#BookReview: A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea #2) by Rebecca Throne

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ABOUT THIS BOOK:

While searching for stolen dragon eggs, newly engaged couple Kianthe and Reyna find themselves smack-dab in the middle of a swashbuckling love story. 

On one side is Serina, a failed farmer turned river pirate. Her booty? Wheat, grains, and the occasional jar of imported tea leaves. It's quite the embarrassment to Diarn Arlon, the powerful lord of the Nacean River, and he'll conscript anyone to bring her to justice. Especially Kianthe, the elemental mage who just crashed his party, and her somewhat-scary fiancée. 

Begrudgingly, the couple joins forces with Bobbie, one of Arlon's constables--who happens to be Serina's childhood friend. Bobbie is determined to capture the pirate before anyone else, but it would be a lot easier if Serina didn't absolutely loathe her now.

As Kianthe and Reyna watch this relation-shipwreck from afar, it quickly becomes apparent that these disaster lesbians need all the help they can get. Luckily, matchmaking is Reyna's favorite past time. The dragon eggs may have to wait.

#ReleaseBlitz for Whistle by Cambria Hebert @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Whistle

Series: Westbrook Elite #8

Author: Cambria Hebert

Genre: MM College Sports Romance

Tropes: Age Gap, Coach/Swimmer, Forbidden

Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Angst

Release Date: September 13, 2024

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Ever since my twin sister was murdered and I blamed my best friend,

my life has been nothing but an epic downward spiral.

Once a swimmer for the most prestigious West Coast college,

I never in a million years thought I'd end up here.

Abandoned. Locked up. Alone.

In a moment of weakness, I call the guy who was more of a brother to me than anything,

the guy I betrayed.

Shockingly, he flies cross country to bail me out. But he isn't alone.

In tow is his new swim coach. A whistle-blowing tyrant who makes me crave to push every button he's ever had and toss his list of rules into the bottom of the pool he loves so much.

But I can't because now he's my coach too.

It's Coach Resch and the team who hates me or a four-by-four cell.

So off to Westbrook I go to do my sentence like the good boy I'll never be.

Coach thinks he can handle me, but he’s never met my particular brand of wild.

Whistle is a Westbrook Elite standalone novel, a college sports romance

featuring a coach/athlete relationship and an age gap.

#BookTour: Dear Riley Rose, by Caroline Rose @RABTBookTours

Memoir

 

 

I’d like to tell you a story. It’s a fairy tale of sorts…

At the age of twenty-seven, Caroline Rose was finishing her first year of medical school and in the best shape of her life when she was shockingly diagnosed with a highly aggressive, incurable, stage IV cancer.

At the age of one, Riley, a Great Dane/Labrador mix, was rescued from inhumane abuse. An Internet search of rescue dogs during Caroline’s first remission led her to a picture a large broken dog with empty eyes that resembled her own. One impulsive decision later, Riley became a Rose.

This is the story of two lost souls coming together as one and their journey together through family, love, loss, pain, and hope.

Dear Riley Rose radiates the humor of Riley’s antics during even the toughest of times and illustrates the courage it takes for every being to rise up and choose life in the face of adversity.

Love heals us. Hope carries us. But is that enough for us to believe in a happy ending?

#ReleaseBoost for The Pretenders of Copper County by May Archer @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Pretenders of Copper County

Series: The Copper County Series #1

Author: May Archer

Genre: Gay Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Mistaken Identity, Virgin, Small Town

Grumpy/Sunshine, Fake Husbands

Release Date: September 24, 2024

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It was supposed to be a straightforward protection job. Remove the target from Vermont, get him to the safehouse, keep him there until his mafia uncle testifies, get back in my employer’s good graces.

Boom, done. Easy.

But it turns out things get complicated real fast when your target is an adorkable, accident-prone cutie with a shockingly low sense of self-preservation, zero clue that he’s related to the Fromadgio crime boss, and 100% too much inclination to chat happily with strangers.

When Chris compromises our safehouse (and accidentally starts a “lowkey, unavoidable” bar fight), our only option is to go undercover… pretending to be campground hosts in Copper County, New York.

Make that married campground hosts. (Long story.)

Now I’m hiding out with a guy who’s obsessed with action-adventure shows and hand-knit sweaters, and whose most fearsome talent is arranging charcuterie boards, all of which is far less helpful in a gunfight than you might think.

And worst of all… the sweet little virgin I rescued is growing on me.

Somehow I find myself listening to his happy chatter when I should be watching the woods, trying to figure out how his mind works when I should be getting us out of this predicament, and appreciating the way he looks in my shirts when I should be focused on getting my career back on track.

But when the Fromadgios’ enemies finally find us, protecting Chris is no longer just a job. I’ll do anything to protect what’s mine… and there’s nothing pretend about it.

#BookTour: Scattershot by Larry Chrysler #Giveaway @RABTBookTours

 My Journey from the Projects to Paris to Rodeo Drive

Memoir

Date to Published: September 10, 2024

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

 

Larry Chrysler’s life takes a dramatic turn when a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger disrupts his day. From that moment, the son of a bipolar mom and a homophobic dad decides he must follow his heart and forge his own path to success if he is to achieve his fashion design dreams. Armed with only a high school diploma and “angels on his shoulders,” Larry befriends wayward princesses, dresses A-list actors and rock music royalty, and embarks on jet-setting adventures his younger self hardly could have imagined.

Scattershot: My Journey from the Projects to Paris to Rodeo Drive tells the unforgettable story of a Jewish gay boy who leaves the oppressiveness of the Minneapolis projects to pursue a glamorous career in design among elite fashion circles in America and Europe. At times funny, wise, and heartfelt, this is a story of coming out during the repressive 1950s and of eventually finding true love. In this wryly candid and inspirational memoir, Larry proves that no dream is impossible with a little daring and panache—and, of course, a fabulous wardrobe.

#ReleaseBoost for The Little Things in Love by M.C. Roth @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Little Things in Love

Author: M.C. Roth

Genres: Contemporary Gay Romance

Tropes: Finding New Love/MMM Romance

Billionaires Meet Small Town/Cowboy

Release Date: September 24, 2024

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The best parts of love are the little things.

Annan is a cowboy at heart and quicker to propose than he is to fall in love. When he proposes to his most recent fling in the middle of an upscale restaurant, Elgin spots him for the first time.

Elgin is there with his husband Wallace—the man of his dreams.

When Annan’s date takes off with his car, Wallace offers him a ride home. But at the first joke in the car, Elgin feels himself slip and asks Wallace to take them to their place instead. Back at their place, Wallace calls the shots, inviting Annan in and showing him everything that love can be.

As they all make love, Annan and Elgin have no idea that Wallace has a painful agenda of his own.