May 18, 2020

Book Review: Celibate By Maria Giura #Memoir #MustRead


Synopsis: 


When twenty-eight-year-old Maria Giura fell in love with Catholic priest Father James Infanzi, she had no idea how needy they both were nor how complicated their relationship would become. His attention seemed to fill the void left by her fractured family, but he also seemed to be a sign for her to finally face the vocation she’d been running from for years. Celibate focuses on her ten-year struggle to let go of this priest, to heal from her childhood, and to embrace her true calling. Fiercely honest and tender, this memoir is ultimately a story about surrender, forgiveness, and facing one’s deepest needs.

Cover Reveal: Heart And The City By Cecilia Frye #RachelsRandomResources



Heart and the City (Book 1 in the Love Medicine series

British doctor Lea Holm has come to New York to work in her chosen field of emergency medicine. She loves her new life in this exciting city and can’t wait to get started with her research project. The last thing she needs are distractions.
But then she meets famous actor Ricco Como in her building – a distraction if ever there was one. He’s gorgeous and sweet, and there’s an immediate connection between them. Lea tries to resist temptation, but when he comes to her for help dealing with his steadily worsening migraine she can’tturn away from his plight.
As Ricco’s health takes a turn for the worse, their lives become more and more entwined. But can their growing attraction withstand the strain of his ill health, and can he let Lea be more than just his doctor?

**This novella series contains detailed descriptions of long-term health conditions, cheating and a bereavement.**

The series is set in New York City and was written before COVID-19. It makes no reference to recent events.

Publication Date: 26th May

May 17, 2020

Review: Champion Chocolatier For Better or Worse By Amanda Zieba


Champion Chocolatier: For Better or WorseTwo years ago Emmy left her big city life in St. Paul to run Sweet Shores Chocolate Store, up north in Duluth, Minnesota. Soon after arriving, she fell for Eddie, a sweet distraction that made success at her new business venture even more complicated.Last year Emmy traveled to North Carolina to be on the EatTV Valentine’s Day Candy Making Competition and came home with a prize even better than she could have imagined. Now, in this third installment of the Champion Chocolatier series, we find Emmy scrambling to keep up with all the things she loves: Eddie, her sweet shop, and competitions! It’s finally time for Emmy to get married, but surprisingly, her attention is diverted in several directions. While she is busy planning her wedding and running her successful business, she is also consumed with winning the Golden Honeymoon Giveaway. She and Eddie are so wrapped up in their separate goals that the contest seems like the perfect way to bring them together. Except that all of a sudden, Emmy’s goals for winning may be the very thing that pushes her deepest desires away for good.

Review: A Persevering Heart By Lisa M Prysock

When Ms. Pepper Anne Barrington isn’t driving her convertible Aston Martin or writing her bestselling mysteries, she’s busy solving real-life dilemmas happening to her three grown children or the guests visiting her Atlanta bed and breakfast, Edgewater Coventry B & B. It seems to Miss Pepper, there’s always an air of romance, mystery, and perhaps a little adventure and mayhem at the restored 19th century plantation.
When handsome handyman and popular up and coming musician, Bradley Fielding, inherits his grandmother’s Victorian estate in Georgia, he relocates his band from Nashville to Atlanta to oversee the renovations. He decides to stay at the Edgewater Coventry B & B while the Fielding house that has been in his family for generations is being remodeled. All kinds of things begin to go wrong, including the disappearance of his sister and an antique pocket watch.
Patricia Johnston, avid reader and administrative assistant to Miss Pepper, is perhaps the most disturbed of all when she is framed for stealing Brad Fielding’s antique watch. She’s off to the wrong start in her new job—and with one of the country’s most eligible bachelors.
Don’t miss the adventure, romance, and sometimes mystery in “A Persevering Heart,” Book 1 of the new, exciting Christian and inspirational series, ‘Georgia Peaches,’ where each novella ends with a happily ever after in spite of a number of obstacles.

May 15, 2020

Book Blitz: Orion By A.G. Kirkham #XpressoTours

Orion


A.G. Kirkham


(Satan’s Pride, #3)


Publication date: May 15th 2020


Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Orion – sign of the club and shield. He lost it all before he found the family he’s committed to now, Satan’s Pride. He survives the loss of his mother, the coldness of his father and the sudden death of his wife and child. He survived this all and the only casualty was his heart. He vowed to never love again, so he would never relive that pain. Can one woman make him learn to give all of himself one more time?

Viviana loved everything and everyone. She embraced life, even though her childhood was filled with turbulence and abandonment. She wanted a family to call her own and when she became pregnant, she believed her choice was to flee, giving Orion the freedom she thought he wanted.

Can these two souls leave the past in the past and listen to their hearts instead?

