Ripe For Reader: September 2021

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Release Blitz - STOLEN: DANTE'S VOW by Natasha Knight

Title: Stolen: Dante's Vow

Author: Natasha Knight

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Release Date: September 30, 2021

Five years.

That’s how long it took me to find her.

Five years after my world shattered, leaving me a scarred and broken man.

By then, the girl I knew was gone. In her place stood a woman. One who looked like an angel. An impossible, beautiful angel.

I killed for her. Soaked my hands in the blood of those who hurt her and rescued her from hell.

But hell has a way of following you. Becoming a part of you. Maybe the only part you recognize.

I had every intention of bringing her home. Setting her free.

I swear I did.

But the men who stole her all those years ago weren’t done with her yet. They’d stop at nothing to get her back. And I’d kill any man who tried to take her from me.

She calls me her avenging angel.

But I know the truth.

I’m no angel.

Because even as I tell myself I’m protecting her I know one thing for sure.

I am a monster, too. No better than them.

Because just like them, I’ll never let her go.

Author's note: Stolen is Dante Grigori's story and although a standalone, would be better enjoyed after reading With This Ring and I Thee Take.

Release Blitz & Review - FATED HEARTS by Kelly Elliott

Fated Hearts by Kelly Elliott is now live!

It was only meant to be a short trip—up to Chicago for two days and then back to Texas. At least, that was the plan until a massive snowstorm leaves me trapped in Chicago at a local hotel with no definite time frame of when I can go back home. If that wasn't a crazy-enough turn of events—I wake up to a beautiful princess standing in my hotel room.

She was definitely a sight to behold, but she's not the least bit thrilled to see me—think Momma Bear finding Goldilocks lying in her bed type of annoyance.

You see, my princess turned out to be a tired and angry traveler who had been double-booked...in my hotel room. With no rooms left anywhere in the city, we are forced to bunk together to ride out the storm. Now all that's left to determine is will we survive each other.

After a rocky start and some much-needed rest, Analise and I soon forge a friendship that turns into a no-strings-attached fling.

When the fairytale we got lost in melts away, we have an even bigger storm to weather that we never saw coming. The one where I'm faced with the uncertainty of having to walk away from the one woman who has opened a part of my heart I had thought was as frozen over as the city we found each other in.

Fated Hearts is a stand-alone novel and the last book in the Southern Bride series.

First Light by Isabel Jolie is now live!

He could be my savior...or my downfall...

I am living a lie.

No one knows who I really am. Letting someone in could be devastating for my family.

For the most part, isolation isn't a hardship. I haven't been looking for love or any kind of serious relationship.

But then I met Logan.

I tried to keep my distance. He won't let me.

Logan is gentle, kind, and loving. Everything I never knew I needed in my life.

He's also a cop—exactly the kind of man who'd never understand my truth.

So, while he has shared his deepest, darkest secrets, I keep mine hidden.

Too bad I can't keep my heart locked away, too.

Because now I'm falling for a man who can never be mine. Not truly, anyway.

How can I ask him to be my future when I can't even let him help me survive my present?

Cover Reveal - SLEIGHT OF HAND by Marie James

Release Date: October 26

Gaige Ward, acquisition expert for Blackbridge Security, obtains things for the team.

As far as your mind can take you is how far he can go.

If it exists, he can get his hands on it.

If he can’t, he’ll find someone who can.

He never fails.

As with all things when growing in popularity, Blackbridge is also taking on scrutiny.

His boss, in an attempt to counter being called misogynistic and discriminatory against women, needs a female with the ability to handle the same tasks his guys can.

Leighton Redmond fits the bill perfectly.

Only, according to her she isn’t for sale, for employment or otherwise.

Gaige loves a challenge but has NEVER had to fight so hard to procure something for his boss.

Maybe next time he’ll think twice before having a one-night stand the day before a very important business meeting…

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Let's see...where to begin...

I'm inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever.

I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)

We have two boys we're doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.

I have a master's degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there's usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.

If I'm not writing; I'm reading.

