#TeaserTuesday: Live Ever-Fresh by Kathy Moore @RABTBookTours

 

Self-Help / Spiritual / Counseling and Recovery / Geared for Women

Date Published: 09-11-2023

 

Burned out from ministering to people? Living in survival mode?

Are you serving as a pastor, worship leader, counselor, working with teens or children, or ministering regularly to people in some capacity, and often feel like quitting?

Live Ever-Fresh is the fruit of Pastor Kathy Moore's journey in overcoming ministry burnout. She has served in church leadership/ministry for over 32 years and understands the complexity of challenges all types of leaders face.

  - Discover and change the unhealthy mindsets that lead to burnout

  - Develop vital skills that will empower you for healthy communication, boundaries, and maintaining passion as you minister to people

  - Learn to live as "His ever-fresh lily thriving on His love!" Song of Songs 2:1

What might ministry burnout look like?

   Do you have an internal critic telling you that you should be doing more? Do you feel obligated to help?

   Do you struggle with feeling used, taken advantage of, or not appreciated?

   Are you driven by a need to please people and feel guilty when you say "no" to helping?

   Do you find yourself rehashing conversations in your head or preoccupied with peoples problems?

   Do you feel drained from carrying so many responsibilities and wearing so many hats?

   Do you find yourself wanting to avoid the very people you use to love talking to and helping?

 

If you answered "yes" to 2 or more of these questions, then this book is for you.

#BookTour: Lady of Dragons by @ShelbyEBooks @RRBookTours1 #RRBookTours

  

Lady of Dragons (Book One) Publication Date: August 29, 2023 Genre: YA Fantasy Romance Finlay McDonough wants nothing more than to be a Dragon Knight: a warrior bound with a dragon partner, intent on ridding the kingdom of its dragon-killing monarchy. Well, she might want one thing just a bit more … Evander, her childhood friend, now keeper of the dragon sanctuary. Scouting with Evander one day, Finlay’s attempt to save a dragon goes horribly wrong, and she inadvertently ties her fate to the dragon’s–their souls bind, lending Finlay powers like those of the Mages the Knights are sworn to destroy. After passing the trial to train as a Knight, Finlay discovers a devastating truth about a beloved dragon. To save them, she’ll need to risk her dream of becoming a true Knight, her chance at a happily-ever-after with Evander … and maybe her very identity. Fantasy romance with a strong heroine, sweet love interest, sassy dragon companion, and more than a dash of adventure awaits. 

We're celebrating the release of Lady of Dragons by Shelby Elizabeth this week! Get your copy on August 29th! 

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About the Author

 

 Shelby Elizabeth is an English teacher in Upstate New York, with a B.A. in Writing from SUNY Potsdam (2019) and an M.A.T. in Secondary English from SUNY Empire (2021). I have self-published a young adult fantasy trilogy about Shifters and Elementals in the modern world (Celestials), and a young adult contemporary m/m romance (Don’t Hate the Player). When I am not writing in my free time, I am spending time with my family and my cats, reading, or watching just a little too much television. Shelby Elizabeth 

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#ReleaseBlitz for Play by M. Jay Granberry @mjaygranberry and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Play

Series: The Fast Break Series #1

Author: M. Jay Granberry

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Tropes: Interracial Romance/Love Triangle/Rivals

Release Date: August 29, 2023

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"Play”, book 1 in the Fast Break Series is a passionate love triangle that will leave you breathless. Set in the fast-paced and high-stakes world of professional basketball, this novel explores the complexities of fame, fortune, sex, and love.

Ryan MacCrae, is a man who has it all. He's used to getting what he wants, and what he wants right now is Katrina Montgomery.

But when Langston Solomon enters the picture, everything changes. Ryan finds himself facing a challenge he's never experienced before - the challenge of keeping the woman he loves.

As he navigates the twists and turns of love and basketball, Ryan realizes that there's no road map to winning Katrina's heart. But he's not one to give up easily, and he's determined to do whatever it takes to keep her by his side.

