Review for A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser

 

A Million Reasons Why by  Jessica Strawser 

Kindle Edition, 352 pages

Publication: March 23rd 2021 by St. Martin’s Press

Genre:  Mystery Thriller, Womens Fiction, Chick Lit, Contemporary

When two strangers are linked by a mail-in DNA test, it’s an answered prayer―that is, for one half-sister. For the other, it will dismantle everything she knows to be true.

But as they step into the unfamiliar realm of sisterhood, the roles will reverse in ways no one could have foreseen.

Caroline lives a full, happy life―thriving career, three feisty children, enviable marriage, and a close-knit extended family. She couldn’t have scripted it better. Except for one thing:

She’s about to discover her fundamental beliefs about them all are wrong.

Sela lives a life in shades of gray, suffering from irreversible kidney failure. Her marriage crumbled in the wake of her illness. Her beloved mother and lifelong best friend passed away. She refuses to be defined by her grief, but still, she worries about what will happen to her two-year-old son if she doesn’t find a donor match in time.

She’s the only one who knows Caroline is her half-sister. That Caroline may be her best hope for a future. But Sela’s world isn’t as clear-cut as it appears―and one misstep could destroy it all.

After all, would you risk everything to save the life of the person who turned yours upside down?

From the moment Caroline meets Sela, both must reexamine what it really means to be family, the depths of a mother’s love, and the limits and the power of forgiveness. 

My Thoughts…Family secrets, domestic drama, and DNA tests all add up to a story that I could not put down.   Caroline’s husband buys a great present for her family.  Unfortunately, the present brings drama and hurt.   The DNA test shows a surprise connection that Caroline is not able to let go.   As she learns more about Sela, Sela’s mother, and the mother’s relationship to her family she realizes that there are many things about her own family that she did not know about.   Family secrets are let out, feelings are hurt, and relationships are tested.  

I enjoyed seeing Caroline and Sela learn to be sisters.   Their relationship was not easy.   They did not even know about each other, they find each other, and immediately their relationship was put to the test.    The people surrounding Caroline and Sela put stress on the relationship and they both had to stand strong to their selves. 

As the story went along, I thought I could see where it would end until the twist happen.   The twist…amazingly perfect.   It added just the right ah ha at the right time to make me want to talk to everyone about this book.   

 

**Thank you, Jessica Strawser, Tall Poppy Writers, and NetGalley for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Meet Jessica Strawser…Jessica Strawser is the editor-at-large at Writer’s Digest, where she served as editorial director for nearly a decade and became known for her in-depth cover interviews with such luminaries as David Sedaris and Alice Walker. She’s the author of the book club favorites Almost Missed You, a Barnes & Noble Best New Fiction pick; Not That I Could Tell, a Book of the Month bestseller; and her latest, Forget You Know Me, now new in paperback. Her fourth novel, A Million Reasons Why, is coming in March 2021 (all from St. Martin’s Press).

Honored as the 2019 Writer-in-Residence at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Strawser has written for The New York Times Modern Love, Publishers Weekly and other fine venues, and lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two children. A contributing editor for Career Authors and an active Tall Poppy Writer, she keynotes frequently for book clubs, libraries, writing conferences, and other events that are kind enough to invite her. She tweets @jessicastrawser and enjoys connecting on Facebook and Instagram.

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Review for Eternal by Lisa Scottoline

Eternal by Lisa Scottoline

Kindle Edition

Publication: March 23rd 2021 by G.P. Putnam's Sons

Genres:  Historical Fiction, Italy, WWII, Adult Fiction, Drama, Literary Fiction

 

Over the course of her stellar and prolific career, #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline has sold over 30 million copies of her page-turning thrillers and beloved humorous essays.  Her novels have always explored themes of family, justice, and love and her masterpiece, ETERNAL (G.P. Putnam’s Sons; On Sale: March 23, 2021), is the culmination of a  lifetime of work: a  sweeping historical epic fueled by devastating true events. Named for Rome, the Eternal City, this moving novel lifted from the pages of history is the book that Scottoline was born to write. It  will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of readers, as will the powerful truth it asserts—what war destroys, only love can heal.

