Monday, November 18, 2024

{Release Blitz } Coerced Wife by Charmaine Pauls



Title: Coerced Wife
Series: New York Underworld #2
Author: Charmaine Pauls
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Touch Her and Die
Fake Relationship/Forced Proximity
Release Date: November 18, 2024


BLURB

He offers me protection, but the bed of a killer isn’t a safe place to be.

I got myself in a predicament. Powerful people on both sides of the law want me dead. A killer needs me alive for his own selfish reasons, reasons I never could’ve imagined in my wildest dreams.
I’m not safe in the bed of a cold–blooded murderer, but I don’t have a choice. On the one hand, he offers me protection, and on the other, he tightens the noose.
I’m caught in his web of lies and deceit. Every truth that’s uncovered destroys me a little more. But he’s already injected me with his venomous seduction.

Before I know it, he’ll swallow me whole.
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EXCERPT

As for the rest, desolation rips through me when I push the door open and walk through it. Every step I take is like walking on a bed of glowing red coals.
Saverio stands on the gallery, talking to Dante. His smile slips when he sees me.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, wrapping an arm around my waist.
I plaster a smile on my face. “Nothing.”
The way his eyes tighten in the corners says he doesn’t believe me, but he doesn’t push the issue.
I stand like a statue at his side while people file past in a steady row to prematurely congratulate us and to make mindless conversation.
A short while later, Luigi asks the DJ to kill the music. He makes an announcement, but everything is like white noise in my ears.
Saverio takes my hand and pushes a ring with a huge oval diamond over my finger. I can’t stop staring at the monstrosity that shines under the lights, the huge stone weighing down my hand. Saverio holds my gaze as he lifts my fingers to his lips and kisses the ring, something dark and deviant sparking in those eyes that resemble the color of an iced-over lake. Clapping follows and then cheers.
Lowering his head, he claims my lips in a kiss that lasts too long to be appropriate for the occasion. This time, wolf whistling sounds.
It all happens in a blur. The one moment I’m Anya Brennan, and in the next, I’m to become Ms. De Luca.
“Soon,” Saverio whispers in my ear, sealing that frightening promise with a tender kiss on my neck.






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Charmaine loves to write dark and edgy romance that will melt both your e-reader and your heart. She's a mom of two teenagers, an adorable dog, and a dominant cat. Her country of birth is South Africa where many of her stories play off. Her French husband kidnapped her to the south of France where she currently lives with her family. When she's not writing, you'll find her in the kitchen baking cakes or in the gym lifting weights (because ... all those cakes!).


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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

{Release Blitz & Book Review}: Time To Bounce by Lani Lynn Vale



Title: Time to Bounce
Series: Carter Brothers #6
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Trope: Bad Girl/Good Guy
Release Date: October 8, 2024


BLURB

Loneliness is overwhelming in its intensity.

There are times you think you can cope, that you can make it despite the hollow feeling in your chest. Then there are the times when you realize you can’t breathe through the pain of loss.

When Gable Buchanan Carter walks into Athena’s life, it’s like a light is switched on inside her chest. Suddenly she can breathe.

But just as much as she wants him, Gable just as much wants nothing to do with her.

It’s like a cold stab of ice right to the gut at the knowledge that the person you want, that you love, wants nothing to do with you.

At least, that’s what she thinks.

In reality, Gable wants Athena Grace Murphy with every piece of his soul.

But how can he confidently say he’s doing the right thing by bringing her into his life when it’s so dangerous? She’s already lost every person she loves, how can he put her through the possibility of losing one more?

That’s right, he can’t.

So he’ll stay away from her. Even if it kills him.






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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.


