Monday, October 07, 2024

#BookReview: The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada #1) by Lauren Weisberger



ABOUT THIS BOOK:
A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses.

Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to complaints about “The Boss from Hell.” Narrated in Andrea’s smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Miranda’s children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.

#ReleaseBoost for Baked and Burned by Tori Ross @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: Baked and Burned
Series: Contact High #2
Author: Tori Ross
Genres: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: One Night Stand/Accidental Pregnancy
Co-workers
Release Date: October 1, 2024


BLURB

Kailee Lipshitz is finally moving forward. When she accepts a long-term substitute teaching job as a pastry and baking teacher at the local high school, she never expects to find her one-night stand from a couple months earlier, Officer Chase Barnett, temporarily working as the school resource officer. To make matters worse, neither Chase nor Kailee can get the other off their minds.

Kailee doesn't expect Chase to be as territorial as a caveman when another teacher makes a move on her. But Kailee and Chase have other problems besides a love triangle...

Baked and Burned can be read as a standalone!

#Teaser: Demon Lover by Kate Hill @RABTBookTours




Paranormal Romance, Halloween, Age Gap

Date Published: October 11, 2024



When John Standcliff, Satan's bounty hunter, is summoned to Earth to claim the soul of a serial killer, he finds the worst of hell's tortures can be no worse than the pain of falling in love with a mortal woman.

Corinne Rogerio has come to Maine to research six murders that took place back in 1656. She has no idea that the handsome stranger she meets in an old cemetery is actually the murderer she's been studying. Even worse, he's been sent to track down a serial killer who is closer to her than she ever imagined.

#BookReview: Phantasma (Wicked Games #1) by @KaylsMoon @readforeverpub



ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Caraval meets Throne of the Fallen in this spicy dark romantasy where a necromancer needs help from a dangerous phantom to win a deadly competition, only to find their partnership puts her at risk of breaking the game’s most vital rule: don't fall in love.

When Ophelia and her sister discovers their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve: Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to deadly, however, when Ophelia’s sister decides to pay off the loan by entering Phantasma—a competition where most contestants don’t make it out alive and the winner is granted a single wish.

The only way to save her sister is to compete. But Phantasma is a cursed manor, with twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, and filled with enticing demons and fatal temptations. Ophelia will need to face nine floors of challenges to win... if her fears don’t overtake her first.

When a charming, arrogant stranger claims he can protect and guide Ophelia, she knows she shouldn’t trust him. While Blackwell may not seem dangerous, appearances can be deceptive. But with her sister’s life on the line, Ophelia can’t afford to turn him away. She just needs to ignore the overwhelming, dark attraction drawing them closer and closer together.

Because in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart.

#BookBlitz: Celtic Betrayal by Eric Steven Griesel @RABTBookTours


 

Historical Fiction / Celtic

Date Published: September 9, 2024

 

 

This historical fiction novel follows the Kerrigan family from 1847 through five generations as they migrate from Ireland to the United States. Confronting nearly every obstacle imaginable, the Kerrigan family has risen to power and accumulated unimaginable wealth, continuously growing the company that was founded by James Kerrigan after he arrived in the U.S. However, more than one hundred years later, the Kerrigan clan now finds itself facing its greatest challenge yet, which threatens to tear apart both the family and its financial empire. It is an unimaginable betrayal that leaves a once-indestructible family suddenly more vulnerable than they have ever been before.