#BookReview & #AuthorChat with @nancyjcavanaugh @AnnieBookReader @CrossroadReview

Synopsis: From the author of the award-winning This Journal Belongs to Ratchet comes a new kind of journal by a girl on a madcap road trip, featuring a karaoke-loving grandma, a cute boy, and a wild summer of memories that will last a lifetime.

Samantha is not exactly excited to spend what was supposed to be an awesome summer vacation with her grandma all the way in Florida. Or to be testing out her mom's "Dear Me" Journals--writing to her future self just feels weird. But it turns out Gram has some not-so-boring plans up her sleeve...

Gram and her friend Mimi are going to audition for the Seniors Have Got Talent Karaoke Contest!

A road trip in Gram's new Mustang turns into a series of hilarious mishaps that flip Samantha's summer on its head. And to make things more awkward, Brandon, Mimi's totally handsome grandson, is also along for the ride.

It looks like those journals just might be worth keeping after all. Because this summer will be one Samantha will never want to forget.

#ReleaseBlitz for Cutter by Laramie Briscoe @GiveMeBooksPR and @LaramieBriscoe #Giveaway (2 x $10 gift cards - winner’s choice of retailer)

Title: Cutter

Series: Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team #4

Author: Laramie Briscoe

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 5, 2020

Blurb

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the next book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team.

Trust Laramie Briscoe to provide engaging characters in a well-built world I want to revisit again and again. Carly Phillips, NY Times bestselling author.

The storm raging in the Gulf isn't the only thing brewing between these two...

Cutter Thompson

Hurricane Tatum, a category five storm hell-bent on making landfall along the Alabama coast, is my opportunity, to show my friends and family the kind of man I've become.

The kid who lost his scholarship and the love is life is ready for a change. A change I'm equal parts scared will and won't come.

An EMT wasn't my first choice of careers, but it's become my calling. When the winds die down, the skies clear, and the rain stops, we're left with devastation the likes of which I've never seen.

What I come to realize is ugly destruction can be beautiful, if we can only figure out what perspective to see it.

Rowan Baker

The LSERT is a godsend, especially as us local first responders emerge from our shelters to see our town and homes destroyed. It's going to take time to rebuild.

Rebuilding is what I'm used to. After I watched my four-year-old daughter die in my arms I've done nothing but try to find a reason to live.

But I've got baggage. Memories, an ex-husband, and a fear I won't be able to save everyone.

When I meet Cutter Thompson, he reminds me rebuilding can mean letting go of fear and allowing myself to live the life I've wanted all along.

#ReleaseBlitz for the Cocky Hero Club @GiveMeBooksPR and @CockyClub @JaniceWhiteaker @JeannineColett @LaurenRunow @AuthorJWoodhull @KathrynMHearst @authorkcoop @LsmithT

COCKY HERO CLUB

Release Date: May 31, 2020

Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.

PIN-UP PILOT

BY CLAIRE RAYE

Alexa Purdy has sworn off men, and he’s her worst nightmare.

Arrogant and flirtatious, and now International Airlines’ newest pilot, Jake Campbell has a panty-dropping smile and a body to match. But he’s no match for Alexa’s cold heart.

Plagued by a bad reputation and a bitter divorce, Alexa is determined to make a name for herself outside of the bedroom. As International Airlines’ only female pilot she’s had to work twice as hard and she won’t let someone like Jake bring her down. 

But she’s surprised to find he’s nothing like she expected him to be. Even more surprising is her growing attraction to him and his obvious attraction to her—an attraction that causes her to question whether swearing off men is such a good idea after all.

But when Jake’s past resurfaces, she realizes getting close to him may be her biggest mistake of all.

#BookTour: The Second Star by @AlmaAlexander @JeanBookNerd #Giveaway

The Parada had been lost for almost two hundred years before they recovered the ship, drifting in stygian interstellar darkness, and brought her home again.

But that was not the miracle.

The miracle was that the crew was still alive.

That was also the problem.

Six crew members went out on the Parada, Earth’s first starship. All contact was lost, and the ship vanished for almost two centuries. When the Parada’s successor found the drifting ship and somehow managed to bring it home, the six crew members were not only still alive but barely older, due to the time dilation effects of near-FTL travel. Their return was a miracle – but it could not be revealed to the waiting world. The problem was, six individuals went out to the stars. More than seventy fractured personalities came back.

Psychologist Stella Froud and Jesuit Father Philip Carter were recruited as part of the team assembled to investigate the mystery, and to try and help the Parada’s crew understand their condition and possibly reverse it. What they discovered was a deepening mystery, and very soon they found themselves forced to take sides in a conflict that nobody could have possibly predicted. Their world would never be the same again.

#BookBlitz: Unveiled by Jacklyn Daher @XpressoTours #Giveaway 3x ebook copies of Unveiled & 2x $10 Amazon gift cards

Unveiled
Jacklyn Daher
Publication date: June 6th 2020
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult
What if your entire life was a lie?
Sixteen-year-old Luxor Everstone had the idyllic life-wealthy, popular and beautiful. Until in a fit of rage, she almost killed her best friend. And herself.
Waking up from a coma she senses everything is different. She is different. A darkness lingers deep inside laced with rage, further fuelled by a faceless man who haunts her.
Exiled to a sleepy town for a new start and to attend a juvenile rehabilitation centre, all she wants is a clean slate. Except the universe has other plans as crimson eyed people reeking of sulphur throw her life into peril at every turn.
Encountering Hunter is a surprise in more ways than one. Enigmatic and antagonistic, against her will a strong electric connection draws her to him. But Hunter’s curious nature and innate ability to know Luxor’s thoughts keep her on edge so does his offer of helping her uncover the lies.
Torn between attraction and her instincts to flee, will she put herself at risk for answers?
Or will the truth heal, or taint her soul?

