#ReleaseBlitz for Serafin by @dejavoss and @GiveMeBooksPR #Giveaway ($10 Amazon gift card + an ecopy of Serafin)

Title: Serafin

Social Rejects Syndicate

Series: Kings of Krakow Trilogy #1

Author: Deja Voss

Genre: Mafia/Organized Crime Romance
Release Date: January 19, 2021

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The night I lost Mia was the night I lost my eye. 

My brothers say it was the night I lost my soul, too. 

Her abandonment was my gateway into darkness. 

I’ve taken my father’s throne as one of the Kings of Krakow, ruling the city with an iron fist. 

Everyone from politicians to priests owe me something for burying their secrets, but there’s only one person in this world who I want anything from. 

And now, fifteen years later, Mia needs something from me. 

I’m not the pimple faced teenager who was trying to take her to prom anymore. 

I am a King. 

She’s playing a dangerous game if she thinks she will end up as anything but my queen. 

Serafin: Kings of Krakow Book 1 is a dark standalone full-length organized crime second chance romance set in the Social Rejects Syndicate world. 

#ReleaseBlitz for How to Rebuild by @authorakevans and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: How to Rebuild

Series: Hearts & Horsepower #4

Author: A.K. Evans

Genre: Small-Town Contemporary Sports Romance

Release Date: January 19, 2021

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At the height of her professional success, Elise Flynn never imagined a fateful oversight would leave her on the verge of losing everything she’s worked so hard to achieve. 

Caught up in the drama that has her life unraveling, Elise misses her flight home. With the ensuing fallout, Elise can’t hide her devastation… not even when she spots a handsome stranger sitting at her gate. 

Kieran Decker knows about longevity. One of the most respected engine builders in the industry, Kieran’s motors are built to last. It’s his attention to detail that keeps engines performing at their best. 

When Kieran spots the distressed woman waiting for the same flight, he can’t help but approach her. Needing to unload her worries, Elise shares her troubles with the man she never expects to see again. 

Only, she does. And by then, it all has come crashing down. That’s when Kieran steps in and shows her how to rebuild.

#BookReview: My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: A Memoir by Jason B. Rosenthal

Synopsis: An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’s author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in the viral New York Times Modern Love column, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”

On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal penned an op-ed piece for the New York Times’ “Modern Love” column —”You May Want to Marry My Husband.” It appeared ten days before her death from ovarian cancer. A heartbreaking, wry, brutally honest, and creative play on a personal ad—in which a dying wife encouraged her husband to go on and find happiness after her demise—the column quickly went viral, reaching more than five million people worldwide.

In My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me, Jason describes what came next: his commitment to respecting Amy’s wish, even as he struggled with her loss. Surveying his life before, with, and after Amy, Jason ruminates on love, the pain of watching a loved one suffer, and what it means to heal—how he and their three children, despite their profound sorrow, went on. Jason’s emotional journey offers insights on dying and death and the excruciating pain of losing a soulmate, and illuminates the lessons he learned.

As he reflects on Amy’s gift to him—a fresh start to fill his empty space with a new story—Jason describes how he continues to honor Amy’s life and her last wish, and how he seeks to appreciate every day and live in the moment while trying to help others coping with loss. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss.

#ReleaseBlitz for Marks of Rebellion by Maggie Cole @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Marks of Rebellion

Series: Behind Closed Doors #2

Author: Maggie Cole

Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: January 19, 2021

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He Stole Her Freedom and Wants Her Back… 

In the darkness of the night, she climbed out of the dirt pit and tugged on heartstrings I didn’t even know I had. 

There’s no slow-burn for her. It’s a full-speed freight train of desire mixing with the jungle heat. 

Her touch brings me to my knees. Her intoxicating kisses flood adrenaline in my veins. 

But it’s not just about us. 

Her ex will do anything to get her back. He’s powerful and he has eyes everywhere. 

No matter where we go, people are watching. And the moment I drop my guard, I lose her. 

When I rescue her this time, he’ll pay for every mark he’s ever put on her. 

(Hearts of Rebellion is the second jaw dropping installment in the Behind Closed Doors series. Each novel is a stand-alone regarding the HEA of the couple, but the plot develops with each story. This steamy series is for mature readers only and is best if read in order. This series may contain situations that may be sensitive for some readers. Trigger Warning: This book contains Domestic Violence.)

