#BookReview: Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite

Synopsis: Co-written by sisters Maika and Maritza Moulite, and told in epistolary style through letters, articles, emails, and diary entries, this exceptional debut novel captures a sparkling new voice and irrepressible heroine in a celebration of storytelling sure to thrill fans of Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi and Jenna Evans Welch!

When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped off to Haiti and writing the report of a lifetime…

You might ask the obvious question: What do I, a seventeen-year-old Haitian American from Miami with way too little life experience, have to say about anything?

Actually, a lot.

Thanks to “the incident” (don’t ask), I'm spending the next two months doing what my school is calling a "spring volunteer immersion project.” It’s definitely no vacation. I’m toiling away under the ever-watchful eyes of Tati Estelle at her new nonprofit. And my lean-in queen of a mother is even here to make sure I do things right. Or she might just be lying low to dodge the media sharks after a much more public incident of her own…and to hide a rather devastating secret.

All things considered, there are some pretty nice perks…like flirting with Tati’s distractingly cute intern, getting actual face time with my mom and experiencing Haiti for the first time. I’m even exploring my family’s history—which happens to be loaded with betrayals, superstitions and possibly even a family curse.

You know, typical drama. But it's nothing I can't handle.

#ReleaseBlitz: The Conman by Mike Murphey @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

Sports Fiction (Baseball)

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

Date Published: November 11, 2019

Conor Nash has lived his life with a single purpose—to pitch in the Major Leagues. He’s been released from professional baseball contracts ten times over a sixteen-year career, but he’s overcome every obstacle to finally reach The Show when he’s a decade too old.

As he faces the specter of injury-forced retirement, he becomes a man neither he nor his wife recognizes. During his career, Conor avoided the trap of alcohol and drugs because his drug was baseball. And what can an addict do when he realizes he will never get that high again?

Conor climbs treacherous Camelback Mountain, drinks a bottle of Champagne, recalls people and events, and seeks an answer. Who is Conor Nash if he can’t pitch?

The Conman is based on the Life of Keith Comstock. Keith pitched professionally for sixteen years, including Major League time with The Seattle Mariners, the San Diego Padres, the San Francisco Giants and the Minnesota Twins. Following his retirement in 1992, Keith has held minor league coaching and managing positions with several organizations.  For the past decade he has served as the rehabilitation instructor for the Texas Rangers.

#BookBlitz: A Whole New Duke by @samholtwrites @XpressoTours #Giveaway $20 Amazon gift card

A Whole New Duke
Samantha Holt
Publication date: November 10th 2019
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance
The Dark Duke they call him.
And he certainly matches up to his name. From his looks to his constantly furrowed brow, Miss Beatrice Edgerton is under no illusions as to the status of their arranged marriage.
It will be very much one of convenience. With him conveniently providing the title her family so desperately wants and her family bringing in plenty of money for his dilapidated home. She is simply grateful he is younger than her first husband.
Lord Morton, Duke of Hartwich, is only a little perturbed by the vibrant Beatrice. After all, he sets her straight from the very first day of their marriage—this is one of mutual benefit. In one way only. She can expect no affection or romance from him.
Because, frankly, he is incapable of such things. Being a one-legged duke with a slightly dark past brings enough challenges without him having to worry about a wife too. His days of concern for anyone are long gone.
Unfortunately, It is not only the duke’s dark demeanor she has to deal with. Someone is trying to cause trouble for them but they cannot fathom who or why.
Grace is determined to make the best of the situation, even whilst spending Christmas with the duke alone in the eerie Hartwich Hall. Why, perhaps she might even be able to change the duke’s mind about their relationship.
Especially after they share a fiery kiss…or three…

#CoverReveal for Tease Me by Kally Ash @GiveMeBooksPR #Giveaway

Title: Tease Me
Series: Temptation #2

Author: Kally Ash

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Sly Fox Cover Designs

Release Date: January 9, 2020

Blurb

Evangeline Webster is a woman who knows what she wants and how to get it. Her bar, Temptation, is her life, leaving her no time for any sort of romance unless it’s a quick and dirty one-night stand followed by a side of never-see-you-again. The last thing she expects is for a ghost from her past to wander into her bar, threatening everything she’s worked so hard for.

Beau Jenkins’ whole life changes with a diagnosis. He gives up his studies and his life in order to care for his ailing mother. When fate eventually snatches her away, he loses not just the woman who raised him single-handedly, but also his foundation. He’s revived by a chance encounter with the woman who has haunted his thoughts for years. She brings him back to life, but his fears and regrets stand in the way of him chasing what he always wanted with her.

#CoverReveal for Thorn by @tracy_l_author @GiveMeBooksPR #Giveaway ($10 Amazon gift card)

Title: Thorn

Series: Rosewood High #1

Author: Tracy Lorraine

Genre: YA/NA High School Bully Romance
Photo: Michelle Lancaster
Model: Andy Murray

Release Date: November 22, 2019

Blurb

She's an English Rose and I'm about to be a thorn in her side. 

She doesn't belong here. From the moment she steps foot in Rosewood High— it's clear she must go.

And I'll use my power to get rid of her. The betrayal I'm reminded of each time our eyes lock must end.

She's a lost rich girl, trying to recover from the death of her parents. But none of that is my concern.

This is my life. My rules. My senior year. What I say goes. And I say she's done.

Until she proves me wrong...

#NewRelease; The Lonely Orphan by @KristiWebster & @blanchardbooks @IndieSagePR #Giveaway

The Lonely Orphan

by K Webster & Nicole Blanchard Publication Date: November 4, 2019 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Sci-Fi, Romance

Read for FREE in KindleUnlimted: Amazon

Our planet has hope. Still decaying and barely inhabitable, but ours. With the arrival of the females, we’re no longer lonely. Well, some of us aren’t. For the rest, we ache for what they have. Peace. Happiness. Love. But where the other unmatched Morts want a mate to call their own, I’m different. Life cruelly made me fall for the one person I’m not allowed to have. Bitterness and jealousy are my mates now. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will always be alone. Until my commander sends me on a mission to rescue someone very important to his mate—her sister. A woman so different. So imperfect. So maddeningly defiant. Someone I have no interest in whatsoever. This feral female will never own my heart. Or so I thought. Love always has a plan of its own.

#BookReview: Across a Broken Shore by @atrueblood5

Synopsis: A Winter 2020 Junior Library Guild Selection.

The last thing eighteen-year-old Wilhelmina “Willa” MacCarthy wants is to be a nun. 

It’s 1936, and as the only daughter amongst four sons, her Irish–Catholic family is counting on her to take her vows—but Willa’s found another calling.


 Each day she sneaks away to help Doctor Katherine Winston in her medical clinic in San Francisco’s Richmond District.

Keeping secrets from her family only becomes more complicated when Willa agrees to help the doctor at a field hospital near the new bridge being built over the Golden Gate. 

Willa thinks she can handle her new chaotic life, but as she draws closer to a dashing young ironworker and risks grow at the bridge, she discovers that hiding from what she truly wants may be her biggest lie of all.