#BookTour: Masquerade of Bones by @jemberhintz @rrbooktours

Masquerade of Bones

Publication Date: February 25, 2025 (Print, ebook and audio)

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Tropes: 

Enemies to lovers

Villain gets the girl

Shadow daddy

Heists

Royalty,

Found family

Quest

One bed/horse/tent

Magic

Outlaws

Dragons

Vibes:  Six of Crows (but make it spicy) x Beneath Black Sails (but wild west outlaws instead of pirates) A Blood Oath ~ A Botched Heist ~ A Dangerous Deal with the Enemy Everly Thorn knew she was doomed when she came down with witch fever. She’s spent the last ten years hiding her symptoms and will do anything to keep her cursed gift a secret for fear of being conscripted into the military and used as a weapon to hunt others like her. Reeling from the death of her parents and a broken betrothal, she’s racked up a fortune in gambling debts. Her job at the Menagerie of Magical Beasts doesn’t pay enough to keep the collectors from threatening to take her home—the only thing she and her brother have left. Silas Drake is an infamous outlaw in need of a witch with a unique set of skills and exactly the kind of man Everly has vowed to stay away from—tall, dark, and deadly. He’s determined to steal a powerful dragon relic being held in the Menagerie’s vault. When he discovers Everly’s secret, the ruthless shadow summoner presents her with an impossible choice—swear a blood oath to him and help his crew steal the relic in exchange for paying off her debts or be handed over to the crown. Everly, however, is done with men who want to control her and refuses to accept her fate without a fight. 

#BookTags: Exploring the "20 Questions Book Tag" with @dinipandareads

Book Tag Fun: Let’s Dive In!

I came across a super fun book tag recently that I couldn’t resist sharing with you all—the "20 Questions Book Tag"! It’s a great way to explore your reading habits and preferences while discovering some new bookish insights. If you're looking for a way to reflect on your favorite (and not-so-favorite) books, this tag is perfect for that. Let’s dive into these 20 fun questions and get to know each other a little better! Feel free to answer along in the comments!

#ReleaseBlitz: Grit & Grace by @deborahrudellauthor @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

 

The Transformation of a Ship & a Soul

Memoir

Date Published: February 27th, 2025

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

 

 

Deborah Rudell’s world unravels when the leaders of her spiritual commune are exposed, arrested, and imprisoned for bioterrorism and attempted murder. Crushed and adrift, she moves her family off the commune to create a sense of normalcy. But when her husband seeks an opportunity to dismantle and rebuild a derelict fifty-foot schooner, Deborah uproots their children once again and joins him in Kauai. For the next five years, she dedicates her life to restoring a boat.

Pouring herself into the work at hand can only distract her so much as disillusionment about the cult’s lies and manipulation slowly rises to the surface. While she grapples with emotional turmoil and contemplates a new life path, Deborah sets out to accomplish something she never thought possible: sailing across the Pacific to the Olympic Peninsula. Will the dangers that come with navigating the ocean be too much to bear, or will she find resolution and fortitude in the turbulent adventure?

Grit & Grace: The Transformation of a Ship & a Soul is one woman’s account of conquering overwhelming challenges with tenacity and ingenuity and ultimately discovering her inner strength.

#BookBlitz: Stone Guardian by @booksbygayle @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Stone Guardian
Gayle Katz
(Masonry, Magic, and Love, #1)
Publication date: March 4th 2022
Genres: Paranormal, Romance

No Steam! No Spice! Gargoyles are immovable statues of stone. Lifeless, the librarian thought, until one of them takes flight to save her from an untimely demise.

A kindhearted but lonely librarian. Nancy is drowning under the weight of an abusive boyfriend, failing grades, and looming unemployment. While at work, she confides her deepest, darkest secrets to the gargoyle perched near her desk. But she’s unprepared when the strange stone statue comes to life.

A gentle gargoyle born under a curse. Treyton can’t believe it. In the past century that he’s been guarding the beloved Victorian library he calls home, the lonesome man never had anyone notice him until now. And he’s enchanted by the beautiful woman yearning for true love under his watchful gaze. But the witch who gave him life wants him back. And she’s willing to kill anyone who stands in her way.

As his vile witch plots against them, will Nancy and Treyton be torn apart forever, or can they overcome the evil threatening their love — and their lives?

#BookReview: Master of Iron (Bladesmith, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

In Master of Iron, the conclusion to Tricia Levenseller's exciting Bladesmith YA fantasy duology, a magically gifted blacksmith with social anxiety must race against the clock to save her beloved sister and stop a devastating war. 

Eighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a powerful magical healer who can save her sister's life.

When the events that follow lead to Ziva and Kellyn's capture by an ambitious prince, Ziva is forced into the very situation she's been dreading: magicking dangerous weapons meant for world domination.

The forge has always been Ziva's safe space, a place to avoid society and the anxiety it causes her, but now it is her prison, and she's not sure just how much of herself she'll have to sacrifice to save Kellyn and take center stage in the very war she's been trying to stop.

#ReleaseBlitz for Happily Ever Never by @kenziereedbooks @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Happily Ever Never

Author: Kenzie Reed

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Billionaire Romance

Forced Proximity/Fake Relationship

Grumpy x Sunshine

Release Date: February 26, 2025

BLURB

Help me. I’m trapped in a rom-com novel with no way to get out. It sounds crazy, but I was sitting on a park bench reading my favorite rom-com when I got hit by lightning. Unfortunately, my surly, gorgeous, billionaire boss was standing right next to me when it happened—and now we’re stuck together in the weird universe of a Serena Lovelace book.

It appears we’ve got to satisfy every single trope of the rom-com novel before we can return to our normal lives. We’ve got to stage a meet-cute. We’ve got to bake cookies together for a charity bake-a-thon. And we’ve got to have an all-is-lost moment where we both storm off, swearing to never speak to each other again.

That one, I can get behind.

The problem is, I’m finding that there may be more to Lucifer—I mean Lucas—Sheffield the Third than I thought. And once we get back to the real world, we’ll be done playing pretend, and I’ll never get my happily ever after.

#BookRecommendation: The Theft of Sunlight (Dauntless Path #2) by @booksbyintisar

I did not choose this fate. But I will not walk away from it.

Children have been disappearing from across Menaiya for longer than Amraeya ni Ansarim can remember. When her friend’s sister is snatched, Rae knows she can’t look away any longer - even if that means seeking answers from the royal court, where her country upbringing and clubfoot will only invite ridicule.

Yet the court holds its share of surprises. There she discovers an ally in the foreign princess, who recruits her as an attendant. Armed with the princess’s support, Rae seeks answers in the dark city streets, finding unexpected help in a rough-around-the-edges street thief with secrets of his own. But treachery runs deep, and the more Rae uncovers, the more she endangers the kingdom itself.