Saturday, June 05, 2021

#CoverReveal for Fire Bound by Kayleigh King @GiveMeBooksPR








Title: Fire Bound
Series: The White Wolf Prophecy #4
Author: Kayleigh King
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs
Release Date: July 9, 2021


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Remington Weylyn is burned and broken. She made a choice and now she’s paying the price. The girl she once was is gone, replaced by someone she no longer recognizes. What once was her home now feels foreign and the people she was closest to feel like strangers.

And it’s all his fault.

Jax Whitlock is dangerous and damaged. With no home or family, his place in the world is unknown. The only thing he has is a goal; to kill the man who took everything from him. And he won’t let anything get in his way.

Even if it means breaking her heart.

When the monster who’s been haunting them for years emerges from the shadows, Remington and Jax must put aside their past and their mistakes if they want to save the people they care about.

If they don’t, everything will go up in flames.

#PreorderBlitz for Perfect Embrace by @Author_K_Ryan and @GiveMeBooksPR








Title: Perfect Embrace
A Mason Creek Series Standalone Novel
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 15, 2021


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The day he walks into my bookstore with his adorable twin daughters, I know my life is going to change forever. The chemistry is tangible, the tragedy his truth, and my schoolgirl crush, even after all of these years, is still alive.

Home is where the heart is, and Mason Creek is mine.

Laken

Until Grayson walked into my bookstore, I thought happily ever afters were just fairy-tale endings. Looking every bit the handsome hero, his intensity creates sparks I’ve never dared to dream about. The single dad of adorable twin girls doubles as a firefighter by day. But there’s more. Grayson is also my old high-school crush.

My feelings for Grayson haven’t changed, but everything else has.


Grayson

Having lost my wife three years ago, my world revolves around raising my daughters. Then one day, I look up and see past my grief, and there stands Laken. This beautiful, kind-hearted woman has been under my nose my entire life, and now, just when I need her most, she’s here- loving my daughters like her own. But guilt can’t be reasoned with, especially when finding love again.

I’ve learned the hard way that second chances don’t happen often. So, when I’m lucky enough to get mine, I’m going to embrace it with everything I have.

#ReleaseBlitz for A Dream of Embers by @TheAuthorPerson and @GiveMeBooksPR








Title: A Dream of Embers
Series: Tempest of Shadows #3
Author: Jane Washington
Genre: Reverse Harem Romance
Release Date: June 8, 2021


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“I had dreams of the sun dying like hot coal smothered by sand, suffocating in a world where darkness hunted light ... but then I woke and saw that it had risen again, and I knew we would be no different.
From this battle to the next, we would endure.”

What began as a war of force had turned to one of secrets and strategies. An army was amassing in the shadows, hidden from our eyes, slipping into our ranks until there was nowhere safe to turn, and nobody left to trust.
To win the war, I would be forced to forget the man I trusted, and to bind myself to the men I hated.
Forever.
Since the first day, the great masters have fought for control over me, fought to claim me in marriage and seize my power for themselves. Every step of the way, they’ve asked me to choose. They’ve attempted to deal and swindle the decision out of me, but I’ve managed to out-manoeuvre them at every turn, bringing me to this moment.
The moment I finally choose.
If they can take my power, I can take theirs, and if marriage is how they want to do it, then so be it.
I’ll marry all five of them, and choose myself.

Friday, June 04, 2021

#BookReview: Ember of Night (Ember of Night #1) by Molly E. Lee






Synopsis: I am a weed.

Unloved by my abusive, alcoholic dad. Unwanted by my classmates. Unnoticed by everyone else.

But I’d suffer anything to give my kid sister a better life—the minute I turn eighteen, I’m getting us the hell out of here. And some hot stranger telling me I am the key to stopping a war between Heaven and Hell isn’t going to change that.

Let the world crumble and burn, for all I care.

Draven is relentless, though. And very much a liar. Every time his sexy lips are moving, I can see it—in the dip of his head, the grit of his jaw—even if my heart begs me to ignore the signs.

