#ReleaseBlitz for Bless Your Heart by Lyra Parish @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Bless Your Heart

Series: Valentine Texas #1

Author: Lyra Parish

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town/Enemies to Lovers

Release Date: June 13, 2023

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I have three simple wishes:

1. Keep my houseplants alive.

2. Open a charming bed-and-breakfast in my small town.

3. Never see or speak to Beckett Valentine again.

None of those things are currently possible.

When Beckett decides he’s also interested in purchasing the Horseshoe Creek Ranch, my dreams of owning a bed-and-breakfast become a nightmare.

He refuses to give me what I want while playing dirty—a common theme in our rivalry.

Because of him, we’re in a ridiculous bidding war for the land.

We might have hated each other since our teens, but the stakes have never been so high. And right now, I’m more determined than ever to take down my best friend’s older brother—cowboy boots and all.

**Bless Your Heart is a small town, enemies to lovers, best friend’s older brother, contemporary southern romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. Each book in the Valentine Texas series is a stand-alone. Warning: this book contains tons of Southern sass, sarcasm, and lots of spice! Fade to black is not included.**

#TeaserTuesday: Giant's Garden by Siondalin O'Craig @RABTBookTours

 

(Celtic Magic, Book 4)

 

Action Adventure, Dark Fantasy, Paranormal Women's Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Urban Fantasy

Date Published: June 16, 2023

 

A grant to do doctorate work in a bleak corner of Northern Ireland is Penny Gallagher’s last chance to find her wings and break free of her oppressive industrialist boyfriend.

When she finds her time there has been engineered for her boyfriend’s profit, it takes a voiceless giant of a man to help her discover her own magic.

#ReleaseWeekBlitz: Portraits Passion and Other Pastimes by Charlie Lane @RABTBookTours

 

The Art of Love, Book 1

 

Regency Romance

Date Published: 06-14-2023

 

 

A marquess with an inheritance problem.

When his father dies, Raph Bromley, new Marquess of Waneborough inherits more than his father’s title. He inherits a crumbling estate, an ocean of debt, a valuable art collection, and a most unusual stipulation in his father’s will. No piece in the art collection can be sold unless Raph first creates a brilliant work of art. But his imagination is as nonexistent as his artistic experience, and that’s never going to happen.

Thank goodness for heiresses. Raph will simply marry for money. Problem solved. Except his mother’s new companion, a dark-haired, clever, poor beauty tests his resolve and makes him think …

Maybe painting won’t be so hard.

(It is…)

A companion with no home of her own.

Matilda Bellvue has worked as a companion for fifteen years, but she’s inherited a cottage in Cumbria, and she’ll soon make it her home. She plans to spend her days reading scandalous novels and redecorating every room. But first, she must complete one final job, serving as companion to the Marquess of Waneborough’s mother.

Her task is simple: help the grieving marchioness, argue with the hard-headed marquess, avoid matchmakers, and resist spying on naked men swimming in the lake. Above all else, she must not fall in love with her employer, a man who makes her feel like she's finally found home.

Because she has no money. And he must marry rich. And that way only lies heartache.

 

Funny, sweet, and definitely steamy, book 1 in the Art of Love series is a late Regency romance that's as lighthearted as it is hot!

#BookTour: Scarred Dreams by Barbara Whitaker @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

Historic Romance

Date Published: 12-12-2022

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

 

In 1944, a German artillery shell destroyed Milt Greenlee’s future in professional baseball. His hideously scarred face and useless arm require him to relearn and recondition. But no amount of rehab will restore his looks or his self-confidence. There’s no chance a “cripple” like him could catch the eye of the stunning Nurse McEwen 

Army Nurse, Annie McEwen dreams her voice will take her far away from her hateful, overbearing father. She hopes Milt, a patient who fought in Sicily, might be the one who can help her find closure with the death of her cousin.

As their attraction grows, how can their relationship survive Annie's fears and Milt's secret?

#CoverRereveal for Dirty Talking Rival by @ReadPippa and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Dirty Talking Rival

Author: Pippa Grant

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Trope: Friends to Enemies to Lovers

Cover Design: Najla Qamber

Release Date: June 27, 2019

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Despite growing up in rival towns, Grady Rock and I were high school best friends.

But now?

Now, he’s my biggest enemy. My dirty-talking, master-baking, grudge-holding, hot-as-sin enemy.

All I wanted was to help my mom run her bakery after a family emergency left her unable to do it herself.

Never mind that I can’t bake. Or that I never wanted to move home again. Or that this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I could use a friend right now.

All Grady freaking Rock cares about now is that I’m his competition.

It’s town against town. Bakery against bakery. Old friend against old friend.

Until Grady finds out why I’m back home.

And suddenly, Mr. Get Out of My Way is more like the boy I knew in high school. But older. Wiser. And infinitely more irresistible.

I resisted his charm in high school for the sake of my future. But if I give in to it now, am I sleeping with the enemy?

Dirty Talking Rival is a deliciously fun friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy featuring a smooth-talking baker, the one who got away, and a goat with more matchmaking tendencies than a nosy old grandpa. It stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers.

#ReleaseBlitz for One Hundred Desires by @kcollinsauthor and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: One Hundred Desires

Series: Aspen Cove #23

Author: Kelly Collins

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Opposites Attract/Forced Proximity

Release Date: June 15, 2023

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She’s all work.

He’s all play.

Can they meet in the middle for love?

Vivian Armstrong has taken control of Vortex, her family's security business, and she’s determined to prove her worth. She may be the youngest of seven and the only woman bodyguard on the team, but she’s every bit as tough as her older brothers. On a trip to Aspen Cove, she finds herself working for famous bass player Red Blakely, the personification of everything she detests in a man: arrogant, entitled, and too handsome for his own good. How can she protect him when all she wants to do is kill him?

