Monday, February 28, 2022

Release Blitz - THE ASSIGNMENT by Penelope Ward

 




Title: The Assignment
Author: Penelope Ward
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 28, 2022


From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.

Reasons why I should not be drawn to Troy Serrano.
Number one: He’s obnoxious.
Number two: He and I were enemies over a decade ago in high school.
Number three: He’s my friend’s ex-boyfriend.
I could go on and on, really.
When my boss gives me an unwanted assignment and tells me it involves spending time with the grandson of one of our residents—the grandson turns out to be Troy. He’s now as successful as he is undeniably handsome.
Lucky me. Four hours a week of having to deal with his insufferable personality and unsolicited advice.
The only consolation is getting to stare at his annoyingly gorgeous face in between our many arguments.
Eventually, though, we slowly warm to each other and our outings become something I actually look forward to.
What’s happening to me?
Apparently, I misunderstood the assignment, because it certainly didn’t include thinking about Troy when I close my eyes at night, imagining what it would be like with him—just once. All the while hating myself for fantasizing about a guy who’s all wrong for me. A guy whose car I keyed back in the day. (Long story, but he deserved it.)
That’s all this is—a fantasy.
Well, until that one night at the bar.
The night Troy and I run into each other, and all of our pent-up frustration comes barreling out.
Still, I refuse to accept that it means anything.
There’s no way the guy I’m supposed to hate is also the one I can’t live without.

Release Blitz - BEST I EVER HAD by S.L. Scott

 


Release Date: February 25


The storm.
The man.


Both come without warning.

My heart opens to Cooper Haywood the moment we meet. How can it resist? He’s charming, devastatingly handsome, and sweeps me off my feet before I realize the impact he’s making. And then it’s too late.

We fall too fast to worry about the consequences.

We love so hard that we ache when we’re apart.

Even though I have a past that still haunts me and he has a future that could put us at risk, none of that matters when we’re together.

Until it does.

And then everything changes.

Although the best thing he ever gave me now calls me Mommy, I can’t help but wonder if Cooper Haywood and that fateful storm were one and the same.

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Release Blitz - THE DEEPER I FALL by Erika Kelly

 


The Deeper I Fall by Erika Kelly is live!



He's a rough and rugged hockey player.  She's a posh British princess. To win an enormous inheritance, they're forced to live together.

This is not going to go well. 


When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He's got a little hurdle to jump over first. He has to win a trivia contest against the man's estranged daughter. Oh, and there's a caveat: he's only in the running if he lives and works with the spoiled princess who blew off one of the greatest men he's ever known.

As if it wasn't hurtful enough that Seraphina Crutchley's biological father replaced her with a bunch of sweaty hockey boys, now he's forcing her to vie for her inheritance with one of them. Worse, the guy clearly can't stand her because if–no, when she wins the contest–she'll sell the land and return home to London. Why on earth would she keep a cattle ranch in Wyoming?

But Seraphina comes to learn the contest is about so much more than a ranch. It's about learning who her father was and why he stopped asking to see her. It's about falling in love...and finding the courage to fight for it. 

Cover Reveal- FEARLESS by Tia Louise

 


Tia Louise has revealed the covers for FEARLESS!

 

Releasing March 10, 2022


He's intense, he's fearless, and he'll stop at nothing to save her.

 
My job is to protect the innocent, but Blake van Hamilton has never been innocent.
With killer curves, silky brown hair, and silvery-blue eyes, she's been an inconvenient object of my lust since we were teens. 
Now I've been hired to guard her against a gang of criminals who want her money, and maybe even her life. 
Still, I'm the last person she wants helping her.
Blake van Hamilton hates me, but it won't stop me from doing my job.
 
Hutch Winston may be sexy as hell, but I won't fall for his white knight, alpha-protector act.
Not since he used it to ruin my life at sixteen.
But when my best friend turns up dead and my uncle goes missing, Hutch is my only option. 
Moving into his family estate is the real test.
It gets worse when I accidentally see him naked in the shower, moaning my name.
I have to keep my head and my heart in line—not to mention my body. 
Every part of me wants him in every possible way. 
I may be fearless, but how I feel about him scares me most of all.
 