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Book Blitz: Under The Willows By Pamela McCord. #XpressoTours

Under the Willows


Pamela McCord


Published by: Acorn Publishing

Publication date: May 15th 2020

Genres: Adult, Mystery

After her husband is killed by a drunk driver, Kelly Harris and her son TJ move into a sprawling Victorian house in Ohio that her husband inherited from his grandmother. Dealing with her overwhelming grief is a struggle as she adjusts to life in a small town. And, just as she’s beginning to feel more comfortable, life takes another unexpected turn.

 

The Alexa unit in her son’s bedroom starts to cry, and a little girl’s voice comes out of it asking for help.

 

At first Kelly is unnerved by the presence of the voice. After ruling out all the other likely possibilities, she begins to put the pieces together, and suspects the girl is a ghost. Unwilling to be uprooted from another home, she decides to find out what the child wants. Maybe she can help.

 

Kelly isn’t the only one interested in the voice. Detective Rob Porter is investigating the disappearance of a child named Marilee. As the two cross paths, Porter is taken aback when Kelly’s ghost mentions Marilee’s name. In fact, the ghost says “Marilee’s with me.”

 

Whether that means the child is a ghost as well is a question Rob and Kelly hope to answer.

 

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Review: Swipe Right By Stephie Chapman #BOTBSPublicity #NetGalley



Love could be a click away... Or in the last 

place you expected.

When Fran meets Ollie, it’s eye roll at first sight. Who does he think he is – with his Ray-Bans, piss taking and artfully styled hair? Forced into working together at Viral Hive, the trendy media content agency, at first they butt heads, but soon realise that they could be BFFs. Fran’s happily settled with boyfriend Lucas, while Ollie is fully committed to girlfriend Lou.

But when Fran’s relationship crumbles, and Ollie sets off with Lou for a round-the-world trip, she decides to start an anonymous dating column, detailing all the perils of dating online – from the bloke who angrily demanded she share the bill when she refused his clumsy advances, to the one that ended their date by weeping into her cleavage – even if it seems that all the good (or even normal?) men are hiding. Maybe there aren’t plenty more fish in the sea?

But, on her dating journey of discovery, Fran’s about to learn that sometimes love can be where you least expect it… you just have to put down your phone.

This hilarious romantic comedy is When Harry Met Sally for the Tinder age – will make you laugh and cry! Perfect for fans of Mhairi MacFarlane, Lucy Vine and Sophie Ranald.


Book Blitz: all I wanna do is you By Dylann Crush. #XpressoTours

All I Wanna Do Is You
Dylann Crush


Publication date: May 14th 2020


Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

Can he keep his hands off her cupcakes?

Reagan Campbell’s flight just got grounded. She’s planned her brother’s perfect wedding weekend down to the minute, but her checklist didn’t include running into the one guy she’s never been able to get over. Only two things stand between her and the Florida Keys: fifteen-hundred miles and the man who broke her heart.

Zach Anderson has a score to settle with Senator Campbell. And running into his daughter, Reagan, gives him just the opportunity he needs. But it’ll take more than planes, trains, and automobiles to get her all the way to Florida in one piece. He might not be able to keep his hands off her cupcakes, but will he be able to keep his heart out of the way long enough to exact his revenge?

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Cover Reveal: The Middle-Aged Virgin in Italy By Olivia Spring #Rachel’s Random Resources



The Middle-Aged Virgin in Italy 


(Book 2 of The Middle-Aged Virgin series)




Can a holiday romance lead to long-term love? 

When Sophia moves to Tuscany to join the hot Italian-stallion she’s fallen head over heels in love with, she dreams of an idyllic life filled with passion, pasta, sunshine and her favourite gelato.

But will the reality live up to the fairy-tale? 

The Middle-Aged Virgin in Italy is a fun, sexy sequel about stepping out of your comfort zone and keeping the spark alive in a relationship. If you like Sophie Kinsella and Sophie Ranald, you’ll love the latest novel in Olivia Spring’s page-turning, romantic comedy series.

Pre-order today and get ready to join Sophia on her Italian adventures! 

Pre-order Links 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B084YT5J1K/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084YT5J1K/


The Middle-Aged Virgin, the first book in the series is available to read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited  - https://amzn.to/2w2UbZu


Author Bio – 

Olivia Spring is a British, London-based writer of contemporary women's fiction, sexy chick lit and romantic comedy. Her uplifting debut novel The Middle-Aged Virgindeals with being newly single after a long-term relationship, dating, love, sex, friendship and living life to the full.

Olivia published three novels in 2019: Only When It's LoveLosing My Inhibitions and Love OfflineThe Middle-Aged Virgin in Italy, the hotly anticipated sequel to her debut novel will be released in July 2020.