So what does he want?

I need to figure it out fast, because now everyone is gunning for me. And damn if I don’t want to show them what happens when you let weeds thrive in the cracks of the pavement…

We can grow powerful enough to shatter the whole foundation.


#BookReview: Things That Grow by @MeredithGoldste






Synopsis: After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning about life, love, and how to laugh again along the way. From Love Letters advice columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein, this emotionally resonant novel is perfect for fans of Robin Benway and Jenna Evans Welch.

When Lori’s Dorothy Parker–loving grandmother dies, Lori’s world is turned upside down. Grandma Sheryl was everything to Lori—and not just because Sheryl raised Lori when Lori’s mom got a job out of town. Now Lori’s mom is insisting on moving her away from her beloved Boston right before senior year. Desperate to stay for as long as possible, Lori insists on honoring her grandmother’s last request before she moves: to scatter Sheryl’s ashes near things that grow.

Along with her uncle Seth and Chris, best friend and love-of-her-life crush, Lori sets off on a road trip to visit her grandmother’s favorite gardens. Dodging forest bathers, scandalized volunteers, and angry homeowners, they come to terms with the shape of life after Grandma Sheryl. Saying goodbye isn’t easy, but Lori might just find a way to move forward surrounded by the people she loves.


#Preorder Blitz for Stripped by @agkbooks_ and @GiveMeBooksPR






Title: Stripped
Series: Married to the Mafia #1
Author: A. G. Khaliq
Publisher: Limitless Publishing
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: June 15, 2021


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When a mysterious man saved Raven after an incident at the strip club she worked at, the last thing she expected was to be plunged into the dangerous world of organized crime.

Unfortunately, her new life with Lazarus was filled with nothing but lies and empty promises.

How could a man that vowed to love her, hurt and betray her so much? It didn’t matter how hard she tried, Lazarus always manipulated the outcome. Raven was a prisoner of her own life, until finally one day, her path led her to Damon in the most unexpected way.

However, as Raven and Damon got closer, things only got more complicated and dangerous. Nothing was as it seemed, and Lazarus made sure to still control every outcome.

Will Damon be able to save Raven from the shackles of her life or will Lazarus once more get his way?

#BookBlitz for Devious by @jeanie0328 and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: Devious
Series: Villain #1
Author: J.M. Stoneback
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: March 29, 2021


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It's time to pay my father's debt.

Nobody is stupid enough to steal from him, Cayden Vitali.

They call him Devious for a reason. He doesn't let his debts go unpaid. He collects what he's owed.

Lex Bartoli works for Devious. Lex should know better than to steal his money. But mistakes were made, and now it's time to pay.

Unfortunately for me, Devious knows exactly what he wants as payment for Lex's stupid mistake.

Me.

Lex's daughter.

If I won't agree to marry Devious, he has another way of making my family pay.

The choice is mine.

Marry the enemy... or watch him kill my father as payback.

Devious is a mafia book with an arranged marriage, enemies to lovers and an age gap romance. This book contains graphic violence, dubious content, and may contain triggers. This book is 91K and has been updated with bonus scene and revised.

#CoverReveal: Damaged Gods by @JAHuss writing as KC Cross @XpressoTours




Damaged Gods
JA Huss writing as KC Cross
Publication date: July 27th 2021
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

If you’ve gotta be stuck in a curse with monsters—they might as well be sexy monsters.

When I answered an ad for a caretaker at Saint Mark’s Sanctuary I thought I’d be dusting chandeliers and polishing floors. I didn’t expect to be tricked into a curse, going in debt to a monster, and being forced to take a self-paced “Let’s Learn Magic” course so I can fix a two-thousand-year-old problem.

And that monster?
Not your ordinary, everyday beast.
He has hooves, and horns, and fur on his legs.
But ya know where he doesn’t have fur?
Yeah. There.
Which is fine.
Except he doesn’t wear pants.

