#BookReview: Runaway Train (Runaway Train #1) by @LeeMatthewG

Synopsis: They told me I was an out-of-control train about to crash…

Everything changed when the police officer knocked on the door to tell me – a 16-year-old – that my older sister Kristen had died of a brain aneurysm. Cue the start of my parents neglecting me and my whole life spiraling out of control.

I decided now was the perfect time to skip town. It’s the early 90’s, Kurt Cobain runs the grunge music scene and I just experienced some serious trauma. What’s a girl supposed to do? I didn’t want to end up like Kristen, so I grabbed my bucket list, turned up my mixtape of the greatest 90’s hits and fled L.A.. The goal was to end up at Kurt Cobain’s house in Seattle, but I never could have guessed what would happen along the way.

At turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and laugh out loud funny, Runaway Train is a wild journey of a bygone era and a portrait of a one-of-a-kind teenage girl trying to find herself again the only way she knows how.

#ReleaseBoost for Saving Easton by @AuthorKaciRose and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Saving Easton

A Brother's Best Friend Romance

Series: Oakside Military Heroes #2

Author: Kaci Rose
Genre: Small Town Military Romance

Release Date: July 22, 2021

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Can love free the heart of a former prisoner of war?

Easton

My time as a POW left emotional scars that cut far deeper than any physical ones. I can’t stand to be touched. I am plagued by horrid nightmares. I knew therapy was my only option, but I didn’t realize it was fate leading me there... until I saw Paisley. As the sister of my best friend, I’ve had a crush on her for years. If anything can crack through the darkness rooted within me, it’s the warmth of her beauty.

Paisley

I didn’t know Easton joined the military until the day he walked into Oakside where I work. With therapy dogs and a delicate touch, I’ve helped countless veterans. Never one this close to my heart. Easton isn’t the boy I once knew anymore. All he’s endured has made him retreat inside himself. Can I help him coax him back out into the light? Or will some part of him forever be a prisoner to his pain?

This is a Steamy, Brother's Best Friend, Small Town, Military Romance. No Cliffhangers.

This is Book 2 in the Oakside Military Heroes Series.

As always there is a satisfying Happy Ever After.

If you love steamy romances with a scarred hero, hot love scenes, military men, and small towns, then this one is for you.

#BookReview: Leda and the Swan by Anna Caritj

Synopsis: Anna Caritj's LEDA AND THE SWAN, about a female college student who wakes after a wild Halloween frat party to find she isn't exactly sure what happened with the guy she went home with, and can't recall the last words she spoke to the classmate who now seems to be missing; pitched as having elements of "Prep," "Cat Person," and "The Secret History," a novel about infatuation, sex, consent, risk, regret, power, and one woman's search for answers about her future.

#ReleaseBoost for Totally Folked by @reidromance and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Totally Folked

Series: Good Folk: Modern Folktales #1

Author: Penny Reid

Genre: Contemporary Romantic Comedy

Release Date: July 20, 2021

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One unforgettable night leads to an unlikely shared connection, and unlikely connections never go unnoticed by the good folks in Green Valley, Tennessee. . .

Jackson James follows the rules. He has to. He’s a sheriff’s deputy in a super small town with a super big personality. However, strict adherence to the law during the day has been enjoyably balanced by rakish rules at night. Jackson, typically happy to protect and serve (and serve, and serve), starts questioning the value of wayward evenings when getting laid starts to feel more like being waylaid. Could it be that Green Valley’s most eligible—and notorious—bachelor longs for something (and someone) real?

Mega movie star Raquel Ezra follows only one rule: always leave them wanting more. Studio execs, reporters, audiences, fans, lovers—no one can get enough of the smart, savvy, and sexy bombshell. But when “generous offers” begin to feel more like excessive demands, years of always leaving has the elusive starlet longing for something (and perhaps someone) lasting.

 

When Raquel abruptly returns to the quirky Tennessee hamlet, her path crosses with the delectable deputy with whom she spent one unforgettable night. Unfortunately, scandal and intrigue soon follow. Raquel and Jackson must decide which is more important: following their rules? Or, at long last, finding something real.

TOTALLY FOLKED is a standalone, contemporary romantic comedy novel and book #1 in the Good Folk: Modern Folktales series.

#ReleaseBlitz for Doctor Arrogance by Alandra Knight @CockyClub and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Doctor Arrogance

A Cocky Hero Club Novel

Author: Alandra Knight

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 25, 2021

Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.

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I don’t need a man in my life to be happy…

What I need? A vacation.

Vitamin Sea? Yes, please!

The charming, handsome stranger sitting next to me on the plane talking all the way to paradise? Perfect start to this trip. I can resist him and his smoldering looks, killer smile and confident attitude.

Until I figure out that he’s my neighbor at the resort. His washboard abs and that perfect V…I don’t think I can resist him for a whole week.