#BookTour: One by Mirav Tarkka @RABTBookTours

Non-Fiction / Wellness Guide

Date Published: March 3, 2020

We are all looking for balance and happiness in life. Today’s society certainly isn’t making it any easier to achieve that elusive blend of health, success and well-being.

ONE is the ultimate wellness guide on balance between Body and Mind, a winning combo of 22 therapists, handpicked by Mirav Tarkka, on the subject of improving your well-being. Accessible, easy to read and full of practical tips this is book is a must have, a perfect mix of storytelling and hands-on advice on getting to live the life you deserve.

The book talks about different areas of life; nutrition, creativity, sexuality, stress, communication, power finding and creating and lots more are covered to give you a comprehensive insight on the connection between body and mind.

#ReleaseBlitz for Sour Grapes by Rachel Goodman @GiveMeBooksPR and @MojitoMaven #Giveaway (3 winners will each receive a $10 Amazon gift card + signed paperback of Sour Grapes)

Title: Sour Grapes

Series: Blue Plate #2

Author: Rachel Goodman

Genre: Light Women's Fiction/Chick Lit

Release Date: June 5, 2020

Blurb

Uncork this delectable Texas Hill Country romance from the critically acclaimed author of From Scratch, the “smart, sexy, and funny” debut that “piles on the Southern charm” (Publishers Weekly).

Margaret Stokes is bitter. And not in the robust fine wine or tangy dark chocolate kind of way. She just got dumped, is fed up with her job as a glorified party-planner for the rich, and can’t possibly listen to one more veiled insult from her impossible-to-please mother. So she retreats to the comfort of her grandmother’s ramshackle bed and breakfast in Texas wine country, where the wide open vineyards are filled with surprises, from the shockingly delicious Tempranillo to the aggravating yet oh-so-tempting man who makes it.

Ryan Camden’s easy approach to life encourages Margaret to loosen up and have a little fun, despite her better judgment. She resists the urge to micromanage every detail, embracing the welcome distractions of her surroundings and letting their relationship unfold at a natural rhythm. But when a health scare forces Grammy J to give up the B&B, Margaret begins to wonder if Ryan really is the man he promises—and whether the problems she tried so hard to escape ever really went away.

#BookReview & #AuthorChat: Agnes at the End of the World by @KMcWilliams17 @crossroadreview

Synopsis: The Handmaid's Tale meets Wilder Girls in this unique, voice-driven novel from Kelly McWilliams.

Agnes loves her home of Red Creek--its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town's strict laws. What she doesn't know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet.

Then Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, and begins to question what is and isn't a sin. Her younger brother, Ezekiel, will die without the insulin she barters for once a month, even though medicine is considered outlawed. Is she a sinner for saving him? Is her sister, Beth, a sinner for dreaming of the world beyond Red Creek?

As the Prophet grows more dangerous, Agnes realizes she must escape with Ezekiel and leave everyone else, including Beth, behind. But it isn't safe Outside, either: A viral pandemic is burning through the population at a terrifying rate. As Agnes ventures forth, a mysterious connection grows between her and the Virus. But in a world where faith, miracles, and cruelty have long been indistinguishable, will Agnes be able to choose between saving her family and saving the world?


This title will be released on June 9, 2020. 

#CoverReveal for the Entangled Hearts Duet by @author_k_ryan and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Agony
Series: Entangled Hearts Duet #1

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: New Adult Romance
Cover Design: Perfect Pear Creative Covers
Photo: Braadyn Penrod

Release Date: June 18, 2020

Blurb

Reese 

Cooper Reeves was the boy-next-door. Every milestone, every memory of my youth was entangled with his. 

We were inseparable... until college.

It wasn’t his friends, girls or even sports that came between us— it was me. 

Tired of being in the friend zone, I finally made a move. Turns out it was the wrong one. 

Cooper walked away to play his first year of professional football and left me behind with a broken heart. 

Cooper 

It’s always been her. Even before I really knew what love was, Reese Latham was by my side, making me swear we’d be best friends forever. 

And we were... until one night changed everything. I knew how she felt because I felt it too, but I pushed her away to save our friendship. 

The longer we’re apart, the more I realize she’s not only my best friend, Reese is the love of my life.

I was kidding myself thinking I could let her go because now I know that living without her is the worst kind of agony.  

#CoverReveal for Their Will Be Done by @authorloganfox and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Their Will Be Done

Series: Sinners of Saint Amos #2

Author: Logan Fox

Genre: Dark Reverse Harem Bully Romance
Cover Design: Cover Candy Designs

Release Date: June 29, 2020

Blurb

I didn't just make a deal with the devil...I sold my soul to FOUR of them.

Trinity
Who knew within days of arriving at Saint Amos I'd land myself on the Brotherhood's radar?
Not me.
Not them.
Possibly not even the Universe herself. (Of course she's female - I've never met a man as ruthless as her)
The Brotherhood tried to get rid of me. It didn't work.
They tried to get me on their side. I demanded proof.
I should be long gone. Instead, I can't seem to get enough of their black hearts and dark psyches.
Now I have to prove them wrong.
Settle their fractured souls.
And maybe help them find their way back to the light.
Except...
They seem convinced I'll be the one who'll follow them...
Straight into the depths of Hell.

An #uncoventional love story with a #whychoose twist

Contains strong language, violence, and sexual situations some may find triggering.
This is the second book in the Sinners of Saint Amos series. Cannot be read as a standalone and ends in a cliffhanger.

No cheating. HEA guaranteed.