(FEARLESS is a stand-alone, enemies-to-lovers romantic suspense novel. It contains an insanely hot alpha protector and the curvy, feisty socialite he's hired to protect. A forced proximity angle sets it all ablaze. No cheating. No cliffhangers.)


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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Release Blitz - BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN by J.A. Owenby

 


Beautifully Broken by J.A. Owenby is live!



One thing I know—the past doesn’t stay buried forever.

I didn't plan to fall in love with River, but I couldn't resist her strength and determination to survive no matter what. 

She's feisty and sharp—everything I never knew I needed.

When I found her, scared and abused, I realized I would do anything to protect her. We're from completely different worlds, but that didn't stop me from giving her my heart.

Loving her gave me peace from the pain and secrets that hide inside me.

But someone took her from me, and I'll tear the world apart until I find her. Everything I thought was true is a lie. Deceit and betrayal lurk around every corner, and I no longer trust the people who raised me.

Now I'm searching for the love of my life while gut-wrenching memories unfold, and I realize in order to save her, I have to crawl into the pit of hell and face the darkness.

Follow Holden as he uncovers his buried past that nearly breaks him as he searches for River. Beautifully Broken is book two in the Beautifully Damaged series and a billionaire, opposite side of the tracks, dark new adult novel that will leave you breathless and on the edge of your seat with revelations and twists you'll never see coming.

**Please be advised this series contains dark and mature content some will find triggering.

Book Review - WINE COUNTRY KING by Claire Marti



Wine Country King


A cocky, charming real estate attorney.

A brilliant, gorgeous sommelier.

Neither has time for romance.

One mind-blowing kiss changes everything.


Jack Cassidy heads the team opening the next in an exclusive line of boutique hotels, this one in wine country. Working with his best friend’s sister should make it easier, tapping into her expertise about the area and its wines. The pair have been friends for years, so sharing an apartment shouldn’t pose any issues… except for the simmering heat building between them.

Campbell Taylor’s one of only a handful of women to battle the all-boys club and go for the title of master sommelier. She didn’t rise to her position by being a pushover, but living and working with her brother’s best friend – the man she’s secretly crushed on for years – might prove to be her greatest challenge. How can she get him to see her as more than Cameron’s little sister? And will their undeniable attraction derail her dreams? 

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Read Clint and Casey’s story! 


Brooding doesn't even begin to cut it.


Ex-soldier Clint ‘Gravedigger’ MacGregor is cool among the tombstones. Tilling the earth by hand, he’s King of Oaklawn and likes it that way. No annoying folks in his face, and plenty of solitude to muffle the PTSD noise upstairs. But once he spies a tousle-haired angel visiting a chunk of granite every Saturday, it’s time to rejoin the land of the living, stat. Here’s hoping his Sunshine doesn’t mind a little mud…


She’s been lost, but now she’s found.


The death of her twin has gutted Casey Rae Kent. Turning hermit, weekly plein-air grieving sessions are the sum of her social life. But a thwarted attack and subsequent rescue by a taciturn Viking lookalike have her shaking off the stupor. Is this spade-wielding hero a gift from the heavens? Can Mr. Badass and Brawny be her sweet salvation?

Two troubled souls, zapped by the lightning bolt to the heart. All’s fantastic until fate lobs more mega-grade grenades in their path.


Hell, who says love is easy?


Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Release Blitz & Review - UP IN SMOKE by Kate Meader

 

 Release Date: February 22

Lives are on the line at Engine 6 … and so are hearts.

 

Newly-minted firefighter Abby Sullivan is exactly where she wants to be: Chicago Fire Department’s Engine 6, the station where her mom blazed a trail as one of the first female firefighters in the city. The first to fall in the line of duty, too. All Abby wants is to succeed, but that’s a tough proposition when people only see a feel-good story, a token woman failing at a man’s job, or the princess in need of protection. And the man tasked with watching her six? 

