#BookReview: I Hate You, Fuller James by @KellyAnneBlount @entangledpub

Synopsis: I hate you, Fuller James.

I hate your floppy hair and your lopsided grin and those laughing blue eyes that always seem to be laughing at me.

I hate that you’re the most popular guy in school and I’m still the girl who sneezed and spit out her retainer on someone at a middle school dance. It’s just such a cliché.

I hate that I’m being forced to tutor you in English and keep it a secret from everyone. Because otherwise it might put our basketball team’s chances at winning State in jeopardy, and even though I hate you, I love basketball.

I hate that it seems like you’re keeping a secret from me…and that the more time we spend together, the less I feel like I’m on solid ground. Because I’m starting to realize there’s so much more to you than meets the eye. Underneath it all, you’re real.

But what I hate most is that I really don’t hate you at all. 

Ruinsong by @jules_chronicle #Blitz with @XpressoTours #Giveaway Print copy of Ruinsong

Ruinsong
Julia Ember
Published by: Farrar Straus and Giroux
Publication date: November 24th 2020
Genres: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult

In Julia Ember’s dark and lush LGBTQ+ romantic fantasy Ruinsong, two young women from rival factions must work together to reunite their country, as they wrestle with their feelings for each other.

Her voice was her prison…
Now it’s her weapon.

In a world where magic is sung, a powerful mage named Cadence must choose between the two. For years, she has been forced to torture her country’s disgraced nobility at her ruthless queen’s bidding.

But when she is reunited with her childhood friend, a noblewoman with ties to the underground rebellion, she must finally make a choice: Take a stand to free their country from oppression, or follow in the queen’s footsteps and become a monster herself.

#BookReview: Race the Sands by @sarahbethdurst

Synopsis: In this stand-alone fantasy, Durst introduces an imaginative new world in which a pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster-racing champions.

Life, death, and rebirth - in Becar, who you are in this life will determine your next life. Yet there is hope - you can change your destiny with the choices you make. But for the darkest individuals, there is no redemption: you come back as a kehok, a monster, and are doomed to be a kehok for the rest of time. 

Unless you can win the Races. 

After a celebrated career as an elite kehok rider, Tamra became a professional trainer. Then a tragic accident shattered her confidence, damaged her reputation, and left her nearly broke. Now, she needs the prize money to prevent the local temple from taking her daughter away from her, and that means she must once again find a winning kehok...and a rider willing to trust her. 

Raia is desperate to get away from her domineering family and cruel fiancé. As a kehok rider, she could earn enough to buy her freedom. But she needs a first-rate trainer. 

Impressed by the inexperienced young woman’s determination, Tamra hires Raia and pairs her with a strange new kehok with the potential to win - if he can be tamed. 

But in this sport, if you forget you’re riding on the back of a monster, you die. Tamra and Raia will work harder than they ever thought possible to win the deadly Becaran Races - and in the process, discover what makes this particular kehok so special.

#PreorderBlitz for Fighter's Heart by A. Rivers @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Fighter's Heart

Series: Crowne MMA Romance #1

Author: A. Rivers

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: December 7, 2020

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Lena

I never meant to become the go-to P.R. girl for the biggest jerks in professional sports.

Unfortunately, I built a reputation for turning douchebags into superstars, and now I’m stuck.

When I’m assigned to work with a guy accused of hitting his girlfriend, enough is enough.

I know all about men like Jase ‘The Wrangler’ Rawlins, and I have the emotional scars to prove it.

Mouthy, conceited, and hot as f*ck, he’s used to getting his way.

I want nothing to do with him, but my boss makes an offer I can’t refuse.

My dreams are finally within reach, and the more I get to know Jase, the more I wonder if I’ve gotten him completely wrong.

He may be bossy and infuriating, but he’s hiding a heart as massive as his ego.

Can I let go of the past and trust the feelings growing between us when my career is on the line?

Jase

Trouble is nothing new for an MMA bad boy like me, but this time I’m in too deep and can’t get out.

At least, not without help.

That’s where Lena LaFontaine comes in.

All buttoned-up blouses and ass-hugging skirts, she’s a distraction I don’t need, but she’s also the only one who can make my problems go away.

She wants to hate me. I’m not going to let that happen.

I never expect the way I ache to taste her pouty lips and claim her for my own.

My life is on the verge of imploding, and when it does, I’m not sure if I’ll emerge as a champion or be imprisoned for a crime I didn’t commit.

I won’t drag her down with me, but when push comes to shove, I don’t know if I can give her up, either.

Fighter's Heart is a standalone MMA romance with a cocky alpha hero and a sassy heroine who knows how to keep him in check. It has a HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

#PreorderBlitz for Stalkers: A Dark Romance Anthology @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Stalkers: A Dark Romance Anthology

Genre: Dark/Taboo Romance

Release Date: February 16, 2021

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You should never fall for the bad guy... 

Over thirty of your favorite USA Today and bestselling authors have come together to create an epic collection of forbidden, dark romance stories. 

Get lost in this unputdownable mixture of short stories. From heroes to bad guys, there’s something for everyone. 

stalk·er 

A person who stalks : a person who pursues someone obsessively. 

Stalkers is a taboo romance collection jam-packed with captivating stories.

