#BookReview: The Belonger by Mary Kathleen Mehuron @GoSparkPress

Synopsis: Caribbean-island innkeeper Holly Walker is hunkering down against a monster hurricane. Unfortunately, so is player Lord Anthony Bascombe, a man who excuses his bad behavior by saying he is descended from pirates. Then her grown son, Byron, and his father, Montez—the man she’s never stopped wanting—go missing. Will she ever see them again? What about the many others hurt and dying? And will help ever arrive? With each passing day, Holly’s tumultuous past and the epic storm send her hurtling toward a shattering climax that will change the island—and Holly’s life—forever.

#BookBlitz: Intergalactica by @francoptrotta @RABTBookTours

 

Science-Fiction / Fantasy

Date Published: 06/29/23     

    

 

On launch day of NASA's long-awaited expedition to explore Jupiter's moon Europa, neuropsychiatrist Amanda wakes up from a coma after months battling acute meningitis. Along with two patients, they discover they are part of a growing puzzle involving an underground geopolitical corporation called The Firm, which plans to sabotage the mission, taking advantage of a new technology to hijack the ship and set a course to a habitable planet located seventeen light-years away from Earth.

#BookReview: North Queen (Crowns #1) by @NicolaTyche

Synopsis: The Return of a Lost Heir …
The kingdom of Mercia has been at war with the Shadow King and his dark army for ten years. To escape the seer’s vision of her capture, Mercia’s heir to the throne, Princess Norah Andell, is secreted away by her father to keep her safe. But when he dies in battle, so too dies the knowledge of where she’s hidden. She’s lost to the world—until three years later, when she’s found with no memory of who she is or the kingdom that now rests on her shoulders.

A Conflicted Duty …
Loyal and fearless commander of the Mercian army, Alexander Rhemus, has protected the realm against the threat of the Shadow King, awaiting Norah’s return. Not only does she hold the fate of the kingdom, but also his heart. However, when she’s found, he discovers she has no memory of him, or what was once between them. With war still looming, Norah is expected to wed and secure an alliance—one Mercia desperately needs to stand against the Shadow King. Now, with Mercia’s future at stake, Alexander finds himself torn between his duty and his heart.

A Twisted Fate …
Norah is thrust into a world she doesn’t know, in a role she’s unprepared for, to save a kingdom she doesn’t remember. Under the hardship of winter and a dark enemy against them, Mercia is on the verge of breaking. As things start to unravel, the Shadow King draws Norah down a path of twisted fate—and it could cost her everything.

#Teaser: Unseen Johnny by James Ruvalcaba @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

 

Children's Book

Date Published: 05-01-2023

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

 

 

Unseen Johnny is a children’s story that can be loved by all. Meet Johnny, a young boy who feels unseen by others. Join him through his trials and ultimate triumph as he struggles to be seen by his classmates.

#BookReview: Plus One by @kelseyrodkey @harperteen

Synopsis: They say that those who can’t do, teach.

Lahey Johnson is notorious for helping her friends and classmates find love. Sure, she’s never had a boyfriend herself. But she could. If she wanted to. Right? She just hasn’t had a reason to focus on her own love life—but now, with her detested cousin Summer’s sweet sixteen coming up, she’s got the ultimate reason: revenge.

Lahey will do anything to prove that she can get a date to Summer’s party—anything, including juggle six prospective suitors in seven days. She’s matched people before—all she needs to do is figure out who these guys are looking for and become that girl. Easy.

The only issue? Her older sister’s irritating friend Adler has decided to take a front-row seat to the spectacle that is Lahey’s life. He can bother her all he wants—nothing will distract Lahey from her goal of one-upping Summer.

But as the party creeps closer, the panic sets in.

Can a matchmaker ever really meet her own match?

#BookBlitz: Golden Cord of Light by @HeidiSkarie @XpressoTours #Giveaway $25 Amazon gift card

Golden Cord of Light
Heidi Skarie
(Star Rider, #6)
Publication date: June 17th 2023
Genres: Adult, Science Fiction

When darkness descends can a few courageous heroes save their planet?

Princess Morisa’s world is turned upside down. She planned to be a priestess living at a monastery for the rest of her life. But now she’s being sent to a foreign country and is expected to use her special powers to entice the prince to marry her. How can she seduce him when it goes against everything she’s been taught?

Prince Everette is embroiled in the world of politics and rebellion. With his father leaving for war and his mother ill, he’s the regent ruler and head of the military. As if that isn’t enough, he’s expected to be polite to the feisty Princess Morisa, who is staying at the palace for the summer.

Everette and Morisa’s stormy relationship intensifies as the warring world around them erupts. Can they put aside their differences long enough to keep the most dangerous sorcerer in the galaxy from destroying their planet? Or will the galaxy plunge into darkness?

Golden Cord of Light is the thrilling sixth book in the Star Rider Universe. If you like bigger-than-life heroes and heroines, evil sorcerers, space battles, romance, and mysticism, you’ll love Heidi Skarie’s exciting novel.

Buy Golden Cord of Light for an amazing adventure full of passion and excitement set among the stars.

