Tuesday, March 2, 2021

A Discovery of Secrets and Fate by Sawyer Bennett ~ New Release & Review

From New York Times Bestselling Author Sawyer Bennett comes the Chronicles of the Stone Veil, a five book urban fantasy/paranormal romance series. A departure from contemporary romance, the Chronicles of the Stone Veil is a return to fantasy/paranormal romance, where Sawyer started her fiction publishing journey. Readers can expect to find all the elements they love from Sawyer’s books—strong heroines, alpha heroes, and an epic romance—with a fantastical element to add to their reading experience. You can get the second book in the series, A Discovery of Secrets and Fate, now!

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Book Blurb:

Life as I knew it ended the day I accepted my fate.

In its place is an existence even the wildest imagination could never fathom. Strange creatures walk among us, plotting our demise, and I’ve come to find that the fate of our world rests squarely on my shoulders. We’re all in danger and I’m trying to figure out how to make it through each day. The key to my survival is a man I can’t figure out. As dangerous as the darkest fae, I have no choice but to work with him to stop the prophecy that’s foretold to be the ruination of mankind. Carrick Byrne continues to be my only source of information, but he doles it out as he sees fit. He intrigues and scares me in equal measure, yet I can’t help but be attracted to him. And the more I discover about him, the more it becomes clear he feels the same. As we travel to Faere in search of answers, we find that every piece of information leads to more questions, that every question leads to a new piece of the puzzle, and that, most importantly, no one can be trusted. The more secrets we uncover, one thing is certain— if we have any chance of saving the world, we have to do it together. A Discovery of Secrets and Fate is book two of the Chronicles of the Stone Veil series and is best enjoyed if read in series order.  

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The Evolution of Fae and Gods

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A Battle of Blood and Stone

Chronicles of the Stone Veil, book #4 | Coming April 13, 2021

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The Rise of Fortune and Fury

Chronicles of the Stone Veil, book #5 | Coming May 4, 2021

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New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.

A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs.

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Elizabeth's Review

My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend


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*Caution to readers - This is the 2nd installment of the Chronicles of the Stone Veil, it picks up on the adventures of Finley Porter immediately after the end of book 1, this is not a stand alone book - you need to read book 1 in order to understand what is happening here*

Ms Bennett has us pick up with Finley and Carrick were book 1 left off. She does an excellent job of peeling back more pieces of the story while maintaining the intrigue element. I appreciate the way layers of the magical world Finley now inhabits are added gradually so that we get to gain undersatnding right along with Finley. 

I continue to like Finley and root for her to figure things out. I wasn’t sure about Carrick in book one, but here, as we learn more about him, I discovered an appealing side of him previously unseen. The cast of secondary characters grows a bit here and I can't help but wonder how these some of these individuals will contribute to the story down the road - as I would be surprised if we are done with the Fae Prince and Princess. 

As with book 1, this installment ends in a cliffhanger. I am hoping we don’t have to wait very long to see what happens next!

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The Play ~ Kat Mizera ~ New Release & Review

Are you ready to ROCK HARD?
Play by Kat Mizera is available now!

From USA Todaybestseller Kat Mizera comes a brand-new series—get ready to ROCK HARD with Nobody’s Fool…

Four sexy rockers.
Four intense women who don't know they love them.
Four hard rockin' love stories for the ages.

Tyler Thompson is a bona fide rock star.

He went on tour at seventeen and never looked back. And now, fifteen years later, he has more fame, fortune, and success than he ever imagined. He's the bass player for a new band, Nobody's Fool, and all he wants to do is get back on tour. But business and personal issues are blocking his next move.

Pop star Ariel Fox has been under her father’s thumb for so long she doesn’t remember what freedom is like. When she gets invited to record a single on Nobody's Fool's demo tape she's ready for a week of work...and fun, without the watchful eye of her father. One look at Tyler’s blue eyes and she's immediately snagged. She wants it all—him, success, a real future. But nothing is ever that simple.

Falling in love wasn't part of the deal.

And when the record company tries to sabotage Nobody’s Fool, Ariel must choose between protecting Tyler and protecting herself.

About the Author:

USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Kat Mizera is a South Florida native. Born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of wanderlust, she's called Los Angeles, Long Island, upstate New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Atlanta home. She's never been able to pick which locale is her favorite, but if pressed, she'd probably choose the west coast.

A typical PTA mom with a wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max), Kat can usually be found scrapbooking or indulging in her second love (after writing) - traveling. Greece is one of her favorite places in the world. She loves that Athens is a big city with a small-town feel. The food, beaches and culture keep her going back as often as possible.