#BookBlitz: The Starmind Alert by @kono_robert @RABTBookTours

 

Thriller, Psychic Thriller, Technothriller

Published: October 2020

Publisher: MindStir Media

Carrying on the tradition of service as exemplified by his Nisei grandfather, a veteran with the 100th/442nd RCT in WWII, Jim Sato, a dedicated cop, serves as the nerve ending of a Top Secret psychotronic brain wave enhancer, a giant AI super computer, deep the bowels of DIA Headquarters in an attempt to stop and eliminate Abdul Ahmad, the arch terrorist, who sets out to destroy America. Sato is teamed up with Gilda Dobrowski, a small city psychic, and together they track down the whereabouts of the terrorist and lay a trap for him in Tokyo in a dangerous scheme to eliminate him once and for all, using the U.S. Embassy, the nerve center of U.S. power in the Far East, as bait. The plan goes awry, Ahmad escapes and the stage is set for a final showdown taking place on American soil, in an elaborate setup involving erecting a psychic shield covering the entire country. Lured into the United States by a sophisticated stratagem devised by Sato, Ahmad is detected and the chase is on.

#ReleaseBlitz: Blood Law by @bramsayauthor @RABTBookTours

Vampire Chicago #1

Urban Fantasy, Noir, Detective

Date Published: November 25, 2020

Publisher: Indies United Publishing, LLC

 

Former ADA Alastair Maddox pursues Prohibition Chicago’s most dangerous monsters after witnessing the deaths of his parents and grandparents as a boy. When a former colleague in Chicago PD comes to ask Alastair for help, he comes face to face with the mysterious Alexandra DeLane. But something’s off. DeLane is way too calm and her eyes are the color of blood. After she escapes, Alastair goes on the hunt only to find himself the prey of an ambitious and mysterious mob boss who plots to have him murdered. The problem? Alastair doesn’t stay dead and comes back as something else. Something more dangerous and straight out of a horror novel.

#ReleaseBlitz for Christmasly Obedient by @jkentauthor and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Christmasly Obedient

Series: Obedient #4

Author: Julia Kent

Genre: Holiday Romantic Comedy

Release Date: November 24, 2020

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Tree picking in glorious, downeast Maine. Snow. Santa. Roaring fires, people you love, and a good life. What more could a guy want? 

Or, rather, two guys? 

Mike and Jeremy have a quiet life with Lydia, on her parents' family campground in Verily, Maine. It's a little boring, sure, but after the craziness of their old lives, what's wrong with boring? 

Besides, Jeremy and Mike find Lydia anything but. 

As Christmas looms, and an unexpected oops leaves them all in a state of uncertainty, they have to ask themselves: is it time to let life be a little less boring? 

And what's inside that slim box Lydia's giving them both on Christmas morning? 

Christmasly Obedient is a new holiday book in Julia Kent's USA Today bestselling Obedient series. 

The Obedient Series includes: 

Maliciously Obedient 

Suspiciously Obedient 

Deliciously Obedient

#ReleaseBlitz for The Optional Aunt by @ZoeHillTweets and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Optional Aunt

Series: Coalition Collection #2

Author: Zoe Hill

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: November 24, 2020

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She's the older woman. He's the man who killed her husband. 

Rosalie Carmichael has spent most of her life doing as she's told. She is the perfect wife, a loving mother, and the aunt everyone calls on when they need a favor. 

Her life is peaceful until her happy family is torn apart and she finds herself at the mercy of the Coalition once again. 

Scared and alone for the first time since she was sixteen, Rosalie seeks comfort in the arms of her much younger bodyguard. Together they dream of a future where they’re free to love each other out in the open without fear of recriminations or bloody repercussions. 

And for six short months it seems as if escape might be possible. 

Then the Coalition requests an urgent meeting, and Rosalie is left with an impossible choice. 

Choose the bloodless—and loveless—option or follow her heart down the violent path to freedom? 

The Optional Aunt is a dark and erotic romantic suspense novel set in a world where deception is the norm and the truth can’t be trusted. It is the second book in The Coalition Collection, a series of interconnected standalones featuring the Ingram-Greaves, Averell, Zidane, and Du Croix crime families. 

*Full-length novel, complete with a HEA, and can be read as a standalone*

#ReleaseBlitz for Fractured Things by @AuthorSLovelock and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Fractured Things

Series: Folkestone Sins #2

Author: Samantha Lovelock

Genre: Dark New Adult Romance

Release Date: November 24, 2020

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Poe Halliday could have been my everything. The boy who allowed me to dream again. 

Over as quickly as it began, one night ended it all—the hope growing in my heart poisoned by a dark secret spit from cruel and twisted lips. 

The secret that stole her from me. 

After spending my entire life living with my mother’s demons, I refuse to let them take anything else away from me. My roots are entwined with the shadows haunting that town and running from them isn’t an option anymore. I’m stronger than they think I am, and the only way I can escape this nightmare is to fight. 

This time it will be on my terms. 

I have to go back. 

#BookReview: All the Tides of Fate (All the Stars and Teeth #2) by Adalyn Grace

Synopsis: Through blood and sacrifice, Amora Montara has conquered a rebellion and taken her rightful place as queen of Visidia. Now, with the islands in turmoil and the people questioning her authority, Amora cannot allow anyone to see her weaknesses.

No one can know about the curse in her bloodline. No one can know that she’s lost her magic. No one can know the truth about the boy who holds the missing half of her soul.

To save herself and Visidia, Amora embarks on a desperate quest for a mythical artifact that could fix everything―but it comes at a terrible cost. As she tries to balance her loyalty to her people, her crew, and the desires of her heart, Amora will soon discover that the power to rule might destroy her.