Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The Devil Wears Black ~ LJ Shen ~ Blog Tour

“An expert at the dark and sexy anti-hero, Shen brings her seductive prose to an
irresistible ‘second chance romance’.”-- Oprah Magazine

The Devil Wears Black, all new enemies-to-lovers, fake fiancé standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen is available now!

Maddie Goldbloom stitched up a plan to ensure everything in her life was perfect—from a career in fashion to a chic NYC apartment to a pediatrician boyfriend.
When her ex, Chase Black, storms back into her life with an outrageous request, her immediate reaction is to refuse him. But he only wants to fulfill his father’s last wish. So even though he’s the man who broke her heart, playing his fiancée shouldn’t be hard, especially if it means she gets to watch the arrogant devil squirm a bit.
What ensues is a chain of events that detonates Maddie’s life—and when Chase’s walls come down, they both are forced to face reality.
They say keep your enemies close. But what if your enemy is also the man you love?

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Excerpt

I fished for my keys in my little clutch, stomping my way up the stairs. He was still on the first step, his eyes burning a hole through my back. The one time he looked at me with anything but frost, and I was completely immune to it.  pushed the building entrance door open, ignoring his plea. 

Funny, I’d always thought it’d feel divine to dismiss him the way he’d dismissed me. But right now, my feelings swirled among hurt, anger, and confusion. Triumph was nowhere in sight, and glee was miles away. I was almost past the threshold when his next words gave me pause. 

“Too scared to give me ten minutes of your time?” he challenged, the smirk in his voice like a stab in my back. I froze. Now I recognized him. Cold, calculated. Playfully ruthless. “If you’re so over me and not at all tempted to be under me once we get upstairs, you can go back to your blissful, Chase-free existence after I say my piece, no?” 

Scared? He thought I was scared? If I were any more immune to his charms at this point, I’d actively throw up at his sight. 

I swiveled, jutting my hip out, a polite smile on my lips. “Cocky much?” 

“Just enough to get your attention,” he deadpanned, looking awfully like a man who didn’t want to be here. 

What is he doing here, anyway? 

“Five minutes will do, and you better behave.” I pointed at him with my clutch. 

“Cross my heart and hope to die.” He put a hand on his chest mockingly. 

“At least our hopes are aligned.” 

About LJ Shen
L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.

She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

The Devil Wears Black ~ L J Shen ~ New Release

“[The Devil Wears Black] sparkles with wit and chemistry…This is a treat.”--
Publishers Weekly

The Devil Wears Black, all new emotional and intense standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen is available now!

Maddie Goldbloom stitched up a plan to ensure everything in her life was perfect—from a career in fashion to a chic NYC apartment to a pediatrician boyfriend.
When her ex, Chase Black, storms back into her life with an outrageous request, her immediate reaction is to refuse him. But he only wants to fulfill his father’s last wish. So even though he’s the man who broke her heart, playing his fiancée shouldn’t be hard, especially if it means she gets to watch the arrogant devil squirm a bit.
What ensues is a chain of events that detonates Maddie’s life—and when Chase’s walls come down, they both are forced to face reality.
They say keep your enemies close. But what if your enemy is also the man you love?

Download your copy!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/35mycgA
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About LJ Shen
L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.

She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.

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Monday, March 8, 2021

Steals & Deals ~ March 8 - 14


Steals:


Scarred By Love by C A Harms




Cuffed by K Bromberg



Deals:





Holding Onto You Anthology ~ 11 books for $3.99

Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne $2.99 preorder



Wild Distortion by Tina Saxon $.99



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



Desperate Duchesses by Eloise James $.99


Devoted  by Dean Koontz $1.99

Elsewhere by Dean Kootnz $1.99






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Sunday, March 7, 2021

The Last Piece of His Heart ~ Emma Scott ~ New Release & Review

From USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author, Emma Scott, comes the third and final novel in the Lost Boys series--a gritty, angsty love story about two lost souls searching for their place in the world, and what it means to be truly found.

The Last Piece of His Heart by Emma Scott is now live!

At Santa Cruz Central High School, they called them the misfits, the outcasts, the weirdos. But most of us knew them as the Lost Boys...

Ronan Wentz has been to hell and back, and he carries the scars to prove it. Worse, the blood of a monster runs through his veins. After ten years in foster care, eighteen-year-old Ronan is finally reunited with family. His uncle gives him a roof over his head and puts him to work, managing a shabby apartment complex in Santa Cruz, California.

But a second chance is still a second chance. Ronan becomes a solitary hunter, a vigilante, walking the streets at night to keep the nightmares at bay. If he can use the anger burning in his tainted blood to protect instead of hurt, maybe then he'll find the absolution he seeks.

Then he meets Shiloh.