My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I'm reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it's gotten me exactly where I need to be!)

I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.

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Blog Tour with Review - WHEN SPARKS FLY by Helena Hunting

When Sparks Fly, an all-new sweet and sexy best friend standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting is available now!

Charming, hilarious, and emotional...When Sparks Fly is Helena Hunting at her very best!

Avery Spark is living her best life. Between her friends, her sisters, and Spark House, the event hotel her family owns, she doesn’t have much time for anything else, especially relationships. She’d rather hang out with her best friend and roommate, Declan McCormick, than deal with the dating scene. But everything changes when she is in a car accident and needs someone to care for her as she heals.

Declan avoids relationships, giving him a playboy reputation that he lives up to when he puts a one-night stand ahead of a promise he made to Avery. While he may not have been the one driving the car, he feels responsible for Avery’s injuries and is determined to make it up to her by stepping into the role of caretaker.

Little did they know that the more time they spend in compromising positions, the attraction they’ve been refusing to acknowledge becomes impossible to ignore. When they finally give in to the spark between them, neither is prepared for the consequences. Their love is fragile and all it will take is a blow from the past to shatter it all.

Release Blitz - ZODIAC by Annelise Reynolds & Quinn Ryder

Zodiac is Now LIVE!

Are you ready for you next MC obsession? An emotional rollercoaster that's going to having you laughing, bawling, and on the edge of your seat? Well, my wonderful readers, you're in luck!

Quinn Ryder and Annelise Reynolds have joined forces to create this one-of-a-kind MC series based off the signs of the Zodiac. They aren't a 1% club, but they also will fight for their brothers and the ones they love.

Zodiac is book one in the Celestial Sons MC Series.

This is a second chance romance that is packed full of emotion. Tess and Zodiac have one of those love stories that defies all odds, and together, this Prez and his estranged lover come together with the rest of the Celestial Sons MC to fight against a new enemy. A 1% club that's ready to take them all down.

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Cover Model: Darrin James Dedmon

Photographer: Golden Czermak of Furious Fotog

Cover Designer: Quinn Ryder

Zodiac

As President of the Celestial Sons MC, I’ve spent half of my life wishing on stars that I could take back the night Tess Wilkins walked out of my life. Hurting Tess was the biggest mistake I ever made, but I can’t take it back, nor remember anything about that night if I tried. Running my MC was the only thing that kept me going over the years, but now she’s suddenly home, and I’ll do anything to win her back, even if it means revealing the secret, I’ve been keeping from her for the last twenty years and ruining any chance I have of holding her again.

Tess

For twenty years, I’ve avoided my hometown of Rising Star, Texas and all the memories and ghosts that I would rather leave buried there. Returning home wasn’t part of the plan, but when my grandmother suddenly fell ill, I knew I had no choice but to return home to care for her. What I didn’t anticipate was for all those ghosts I ran away from to find me the second I walked through the door, or for him to ride back into my life harboring a twenty-year secret that is even more devastating than the reason I left Rising Star in the first place.

To Find out more about the Celestial Sons MC Series

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Readers are already raving about this book:

A.M. a Goodreads Reviewer: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars!

"There is so much in this story that'll just hit you right in the feels. All the secrets, lies, betrayal, heartache, loss, and truths all add up to one explosive read."

G.C. a Goodreads Reviewer: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars!

"These two women definitely have started one of the best series I have read in a while. Can’t wait to see what happens next!"

Cover Reveal - WASHED AWAY by RC Boldt

RC Boldt has revealed the cover for Washed Away!

Releasing: December 7, 2021

Cover Design: Hang Le Designs

USA TODAY bestselling author RC Boldt brings us a sizzling romance chock-full of intrigue and deceit in this brand new romantic suspense...

All that's forgotten isn't always gone...

I'm at death's doorstep when my body washes up on shore in Panama.

My memory is a blank slate. I can't even remember my name. I don't know who shot me and left me for dead--or why.

Patient and kind, the lone doctor there mends my body while offering me refuge.

But as tiny flashbacks of my past occur, I wonder if there's anyone I can trust.

