#BookReview: Mark of the Empress (The Empire Saga #2) by @MDalto421

Synopsis: An Empress ripped back to the life she left behind.

A Prince desperate to save his people.

One child lost within another realm, the other dependent on their constant protection.

Betrayed by those closest to her, Empress Alexstrayna must figure out a way to get it all back - her throne, her people, her son. 

Fulfilling a two-thousand-year-old prophecy, Reylor, the banished Lord Steward, has stripped Alex of her rightful rule and set in motion a chain of events even he, himself, does not fully understand. Determined to strip his brother of happiness by any means possible, his actions send Alex and Treyan back to Boston and away from the Empire they called home.

Blinded by vengeance with hate running thick within her veins, the Empress must consider the ramifications of their return, for better or for worse. But when an unexpected visitor offers help assist with their attempts, Alex and Treyan need to determine how best to reclaim their Empire without more lives lost before whatever time they have left runs out.

It’s time to return to the Empire. Are you prepared to join the battle?

#NerdBlast: Dead of Winter by Lindy Ryan @JeanBookNerd #Giveaway

Eight chilling tales to read under the Cold Moon.

A tinker’s son acquires a cursed soul.

A dying woman is haunted by her own reflection.

An uninvited presence haunts a Christmas seance.

A festive holiday turns macabre.

Despite the twinkling lights and steaming cocoa, the end of the year is the darkest time of the year—a season of short days, long nights, and cold skies. In this special anniversary anthology, the authors of Black Spot Books mix Ye Olde Yuletide hauntings with modern-day holiday horrors to weave a chilling new collection of dark winter tales. From frozen forests stalked by eerie Christmas ghosts to rotting gifts of winter malice, the spirits of Christmas come home for the holidays in the Dead of Winter.

#BookReview: The One and Only Bob (The One and Only Ivan #2) by Katherine Applegate

Synopsis: Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

#NerdBlast: SNOW QUEEN by Mary Ting @JeanBookNerd #Giveaway

A curse turned her heart to ice, but only true love can melt it.

Cyrus, the possessor demon lord is dead, but his final battle left Hawaii in turmoil. Hundreds of people are wounded, and the aftermath of a volcanic eruption has kept the survivors busy with the cleanup. Schools are closed and stores are being rebuilt. Life is almost back to normal, except for Ikelia, Eli’s mother.

Eligor, Eli’s father, is still trapped inside the Keeper crystal. Ikelia is unable to free him, so she asks Davin, the head of the Chosen Knights, to travel to her past. He takes her to the moment she first became the Snow Queen in search of the clue she needs. They learn they must go to Kaneana Cave, home to a legend about a Shark Man who lures humans through a smaller opening in the cave and eats them. So Davin rounds up the team. But what they find there might mean the end for Ikelia and the Chosen Knights.

#ReleaseBlitz for the Cocky Hero Club @GiveMeBooksPR and @CockyClub@authora_s @AriRose50 @erinwritesbwwm @janinebosco @mjohnstonwriter @nicole_author @psteeleauthor @TC_Matson @tbrooksauthor

COCKY HERO CLUB

Release Date: September 13, 2020

Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.

BRASH BOSS

BY A.S. ROBERTS

NICO
Ruthless, unstoppable, downright relentless.

I know what they say about me,

And they're right. 

I’m Vegas, mafia royalty. I deal with business the only way I know how, arrogantly.

But, in life listening to the matriarch of our family is really all that matters.

However, settling down,

Getting married,

And playing it straight,

Just isn't me.

But what Nonna wants,

Nonna gets.

BARBARA
The roll of the dice,

The flip of the cards,

I love it all.

The risk,

The chance,

The odds.

Which is why I'm here again,

In over my head,

Drowning in debt,

With no clear way out.

But when a sexy, commanding mob boss makes me an offer.

I can't refuse.

After all,

It can't be that hard being married to the Brash Boss. 

But deals struck over money should never involve the heart..

#CoverReveal for Cruel Infatuation by @kellicallahan92 and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Cruel Infatuation

Series: Underground Kings #3

Author: Kelli Callahan

Genre: Dark Romantic Suspense
Cover Design: Silla Webb
Photo: Wander Aguiar
Model: Andrew Biernat

Release Date: September 24, 2020

Blurb

Grayson:

It was shocking how quick love could turn to hate.

In a matter of seconds, life could be happy and destroyed.

Trust was a mythical, make believe fairytale. 

Eight-years of my life was ruined because I trusted. I wouldn’t be making that mistake again.

At least, that was what I told myself.

Life got lonely.

And I fell in love with someone I had never met.

Online.

She lived across the country. That was so much easier than dealing face to face.

Online dating didn’t make the relationship real.

Until she showed up on my doorstep.

Not looking a day over eighteen. 

I wasn’t sure if I should be shocked or used to life dealing me a bad hand. 

And what the hell was I supposed to do with an eight-year old kid that gets dropped at my door saying I was his dad?

The eighteen-year-old smoke show brought trouble.

The eight-year-old was chronically ill.

I grew to love them both and now two difference threats could take them away from me.

I wouldn’t let another eight-years of my life get ruined.

Not when I finally learned how to live again.

#BookReview: Two Thousand Years (The Empire Saga #1) by M. Dalto

Synopsis: Two thousand years ago, the Prophecy of Fire and Light foretold the coming of the Queen Empress who would lead the Empire into a time of peace and tranquility. But instead of the coming of a prosperous world, a forbidden love for the Empress waged a war that ravaged the land, creating a chasm between the factions, raising the death toll of innocent lives until the final, bloody battle.

Centuries later, Alexandra, a twenty-two-year-old barista living in Boston, is taken to an unfamiliar realm of mystery and magic where her life is threatened by Reylor, its banished Lord Steward. She crosses paths with Treyan, the arrogant and seductive Crown Prince of the Empire, and together they discover how their lives, and their love, are so intricately intertwined by a Prophecy set in motion so many years ago.

Alex, now the predestined Queen Empress Alexstrayna, whose arrival was foretold by the Annals of the Empire, controls the fate of her new home as war rages between the Crown Prince and Lord Steward. Either choice could tear her world apart as she attempts to keep the Empire's torrid history from repeating itself. In a realm where betrayal and revenge will be as crucial to her survival as love and honor, Alex must discover whether it is her choice - or her fate - that determines how she survives the Empire's rising conflicts.