Friday, October 20, 2023

#ReleaseBlitz: Wild Asses of the Mojave Desert by @LisAnnaLangston @RABTBookTours #Giveaway





 

New Adult – Literary – Contemporary fiction – Women’s fiction

Date Published:10-20-2023

Publisher: Mapleton Press


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This novel about friendship, nostalgia, and finding oneself is funny and tender, moving and poetic, while standing firmly in hope and love. The characters are thinkers, overthinkers really, who are trying to find their way by asking the deep questions of life with wide-eyed wonder and talking through life's uncertainties. They fearlessly confront the choices they've made, examining their desires and their mistakes. The result is a smart, engaging novel depicting a young woman's search for the people and place she will call home.

#BookBlitz: Petulant Shadows by @MSweeneyAuthor @XpressoTours $25 B&N gift card




Petulant Shadows
Martha Sweeney
Publication date: October 17th 2023
Genres: Adult, Romance, Supernatural, Thriller

Dedicated to: those who have been abducted, trafficked, abused, and murdered; the families who have lost someone; and the sheepdogs who fight to save them. May your souls find peace.
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There is a sinister evil hidden in the shadows. Some do not know of its existence yet others are haunted by it every waking moment and every sleepless night.

The legends say that it arrives quiet like the wind, lurking in the shadows as the darkness sets upon the earth each night. It leaches into towns through the smallest of cracks and festers, growing like a fungus that makes everything rot in its path.

A sudden opportunity to flee presents itself to Paisley. Something within her commands her to run. As if guided by the hand of God, she finds shelter in the town of Biernhard and through a man named Grayson.

As Paisley begins to come to grips with her past and embrace a new life for herself, the shadows creep back into her life and the town she calls home. Will this darkness conquer Biernhard and claim Paisley once again, or does the town have its own fortitude against the darkness that it is rumored to have battled and defeated many generations before?

Thursday, October 19, 2023

#BookReview: Echo of the Evercry by E.J. Dawson






Synopsis: The cost of magic has never been clearer.

Larissa's inability to kill is a disgrace to her absent mother, Sword Matriarch of the Fair Lady's order, a sisterhood whose purpose is to hunt down sorcerers corrupted by the Evercry and slay them. But Larissa hides an even more sinful secret: she is drawn toward magic, and it grows stronger in her every day.

Larissa keeps a stranglehold on her gift until the day of her graduation test, when her misuse of magic leads her to failure. Prepared to be cast out of the sisterhood, she is instead brought into the scorned caste of the darkkins, those who study and wield magic in the fight against the Evercry. In their halls she discovers that her proclivity for magic makes her powerful, and a little dangerous.

Gone for years, her mother suddenly sends word that she needs help to defeat a formidable sorcerer, help only Larissa can give. Larissa will do anything to save her mother, even travel with the girl who bullied her all through school. But as they battle monsters and mercenaries, Larissa must grapple with dark truths about the sisterhood and her heritage, and decide who she can really trust with her mother's fate...and her own.


#BookReview: The Keeper (Royals & Legends, #1) by Lynn Montagano






Synopsis: Some secrets never stay buried…

Victoria Chase
It started in the English countryside when he stopped to see if I was having car trouble.
It should have ended there.

But it turned into three of the most intense days of my life. And guess what? It didn’t end there either. 
His name is Xavier Maddox. Sexy, talented, untamed. A British soccer star. The enticing bad boy. He should be off limits for me. I have this policy about getting involved with professional athletes…or as I call them, the product.

Xavier was only supposed to be a one night stand. A distraction for me while I dealt with a long ignored family situation. 
Fate had other plans…


Xavier Maddox
Pulling off the road to help a stranded motorist should have been simple. But nothing is simple when it comes to this fiery American redhead. 
Victoria Chase has me questioning the parts of myself I buried years ago. She’s the gasoline to a fire I once needed to extinguish. Those flames have roared back to life.

Now I’m desperate to unlock her deepest secrets.

Trouble is, those secrets connect us both to one fateful summer. I’ll do anything to protect her. She’s my light and I’ll stop at nothing to make her see that.
Even if it means letting her go…


#CoverReveal for Love Is Ale You Need, by Gia Stevens @Lovebookstours


 
  Join us for the cover reveal of Love Is Ale You Need by Gia Stevens. Fans who love Surprise Baby Romances will sink their teeth into this sexy, friends to lovers, romantic comedy. Keep scrolling for more details about this sexy cover.