Nothing at Saint Mark’s is exactly what it seems.
The entire inside is magic, the hallways upstairs are nothing but parties from the past, and the super-hot guy who lives in the dungeon?
Yeah.
Not human.

My name is Pie and all I want is to be a normal girl with an average life.
I refuse to get stuck in this curse.
I refuse to learn magic to break it.
And there is no way in hell I will fall in love with a monster.

Famous.
Last.
Words.

#BookBlitz: Saints and Sinners: The Complete Series by @EdenButler_ @XpressoTours #Giveaway 5 ARCs of Dario + a $25 Amazon gift card


Saints and Sinners: The Complete Series
Eden Butler
Publication date: June 9th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Sports

In THE LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE, uncover what happened in the shadows to the forgotten twin of an NFL legend the night their lives changed forever. Luka Hale loved hard, he laughed harder, but only Gia Jilani knew his secrets. She’s kept them for nearly twenty years. Now she’s returning to New Orleans and to the past that waits for her.

In ROUGHING THE KICKER, Gia Jilani introduces the world to Reese Noble, the NFL’s first female kicker and her new star on the New Orleans Steamers. But will Reese’s own past with quarterback Ryder Glenn threaten their season and the future of their team?

In OFFSIDES, Gia Jilani comes face-to-face with a memory she can’t shake and the temptation she finds among her players—one that seems all too familiar. But when Gia discovers why Kai Pukui, the linebacker helping her team dominate on the field, seems so familiar and why she feels so drawn to him, Gia will have to decide what’s more important — a life worth risking or a love worth losing.

SAINTS AND SINNERS READING ORDER
Last Love of Luka Hale
Roughing the Kicker
Offsides

Thursday, June 03, 2021

#BookReview: The Bookstore on the Beach by Brenda Novak






Synopsis: "A page-turner with a deep heart."--Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Summer 

How do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven't closed the book on the previous one?

Eighteen months ago, Autumn Divac's husband went missing. Her desperate search has yielded no answers, and she can't imagine moving forward without him. But for the sake of their two teenage children, she has to try.

Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn that her daughter is facing a huge life change and her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband's return? She can only trust her heart...and hope it won't lead her astray.

"A heart-tugging romance. Readers are sure to be sucked in."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
 


#BookReview: Fragile Remedy by @mariamelee






Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Nate is a GEM—Genetically Engineered Medi-tissue created by the scientists of Gathos City as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, he was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and into the Withers—a quarantined, lawless region. Nate manages to survive by using his engineering skills to become a Tinker, fixing broken tech in exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a kind and fiercely protective boy that makes his heart race, and his misfit gang of scavengers, Nate finds the family he’s always longed for—even if he can’t risk telling them what he is.

But Gathos created a genetic failsafe in their GEMs—a flaw that causes their health to rapidly deteriorate as they age unless they are regularly dosed with medication controlled by Gathos City. As Nate’s health declines, his hard-won freedom is put in jeopardy. Violence erupts across the Withers, his illegal supply of medicine is cut off, and a vicious attack on Reed threatens to expose his secret. With time running out, Nate is left with only two options: work for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep him alive, or stay — and die — with the boy he loves.


#SaleBlitz for the Music City Lovers Series by @JulieCapulet9 and @GiveMeBooksPR






Music City Lovers Series
Author: Julie Capulet
Genre: Steamy Rockstar Romance



NASHVILLE DAYS

It's the hottest summer on record ...

Travis Tucker is the ultra-hot lead singer of a country-rock band whose four albums have all hit number one. Life as a superstar is good. The only problem is, he gets swarmed wherever he goes. So he decides to buy himself a secret country getaway to work on his next record and clear his head.

Ruby Hayes is on a mission. Nothing can stop her from fulfilling her dream of making it as a singer and songwriter. She'll spend the summer writing songs on the grand piano in the abandoned farmhouse next door. Then she's on her way to Nashville.

When Travis finds Ruby, singing like an angel at his piano, she ignites a wild obsession and an all-consuming lust that will make this summer the hottest on record.

