#BookBlitz: A Plague of Mercies by Adam Pelzman @XpressoTours

A Plague of Mercies
Adam Pelzman
Publication date: June 7th 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Poetry, Romance

A lethal plague sweeps the globe. Millions have died. Survivors are confined to their homes.

Gabriel passes his time in a small New York apartment on the city’s Upper West Side. During the plodding solitude of the lockdown, he observes several strangers in their nearby apartments. As he watches them struggle to survive a world at risk of extinction, he wonders about their lives—where they’re from, what they value, how they’re coping with a deadly contagion. All alone, he develops a vague yet important connection to these people, an affection for those who are struggling to survive isolation, fear and looming death.

Told in powerful, spellbinding free verse, Gabriel’s observations grow deeper and more elaborate as the endless days pass. But when he and a woman from across the street begin to watch each other from afar, his imagination begins to collide with the bleak reality of the times.

#BookBlitz: The Truth About Anti Aging Foods by Lead Oren @RABTBookTours

Nonfiction / Health

Date Published: October 2019

 

Author Elad Oren shares what he’s learned in over a decade working as a sport nutritionist and personal trainer about how to navigate the aging process, gracefully and healthfully. This info-packed book covers a range of topics on how to age well, including which foods to enjoy and which to avoid; how inflammation, oxidation, and glycation impact aging; how nutrition can prevent and reverse damage on the cellular level; and much, much more.

Presented in clear, easy-to-understand language that explains the science and helps you get on track to better health right away. With mouth-watering recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as a fleet of craveable, good-for-you smoothies for every occasion. So you can look good, feel good, and truly enjoy everything life has to offer, at every age.

The Lying Kind by C.B. London @XpressoTours $25 Amazon gift card

The Lying Kind
C.B. London
Publication date: April 25th 2023
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense

A lie might hurt, but the truth can kill.

On the eve of her wedding to Mark, Carmen’s world is shattered into a million pieces. Forced to make an impossible decision that will determine the rest of her life, she dares to chart her own course. While trying to start over again, she finds herself alone and far from the home she knew in Nova Scotia.

When she meets Liam, a handsome carpenter and business owner in Boston, her world is once again flipped on its axis. The attraction is undeniable, and the unimagined possibilities of her life tempt her into happiness again. But things that seem too good to be true, usually are.

As if there isn’t enough on her plate, she’s forced to deal with an ex-fiancé who won’t give up and a violent attack that lands her in the hospital. Unravelling the truth behind this seemingly random attack and Liam’s past proves to be far more than she bargained for. She’s now forced to face the truth, that everyone has secrets. Some are hurtful, and some are downright deadly.

When their old and new lives collide, Carmen desperately wants to protect everything she’s gained, including Liam, but at what cost?

#ReleaseBlitz for Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Illicit Captor

Series: Mafia Wars Ireland #2

Author: Maggie Cole

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Tropes: Kidnapping/Age Gap/Forced Proximity

Release Date: June 15, 2023

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He kidnapped me for vengeance against my husband.

The husband I’ve never loved.

The cruel man my father forced me to marry to teach me a lesson.

My husband didn’t think twice about how to carry out those lessons.

Now, I’ve gone from one prison to another.

My captor is just as ruthless as my husband. He’ll kill, torture, and do everything to hurt my family until no one is left.

Except for me.

Aidan’s made it clear he’s keeping me as his trophy.

And the more I understand his twisted thoughts, and crave his heated gaze, the deeper I drown in our world.

It’s where everything that shouldn’t happen does—the place that defies all laws and rules—the one where guilt reigns and you still can’t help but want what you shouldn’t.

Illicit Captor is book two of Mafia Wars Ireland. It’s a kidnapping romance, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, age gap, dark mafia romance. For mature audiences only. See inside book for trigger warnings.

#ReleaseBlitz for The Sex Variable by Emi Leon @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: The Sex Variable

Series: Romancing the Geek #2

Author: Emi Leon

Genre: Steamy Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Forbidden Love/Age Gap/Women in STEM

Release Date: June 15, 2023

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What’s a little secret when the chemistry is off the charts?

Everyone has a dream. Mine is to make perfume, where science and art converge. To fund my new business, I join a paid drug trial that’s for her pleasure, if you know what I mean.

The one variable I didn’t factor into my plan is meeting the perfect guy: hot geeky biochemist, Dr. Bradley Zimmer.

After taking my first dose, I literally run into him. His glasses can't hide the kindness in his eyes as he catches me. It’s like magic between us.

Despite our age gap, every touch between us is electric. I’ve never felt like this. Is it real or is this the trial’s little blue pill for v@ginas?

Except dating Bradley is off-limits as a trial participant, but…

What’s a little secret when the chemistry is off the charts?

Sex, science, scents, and secrets—a formula designed to either ignite passion or combust spectacularly.

#ReleaseBlitz for Kissing the Rival by @Author_K_Ryan and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Kissing the Rival

A Kissing Games Series Standalone

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Workplace Romance

Release Date: June 15, 2023

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Charlotte

I’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him.

Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on.

Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating system to lock lips with the enemy. Cocky as ever, Spencer claims he’s a ten and kisses me to prove it. I kiss him back to scratch an old itch, not expecting to like it.

