#BookReview: Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen #1) by Chloe Walsh

Synopsis: He wants to save her. She wants to hide. She's damaged. He's determined. Fate brought them together. Love binds them. Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he's a force to be reckoned with, even plagued with a hidden injury. Everyone knows he's heading straight for the top—but that means there's no room for mistakes or distractions. Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College, the one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. He needs to stay focused, keep his cool, and not let anything get in the way of the bigger picture.  Except before he knows it, this lonely girl has become his only picture. Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her. But when she meets the notorious Johnny Kavanagh on her first day, her plans to keep a low profile are at serious risk. As they fall into a complicated friendship and grapple with their undeniable chemistry, hidden pain and complicated secrets threaten to be their undoing—but Johnny won't give up on Shannon. No matter what it might cost them both.

#ReleaseBlitz for Boss of Attraction by Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Boss of Attraction

Series: Forbidden #3

Authors: Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams

Genre: MM Romance

Tropes: Boss/Employee, Age Gap, Opposites Attract

Release Date: March 29, 2024

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Declan can’t resist the temptation of his much older boss, but a stolen kiss while trapped in an elevator becomes a ticking time bomb ready to blow up their careers and personal life.

Sean Ashford, a senior partner at a prestigious law firm, became a widower five years ago when his wife of twenty years passed away. Since then, he’s put all of his time and energy into his career and hasn’t wanted to date, nor does he believe his heart is ready to move on. Little does he know that the young, eager, male attorney he hired will change his mind.

Declan Rivers’ dreams of creating a better life for himself and providing for his mom are finally within his grasp when he gets hired at one of the best criminal law firms in Boston. The only problem is he can’t stop lusting after his new boss. As someone who is used to random hook-ups, he soon learns it’s not only his job at stake but also his heart when he wants more with the one man he can’t have.

Long hours in the office, the occasional flirtatious banter, and a fainting spell leaves Sean questioning his sexuality, and Declan hopeful that his crush will turn into more.

When Sean’s children learn about his workplace romance, Declan is accused of being a gold digger, leaving him and Sean to decide if they want to keep their relationship strictly professional or continue to give into their forbidden desires.

Don’t miss out on this boss/employee romance filled with all the GFY, age gap, opposites attract goodness.

#BookReview: Consort of Fire (Bound to Fire and Steel #1) by Kit Rocha

Synopsis: From cult-favorite writing duo Kit Rocha comes a fiery novel set in a lush fantasy world brimming with ancient magic, dangerous secrets, and erotic connections. 

For three thousand years, an ancient dragon god has protected the borders of the Sheltered Lands. In return, he makes only one demand: every one hundred years, the mortal ruler must send their heir to serve as his consort…for as long as they can survive.

Sachielle of House Roquebarre is the thirty-first consort to be sacrificed to the monster who guards the mountain passes. She is young, beautiful―and she has three secrets. 

First: she’s a disposable orphan trained in seduction. 

Second: her handmaid, Zanya, is an assassin and the only person she has ever loved. 

Third―and most deadly: she’s cursed. Sachi and Zanya have five weeks to murder the Dragon in his bed. If they fail, the mortal king’s curse will steal not just Sachi’s life, but her very soul. 

The Dragon has only one secret: he is nothing like what they have been told. And he will do whatever it takes to possess them both.

#ReleaseBlitz for Then Hate Me by Zoe Blake & Alta Hensley writing as Blake Hensley @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Then Hate Me

Series: Gilded Decadence #2

Author: Zoe Blake & Alta Hensley

writing as Blake Hensley

Genre: Dark Billionaire Romance

Tropes: Arranged Marriage/Enemies to Lovers

Forced Proximity

Release Date: March 22, 2024

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He dared to steal my bride, so it's only fair I respond by kidnapping his innocent sister.

Only a monster with no morals would kidnap a woman from her brother's wedding…

Which was precisely what I've become, a monster bent on revenge.

After all, as the billionaire Marksen DuBois, renowned for being a jilted groom, my reputation and business were in tatters.

There was nothing more dangerous than a man possessing power, boundless resources, and a vendetta.

I would torment him with increasingly degrading photos of his precious sister as I held her captive and under my complete control.

