#BookReview: Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

Synopsis: From Jennifer Donnelly, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Stepsister, comes a fairytale retelling that'll forever change the way you think about strength, power, and the real meaning of "happily ever after."
Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the color of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman took out his knife . . . and took Sophie's heart. 

It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors, the whispers. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule -- a waste of a princess. A disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to keep girls like Sophie from becoming too powerful, too strong . . .

With the help of seven mysterious strangers, Sophie manages to survive. But when she realizes that the jealous queen might not be to blame, Sophie must find the courage to face an even more terrifying enemy, proving that even the darkest magic can't extinguish the fire burning inside every girl, and that kindness is the ultimate form of strength. 

#RereleaseBlitz for Filthy Rich Revenge by @LynnRayeHarris and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Filthy Rich Revenge

Series: Filthy Rich Billionaires #1

Author: Lynn Raye Harris

Genre: Billionaire Romance

Re-release Date: October 20, 2020

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He’s rich and ruthless - and he wants to destroy her. But first he will possess her. 

Hotel heiress Rebecca Layton loved Alejandro de Ramirez once. He betrayed her and broke her heart when he married another. Now he’s back, in control of her hotels - and her destiny. 

Alejandro claims that Rebecca nearly ruined him, that he’s the one wronged. He wants his revenge. And this time he will settle for nothing less than her soul… 

*This book was originally published in paperback by Harlequin as Spanish Magnate, Red-Hot Revenge. It has been revised and expanded with new scenes and characters. If you read the original and enjoyed it, you don’t need to purchase this one. But if you want an expanded story, then this is the book for you. And if you’ve never read it, then you definitely don’t want to miss it! Billionaire, revenge, reunion, surprise baby romance!

#BookReview: Darkness Unknown (Beshadowed Book 1) by S.A. Fenech

Synopsis: You have been lied to.

Werewolves, vampires, ghosts … they aren’t what you think.

After the death of her mother, Everly Boderleth has to go back to her spooky hometown, Shroudhaven, and she has a plan to get in and out as quick as possible.

Step one, clear out the family home and antique store.

Step two, watch her childhood sweetheart die violently at the hands of an indescribable, horrific creature.

Wait, what?

That wasn't part of the plan. But it was just a dream, wasn't it?

As the evidence mounts that what she saw was real, a broken heart is the least of her problems.

Everly thinks she's close to the truth, but nothing is as it seems.

What is really lurking in the dark?

#Reveal the Cover for Tell Me S'more by @bethmerlin80 @XpressoTours

Tell Me S’more
Beth Merlin
(The Campfire Series, #4)
Published by: Firefly Hill Press
Publication date: April 27th 2021
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary

Camp Chinooka was supposed to be a place of inspiration, the place where Perry Gilman would finally compose his symphonic masterpiece. But four years later, Perry Gillman isn’t any closer to his dream of becoming a world-renown musician. Instead, he fell love in with Gigi Goldstein and he thought that love would be enough. Now, struggling to find the right subject for a new musical while hustling as a piano player at a local jazz bar, he can’t help but measure his own shortcomings to his famous father’s monstrous success. So, when he stumbles onto the idea to write a musical about the life and times of Elizabeth I, everything finally changes. The musical is an international sensation and suddenly, Perry is on the fast track to superstardom. 

However, fame and success come at a price. When his relationship with Gigi is thrown into a tailspin, he must decide whether to follow his dream for which he fought for so long or sacrifice it all for true love. 

Told from Perry’s perspective, Tell Me S’more shows that there are two sides to every story and a cost to every choice.

#BookReview: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) by @JRWard1 @ravenfae625

Synopsis: The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most trusted fighter is killed—orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate—Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful female into another world.

Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn’t there before, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of the Brotherhood and blood frighten her. Yet his touch ignites a dawning new hunger—one that threatens to consume them both…

Rogue by Blair Babylon #blitz with @XpressoTours #Giveaway $50 Amazon gift card

Rogue
Blair Babylon
(Billionaires in Disguise: Maxence, #1)
Publication date: October 20th 2020
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense

Maxence’s brother was trying to kidnap or kill him, and an organized crime thug wanted to cut off Max’s head and feed it to the sharks for entirely different reasons.
So, when a cute little blonde stood up on a barstool in the middle of the Buddha Bar in Paris and drew the attention of the wrong sort of guys, Maxence swooped in for the rescue. Everything about her appealed to him: her sweetness, her giggliness, and especially the fact that she was in trouble.
That last part made her sugar and catnip to Max.
Luckily, he only had five days before he left Paris and Europe for wherever his global charity job was going to send him this time.
Why not spend it with the funny blonde who insisted he lie to her?
Indeed, if she thought everything he said was a lie, he could confess his sins, unburden his soul, and reveal what he thought he never could.
Five days with her sounded like Heaven, if he could just convince her to stop throwing him out of her hotel room.
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My life has become a sad country music song, but instead of heading south, I went to Paris.
I was a good girl who had nothing left to lose, literally. My boyfriend had stolen everything.
Everything except a non-refundable plane ticket to Paris, which was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime where that deadbeat was going to propose at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
So, I got on the plane without him.
After all that, it was understandable that when I started drinking at the Buddha Bar, things got a little out of hand.
Luckily, a man intervened. He was so ripped that I could see every thick muscle of his abs, obliques, chest, and arms through the tight tee shirt he was wearing. He towered over the guys who were bothering me, and they backed off.
I took him back to my hotel because I was full of drunken, bad decisions that night.
The last thing I needed was a man who wanted to save me when I was trying to do all the wrong things.

