#BookReview: Beneath the Surface (The Kingsleys #1) by Kaira Rouda @AmazonPub @lexilikestoread

Synopsis: On a weekend voyage, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions in a novel about ruthless family ambition by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda.

You are cordially invited to an overnight voyage on the Splendid Seas.

An invitation to Catalina Island from billionaire CEO Richard Kingsley. For his sons, Ted and John, and their wives, it’s an opportunity to curry favor, gain control of a real estate empire, and secure their family’s futures. For the controlling patriarch, succession is a contest. He and his newest wife won’t make it an easy win.

Then Richard’s estranged live-wire daughter, Sibley, crashes the party. She’s the least of the night’s surprises. As the stakes for the inheritance of the Kingsley legacy are raised, the beautiful waters of the Pacific look more like a menacing illusion.

Let the games begin for a family who has everything money can buy, and has used lies, deception, and more to keep it. This weekend one of them will be crowned heir. One is in line to lose everything. That’s the plan. But in the coming storm, so much can go dangerously wrong.

#BookBlitz: Pity Parade by @whitneydineen @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Pity Parade
Whitney Dineen
(Pity Series, #4)
Publication date: May 23rd 2024
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

Trina Rockwell here. You know, your favorite TV host from Midwestern Matchmaker?I have a I am without a doubt, the unluckiest dater in the history of the entire world. I’m not even embellishing. I’ve inadvertently dated a mobster, a dead-beat dad, and a guy who puts salt on watermelon. What’s next, pineapple on pizza?As my past relationships reads like the who’s who of court jesters, it’s no wonder I’ve refused my producers desire to spotlight me as one of the singles on a new show they’re putting together.

The problem is that Midwestern Matchmaker just got canceled and unless I agree to their terms, I’m out of a job.

In order to keep doing what I love doing—matching midwestern singles, I either need to suck it up and parade my dating life on national television or I need to get married—STAT.

Guess which one I’m putting my money on?

#ReleaseBlitz for Brayden: Sins of the Father by Nicole James @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Brayden: Sins of the Father

Series: Evil Dead MC - Second Generation #5

Author: Nicole James

Genre: MC Romance

Tropes: Forbidden/Off Limits/Romeo & Juliet

Family Feud/Forced Apart/Soul Mates

Release Date: May 23, 2024

BLURB

FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, NICOLE JAMES COMES A STEAMY, FORBIDDEN, MC ROMANCE.

My brother’s girl… that’s all Sutton will ever be to me.

I can’t touch her.

I can’t want her.

I can’t have her.

I can’t love her.

But I do.

I'm in love with my brother's girl... and now my life is pure torment.

My brother, Rafe and I are twins. Fraternal, but we look so much alike most people think we’re identical. Our father, Wolf, had a hell of a time raising us. We were a handful. Growing up, we fought over everything.

That all ended the night I almost lost my brother. Since that horrible night, everything has changed.

Now I let him win.

Every single time.

Tonight, when we both meet the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen, it’s harder than it’s ever been to bow out and let him win.

I’ll do it though, because I’ll forever feel guilty it was him in that alley that night and not me.

It was just bad luck, everyone tells me.

But tonight—this one decision—changes everything. I remember the smile she gave me when we first met, and how in that split second, if I’d done things differently, she could have been my girl.

But she’s not.

Now she’s my brother’s girl.

And I’m in love with the one woman I can never have.

#BookReview: Anna Bright Is Hiding Something by @susieschnall @GoSparkPoint

Synopsis: What some women will do for success…

A fast-paced and ripped-from-the-headlines story set in the glossy offices of Silicon Valley startups and New York City new media, Anna Bright Is Hiding Something explores our culture’s fascination with businesswomen who are breaking barriers—and sometimes behaving badly in the process.

Anna Bright is committing fraud. But nobody knows it yet. Not the board of her multibillion-dollar company, BrightLife; not her investors; not the media; not the public breathlessly anticipating the imminent launch of BrightSpot.

Jamie Roman, a hardworking journalist for BusinessBerry, is, no surprise, in awe of her company’s billion-dollar valuation, her polished confidence, and her hustle. But when Jamie learns about Anna’s misconduct, she embarks on a bicoastal journey to expose the crimes in the hope of making a name for herself as a journalist. It’s not long before Anna learns what the young reporter is up to, however—and she’ll do anything to stop Jamie, especially now that BrightLife’s IPO is days away.

With news of the deceit about to break, each woman will risk everything for her version of the truth . . . and only one will emerge unscathed.

#BookBlitz: Peculiar People and the Pets Who Love Them by @JMoroyan @RABTBookTours

 

 

Humor

Date Published: May 23, 2024

Publisher: ‎BookBaby

 

"Peculiar People and the Pets Who Love Them"…lovingly written and illustrated by Justin Moroyan, is a darkly-whimsical and addictively-humorous picture book that tells the stories of fantastically weird people and their equally strange and adoring pets

These stories revolve around characters who are gloriously abnormal. They embrace that attribute, and don't shy away from being their unique, spectacular selves. Like Madam Rosette and her poodle, Josette, who only enjoy "bad" smells…or Samurai Megasaki, who is addicted to water but also allergic to it. Each spread welcomes you into wondrous, stunningly detailed, vibrant illustrations, and stories that are guaranteed to capture your imagination and tickle your grey matter. Each time you explore it, you'll discover new secrets and symbolism that delve you deeper into captivating worlds you will inexorably fall in love with.

#BookReview: The Seven Year Slip by @ashposton @BerkleyRomance

Synopsis: An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.

#ReleaseBlitz: Marrying Olivia by Morgana Bevan #TheIndiePenPR

A rockstar romance that began with a teenage crush...and led to an unexpected "I do."

Lewis

I've spent years perfecting the art of keeping people at arm's length. But Olivia, with her angel's voice and her heart on her sleeve, slips past my defences like they're made of paper.

She makes me want things I never thought I could have. Love. Commitment. A future. But the price of fame is high, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to pay it.

Olivia

All I’ve ever wanted is to share my music with the world. But I never imagined I'd get to open for The Brightside, the band I've idolised since high school. And I definitely didn't expect to fall for Lewis, their sexy bassist who once graced my teenage bedroom walls.

One wild night in Vegas, and we wake up hitched. Now I'm torn between my teenage fantasy and the fear of getting my heart broken by a man who's never had to let anyone in.

Can we turn this accidental marriage into a forever kind of love?

Marrying Olivia is a steamy, opposites-attract rock star romance about a small-town singer and her teenage crush turned accidental husband.

For readers who love watching sparks fly, navigating the challenges of fame, and proving that sometimes, the biggest risks lead to the greatest rewards.