#BookBlitz: Time of Spirits by @BethFordAuthor @XpressoTours $25 Amazon gift card

In the Time of Spirits
Beth Ford
Publication date: August 6th 2024
Genres: Adult, Historical

An epic adventure through the world of the nineteenth-century spiritualist movement.

In 1890, Addy Cohart is determined to defy convention and remain unmarried-until she meets William Fairley, a psychic medium who gives her hope as she grieves the sudden death of her parents. Addy becomes a devotee of the spiritualist movement, but as she takes on a larger role as William’s assistant, she realizes that all may not be as it seems. As the couple moves from New York to London to Paris, Addy is forced to confront the fact that William’s talents may be a ruse, and that he may even be a criminal. She must decide whom to trust and where to place her loyalties. What price is she willing to pay to protect her love and keep her faith?

#BookTour: Null & Void by R. Moody @RRBookTours1

Null & Void (Patrons of the Divine Book 1)

Expected Publication Date: August 15, 2024

Genre: Dark Fantasy/LGBTQ+

✨️ Forced proximity
💜 Hate to love
✨️ Feminine rage
💜 Found family
✨️ LGBTQ+ cast & diverse rep
💜 Morally grey FMC
✨️ Cinnamon roll MMC
💜 Hidden identity
✨️ Reluctant hero/heroine
💜 Court politics/political intrigue

After enduring a life of servitude, Mika, retired assassin and Null, thought she would live out her days alone…

But, once an assassin, always an assassin.

When Mika is sold as a slave—a fate she was promised would never be hers—hope for a solitary life is lost. Now destined for an impossible rescue in a foreign land, her only chance for survival is to fight the destructive rage simmering beneath her skin and learn to trust those around her.
As trust deepens on the journey and a charming new companion fights for her heart, Mika is forced to face the truth of who she is. In the end, she must choose to embrace it or let the rage win, and risk losing it all.
Null & Void is the first book in a new series featuring a harsh fantasy world, political intrigue, and a morally grey heroine caught in the middle.

Perfect for fans of Gild (by Raven Kennedy),Daughter of No Worlds (by Carissa Broadbent), and Graceling (by Kristin Cashore).

Note: please check the trigger warnings on the authors website

#PreorderBlitz: Tamra by Alice Gene @RABTBookTours

Familiar Training Academy, Book 1

 

Urban Fantasy Romantic Comedy

Date Published: August 9, 2024

Publisher: Changeling Press

 

 

Jonathan comes from a long line of sorcerers, and all his ancestors attended the Familiar Training Academy, where they were paired with shapeshifters. All seems fine for Jonathan until he discovers his familiar is a woman who can shift into a snake. And he’s supposed to bond with her?

Tamra is excited she’s getting another chance to serve as a familiar, especially because she’ll get to mate with her new master as part of their bond. Unfortunately Tamra just can’t follow rules. Any rules. Ever. When her rebellious nature conjures up evil from the school’s past, she and Jonathan have to jump in to reverse the disaster her impetuous nature’s caused this time.

#BookReview: A Cursed Son by Day Leitao

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Romantic & sexy dreams link a false princess to a dangerous, disgraced fae prince in this fun, steamy enemies-to-lovers romantasy.

In her dreams, he envelops her in love. In real life, he imprisons her in ice. 

Assassin, liar, impersonator—dreamer. 

As a royal decoy, trained to replace the Krastel princess even in a political marriage, Astra’s life is not her own. With a duty like that, how can she dream about love?

And yet she knows she has a kindred soul. She can feel his presence every night, holding her in his arms, surrounding her with his warmth.

But ice-cold reality crashes in when Astra’s carriage is attacked by the Crystal Court’s disgraced prince. Banished for heinous crimes and armed with powerful relics, he’s a wielder of mighty magic and can even penetrate minds.

It turns out that he is the man in her dreams.

And this is about to get very, very awkward. 

A Cursed Son is a fun, sexy, enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy for fans of fae, elemental magic, arranged marriage, forced proximity, snarky banter, and dream connection.

