#BookReview: The Duchess Curse (Alchemy of Desire #3) by Charlie Lane

Synopsis: Shadows rule the darkness. She must embrace them to find the light.

A transcendent daughter’s life should be carefree, but Guinevere’s life has always been a curse. Loving any man could kill him, so she swears to remain a spinster. And when her parents force her into an arranged marriage, she knows the only way to save the mysterious duke she could love, is to break his heart by leaving.

No matter how much Guinevere pushes him away, the Duke of Braxton knows she’s the only woman for him. His magic allows him to hide his identity and follow her wherever she goes. As she cultivates the reputation of the most notorious potion maker in England, he abandons the role of duke for that of Guinevere’s bodyguard Bran.

Years later, a Queen’s command forces them to meet once more as man and wife, duke and duchess. But he can’t keep his secrets forever, and when Guinevere finds out Braxton and Bran are the same man…

He’ll do anything to atone.
And she’ll do anything to keep him safe, even break her own heart.

Book 3 in USA Today Bestselling Author Charlie Lane's historical romantasy series has:

~ Gaslamp fantasy
~ hints of steampunk and witchery
~ a marriage in trouble
~ spicy open door scenes
~ love potion revenge
~ all the groveling
~ women in magical STEM
~Bridgerton meets magic

Alchemy of Desire is an interconnected standalone series; each book has its own HEA!

#BookTour: Uprising by @jennifererizzo @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

Book One of the Fitzjohn Duology

Historical Fiction with Speculative and Romantic Elements

Date Published: 09-01-2026

Publisher: Literary Wanderlust

England, 1381 AD: Blanche Fitzjohn is an outcast in her small coastal village. Not only is she the illegitimate daughter of John of Gaunt, the man responsible for her neighbors’ over-taxation, but she possesses strange abilities: hearing sound from miles away and smelling people’s emotions.

She takes solace in her studies with the local wisewoman and in her friendship with Geoff, a groom at the local manor. Until the day Henry of Lancaster, Blanche’s half-brother, brings her news of an arranged marriage to Sir Thomas Prescott, Constable of the Tower of London. Although she smells cruelty on him, Blanche agrees to marry Thomas in the hopes that her influence may help better the lives of Geoff and all England’s villeins.

But soon, the peasants’ discontent turns to revolt. Though her heart is of the people, Blanche’s nobility makes her an enemy to the rebels. To save herself and Henry from the executioner’s ax, Blanche must use every power at her disposal, even those she once considered a curse.

#CoverReveal: Damiana by @lillymanningwrites @XpressoTours

Damiana
Lilly Manning
(The Sigils Series, #1)
Publication date: October 22nd 2026
Genres: Adult, Horror, Romance

The retreat promised the other half of her soul.

It was a promise with a waitlist: black-sand beaches, redwood fog, luxury glamping, ceremonial cacao, and a bonfire where every guest casts a sigil for the kind of love she’s been waiting her whole life to find.

Draw the symbol. Feed it to the flames. He’ll come.

Marlowe only attends because her boss pays for her to go. It’s all nonsense, she tells herself. An evening of designer spirituality for women desperate enough to believe the lie.

Then every woman’s wish starts coming true. Including hers.

Damian is everything she asked for—patient, devoted, ruinously handsome—and the only person trying to convince her not to sign up for the next retreat.

Because the fire wasn’t symbolic. The women didn’t manifest anything. Every wish was answered by design.

Now the retreat’s charismatic founder and the secretive sisterhood behind her wellness empire expect Marlowe to honor a bargain she never knew she made.

And walking away has never been part of the program.

The fire doesn’t forget what was promised.

#CoverReveal for The Devil by @natashaknightromance #GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Devil

Duet: War of Hearts #3

Author: Natasha Knight

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Cover Design: Coverluv

Release Date: September 24, 2026

BLURB TO BE REVEALED SOON!

“How did you find me?”

“What makes you think I ever lost you?”

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#ReleaseBlitz for Torrent's Treasure by @natloganauthor #GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Torrent's Treasure

Series: Grave Prowlers MC: Missouri #1

Author: Nat Logan
Genre: MC Romance

Tropes: Marriage of Convenience, He Falls First

Woman in Danger, Found Family

Release Date: September 1, 2026

BLURB

Cecilia Wilson is surviving, trying to raise her younger sister after her parents’ suspicious death in a fire. When her investigations into her parents’ murders gains the attention of the person that doesn’t want anything brought to light, danger comes to her doorstep.

Cecilia survives the unthinkable, only to realize she has to defend her life and her younger sister’s, or life will be over for them. The ensuing fallout has her needing help that only specialized individuals can provide. She calls the one man that her father told her she could trust if she was ever in danger— Torrent from the Grave Prowlers MC.

Mason “Torrent” Jones loves his club and has given whatever they asked in the past because the club has given him everything— a brotherhood, family and freedom. A call from the daughter of a friend of the club has Torrent and his brothers riding to help.

Torrent despises men who hurt women, but he’s never felt like enfolding a woman in his arms to comfort her until Cecilia.

As Secretary of the Grave Prowlers MC: Missouri, he’s done many things for his club, and he doesn’t hesitate when they tell him to marry Cecilia to protect the club because the club is above everything. He doesn’t count on the unfamiliar feelings when Cecilia and her sister Calliope are threatened.

Torrent and his brothers will do whatever it takes to protect the Club, his wife and family. But will it be enough when danger wears a badge?

If you like a marriage-of-convenience with he falls first, found family and plenty of action, you’ll love Nat Logan’s locked-and-loaded introduction to the Grave Prowlers MC: Missouri.

#OnMyRadar: Monster, Monarch, Maiden by @raecarsonpics

There are the books that seem to be everywhere before they even come out…

And then there are the books that quietly catch my attention and make me think, “Okay, I need to keep an eye on this one.”

Welcome to On My Radar, where I’ll be highlighting upcoming and newly released books that have caught my attention and landed somewhere on my ever-growing TBR.

This week, that book is Monster, Monarch, Maiden by Rae Carson.

#BookReview: A Time of Witches by @madelinemmartin

Synopsis: Two women, bound by blood and betrayal, must break silence across centuries—or be silenced forever, in the dazzling new novel by New York Times bestselling author Madeline Martin.

Lilith Legare’s life is unraveling. Since her mother’s death, strange things have been happening - plants turn toward her touch, animals linger in her path, and the birthmark on her arm has started tingling. Worse still is her recurring nightmare of being burned alive at the stake.

Her search for answers brings her from Savannah to England, to the decaying Brackenmere Manor where the past blurs with the present. There, Lilith discovers a legacy she never asked for and along with it, the threat of peril. History must be rewritten, or she too will die.

In 1645 Suffolk, Sybil Brantham stands accused as a witch. An educated, wealthy widow, she is branded a threat by men who fear her independence. As arrests begin and suspicion abounds, Sybil must protect her younger sister, even as betrayal takes root within her household.

Across centuries, Lilith and Sybil are bound by blood and by danger. To save themselves, and each other, they must confront the silence that has stolen women’s power for generations—and dare to claim their voices before it’s too late.