#ReleaseBlitz: Communicating Through Change by Alicia Sedgwick @RABTBookTours #Giveaway @authorparul

 

Self-change, Self-empowerment, New Thinking, Communications Skills, Change Management, Conscious Living

Date Published: January 2021

Publisher: Growth Media AI, USA

This life-changing book will show you how to communicate through major changes in your life and to best express yourself when you need to be heard. It is packed with real-life stories, practical exercises, insightful tips and uplifting affirmations. Addressing relevant challenges, which everyone meets at one time in their life, this book will give you hope, resilience and clarity about how to move forward. By sharing her vulnerability with authentic openness, the author helps you to find your inner strength and to speak up for yourself.

#ReleaseBlitz: A Grownup Guide to Effective Crankiness by Steven Joseph @RABTBookTours #Giveaway @Desiree_Duffy

 

Anger Management Self Help

Date Published: January 19, 2021

Publisher: Archway Publishing

We’re all cranky at times, and with a 100% infection rate, it’s crucial that we find effective ways to be cranky so we better support each other through our cranky times and not hurt the ones we love. This book explores effective crankiness strategies in a fun and engaging way with funny tales and important life lessons.

#Cover for The Sacrifice by @MsBrittDeLaney @XpressoTours

The Sacrifice
Britt DeLaney
Publication date: April 2021
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance

A malevolent God demands regular sacrifices from many realms, but Shysera is unlike any offering he’s seen before. Her gifts will earn her great favor, but her strength and cunning may be enough to end his reign of terror if she can convince the people of the other realms – and one stubborn Prince – to fight with her.

#BookTour: At the Edge of the Haight by @k_seligman @algonquinbooks

Synopsis: The Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction 

Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. She knows whom to trust, where to eat, when to move locations, and how to take care of her dog. It’s the only home she has. When she unwittingly witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended. Suddenly, everyone from the police to the dead boys’ parents want to talk to Maddy about what she saw. As adults pressure her to give up her secrets and reunite with her own family before she meets a similar fate, Maddy must decide whether she wants to stay lost or be found. Against the backdrop of a radically changing San Francisco, a city which embraces a booming tech economy while struggling to maintain its culture of tolerance, At the Edge of the Haight follows the lives of those who depend on makeshift homes and communities.

As judge Hillary Jordan says, “This book pulled me deep into a world I knew little about, bringing the struggles of its young, homeless inhabitants—the kind of people we avoid eye contact with on the street—to vivid, poignant life. The novel demands that you take a close look. If you knew, could you still ignore, fear, or condemn them? And knowing, how can you ever forget?” 

Blood and Bone by @PDombrowiak #blitz with @XpressoTours $25 Amazon gift card

Blood and Bone
Paula Dombrowiak
(The Blood and Bone Series, #1)
Publication date: October 30th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Love is complicated, messy, and sometimes painful but oh so worth it. A heartbreaking journey through love, friendship, family, and fame. 

Music brought them together, addiction tore them apart, loyalty saved them. It was always Jack and Mia, everyone else was just collateral damage.

 

Jack O’Donnell‘s life was teetering on the edge. Forced, as a teenager, to make a decision that would change his life forever, he left his hometown to pursue a music career with collaborator Mia Stone. Living in a van by the beach was not the glamorous Los Angeles lifestyle they had envisioned but sparked the most creative time of their lives. Making it big was all they ever wanted but when it happened, friendships were tested, hearts were broken, and lives were changed forever. 

 

Erin Langford is a seasoned journalist tasked with writing a feature on Jack O’Donnell. Being at the right place at the right moment puts Erin in a unique position to get the story, but at what cost? Having preconceived notions about Jack’s rock star image, she learns there is more to a story than just the headlines. The two embark on a journey through Jack’s past where he recounts the rise and fall of his band Mogo and the irreplaceable bond between himself and collaborator Mia Stone. The feature she thought she was going to write, turns into so much more. 

 

Blood and Bone is an evocative story told in alternating time periods, from the early ’90s to the present day about deep bonds between flawed people whose only outlet of self-expression is through their music.

#CoverReveal for Toxic by @cole_lepley and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Toxic

Series: Thanatos MC #1

Author: Cole Lepley

Genre: New Adult/MC Romance

Cover Design: Cat Imb, TRC Designs

Photo: James Critchley

Model: Andrew England

Release Date: February 16, 2021

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Sloan Prescott is done with bad boys and bad choices. When she moves to Arizona, she's looking for a fresh start, far away from her drug dealing ex and all the complications that went with him. She doesn't have the stomach for a life of uncertainty. 

Flynn Davis is the President of the Thanatos Motorcycle Club, one of the most feared and revered organizations in Arizona. As such, he's used to getting what he wants from whoever he wants whenever he wants. 