#ReleaseBlitz for Broken by Serena Akeroyd @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Broken

Author: Serena Akeroyd

Genre: Dark Romance

Tropes: Forbidden/Priest

Release Date: August 1, 2024

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Forgive me, Father, for I am undeserving when blood soaks these hands that hold Your gift to me.

I am broken and find solace in the darkness.

She is pure and basks in the light.

Did You send her to be my shelter?

I made a vow of celibacy.

She remained untouched.

Did You create her for me?

I am a sin eater, a purger of evil.

She is an angel, a guardian of good.

Did You know she would be my savior?

Thank You, Father, for she is the one sin I will willfully commit.

Broken is a forbidden, dark romance and a complete standalone

#BookReview: This Could Be Us (Skyland #2) by @kennedyrwrites

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She’s a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one with all the answers and the perfect vinaigrette for that summer salad. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes, and the life she built with the man who was supposed to be her forever, goes poof in a cloud of betrayal and disillusion. 

But there is no time to pout or sulk, or even grieve the life she lost. She's too busy keeping a roof over her daughters' heads and food on the table. And in the process of saving them all, Soledad rediscovers herself. From the ashes of a life burned to the ground, something bold and new can rise. 

But then an unlikely man enters the picture—the forbidden one, the one she shouldn't want but can't seem to resist. She's lost it all before and refuses to repeat her mistakes. Can she trust him? Can she trust herself? 

After all she's lost . . .and found . . .can she be brave enough to make room for what could be?

#CoverReveal: Sin & Mistletoe Anthology @XpressoTours

 

Sin & Mistletoe Anthology
Alison Mackenzie, Amanda Holly, Isabella White, Jade Marshall, M Kay Noir
Publication date: November 1st 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Mafia, Romance

This Christmas, forget about tinsel and trees.

Get ready for dark & dirty, jealous and possessive.

In the darkness, a tempting surprise waits for you. There will not be an exchange of gifts, only shadows waiting to claim you. This holiday season, forget about happiness and family.

Instead, we welcome you to embrace the darkness.

#BookReview: Remedial Magic (A Course in Magic #1) by Melissa Marr

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

The Magicians meets One Last Stop in this brand-new fantasy romance Remedial Magic, about an unassuming librarian who 1) has fallen in love with a powerful witch; 2) has discovered that she is a witch; and 3) must attend magical community college to learn how to save her new world from complete destruction by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr!

Ellie loves working in her local library in the small town of Ligonier. She loves baking scones and investigating the mysterious and captivating in her spare time. And there is nothing more mysterious and captivating than the intriguingly beautiful, too properly dressed woman sipping tea in her library who has appeared as if out of nowhere. The pull between them is undeniable, and Ellie is not sure that she wants to resist.

Prospero, a powerful witch from the magical land of Crenshaw, is often accused of being… ruthless in her goals and ambitions. But she is driven to save her dying homeland, and a prophecy tells her that Ellie is the key. Unbeknownst to Ellie, her powers have not yet awakened. But all of that is about to change.

#Teaser: The Spy Who Spanked Me by Gemma Woods @RABTBookTours

 

 

A Regency BDSM Novella 

Date Published: August 9, 2024

Publisher: Changeling Press

 

Pickpocket Tasha picked the wrong man to follow. After she witnesses an assassination, the sexy killer ties her to his bed. Marcus wants answers -- who is she? Why was she following him? To his surprise, his pretty captive enjoys all the sensual torment he metes out, and begs him for more. He'd never dared to dream of finding a woman who matched his craving to inflict a little pain on tender female flesh.

Tasha will do anything to save her skin. She'll even let the masked man holding her captive take her in ways she's never imagined. She's always wanted a man to take command of her in bed. Tied up and helpless, she'll give Marcus everything he demands physically, but she can't tell him all the secrets of her sordid past.

Marcus demands more than answers -- he wants her total submission. But can Tasha trust the spy who spanked her?

