#BookReview: Tentacles & Triathlons (Leviathan Fitness #2) by Ashley Bennett

Synopsis: Leviathan Fitness is the favorite place of monsters, muscles, and a tentacled creature who can seduce even the hardest to win over human.

When parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills.

At the urging of his sister’s wolven mate, Reece joins Leviathan Fitness to train in the gym’s olympic size swimming pool. After running into Reece at the pool, Cyrus offers to help Reece get ready to win the race.

New feelings arise from the depths as Reece and Cyrus learn that monsters and humans go together, tentacle in hand. The only question is- can these two hold on to their new found love despite their differences?

Tentacles & Triathlons is book two in the Leviathan Fitness series. Each book will center around the gym and feature a different monster pairing.

#ReleaseBoost for Saving Zane by Kaci Rose @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Saving Zane

A Scarred Hero, Age Gap Romance

Series: Oakside Military Heroes #8

Author: Kaci Rose
Genre: Military Romance

Tropes: Age Gap/Scarred Hero/Small Town

Grumpy/Sunshine

Release Date: May 3, 2024

BLURB

He's fighting the silence; she's painting his world with color again.

Zane

Battled, broken, and branded by war, I came to Oakside seeking refuge, not redemption.

The blast took my hearing and tossed my world into silence.

Now I’m a grizzled former Navy SEAL battling with my demons and the silence of my world, until I stumble upon Carlee.

Despite the years and experiences that separate us, she looks at me and sees a man, not a collection of scars and stories.

But with my past and her dreams of a future, I'm not convinced I can it give to her.

Carlee

Art is my refuge, my way of speaking when words fail me.

Oakside is supposed to be just another step in building my dream.

Helping Zane find his way back to himself wasn't in my plans, despite the shadows that linger in his eyes, I see the possibility of a future together.

Until I get the phone call that says I'm the sole guardian of my six year old niece.

Now I’m thrust into a life he’s made clear he doesn’t want.

#BookReview: The Persephone Code by Julia Golding

Synopsis: Bridgerton meets The Da Vinci Code in the most page-turning book you will read in 2024!

You don’t dabble in satanism. You sell your soul to the devil or not at all.

1812

Deep below the hills of the Buckinghamshire countryside, the infamous Hellfire Caves house a pleasure palace for the idle rich – a secret society steeped in satanism, opium and debauchery of the highest order.

When the club’s warden, Antony Pennington, is brutally murdered, his bastard sister, Dora, must follow the clues to decode who the killer is, aided by an unexpected ally – ex-Army officer, former opium addict and son of a Viscount, Dr Jacob Sandys.

As a shadow dogs their every footstep, Dora and Jacob find themselves in the midst of a shocking conspiracy, caught between the legendary Illuminati and the Hell Fire Club. With time running out, they must fight against both the most influential gentleman of the ton – and the undeniable attraction they feel towards each other…

#PreorderBlitz for Find Me by E.A. Wilde @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Find Me

Series: Poison Ivy #1

Author: E.A. Wilde

Genre: Dark Romance

Tropes: Who Did This To You/Redemption

Possessive/Morally Gray MMC/Forced Proximity

Release Date: May 20, 2024

BLURB

How did it all spiral out of control so quickly?

Trapped in a life dictated by others, I yearned for freedom. But my pursuit of independence led me down a dangerous path I never could have anticipated.

What began as a lifeline quickly unravelled into a nightmare. The deal was meant to help get my life back on track. Instead, it pulled me into a whirlwind of chaos and self-destruction.

Amidst the haze of sex, drugs, and bad decisions, I find an unexpected protector: him. His touch ignites a fire within me and I can't seem to get him out of my head.

As I teeter on the edge of self-destruction, he offers salvation—or damnation. With every choice, I risk losing myself further, but with him, I glimpse a flicker of hope.

In a world where every decision could mean my downfall, I must choose: Embrace the darkness or find my way back to the light, back to him.