Red is used to getting what he wants when he wants it. He likes his women here tonight and gone by morning. But when a fan becomes a fanatic, he finds himself in need of Vivian’s assistance. Forced to stay together, they discover an attraction they never expected, but can love really blossom between a workaholic and a playboy?

Welcome to Aspen Cove, the tiny Colorado town where fire and gasoline combine to create red-hot love…

#CoverReveal: Forevermore: A Romance Anthology #XpressoTours

Forevermore: A Romance Anthology
Publication date: October 10th 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

You are cordially invited.

The Moore family requests the pleasure of your company on a starry harvest night, rich with tales of passion, magic, and love.

Our beloved Filipino American family hosts a gathering at Hacienda Luz this autumn for another grand celebration – Vida and Rafa’s long-anticipated wedding. As promises of fidelity and infinity fill the air, ten couples live and relive intimate stories that attest to the true meaning of happily ever after.

Acclaimed and bestselling Filipino American authors – Aurora Paige, Elle Cruz, June Gray, Kaye Rockwell, Liz Durano, Maan Gabriel, Maida Malby, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, and Tif Marcelo – bring you Forevermore, a romance collection celebrating love everlasting.

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Forevermore, A Romance Anthology is a collection of new and never-been-published stories by the authors that brought you Pasko Na, My Love, A Holiday Romance Anthology and from exciting voices in Filipino American Romantic Fiction. Lola Naty is back along with her sprawling multicultural family, friends from all over the world, and a gatecrasher or two.

 

• Moments In The Vineyard by Aurora Paige
• The Memory of You by Elle Cruz
• Double Exposure by June Gray
• Maybe This Time by Kaye Rockwell
• Stay With Me by Liz Durano
• Someone’s Always Saying Goodbye by Maan Gabriel
• Now That I Have You by Maida Malby
• Moonlight Serenade by Mia Hopkins
• The Stand-In by Sarah Smith
• Win Your Love by Tif Marcelo

#PreorderBlitz for The Billionaire and the Burglar by Talia Hunter @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Billionaire and the Burglar

Series: Grumpy Billionaire Romantic Comedy #1

Author: Talia Hunter

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine/Fake Dating/One Bed

Release Date: June 26, 2023

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I’d do anything for family...even trick my way into working for the grumpiest billionaire alive.

Balthazar Anders expects absolute control and obedience from his employees. Too bad he’s hired the wrong fake girlfriend. I’m actually an undercover thief on a mission to steal from him.

And this rebel doesn’t follow orders.

When my sinfully gorgeous new boss whisks me away to a ten-star luxury resort, I’m supposed to protect him from threats while we act like we’re in love. We share the honeymoon suite’s only bed… and I discover he’s never owned a pair of pajamas. Gulp!

Resisting Balthazar’s growly commands gets harder by the second. Especially when the threat I’m here to protect him from becomes all too real. But if I don’t steal the thing I’ve really come for, my beloved family will be the ones to suffer.

Can I pull off my heist before he steals my heart?

The Billionaire and The Burglar is a swoony, steamy, grumpy/sunshine romance. It can be read as a standalone and has an HEA to leave you smiling.

#BookReview: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

Synopsis: When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. 

It's been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town’s children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers’ mysterious circumstances are brought back into light. Attempting to flee her past, Wendy almost runs over an unconscious boy lying in the middle of the road, and gets pulled into the mystery haunting the town.

Peter, a boy she thought lived only in her stories, claims that if they don't do something, the missing children will meet the same fate as her brothers. In order to find them and rescue the missing kids, Wendy must confront what's waiting for her in the woods.

Release Blitz for With Every Breath by H. D'Agostino @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: With Every Breath

Duet: Brave Enough #1

Author: H. D’Agostino

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Sports Romance

Release Date: June 12, 2023

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When we’re children, we never believe bad stuff can happen to us. I’m here to say that it does, that it did to me, but I came out on top. I won when everyone said I couldn’t.

I’ve learned over the years to live my life one day at a time. You never know what tomorrow will bring, how it can change you, or if it might be your last.

Take the chances you’ve been afraid to take.

Do the things you’ve always wanted to do.

And live life with no regrets.

I found love when I thought I wouldn’t. I’ve found faith when I thought I couldn’t, and now I’m fighting a battle I’m not sure I can win.

#BookReview: Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall @quicunquevult @penguinusa

Synopsis: A young noblewoman must pair up with a rumoured witch to ward off a curse.

It is the year 1814 and life for a young lady of good breeding has many difficulties. There are balls to attend, fashions to follow, marriages to consider and, of course, the tiny complication of existing in a world swarming with fairy spirits, interfering deities, and actual straight-up sorcerers.

Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry into high society hindered by an irritating curse. It begins innocuously enough with her dress slowly unmaking itself over the course of an evening at a high-profile ball, a scandal she narrowly manages to escape.

However, as the curse progresses to more fatal proportions, Miss Mitchelmore must seek out aid, even if it means mixing with undesirable company. And there are few less desirable than Lady Georgianna Landrake—a brooding, alluring young woman sardonically nicknamed “the Duke of Annadale”—who may or may not have murdered her own father and brothers to inherit their fortune. If one is to believe the gossip, she might be some kind of malign enchantress. Then again, a malign enchantress might be exactly what Miss Mitchelmore needs.

With the Duke’s help, Miss Mitchelmore delves into a world of angry gods and vindictive magic, keen to unmask the perpetrator of these otherworldly attacks. But Miss Mitchelmore’s reputation is not the only thing at risk in spending time with her new ally. For the rumoured witch has her own secrets that may prove dangerous to Miss Mitchelmore’s heart—not to mention her life.

This title will be released on June 6, 2023.