It's up to me to discover whether I'm in danger or a danger to others. Whether I've actually found love or if it's all been a lie.

I need answers to find out who I really am.

If only I could remember…

Sales Blitz - THE SINGLE DADS OF SEATTLE BOXSET by Whitley Cox

Title: The Single Dads of Seattle Boxset (Books 1-3)

Titles: Hired by the Single Dad, Dancing with the Single Dad, Saved by the Single Dad

Author: Whitley Cox

Genre: Rom/Com, Single Dad, Erotic, Romance Suspense

Release Date: March 16, 2021

The Spark Between Us, an all-new roommates to lovers, opposites attract standalone romance from author Stacy Travis is available now!

When I move to small town Carolwood, I don't expect to run into a hot-as-sin firefighter with smoldering gray eyes and eight-pack abs. Literally. With my car. Doesn't help matters that Braden Michaels is my brother's best friend. And my new roommate.

He’s too busy putting out blazes and igniting them in the hearts of women to pay much attention to me. I’m just here for work—six months of nerding out at a world-renowned science lab, then going home to a nice promotion and the boring men in my comfort zone.

I’m not here for a rescue fantasy, a fire station pole dance, or a romantic walk in a vineyard. I’m certainly not here to fall in love.

Until one earth-shattering night when we collide in a ball of white-hot sparks, and everything changes. We’re no longer just roommates. I don’t know what we are. But edging open Braden’s complicated heart knocks something loose in mine. All my plans and scientific facts start to pale in comparison with feelings I can’t control.

My time here has an expiration date and neither one of us wants to get hurt. Rushing into a burning building seems less risky than chasing the spark between us. Maybe it’s smarter to walk away. Or maybe I've found the one reason to stay.

We'll either fall in love or we'll go down in flames.

The Spark Between Us is Sarah and Braden's story in the Berkeley Hills series and is an opposites attract STANDALONE novel.

Release Blitz & Review - FAKING IT WITH #41 by Piper Rayne

Release Date: September 21

Fake.

Being the heir to Jacobs Enterprises, I’ve been around fake people my entire life. I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t change for anyone. Which is the only reason I’m a professional hockey player who lives on the beach and does as he pleases without answering to anyone—except my father.

And now, my daughter.

Being a single dad wasn’t in the plan but after a one-night stand who took off after the baby was born, this is my reality.

My dad’s been harping on me to quit hockey and join the company for years and now that I’m a father, he’s only intensified his efforts. Until he makes me a deal I can’t refuse.

Insert Lena Boyd, the Jacobs’ family PR rep. She’s beautiful and intelligent and not at all the woman for me—ask anyone.

My dad needs us to act happily engaged and sell the idea that we’re in love. If we’re successful I won’t have to join the family legacy—ever. Of course, I agree.

That’s when things get complicated. I thought I had her all figured out until I found out there was more underneath her judgmental sneers and eye rolls. It feels like everything is coming together for the future I really want—with Lena—until my past ruins everything.

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4 Stars

As a series reader we have been building up to Ford's story and you certainly won't be disappointed. But I think you might be just a little surprised when you get to see the real Ford not the façade.

Ford was born into a family of money and didn't want for much. He does know the meaning of hard work and working for what you want as shown in his drive for hockey. Though not sure he was ready, he puts his whole heart into being a dad, and when he has to do it all himself he never gives up. When a woman gets into his head and ultimately his heart he pulls up his socks to prove a leopard can change its spots.

Lena is the PR rep for the Jacob's family. A job that she is very proud of and has worked her ass off to achieve. Learning to do the things in life to stay alive a lot sooner than most. Her past has left her with some trust issues and feeling she will never be enough for the long haul. Finding herself in a deal that will benefit but the longer she spends time with this daddy and his little girl, she is second guessing her motives.

Can the forced time together help to heal the scars from the past for this couple as they walk the tightrope of fake/real? Could it be they just needed to find the right person to let the feeling and emotions come to the surface?

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

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found.

They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they're married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they're both chauffeurs to their kids.

Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!