#BookReview: Pawn (The Abled Chronicles #1) by R.G. Hurley @bookbrewbistro

Synopsis: A pandemic. Solar flares. Climate change. Famine. War. Death. Humankind would have been doomed if it wasn’t for the rise of the Ableds– the common term for people with uncommon abilities. Canary is driven. She is fearless. She has a robust sense of self-preservation that she readily ignores if saving herself means putting others in danger. She leads a rag-tag team who are the only family that she’s ever known. A dying Earth was saved by the first generation of Ableds long before Canary was born, but now a new crisis is Abled children are being kidnapped, never to be seen again. No one knows who is behind the abductions, and the children’s non-Abled family members are never left alive, proving that the kidnappers are as violent as they are heartless. The mission of Canary and her team is to find out who is behind the kidnappings and murders and prevent any more from occurring. As they begin to unravel the truth, a shattering betrayal comes from within, and it is up to Canary to decide if she would rather fade into obscurity, or step up and prove that she is more than a pawn.

#BookReview: Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier

Synopsis: A dark YA fantasy debut perfect for fans of House of Hollow and Small Favors. In the wake of her father's death, a teen girl discovers a side of her family she didn't know existed, and is pulled into a dark--and ancient--bargain she is next in line to fulfill.

Kit's father had always told her he had no family, but four months ago his sudden death revealed the truth. Now she has a grandmother she never knew she had--Agatha Starling--and an invitation to visit her father's hometown, Rosemont.

And Rosemont . . . it's picture perfect: the famed eternal roses bloom year-round, downtown is straight out of the 1950s . . . there's even a cute guy to show Kit around.

The longer Kit's there, though, the stranger it all feels. The Starling family is revered, but there's something off about how the Starling women seem to be at the center of the all the town's important history. And as welcoming as the locals are, Kit can't shake the feeling that everyone seems to be hiding something from her.

Agatha is so happy to finally meet her only granddaughter, and the town is truly charming, but Kit can't help wondering, if everything is so great in Rosemont, why did her father ever leave? And why does it seem like he never wanted her to find it?

#TeaserTuesday: Will by @AliceGaines @RABTBookTours @changelingpress

 

If It Feels Good, Book 3

Women's Fiction / Paranormal

Date Published: July 21, 2023

 

 

Sarah collects and sells antiques, and she lives in a fantasy world of her own creation. When she’s transported to another universe, she meets the man of her dreams, but he wants to teach her how to find pleasure in her “real” life.

Will Loudon is Sarah’s pleasure trainer. He’s also an honest-to-God English earl -- the exact sort of man Sarah reads about in her forbidden books. He does such a good job of teaching her to find real pleasure, neither of them wants her to go home.

#BookReview: Earth Called (Tales of a New World, #4) by @pccastauthor @WednesdayBooks

Synopsis: Mari, Nik, their newly formed Pack and the Wind Riders are in danger as Thaddeus and the God of Death march ever closer in their quest to destroy and conquer everything and anyone who stands in their path.

The Pack and the Wind Riders must find a way to stop the God of Death before all is lost.

There is one hope: Ralina, Death’s Storyteller. The woman meant to be by his side, recording all his feats of greatness. Instead Ralina’s heeds the call of the Goddess of Life, the only one who can defeat Death and escapes to warn the Pack and the Wind Riders.

In this last installment of the Tales of a New World series, love and goodness are put to the ultimate test as gods, humans, and animals come together to save everything they hold dear.

#ReleaseBlitz for Forever Yours by @JennilynnWyer and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Forever Yours

A Friends to Lovers, Small Town M/M Romance

A Series: Forever M/M Romance #2

Author: Jennilynn Wyer

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Tropes: College/Sports Romance

Release Date: July 18, 2023

BLURB

Forever Yours is the emotional second installment of the Forever M/M Series and is told in Elijah’s POV.

Blurb contains spoilers from book 1, Forever His.

Don’t give up.

I love you.

I’m here.

Please come back to me.

You couldn’t help who you loved, regardless of its messy complications. I fell in love with Julien knowing full well his lingering feelings for Liz. I trusted the relationship he and I painstakingly built. The friendship that blossomed. The love that grew between us. Our commitment to one another. Julien was my forever, just as I was forever his. Love worth having was love you fought for. Bled for. Hurt for. And I loved Julien with every ounce of my soul.

After what happened to Liz, Julien fell apart. He became a hollow shell of the man I fell in love with. There was no joy. No hope. No happiness. All I wanted was to see him smile again. To have my Julien back.

Because that was what love meant. Love was selfless. Loving someone meant that you wanted what was best for them, not yourself.

Love could also be a shackle. Binding you to a life that was theirs and not yours. Destroying who you were fundamentally because you gave up your dreams, gave up everything, to conform to what that person needed.

Julien and I were at a crossroads. A fork in the road that we either traveled together or walked alone.

How much would I sacrifice for love? Turned out, the answer was everything.

Reader’s Note: Forever Yours is a steamy, friends to lovers, small town, M/M romance. Intended for mature audiences due to sexual and mature content. All sexual intimacy is consensual. Forever Yours ends on a cliffhanger and is book 2 in a trilogy (Forever His, Forever Yours, Forever Mine). Forever His is told in Julien’s POV, Forever Yours is told in Elijah’s POV, and Forever Mine is told in dual POVs.