#BookReview: The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle #1) by Leslie Vedder

Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and All the Stars and Teeth.

Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn't believe in true love.

Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way.

Briar Rose is a prince under a sleeping curse, who's been waiting a hundred years for the kiss that will wake him.

Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi--until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle while exploring a long-lost ruin. Now she's stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose until she and Shane can break the century-old curse on his kingdom.

Dark magic, Witch Hunters, and bad exes all stand in her way--not to mention a mysterious witch who might wind up stealing Shane's heart, along with whatever else she's after. But nothing scares Fi more than the possibility of falling in love with Briar Rose.

Set in a lush world inspired by beloved fairytales, The Bone Spindle is a fast-paced young adult fantasy full of adventure, romance, found family, and snark.

#ReleaseBlitz for Not the Puck Bunny by Freya M. Love

Title: Not the Puck Bunny

Series: Lowball Bay Sea Dragons #1

Author: Freya M. Love

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Hockey, Enemies to Lovers, Workplace

Grumpy/Good Girl, Mistaken Identity

Release Date: February 1, 2025

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A chance meeting in a quiet corner of a bar leaves me furious, doubting my life choices. Who does he think he is anyway? Just because Cam North is a tall, smoking hot hockey god doesn't mean he can talk to me like that.

I'm done being a doormat for anyone. He was burned before? That's not my problem.

What he doesn't know is who I actually am and why I'm about to make his life a whole lot more complicated.

I have one goal—make the Lowball Bay Seadragons ice hockey team as good as I know they can be. To do that, I need to keep a safe distance between me and the players. I can't lose my perspective.

I sure as hell can't lose my heart.

#SeriesBlitz for the Valentine's Sweethearts Series @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Valentine's Sweethearts Series

Genre: Feel Good Contemporary Romance

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Love is in the air, and romance blooms sweeter than candy hearts!

In charming towns across the country, love awaits those with open hearts this Valentine's Day. Fate brings together couples who discover that true connection goes beyond sweet nothings printed on candy. As they navigate the season of love and their own hesitations, they learn that sometimes, all it takes is one heartfelt message to change everything. Each story in 'Valentine's Sweethearts' celebrates the joy of finding love during the most romantic time of the year.

This sweet series will be filled with cozy small-town charm, heart-fluttering moments, and the magic of Valentine's Day. The books in this series will release from January 22, 2025 through February 14, 2025.

#ReleaseBlitz for My Inked Neighbor by Nikki Landis @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: My Inked Neighbor

Series: Summit Hill Vipers #1

Author: Nikki Landis

Genres: MC Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Touch Her & Die, Alpha

Male, One Bed, He Falls First, Grumpy/Sunshine

Release Date: January 31, 2025

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Bullseye:

When my aunt is sick and asks me to house-sit, I don’t hesitate to agree.

I haven’t been to her neighborhood in years, and it’s nothing like I remember.

Bored, I invite my club over, but I don’t count on the sexy, flustered woman next door showing up and demanding I turn down the music.

It’s not until she sees my leather vest and the patches I wear that her eyes widen, and she panics.

I’ve scared her, and I don’t know why.

I make it my mission to find out and unintentionally spark a silent war.

The harder I push her to confront me, the angrier she becomes.

We’ve become near enemies within days of meeting, but I won’t stop until I win.

I want to learn more about my sexy, beautiful, stubborn neighbor.

But I don’t count on a brief confrontation in Xiara’s past to cause such havoc.

This little game just got a whole lot deadlier.

I’ve got to decide if I want to protect her, cuff her to my bed, or lock her up so no one can harm her.

I’m damn sure all three intrigue me.

And that’s not good because I’ll kill anyone who tries to get in my way.

I’ve become the only thing preventing Xiara from becoming a victim.

Again.

It’s not just her I have to think about now.

The danger hasn’t come for only Xiara; it’s after my club.

As an enforcer, it’s my job to eliminate every threat.

I won’t hesitate to break every law to keep them all safe.

