Friday, April 19, 2024

#BookReview: Hunt on Dark Waters (Crimson Sails #1) by Katee Robert






Synopsis: Sail the magical high seas with this first book in a new sexy fantasy romance series from Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods.

Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she steals from her vampire ex and falls through a portal to another realm, she’s fished out of the waters by a band of seafarers and their telekinetic captain. She’s immediately given a choice—join their group or die.

Bowen has no memory of his life before he became one of the Cลตn Annwn. He and his pirate crew are bound by vow to patrol through Threshold, the magical sea in between realms, keeping the portals to other worlds safe. When he rescues Evelyn, he doesn’t expect to be attracted to the unflappably brassy pickpocket. The longer he spends in her presence, the more he begins to question if his heart is the next thing she’ll steal.

But as tension heats up between Bowen and Evelyn, danger escalates as well. Because Evelyn has no intention of keeping her vows to the Cลตn Annwn, and if she betrays the crew, both she and Bowen will pay the ultimate price....


#BookBlitz: Last Seen in Havana by Teresa Dovalpage @XpressoTours #Giveaway Hardback of copy of Last Seen in Havana



Last Seen in Havana
Teresa Dovalpage
(A Havana Mystery, #4)
Publication date: February 6th 2024
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Thriller

A Cuban American woman searches for her long-lost mother and fights to restore a beautiful but crumbling Art Deco home in the heart of Havana in this moving, immersive new mystery, perfect for fans of Of Women and Salt.

Newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba in 2019 to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes’s life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance of her mother when Mercedes was a little girl. Returning to Cuba revives Mercedes’s hopes of finding her mother as she attempts to piece together the few scraps of information she has. Could her mother still be alive?

Thirty-three years earlier, in 1986, an American college student with endless political optimism falls deliriously in love with a handsome Cuban soldier while on a spontaneous visit to the island. She decides to stay permanently, but soon discovers that nothing is as it seems in Havana.

The two women’s stories proceed in parallel as Mercedes gets closer to the truth about her mother, uncovering shocking family secrets in the process . . .

#BookReview: Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians #1) by Ruby Dixon @lexilikestoread @BerkleyRomance






Synopsis: You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you'd be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they've left their cargo of human women - including me - on an ice planet.

And the only native inhabitant I've met? He's big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me...


#ReleaseBlitz: Return of the Shadowlord by John Gorman @RABTBookTours @Wonderboy33




 

Orb Of Zorn, Book #2


Fantasy

Date Published: 04-19-2024


 

When the Shadowlord steals part of the orb of eternity, his power surges. He has unleashed a mighty host of orcs and trolls and acquires an invaluable new henchman in Borg Bearslayer. Young Elcon goes through a battery of new trials and tribulations and is tested by powers he never imagined. Only by forging an alliance with the gray elf, Rowena Ravenwill, the brash dwarf Brom, and the last of the great swordsmen of the western realms does he stand a chance against the Shadowlord.

In this sequel to The Heir Apparent, a gloomier dawn emerges, and stakes are much higher for the young mage. The boundaries are blurred even further when the Walszman encounters the witch-like Lef Sagori. Will he succumb to the dark side of magic or will Elcon add great new deeds to his Van Zorn legacy?

#BookReview: The Downloaded by Robert J. Sawyer @lexilikestoread






Synopsis: The new novel by Canada's top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their minds uploaded into a quantum computer in Waterloo, Ontario. One group consists of astronauts preparing for Earth's first interstellar voyage. The other? Convicted murderers, serving their sentences in a virtual-reality prison. But when disaster strikes, the astronauts and the prisoners must download back into physical reality and find a way to work together to save Earth from destruction. The Downloaded debuted in a six-month exclusive window as an Audible Original narrated by Academy Award-winner Brendan Fraser promoted by national TV and radio ad campaigns. This print edition is coming out immediately after Audible's exclusivity ends and is being supported by a six-city cross-Canada author book tour.


#CoverReveal for Firefly Effect by K.K. Allen @GiveMeBooksPR







Title: Firefly Effect
Author: K.K. Allen
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Small Mountain Town, Single Dad
Forbidden (Psychologist/Patient), Obsessed Hero
Cover Design: Qamber Designs
Release Date: May 24, 2024


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From USA Today Bestselling Author, K.K. Allen, comes a steamy and gripping standalone romantic suspense.

For years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods.
Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice.
All while she watched the boy she was with that night take the fall.

Fourteen years later, Evelyn is nothing more than a shell of her former self.
Her life moves like a clock, from one moment to the next, never a surprise.
Gone are the days of chasing fireflies through the woods.
Until her therapist goes missing and he’s replaced with someone new.
Dr. Lincoln Reed.
A devastatingly handsome single dad with an intensity behind his evergreen eyes that jolts her back to life.

Or does it?

Evelyn is quickly losing grip of the suppressed reality she’s worked so hard to live.
With every new session on Dr. Reed’s couch, comes a startling new revelation that has her past awakening like the sparkles of light she used to chase through the Appalachian woods.

The Firefly Man was supposed to be a rumor, a fable, a spooky tale.
But Evelyn remembers the truth.
He’s her very own phantom.
And he’s back.


Thursday, April 18, 2024

#ReleaseBlitz for Believing Ben by Harper Cross @GiveMeBooksPR






Title: Believing Ben
Series: Elite Forces HEAT #1
Author: Harper Cross
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Second Chance/Still the One
Sister's Best Friend/Best Friend's Brother
Release Date: April 18, 2024


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Break my heart once, shame on you. Break my heart again, there’ll be hell to pay.

Savannah
My once-thriving company is on the rocks, my business partner is in bed with seriously bad guys, and I’m in trouble up to my naughty bits. I’m desperate enough to do the last thing on earth I ever want to do: ask for help. Worse, the only man with the skills to save me is Ben Hays, the ex I can never trust again.

After he left me, I picked up my broken pieces and came back stronger. The problem is it feels too good having him back by my side again after so many years of going it alone.

I could get used to being under his protection, but I can’t risk slipping under his spell. Even if one reckless night reminds me why I fell so hard for him in the first place.

Because I’ve spent years building up my protective walls. And if he hurts me again, I’ll hate him forever.

Ben
With my Army discharge papers in one hand and multiple job offers in the other, my future’s so bright, I have to wear aviators. A run-in with Savannah Lindstrom, the woman I never got over, derails my plans. Scary people are looking for her and she can’t escape them alone. She needs help and fast.

As the former leader of a rapid-response team, quick rescues are my forte. The problem is Savannah can’t forgive me for not being a long-term guy all those years ago.

I’m the last person she wants to trust, but I can’t let her face her enemies alone. Even if being close to her reminds me of everything that could have been.

Because her entire life is built on a house of cards. And if I can’t fix it, I’ll lose her for good.