When Flynn and Sloan have a chance encounter in a coffee shop, sparks fly. Sloan wants nothing to do with the arrogant man who screams trouble and reminds her of the past. But Flynn loves nothing better than a challenge, and Sloan just threw down the gauntlet.

#CoverReveal for Until Now by @authorlpike @boomfactorypub and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Until Now

A Happily Ever Alpha World Novel

Author: Leslie Pike

Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: RBA Designs & Kari March Designs

Release Date: January 29, 2021

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Tennessee Veterinarian Dominique Grant has a problem. The man who just walked into her life doesn’t fit her well-planned vision. How many red flags can be waving at once? 

He’s geographically undesirable. 

He’s never known parenthood. 

He’s got a Harley and the swagger that goes with it. 

But not all storms come to destroy. Some come to clear a path. 

California contractor Maxen Ripley is about to discover what lies outside the comfort zone. A beautiful, smart woman has upended the familiar and now he sees a new world where he must choose a life, not settle for one. 

For Dominique and Maxen there is no room for romances that require so much effort… Until Now. 

Until Now is part of the Aurora Rose Reynolds' Happily Ever Alpha World. If you loved Until July, then you will want to read Until Now.

#ReleaseBlitz for The Invitation by @ViKeeland and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Invitation

Author: Vi Keeland

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 18, 2021

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The first time I met Hudson Rothschild was at a wedding. I’d received an unexpected invitation to one of the swankiest venues in the city. 

Hudson was a groomsman and quite possibly the most gorgeous man I’d ever laid eyes on. He asked me to dance, and our chemistry was off the charts. 

I knew it wasn’t a good idea to get involved with him, considering the wedding I was at. But our connection was intense, and I was having a great time. 

Though the fun came to a screeching halt when Hudson figured out I wasn’t who I’d said I was. You see, that unexpected invitation I received? Well, it hadn’t actually been addressed to me—it was sent to my ex-roommate who’d bounced a check for two months’ rent and moved out in the middle of the night. I figured she owed me an expensive night out, but I guess, technically, I was crashing the wedding. 

Once caught, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. As I bolted for the door, I might’ve plucked a few bottles of expensive champagne off the tables I passed, all while the gorgeous, angry groomsman was hot on my tail. 

Outside, I jumped into a taxi. My heart ricocheted against my ribs as we drove down the block—but at least I’d escaped unscathed. 

Or so I thought. 

Until I realized I’d left my cell phone behind at the table. 

Take one guess who found it? 

This is the crazy story of how Hudson Rothschild and I met. But trust me, it’s only the tip of the iceberg.

#CoverReveal for The Sacrifice by @ElenaMonroe and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Sacrifice
Series: The 4Horsemen #3
Author: Elena Monroe
Genre: Dark Forbidden Romance

Cover Design: Maria, Steamy Reads

Release Date: February 4, 2021

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KHAOS 

I’m not living under any kind of false pretenses here. I know I’m basically a rapper’s attitude with R&B feelings and a pop star’s bank account. 

There were a lot of ways to describe my unconventional lifestyle of part time cult member and full time showman. 

Risk taker. 

Exuberant. 

And my personal favorite adjective: undomesticated. 

I surrounded myself with people who liked a good time but left after they served their purpose of making sure I felt nothing but top shelf feelings. 

I wasn’t about to be like my brothers who let the darkness eat away at their vindication. The only crime I had ever committed was waving the glory of being invited, of saying I came and conquered around like a badge of honor. 

Spoiler alert: None of that earned me respect. 

There’s only one girl who managed to rob me of my fake smile...and my watch. 

GRACE 

I was a throw away, street trash, a child abandoned and scooped up by the bad people you only hear about after they get caught. 

I was hard in a way people found uncomfortable and determined too much work to rehabilitate into society again. I was found guilty over and over enough to let the bad things become who I am, blurring the lines between freedom and a jail sentence. 

Fraud. 

Thief. 

And my least favorite: fake girlfriend to a scary ass kingpin. 

Forced out of a childhood I was surrounded by darkness, evil, and the kind of cutthroat loyalty that landed your body so mutilated they wouldn’t be able to tell who you were if you fell out of obedience. 

They accepted me like family and there’s no quitting your family. 

I had the respect to match my rap sheet. 

There’s only one guy who managed to exonerate me… and my invisible wings.

#BookReview: The List (The List #1) by Patricia Forde

Synopsis: In the city of Ark, speech is constrained to five hundred sanctioned words. Speak outside the approved lexicon and face banishment. The exceptions are the Wordsmith and his apprentice Letta, the keepers and archivists of all language in their post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval world. 

