#BookReview: Star Eater by @Kerstin__Hall

Synopsis: All martyrdoms are difficult.

Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she’s able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium’s magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost.

So when a shadowy cabal approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood, and enters a glittering world of opulent parties, subtle deceptions, and unexpected bloodshed.

A phantasmagorical indictment of hereditary power, Star Eater takes readers deep into a perilous and uncanny world where even the most powerful women are forced to choose what sacrifices they will make, so that they might have any choice at all.

#ReleaseBoost for One More Sip by Gia Kim @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: One More Sip

Series: Hideaway Bar #1

Author: Gia Kim

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 4, 2021

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Can a shattered heart learn to love again?

Kailey

For one glorious year, Kailey Wright had the life she always dreamed of. Newly married to the love of her life, the two were working to build a beautiful future... when tragedy struck.

Widowed. Alone.

Kailey is convinced she’ll never love again. Especially not since she learned the true anguish of loss.

Jax

After a one-night stand goes horribly wrong, bartender Jax Rowe swears off women. He’s had enough of the drama and games.

Then... he meets Kailey.

Overcome by heartache, she’s as emotionally unavailable as they come. At first, Jax wants only to bring a bit of happiness back into her life. Now, he finds himself falling for her hard and fast.

Wrought with guilt over spending time with Jax, Kailey uncovers truths her husband kept hidden that prove there was much about him she didn’t know. Will these revelations be enough to open her heart to love once more? Or will ghosts of the past prevent her from moving on?

#ReleaseBlitz for Across the Sea by @JeaAuthor and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Across the Sea

Series: Always & Forever #2

Author: J.E. Adams

Genre: Military Romance

Release Date: August 9, 2021

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“It's An Officer and a Gentleman with just a dash of Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Naples seemed like a lifetime ago, but in reality, it had only been a month, a month since Emily Rosen fell in love. After heartbreak and loneliness, she had finally lowered her barriers and allowed a man back into her life. Every day she spent with Gene made her more sure that he was the man for her, the man she wanted to spend her life with.

Gene Bain relished the feelings Emily roused inside of him. They hadn’t known each other long, but Gene was already sure that he wanted to take their relationship to the next level. When their ships reunited in Haifa, Israel, Gene was ready with a plan: a plan involving a ring.

But despite the love growing between them, Emily and Gene were already married... to the Navy. With new mission assignments in hand, Emily and Gene would find themselves separated again, forced back into danger. Would their love survive, or would they be lost at sea?

This is the second book in J.E. Adams’ Always and Forever series. The story can be read on its own, but works best when read after the first book in the series, In the Stars. Across the Sea is a full-length military romance featuring steamy scenes, committed love, and no cheating. Happily ever after is the mission.

#BookReview: These Hollow Vows (These Hollow Vows #1) by @writerlexiryan @ClarionTeen

Synopsis: From New York Times best-selling author Lexi Ryan, Cruel Prince meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this sexy, action-packed fantasy about a girl who is caught between two treacherous faerie courts and their dangerously seductive princes.

Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back—including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court.

Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. Brie's only choice is to pose as a potential bride for Prince Ronan, and she soon finds herself falling for him. Unwilling to let her heart distract her, she accepts help from a band of Unseelie misfits with their own secret agenda. As Brie spends time with their mysterious leader, Finn, she struggles to resist his seductive charm.

Caught between two dangerous courts, Brie must decide who to trust with her loyalty. And with her heart. 

#BookBlitz: Mister Know It All by @AmelieSWrites @XpressoTours #Giveaway Signed copy of Mister Know It All + swag $25 Amazon gift card

Mister Know It All
Amélie S. Duncan
(Cocky Hero Club)
Publication date: August 8th 2021
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance

A romantic comedy set in the world of Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward’s Stuck Up Suit

What’s a girl to do when she discovers that her boss/boyfriend (I don’t need a lecture, thank you very much!) is a cheating windbag?

Dump him and quit her job, of course.

After that, it was supposed to be the Summer of Me—a totally self-indulgent few months.

Except that I met a drop-dead gorgeous Viking with a bossy attitude.

We clashed on his arrogance and crassness, but geek bonded over Star Wars and Star Trek.

He offered himself as a no-strings-attached candidate for my get-my-groove-back sex plan, and I left because he already had a girlfriend, even if they were on a break.

But I couldn’t stop thinking about him.

I really, really needed to find someone less complicated, but he infiltrated my thoughts.

He was hot, after all (And his towel might have slipped on purpose.) Seriously hot.

No matter how many times I decided not to pursue anything with him, he kept showing a softer side of himself.

But we couldn’t keep going like that, neither here nor there.

Some decisions had to be made.

One that could change everything.

If someone had told me how my Summer of Me would end? I’d never have believed them.

But I regret nothing.

#CoverReveal for Kings of Blood & Money by @KerDukeyauthor and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Kings of Blood & Money

An Underworld Kings Series Standalone

Author: Ker Dukey

Genre: Mafia Romance

Cover Design: Yoly Cortez, Cormar Covers

Release Date: October 8, 2021

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This is not a story of love.

This is a story of revenge and the bond created from it.

Noah

The Gallo family took everything from us.

They killed my mother and sister, leaving me and my twin brother fighting for our lives.

My father was supposed to be there that night. He should have been there. Should have protected them—us.

When you strip a man of all he cares about, you’re left with a soulless entity seething with primal rage. He promised to turn Gallo's bloodline to dust to get his retribution.

And he did.

All but one.

Freya

I was seven years old when I was taken in the night. I don’t remember much of life before that.

All I know now is the glaring eyes of a boy who hates me, and the comfort I find in the boy whose face mirrors his.

I’m not part of this family, but they’re all I have comparable to one.

To hate is easy.

And I do hate them.

But to love even in hate is what hardens you, strengthens you, gives you reason.

The truth is I shouldn’t love them, that all these years are leading somewhere I won’t want to go.

But I do…

Love them.

I love them both.

The only question left now is, do they love me?