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Friday, December 1, 2023

Release Blitz & Review - CHERISH ME FOREVER by Layla Hagen

CHERISH ME FOREVER

Layla Hagen

Release Date: December 1

FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

Reese Maxwell meets her happy-ever-after in Layla Hagen's newest. What starts as a pretend romance soon turns into so much more...

Newly divorced Dominic Waldorf is the most coveted bachelor in Chicago. At least, that's what he thinks. I'd describe him as more of a Neanderthal with a really nice backside.

When I accidentally spill champagne on him at a charity event, he accuses me of hitting on him. Then later, I run into him in an empty coat room, and he's convinced.

The truth is even more embarrassing.

I'm hiding from my ex-fiancé, who showed up with his new wife—my former best friend. I try to hold it together, but instead spill my guts to this handsome stranger.

Dom surprises me by suggesting an agreement: we pretend to date. I get to rub it in my ex's face and he appears off the 'market'. You scratch my back—I scratch yours, that sort of thing.

Dom is an excellent fake boyfriend. He's protective and caring, and even gives me a smoking hot kiss.

Then things get complicated. The charity has another event for us to attend —out of town, and overnight.

Between late night confessions and three more smoking hot kisses—not that I'm counting—I start wondering if he's really faking everything.

I'm certainly way past pretending.

Soon after, Dom admits that he wants to date me… me, Reese Maxwell, for real!

But my heart isn't allowed to make any decisions anymore.

Except — maybe — this one last time…

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4 Stars

We have been waiting for Reese for a while as she has been around since the beginning. Trying to hide in the woodwork and keep her troubles from everyone while showering them with love. Her family means everything to her and they have done so much for her already in regards to Malcolm. So this time when it looks like he has popped back up she tries to keep it from everyone. Her chance meeting with the handsome Dominic Waldorf is certainly the best part of the night, spilled drink and all.

Dom finds himself recently divorced and still reeling over the loss of his marriage, the betrayal and the press it has brought his way. He is a proven business man and continues to work to build his empire. Not the least excited to go to this charity event but understands the need to be present. Tired of women throwing themselves at him, looking for the next chance at the now.

Dom willingly puts himself out there when Reese seems to be in a bit or trouble. Will he be able to continue this ruse? The more time Dom and Reese spend together it seem like a healing of souls. Could this chance meeting be just the what the doctor ordered for these two broken people?

A definite recommendation from me on this one. A wonderful love story to follow.

*** Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***

My name is Layla Hagen and I am a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later. I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world. And I drink coffee.

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Release Blitz - BROKEN DREAMS by Corinne Michaels

Broken Dreams by Corinne Michaels is now live!

What could possibly go wrong fake dating the gorgeous single dad in a small town?

The answer, you fall for him.

It started out perfect. Grady Whitlock needed a plus one for his business meetings, and I needed a date for a wedding.

We had a plan. It was a good one.

Until it wasn’t.

I was not supposed to have feelings for him. I was not going to let my heart race when his soulful blue eyes stared into mine. No way should I have noticed his smile or the dimple on his right cheek or his strong arms when he held me close. I especially wasn’t going to melt when I saw him play with my daughter.

Most of all I was not going to sleep with him.

Nope. None of that was supposed to happen, but it does.

Now I find myself dreaming of him every night. Wishing we were really a couple because the way he kisses me doesn’t feel as if it’s pretend.

But we’ve both watched our dreams shatter, and I can’t handle another broken heart.

Release Blitz - THE LOVELY RETURN by Carian Cole

Title: The Lovely Return

Author: Carian Cole

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Age Gap/Second Chance/Small Town

Grumpy/Sunshine

Release Date: November 30, 2023

What if death doesn’t do you part?

They say be careful what you wish for. But on December 5th, Alex Fox makes a wish in the midst of a devastating tragedy. Little did he know, that wish would come true.

Six years after that fateful day, a little girl wanders into Alex’s studio. With her quirky personality, endless questions, and adorable smile, Penny Rose becomes an enchanting, yet bittersweet, distraction.

Penny Rose was an odd girl—at least, that’s what her parents said. Penny herself didn’t feel particularly odd; she simply felt misplaced. As if somehow, in some way, she was living in the wrong place. In the wrong life.

As the years pass, Alex and Penny develop a friendship. But it becomes harder and harder for them to ignore their undeniable chemistry, no matter how forbidden it is.