#ReleaseBlitz for Saving Zane by @AuthorKaciRose and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Saving Zane

A Scarred Hero, Age Gap Romance

Series: Oakside Military Heroes #8

Author: Kaci Rose
Genre: Military Romance

Tropes: Age Gap/Scarred Hero/Small Town

Grumpy/Sunshine

Release Date: May 3, 2024

BLURB

He's fighting the silence; she's painting his world with color again.

Zane

Battled, broken, and branded by war, I came to Oakside seeking refuge, not redemption.

The blast took my hearing and tossed my world into silence.

Now I’m a grizzled former Navy SEAL battling with my demons and the silence of my world, until I stumble upon Carlee.

Despite the years and experiences that separate us, she looks at me and sees a man, not a collection of scars and stories.

But with my past and her dreams of a future, I'm not convinced I can it give to her.

Carlee

Art is my refuge, my way of speaking when words fail me.

Oakside is supposed to be just another step in building my dream.

Helping Zane find his way back to himself wasn't in my plans, despite the shadows that linger in his eyes, I see the possibility of a future together.

Until I get the phone call that says I'm the sole guardian of my six year old niece.

Now I’m thrust into a life he’s made clear he doesn’t want.

#BookTour: Gob the Gnome (The Gnome and the Science Experiment) by Marilyn Slaughter @RABTBookTours

Illustrator: Angel Neha

 

Children's Book

Date Published: March 6, 2024

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

This short story is about Nathan's adventures during a 5th grade science field trip to the Sunbrook Forest National Park. Nathan is familiar with the park because he and his sister Iris has visited the park before with the encouragement of their mom. Nathan overcomes some anxieties of not liking the subject science, having to buddy with the 5th grade bully, and worrying about other 5th graders, teachers and volunteers might see Gob the gnome and cause problems for Gob and the park. By the end of the science fieldtrip Nathan has built a level of confidence that he could make the best science presentation in his classroom and together with the 5th grade bully develop a monthly 'Clean the Park' project where he and his classmates join to clean up the forest. a mother wanting her children to enjoy the outdoors. Nathan meets an interesting park ranger who later become very instrumental in his interest in science, the environment and his future career plan after high school.

Since the 1400s, folklore has described gnomes as guardians of treasure and the protectors of Earth. Gnomes represents stability, growth, and good luck. This is the third book of the six-book series about Gob the gnome. The six books in this series all revolve around a gnome, the protector of a local forest, who becomes friends with Nathan and Iris and helps to educate them on the importance of caring for the environment.

#BookTour: Fluke Moon by Randall Boleyn #Giveaway @RABTBookTours

Not Raw Enough, Book 1

 

Suspense Thriller

 

Outer Banks exporter Seth Tinsley watches in horror as friends and fellow businessmen die in bizarre accidents. His trade to an exclusive segment of Japan’s Tsukiji Seafood Market inexplicably deteriorates threatening an end to his exports. Seth is forced to step up the timing for the launch of his new aquatic technology created by his unique start-up, SAAK Inc. Seth gambles everything sure that his PELTS products will alter the hierarchy of the worldwide seafood business—especially in Japan.

Grieving its dwindling ocean resources from over-fishing in the Sea of Japan, they realized their culture continues to diminish from the loss of Hirame, the iconic fish once essential to their most sacred rites and traditions. Committed to reclaiming their culinary heritage, an ancient Japanese warrior caste pursues the unique fluke caught in the abundant waters of the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.

A mysterious woman shows up as the Federal Seafood Inspector to the Hatteras Islands, then begins an inquiry about Seth and his businesses. Still struggling with so many unsolved murders and the loss of close friends, Seth still doesn’t believe he is targeted by an international conspiracy. When an Osaka trading company surprises him with a lucrative buy-out offer for his Kill Devil Hills, NC export company, going against his instincts, he accepts the puzzling buy-out offer.

Instead of collecting the rewards for the sale of his company, Seth ends up alone in Japan, wanted for mass murder and an expendable pawn of the US Government.