#BookTour: Real Men vs. Plastic Men by #ElbertJonesJr @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

African American / Nonfiction

Date Published: 08-30-2025

In a society increasingly defined by fleeting trends, social media facades, and a loss of authentic masculine identity, Elbert Jones Jr. challenges readers to look past the surface. "Real Men vs. Plastic Men" is a powerful, thought-provoking guide that dissects the difference between performative masculinity (the "Plastic Man") and genuine character (the "Real Man"). Jones provides actionable advice and deeply resonant insights on building integrity, emotional intelligence, discipline, and true leadership. This book is a necessary conversation starter for anyone seeking to redefine strength and live a life of meaningful impact.

#BookReview: I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com (Cosmic Chaos #1) by @kimberlylemming

Synopsis:
A hilarious and sexy romance about a woman who gets dropped on a strange planet only to fall for not one, but two, aliens, from the author of I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf.

Dorothy Valentine is close to getting her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion. On the bright side, she’s saved! On the not-so-bright side, it’s because they’re abducted by aliens. In her scramble to escape, Dory and the lion commandeer an escape pod and crash-land on an alien planet that has...dinosaurs?

Dory and her new lion bestie, Toto, are saved in the nick of time by a mysterious and sexy alien, Sol. On their new adventure, they team up with the equally hot, equally dangerous Lok, who may or may not be a war criminal. Whether it be trauma, fate, or intrigue, Dory can’t resist the attraction that’s developing in their trio....

As this ragtag group of misfits explore their new planet, Dory learns more about how and why they’ve all ended up together, battles more prehistoric creatures than she imagined (she imagined...zero), and questions if she even wants to go back home to Earth in this hilarious and steamy alien romance adventure comedy romp.

#BookReview: Summer State of Mind by @kristywharvey @gallerybooks

Synopsis:

“Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina.

After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, North Carolina, looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On her first day at her “simpler” job, high school baseball coach Mason Thaysden discovers an abandoned baby, sending ripples through the entire tight-knit town of Cape Carolina.

Mason is still struggling to reconcile the scars of the injury that kept him out of the big leagues, stuck in his hometown, and searching for a way out. This newcomer and the child they’ve saved together might be just the motivation he needs to stay put. Sparks fly as Mason acquaints Daisy with Cape Carolina, introducing her to his friends and family, including his batty Aunt Tilley, who is looking for relief from long-buried family secrets and her own fresh start.

But as Daisy becomes increasingly attached to this abandoned child, and begins facing her own demons in the process, a startling discovery is made that threatens to rip the entire town of Cape Carolina apart, placing Daisy, Mason, and Tilley in the center of the storm. In a novel that proves that “Kristy Woodson Harvey is (the) go-to for elevated beach reads” (People), they will each learn that with love, understanding—and a community theater production of Hello, Dolly!—sometimes life conspires to bring us just exactly where we belong.

#BookReview: A Steep and Savage Path by J.J.A. Harwood

Synopsis:
From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE THORNS REMAIN comes an enemies-to-lovers journey to the underworld unlike any other, for fans of THE CRIMSON MOTH and THE CRUEL PRINCE

An immortal vampire. A mortal bride. A vow that even death can’t break. 

Irina is about to be married to a dead man. She is the willing village sacrifice for the Wedding of the a desperate ritual designed to lay the hungry vampire that has been terrorising her Transylvanian village to rest. Irina’s beloved sister’s soul is trapped in the land of the dead. If Irina can retrieve it, she could bring her back – but Irina would need a guide, one who can walk between the living and the dead.

Irina strikes up a deal with her new husband – if he agrees to get her safely there and back again, then he can drink her blood as much as he wants.

They begin a perilous journey through the afterlife together, in which Irina realises Stefan isn’t the cruel and terrifying monster that she thought. In a land of three-headed beasts, winged creatures and walking corpses, the last thing Irina would have expected was to fall in love.

Only, Irina learns that by bringing Stefan to the land of the dead she has put him in grave danger, and will be faced with an impossible choice. Will they be able to make it out, undead or alive?