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 I read my first book by her last month and was immediately hooked. Rent Free has stayed Rent Free in my brain ever since. The masterful writing style, taut narrative, action packed and fast paced, she didn't let my attention stray and I like that in my authors. Plus her heroines are kick Ass. I was a goner. So here i am, having just finished my second book. A story about a cop and an emergency dispatcher. They both meet in veiled circumstances in a biker bar and obviously some nefarious, violent activity happens that has repercussions in both their lives. There's chemistry no doubt, sizzling between Gable and Athena from the first encounter. Age gap doesn't diminish the burning flame of desire between them, even a bit. "Gable Buchanan Carter walks into Athena’s life, it’s like a light is switched on inside her chest." A stalker in the background forces them in close proximity, providing a fertile environment for the lusty seeds to grow in full fledged love tree. There's something super sexy about a cop hero. We know he's alpha, he's buff, he can protect. And even though she takes care of herself without help, sometimes you need a hug or an embrace and that's exactly what she gets. Plus point, she's asian(Japanese descent) so I love when authors include diversity and representation in books. “Did you know,” I coughed, tasting blood on my tongue. “That when you die, your brain lives for another seven minutes, replaying its best memories?” “You’ll be in all of those memories.” But danger is lurking just around the corner, lying in wait to stab their budding relationship. I just loved Athena. She's strong, decisive and survivor. Carter family is all in police business so are around Gable providing support. Athena misses hers but what she finds is far worse. She'd rather not have them, tahn betray her cause they're evil Liars. I'm on a roll and grabbing all her books and binge-reading them. 5 stars for Sleepy girl with busy life

Thursday, September 26, 2024

{Release Blitz & Book Review}: Sunday Morning by Jewel E.Ann




Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann is now live!




A small-town, forbidden, standalone, new adult romance with Footloose meets A Star is Born vibes from USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Jewel E. Ann




 Her boyfriend’s older brother should be off-limits, but he’s a sinful temptation.
Sarah is a preacher’s daughter and a people pleaser. She’s also on the verge of graduating high school and following her dream of singing in Nashville. The only thing standing in her way is that the entire town of Devil’s Head, Missouri, thinks she will marry Matt, the son of the town’s richest rancher.
But Sarah’s not sure he’s her future husband, especially when his older brother, Isaac, returns home after serving six years in the Army. He has tattoos on his arms and bad habits that are not “father-approved.”
When he’s not working on the ranch or roping at the rodeo, Isaac hangs out in the barn, playing his guitar. He’s trouble, but Sarah's music-loving heart gravitates toward him.
Isaac loves consuming Sarah’s mind, crawling under her skin, backing her into corners, and whispering inappropriate things in her innocent ears.
After weeks of playful banter and guitar lessons blurring the line between right and wrong, Issac makes Sarah a proposition she can’t refuse.
But when the unthinkable happens, and everything she knows is destroyed, will Sarah make the right choice?




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  Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she's not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her
husband, and writing mind-bending romance.




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Website: https://www.jeweleann.com
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For every girl who couldn't voice their thoughts, their hopes, their aspirations, for the fear of "Rocking The Boat", this book is for YOU. Find your courage in it's pages and go save your drowning boat. What can I say about the prowess of Genius Jewel E.Ann!! Her signature, acute humanspotting sensibilities are splattered all over
Captivating prose and charismatic characters have you in their grip from the start. And i can Guarantee, you'd be so engrossed, you'd have to pull an all nighter.
If I could give it ALL the STARS, I would. It's truely a Delightful Love Tale that spellbinds you from first page. Even though I'm sick with covid and have a hard time focusing, I Could. Not. Put. The. Book. Down . Jewel is an EXCEPTIONAL storyteller, and this shouldn't have come as a surprise, but I'm always dumbstruck by her absolutely perfectn stories. Over and over again. 

“It happened slowly at first, so slowly I didn’t see it. Then it just happened all at once. Taking my breath away. "

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Me too Sarahhhh, me too.. You don't even realize how this unassuming, rich with small town fragrance, story envelops your heart and you're gone! Completely under Isaac Cory's spell. His unconditional, uplifting love for Sarah is the stuff perfect book boyfriends are made of. Sarah's family is indebted and reliant on Cory's, so she and Matt are assumed to be together till the wedding. It's an unspoken fact by all including the parents. But a simple turn of events has Isaac returning to hometown of Devil's Head, Missouri, as the Devil Himself. 
In the church. 
To entice Sarah. 

"I didn’t fall in love with Isaac. I found myself in love with him. In him, I found myself. "

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Since the story is set in the 80s, it became all the more special to me. I was Sarah's age in the 80s. Had my first crush. Had my heart broken. Fell in love. Struggled with the definition of right and wrong. Basically I identified with her 

"In my head, I was a fearless rebel. I dreamed of breaking all the rules. In reality, I was a good girl with the occasional sinfully brave moment."