 

#BookReview: The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

A young woman descends into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and monsters bent on revenge to break her family's curse in this spellbinding contemporary fantasy debut.

For centuries, generations of Everlys have seen their brightest and best disappear, taken as punishment for a crime no one remembers, for a purpose no one understands. Their tormentor, a woman named Penelope, never ages, never grows sick – and never forgives a debt.

Violet Everly was a child when her mother left on a stormy night, determined to break the curse. When Marianne never returns, Penelope issues an ultimatum: Violet has ten years to find her mother, or she will take her place. Violet is the last of the Everly line, the last to suffer. Unless she can break it first.

To do so, she must descend into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and monsters bent on revenge. She must also contend with Penelope’s quiet assistant, Aleksander, who she knows cannot be trusted – and yet whose knowledge of a world beyond her own is too valuable to avoid.

Tied to a very literal deadline, Violet will travel the edges of the world to find Marianne and the key to the city of stardust, where the Everly story began.

#ReleaseBlitz: Hard Dog's Night by Rebecca Hendricks #Giveaway

YA  Historical Fiction /YA Coming of Age

Date Published: Tuesday, Aug 6th 2024

 

 

In a time when rock-n-roll is deemed evil music and blamed for youth rebellion, The Hound Dogs and The Dice are set to clash at the Madison Community Center.

The Hound Dogs search for a drummer to complete their lineup while The Dice hires Patrick McNeil as Danny Bruer's replacement. Unbeknownst to The Dice, Patrick carries a hidden agenda to sabotage his former band and settle old scores.

As Patrick and his accomplice, Stu, execute their plot, questions loom over the Madison Community Center. Can The Hound Dogs triumph against the odds? Will the controversy ignite a community torn between tradition and rebellion?

In a world where rock-n-roll rebels against societal norms, the destinies of two bands hang in precarious balance. The echoes of their battle will resonate far beyond the Madison Community Center.

Hard Dog’s Night, the second book in The Hound Dogs Series, is a unique blend of historical fiction, coming-of-age, and the power of music as it forever alters lives in the name of rock-n-roll.

#BookReview: Right on Cue by Falon Ballard

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

From the beloved author of Just My Type and Lease on Love comes a new romantic comedy in which a former actress-turned-screenwriter finds herself back in the spotlight, only for her romantic lead to be the one man she can’t stand.

Hollywood darling Emmy Harper is considered the queen of writing romantic comedies. That is, until tragedy struck and she swore she’d never write another happy ending again. After some time away, and lots of encouragement from family and friends, Emmy is finally ready to dive back into the genre with her latest project. But more is riding on this movie than just her return to the big screen. This time, Emmy’s also been convinced to star as the lead, dusting off acting skills she hasn’t used in over a decade.

Emmy’s nervous, yet excited, to give performing another shot, until a last-minute injury benches her trusted co-star. With filming about to start, there’s only one other actor available on such short Grayson West. A blockbuster action star known for his mega-watt smile and impossible abs, Grayson is anyone’s dream of a romantic lead. Anyone except Emmy that is, who still blames him for her disastrous first movie and the early end to her acting career.

As filming begins, the friction between Emmy and Grayson is palpable and it’s anyone’s guess if it’s unresolved awkwardness or simmering sexual tension. The two are pushed to get their acts together—and quickly—or they risk tanking the entire movie, but if working things out leads to sizzling chemistry on screen, what might happen when the cameras stop rolling?

#ReleaseBlitz for Ruined by Maggie Alabaster @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Ruined

Series: Sparrow and the Mafia Kings #2

Author: Maggie Alabaster

Genre: Dark Romance

Tropes: Reverse Harem/Mafia

Release Date: August 1, 2024

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My entire life was built on a foundation of secrets and lies, shadows and blood. Trust was difficult to come by and harder to give.

One by one, my secrets start to unravel, revealed by my enemy, while I search for him.

The three mafia kings who care about me are about to discover what I really am. When they do, I might become their enemy. Hunted and betrayed. Shattered by the men who promised to stand by me.