She'd have no option but to yield to my every command if she wished to shield herself and her family from further disgrace.

She was just a captured pawn to be dominated, exploited, and discarded.

Yet the more ensnared we become in my twisted game of revenge, the more my suspicions grow.

As she fiercely counters my every move, I begin to question whether I'm the true pawn… ensnared by my queen.

New York's elite play a dangerous game of shadows, hiding scandalous truths and illicit desires behind their opulent masks. Step into this intoxicating world of dark romance, masterfully crafted by USAT Bestselling authors, Zoe Blake and Alta Hensley, now co-writing as the enigmatic Blake Hensley.

#BookReview: The Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn, #1) by Lucy Score @Read_Bloom

Synopsis: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lucy Score thrills with a hilariously riveting romcom mystery featuring quirky clairvoyant sleuth Riley Thorn. Riley has a murder to solve and she doesn't need a too hot, goody two shoes detective sticking his nose into her investigation, especially when he writes her in at the top of his suspect list.

A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is.

Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she’s diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they’re clairvoyant visions.

Just when things can’t get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for a neighbor…who turns up murdered.

Nick Santiago doesn’t play well with others. Unless the “others” are of the female persuasion. Wink. He’s a rebel, a black sheep, a man who prefers a buffet of options to being stuck with the same entrée every night, if you catch his drift.

When the pretty, possibly psychic Riley lands at the top of the list of suspects, Nick volunteers to find out whodunit. Only because he likes solving mysteries not because he wants to flex his heroic muscles for the damsel in distress.

All they have to do is figure out who pulled the trigger, keep the by-the-book detective with a grudge at bay, and deal with a stranger claiming he was sent to help Riley hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she’s a loose end that requires snipping.

#ReleaseBoost for Reluctantly Royal by Erin Nicholas writing as Erin Nicolle @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Reluctantly Royal

Series: Royals Gone Rogue #1

Author: Erin Nicholas writing as

Erin Nicolle

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Royal/Commoner, Marriage of Convenience

Age Gap, Woman in STEM, Opposites Attract

Release Date: March 14, 2024

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A marriage proposal from a deliciously handsome and wickedly charming prince sounds like a fairytale.

But for a nerdy scientist with severe social anxiety, it’s a horror story.

Prince Torin O’Grady, with his mischievous blue eyes and cocky grin, is always in the spotlight. And he needs to marry me to inherit the crown.

But we have nothing in common. He’s a future king. And I’m perfectly happy slogging through mud in my work boots.

So why can’t I stop thinking about him?

Maybe because he won’t stop texting me. And sending me gifts. And making me feel like everything I find awkward and weird about myself is special and amazing.

And there’s also that little detail of him offering me my dream job and telling me that together we can change the world.

Well, I could probably 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 for him.

And if I have to marry him temporarily to get what we both want, then fine. It’s for the greater good.

It has nothing to do with the way he kisses me. Or that dirty mouth. Or the royal treatment he gives me in the bedroom.

Fine. Maybe it does. Still, it’s only a year. Then I can turn in my tiara and come back to my normal, boring, behind-the-scenes life.

But Torin is determined to turn me from reluctantly royal to royally his.

#BookReview: Powerless (Chestnut Springs #3) by @AuthorElsie @Read_Bloom

Synopsis: Two childhood friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. That’s all this was supposed to be. Afterall, I’ve been living in the friend zone for years now.

But hockey heartthrob Jasper Gervais isn’t looking at me like a friend anymore. And he isn’t touching me like one either.

To his fans, he’s the handsome, talented athlete on TV. But to me he’s still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold.

The man I’ve loved in secret for years.

So when my life falls apart on my wedding day, it only makes sense that he’s the one to swoop in and save me. And when his world comes crashing down around him, I’m there to return the favor.

But the more time we spend alone, the more Jasper doesn’t feel like a friend at all. He feels like everything I’ve ever wanted and thought I could never have.

Our feelings aren’t straight forward though. They twist and turn around the pain of his past and the reality of my present.

Jasper Gervais acts like he wants me.

But after years of turning me away, he’s going to need to prove it.