But will Ruby's ambition, a jealous best friend and the demands of Travis's high-profile life come between them? Or is this a match made in country music heaven?

Nashville Days is a super-sexy standalone romance starring a hot alpha rock star and the sweet, sassy songbird who steals his heart.

#ReleaseBoost for The Last Kiss by @annabloombooks and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: The Last Kiss
Series: The Notting Hill Sisterhood #1
Author: Anna Bloom
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 28, 2021


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My life began when I found out it was ending.

One Frenchman. One night. No questions. No names.
The perfect antidote for a stolen future.
Fate though has other plans. This doesn’t feel like a one-night stand, it feels like soulmates for a lifetime.
One night can’t be enough because I think we’re falling in love.
It has to be enough, because how do you tell someone it’s the end when all you want is for it to be the beginning?

Can you learn to live and love, knowing it might never last?

Travel with the characters from London to France via this inspirational, heartwarming, angsty love story from the pen of Anna Bloom.

#ReleaseBlitz for A Gorgeous Villain by @thesaffronkent and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: A Gorgeous Villain
A St. Mary's Rebel's Romance
Author: Saffron A. Kent
Genre: Sports Romance
Release Date: June 3, 2021


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Two years ago, Reed Jackson betrayed Calliope Thorne and broke her heart. So she stole his most prized possession – a white mustang – and drove it into the lake for revenge.

Now, Callie is stuck at a reform school while Reed is off at college, living his life without repercussions.

Until he comes back.

With him comes back all the feelings that Callie has been trying to bury: anger and heartbreak.

But most of all, desire. At the sight of his beautiful but lying lips and his gunmetal gray eyes that still taunt and smolder when he looks at her.

Whatever though. It's not as if Callie is ever going to fall for her ex-boyfriend again. Or let him corner her in a bar one night and touch her, kiss her…

Neither is she going to kiss him back. Or worse, sleep with him.

Because that would make her naΓ―ve and foolish.

Oh, and also pregnant.

And there's no way Callie is ever going to get pregnant at eighteen and with Reed's baby, no less. The guy she hates.

The guy who taught her all about heartbreak. Who might look like a gorgeous hero but really is the villain of her story.

Note: This is a STANDALONE novel set in the world of St. Mary’s. There is no cheating in this book.

Wednesday, June 02, 2021

#BookReview: To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne






Synopsis: Love Is Blind meets You’ve Got Mail in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy following two thirty-somethings who meet on a blind dating app—only to realize that their online chemistry is nothing compared to their offline rivalry.

Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store’s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout. But Gracie can’t bear the thought of throwing away her father’s dream like she did her own.

Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she’s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice and solace from someone she’s never met—the faceless “Sir”, with whom she connected on a blind dating app where matches get to know each other through messages and common interests before exchanging real names or photos.

But although Gracie finds herself slowly falling for Sir online, she has no idea she’s already met him in real life…and they can’t stand each other.


#ReleaseBlitz for Full of Grace by @BethanyJill and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: Full of Grace
Series: Grace Valley #2
Author: Bethany Surreira
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 8, 2021


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Leaving the city life behind her, Leah has finally found her way back home - and back to Caleb. With her thriving business and a second chance at happiness, she is on the brink of having it all.

Life is nearly perfect until a new arrival in town shakes the foundation she’s rebuilding her life on. Can Leah weather this storm, or will her second chance crumble beneath her feet?

#ReleaseBlitz for Bound by the Moon by @lpdover and @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: Bound by the Moon
Series: Royal Shifters #5
Author: L.P. Dover
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Suspense
Release Date: June 8, 2021


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Feelings she can’t deny.
A bond impossible to ignore.

Haunted by pain of the past, Kami Grayson seeks to make the world a better place by joining the FBI. She thought being invited to join a secret branch of the bureau, known as the Circle of Justice, was the opportunity she had been waiting for. Instead, she uncovers a corrupt ring of dangerous shifters that will kill to keep their dealings hidden.