 

Lieutenant Roman Rossi, the one person she can’t let close. 

 

Having the daughter of his boss and nemesis under his wing shouldn’t be a problem for Roman—he’s a professional and can treat her like any other firefighter rookie. Except she happens to be the gorgeous woman he once shared a slice of cherry pie with, followed by the hottest, sweetest, most pulse-pounding kiss of his life. He didn’t know her name but he had planned to find out.

 

Now Roman knows exactly who Abby is: a threat to his self-control more dangerous than a five-alarm blaze. Lust has no place in the firehouse, and a distraction like Abby with her electric blue eyes, waves of flame-red hair, and freckles Roman wants to map with his tongue, is one he can ill afford. 

 

Because one wrong move … and it could all go up in smoke.

 

Up in Smoke is the first in the brand new Hot in Chicago Rookies series about firefighters navigating the trials of new jobs and sizzling romances as they find their place in the world and the love of a lifetime.



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4 Stars

This is book one of a new series with a spin off from Hot In Chicago series so we get to see some old favorites too. Roman and Abby have great chemistry that smolders in the pages as you read their story.

Roman is looking for a fresh start, leaving behind his ex wife and co-worker who tarnished his fire house in New York for him. Glad to be back near his witty sister who is helping out with care for his sweet daughter. Like all changes in life there is a settle in period and they have been doing OK. Who would expect a trip to the diner for a slice of pie could be so interesting?

Abby has worked hard to follow the steps of her mother and become a firefighter. Against the wishes of her father. She has had to overcome many hurdles and pushed to strengths she didn't know she had within. Strong in her values and independent she is determined to get what she wants. Dating a firefighter is definitely not on her list as she has seen how badly that can turn out.

Sometimes attraction and chemistry, outweigh the decisions you would normally stick to. Could they cross that line and keep it from everyone? Will one time be enough to sizzle out the strong need? Or will they find themselves working through the issues of the past to finding a way to make a future?

Enjoyed Roman and Abby's story and the meeting of the characters that will bring us forward in this new series.

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




Originally from Ireland, USA Today bestselling author Kate Meader cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Harlequins thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron, fire hose, or hockey stick, and she’s there. 

Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with big-hearted guys and strong heroines - and heroes - who can match their men quip for quip.



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Release Blitz - CALLOUS PLAYER by R.C. Stephens

 


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



Poppy
 
Hotshot playboy and devilishly handsome hockey winger, Declan McAvoy is a big man on campus and I'm just the nerdy little sister of his teammate... or I was until I let it slip I had never been kissed.
 
With the NHL draft hanging over his head and my brother at his side—both on and off the ice, I'm afraid I'll be stuck in the friend-zone forever. The way I feel about Declan and his stormy grey eyes is anything but friendly.
 
He has secrets to keep and I have a story to write...
If we cross the line, complicated doesn't even begin to cover it.
 
He might be known as a callous player, but he's one player I'm willing to gamble on.

 
Declan
 
This is my year to draft to the NHL, and nothing can stand in my way... especially not a complication like kissing my teammate's little sister.
 
Poppy is beautiful, brilliant—and off limits.
 
For the first time in my life, I've found someone worth the risk, but she deserves better than keeping secrets and sneaking around behind her brother's back.
 
On the ice I have it all figured out, but when it comes to her... I'm all out of plays.
 
The stakes are higher than ever... and my heart isn't the only thing on the line.

She has an article to finish, and I have a pro-career to focus on.
 
Falling for Poppy could mean game over for both of us, but that won't stop me from wanting to make her mine.

Monday, February 21, 2022

Release Blitz - DE LUCCI'S OBSESSION by Victoria Paige

 

Title: De Lucci's Obsession 

Author: Victoria Paige 

Genre: Contemporary Romance with Suspense Elements, Billionaire, Mafia 

Release Date:  February 21, 2022

Cover Designer: Victoria Paige 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC. 