When she's not writing, Olivia can be found baking or making regular trips to Italy to indulge in pasta, pizza and gelato and of course, seeking inspiration for her next book!

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May 14, 2020

Review: Flawless Rebellion Chaplin Guardian Light Book 1 By Lynn Hammond



Seventeen-year-old Emma Sparks has struggled ever since puberty. She pushes her dad’s patience to the limit, not following his rules. She wants her independence and pushes everyone away. After meeting a hot bad boy in school, her life starts crumbling down.

Then she meets her new neighbor, Az Gacusan. He has dark skin and the sexist brown eyes. She feels a connection the first time meeting him. So, what does she do? She runs to the bad boy. In an instant, her world bottoms out, and Az is there to save her.


Just when Emma starts to feel whole again, a secret surfaces. Things that a child doesn’t want to know. Her life has all been a lie.


Will Emma let the devil manipulate her, or will she take the time to listen to her heart?


This book follows the first child of the Chaplain series and can be read as a standalone.


Review: Tease Me By Amber Dark


Amazon  - https://geni.us/TeaseMe_AmberDark

Goodreads -  https://www.goodreads.com/
book/show/53356901-tease-me


Bookbub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/tease-me-by-amber-dark

All I’ve done since my husband left me is cry.
Eat ice-cream.
And wallow in self-pity.
But now, I can have sex…with a stranger.
I can have wild sex with someone who just wants to get laid.
No commitments.
I’m going to do this.
I’m going to do something new.
I’m going to put my needs before others…for the first time in years.
“I’ve never been with anyone else except my husband,” I confess.
“I don’t care,” he says.
So why did I?

May 12, 2020

Teaser Tuesday: The Best Man By A.S Kelly



 TEASER TUESDAY 

 

We kiss like this, as if I were telling her that I could never be anyone but hers.”

 

 The Best Man by A. S. Kelly is coming May 25 

 

Pre-Order your copy today!

 

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Add to your #TBR  https://bit.ly/2zaDAaH

 

#ComingSoon #TheBestMan #RomCom #Standalone #ASKelly

Cover Reveal: One Fatal Night By Helene Fermont #BOTBSPublicity



One woman’s quest for revenge unearths a fatal secret from her past.

Astrid Jensen holds one man responsible for her mother’s suicide, and she’ll do whatever’s necessary to get close to Daniel Holst and destroy his life – even if it means sleeping with him to gain his trust. Astrid knows he’s not who he pretends to be. But before she can reveal his dark secret, people from her mother’s past start turning up dead, and it looks like she and Daniel are next. In order to survive, she might have to put her trust in the man she has hated for so long.

Daniel Holst has worked hard to climb into Norway’s most elite and glamorous circles, and he’s not about to let any woman bring him down. But when a psychopathic killer starts murdering people from his shadowy past, he discovers that the only person who might be able to save him is the woman who wants to destroy him.

As Astrid digs deeper into her past, she uncovers secrets long buried and realizes everything she once believed is based on lies. What began as a quest to avenge her mother’s death becomes a desperate struggle for survival and leads to the truth about what happened one fatal night ten years ago—and the surprising mastermind behind the most recent murders.

May 11, 2020

Book Blitz: Planning For Love By Christi Barth #XpessoTours

Planning for Love


Christi Barth

(Aisle Bound #1)

Publication date: May 11th 2020


Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

In the harsh spotlight of reality television, a romance-a-holic wedding planner tries to snare the anti-Cupid.

Chicago wedding planner Ivy Rhodes lives and breathes romance. She won’t let anything burst the perfect bubble of happiness she creates for her clients. So she’s immediately on guard when a reality television crew appears to tape one of her weddings. Tall, blonde and sexy, the cameraman’s a relentless flirt, and Ivy follows his easygoing charm straight into the bedroom.

Ever since a scandal ended his career as a news videographer, Bennett Westcott is relegated to filming reality catfights and bridezillas. His latest assignment comes with the bonus of a gorgeous wedding planner. But Ivy ruins their one-night stand by turning too serious too quickly. Although a big fan of lust, Ben’s allergic to love. He rejects her and everything she holds dear, leaving her brokenhearted.

The network builds a reality show around Ivy, Planning for Love. She signs the contract before learning the man who shredded her heart into confetti will spend the next three months filming her. Suddenly Ben has to spend every day with the woman he knows he shouldn’t be with, but can’t resist. And Ivy’s stuck wondering, how do you plan for happily ever after when the guy you want doesn’t believe in it?

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Review: One Mistake By Rona Halstall #BookonTour #Bookouture #NetGalley




How far would you go to protect your happy home?