Giving in to temptation is easy. The souvenir he leaves me with? Not so much.

What happens when the thrill of paradise is washed away?

Will he go, or can I convince him to stay?

Doctor Arrogance is a contemporary romance inspired by all books in the Cocky Bastard Series.

#CoverReveal: Clipped by @aalitowski @RABTBookTours @aalitowski

Memoir

Date Published: November 4th 2021

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

Clipped is a quirky memoir about a new mother whose desperation to get her baby to sleep catapulted her into becoming an inventor and small business owner—just before the world fell apart in 2008. 

As a full-time mother and entrepreneur, Adrienne Alitowski rolled out her invention, blankyclip®, to over thirty stores in the Buy Buy Baby national chain. LA Parent Expecting and Kids Today both made blankyclip a “Top Pick''. The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded her three utility patents and a trademark. All that fabulous glory aside, Adrienne also learned what it’s like to pee through a hole in the floor of a Chinese factory, and to be pregnant and throw up on the street just before an investor meeting. These experiences led her down a path to write this memoir about sticking to your vision and being open to finding gold in the muck.

 

#BookReview: Malice (Malice Duology #1) by @heatherrwalter5

Synopsis: A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “Sleeping Beauty,” true love is more than a simple fairy tale. 

Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss.

You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. The happily-ever-after. 

Utter nonsense. 

Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. I thought I didn’t care, either. 

Until I met her. 

Princess Aurora. The last heir to Briar’s throne. Kind. Gracious. The future queen her realm needs. One who isn’t bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. That she . . . cares for me. Even though it was a power like mine that was responsible for her curse. 

But with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating—and she can’t stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. I want to help her. If my power began her curse, perhaps it’s what can lift it. Perhaps, together, we could forge a new world. 

Nonsense again. 

Because we all know how this story ends, don’t we? Aurora is the beautiful princess. And I—

I am the villain. 

#CoverReveal for A Castle of Ash by @TheAuthorPerson and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: A Castle of Ash

Series: Tempest of Shadows #4

Author: Jane Washington

Genre: Reverse Harem Romance

Cover Design: Jane Washington & imGuss

Release Date: August 24, 2021

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“This world has fallen to sickness and shadow. It has bound my hands and blinded me, picking away at the things I love until even my conscience has slipped off to some forlorn cage within my mind, locked away as a traitor. I once feared the storm inside me. Now I would give anything to have it back.”

To prove the purity of my soul, I sacrificed everything. I lost my magic, my best friend, and tied myself to the five kings of the afterworld in unholy matrimony. Now, every day is torture at their hands. I am their final hope, a perfect weapon to wield in the ultimate war still looming ahead of us. They will push me as far as it takes, no matter what.

Every day, I give a little more of myself away, and they’re snapping up each piece as though they have a right.

Every day, the Darkness takes another victim, picking off people all around me until those of us who fight for light and life are outnumbered in a world we’re no longer sure is our own.

The end is drawing near, but the closer it gets, the more impossible our victory seems.

Even after everything I’ve sacrificed … I fear it won’t be enough.

#CoverReveal for Tongue's Taste by @klsavage_author and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Tongue's Taste

Series: Ruthless Kings MC #15

Author: K.L. Savage

Genre: Dark Romantic Suspense/Organized Crime

Cover Design: Lori Jackson Designs

Photo: Wander Aguiar

Model: Jonny James

Release Date: August 24, 2021

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I used to live in darkness and a comet soared through my night sky. So I made a wish.

Blood is my sanction.

Pain is my salvation.

Fear is what I instill.

Especially for my Comet.

The warm barrel of a gun against my head? It won’t stop me from protecting what is mine.

Even if it means spilling more blood.

My love for her has been tested and I’m furious.

Seconds has turned to minutes.

Minutes has turned to hours.

And suddenly months have gone by without a change.

Trying to make Daphne remember is getting us nowhere.

It’s time to accept our fate.

This is the new us.

Giving up isn’t an option, but moving on is, and we are doing it together.

While we figure out how to be together again, we wait for her stepfather to be sentenced.

Even if I want to be the executioner.

And while time creeps by, I don’t give up hope she’ll come back to me.

In the chaos of fighting for our lives, fighting the flames that try to take us down, there is one thing stands strong.

Us.

She’s mine.

And there are no limits to protect what’s mine.

A taste of time is nothing compared to the history we hold.

And sometimes time tells us when to let go.

But I’ll hold on tight until my death.

...And wishes do come true.

#CoverReveal: Don't Forget To Breathe by @cathconstantine @XpressoTours

Don’t Forget To Breathe
Cathrina Constantine
Publication date: September 1st 2021
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult

Leocadia arrives home from school to find her mom’s body. Unaware that the killer still lingers, she rushes to her mother’s side, only to be grabbed from behind. And everything fades to black.

