#BookReview: Shadowed Secret (Mirror Estate, #5) by @sfbaumgartner

In a world of secrets and shadows, a priest, two accountants, and an elite task force must protect what’s hidden or risk it all.

Fr. Phil, a former Navy SEAL turned priest with ties to Vatican Intelligence, finds his quiet life at Mirror Estate shattered when a fellow operative from Rome visits. Asked to retrieve a classified book before it’s auctioned on the dark web, Fr. Phil faces betrayal within the Church itself. And lethal adversaries will stop at nothing to acquire the information.

Tommy Rivers’s date with Mia Granger turns deadly when they discover a murdered colleague and the killer assaults them. Now, assuming they have the book, ruthless operatives have Tommy and Mia in their sights.

With the secret book’s exposure threatening the lives of countless operatives, Fr. Phil, Tommy, Mia, and an elite FBI task force must prevent a catastrophic intelligence leak before time runs out.

If you like the high-stakes intrigue of the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva and the thrilling, fast-paced drama of the TV show NCIS-Los Angeles, you’ll love this spy thriller!

Grab Shadowed Secret today to start this captivating thriller!

#ReleaseBlitz: Fate of the Storm by #ValerieStorm @RABTBookTours

Demon Storm, Book Eight

Young Adult Fantasy

Date Published: 05-13-2025

Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing

 

The shadows have retreated with Raven's downfall, but darkness still curls at the edges of the world. For a moment, though, Kari and Ari have a moment of peace. There is a glimmer of light that threatens to wash away the darkness as they finally bind their fates together in a formal ceremony.

But Raven hasn't given up, and there's an older, crueler foe who hasn't forgotten Kari - the Lord of Demons, the very one who crafted the Catalyst which Raven sought to control, still trapped in an ancient Tree.

Kari's moment of joy comes to a halt as the world shakes and Taris is ripped apart.

Velthas has risen.

#BookBlitz: Elmer Kelton's the Familiar Stranger by @_john_bradshaw @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

A Hewey Calloway Adventure, Book 5

Western Adventure

Date Published: 12-03-2024

Publisher: Forge Books

Elmer Kelton’s Hewey Calloway, one of the best-loved cowboys in all of Western fiction, returns in this novel of his middling years, as he looks for work―but not too much work―in 1904 West Texas.Hewey Calloway had intended to pass straight through Durango, Colorado, en route to visit a friend several miles northeast of the city. He had left his home range about a year before, with a herd of young horses. It was supposed to be a relatively straightforward affair; deliver the horses, collect the payment, and return home with the money. Things got out of hand, however, and there he was in Durango a year later with plans to go north rather than south. Oh, well, he thought, he had always wanted to see new country.

It isn't long before his travels lead him to a cabin on a rainy night. There he meets a young man, sick as a dog, who weakly tries to send him off. And for good reason: the man has smallpox, and soon enough, Hewey catches the deadly disease. The man cares for him in turn, and it's just as he is feeling better that the man disappears. The next morning a Pinkerton detective turns up with posse, looking for a wanted bank robber.

As he travels north, Hewey seems to run in with both the young man who tended to him, as well as the detective. But something seems off about the Pinkerton detective, and Hewey keeps his mouth shut. When he reuinites with his friend Hanley, they do everything they can to get to the bottom of the mystery that threatens both theirs and this young man's life.

#ReleaseBoost for The Pretend Fiancé Fiasco by @pippagrant @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Pretend Fiancé Fiasco

Series: Copper Valley Bro Code #6

Author: Pippa Grant

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Mysterious Protective Hero/Fake

Relationship/Forced Proximity/Treasure Hunt

Release Date: May 8, 2025

BLURB

A reclusive former celebrity, a recovering good girl, and small town trouble...

It started as a joke. After a string of bad boyfriends, I made up a fake boyfriend so people would quit asking when I was going to meet a grumpy lumberjack trying to save his mama’s inn in my adopted hometown.

When my grandma demanded proof from afar, I sent her a picture of me and my “boyfriend.”

Spoiler alert: He wasn’t really my boyfriend.

He was actually a reclusive former boy band member who swings through town sometimes and is friends with my friends.

As much as a reclusive former boy bander can be friends with anyone, that is.

He doesn’t know I told anyone he’s my boyfriend. Or that his name is Steve.

So when Grandma sends the guy she’d rather me marry to town to make sure “Steve” is good enough for me—and to talk me into marrying him instead—I have something of a problem.

But I got myself into this mess, so I’ll get myself out.

By proposing.

Relax, relax, I’m proposing a fake wedding.

And when he turns me down, I can say we broke up.

Except he doesn’t turn me down.

Instead, he offers me a trade.

He’ll pretend to be my groom, but I have to do something for him in return.

And that something?

Hoooo, boy.

I liked the man better when he was my pretend boyfriend Steve.

The Pretend Fiancé Fiasco is an action-packed romcom featuring the reclusive final member of the boy band Bro Code, a recovering good girl with too many men interested in her for all the wrong reasons, a treasure hunt, a fake engagement, and the best surprise to hit the Copper Valley universe since the Fireballs’ new mascot was revealed. This small town romcom stands alone, but you wouldn’t go wrong to read both the Copper Valley Bro Code and Copper Valley Fireballs series, along with Dirty Talking Rival, to catch all of the easter eggs.

#CoverReveal: Seven Hundred Beachfront by @ligiadewitauthor @XpressoTours

 

Seven Hundred Beachfront
Ligia de Wit
Publication date: July 22nd 2025
Genres: Adult, Magical Realism, Romance, Women’s Fiction

Some places hold memories. Others have opinions.

Meet Bev. Running is easier than fixing what’s broken—and Bev is good at running. Fiercely independent and determined to face her problems alone, the last thing she needs is to be saddled with her brother for the summer—courtesy of her controlling and narcissist mother.
She tells herself it’s just for the summer. But the sea has its own kind of pull, and some walls don’t hold as steady when the tide comes in.

Meet Jeff. A man weighed down by his failures on two fronts. Lost and unsure of who he’s become, he retreats to his hometown, shutting himself off from the world—until unexpected connections begin to pull him back to life.

Meet Erin. Or maybe don’t.

In a weathered seaside town, their lives intertwine in a story of forgiveness, friendship, and an unexpected spark of romance. All the while, whispers of a haunted house veil the real truth. Because the house isn’t haunted—it never was.

#ReleaseTour: Empire of Ache & Ruin by @dianahicksauthor @IndiePenPR

While I stand in darkness, she holds the light…

The ballet performance of my life ends with a forbidden auction.

My older brother’s best friend is the highest bidder.

Now he’s here to claim his prize…me.

But the reclusive billionaire is no knight in shining armor.

Though I’m drawn to him, I know something sinister lurks beneath his steel blue eyes.

I must protect my family, even if it means losing myself in the process.

#BookReview: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.

Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories.

But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.