#ReleaseBlitz for Lodestar by @SerenaAkeroyd and @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Lodestar

The 'Filthy Feck' Omnibus

Author: Serena Akeroyd

Genre: Dark Romance

Tropes: Irish Mob Meets MC/Friends to Lovers

Release Date: December 21, 2023

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She’s difficult.

Dangerous.

Deadly.

A sister in our allied MC.

My da would have told me to avoid a woman like her, but she shot him before he had the chance.

Lodestar stirs fear into the hearts of the Elite. (xoxo)

Now I’m scared too.

For her.

She’s not only ghosted me, but her daughter too.

If she’s gone dark, I’ll hunt her down.

This Fecker isn’t about to lose his soul mate.

This is an omnibus of the ‘Filthy Feck’ duet - it includes a never-before-published novella!

#ReleaseBlitz: Fable of Happiness (Fable #1) by @PepperWinters @valentine_pr_

Synopsis: A house hidden in the middle of nowhere. 
A man who’s lived alone for a decade.
A woman who trespasses on his solitude. 
A love full of hate as well as hunger.

The thing about my life is... I was never in control of it.
I just I thought I was.
I thought I had everything figured out—a good career, fun hobbies, a bright future, but everything changed when I found an ivy-cloaked house, tucked in a forgotten valley, hiding the man who would corrupt my world forever.
I thought I was successful, until he showed me fortune and happiness could be snatched away in an instant.
I believed I was blessed, but really, I was cursed.
Cursed to become a plaything for a monster.
Cursed to become a prisoner just because I trespassed.
Now, I know nothing.
I am nothing.
I’m just his.

It’s the start of something huge. From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a new Dark Romance full of decadent angst, monstrous heroes, and pages chock-full of lust.

#BookReview: There Will Come a Darkness (The Age of Darkness #1) by @KatyPool

Synopsis: The Age of Darkness approaches.
Five lives stand in its way.
Who will stop it... or unleash it? 

For generations, the Seven Prophets guided humanity. Using their visions of the future, they ended wars and united nations―until the day, one hundred years ago, when the Prophets disappeared.

All they left behind was one final, secret prophecy, foretelling an Age of Darkness and the birth of a new Prophet who could be the world’s salvation . . . or the cause of its destruction. As chaos takes hold, five souls are set on a collision course:

A prince exiled from his kingdom.
A ruthless killer known as the Pale Hand.
A once-faithful leader torn between his duty and his heart. 
A reckless gambler with the power to find anything or anyone.
And a dying girl on the verge of giving up.

One of them―or all of them―could break the world. Will they be savior or destroyer? Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Children of Blood and Bone, and An Ember in the Ashes.

#BookReview: The Spinner of Dreams by @KrisRey19 @HarperTeen

Synopsis: Inventive, empathetic, and strange in all the best ways, The Spinner of Dreams draws from the author's own experiences to create a story that feels timeless and universal. As she did in her debut The Land of Yesterday, K. A. Reynolds thoughtfully explores mental health and crafts an adventure that fits right alongside middle grade classics like The Phantom Tollbooth.

Annalise Meriwether--though kind, smart, and curious--is terribly lonely.

Cursed at birth by the devious Fate Spinner, Annalise has always lived a solitary life with her loving parents. She does her best to ignore the cruel townsfolk of her desolate town--but the black mark on her hand won't be ignored.

Not when the monster living within it, which seems to have an agenda of its own, grows more unpredictable each day.

There's only one way for Annalise to rid herself of her curse: to enter the Labyrinth of Fate and Dreams and defeat the Fate Spinner. So despite her anxiety, Annalise sets out to undo the curse that's defined her--and to show the world, and herself, exactly who she is inside.

Welcome @BistroBookBabes to @InklingsBook

Hello readers!! Did you know that there was a local bookstore called Inklings Book Shoppe located in Lakeland, FL.   It is getting ready to move to its new location at 243 N. Florida Ave. in Downtown Lakeland and will open Jan. 2!!! 

Since I (Jessica) also work for that store we have decided to move bookclub to there as well!! And we are so excited for the change!! The other change is that we are now the Bistro Book Babes!!!!  

#BookReview: Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé

Synopsis: The Blair Witch Project meets Imaginary Girls in this story of codependent sisterhood, the struggle to claim one’s own space, and the power of secrets

Sixteen-year-old Skye is done playing the knight in shining armor for her insufferable younger sister, Deirdre. Moving across the country seems like the perfect chance to start over.

In their isolated new neighborhood, Skye manages to fit in, but Deirdre withdraws from everyone, becoming fixated on the swampy woods behind their house and building monstrous sculptures out of sticks and bones.

Then Deirdre disappears.

And when something awful comes scratching at Skye's window in the middle of the night, claiming she's the only one who can save Deirdre, Skye knows she will stop at nothing to bring her sister home.

#ReleaseBlitz for Charge by Senna Kincaid @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Charge

Series: Locked Security #3

Author: Senna Kincaid

Genres: Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Bodyguard/Sister's Best Friend

Friends to Lovers/Second Chance

Release Date: December 21, 2023

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He’s willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their love.

Growing up with absent parents, the only family Archer Bennett has ever known were his sister and her best friend Thea. And he was certain that no matter what path his life would take, he’d always have them by his side.

But life doesn’t always go as planned.

And instead of living the life he dreamed of with the two people he loved most, he walks away from his family and ends up working for Locked Security, a firm that specializes in hostage situations and personal protection.

Thea Barlowe learned from an early age that to survive, she had to do whatever was necessary. When she gets an offer that would change her life, she jumps at the chance. Even if it means marrying a man almost double her age.

When Thea is in danger, her husband hires Locked Security to keep her safe. And her new bodyguard is someone she knows well. Archer.

There’s nothing Archer wouldn’t do for the only woman he’s ever loved. Even if she’s now married to another man.

Note from the author: This is the third book in the Locked Security Series and can be read as a standalone. There is no cheating (I promise) and the main couple gets their HEA in this book. This book has originally been published under the pen name Sarah Peis.