Kat's been a working freelance writer for nearly 30 years. She sold her first article--a review of a rock concert--for $10 in 1985. Since then she's been an entertainment journalist, waitress, bartender, legal assistant, food critic, magazine editor, substitute teacher, and sports writer. She also spent some time working at A & M Records in Los Angeles.

As you can guess from her Las Vegas Sidewinders series, Kat loves hockey and occasionally writes articles about her favorite team, the Florida Panthers. The rest of the time, she writes novels: sexy, romantic fiction that she hopes makes you as happy as it makes her. There's something enticing about hockey players and romance...

Connect with Kat:
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Elizabeth's Review


3.5 stars - Worth a Reader's Time

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Play is an interesting start to a new series about a brand new band. The focus here is on Tyler and his instant connection to super star Ariel.

While Tyler and his friends are creating a new band, he is no stranger to being famous. I wasn’t sure how I felt about him at first, but the more I saw him with Ariel the more I liked him. Ariel is a character that I couldn’t help but empathize with. From the outside looking in, she appears to have it all, but appearances can be deceiving.

I enjoyed seeing these two get to know each other and seeing Ariel brought into the fold of people who surrounded Tyler. The conflict here was unique and I appreciated the fresh approach to the typical “screw up and grovel.”

As much as I enjoyed Play, I also struggled with it as well. Ms Mizera is an author I’ve read in the past, but I have not read her full back list. This book seems to pick up threads from multiple previous series and brings them together via secondary characters and friends. There was almost too much connection to other books/series as some of the references left me a bit confused and took me away from Tyler and Ariel’s story.

I am curious to see what may be in store for Tyler’s band mates .... and I need to go read more of Ms Mizera’s back list!

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Love Like Her by Claudia Y. Burgoa ~ New Release & Review

A rom-com of fated lovers, cute crushes portraying a perfect ending of second--or third--or fourth--chances.

Love Like Her by Claudia Burgoa is now live!

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa charms readers in this romantic comedy that's whimsical and fun.

Eros Brassard and I met at JFK years ago while trying to catch two different planes. We had an instant connection that was too powerful to deny. Love happened, and we hooked up.

After our crazy romp, we agreed we couldn't be together. We live too far away to make it work. Yet ever since, destiny has brought us together. Our paths have crossed so many times it's obvious fate has intervened in our lives.

But there's always something else--or someone else--getting in the way. Until now.

I'm hired to plan the wedding of Eros' best friend, Misty. He thought Misty was the one who got away... until I walked in.

Will circumstances push us apart again?

Or is it the perfect time... maybe... for us to finally admit the truth?

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Love Like Her is a funny rom-com of fated lovers and cute crushes. This warm novel that's cozy and flirty portrays a perfect ending of second--or third--or fourth--chances.

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Elizabeth's Review

My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend


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Have you ever heard the idea of “Right person, Wrong time” or that people come into our lives for a “reason or season”? Well, in Love Like Her we see Olivia and Eros deal with those very ideas.

These two first meet at 18 and 24 when he saves the day. This sets them on a path of run ins and encounters over 10+ years until events finally come to a head. Olivia and Eros are both likeable characters that I enjoyed spending time with. Each encounter in between their first meeting and the ultimate meeting builds the tension and idea that these two should be together forever - if only life would line up correctly. I appreciated the well written lessons about putting our own needs first, being willing to take a risk, and that light bulb moment of understanding that while you’ve been saying the right thing, you’ve been using the wrong language for the one you love.

Love Like Her is full of sweet moments and funny mishaps. Loyal Burgoa readers will see familiar faces among the secondary characters of Eros’s family, but this is truly a stand-alone read.

Meet Claudia


Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author.

She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breath away. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and her youngest two children.

She has a sweet Bichon, Macey, who thinks she's the ruler of the house. She's only partially right.

When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At night, she likes to binge-watch shows with her equally geeky husband.

Connect with Claudia

Website: https://claudiayburgoa.com/

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Steals and Deals ~ March 1 - 7


Steals:

Chicago Blaze: Books 1 & 2 by Brenda Rothert







If I Can't Have You by Iris Moreland







Deals:

The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros $.99


How to Catch an Alpha (3 book series) by Auroa Rose Reynold - $1.99 for each

The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton $1.99

Chasing Shadows (First Wives Book 3) by Catherine Bybee $1.99

Say It Again (First Wives Book 5) by Catherine Bybee $1.99


Dogwood Lane (3 book series) by Adriana Locke $1.99 each book

A Favor for a Favor (All In Book 2) by Helena Hunting $1.99

The Peacock Emporium: A Novel by JoJo Moyes $2.99


the Dance: A Second Chance Romance by Alison G Bailey $.99

Down and Dirty (Hot Jocks Book 5) by Kendall Ryan $.99



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My Saving Grace by Melanie Moreland ~ Blog Tour & Review

Title: My Saving Grace
Series: Vested Interest - ABC Corp Series
Author: Melanie Moreland
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 25, 2021


Grace VanRyan has her life mapped out.