Alex believed he’d never find love again, let alone fall for a girl half his age. But Penny is everything he could ever want or need. Not only is she caring, witty, and beautiful, but she accepts the past that haunts him.

Penny couldn’t be happier. She’s been head over heels for sexy, brooding artist Alex Fox since she was six years old. But when her childhood dreams start resurfacing again—dreams of a life with Alex way before they ever met—she starts to think they’re not dreams at all.

They’re memories.

Penny’s revelation to Alex threatens to tear them apart, making them question the impossible and unbelievable.

Can love truly transcend time and death, giving them a second chance at their happily ever after? Or is Penny battling a broken mind that has led her down a path of heartbreaking delusion?

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Release Blitz - WRIGHT TOGETHER by K.A. Linde

WRIGHT TOGETHER

K.A. Linde

Release Date: November 28

A sexy opposites attract romance set in the Wright world about Whitton & Eve from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde.

Whitton Wright is too good to be true.

And I learned long ago that things that are too good to be true…usually are.

When he danced into my life, I accepted that this wasn’t going anywhere. He’s tall as sin with a tailored suit on his immaculate body, and full of charm, saying just the right thing to get me to melt. There’s no way that he could be real.

Not for a girl like me.

In Lubbock, Texas, Wrights are royalty. Even the illegitimate son of an exiled Wright is treated like a king. Especially when Whitt falls right into place in a job he was born for.

The only thing I was born into was a double wide and a life of good-byes.

Which is how I know he’ll be the same as all the others.

Until he isn’t.

Until he saves me.

And I start to wonder if maybe too good to be true isn’t a lie.

But my downfall nonetheless…

Release Blitz & Review - DARING ENOUGH by Kelly Elliott

Title: Daring Enough

Series: Love in Montana #4

Author: Kelly Elliott

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Small Town/Sports Romance

Release Date: November 21, 2023

Rose Shaw has no idea what she wants. She put aside passion for practicality, earning her degree in a subject she likes, but doesn’t love. Same for her job as a junior architect. And don’t even get started on her personal life…been there, done that, got betrayed for her effort. So when sparks fly after meeting a renowned MLB player while on vacation, she takes him for what he is—a homerun in the sack, but nothing more. The next day, she sneaks back to Montana, leaving Bryson behind…but the memories of their night together refuse to disappear so easily.

Bryson Robinson knows exactly what he wants. His parents are a love-at-first-sight success story, so he recognizes what he felt with Rose Shaw during their night together could be the real deal. She has no interest in long-distance dating…so when the league’s best pitcher gets devastating news that could be the third strike for his career, he turns it into a win, going all in to get the girl. Starting with a home in Montana—and hiring Rose to design it.

Now he just has to convince her that not all men, including MLB superstars, are players…if she’s daring enough to take the risk.

Title: Tango

Series: Dark Water #3

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Military Romantic Suspense

Release Date: November 21, 2023

Major Ty Beckett

A ghost returned with one of our own.

A rescue has been made.

Ivy and I fight to stay strong while the team leans on one another and goodbyes are laid to rest.

Missing pieces to an old puzzle form a picture that will send a shockwave through the house.

I return for one last mission on familiar ground to bring justice to light.

Then I focus on one of the biggest fights Blackstone will ever face.

We call in every favor we are owed because it’s time for revenge.

Eric Noah

I am a ghost with a recognizable face racing to cross the border unseen.

Once on home soil, I’m met with confusion and doubt.

There’s a lot to explain.

I gather information and continue to watch those who feared me.

Secrets spill as tempers rise and the truths start to surface.

I can’t change the past, but I can help mend the future.

Flame by Adriana Locke is now live!

RSVP to my Marriage of Convenience

I swore I would only get married if my life depended on it. Oh, the irony.

Many things have happened over the last few weeks that I didn’t see coming. My family imploded. Our business was turned upside down. And someone threatened to harm me if I didn’t make good on my father’s promises.

But the biggest thing I didn’t see coming?

Foxx Carmichael demanding marriage.

He’s doing it out of loyalty to my brother. I know that. But I can’t help but think if, through that deliciously hot, grumpy exterior, my bodyguard doesn’t have ulterior motives.

There’s no denying the fire in his touch or the heat in his blue eyes. He protects me with a ferocity that leaves me breathless. He makes me rethink many things I thought I knew for sure—like my position on marriage.

But how we dance around our fake relationship makes me wonder what part of this is pretend. None of it matters if he doesn’t admit he feels the same way.