Shiloh Barrera looks like she has it all together. Smart, ambitious and full of artistic creativity she channels into making beautiful one-of-kind jewelry. But Shiloh's cool, capable demeanor is all a front. Her demons drive her to succeed as much as her ambition. To prove her worth to the mother who can't stand to look at her, and who's harboring secrets of her own.

When Shiloh and Ronan meet, the physical attraction is instant and scorching. Neither believe it will last. Falling in love is an impossible pipe dream saved for those less shattered and damaged than they are.

But as hard as they try to resist, the growing feelings between them seem inevitable... until one terrible night destroys Shiloh's dreams and Ronan's future. When the smoke clears, and the rubble settles, they'll have to choose - do their pasts determine their future, or can they build a new one from the broken pieces of their hearts?

Lost Boys is a new series of interconnected, coming-of-age standalones from USA Today bestselling author Emma Scott.

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Meet Emma

Emma Scott is a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author whose books have been translated in five languages and featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today's Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy her novels. Visit www.emmascottwrites.com

RECENT RELEASES

Someday, Someday (M/M standalone)

A Five-Minute Life (standalone)

Bring Down the Stars (Beautiful Hearts #1)

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts (Beautiful Hearts #2)

Get your binge read on (and grab your tissues), The Lost Boys series is now complete!

"At Santa Cruz Central High, we called them the misfits, the outcasts, the weirdos. But most of us knew them as the Lost Boys."

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Elizabeth's Review

4.5 stars - One of the Best


Review Copy Provided by Author


Sometimes I think the more I love a book, the harder it is to write a review about it - and that is true with The Last Piece of His Heart. There are so many things I want to say about this book, but at the same time I don’t want to give anything away.

This is the third book in the Lost Boys series and focuses on Ronan - the mysterious friend we’ve seen in the first two books. Ms Scott does and excellent job of letting us see behind the tough guy facade to the person Ronan really is and who he is trying to be. He is paired with Shilo - another character we’ve seen before, but haven’t really gotten to know well until now. Both Ronan and Shilo are complex, well developed characters who carry wounds and baggage that make them seem much older than 18 or 19 years old.

Ronan and Shilo have a stories (both individually and together) that were riveting in the growth they showed and in how love and friendship made both of them blossom - even when they didn’t want to. Ms Scott took us on an amazing journey with these two - and once I got started, I didn’t want to put the book down.

As with the other Lost Boys books, Ms Scott does not shy away from tough topics. We see a darker/tougher side of not only high school, but life in general that brings up issues most of us would rather not think about. Hopefully these fictional struggles will help us all be more empathetic in our real lives too.

My one caution to readers about The Last Piece of His Heart would be the fact that it very much contains spoilers for the first two books. The time line here in concurrent with the first two books, so there are some scenes that look familiar just from a different point of view- and if you are reading the series out of order, you may learn things before you are ready. Make sure you start with Miller's story!

Now that we are done with the Lost Boys - I am curious to see where Ms Scott will take us next!

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Ruthless Monarch ~ Ava Harrison ~ Cover Reveal



Ava Harrison has revealed the cover
and blurb for Ruthless Monarch!




Releasing April 5, 2021

Matteo Amante.

Dangerous. Deadly. And most of all, devastating.

He’s the king of the city.
Running the mafia and ruling the East Coast.

He’s at war with his cousin, and I am the casualty.

There is nothing Matteo won’t do to win.
He’ll burn everything down to the ground, my hopes and dreams included.

He’s no hero.
He’s the handsome devil who will probably kill me in the end.

Falling in love with the enemy can destroy me, especially when he is my husband . . .
 



Cover Designer: Hang  Le 

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Meet Ava Harrison



Ava Harrison is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author.
When she's not journaling her life, you can find her window shopping, cooking dinner for her family, or curled up on her couch reading a book.
 
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The Play ~ Kat Mizera ~ Release Boost

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

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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

Review Copy Provided by Author


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!

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

A Discovery of Secrets and Fates ~ Sawyer Bennett ~ Blog Tour

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!

Details for the Chronicles of the Stone Veil series are below:

 

Go to Sawyer's website for details: Click here to learn more about The Chronicles of the Stone Veil series

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A Discovery of Secrets and Fate

Chronicles of the Stone Veil, book #2

An Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance Series | AVAILABLE 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 Revelation of Light and Dark

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COMING SOON IN THE SERIES

The Evolution of Fae and Gods

Chronicles of the Stone Veil, book #3 | Coming March 23, 2021

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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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GIVEAWAY

Sawyer Bennett is giving away 200 ebook copies of THE REVELATION OF LIGHT AND DARK (book 1 in the series).

CLICK HERE TO ENTER TO WIN

   

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AUTHOR INFORMATION:

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.

If you’d like to receive a notification when Sawyer releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter (sawyerbennett.com/signup).

 

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Elizabeth's Review

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


Review Copy Provided by Author


*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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