#BookReview: Solving Sherlock Holmes Volume II: Puzzle Your Way Through the Tales by Pierre Berloquin

Synopsis: This full-immersion experience challenges you to solve these slightly re-imagined scenarios inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous Sherlock Holmes short stories:

Interactive Challenge 1: Begins with a short introduction to the short story/crime, giving a summary of the main characters and plot. Following the introduction, 24 puzzles—including cryptograms, crosswords, logic conundrums, visual puzzles, ciphers, and word searches—are presented, for a grand total of 144puzzles.

Interactive Challenge 2: Utilizes maps that readers use to maneuver around the chapters, completing each puzzle not in a chronological order but, instead, relying on tips and clues from each solved puzzle to travel around the book, like a maze.

Interactive Challenge 3: Drops hidden clues that accumulate into a final, overarching word search, which requires the completed clues from all 6 chapters.
The Puzzlecraft series from Wellfleet Press tackles some of the greatest conundrums of our time. Learn how to navigate the world’s trickiest mazes, solve the most complex crosswords, and finally get the answer to “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” Follow literature’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, as he guides you through hundreds of challenging cross-fitness brain exercises inspired by his most popular cases and adventures. You can also train your memory to perform better and learn the meanings behind your own personality traits or the traits of others. These handy and portable paperbacks are sized perfectly to travel, whether on vacation or just for your daily commute. The intricately designed covers and bold colors will capture your attention as much as the engaging content inside.
 
Other titles in the series include: The Curious History of Mazes; The Curious History of the Crossword; The Curious History of the Riddle; Escape from Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Code Breakers; Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Math & Logic Games; Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Visual Puzzles; Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Lateral Brain Teasers; Solving Sherlock Homes; Maximize Your Memory; andThe Book of Personality Tests.

#CoverReveal for Titch by @JessicaAmesAuth and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Titch
Series: Untamed Sons MC #5

Author: Jessica Ames

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: May 24, 2021

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Titch

As Road Captain of the Untamed Sons MC, I've had my share of pain, but nothing could prepare me for seeing my ex-wife move on with another man. It makes my demons want to come out to play, makes me want to destroy everything in my path. I love Rachel. I'll always love her, but she's no longer mine. Getting her back is my only focus and to do that, I'm willing to cross lines I shouldn't.

Rachel

I never expected my feelings for Titch to remain as strong as they were when I first married him. Getting a divorce was my first mistake. My second was trusting my new husband. He has secrets that put me and my sons in danger. I shouldn't be thinking about my ex, not with a new man on the scene, but every thought I have is about Titch. He's the light in the darkness and he makes my heart beat faster than it has in years.

When I discover my husband has been hurting my child, I fall into the arms of the only man who can save us all. Titch.

*Warning : Contains adult content, reading age 18 +. Graphic violence and dark emotional scenes that may trigger some readers.

#BookReview: Are You Smarter Than...A Shark? by David George Gordon

Synopsis: People once thought that sharks weren’t very smart. It turns out those people were WRONG! Wise-cracking sharks set the record straight in this funny, fact-filled book for young shark lovers.

Sharks have their own way of thinking. And their way of thinking has made them one of the top predators in the ocean. Sharks can sniff out injured animals over great distances. As hunters, they use their special electro-sense to zero in on hidden prey. They have taste buds in their razor-sharp teeth. And, like people, sharks are playful and curious, and they can learn and remember.
 
In Are You Smarter Than...A Shark?, discover what makes a shark a shark, and what makes them different from other fish. Learn about countershading, mermaid’s purses, dermal denticles, and more. Explore a shark’s watery world and meet their finny friends and weird relatives.

Five “Test Your Shark Smarts” activities let you test your senses against a shark’s senses. Can you identify a secret ingredient through smell alone? Is your hearing better above or below water? How do your teeth compare to those of different sharks? Who would win a tasting contest?

Best yet, Are You Smarter Than...A Shark? has humor. Punny jokesand cartoon illustrations, along with robust information, make this a book you’ll want to dive into again and again.