#CoverReveal for Something Old by @LizLovelock and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Something Old

Series: Jilted #1

Author: Liz Lovelock

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Cover Design: Sarah, Opium House Creatives

Release Date: December 3, 2020

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My name is Scarlett and my life is a mess.

I’m two divorces down and don’t have any intention of going for a third.

Then Lachlan—big time football superstar, one night stand turned husband in a shotgun-Vegas-style wedding, then ex-husband within twenty-four hours—stumbles back into my life.

How can I stop myself from falling for him all over again?

#BookReview: Possessed President by Amo Sulaiman

Synopsis: Full of thought-provoking symbolism leavened with both crazy
antics and danger, Possessed President, Resman—the 
responsibility man—and his bodyguard Osray. 

The pair descend from the celestial city of Atlantis to travel 
across America, teaching its citizens to take responsibility for not
only their own actions, but the effects their actions have on 
everything around them.

Their goal: confront the president of the United States about 
the federalist policies that are driving America and Americans to self-
destruction.

Resman quickly develops a following, and soon “Resmanism” 
is sweeping across America and around the world.

#CoverReveal for Reverb by @SMWestAuthor and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Reverb

Series: Trojan #2

Author: S.M. West

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: RBA Designs

Photo: Regina Wamba

Release Date: November 12, 2020

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Reverb - noun: an echo like force or effect. 

My life is a cliché. 

Rags to riches. A bad boy rock star. Everyone loves me. 

On the outside, it looks like I have it all but nothing is further from the truth. 

I died at eighteen. Lost the only thing I ever wanted. 

Her. 

At rock bottom, music becomes my life support and sometimes, it isn’t enough. 

Then, out of nowhere, she shows up. A crash cart to my near-still heart. 

Reunited, we struggle with the realization that the past is littered with lies and betrayal. 

And worst of all, what tore us apart is determined to keep it that way. 

Even as my heart beats strong and steady with the hope of our future, is it too late for us? 

I’m filthier than ever and she’s no longer mine, but I’ll fight for her anyway. 

We belong together, and I’ll prove them wrong.

#BookReview: Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker: Missteps and Lessons Learned by Katherine Snow Smith

Synopsis: Southern women are inundated with rules starting early—from always wearing sensible shoes to never talking about death to the dying, and certainly not relying on song lyrics for marriage therapy. 

Nevertheless, Katherine Snow Smith keeps doing things like falling off her high heels onto President Barack Obama, gaining dubious status as the middle school “lice mom,” and finding confirmation in the lyrics of Miranda Lambert after her twenty-four-year marriage ends. Somehow, despite never meaning to defy Southern expectations for parenting, marriage, work, and friendship, Smith has found herself doing just that for over four decades. Luckily for everyone, the outcome of these “broken rules” is this collection of refreshing stories, filled with vulnerability, humor, and insight, sharing how she received lifelong advice from a sixth-grade correspondence with an Oscar-winning actress, convinced a terminally ill friend to write good-bye letters, and won the mother of all “don’t give up” lectures by finishing a road race last (as the pizza boxes were thrown away).

Rules for the Southern Rule Breaker will resonate with every woman, southern or not, who has a tendency to wander down the hazy side roads and realizes the rewards that come from listening to the pull in one’s heart over the voice in one’s head.

#CoverReveal for Stolen Chances by @echangromance and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Stolen Chances

Series: The Meikle Billionaire Triplets #2

Author: Empress Chang

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Bookin' It Designs

Release Date: December 1, 2020

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Gianna: 

Billionaire Rolf J. Meikle is overbearing, a wild beast and my worst nightmare! 

I have hated this man since the beginning of time! 

When he volunteers to become my husband because his brother, my one true love secretly weds another woman, my father accepts the terms of his deal. 

I don’t need another man in my life controlling me. I won’t allow it. I have my own life and Rolf will only get in my way. I need a way to be rid of him, for good. 

But why is it that when we kiss it feels so right? 

Rolf: 

Volunteering to marry the woman you slandered to her face every chance you got is not the wisest idea ever, but I did it. 

Now, I have to come to terms with having Gianna Mancini as my wife and keep our history a secret from this mafia princess. 

Watching as Gianna shows her true self only to me, I can’t help but slowly fall for my gorgeous wife. Protecting her while trying to uncover the truth of what happened between our fathers is a priority, especially when she tells me that she loves me!