Title: Love Is Ale You Need

Author: Gia Stevens

Release Date: 04-08-2024

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Page Count: 60 - 70k

Trope: Surprise Baby, Friends to Lovers, Single Parent, Fling Romance

We went from friend-zone to a fling. Now I have to tell him he’s going to be a dad. After my ex-husband left, I became a single mom, and I vowed never to date a guy in a suit again. Then Trey Wilson entered my life. The guy who lives in suits. He’s charismatic, good-looking, and charming AF. Everything that can easily make any woman fall for him, including me. So, I do the first thing that comes to mind… immediate friend zone. The more time we spend together the boundary between friends and benefits blur. Eventually, one kiss leads to a night in bed. Then an afternoon quickie on the couch. And one time I’m left with a broken table. But I know he’s exactly like the others. They get what they want and then leave, leaving me to pick up the piece of my broken heart. So before we get too deep, I need to put a stop to whatever this is. Except I can’t do that when the white stick shows two pink lines.

#ReleaseBlitz for Wrath by @Author_BrookeS and @GiveMeBooksPR








Title: Wrath
Series: Fury Vipers MC #7
Author: Brooke Summers
Genre: MC Romance
Trope: Single Mom
Release Date: October 19, 2023


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She's unable to move forward... He wants everything with her...
Hayley's determined to have the best life for her and her daughter. Her rules. Her terms.
With her walls firmly intact, she's determined to never feel loss agains like she's felt her whole life.
Sleeping with a patched member of the Fury Vipers was never on the cards.
But one night was never enough.
Their connection undeniable.
Five years Wrath has bided his time, knowing that Hayley was the woman for him.
How can he make her see he isn't going anywhere?
When Hayley and her daughter's lives look to be in jeopardy, Wrath will do everything to ensure they stay safe.
Will Wrath and Hayley get their happy ever after, or will they end before they've even truly begun?

#BookReview: Salt Kiss (Lyonesse #1) by Sierra Simone






Synopsis: Tristan Thomas is lost. After leaving the Army, the young former soldier is in limbo. Until, that is, he’s hired by Mark Trevena, the owner of Lyonesse—DC’s ultra-secret club—to be Mark’s new bodyguard. He’s drawn into Mark’s dark, seductive world of power and desire, and slowly drawn to Mark himself, even though Mark is everything Tristan knows he shouldn’t want: cruel and wicked and shamelessly amoral.

But protecting Mark isn’t Tristan’s only duty: soon, Mark asks him to guard his soon-to-be bride as she travels home from Ireland on Mark’s yacht. Tristan is jealous—and hurt to learn that the object of his obsession is engaged—but the soldier in him is made to obey orders, and he goes to fetch Mark’s bride for him.

Isolde Laurence is nothing like Tristan expected, however. Young, quiet, and sharp, she’s being pushed into this marriage by her family, and as the two travel back to America, Tristan finds himself fascinated with Isolde and the glimpses he gets of the lonely but determined woman behind her reserve. And the fascination is mutual: one night, while sailing under the cold stars, they share a searing kiss.

From there, it’s a fast fall into the forbidden. But in Mark Trevena’s world, the fall is only the beginning…

The Lyonesse trilogy is a queer, kinky contemporary retelling of the legend of Tristan and Isolde, set in the same world as the New Camelot series. Readers will not have to read New Camelot to enjoy Lyonesse, although readers who enjoyed New Camelot will find all the things they loved about the trilogy here: MMF mΓ©nage, plenty of the angsty forbidden, and a sweeping retelling of a familiar story.


#CoverReveal for Return by Fire by @TraceyJerald and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: Return by Fire
Series: Glacier Adventures #1
Author: Tracey Jerald
Genre: MM Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Firefighter
Cover Design: Deborah Bradseth
Release Date: November 16, 2023


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Dean

I've often been called a hero, and not just by my baby sister.

Still, one afternoon, after receiving a 9-1-1 call from Kara about her best friend's brother caging her in for a drink, I agreed to rescue her. I'd do anything for my true family.