On the death of her master, Letta is suddenly promoted to Wordsmith, charged with collecting and saving words. But when she uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language and rob Ark’s citizens of their power of speech, she realizes that it’s up to her to save not only words, but culture itself. 

#ReleaseBoost for G-Ring by @dianalynngardin and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: G-Ring

Author: Diana Gardin

Genre: Bad Boy College Romance

Release Date: January 12, 2021

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He’s a wrong-side-of-the-tracks bad boy who owns his own gambling ring. She’s a well-bred, rich girl who doesn’t fit into her own world. They were never supposed to be… 

ACE 

It took me years to build the clientele that shows up at this G-Ring every single weekend. Setting up a beautiful lounge, word-of-mouth, and damn good business sense. I make a six-figure salary, and I’m only twenty-two. Doesn’t matter that I grew up in a trailer park on the wrong side of town. What I’ve built for myself? It’s perfect. 

Until it isn’t. The night I met her, my whole world stopped turning for just a second while my eyes raked her top to bottom. And then it exploded. Fell apart. Ripped to shreds. A dead body in your lounge doesn’t exactly promote good business. Now I have to find out who’s killing off my clients, and keep Naima safe at the same time.All while avoiding prison time. 

FML. 

NAIMA 

It’s called a silver spoon. It means you never have to worry about money, status, or rules. Mine is starting to choke me. My Morroccan family is a little more strict than most, but it doesn’t stop them from giving me everything I want. Only, I don’t want much. Just to feel alive, like I have a place in this world. When I end up at the G-Ring that fateful night with my friends, I think I’ve finally found it. When his eyes land on me, it feels like he sees everything I try so hard to hide. So it took me by surprise, the dead man we found at the end of the night. Now, people I can’t see are chasing me, and I don’t want to leave Ace’s side. I need him. And he needs me. 

Will they survive long enough to experience everything real? Or will the people hunting them down cut this love story short?

#ReleaseBlitz for Ashes by @GailHaris and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Ashes

An Everyday Heroes World Novel

Author: Gail Haris

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 14, 2021

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Gail Haris' ASHES is a hot, emotional standalone contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project. Featuring Collins from Combust. 

All that remains are ashes… 

Fighting fires is in his blood. It’s more than a job—it’s part of who Carter Collins is. Everything was going according to plan until one fateful night. Now, with only his brothers at the Sunnyville Fire Department and his grandmother to answer to, Collins is content with life the way it is—then she comes along. 

Natalia Vasquez took a position at the Sunnyville Hospital, leaving her old life behind with hopes to escape the permanent ache in her chest. When a fire destroys her apartment, a strikingly handsome and overly cocky firefighter comes to her rescue. 

With no choice but to move again, Natalia isn’t thrilled to find out the heroic ass is her new neighbor. 

Will the tension burning between them be enough to rekindle the ashes that smolder inside their hearts?

#BookTour: Dirty Wedding Dress by Audrey Malone #Giveaway @RABTBookTours @DirtyWedding @mkwebsiteandseo

The Dirty Past

Romance

Date Published: February 19, 2020

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company

“Don’t get drug through the mud to end up at the altar in a dirty wedding dress”

I swear, every day of my life, not a day goes by where there isn't a relationship crises that I am pulled into. It doesn't matter where I go; someone is talking about relationships and marriages. Hell, love and relationships are the top talking points at my gynecologist office, geesh!

Both men and women aspire to attain a traditional “happily ever after” in their relationships/marriages, it seems. However, it's looking more and more as if the tradition of marriage is being discarded and strewn to the wayside in our fast-paced society.

Too many relationships are plagued with infidelity, abuse, financial woes, and an absence of a spiritual foundation. With that recipe, how can a relationship survive and thrive?

After countless lessons in my life and simply observing others, I’ve witnessed and learned a lot. If marriage or a committed relationship is what you desire, complaining to others will most likely not yield a positive result.

There are some things you must never forget! Some things are good. Some things are bad. Others are simply a lesson you’re meant to learn.

You are about to experience an immersive lesson on relationships and what it all means in this real world, and it's guaranteed to be a lesson you will never forget!

“Her white dress and white veil signifies her innocence, which is glowingly visible on her face. Meanwhile, her side smile tells the entire story of her tainted love affair.”

“Some of our behaviors were quite nefarious. Behind the “good girl” public image, there lived a fun girl to the 100th power!”