With a secret this dark, is there anyone I can really trust?

**This is a reverse harem/ why choose with darker themes. Please heed TWs.**

#BookReview: Torn (All Torn Up #1) by Carian Cole

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

"Well-written tension and forbidden longing. The angst in this was incredible!"
— Penelope Douglas, New York Times bestselling author of Birthday Girl

When I was five years old I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He’d been my best friend, my protector, and my rock since the day I was born. He was my world. In fact, his name was my very first word.
 
He wasn’t just my favorite person, though.
 
He was also my dad’s best friend, and my pseudo uncle.
 
But during my senior year of high school, our relationship slowly changed. Innocent friendship turned to stolen glances. Silly conversations morphed into serious heart-to-hearts. And then one day, an unexpected smoldering kiss changed everything.
 
While that kiss was everything I’d ever dreamed of, it knocked Tor clear off his axis. He’s one of the good guys—loving and devoted with a strong moral compass . . . which makes it impossible for him to accept our feelings for each other. Because not only are we both the one person the other should never, ever want, I’m eighteen, and Tor is fifteen years older than me.
 
Despite that, the heart wants what the heart wants, and ours have decided we’re meant to be together no matter what.
 
But neither one of us can stand to betray or hurt my father, who trusts Tor with everything precious to him. We can’t be in a secret relationship forever, so what will happen when my father finds out his best friend is in love with his daughter?
 
Will there be a way for us to find our happily ever after? Or we will all be torn apart?

#CoverReveal for Stay Real by Kaylee Ryan @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Stay Real

Series: Kincaid Brothers #8

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town/Fake Dating/Blue Collar

Cover Design: Book Cover Boutique

Release Date: August 27, 2024

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Courtney

Maybe blurting out my imaginary relationship status to my nagging mother wasn’t the best idea.

Declaring that I’m dating my boss’s brother-in-law, well, that was just wishful thinking and a lot of panic.

To my embarrassment, they both overhead me. But Merrick not only offers to be my plus one, he agrees to fake date me for the next couple of months leading up to my sister’s wedding.

The more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to deny that every look, every touch, is making him more a part of my life than I’m prepared for.

The pain of thinking about walking away from him when it’s time doesn’t feel pretend. It feels real… too real.

Merrick

Courtney’s sister is tying the knot, and her mom is relentless about her finding a date and settling down. In a moment of panic, she claims she’s dating me.

To save her from the awkward situation and ease the pressure, I suggest we fake a relationship until the wedding. I figure we can hang out, show up to the wedding, and go our separate ways.

But as we start spending more time together and meeting each other’s families, the lines between real and pretend blur.

What was supposed to be a simple agreement starts to feel genuine. I’m unsure when it happened, but this relationship is suddenly the real deal, and I don’t want it to end. I want us to stay real.

#BookReview: The Love Cure by Dawn Brazil

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Blood makes her a vampire. Love makes him deadly.

Eighteen-year-old Cherish Armitage's father and brother die in an accident when she is thirteen. Her best friend, Joshua, helps her pull through the tough times. Five years later, she's in a tragic collision that kills her mother and sister and leaves her incapacitated.

When she awakens, she is imbued with the knowledge of her ancestors. They've made one thing clear: her family's deaths were no accident, and she's expected to exact revenge for them all. She's the solitary survivor of her bloodline, and shockingly, she's a vampire—a truth her family hid from her.

Joshua is off limits because he's in a relationship with their other best friend, but she still throbs in places she's not supposed to whenever he's near. Being thrust into living quarters with him only adds to her confusing predicament.
Centuries ago, her family was cursed. Anyone who falls in love dies.

She's approached by familiar faces and strangers, all demanding a formula she has no clue about. Those same people die when they don't get what they want.

Trying to quell her growing feelings for Josh while sucking down enough blood that her ever-present ancestors are pleased, but not so much that she turns into an aggressive, hormone-raging vampire, again, is proving near impossible. But if she doesn't uncover the person responsible for her family's deaths, her ancestors will make her life worse than the hell it already is. And if she doesn't give up this formula, someone she cares about will die. And if her heart doesn't stop wishing for Josh, none of the rest will matter because the love curse will kill her.