After meeting Jed Smith, I'm the one who is going to need saving. With a face as handsome as a supermodel and twisted as a demon, I'm caught between a rock and a hard place once I find out why he's in our beachside town.

In this case, my sister's the rock, and my hard place is just below the snap on my jeans.

How am I supposed to admit to Kara I'm heartless enough to have fallen in love with one of her nemesis?


Jed

Don't be so quick to cast me as a villain.

I expected my temper to be on fire when I met up with Kara Malone for a drink after not having laid eyes on her in more than a decade. But when her brother Dean pinned me with his golden eyes after I approached the table, something else went up in flames.

My good intentions.

Was it shallow to feel lust at first sight for this gorgeous fireman especially when I hold such a grudge against him? How am I supposed to maintain my indignant righteousness at these two secret keepers when all I wanted to do was find out what other kind of fires Dean could put out below deck—in my bed?

Most importantly, is what we feel put out by a one-time burn or are these the kind of flames that can last a lifetime?

Return by Fire is a MM, small town, best friend’s brother (times two!), enemies-to-lovers, romance between a sexy firefighter and an Alaskan native who is dying to heat things up in the worst of the winter cold. Told from Dean, Jed, and Kara’s POV, this gay romance novel is the new first book in the Glacier Adventure series, a contemporary small town romance series featuring found family, second chance romance, that centers around an unexpected reunion. Each book can be read as a standalone but is enjoyed together as a series.



#ReleaseBlitz for What Doesn't Kill Us by MercyAnn Summers @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: What Doesn't Kill Us
Duet: Ends #2
Author: MercyAnn Summers
Genres: Dark Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Stalker/Kidnapping
Release Date: October 19, 2023


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The Ends Duet Continues.....

Darius

I disappeared.
It was unexpected.
Incredibly inconvenient even, but if it meant she was safe, then so be it.
After a tireless search for a nameless, faceless enemy - still, they remain elusive.
Each day that goes by without her is excruciating.
But I know, she will never be satisfied until she’s back by my side.
Spitting mad and out for blood, she knows what buttons to push to get me there, reminding me of who she belongs to.
Me.

Antoinette

He disappeared.
It was shocking.
Agonizingly painful even, but if it meant he was alive, then so be it.
After assiduously searching, I will not accept that he is lost to me.
But as each day that goes by, breathing increasingly becomes exhausting.
Until one day, he’s there; fueled by rage and out for revenge - determined to remind me who I belong to.
Him.

#ReleaseBlitz for Broken Crown by @TK_Leigh and @GiveMeBooksPR






Title: Broken Crown
Series: Broken Crown Trilogy #3
Author: T.K. Leigh
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Forbidden Royal Bodyguard Romance
Brother's Best Friend/Forced Proximity
Release Date: October 19, 2023


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After a decade of allowing his guilt to burden him, Creed Lawson is finally ready to move on from his past and only focus on his future. A future with Esme.

Until a ghost from his past shows up and makes him question everything he’s believed to be true.

Makes him question everyone he’s believed to be true

When a shocking revelation comes to light, he’ll not just have to risk his legacy in order to be with Esme.
He’ll have to risk his life.


#ReleaseBlitz for Thorns of Silence by @EvaWinners and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: Thorns of Silence
Series: Thorns of OmertΓ  #4
Author: Eva Winners
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Secret Baby/Second Chance/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: October 19, 2023


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He told me he loved me, then abandoned me.

My sister was his first choice. Too bad for him, I refused to be his second.

Dante Leone was bad news with a gorgeous exterior and a dangerous mind. Emotionally unavailable and slightly unhinged, he was a heartbreak waiting to happen. Again.

I ran. He gave chase and my fate was sealed.

Roaming the world, I searched for a vital part of me. There’d be no new beginning until I found my answers. My taste of freedom was sweet, yet lonely. And oh, so fleeting.

I should have known he would catch up to me. After all, he thrived on the chase. I’d learned that the hard way.

But guess what?

I was no longer the woman he seduced all those years ago. I no longer believed the pretty lies that passed his lips nor the false promises in his deceitful eyes.

My name is Phoenix Romero, and I’d make the rules this time around.

Like my namesake, I had risen from the ashes and this time, I would be the one to make him burn.