In this addictive game, there are no rules. But Ryan has written the playbook on defending what's his. So, when Langston comes to this court, it's game on.

Get ready to be swept away by the passion and intensity of the Fast Break Series. Play is just the beginning - make sure you read Pass and Shoot to experience the full court press of Ryan, Katrina, and Langston's love story.

Play is book 1 in the Fast Break Series and should be read before Pass, book 2, and Shoot, book 3.

#ReleaseBlitz for Limitless by @AuthorTERRIANNE and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Limitless

Series: Sons of the Underground #2

Author: Terri Anne Browning

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Age Gap/Enemies to Lovers/Secret Baby

Release Date: August 29, 2023

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In the Underground, I make the rules.

The Underground is mine.

I call the shots.

It is who and what I am.

I am the Judge, jury, and executioner.

Except to her.

I’ve always been a man who gets what he wants, but she was too young and too sweet to touch.

Now, staying away from her is no longer possible.

She has pushed me to the end of my limits.

My resolve has broken, and I will give up everything, do anything, to hear her say I’m hers.

#ReleaseBlitz for Beautiful Sin by @JennilynnWyer and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Beautiful Sin

Series: Beautiful Sin #1

Author: Jennilynn Wyer

Genre: New Adult Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Reverse Harem/Why Choose/Opposites Attract

Release Date: August 29, 2023

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I was at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong men. Men who are not what they seem. But neither am I.

Scarred, isolated, and practically alone–that was my life before attending Darlington Founders University.

I spent my days in the shadows, fading into the background and hiding the person I was ten years ago. A broken, damaged girl I didn’t want to remember.

My life changed when I met them. Three men who altered everything. I witnessed something I shouldn’t have, and now I’m suddenly the object of their obsession. Tristan Amato, Hendrix Knight, and Constantine Ferreira. Wealthy playboys hellbent on claiming me for their own.

When I’m thrust into their lives and given no choice but to live with them for my protection, I realize there is a lot more to these dangerous, enigmatic men than meets the eye. As the past and the present collide, dark truths are revealed and whispers of a secret society start to surface. I’m forced to face the very things I suppressed all those years ago and question everything I know about who I am, who I can trust… and something much worse…

Am I falling in love with the enemy?

Beautiful Sin is a full-length new adult romance with dark themes and damaged anti-heroes. It is book one in the Beautiful Sin series and ends in a cliffhanger. Recommended for mature readers. Please check Reader’s Note in the front matter of the book for potential TWs.

Beautiful Sin Series

Book 1: Beautiful Sin

Book 2: Beautiful Sinners

Book 3: Beautiful Chaos

#BookReview: The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen @DuttonBooks

Synopsis: Bestselling author of the Queen of the Tearling series, Erika Johansen, journeys to a new kingdom in this brilliant stand-alone novel—a darkly magical take on The Nutcracker where two sisters, cursed from birth, are forever changed one memorable Christmas. . . .

Light and dark—this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favorite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister’s shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Natasha gets her chance at revenge. For Drosselmeyer has brought the Nutcracker, an enchanted present that offers entry into a deceptively beautiful world: the Kingdom of Sweets.

In this land of snow and sugar, Natasha is presented with a power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is also full of gifts . . . and dreadful bargains. As Natasha uncovers the dark destiny laid before her birth, she must reckon with powers both earthly and magical, and decide to which world she truly belongs.

This title will be released on November 28, 2023.

#BookReview: Sister of Starlit Seas (Viridian Deep #3) by Terry Brooks

Synopsis: A rebellious young heroine begins a voyage of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author of the Shannara saga.

Auris’s adoptive sister Char has always been the baby of the family—a position that grates on Char, especially when everyone insists on telling her exactly what to do and how to do it. But Char is certain that her headstrong, impulsive behavior, the quality her family sees as her greatest weakness, is actually her greatest the willingness to instantly brave danger and leap to the rescue when anyone she loves is threatened.