The best part about this book was Jewel's fair minded treatment of Matt. He could easily develop a flaw, slip on morality or treatment of Sarah, but he truely does love her, in his own way. It's easy to hate a villain, but falling out of love for no reason, other than that its pulled towards another, was a remarkable piece of writing from jewel 

"He loved me more than I loved him. That. Broke. My. Heart. "

The story is about the "Average" underdogs. In life, in love, in careers. who blend in the background, people pleasers, family's secret vaults. They go through life without creating any major ripples. Quietly existing and no one asks them their plans, their dreams. Jewel puts them on a pedestal. The underdogs win the deserved HEA and it's heartening to read.

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"Not everything that was right was fair. And not everything that was fair was right. "

I have to mention Isaac here. He's a rebel, but not outspoken. He willingly wears the mantle of a Troublesome truant, but he rescues sarah as his Soulmate. The quiet confidence with which he pursues her, without overt villainous moves was mind-blowing. He just exists as a best option for her, her dreams and her future. The subtlety was amazing to read.
My ramblings won't end soon, but you Must Read this book and feel ALL THE FEELS in Caps
A Thousand-Calorie Slice of Chocolate Cake

 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

{Release Blitz & Book Review}: Rent Free by Lani Lynn Vale



Title: Rent Free
Series: Carter Brothers #5
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Trope: Bad Girl/Good Guy
Release Date: September 10, 2024


BLURB

Fuck me for choosing the wrong sister.

Atlas Carter was a protector. He was a police officer, had spent years in the Air Force, spent his entire teen years as a volunteer firefighter.

Being a protector was in his blood.

It was his dream.

So when a woman was in a dangerous situation, it was his every instinct to protect her. To shield her. To watch over her.

Only, that woman had played him.

She’d set him up.

She’d made sure that he only saw her.

Then, when the real woman who should hold his heart, the sister, comes into his life, he doesn’t see past the hatred of her to know that she’s only trying to protect him in return.

He spends the next year terrorizing the woman who’s supposed to be his. When the dust finally settles, and he can see clearly once again, she’s no longer there waiting for him.






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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.


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Oh. My. God!! it's easily one of the top 5 books of this year. Totally unique storyline, sorted-sensible characters and witty banter makes it UNFORGETTABLE, MUST READ book ASAP. I'm ashamed to say I'd waited this long to sample Lani's work *what was I thinking**. BUT....but now that I have, I'm addicted. Her writing style is simple but her words hooked into me from page one. 
A tale of two sisters, completely opposite in nature and demeanour.
Sage Solomon is a demon spawn from hell, has been from the day she was born.

"She was a pathological liar. She was an attention seeker. She also went out of her way to make everyone look bad—or at least worse than her."

Pepper Solomon on the other hand is the Good Solomon. Forgiving to a fault, she learns to manouever her life between Sage's lies to escape unscathed with her sanity intact. Thankfully there are lot of good Solomons who corroborate her story and stature.
Page has a problem that destroys everyone who comes in contact with her.
Case-In-Point - Atlas Carter, the good hearted cop who saves her physically...or so it seems.
I won't give away the story anymore because you MUST, MUST read this BRILLIANT book to experience it with fresh eyes and clean mind. 
The characters grow as the story progresses. There's no juvenile, cheesy misunderstandings cropping up for no reason, there's no misheard-misinterpreted situations. The plot is linear and laid out on full display, which is a fresh approach. It also strengthens the belief and trust in Ms Vale's talent as a seasoned writer. Her humour is high class and some of the finest I've read.
Every chapter starts with Secret Thoughts they're Hilarious with rich, witty inner monologue, and also ironically true

"You know what? I’m just gonna say it. Sharks just aren’t eating enough people. —Pepper’s secret thoughts"

I'm seriously in love with Pepper & Atlas and their creator Lani Lynn Vale. Get ready for some serious Fangirling, bordering on obsessive stalking ms vale, because you're now my new favorite author to binge read/listen.
5 stars Everything is figureoutable.

{Release Blitz } Coerced Wife by Charmaine Pauls

Title: Coerced Wife Series: New York Underworld #2 Author: Charmaine Pauls Genre: Dark Mafia Romance Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Touch Her a...

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