#CoverReveal for Villainous by @jeanie0328 and @GiveMeBooksPR #Giveaway ($25 Amazon gift card)

Title: Villainous

Series: Villain #2

Author: J.M. Stoneback

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Cover Design: Jersey Girl Design

Release Date: July 30, 2021

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I've been on the run from my worst nightmare for ten years.

My rules are simple.

Keep my head down and don’t draw any attention to myself.

In hopes that he won't find me.

But he does.

The most notorious mafia underboss, Aiden "Villainous" Vitali, wants answers on why I left him without a word.

If I refuse to tell him why, then he'll kill me.

The choice is mine.

Talk or die.

#CoverReveal for Filthy Hot by @SerenaAkeroyd and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Filthy Hot

Series: Filthy Feckers #4; 

The Five Points’ Mob Collection #5

Author: Serena Akeroyd

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Cover Design: T. E. Black Designs

Photo: Regina Wamba

Model: J.J. Michaels

Release Date: May 27, 2021

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The second our eyes meet, I feel it.

The ticking clock.

It's only a matter of time before we come together.

Before the heat that arcs between us turns into a conflagration.

But he's a mobster. An O’Donnelly. His notoriety is legendary.

I'm a journalist. I expose men like him, which is how I built my reputation.

Manipulating the truth is how the Five Points forged their name. It's why he's one of NYC's most eligible bachelors, after all.

Whereas for me, the truth is my calling.

My purpose.

With my life on the line, will I risk it all once more to find safety in the arms of a filthy hot O’Donnelly?

Read our story in this opposites attract mafia romance, Filthy Hot, the fifth book in the Five Points' Mob Collection.

#SaleBlitz for Tease Me by Faith Summers @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Tease Me

Series: Dark Odyssey #1

Author: Faith Summers

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

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An angel like her… and a devil like me.

Was it wrong to prey on the weak?

Especially when the weak came in the form of this beautiful angel on the doorstep of my club.

My club The Dark Odyssey.

The place where people live out their wildest fantasies.

Here, beneath the mask.

Nothing is off limits and just like Vegas, what happens here stays here.

She’s too angelic for the wild masquerade parties I hold.

She couldn’t possibly know she’s standing at the doorway to sin.

It’s clear she’s here for something else.

I smell desperation and fear…

That’s fine, I’ve already decided she’ll be mine.

I’ve found the perfect toy to play with.

I’m Nick Giordano and I always get what I want.

I want her body.

Obedience.

Submission.

Heart and soul.

I’ll claim her. I’ll break her, and possess her

She’s the perfect distraction from my enemies.

And, the darkness of my world.

Welcome to The Dark Odyssey, Angel Doll.

I hope you enjoy your stay, I know I will.

Tease Me is a standalone, full-length DARK Billionaire Mafia Romance in the Dark Odyssey series. If you love a filthy-mouthed, possessive Alpha you will love this.

CAUTION: Be prepared for one wild, steamy ride. Read at your own risk.

#BookBlitz for Dark Reflections by Kelsey Ketch @YABoundToursPR

 

Summary:

Being possessed by a vampire sucks!

Alana Jones’s world has been completely turned upside-down after being bitten by a vampire’s reflection in a cursed mirror. Now she’s forced to stay in an abandoned Victorian inn on an isolated island off the west coast of Florida, where Alana lives a double life: one as herself and one as a vicious murderer. Over the past year, she has spilt and drunk the blood of sixteen victims. The guilt of their deaths slowly eating away her sanity.

Sixteen dead . . .

However, things become even more complicated when Alana finds Cole, a surfer she felt a connection with the moment they met on the mainland, locked up in the island’s shed. Knowing his death is inevitable, she attempts to distant herself from him, continually reminding herself of the monster residing underneath her skin. Unfortunately, it’s a small island, and the more she interacts with Cole, the more her feelings grow for him.

Eventually, she has to make a decision. Either accept his fate or find a way to expel the vampire’s spirit from within herself before she murders him as well.