#BookReview: The Countess of the Revolution by @lanakortchik @HarperCollins

Synopsis: An utterly heart-wrenching historical novel of love, loss and sacrifice set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, from the author of Sisters of War.
Countess Sophia Orlova has it all. With a large fortune, a beautiful palatial home in Petrograd and a husband who loves her, her future is bright. But in March 1917, everything changes, as Sophia watches the revolutionary hordes take over her city and her home. When the revolutionaries threaten to shoot Sophia and her husband Dmitry, they are saved by a young man – Nikolai, Dmitry’s brother, a fervent supporter of the Bolshevik party, estranged from his family because of his political beliefs.


As Russia descends into the chaos of revolution, Sophia and Nikolai grow close. Trapped on the opposite sides of the terrifying political conflict that engulfs the country, they fight against their feelings for each other and hide them from everyone they love. Then a number of high-ranking Bolsheviks are arrested for inciting an insurrection – Nikolai captured among them.


Dmitry insists they leave at once for Sophia’s own safety, but how can she abandon Nikolai when he needs her the most?

#ReleaseBlitz for The Sweetest Agony by Victoria Lum @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Sweetest Agony

An LA Hearts Series Standalone

Author: Victoria Lum

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Unrequited Love

Childhood Friends to Lovers

Release Date: March 29, 2023

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Jess

I thought I knew my best friend.

Transcontinental video chats didn’t do him justice.

He’s not an awkward teenager anymore, and one look from him sets my body on edge.

I’m the type of woman who has her life together. Sure, a panic attack here or there might derail my day, but I’ve got this. I have my life under control.

I’m not the type of woman to lust after the most important person in my life.

But he knows me better than I know myself—even the anxious parts I try my best to hide.

Now that we’re in the same place, everything in our relationship is changing.

James

I’m back for her.

She’s my best friend.

Being in love with Jess has been the sweetest agony, and I’ve waited long enough.

I’ve watched her fall for men who don’t appreciate her.

I’ve waited for her to see me.

Now it finally seems like she might, and I won’t hold back until she’s mine.

#BookBlitz for Arrogant Boss by J.M. Stoneback @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Arrogant Boss

Series: A New York Night #2

Author: J.M. Stoneback

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Office Romance/Billionaire Bosshole

Release Date: November 9, 2022

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Atlas Conrad is hotter than the sun.

To the world, he’s known to be richer than God.

To the world, he’s known to rule the fashion world with an iron fist.

To me, he’s my dad’s best friend’s son.

To me, he’s my arrogant boss who thinks that the world revolves around him.

He can have any woman he wants at the snap of his fingers.

But he wants me.

Only me.

The woman with a scar stretched across her face.

He calls me gorgeous.

Society calls me ugly.

He calls what he has for me an obsession.

I call him crazy.

He reminds me what he wants, he gets.

And he won’t stop until I’m his. Mind, body, and broken soul.

This book is a complete STANDALONE and part of The New York Night Series. Every book in the series will be a different characters in the same world.

#ReleaseBlitz for Reckless Beat by @MadelynneEllis and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Reckless Beat

A Black Halo Series Novella

Author: Madelynne Ellis

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: BBW/Rock Star Romance

Release Date: March 28, 2023

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She didn’t mean to kidnap a rock star! Now the only thing standing between her and handcuffs is a hot, tattooed stranger.

Jodi Castle’s life is on a downward spiral. Yes, she lost her job. Yes, she borrowed a bus. No, she did not intentionally kidnap a rock star.

When Black Halo’s bass-player, Paul “Rock Giant” Reed finds himself stranded in the middle of a river, on a sinking bus with a charismatic carjacking kleptomaniac his instincts aren’t to hand her over to the authorities, but to protect her from the repercussions of her own folly. First though, they need to not go down with the bus. Good thing he’s a resourceful chap.

River adventures, kitten rescues, and spicy shenanigans ensure, but can the pair navigate their way out of trouble before the rest of the band find them and insist on having Paul’s sexy new playmate arrested?

Reckless Beat is a standalone novella set in the world of Black Halo. If you like quirky characters, rescue kittens, and warm-hearted, tattooed bad boys, then you’ll love this sexy rockstar romp.

#BookBlitz: Getting to My Enough by Dr. Marie Melaine Brown Mercadel @RABTBookTours @mkwebsiteandseo

 

A Story of Faith, Resilience, and Survival

 

Memoir / Self-Help

Date Published: March 30, 2022

Publisher: ‎Fideli Publishing, Incorporated

 

A cathartic experience that examines both the power of determination and the will to survive.

In her memoir, Getting To My Enough, Dr. Marie Brown Mercadel describes her remarkable journey of persevering through unspeakable childhood sexual trauma, the loss of a baby at an early age, and her tenacious resolve to get to her enough. Her frank and detailed descriptions of her life experiences are riveting and provide proof that it is possible to achieve personal triumphs in spite of the odds.

She is courageous in writing about the deep-seated emotions that caused her to be overwhelmed with self-doubt, fear, and shame for much of her adult life. Her acts of forgiveness and the adoption of self-love represent an important source of her healing.

Getting To My Enough reveals how a broken and damaged girl gained inner peace, affirmed the positive aspects of her life, and embarked on a mission to mentor and motivate women dealing with similar issues.