“But through it all, your father always professed his love for me. He swore he'd never leave me. He said he didn’t know why he beat me, but he was so sorry…always sorry.”

“I thought if I could just hold on and gain the title of being his wife, all the wrongdoings would somehow instantaneously be made right.”

“He would come by our house to see my mother for a few hours, here and there. He never once stayed overnight.”

“Barely able to speak, she said, “I can't do this anymore.”

Bjorn Cursed by @njwaltersauthor #blitz with @XpressoTours #Giveaway $15 Amazon gift card

Bjorn Cursed
N.J. Walters
(Forgotten Brotherhood #4)
Published by: Entangled: Amara
Publication date: January 18th 2021
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

Lucifer is up to his old tricks, causing problems for the Forgotten Brotherhood. This time, he’s had a woman removed from the Norse afterlife and placed her right in the path of Bjorn Knutson. After the slaughter of his wife and family centuries ago, tortured and broken, Bjorn was cursed as the first Norse werewolf. Now he’s been tasked by Odin himself with killing the woman who escaped. Failure is not an option.

Before he can track her, he stumbles across a woman being accosted by three men in the middle of the night. Even though she’s human, he intervenes and is shocked to recognize the face of the one woman he could never kill — his wife Anja.

She’s also the one he’s hunting…and if he doesn’t kill her then both their lives are at stake.

#BookBlitz: V.O.L.T. by @DawnBrazil @YABoundToursPR

Book Blitz! 

V.O.L.T.

Village of Lost Things

Dawn Brazil

Genre: YA Fantasy 

Summary: 

When seventeen-year-old Samantha learns her boyfriend died, she is throttled with grief. Comatose for three months, she wakes –standing in a line, in a city called VOLT – Village of Lost Things.

Sam’s life has been a series of the universe crapping over her desires. When she learns Ryan is waiting behind the thick forest that leads to this city, she’s more than skeptical. When you have nothing left, you accept scraps. VOLT is Sam’s scraps.

Except, Ryan isn’t where he’s supposed to be. VOLT’s promise of a sweet reunion appears as likely as being tied to a hog and dragged around the moon.

Eighteen-year-old, Joe, is an egotistical, whiny Momma’s boy. He has a knack for verbally eviscerating those around him. That’s Sam’s evaluation of him when she meets him in VOLT. He lost his mother months ago and comes to VOLT often. Because of his knowledge of the city, his mother makes him Sam’s official guide to find Ryan.

Fifteen-year-old Ferris has a borderline personality disorder. Several years ago, he lost his mother also. He’s been in VOLT the longest and might be a great addition to aid them in finding Ryan. Or stop them from killing each other. He just needs to remember who he is – which seems difficult.

Finding Ryan is Sam’s last effort to reconnect to a life teetering by a string with an anvil attached. She must decide between the living and the dead, and if she were keeping tally, she’d be closer to a corpse than a teenager.

#ReleaseBoost for The Cowboy and His Valentine by @AuthorKaciRose and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Cowboy and His Valentine

Series: Rock Springs Texas #7

Author: Kaci Rose
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 14, 2021

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Love is in the air, and Cupid’s arrows are flying in Rock Springs, Texas! 

Maggie 

As a newcomer to Rock Springs, I’m eager to move out from under the thumb of my conservative parents and discover who I am. Helping my sister out at the town’s annual Sweetheart Dance seems a great place to start. I don’t believe the silly legend about soulmates finding each other at the event... until I meet Nick. He’s even more delicious than the BBQ he cooks, but the intense heat he brings doesn’t stop at the kitchen door. Unsure if I’m ready to be struck by Cupid’s Arrow, I pull back. Candy and flowers will have to wait. I need to discover who I am first. 

Nick 

Between the work I do at the restaurant and my family’s ranch, my life is a busy whirlwind. But everything slowed to crystal clear clarity the second I locked eyes with Maggie. Rock Spring legend states the person you attend your first Sweetheart Dance with is your soulmate, and I believe that with my whole heart. Now, I’m determined to walk under that balloon arch with her on my arm. I see her hesitating at the sizzling chemistry between us. Can I win her over in time to call her my Valentine? 

Come meet the small town of Rock Springs Texas with a family that has your back, a town that knows your business, and men who love with everything they have.

This is a Steamy, Small Town, Valentine's Day Cowboy Romance. No Cliffhangers.

This is Book 7 in the Rock Springs Texas Series.

As always there is a satisfying Happy Ever After.

If you love steamy Valentine's Day romances with insta love, hot love scenes, small towns, and cowboys, then this one is for you.