Our sham wedding will fall apart as soon as the threat is contained. But what happens if the flames between us burn everything to the ground first?

Re-Release Blitz - NEEDING HER by Molly McAdams

Needing Her

New, revamped edition of your favorite brother's-best-friend,

prank-loving couple—with all new content!

It isn’t that I’m not one for relationships; it’s that no one has ever made it past my four very protective older brothers. So when my best friend makes it her mission to find the perfect guy for me, I try to find any way out of what is sure to be a disastrous venture.

Besides, the only person I’ve ever truly wanted is my broody next-door neighbor . . . who just so happens to be my brothers’ best friend.

But Connor Green has been a shell of himself lately. And when I start up our old pranks to bring some life back to those mesmerizing eyes, an all-out war ensues, leading to a night that breaks every rule.

Apart, we’re safe. Together, we’re electric. And soon, we’ll find we’re exactly what the other needs.

The Flirt Alert by Kaylene Winter is now live!

The Flirt Alert is a scorching, standalone, billionaire, enemies to lovers, best friend’s brother, forced proximity, STEM workplace, HEA romance.

When a man who has everything will do anything to ease the pain of the incredible woman who’s living with a timebomb.

My best friend’s twin, Shay Stojanović, is my ultimate gamer dream girl come to life.

Gorgeous, flirtatious and popular, she didn’t know I existed.

Until one fateful night, she made this nerd’s every fantasy come true.

The next day she blew me up like a frag grenade.

Years later, Shay’s brother and I have built a billion dollar gaming company.

He had the nerve to give his shady sister a coveted executive role.

Oh, I’m not going to make it easy on her—she’ll quit. You’ll see.

Everything’s going exactly to plan...

Until we get stranded at the top of a mountain.

And I learn the truth.

Now I can’t—and won’t—resist her.

She has a lot to overcome.

And I’m just the man to soothe her hurt.

It’s Shay’s turn for a flirt alert.

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Kaylene Winter is an Amazon best-selling author of steamy, contemporary romance.

Each character-driven novel is filled with snappy dialogue, pop-culture references and enough steam to make you fan yourself. Kaylene weaves authenticity, emotion and angst into a turbulent rollercoaster ride of love, passion and soul-searing romance always ending with a delicious HEA.

Kaylene lives in Seattle with her amazing Irish husband and gorgeous Siberian Husky. She loves creating art of all kinds.

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Release Blitz - AFTER THE STORM by Laura Pavlov

After the Storm by Laura Pavlov is now live!

He’s a grumpy single dad. She’s the one who got away. They haven’t seen one another in years, and now they’re stuck in a hotel room together. And there’s only one bed.

I’ve loved her from the first moment I saw her.

And I’ve loved her every day since.

Whether we’re together or we’re apart—that hasn’t changed.

Which is saying a lot considering I don’t like most people.

But life has thrown us a slew of curveballs and we went our separate ways.

Life, family, jealousy—we let it all get in the way.

I’m a dad now, and my little girl is my world.

And after years apart, Presley is back in Cottonwood cove.

I don’t believe in fairytales or second chances.

My heart belongs to my daughter now, and there is no room for complications.

Presley Duncan is a giant complication.

A wise man would keep his distance.

But I never claimed to be a wise man.

So maybe we end up in a car together in the middle of a snowstorm.

Which leads to a hotel room with only one bed.

Maybe I should reconsider my stance on fairytales and second chances.

And seeing Presley with my little girl does something to me.

Stirs something inside of me that I thought was long gone.

But I know this is temporary.

She’ll be leaving soon, and I’m prepared to let her go.

Until she’s gone.

And I realize that I’m not prepared at all for life after the storm.

Release Blitz - GRUMPY PLAYER by R.C. Stephens

Grumpy Player by R.C. Stephens is now live!

Marrying the nanny wasn't my biggest mistake... falling for her was.

Being injured on the ice doesn't just make me a grumpy goalie, it makes me a frustrated single dad unable to care for my daughter... or myself.

Ellie is the perfect candidate— kind, patient, beautiful, and looking for a place to call home after a falling out with her family.

It's a win-win, until my desire for her nearly makes me lose my mind. My restraint is hanging by a thread, and I'm one sponge bath away from snapping. When I finally do, our chemistry proves explosive.

Suddenly, everything I love is on the line. My family, my career... my heart.

How can I convince Ellie I'm more than just a grumpy player? I'm hers.