#CoverReveal: Shadow of the Yew Tree (The Mythic Bones #1) by Kate Gateley @RRBookTours1

We're thrilled to present the cover for the first book in a new duology by Kate Gateley, called Shadow of the Yew Tree!

Shadow of the Yew Tree (The Mythic Bones #1) Expected Publication Date: Spring 2025 Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Romance

Dual POV

Grumpy/sunshine

Men in therapy

Open door romance

Canadian PNW backdrop

ADHD rep

Mentor/mentee

Unique magic system

One bed / forced proximity

Slow Burn

Druids & Science

FMCs who are 30+ (and MMCs who are 40+ 😉)

Who is patient number eighty-seven? Shadow of the Yew Tree by Kate Gateley is the first novel in a contemporary fantasy and romance duology featuring an angsty Druid doctor and a sassy, enigmatic journalist who find themselves in an unexpected partnership. Secrets vine dangerously between them as they race to counter the rapidly growing threat to their hidden magical world ... The Mythic Bones Duology is a standalone series set in Gateley’s beloved “Lost Wells” world. It is perfect for A Discovery of Witches and Outlander fans with a modern Canadian twist. 

#BookTour: Buried Heroes by Beth Ball @RABTBookTours

Buried Heroes (Age of Azuria Book 1)

Genre: High-Fantasy/ Epic Fantasy

• Chosen one
• Found family
• Slow-burn (like super slow)
• Romance subplot
• Fated lovers
• Search for true self

As the Festival of Renewal approaches, Iellieth must choose: Stay with her distant mother and abusive stepfather or accept an arranged marriage to a cruel, power-hungry nobleman from another kingdom.

But just as she faces the consequences of her decision, her father’s amulet whisks her away to a snow-covered mountainside. Hidden within is an ancient warrior waiting to be awakened—waiting for her. He holds the key to the life of adventure she’s always wanted and—most importantly of all—to her destiny.

And that’s only the beginning.

Prove yourself, find where you belong, and step into the person you were meant to be in this gripping, first-in-series epic fantasy novel by Beth Ball, author of Phoenix Rising.

Triggers: death of a mentor, allusion to past assault (not on page).

#ReleaseBlitz for Hey, Daddy by Lani Lynn Vale @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Hey, Daddy

Series: Semyonov Bratva #2

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Mafia Romance

Tropes: Bully/Enemies to Lovers/Forbidden Love

Release Date: February 4, 2025

BLURB

Broody. Hot. Intoxicating.

Nastya Semyonov first met Haze at a bar, but for Haze Hopkins, duty calls before either can act on their desires. He’s gone without a glance back, leaving her thinking that maybe all the hot looks were only one-sided.

Fast forward to the next day, Nastya hitches a ride to her car that she left behind the night before, only to run into the same man from last night.

Neither one truly thinks before they act, and they spend a hot fifteen minutes in a fast-food restaurant bathroom before parting ways again.

It’s as she’s walking back to her car that she realizes how badly she’s screwed up.

Because her car is surrounded in police tape, and there’s one very angry man wearing a badge standing in front of it with her name on an arrest warrant for killing a man.

Mistakes were made. Repeatedly.

But Detective Haze Hopkins isn’t complaining.

He was ready to quit, anyway.

Crime pays better.

#TeaserTuesday: Razor by Jamie Targaet @RABTBookTours

Hounds of Hell MC (#6)

MC Romance

Date Published: 2/7/2025

Publisher: Changeling Press

 

She’s a spark I never saw coming, in a fight I can’t afford to lose.

 

Deva -- No Mercy Ink is my sanctuary, the shop I built with my brother Jackson. But after a string of attacks leaves him in the hospital, I’m left to defend everything we’ve worked for. That’s when Razor storms into my life -- intimidating, loyal, and maddeningly protective. He’s everything I’ve avoided in a man, yet I can’t deny the pull between us. But as danger closes in, it’s clear Victor Grayson and his crew will stop at nothing to destroy us. Razor swears he’ll keep me safe, but how can I trust him with my heart when my survival demands I protect myself?

Razor -- Leading the Hounds of Hell means protecting my family at any cost. When Deva’s world collides with mine, she’s more than just a mission -- she’s a fire I can’t extinguish. Fierce, stubborn, and utterly captivating, she’s determined to fight for her shop, even if it puts her in Grayson’s crosshairs. But this isn’t just about the club or Mercy anymore -- it’s about her. The deeper I fall, the higher the stakes. To win this war, I’ll have to face my past, defend my future, and prove to Deva that she’s not just worth fighting for -- she’s worth everything.

#ReleaseBlitz: Ivory Bones by Sara Winokur #Giveaway @RABTBookTours

The Lewis Chessmen Murders

Historical Mystery

Date Published: February 4, 2025

Publisher: Briarstone Press (sarawinokur.com)

 

Ancient chess pieces. A centuries-old diary. And a modern killer closing in.

 

When Icelandic forensic geneticist Brynja Pálsdóttir, haunted by her family’s dark legacy, is drawn into the search for the missing Lewis Chessmen, she becomes a pawn in an assassin’s deadly game.

A centuries-old diary, written by a woman abducted during the brutal Barbary pirate raid on Iceland in 1627, lands on her desk. Brynja soon realizes the woman’s story may hold the key to finding the priceless medieval artifacts.

As Brynja digs deeper, she becomes the target, surrounded by deception and unsure of whom she can trust: the NYPD colleague hiding her own motives, the sculptor whose family lays claim to the chessmen, the lover she has spurned, even her own assistant.

As the past and present collide, betrayal, loss, and survival transcend time and place.

Ivory Bones: The Lewis Chessmen Murders is a gripping blend of Nordic noir, historical intrigue, and murder mystery, where ancient secrets and modern dangers force Brynja to face a dark, inner truth before the assassin makes their final move.

#ReleaseBlitz: Bound to Happen by Annie R. McEwen @RABTBookTours

 

Paranormal Romance

Date Published: 02/04/2025

Publisher: Harbor Lane Books, LLC

The women in her family have a history of falling in love with ghosts. Aoife's positive she's the exception to the rule.

She's wrong.

 

Aoife 'Fee' Gowdie is exploring a derelict London music hall when she discovers a seventeenth century theatre below. The problem? It's got a seventeenth century ghost in it. And he has a pet-Fee's mouse, the one she buried that morning.

Gilbert 'Gil' Sorley-orphan, thief, actor, playwright-was born in 1613 and died... The jury's still out on that. He remembers the moment. The fight, the blade, the blood. It's been a gray wasteland since then. Until the miracle of her. And the mouse.

The old theatre has protected Gil for centuries, but now it's slated for demolition. To stop time and death, Fee and Gil have nothing except desperate, impossible love. Is it enough?

BOUND TO HAPPEN by Annie R McEwen is perfect for fans of Discovery of Witches and Practical Magic, the A Stitch in Time books, Ghost, and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.