is one of the first books I'd recommend you read. Because it hits all the components that make a great NA book and it's a great story with fabulous characters. It's emotional and unexpected. And I can't wait for One Tiny Lie and Livie's story because it's going to be really interesting to see who she will become after she grows up a bit more and is living on her own. Her story is already fascinating and it can only get better. 

May Top 5

Happy June everybody. Summer is here! This last month was pretty great reading-wise. I kind of holed up for awhile and just read a ton (or at least a ton compared to the last few months). Here are my top 5 reads from May.

1. Goddess by Josephine Angelini

Finally! I know how this story ends and I couldn't be more thrilled with this whole series. Seriously, awesome. This is the ultimate in mythology retellings. 

2. Dare You To by Katie McGarry

Can I just declare my love for Ryan one more time and declare dibs? Because, yeah...he's perfect. Also, this book is amazing. Read my full review here. 

3. Faking It by Cora Carmack

I wasn't entirely sure I'd fall for Cade the way I fell for Garrick in Losing It. He wasn't my favorite from that book. But in a new city and with a new firecracker of a female lead, he turned out to be pretty amazing. Plus, Cora Carmack's humor still shines through. Awesome companion novel. 

4. Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

I got totally wrapped up in this story. I love the world and the life and the family that Kacey managed to build for herself. It's impossible not to fall for all the characters in this book. 

5. Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith

I really wasn't sure what to expect going into this book and I think it was better that way. It was crazy and unexpected already. I'm still not sure what to think about some parts of this book, but I know that it was amazing and beautiful and affecting. 

What were your top reads in May?