#BookReview: Mrs. Franchy's Evil Ring and the Six Months that Changed Everything by @johannyconchole

Synopsis: At just nine years old, Isla Delgado had already endured more than her fair share of trauma with her first stepmom when she was only five. Her anxiety worsens as her mom tells her she must go live with her dad and his new wife for six months. 

Determined to protect herself, Isla sets out to expose her stepmom as the evil witch she's sure she is. But as she gets to know her stepmom, she begins to realize that things aren't always as they seem. 

Join Isla on her journey of self-discovery and learn how even the most traumatic experiences can be overcome with the power of love and understanding. 

“Mrs. Franchy’s Evil Ring and the Six Months that Changed Everything” is a heartwarming tale about family, trust, and the power of compassion that will leave readers of all ages feeling uplifted and inspired.

#CoverReveal for Taken by the Underboss by @AuthorNikkiRose and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Taken by the Underboss

A Venturi Mafia Spin-Off Novel

Series: Venturi Mafia #4

Author: Nikki Rose

Genres: Dark Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Mafia/Forced Proximity

Release Date: April 20, 2023

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Continue with the Venturi Mafia family by reading Alessandro's story.

*Can be read as a standalone*

As the new underboss of the Venturi crime family, Alessandro's first mission was to take out the men responsible for attacks on his new don and donna. But things don't go as planned when one of his men finds himself with a life-threatening injury.

To save his friend, Alessandro heads to the hospital to take what he needs, the beautiful and smart surgeon he finds leaving the hospital at the end of her shift.

To save her own life, Sienna must first save Alessandro's man, then she will be allowed to return home but things don't always go as planned.

#CoverReveal for Whiskey by J.L. Drake @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Whiskey

Series: Dark Water #2

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Military Romance

Cover Design: Deranged Doctor Design

Release Date: May 9, 2023

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Major Ty Beckett

I was born for a life in the military. When gunfire and RPGs become a way of life, you know exactly what your purpose is. But it was all taken away. When I returned to US soil, I lost myself in hatred but was given a second chance to become something more. When I accepted a position as team leader at a safehouse in Montana, I had no idea what kind of fight I was in for or what kind of brotherhood I was about to join.

With the good comes the bad. I just didn’t think the two would tangle like they did.

Dr. Ivy Knight

Helping soldiers who suffered from PTSD was my area of expertise until a dangerous situation changed everything. For my safety, I agreed to be taken to an unknown location to work with a group of soldiers. But these men fight a whole different kind of war. With my own problems hot on my heels, I tried to focus on my new job, but that was harder than I ever imagined. I found myself in the arms of someone who lit a fire inside me like nobody ever had.

Maybe I need to take the risk and let the dice roll.

*May contain triggers, cliffhanger, intended for 18+.

#CoverReveal for Only Exception by K.E. McIntyre @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Only Exception

Series: Sullivan Farms #2

Author: K.E. McIntyre

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town/Enemies to Lovers

Cover Design: Leah Francic, @mugs.romance.read

Release Date: April 11, 2023

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Ash

Love has power. It has the power to rule us, hurt us, and change us. It has the power to change who we fundamentally believe we are. It’s a shock to the system and I refuse to sign up for it. I don’t need or want to be molded into something I’m not.

Unfortunately, change can happen so unexpectedly that there are only two choices. You can embrace it, nurture it, and protect it. Or you can reject it, run the other way, and never look back.

Sam Sullivan is the change I never saw coming. He breaks down the walls I’ve spent a lifetime building. He’s the love letter that rewrites the hate I feel for him.

In life, change is inevitable. But when it comes to loving the one you hate? It’s inescapable.

Sam

Childhood is a strange time. Some might call it the good ol’ days while others remain too focused on the mistakes they’ve made to consider it anything else than memorable. Mistakes can haunt us, torture our hearts, and make us long for the opportunity to right our wrongs.

When opportunity comes knocking, we have the choice to open the door and greet it without reservation.

Asher Fitzpatrick holds my opportunity for redemption in the palm of her hand. She holds the power to make me a better man. To teach me how to love deeper and laugh harder. To show me that through forgiveness, the most unlikely of changes can happen.

#BookBlitz: A Promise Broken by @KimAndersonBook @RABTBookTours @mkwebsiteandseo

 

Historical Romance

Date Published: July 25, 2022

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

Alice and her sister were taken by their mother many years ago and raised in a quaint little cottage as commoners. Their mother has now become ill and has decided it is in the girls' best interest to be returned to their father, hoping that Lord Hastings has fixed the mistake that he made. Alice finds out that her father is one of the richest Dukes in England. It was not long before Alice found out why her mother took her and her sister away from the life that they were born into. A contract was created by her father and his best friend, a contract for her to marry a man she doesn't even know. Now Alice's fate is in the hands of a father she doesn't know and a man that already thinks he owns her.

#BookTour: Escaping My Demons by Joseph Fagarazzi @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

Autobiography

Date Published: November 6, 2022

Publisher: Ocean Reeve Publishing Queensland Australia

 

Throughout this book we learn about the sufferance of a baby boy, unwanted by his teenage parents.