Law school, a career with ABC, and a bright future ahead of her.

Until Jaxson Richards steps into the picture. He’s everything she hasn't planned for.

Older, sexy, off-limits.

And her new boss.

When the passion between them explodes, will her life blow up along with it?








 

This book has it all--
"This is one of the most fulfilling and wonderful romances I've read in a long time. I'm also so honored Melanie Moreland included a nod to my books (cue uncontrollable squeeing). I loved this gorgeous, heartwarming read and can't wait to read more in the series!"- Scarlett Scott, USA Today Best Selling Author of Notorious Ladies of London
I ignored life around me until I finished --
"This standalone is the first of a new generation that is everything I loved about The Contract blown up. The scorching heat, the hurt and anger, the broken grumbly hero with the huge heart he knows nothing about. A top 2021 read for me, My Saving Grace had it all and I can't wait for more of the ABC Corp!"- Stephanie Rose, author of Never Too Late series
In awe of the brilliance --
"In true Melanie Moreland fashion the reader is once again surrounded by characters that feel like they are family. Hopes and dreams are riding a very thin line and the reader turns each page needing more while at the same time they are in awe of the brilliance that is another Melanie Moreland masterpiece."- The Overflowing Bookcase



Elizabeth's Review 

My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend


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Did you love Richard and Katy in The Contract? What about the boys of BAM? Well, in My Saving Grace Ms Moreland introduces us to the next generation from these two great series starting with Grace Van Ryan (oldest child of Richard and Katy).

Grace is a promising law intern who finds herself with a mutual atraction to her supervisior, Jaxson. For those of who have read The Contract the situation between Grace and Jaxson has echos of Richard and Katy, but this is definitely a different, unique story.

The first half of My Saving Grace is told almost competly from Grace's point of view. I enjoyed getting to meet the characters through her. I rooted for her and I worried about her. The relationship between Grace and Jaxon at this point was fraught with peril and Ms Moreland did an excellent job of keeping us guessing about where things were going, especially as Jaxson definitely had "lion with a thorn in his paw moments."

In the second half of the book, we get to see things from both Grace and Jaxson's point of view. I continued to like and root for Grace, but discovered that I also really liked Jaxson too. Learning more about his background explained so much about him that I found myself hoping these two could find a way to talk and move out of their own way.

The seconday cast here is slightly large as you have the Van Ryan and BAM families intermingling, but the key players that a reader needs to keep track of are realatively few. While technically a stand alone read and the beginning of a new series, I would recommend that readers read at least some of the previous series books first as there are references to the older stories.




New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She's learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

Melanie is represented by Flavia Viotti at Bookcase Literary Agency. For any questions regarding subsidiary or translation rights please contact her at  flavia@bookcaseagency.com



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Cowboy by L.B. Dunbar ~ New Release & Review



Release Date: March 1, 2021

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Blurb:

Pregnant at forty-two? Back the cow up...

Harland Bull Eaton has lost many things—his first wife, his beloved mother, those three women he proposed to . . . Oh, and there was that time he almost lost the family dairy farm due to a scandal. He’s losing faith in just about everything, especially love. 

But one night, his friends give him a dare. No commitments. No heartbreak. Just buy that gorgeous redhead a drink. The big-city bombshell he’s set his eyes on swirls him into a tailspin that lands them in bed for a one-night stand he’s pretty sure he’ll never forget. But this time, he swears, he won’t let his heart ride herd on his common sense. 

Recently separated and newly unemployed, Scarlett Russell is at a crossroads. With no other plan than visiting a friend in Vermont, the last thing she expects is a hunky, silver fox offering to buy her a drink. Even less expected is when she raises that offer to “take me to bed, cowboy.” She just wants one night to forget everything gone wrong.

Turns out once won’t be nearly enough. Won’t ever be enough, feeling the way she does. But secrets and an unexpected surprise are a lot to handle . . . unless these two can break a trail to an unexpected happily ever after.