Char knows she will never grow into the woman she was meant to be under her family’s loving but repressive eye, so a month before she turns fifteen, she runs away and joins a Human pirate crew in the warm southerly regions of her world. Then, three years into her pirate career, her captain—the man she is convinced she loves—is captured by the leaders of the slave trade he has been fighting. When Char leaps in to rescue him, she finds herself thrust into an adventure that will uncover secrets she never suspected about herself, one that will maybe, finally, teach her to look before she leaps.

This title will be released on November 14, 2023.

#BookReview: Vengeance of the Pirate Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King #3) by @tricialevensell @FeiwelFriends

Synopsis: Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy in Vengeance of the Pirate Queen, a beautifully designed standalone YA fantasy romance, set in the world of Tricia Levenseller's Daughter of the Pirate King. 

You can’t be afraid of the dark when you’re the monster lurking in the shadows.

As an assassin working for the pirate queen, eighteen-year-old Sorinda is surprised when Alosa’s next task for her is not to kill a new target, but to captain a handpicked crew on a rescue mission. Unfortunately, her sailing master is twenty-year-old Kearan. He may be the best helmsman the pirate queen has, but Sorinda finds him a real pain in the arse. Sadly, there are few places on a ship to hide from an attentive man.

As the crew of the Vengeance faces dangerous waters and deadly sea creatures, they accidentally awaken the King of the Undersea, a being who can control the dead. Their rescue mission quickly turns into a fight to save the world, but first, Sorinda must save herself from becoming an undead queen.

This title will be released on November 7, 2023.

#BookReview: Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya

Synopsis: The fiery tale of a powerful witch who will do anything to escape the remote island she’s being held captive on, including blackmail an infamous, charming pirate who washes up on shore, from debut author Angela Montoya.

Rosalinda is trapped on Sinner’s Isle under the watchful eye of a power-hungry headmistress. And thanks to her vicious phantoms, Rosa is the most favored at this year’s Offering, where Majestics’ powers will be on full display so the wealthy may choose one to serve them for life.

For years, she has been kept under the watchful, calculating eye of Doña Lucia. Now eighteen, Rosa will be the prized commodity at this year’s Offering, a fiesta for the wealthy to engage in drink, damsels, and debauchery. That is why she must flee—before someone forces the vicious phantoms within her to destroy everything she touches. 

Handsome, swashbuckling Mariano has long sailed the high seas as the Prince of Pirates. Then the king’s fleet attacks his father’s infamous ship, leaving him marooned on Sinner’s Isle with only an enchanted chain meant to lead him to his heart’s desire. Instead, he falls into the hands of a brazen (although) bewitching headache—Rosa.

Together they must outwit each other and their enemies before the Offering ends and it’s too late to escape the perils of Sinner’s Isle.

This title will be released on October 31, 2023.

#BookReview: Unholy Terrors by Lyndall Clipstone

Synopsis: A bloodstained tale of a girl torn between her vows and her heart, where falling in love may be the deepest sin of all…

Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens—a sect of holy warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine. 

When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders to investigate, and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals the monsters have secrets of their own. 

Ravel promises the help she needs— for a price. Vespertine magic requires blood, and if Everline wants Ravel to guide across the dangerous moorland, she will have to allow him to feed from her.

It’s a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine— let alone love one— and as Everline and Ravel travel further across the moorland, she realizes the question isn’t whether she will survive the journey, but if she will return unchanged. Or if she wants to.

This title will be released on October 17, 2023. 

#BookReview: The Haunting by @AuthorNPreston @DelacortePress

Synopsis: #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read! 

Haunted by the past . . .

Penny's trying to forget about her ex, Nash. His father was arrested for the brutal murder of four teenagers on Devil's Night last year. Penny's parents have forbidden her to have anything to do with Nash or his family. It's hard not to think of what happened as spooky season gets underway--but she's trying.

That stops when she goes to the Halloween store with her friends to find a costume. What she finds instead is ripped from a horror movie: a girl from school bleeding out on the floor of a dressing room. Stabbed.

Is a copycat killer on the loose? The adults are saying no. But Penny knows better.

This title will be released on September 26, 2023.