Leo has been battling personal demons after a year of retrograde amnesia. She’s been having vivid dreams of that day. And her dreams are getting worse—she’s starting to remember. Two more bodies are discovered and they are oddly linked to her mom’s unsolved homicide.

Leo befriends her new neighbor. He’s eager to visit Star Hallow’s notorious haunted mansion. It’s located on a deserted cul-de-sac where she once lived and where her mom was murdered. But it’s the Lucien Estate, the mansion next door to her old home, where they happen upon misty ghosts, ghosts that just might help to unravel the homicides.

Will Leo’s memories send her reeling into a relapse, or will she be able to overcome her demons to find her mother’s killer – only to become the next victim?

#ReleaseBlitz for Craving Deanna by @dinahaynow and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Craving Deanna

Series: The Reality Book Series #3

Author: Dina Haynes

Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense

Release Date: July 23, 2021

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She’s having more fun than she bargained for. His interest is only skin deep… until he hears her real voice.

Deanna Matheson chose an unconventional job to fix an unconventional problem. But being a webcam girl could ruin her voice-acting career before it’s even begun. When hiding the secret from friends and family begins to take its toll, the opportunity of a lifetime falls into her lap. The decision should be a no-brainer…

Seth Reeves, a Hollywood talent agent, has been passing on relationships for far too long. He’s dead set to continue down a dark path with a masked woman that he’s only met online. When an audition reel crosses his desk, frustration and disbelief turns to hope. If it’s really her, he may risk it all to prove he’s the best, not only in business, but in bed.

Disaster strikes, and they cling to each other for sanctuary. But the secret behind their romantic entanglement threatens any chance of a future together, unless he bares his soul.

What sacrifices must they make for their relationship to last through the end-of-movie credits?

Craving Deanna is the soul-searching third novel in The Reality Book contemporary romance series. If you like intense connections, unique story concepts, with a few steamy scenes, then you’ll adore Dina Haynes’s emotional tale.

#BookReview: The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

Synopsis: When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there's more at stake than merely winning and losing.

NOW A NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott.

#BookBlitz: Anguished by George Encizo @RABTBookTours @BookBuzznet

 

A JD Pickens Mystery, Book Four

Mystery

Published: June 2021

Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

Murder and mayhem hit close to home for Sheriff JD Pickens. Someone viciously attacked his father from behind, and his best friend, Leroy Jones, was shot in the back and left for dead. Several other attacks forced Pickens to seek outside help, not only for solving the crimes but for his peace of mind. Never before had Pickens and his deputies had to deal with so many harsh realities of life.

#BookTour: THE TORCH THAT IGNITES THE STARS by @TaelienSalaris @JeanBookNerd

After concluding their first year at Lorian Heights, Corin and his friends catch a train from their native Valia to the distant country of Caelford.

For most, this would be a simple vacation. Corin has other plans:

• Meet Anabelle Farren, the eccentric owner of Farren Labs, and learn about artificial attunements.
• Seek out Warren Constantine, a previous Arbiter, for training and a potential alliance.
• Find the visage Ferras herself to seek a cure for Sera's condition.

Of course, Corin is Corin, and there's absolutely no chance he's going to be able to stick to a list. Even if he miraculously developed a sense of focus, he isn't the only one with plans....

The Blackstone Bandit. Everyone's favorite mysterious book entity. The aforementioned Farren. A vacationing professor. The mirror of a figure from Keras' past. When their plots intersect, Corin and his friends are, predictably, stuck at the center.

It's going to be a long vacation.

#BookReview: Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections From Back Home by Vicki Cody

Synopsis: It is August 1990, and Iraq has just invaded Kuwait, setting off a chain reaction of events leading up to the first Gulf War. Vicki Cody’s husband, the commander of an elite Apache helicopter battalion, is deployed to Saudi Arabia—and for the next nine months they have to rely on written letters in order to stay connected.

From Vicki’s narrative and journal entries, the reader gets a very realistic glimpse of what it is like for the spouses and families back home during a war, in particular what it was like at a time when most people did not own a personal computer and there was no Internet—no iPhones, no texting, no tweeting, no Facetime. Her writing also illuminates the roller coaster of stress, loneliness, sleepless nights, humor, joys, and, eventually, resilience, that make up her life while her husband is away. Meanwhile, Dick’s letters to her give the reader a front row seat to the unfolding of history, the adrenaline rush of flying helicopters in combat, his commitment to his country, and his devotion to his family back home. Together, these three components weave a clear, insightful, and intimate story of love and its power to sustain us. 