Elizabeth's Review


3.5 stars - Worth a Reader's Time

Review Copy provided by Author


Cowboy is LB Dunbar's entry into the Busy Bean world. I was curious about the book give Ms Dunbar's excellent history writing more mature couples and I wanted to see how she would handle a 42 year old woman being pregnant for the first time just as the rest of her world falls apart.

I enjoyed getting to know Scarlett and Bull. They were both great characters bringing a life time of baggage to a unique and potentially stressful situation. As much as I liked them, there were times in this read that I wanted to reach into the kindle and slap them both upside the head as they definitely weren't acting their age!

There were times in the story when I felt like Scarlett and Bull had a great connection and then times when it felt like he was taking past frustrations out of her. This made for a bit of a yo-yo process that seemed the drag the conflict out through the whole story. While this "trust" issue created solid conflict that really needed to be addressed, there were also issues that I felt were left hanging a bit. The introduction of Shelton (Scarlett's ex) and her parents didn't feel fully resolved to me and I would have appreciated more closure for those relationships.

The Busy Bean is a series that I don't know much about, but I am definitely curious to learn more about this cute sounding cafe and the remaining Eaton brothers.

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Cowboy by L.B. Dunbar - Excerpt


“A coffee, black, no sugar, no cream, and a caramel macchiato with exactly five drizzles of caramel, fifteen pumps of vanilla syrup, whipped cream, and an extra shot.”

What the . . .

Thank God, I did not take that order. I don’t even know what that is. There’s a pause and I’m wondering what’s happening when Bull says, “You have a little something . . .”

I just want to die a slow death as I imagine him swiping at the corner of her lip or wiping off her nose and that sweet, tender touch will be all the spark she needs to want to pounce on this man behind me. Bull has these deep blue eyes and that silver speckled scruff, plus his hair that looks artfully streaked with gray. He’s just all around sexy and he doesn’t even know it about himself. Then, his touch. The soft strokes down my body and the delicate dips of his fingers, I just can’t—

“Have either of you seen Scarlett?” Audrey asks.

Frick.

“Scarlett?” Bull chokes behind me.

“Yeah, Scarlett. She’s our newest barista and I swear she was out here.”

“I didn’t see anyone,” Vermont Barbie states. “But then again, I’ve only been looking at Bull.”

Okay, that’s enough.

“Found it,” I say, popping up from behind the couch and holding my fingers pinched together like I’ve just found gold in them there wood floorboards.

“Scarlett?” Audrey blinks at me with those expressive eyes of hers . She’s a petite blond with a lot of power behind her personality. I slowly stand but find myself dizzy as I do and grip the back of the couch for support.

“Whoa.” I blurt, unable to stop myself as the room spins and my legs tremble. My skin runs cold, but I break out in a full body sweat.

“Scarlett, are you okay?” Audrey asks, rushing to the edge of the couch while Bull quickly stands to face me.

“I . . . yeah, I just think I stood up too fast.” However, that isn’t the full explanation because that rush to my head has now settled back down to my belly.

“You sure you’re okay? You look a little gray,” Audrey asks.

“I . . . excuse me.” Rushing around the couch, I fight the pull to look at Bull, as I disappear behind the counter, bypassing our waiting customers with one finger in the air, and then press out the door to the grassy area behind the building for some much needed fresh air. Once outside, I promptly bend forward and heave.

“Oh my God, are you okay?” Audrey says behind me and I close my eyes, embarrassed by my position in front of my boss. Audrey’s younger than me, but a good, business woman and kind-hearted. She took me on without any prior experience in the coffee industry.

“Yeah. Just something I ate, I think.” I honestly don’t know. It’s been a few weeks like this, nausea, fatigue, and then if I do get sick, which doesn’t always happen, I feel a million times better once I vomit. “I just have a little stomach bug, but I don’t have a fever. I’m so sorry about this.” I point to the grass which holds no evidence of how my stomach felt. “And that.” I nod toward the café.

Audrey’s brows crease as she examines my face. “What else is wrong? As far as how you are feeling?”

I consider it a second and then answer. “My boobs hurt. My back kills. And I had a tuna fish sandwich for breakfast the other day. I think there was something wrong with the mayonnaise.” Then I reconsider what I’ve said. That sandwich the other morning had been the best damn tuna fish in the world and the last thing I’d ever eat when it comes to a breakfast item.

Audrey’s lips slowly curl and her eyes spark like she knows something. “Scarlett, could you be pregnant?”

“What? No. Heaven’s no. Absolutely not. I . . .” I stare back at her, horrified at the notion. I’m forty-two. I’m recently divorced. I cannot be pregnant at this stage of my life.

“No. I am definitely not pregnant.”


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