All Ava McGrath wanted to do was save her family’s pub. Even if that meant facing her best friend’s older brother. But Cesar De Lucci wasn’t the man she remembered from long ago. He’d become temptation in a three-piece Italian suit.

His piercing gaze unsettled her while each encounter with him stole her breath. But Cesar’s shady connections to the mob might be Ava’s road to ruin. The underworld tore her family apart, and her father was still paying the price.

Ava should run.

Run far, far away.

Away from the insanity, intensity, and the reckless feelings spiraling between them. Except there was no escape when a De Lucci became obsessed.

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Cover Reveal - WINTER'S JUSTICE by Joy Wild

 

Title: Winter's Justice
Series: Seasons of Love Book 4
Author: Joy Wild
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 8, 2022



Can Luke make it to Winter before the enemy finds her or is it already too late?

Winter Cloud is a paramedic by day and a horse rescuer by night. Her past is a secret that may come back to haunt her. Even though she is quiet and stays to herself, her friends notice when she disappears along with her beloved horses. Also, to their surprise, they find a threat written in blood. The race is on to find her.

Luke Owens is a retired Navy seal. He took over the family ranch once his dad died. He did everything he could to change the hell the ranch once was to a haven. A haven for his team as they retire and a haven for abused horses. He never counted on a quiet woman bringing her horses to him and then getting stranded by a winter storm. Stuck in a house with this gorgeous woman, he can’t help but fall for her. He can sense Winter is in trouble, but he has to get her to trust him before it’s too late.

Can Winter let go and trust Luke before her past catches up to her or will she flee into the cold and dangerous night?

Release Blast & Review - HIGH MEADOW by Freya Barker

 

Title: High Meadow(High Mountain Trackers, #1) 

Author: Freya Barker 

Genre: Romantic Suspense 

Release Date: February 21, 2022 

Cover Designer: Freya Barker 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.

An emergency call to pick up an injured stallion on the side of the road sends Alexandra Hart, the new owner of Hart's Horse Rescue, into action. A recent addition to the area, she is not impressed when the animal's taciturn owner shows up. With his less-than-stellar disposition, he’s the kind of man she normally avoids at all costs, unfortunately, he owns the ranch just down the road.

However, when the manhunt for a pair of escaped prisoners gets a little too close for comfort, Jonas turns out to be a better neighbor than she expected.

The Alex who shows up at his ranch to help with his prize stud’s recovery is not exactly who Jonas Harvey expected. This is the same bleeding heart he met on the side of the road. Worried she’s not up for the job, he’d prefer to keep a close eye on her but his High Mountain Trackers team gets called in to track down a group of domestic terrorists.

But the slip of a woman proves him wrong. On all fronts. Alex not only charms his horses but him as well, and when trouble comes calling she proves to be a worthy ally to boot.

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Friday, February 18, 2022

Release Blitz - STEALING CHAOS by Sarah Leyton

 

Roman Blinov might have rescued her this time, but Anna “Sway” Tyler isn’t about to give him what he wants or confide in him the secrets she carries. She’s on a mission, and he’s in her way.

Roman doesn’t trust criminals, especially not ones who change their identity as quickly and effectively as Sway. As they say, there is no honor among thieves. Forced to work together on a mission from Interpol to capture Sway’s financier, the man who taught her everything she knows, Sway and Roman must decide if trusting each other is worth the risk.

In the meantime, they’ll have to protect a wild group of orphans, secure a famous necklace, remember to feed an unwieldy pet, and decide if the emotions building between them are based on more than just the adrenaline and unavoidable circumstances.

STEALING CHAOS, the first novel in the Honorable Criminals series by romantic suspense author Sarah Leyton.

 

About the Book

Stealing Chaos by Sarah Leyton

Series
Honorable Criminals

Genre
Adult
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense

Publisher
Independent

Publication Date
February 2, 2022