 

Sara made one promise to herself when she was growing up in foster care: that if she was lucky enough to have a family, she’d always do whatever it took to protect them. Looking around her home with its cosy kitchen and living room, where her energetic teenage daughters and gorgeous four-year-old son all eat, play and live together, she knows she’d do anything to keep them safe.

 

So when Sara’s husband Matt loses his job and every shred of his confidence with it, she knows it’s up to her to bring the family back from the brink. Though she doesn’t know where she can possibly find the money they need to keep afloat.

 

Until her boss at work offers her a deal. He’ll help out. She just has to do him one little favour. But could trusting him save Sara’s family, or will it be a mistake that costs her absolutely everything?

 

This year’s most gripping psychological thriller – perfect for fans of My Lovely WifeThe Girl on the Train, and Something in the Water.

Book Blitz: Tony Bossy Brothers By JA Huss #XpressoTours

Tony
J.A. Huss

(Bossy Brothers, #6)
Publication date: May 12th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Belinda Baker and I were not made for each other.

We are not soul mates, or lovers, or even frenemies.

She is the one who needed to get away.

What we had together wasn’t blind love, it was sick rage.

We were a match made in hell, it was hate at first sight, and when she walked away from me and never looked back—it was a relief.

It was bliss.

So why did I travel two thousand miles so I could be near her?

Why do I love the way she fights me?

Why do I crave her anger and fury?

Why can’t I stop thinking about this girl I never want to see again?

Why. Am I. Here?

And what do I have to do to make her disappear for good?

Bossy Brothers: Tony is can be read as a standalone book or as book six in the Bossy Brothers series. It features two girls falling for the wrong men and two men falling for the right girls. A family of tatted up brothers and a town filled with secrets and danger. A story of earned chances and first dates. Of coming to terms with the past and finding a way into the future.

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May 10, 2020

Review: When I Found You By K. Leah









Love comes in the most unexpected places.

Chase has always had a tendency to settle. He's spent years being the third wheel and "Cool Uncle Chase" --always on the outside looking in. Tired of admiring love from afar, he's finally met someone that could change his whole life . . . if he can hold onto her.

Cait has come to Atlanta anticipating a short term work assignment, already trying to figure out how she can get out of the city before she's unpacked her suitcase. But after crossing paths with her cute neighbor a few times, he's half-convinced her that city living may not be so bad after all.

Cait's family ties are strong, and she leaves everything she's built with Chase behind in the wake of a tragedy. Will Chase follow his heart or let Cait take it with her back home?



May 9, 2020

Cover Reveal and Review: Black Stallion Ranch Series Duet Set By Cara Wade

Title: Infatuated (Book 1) and Enamored (Book 2) 
Author: Cara Wade

Genre: New Adult Romance and Second Chances 
Release Date: Book 1: 4/25/2020
Book 2: 5/9/2020 
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Infatuated PreOrder: Kindle Unlimited (on sale for $1.99 through preorder)

Amazon US:​ ​amazon.com/dp/B0857JD5R4 
AmazonCA:​a​ mazon.ca/dp/B0857JD5R4 
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AmazonAU:​a​ mazon.com.au/dp/B0857JD5R4

Infatuated Blurb:

It was only supposed to be an infatuation.
Lana Robinson is not happy. Dragged on an unexpected family vacation, she’s far from friends and her plans for a perfect summer. Despite ​Black Stallion Ranch​ being breathtaking, she’s set on passing her time by escaping in books.
That is, until Tristan Ellis, the owner’s son—a walking, talking, real life book boyfriend—puts himself in her way. Fictional stories are now the last thing on her mind.
She wants new experiences, and he’s willing to give them to her. With one condition—no strings attached.
Can she keep her growing feelings out of their steamy lessons, or will she leave with a broken heart?

May 8, 2020

Review: The Happy Couple By Samantha Hayes #BookonTour #Bookouture #NetGalley



Me and Will. Will and Me. A perfect match. He said he would always be there for me, but it’s been ayear since he drained his coffee, walked out the front door and vanished.

Did he leave me? Or did something terrible happen? I’m scared someone finally found out about what happened on the drive home that night…

I lie awake at night trawling the internet for rental properties, desperate for an escape. Until I see my husband’s gorgeous face smiling back at me from a photograph on the fireplace in someone else’s home, and something inside of me snaps.

At the house, I find no trace of him and the woman who lives there has no idea who I am. But I’m certain she’s hiding something behind the locked door upstairs. I know that if I want answers, I have to stay.

You might think that what’s inside that room is the answer to all my questions and the end of all my pain. But it’s only the beginning…

Nail-biting and completely gripping, The Happy Couple will make you question how well you really know the ones you love. Perfect reading for anyone who adored by The Wife Between UsThe Girl on The Train or Gone Girl.  
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