This boy grew up with an aggressive and womanising father that constantly reminded him that he was a mistake that ruined his father’s life.

While been beaten and mentally abused, all he craved from his parents was love but received nothing but humiliation and sufferance from his father.

This caused detrimental trauma to the young boy, and he grew up believing that he would never achieve anything in life.

I was this little boy, and this is my story.

#CoverReveal: Shattered Dreams by @Abbie_Roads @XpressoTours

Shattered Dreams
Abbie Roads
(Beautiful Nightmare, #3)
Publication date: July 11th 2023
Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Romance

A crooked cop. Corruption. A woman convicted of murder. A man determined to prove her innocence.

When Helena Grayse is released from prison, all she wants is to say a final goodbye to her old life. But when a man finds her trespassing on his property, instead of turning her in, he takes her in. Accepts her. Loves her.

But someone decides to serve Helena with a death sentence.

Shattered Dreams is the third book in Abbie Roads’ Beautiful Nightmare Series of dark romantic thrillers. It features a felon heroine who never thought she deserved love. If you devour true crime and romance novels then you’ll love a series that combines both in a roller-coaster ride of danger, mind games, and swoon worthy love.

Buy this dangerously dark romance today!

Trigger warning: Depictions of SA and violence.

Previously Published under the title Never Let Me Fall.

#ReleaseBoost for Scandals of the Father by @ZoeBlakeBooks and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Scandals of the Father

Series: Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy #1

Author: Zoe Blake

Genre: Contemporary Dark Romance

Tropes: Billionaire/Enemies to Lovers

Forced Proximity/Age Gap

Release Date: March 31, 2023

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Being attracted to her wasn't wrong… but acting on it would be.

As the patriarch of the powerful and wealthy Cavalieri family, my choices came with consequences for everyone around me.

The roots of my ancestral, billionaire-dollar winery stretch deep into the rich, Italian soil, as does our legacy for ruthlessness and scandal.

It wasn't the fact she was half my age that made her off limits.

Nothing was off limits for me.

A wounded bird, caught in a trap not of her own making, she posed no risk to me.

My obsessive desire to possess her was the real problem.

For both of us.

But now that I've seen her, tasted her lips, I can't let her go.

Whether she likes it or not, she needs my protection.

I'm doing this for her own good, yet she fights me at every turn.

Refusing the luxury I offer, desperately trying to escape my grasp.

I need to teach her to obey before the dark rumors of my past reach her.

Ruin her.

She cannot find out what I've done, not before I make her mine.

If you love the dark and twisted romantic suspense of Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli, Charmaine Pauls, and Anna Zaires you will love this series!

Lose yourself in the steamy, enemies to lovers drama of the Cavalieri men.

#ReleaseBoost 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.

#ReleaseBlitz for Make Me Exhale by @mjohnstonwriter and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Make Me Exhale

Series: Oil Barrons #5

Author: Marie Johnston

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town, Grumpy/Sunshine, Age Gap

Release Date: April 4, 2023

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Trust fund? Check. Plans to restore an old train foundry into a brewery? Check. Grumpy project manager? Sigh . . . check.

If I wanted to deal with a man just like my uptight dad, I would’ve told my parents what my brewery plans were. Only I didn’t tell anyone. I waited for my trust fund to deliver once I turned twenty-five, and I bought the old train foundry I’d been eyeing for years. Then McCoy Cunningham shows up.

I’m told he’s the best. He’s older than me and knows both sides of the business—the restoration and the brewing. But all I’ve gotten from him are scowls and dismissive grunts. McCoy might think he’s the expert, he might look at me like I should be in diapers with pigtails, but he’s wrong if he thinks he can bulldoze me.

All it takes is one look. One time I catch him eyeing me with something other than disdain. One conversation where we’re geeking out over yeast strains and hops. One kiss that leads to more.

I promised myself I’d never settle for a guarded man who thinks he knows everything, especially one who won’t put me before business. And after what McCoy's been through, he’s all about work. No personal entanglements. The last thing I need is to be left with flat beer and a broken heart.

#BookBlitz: Repo Madness by M.E. Tuthill @RABTBookTours @mkwebsiteandseo

 

A Simpleton's Guide to the Street's Wicked Ways

 

Nonfiction / Finance / Social Science

Date Published: January 4, 2022

Publisher: ‎ Lulu.com

 

Our monetary system is insane! That’s the premise of Repo Madness, a book not meant for scholars, analysts but for you, the person who has been kept in the dark about the shadow banking system. Understandable and informative, this book is also irreverent, never missing an opportunity to underscore the absurdity of it all. You will learn how shadow banking evolved into what it is today, an out-of-control massive system that sucks the lifeblood out of our economy. You will bear witness to participants who in rare moments of candor admit the system is broken and comes at great cost. Years of research have resulted in the most compelling evidence you will find anywhere that the shadow banking system does not benefit society. Solutions of comparable size and scope are out there! Remedies that empower all of us in determining our financial lives and in turn, serve the greater good.