#BookBlitz: Lessen the Stressin' by Dr Steven German @RABTBookTours

Strategies for Becoming Smarter in Managing Stress

Nonfiction / Self-Help

Date Published: February 12, 2025

 

 

A Practical Guide for Learning Ways to Better Manage Stress

How do you experience more joy each day and remain productive and focused on what is most important to you despite sometimes being surrounded by the dark clouds of stress circling overhead or looming on the horizon? Lessen the Stressin’ effectively answers this challenging question by providing a comprehensive review of practical strategies and information essential to managing stress. Conceived and written with the goal of offering an enlightening training opportunity, this book also includes self-assessments and anecdotes to enhance learning. In addition, there are chapters focused on ways for handling stress generated in three areas often found to be particularly problematic – conflict, change, and communication, including digital communication. Dr. German’s insights and thorough coverage of easy to implement strategies help contribute to the optimistic feeling that with some effort, it is possible to successfully manage stress in an increasingly complex world.

#BookBlitz: Rare by @patdemoss @XpressoTours

Rare
Patrick de Moss
Publication date: March 1st 2025
Genres: Adult, Fantasy

Some songs aren’t meant to exist.

When sixteen-year-old Emma receives a mysterious Beatles record—a cover of The Girl Can’t Help It, a song they never recorded, her life changes in ways she never imagined. Grieving her grandmother’s death and lost in the heavy fog of depression, Emma doesn’t expect much from the strange package. But the moment the needle drops, magic ripples through the world.

Angels shiver. Dragons stir in their hoards. Vampires feel an ancient hunger awaken. The song calls to them all, and it calls to Emma too. For the first time since her grandmother’s death, Emma feels something spark inside her: hope. But magic has a price, and the Dark has heard the song as well.

To protect the record, Emma must venture into the Hidden States of America—a surreal, shadowed version of the country where myth and reality blur. It’s a country shaped by the stories we tell and the secrets we keep, where ordinary towns hide extraordinary truths.

As Emma struggles to carry the song to where it belongs, she’ll have to confront her grief, face her deepest fears, and discover if she has the strength to resist the pull of the Dark.

From Patrick de Moss, the acclaimed author of Kings of Nowhere, comes a darkly magical tale of loss, courage, and the power of music to heal even the deepest wounds. This is a story that explores the fragile beauty of hope and the strength it takes to face the shadows.

Rare is a spellbinding modern fable. Every note of the song of this story echoes with both wonder and danger. Some songs can change the world. Some songs can change you.

#BookBlitz: Pity Play by @whitneydineenauthor @XpressoTours 2- $25 Amazon gift cards

Pity Play
Whitney Dineen
(Pity Series, #6)
Publication date: March 23rd 2025
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

I’ve loved my brother’s best friend for as long as I can remember. Newsflash, he doesn’t see me that way. But now that Luke Phillips is coming to town and needs a place to stay… could this be my big chance?

It’s not like I’ve sat around for the last twenty-eight years waiting for Luke. Not really. But ever since I moved back to Elk Lake, I can’t help but hope I’ll run into him. Enter my big brother calling and asking if his bestie can bunk with me. My younger self is doing backflips at the possibilities.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Luke is looking for a long-term situation. He’s made it clear he’s got some business to take care of and then he’s on the first train back to Chicago.

But then he kisses me. And everything changes.

At least, I hope it has…

Pity Play is a brother’s best friend, close proximity, small town rom-com that takes place in the resort town of Elk Lake, Wisconsin. This is the sixth book in a series that read as standalones.

#CoverReveal: Exiles on Earth by Bea Tama @XpressoTours

Exiles on Earth
Bea Tama
(Outcasts of Oloria, #1)
Publication date: May 16th 2025
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

Stranded alien. Fierce farmer. One blown-up barn.

Ellen’s barely keeping her family farm afloat, clinging to dreams of what it could be—with a little luck and a lot of hard work. What she doesn’t need is a spaceship crashing onto her land, or the massive scaled alien who steps out of the wreckage. Now the barn she wanted to convert to a bed and breakfast is shattered all over the lawn, and this huge scaly dude is to blame.

Elia is a space-faring clone, bred for loyalty and survival. He fought for the chance to enter the prestigious Mating Games, only to be exiled for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, stranded on an uncharted world, he and his crew are at the mercy of an infuriated human female with fire in her eyes and no warriors of her own to protect her.

She is not fragile. But she is vulnerable. And something deep in Elia wants her. All he has to do is rebuild what he destroyed and guard her land and her dreams as fiercely as if they were his own.

But Ellen isn’t looking for a mate. And Elia is running out of time to prove that she should.