#ReleaseBlitz for Fury by @JessicaAmesAuth and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Fury
Series: Untamed Sons MC #6

Author: Jessica Ames

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: July 23, 2021

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Fury

As Sergeant-at-Arms of the Untamed Sons, my job is simple. Kill anyone who tries to hurt the club. Bleeding a man is the only thing that keeps me level, until I meet her. Amalia is not like any woman I've come across and when I'm with her my fear of being touched disappears. Stalking her might have been a bad decision, but keeping away from her isn't my choice. I can't breathe when she's away from me, and I can't stand the thought of something happening to her, so when she gets in trouble, my only thought is on protecting what's mine.

Amalia

Falling for my stalker might be a mistake, but I can't stop being drawn to Fury. I see his demons and the darkness that swirls around him, but I don't care. I want him, and nothing is going to stop me from having him. When I witness a murder, my only choice is to go to the only man i know will protect me, even if that puts him and his club in the firing line.

#BookBlitz: The Stolen Husband by @LorettaLost @XpressoTours #Giveaway $20 Amazon gift card

The Stolen Husband
Loretta Lost
(Marriage Mistake Thrillers, #2)
Publication date: July 22nd 2021
Genres: Adult, Thriller

My husband was stolen. While I was in a coma.

But I’m okay. I swear. Am I a little salty? Sure.
Have I fantasized about revenge? Absolutely. Made plans to get him back? Naturally. Have I stabbed a voodoo doll while crying my eyes out? Just a little bit.

But I am a strong, independent badass, and I am choosing to let go and move on. I got attached to my new guy a little too fast to soothe my wounds, but Lukas is amazing. Younger, hotter, obsessed with the gym, and his body shows it. He’s all I need to forget about my stupid ex-husband.

But when I start getting cryptic messages on social media to stay away from him… and creepy letters shoved under my front door? Cars following me late at night? I am starting to regret diving in so fast…

I may have bitten off more than I can chew. But I would rather be the predator than the prey…

#ReleaseBlitz for Until Tia by @author_KL @boomfactorypub and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Until Tia

A Happily Ever Alpha World Novel

Author: K.L. Humphreys

Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 23, 2021

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I was shattered, broken, afraid… Until him.

Christopher Harlan came into my life like a whirlwind.

Making me believe that love is real and pure.

He and his son brought happiness back into my life.

But sometimes our futures aren’t guaranteed.

Someone isn’t happy that we’re a family.

They’re determined to do whatever it takes to ensure it never happens.

The moment I saw Tia Monroe, I wanted her.

Beautiful, caring, and strong.

When she made my son smile, I knew she was mine.

I’m able to break down her walls, to uncover the secrets she buries deep.

But danger lurks around the corner.

Someone doesn’t want Tia in our lives.

I’ll do whatever it takes to ensure my family is safe.

I’ve never felt love like this…Until Tia.

Until Tia is part of Aurora Rose Reynolds's Happily Ever Alpha World. If you loved Until November, then you will want to read Until Tia.

#ReleaseBoost for The Varsity Dad Dilemma by @authorlexmartin and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Varsity Dad Dilemma

Author: Lex Martin

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 20, 2021

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★ A sexy, small town sports romance from USA Today bestselling author Lex Martin! ★

What’s worse than having Rider Kingston, the star quarterback, give you the big brush-off because he doesn’t want to get serious? You’d probably think living across the street from him where you get a firsthand view of his hookups, right?

That’s what I thought. Until someone drops off a baby with a note pinned to her blanket that says one of those jocks—either Rider or one of his roommates—is the father. The problem? Baby mama doesn’t mention which of these numbskulls is the sperm donor.

I wouldn’t care about their paternity problems—not the slightest bit—except my brother lives there too. Which means that adorable squawking bundle might be my niece, and there’s no way I’m leaving her unattended with those bumbling football players.

They need my help, even if they don’t know it yet. Once we solve this dilemma and figure out who’s the daddy, I’m out.

I’ll just ignore Rider and those soul-searing looks he gives me every time I reach for the baby. He broke my heart three years ago. He won’t get a second chance.

#BookReview: In the Shadow of the Cities by Laurel Solorzano

Synopsis: Scarlett would never kill her best friend, perhaps a Citizen if the situation called for it, but never Rhys. There are quite a few rules in the training center, but a few are the kind that are never broken.

1. Greens are not sent into Cities without officially being promoted to Blue.
2. Blues don’t kill each other.

So why is Scarlett being sent into a City without the proper training? And why does a bizarre, elderly male say Scarlett will kill Rhys? In the Shadow of the Cities details Scarlett’s life in the training center before she is pulled unexpectedly into City life. Without the proper training, she is confused about these things called “families” and why the Citizens aren’t grateful that she is keeping them safe.

In this dystopian novel, In the Shadow of the Cities, the story is told not from a Citizen’s point of view but from a Guard’s. Why do the guards seem to tirelessly obey the government? How can they gun down Citizens mercilessly? Find out as you follow Scarlett on her journey into the Cities. 

This title will be released on July 13, 2021.