#BookBlitz: Divine Love by Jade D'Cruz @RABTBookTours @authorparul #Giveaway

 

How to Develop Emotional Mastery, Guidance from the Winged Beings of Light

 

Spiritual, Metaphysical, Enlightened wisdom, Channeling,

Date Published: March 6, 2023

Publisher: Serapis Bey Publishing

 

 This tool provides you with a powerful opportunity to shift the circumstances of your life into something better than your current situation. The energy spoken through this book stirs your soul to look deeper within the narrative of your life and the creation of your world. It has the power to push you into balance and to create more love in your life by teaching you a higher perspective from which you may begin to assert your soul power. The wisdom is brought through by the Winged Beings of Light, a collective of Golden Master Frequencies who have been co-creating with the author since 2014, following the author's personal and difficult trajectory of living under a spell of black magic. The book is an honest and personal account of moments in the author's life that presented great difficulty but shows how the guidance from the Winged Beings of Light provides us with the insight needed and desired to up turn one's life and break into one's power.

#BookReview: The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by @TarynSouders @SourcebooksKids

Synopsis: When Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball, Eudora "Kooky" Klinch left something for them in her will, they can only imagine what it might be. When it turns out it's an old 300-year-old piece of cloth, they are bitterly disappointed. But the cloth comes with a note saying, "This is no ordinary piece of needlework. It's a treasure map. Riddles and Clues. To the victor go the riches." Grady's dad dismisses it, but Grady thinks this could be the chance of a lifetime. With the help of his friends Thad, Clemmie, and the town dog Ophelia, Grady is determined to crack the clues and find the treasure.

But when someone tries to break into Grady's house one night, and then the local antiques expert who examined the tapestry is found unconscious, Grady realizes that he's not the only one who knows about the treasure map. There's more at risk than he bargained for, and solving this mystery just got a lot more dangerous.

This title will be released on July 11, 2023.

#BookReview: The Carrefour Curse by @diannesalerni @HolidayHouseBks

Synopsis: The Addams Family meets The Westing Game in this exhilarating mystery about a modern magical dynasty trapped in the ruins of their once-grand, now-crumbling ancestral home.

Twelve-year-old Garnet regrets that she doesn't know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their dark, dangerous mansion known as Crossroad House. But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn't quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is more dilapidated than the last, and she can't keep straight which dusty hallways and cobwebbed corners are forbidden. Then Garnet learns the family secret: their dying patriarch fights to retain his life by stealing power from others. Every accident that isn't an accident, every unexpected illness and unexplained disappearance grants Jasper Carrefour a little more time. While the Carrefours squabbles over who will inherit his role when (if) he dies, Garnet encounters evidence of an even deeper curse. Was she brought to Crossroad House as part of the curse . . . or is she meant to break it? Written with loads of creepy atmosphere and an edge-of-your-seat magical mystery, this thrilling story reads like The Haunting of Hill House for preteens. Perfect for late-night reading under the covers.

#BookBlitz: The Enpirion Project: Exordium by L. Bossi @RABTBookTours @mkwebsiteandseo

 

The Enpirion Project, 1

Epic Fantasy

Date Published: April 21, 2022

Publisher: ‎ BookBaby

 

Welcome to Aetrelys, home of the Seri.

Enpirion, a gifted soldier of his ancient, energy-wielding race, awakens, alone and friendless, in a new home after a terrible ordeal that has left him with both physical and mental scars. Placed back into active service, he finds himself struggling to overcome what he's been through and the problems it has left him with. Even while desperately trying to cope with his own deep-seated issues, Piri is drawn into a far-reaching dilemma that, while on the surface seems to be merely a fanatical human sector targeting his race, has much further reaching consequences.

With a threat arising from a vastly different domain governed by a unique, chaotic and conflicting energy source, the situation begins to quickly spiral out of control and Piri finds himself having to confront issues with his culture and loyalties, as well as fighting an internal battle with a newly arising realization of who and what he is as he struggles to save everything that he knows from destruction.

 

Book Themes:

♥ LGBT+

° Mental Health

° Depression

° Anxiety

° Self-confidence

° Interpersonal Relationships

° Contains mild sexual content

#CoverReveal: Dark Waters by Nick Haskins @RABTBookTours

 

African American Urban Fiction

Date Published: 06-06-2023

Publisher: Kcin Entertainment Group

 

The Waters’ are a strong, prominent black family in Philadelphia with access to the good life. Money, power, and lack of respect flow through the tight-knit family as destruction threatens to rock the foundation they are all trying to keep together.

Judge Waters and his wife, Lillian, work overtime to save their marriage, but when hatred and bitterness take over, all bets are off. Once the fighting starts, their children Keenan Jr., Naomi, and Saint go off into the world, wearing their parent’s drama as a coat of arms. They then lie, cheat, and steal, causing havoc in the lives they come across, just like their mother and father taught them to do.

Ultimately, damaging secrets and decade-old lies will all come crashing down around them. When death comes knocking, The Waters Family and their shattered fate hang in the balance, wondering what’s coming next . . .

 

#ReleaseBlitz for The Devil's Hand: Monk by Shilo West #Giveaway ($50 Amazon gift card) @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Devil's Hand: Monk

Series: High Stakes #2

Author: Shilo West

Publisher: Crave Publishing

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Mafia/Billionaire

Release Date: Match 27, 2023

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Something is wrong…

It’s not like I didn’t see it coming. From the moment I saw Juno, I knew. There was no loving her without loving danger.

Sal told me not to let her out of my sight, but I did. I told myself it would be okay. Even as I watched her wave to me from the ferry the last time I saw her. I could feel it, I could feel it in my chest, something was coming for us.

By the time Juno’s texts stopped, I had already called Sal and he told me what I needed to do. I knew he was right, but it didn’t make it any easier.

If I really wanted to find Juno, I needed to reach into my past.

The past was hell to me, and hell is a place I don’t like to revisit. But without those connections, finding Juno would be nearly impossible.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and I was well aware I was about to walk straight into the flames.

I prepared myself to do something I never thought I would do. To make a call I never imagined I’d be making. I searched carefully for the words I’d need to say.

I need your help. I’ve lost someone.