🔥 A sizzling sci-fi romance featuring a caring, exiled alien, a determined human heroine, and slow-burn tension that will leave you breathless. Perfect for fans of aliens on earth, forced proximity, and fierce heroines who refuse to back down. 🔥

#BookTour: Whispers of Dust & Darkness, Every Thread of Light by @authorsarahzimm @rrbooktours

Every Thread of Light: An Epic Dark Fantasy Romance (Whispers of Dust & Darkness Book 2) 

  Expected Publication Date: March 25, 2025

Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance

In the kingdom of Magus, war and winter reign. The thrilling dark fantasy romance sequel to Every Dark Shadow, about a realm where magic-born fight for freedom against the monarchy and the last living Descendant of her god line faces an alliance with her enemy to save them. Perfect for fans of fantasy books like Six of Crows and A Game of Thrones, as well as readers who love epic fantasy worlds filled with secrets, bargains, and betrayal. In the Kingdom of Magus, Ophelia Dannan’s magic has reawakened, but at dire costs. Though she’s inherited the powers of a goddess, she’s haunted by the events in Wythe and the desperate choices she made to save the lives of her people. As war breaks out, she and Falcon lick their wounds in the Underbelly, waiting for word on Hart and Rune. There, Ophelia plots to end the centuries-old battle for the throne by unearthing and destroying three elusive primordial relics—but she isn’t the only one who seeks them. If the Gray King retrieves the instruments first, the magic-born will rot in endless servitude, and if the relics fall into the Darkwielder’s hands, his vengeance may obliterate every mortal. To save Magus from ruin, Ophelia finds herself making a bargain with a dangerous enemy—one that plunges her into a harrowing game of trust, politics, and dark secrets. To win, she’ll have to master her horrifying magic, mend her shattered soul, and decide how far she’ll go to shape her fate—or she and her kingdom will be destined for destruction. 

  In a war between gods and monarchs, one will rise.

#BookReview: Jackson: Montgomery Ranch Cowboy by @fionawolfe_books

".... if only she knew the things I could do to her, what I will do to her… but she’ll beg me first."

Heir to his family's sprawling multimillion-dollar ranch; Jackson Montgomery has always been certain of his future—until the most enticing woman he's ever encountered moves into his aunt and uncle's house.
Handsome and capable; he's never had to go far for female attention but this woman; with her feisty spirit and mouthwatering curves, fires his blood in a way no other woman has before.
Her hungry gaze tells him she wants him...but she doesn't seem to be taking him seriously!
Confusion, anger, and lust war within him as his body yearns to pull her close, but his heart wants to push her away....

"...the things he does to me; I never knew I wanted..."

A New York City native; Laura is a young, sassy, educated woman who plans to spend her life helping other women rise from the ashes of abuse. She craves peace, serenity, and a place she can call home near the one person on earth she loves like a sister.

Life at the ranch seems idyllic until Jackson Montgomery appears. The tall, handsome cowboy seems too good to be true, but he isn’t here to stay. He’s only there for a season, and Laura can feel his dislike, even as his hot gaze devours every inch of her.....

HEA.

Can be read as a standalone.

#BookTour: A War of Crowns by @mrsashleywillingham @rrbooktours

A War of Crowns: An Epic, No-Spice Fantasy Romance (Book One) Publication Date: March 24, 2025 Genre: Epic Fantasy Romance/ No Spice

• Enemies-to-lovers
• Slow burn
• Third-person multi POV
• Political intrigue
• Good vs. Evil
• Disability rep (chronic pain and achondroplasia)
• Adult characters (FMC is 30; MMC is 40)

Seraphina prayed for a miracle. But the Lord on High sent him. The war began the day 29-year-old Seraphina de la Croix became Elmoria's first ruling queen. Two hundred years of peace shattered in an instant–all because the world thought her too weak to hold her family's throne. She's determined to prove them wrong. But Seraphina wasn't born to rule. She was born to marry the King of Drakmor, Edmund Hargrave, and sit at his side as a mere consort. Now, thrust into a dangerous world of political intrigue and divine magic, Seraphina must end the war and save her people before it's too late. But with dark forces stirring and enemies threatening at all sides, she stands to lose far more than just her life should she fail to secure victory in this deadly war of crowns. Especially when a new contender enters the arena: the true King of Drakmor, who supposedly died fifteen years ago. Epic fantasy and no spice romance meet in this intrigue-filled first installment in the War of Crowns saga. If you love medieval politics, sweeping tales told from multiple POVs, and slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, read A War of Crowns today! Perfect for readers who want all the epic scope of A Game of Thrones, but none of the explicit content.