#Teaser: The Enforcer's Possession by @harleywylde @RABTBookTours @changelingpress

(Ruthless Alliances #1)

 

Mafia Romance, Age Gap, Suspense

Date Published: November 28, 2025

A contract of power. A marriage of enemies. A love written in blood, bound by desire.

Caterina: My father thinks he owns me. A spoiled mafia princess, good for one thing -- marriage to strengthen his empire. But I refuse to be sold to a cruel man. If he wants an alliance, I’ll give him one -- on my terms. So I go to Dante De Luca, the De Luca family’s most dangerous enforcer. Cold. Controlled. Lethal. Our contract marriage is supposed to be business, not desire. Then he touches me, and everything I thought I knew about power and control shatters.

Dante: Caterina Lombardi doesn’t know what she’s started. She wants protection. I want her. She thinks she can use me to defy her father, but once she’s mine, she stays mine. She’s fire wrapped in silk -- reckless, beautiful, and born to test every rule I’ve ever followed. But in our world, rebellion comes with blood, and enemies are closing in. I’ll burn everything to protect her… even if it means becoming the monster she fears.

A dark mafia romance filled with obsession, betrayal, and dangerous passion. For readers who love possessive alpha heroes, spoiled princess heroines, enemies-to-lovers heat, and contracts written in blood.

 

WARNING: Intended for readers 18+ The Enforcer’s Possession includes dark and possessive elements, emotional intensity, and morally gray behavior.

#ReleaseBlitz for Chasing Lyric by @keosbornauthor #GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Chasing Lyric

Author: K E Osborn

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Second Chance, Secret Identity/Hidden Past

Opposites Attract, Protective Hero

Release Date: November 24, 2025

BLURB

I don’t do privileged pretty boys.

Especially ones who waltz into my flower shop flashing Hallmark smiles like they own the place.

Chase Malone is everything I should run from—smooth, confident, too damn sure he can play me like his favorite melody.

But then fate, a runaway goat, and tracks of eighties rock on repeat push us into a rhythm neither of us asked for. And somewhere between the laughter and silence, I hear the truth in the spaces he tries to hide.

I thought we were in tune.

Instead, after months of his beautiful symphony, I uncovered his perfect illusion—Chase Malone, the greatest lie I ever let myself fall for.

Now I’m caught in his song, with his desperate attempts to be that perfect Hallmark hero and win me back. But I just don’t know if this love story ends in harmony… or heartbreak.

Chasing Lyric is an angsty, opposites-attract romance where big cities collide with even bigger secrets. It’s got banter, betrayal, a runaway goat that steals the spotlight, and a playlist of eighties rock that turns every page into a heartbeat. Fierce independence meets Hallmark-hero charm in a battle of love, lies, and second chances. And when the final note fades, you’ll believe in happily ever afters all over again.

#CoverReveal for Follow the Play by @kaylee_ryan_author @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Follow the Play

Series: Nashville Rampage #4

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Tropes: Single Dad/Nanny Romance

Friends to Lovers, Forced Proximity

Model Cover Design: Lori Jackson Design

Special Edition Cover Design: Mary,

Books N Moods

Release Date: December 16, 2025

BLURB

NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Follow the Play is a single dad, nanny, friends-to-lovers, forced proximity sports romance.

Baker

Being a single dad was never part of the playbook, but one look at my son and everything changed.

Now football and fatherhood are my whole world—a world that gets turned upside down when my nanny quits two weeks before training camp.

Sloane Peterson runs interference by stepping in to help.

She's sweet, dependable, and the one woman I shouldn't want. Not when our lives are so entwined.

But every time she smiles at my son—or me—it gets harder to remember that our little arrangement is only temporary.

Sloane

Taking a short-term nanny gig for Nashville Rampage’s most eligible DILF has disaster written all over it.

But when Daddy Sin is in a bind, I do just that. It keeps me from waiting tables, and his son is the cutest little boy on the planet.

Baker Sinclair is famous, has a body like a Greek god, and when he’s in daddy mode… he’s irresistible. He’s also currently my new boss, and completely forbidden.

The longer I'm in his home, the less this feels like a job.

Because between reading bedtime stories and baking cookies, I can't imagine my life without them... either of them. Too bad love doesn't follow lesson plans... or playbooks.