#BookBlitz: Cayman Conundrum by Stacy Wilder #Giveaway @RABTBookTours

 

Liz Adams Mystery Series, Book 4

Cozy Mystery

Date Published: 06-28-2024

Publisher: Wild Hawk Press

 

Sun-kissed sands and sinister secrets. A honeymoon in paradise turns perilous in this riveting seaside mystery.

A tropical vacation transforms into a web of danger and deception when an author and his manuscript vanish. Is his thriller about money laundering in the Caribbean too close to the truth?

With the stakes high and time ticking, Private Investigator Liz Adams and her new husband, Brad, along with their truth-sniffing Labrador, Duke, partner with the local authorities to unravel a multitude of crimes. As they search for clues, the newlyweds explore the delights of the island, including a hunt for buried treasure.

Will they unearth the clues in time, or will the honeymoon end in heartbreak? Set against the backdrop of the stunning island of Grand Cayman, this cozy mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

#BookReview: The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team, but when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds the group has been infiltrated by the mysterious Annelise Tattinger.

A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met--but when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question. As the women turn against each other, the group’s unspoken tensions and assumptions lead to devastating consequences.

It's only after graduation, when Rosie begins a job at a Manhattan hedge fund, that she begins to uncover Annelise's true identity--and how her place in their elite Yale set was no accident. Is it too late for Rosie to make right what went wrong, or does everyone's luck run out at some point? Set in the heady days of the early aughts, The Fortune Seller is a haunting examination of class, ambition, and the desires that shape our lives.

#CoverReveal for Coerced Wife by Charmaine Pauls @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Coerced Wife

Series: New York Underworld #2

Author: Charmaine Pauls

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Touch Her and Die

Fake Relationship/Forced Proximity

Cover Design: Dark City Designs

Photographer: Wander Aguiar

Release Date: November 18, 2024

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He offers me protection, but the bed of a killer isn’t a safe place to be.

I got myself in a predicament. Powerful people on both sides of the law want me dead. A killer needs me alive for his own selfish reasons, reasons I never could’ve imagined in my wildest dreams.

I’m not safe in the bed of a cold–blooded murderer, but I don’t have a choice. On the one hand, he offers me protection, and on the other, he tightens the noose.

I’m caught in his web of lies and deceit. Every truth that’s uncovered destroys me a little more. But he’s already injected me with his venomous seduction.

Before I know it, he’ll swallow me whole.

#BookReview: The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers @GraydonHouse

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

“A love letter to books and reading. This debut is catnip for any book geek. I just loved it.” —Cesca Major, author of Maybe Next Time, a Reese’s Book Club Pick

A story of second chances and new beginnings, this is a love letter to books—and a love letter to life

Still reeling from a recent tragedy, Erin Connolly knows she needs to start living, but has no idea how. When she accidentally donates her favorite book—a heavily annotated copy of To Kill a Mockingbird containing a memento she can’t be without—to a local little community library, she’s devastated. But then the book turns up a week later, back in the library with fresh notes in the margins, along with an invitation in a copy of Great Expectations to meet her newfound pen pal.

A life-changing conversation, written only in the margins of beloved classic books, begins between Erin and her Mystery Man. Following each other through the pages of their favorite novels as the book exchange continues, they both begin to open up, falling into a friendship…and maybe something more.

But Erin and her pen pal have a shared history that neither of them has guessed. Faced with painful reminders of the past—and the one person she swore never to forgive—Erin finds herself at a crossroads. One that could change her life forever.

A book-lovers dream! References to the following classics can be found in The Book Swap:
• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
• GREAT EXPECTATIONS
• WUTHERING HEIGHTS
• MANSFIELD PARK
• THE GREAT GATSBY
• MIDDLEMARCH
• BELOVED
• ON THE ROAD
• THE BELL JAR