My Inked Neighbor is part of the Summit Hill Vipers, an exciting new contemporary biker series. It's an enemies-to-lovers, overprotective alpha male, MC romance novel. This is also part of the Motorcycles, Mobsters, and Mayhem author event and The Mayhem Makers Series.

#CoverReveal: My Grape Crush by Rowan Rossler @XpressoTours

My Grape Crush
Rowan Rossler
Publication date: March 23rd 2025
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Every woman with a pulse knows who Rhys Trenton is. Influencer sensation. Global icon. A serious piece of man candy living the celebrity dream in his palazzo on Corfu. In no legitimate universe should the golden path of my social media crush ever cross with mine.

Except it does.

I’m Dani Rialto—jobless and vulnerable after a failed workplace romance shattered my confidence. When a prestigious winery offers me a dream marketing gig, there’s just one tiny problem. The new spokesperson for their rosé is none other than the free-spirited Rhys. And he lands in my sleepy wine town for five weeks to do whatever this buttoned-up career girl says.

Listen, I can play it cool. But after an embarrassing start to our working relationship, it turns out more than grapes can thrive in the heat. As a surprisingly complex Rhys melts my inhibitions, his fame sparks unexpected chaos, forcing us both to challenge our guarded hearts, that, like the finest vintages, can only breathe when we open them up.

#CoverReveal: The Garden of Before by @ryan_in_austin @XpressoTours

The Garden of Before
Ryan Leslie
(The Between, #2)
Published by: Parliament House Press
Publication date: September 23rd 2025
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Horror

“That’s what happens here, Paul. Every power has its price. It always gets worse.”

For Paul Prentice things have gotten much worse. His house was destroyed in the battle with the Koŝmaro. He’s on thin ice at his job, where instead of working he loses himself in the Between’s computer game, trying in vain to find explanations. His best friend Jay has transformed into a shadowy killer. Corinne and Supriya have vanished. And it appears his wife, Julie, has finally had enough and left him.

Alone and near ruin, Paul receives a familiar visitor with a dire message: they are all back in the Between. Hunted, captured, doomed. For Paul, still wearing the serĉilo’s artifact on his wrist, escape was never an option. The game must be played until the end.

In the harrowing conclusion to The Between, Leslie once again invites readers into a mind-twisting world where the most terrifying monsters are the ones let loose inside of us.

#BookReview: The Crimson Crown (The Crimson Crown #1) by Heather Walter @heatherrwalter5

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the wickedest of them all? Snow White’s dark queen tells her side of the story in the first book of a queer, witchy duology that reimagines the classic fairy tale—from the author of Malice.

“An alluring, vengeful origin story that brings tremendous dimension to a classic fairytale.”—Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings

Legends tell of a witch who became a queen—the heartless villain in the story of Snow White.

But now the wicked queen is stepping out of Snow White’s shadow to become the heroine of her own legend.

Her real “once upon a time” begins when she is just Ayleth, a young witch who lives in the forest with her coven. The witches practice their magic in secret, hiding from the White King and his brutal war against witchcraft.

Ayleth, however, faces a war of her own. Her magical gifts have yet to reveal themselves, and as the threat of the Royal Huntsmen intensifies, Ayleth fears she will never become the witch her coven needs.

To prove herself, Ayleth sets out on a perilous quest that sends her to the White Palace, a decadent world of drama and deceit. There, Ayleth encounters an unlikely figure from her past: Jacquetta, a witch who once held Ayleth’s heart—and betrayed her.

As events at the palace escalate, Ayleth finds herself caught in the web of the White King, whose dark charisma is as dangerous as the sinister force that seems to be haunting the palace—and perhaps even Ayleth herself. With the threat of discovery looming, Ayleth and Jacquetta must set aside the wounds of their past and work together to survive.

As she uncovers the secrets of the White Court—and those of her own heart—Ayleth must find the strength to transform into someone she never imagined she could be.

A powerful witch, the very wickedest of them all.

Book One in The Crimson Crown series.