As a royal arctic, Colin Storm is loved by women and envied by male shifters. Of all the ladies who long for him, it’s Kami’s complete disinterest that fascinates him. Yet when he stumbles onto her shooting a man in a dark alley, the wolf within awakens with a ferocious need to protect her.

Drawn to Kami’s fiery strength, Colin vows to help her escape the clutches of the ruthless pack of shifters closing in. Still, Kami resists the undeniable connection between them. Will the pull of their bond be enough to convince her to let him stand beside her in the fight to come? Or will her reluctance lead to her facing the prowling darkness alone?

#CoverReveal for Danger on the Mountain by @CarolynLaRoche and @GiveMeBooksPR






Title: Danger on the Mountain
Series: Marshall Brothers #3
Author: Carolyn LaRoche
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Cover Design: BookSmith
Release Date: September 4, 2021


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She’s sold her soul to the devil for the last time…

When an unexpected inheritance comes her way, high powered defense attorney Layla Evans give everything she's know up and seizes the opportunity to start over. The mountain ranch is the perfect escape from a life she can no longer stand. In the solitude of her mountain escape she can wrestle her demons and never hurt anyone with her job again. She never counted on her past following her there.

Ben Marshall knows a thing or two about running away…

After a decorated military career ended in the worst way possible, Ben leaves his Special Forces unit and seeks sanctuary high in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He needs the solitude. And it is enough, until a beautiful brunette who has no business running a ranch, literally falls in to his life. When Layla’s past catches up to her, Ben's old instincts kick in. His need to keep Layla safe becomes stronger than his desire to protect his heart. Can he save Layla and heal his battered soul?

#CoverReveal for Quiet Wealth by @jodildrake_j and @GiveMeBooksPR






Title: Quiet Wealth
Series: Quiet Mafia #1
Author: J.L. Drake
Genre: Mafia Romance
Cover Design: Deranged Doctor Designs
Release Date: July 22, 2021


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A twisted mafia romance about quiet wealth and refined darkness

Sienna

It’s been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next. I picked myself up, dried my eyes, and built my life without him. Now he has come back into my life like a raging storm surrounded by crime and bloodshed. I no longer need him, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want him—or just a little taste…

Elio

Ten years ago, I had to leave behind the only light I had in my life. Without her, I live in darkness. I am not proud of the things I’ve done, nor the blood that’s been shed. Everything I did had been to protect her. We live by our code—family, power, loyalty, and protection. Our empire is built on the bones of our enemies. Now that she is back and we have a second chance, they will learn one way or another you do not touch my queen.
Capri Famiglia will rise to the top no matter the cost, bloodshed, or the lines that will have to be blurred.

#BookTour: The Apocalypse Seven by @genedoucette @JeanBookNerd #Giveaway




This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a whatever.

The whateverpocalypse. That’s what TourΓ©, a twenty-something Cambridge coder, calls it after waking up one morning to find himself seemingly the only person left in the city. Once he finds Robbie and Carol, two equally disoriented Harvard freshmen, he realizes he isn’t alone, but the name sticks: Whateverpocalypse. But it doesn’t explain where everyone went. It doesn’t explain how the city became overgrown with vegetation in the space of a night. Or how wild animals with no fear of humans came to roam the streets.

Add freakish weather to the mix, swings of temperature that spawn tornadoes one minute and snowstorms the next, and it seems things can’t get much weirder. Yet even as a handful of new survivors appear—Paul, a preacher as quick with a gun as a Bible verse; Win, a young professional with a horse; Bethany, a thirteen-year-old juvenile delinquent; and Ananda, an MIT astrophysics adjunct—life in Cambridge, Massachusetts gets stranger and stranger.

The self-styled Apocalypse Seven are tired of questions with no answers. Tired of being hunted by things seen and unseen. Now, armed with curiosity, desperation, a shotgun, and a bow, they become the hunters. And that’s when things truly get weird.