Which is a huge problem, because Mr. Tall, Dark, and Tattooed from grad school is my new boss. And I want to kiss him again and again. Even if I only gave him a four.

Spencer

Charlotte Krause could be the perfect girl, if she didn’t hate me so much. I’m unsure if it was just me or guys in general, but she had this stuck-up, all-work-no-play vibe about her in college.

Imagine my surprise when I find her at the resort bar rating kisses like it’s her job. This carefree woman is nothing like the focused girl who turned me down at freshman orientation. And every time after that.

When I promise her I’m a ten, I see that competitive spark light in her ocean-blue eyes. There she is. She might have kissed me to prove me wrong, but I know I’m right about one thing.

She feels the spark too. There’s just one problem. It turns out her actual job is working for me.

#BookBlitz: Tale of an Anxious Heart by @ElsaJacobs948 @XpressoTours $25 Amazon gift card + ebook copy of Tale of an Anxious Heart

Tale of an Anxious Heart
Elsa Jacobs
Publication date: June 14th 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense

Tale of an Anxious Heart follows the heart-wrenching journey of Marianne, a young woman plagued by anxiety, as she takes a hitchhiker on her way to her beach house. Despite her reservations, she can’t help but feel drawn to his dark and mysterious persona. However, with each encounter, she begins to realize the man isn’t the person she thought he was.

As they continue on their journey, Marianne’s anxiety worsens, and she struggles to control it. James becomes a trigger for her panic attacks, yet she can’t seem to let him go. Her anxious heart is torn between her love for him and the need to protect herself from the danger he brings. Their relationship becomes increasingly complicated, and the line between love and hate blurs.

And when they start to find peace, their world is turned upside down. As they run for their lives, Marianne and James are pushed to their limits. They face betrayals, heartbreaks, and death at every turn. The journey is full of angst, heartache, and passion as Marianne struggles with her anxiety and traumas, and James fights for his redemption. Will they make it to safety and find a new life together, or will their pasts consume them both?

#BookBlitz: The Devil Won't Keep Us Apart by @shanetclark @RABTBookTours

 

Coming of Age / Thriller

Date Published: April 27, 2023

Publisher: ‎ MindStir Media

 

"I realize that saying, The Devil Won't Keep Us Apart, Shane Clark's gritty novel about friendship and revenge is masterfully paced and suspenseful to the upmost degree sounds like the usual promotional B.S, but honestly, people, this book kept me reading way past my bedtime, and I don't find many that can do that these days. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next."

Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff, The Heavenly Table, and The Devil All The Time

#CoverReveal: My Unexpected Life by Jennifer Gasner @PublishingAcorn @RABTBookTours

 

Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis

Memoir

Date Published: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

Jennifer Gasner is seventeen when her dreams are shattered overnight. Receiving a diagnosis of Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare genetic neuromuscular disease, means she must prepare herself for a life of loss. When she starts college, she can still walk on her own, but as her disease progresses, she spirals further into sadness, denial, and alienation. She turns to alcohol and a toxic relationship to distract her from what she refuses to accept—that her body, her self-esteem, and her hope for her future are failing.

When Jennifer develops a friendship with rock star Dave Matthews, her outlook changes. She begins to understand that using a wheelchair doesn’t mean her life is over. In fact, when she discovers disability culture, she realizes it’s not her body that needs to be fixed but her assumptions about being disabled.

In her captivating memoir, My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis, Jennifer invites you into her world, where she must learn to view her changing body with compassion and choose gratitude over anger as she finds strength and acceptance in a whole new way of moving through life.

#BookTour: The Scars Have Returned by @KimAndersonBook @RABTBookTours

Historical Romance

Date Published: November 28, 2022

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

Lord Stephen Cornwall is the most sot after Duke in England. His family heritage is also the most gossiped about with his mother being a Gypsy. On his morning escape from the world, Lord Cornwall finds a little morsel dismounting in a most unladylike manner. This, for sure, is when he lost his heart and now he must prove his love and save Lady Hastings from the man that is after her family's riches.

Lady Lisa Hastings has become a spoiled little brat that has only been in the world of society's rules for a couple of years. It is her year of coming out into the adult world of society and she is determined to prove to her father that she can do this. Then she meets the beast in the park that steals her heart.

#CoverReveal for Silenced by @AuthorAKEvans and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Silenced

Series: Harper Security Ops #10

Author: A.K. Evans

Genre: Military Romantic Suspense

Cover Design: Sarah Hansen, Okay Creations

Release Date: August 22, 2023

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Maxwell ‘Maxie’ Oliver wasn’t looking for trouble. She would have rather remained oblivious. Now that she has information she doesn’t want, a missing coworker, and a scandal on the horizon, Maxie doesn’t think she can remain quiet.

But being a whistleblower comes at a high price, and Maxie isn’t willing to risk her life.

Kit Sexton knows the lengths some people will go to in order to line their pockets. So, when Maxie comes to him, looking for someone to keep her safe, he’s determined to see that she stays that way. Especially when he can’t get the gorgeous woman who took his breath away out of his mind.

But the stakes are high, and the criminals are ruthless.

Kit is going to have to stay focused if he wants to make sure that Maxie isn’t permanently silenced.