Set in Rome during the ventennio, the twenty years of Mussolini’s rise and fall, ETERNAL centers on Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro, who grew up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco, a brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro, a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kindhearted and thoughtful, the son of a  lawyer and a  doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart.

Now, their relationships are changing—as is the world around them. In the autumn of 1937, Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy's Fascists with Hitler's Nazis and changing the very laws that govern Rome.  As anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II erupts, Sandro suddenly can’t finish his studies and Marco, who takes pride in his work at the local Fascist office and hopes to rise in the party, realizes that these laws are destroying his best friend, but isn’t sure where his loyalty lies. Elisabetta, abandoned by one parent and orphaned by the other, tries to make ends meet as her country crumbles around her.  The Nazis invade and occupy Rome, perpetrating new atrocities against the city's Jews, culminating in a final, horrific betrayal. Against this backdrop, the intertwined fates of Elisabetta, Marco, Sandro, and their families will be decided.

Unfolding over decades, ETERNAL is a  saga of loyalty and loss, family and food, love and hate—all set in one of the world's most beautiful cities at its darkest moment. Scottoline has been researching the Italian Holocaust since her undergraduate days when she took an intimate year-long seminar at the University of Pennsylvania taught by the late Philip Roth called “The Literature of the Holocaust,” studying the work of Primo Levi, among others.  Following that course, she knew that someday she’d write about these events.  Her background as an Italian-American, a lawyer, and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School fueled her interest in the subject. After she conducted decades of research, including numerous trips to Italy, ETERNAL was born.

 

My Thoughts…I have been a fan of Lisa Scottoline for a long time.   With this jump into historical fiction, she has cemented herself one of my all-time favorite authors.   This is my favorite of hers so far.   World War II is such an amazing time.   The strength of the people who lived during, the horrors they had to endure, and the lives they came out living all have me in awe.   Lisa Scottoline tells the story of young love, best friends, and surviving all while bring history alive.   I devoured this book.

The setting of Rome was brought alive by Lisa’s words.   I could picture the ghetto that Sandro was forced to live in, the office building that Marco worked, and the restaurant that Elisabetta worked in.   The characters came alive as I learned about their lives and saw all that they were willing to do for each other during a time when just staying alive was hard enough.  I became invested in their well being and their happiness. 

Everything about this book is phenomenal.   I love when an author steps out of their normal genres and hits a homerun writing in a new genre.   Lisa Scottoline did exactly that.

**Thank you Sydney Cohen at Penguin Random House for a NetGalley copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR… Lisa Scottoline is the #1 bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of thirty-three novels. She has over thirty million copies of her books in print in the United States and has been published in thirty-five countries. Scottoline also writes a weekly column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, for the Philadelphia Inquirer, which have been adapted into a series of memoirs. She has served as President of the Mystery Writers of America and has taught a course she developed, “Justice in Fiction,” at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area.  Visit:www.scottoline.com

 

A CONVERSATION WITH LISA SCOTTOLINE

Why did you write Eternal, and why now?

I have wanted to write this novel ever since my college days as an English major at the University of Pennsylvania, where I took a year-long seminar taught by the late Philip Roth. One semester was “The Literature of the Holocaust.”  He introduced us to the books of Primo Levi, an Italian Jewish chemist deported to Auschwitz during World War II, but survived to write the heartbreaking memoir If This Is a Man, published here as Survival in Auschwitz.  Mr. Roth thought Levi was one of the most talented writers the world has ever produced and that the Italian Holocaust wasn’t well-enough known, world-wide. When I  learned of a  singular horror that took place in the Jewish Ghetto of Rome in October, 1943, I  knew I had a  story that needed to be told.

How is ETERNAL like or unlike your previous novels?

Everything I ’ve ever written, whether series, standalone, fiction or nonfiction, has explored themes of family, justice, and love. I truly believe that Eternal is the culmination of a lifetime of my work. The novel is the epic story of a love triangle set against the ventennio, the twenty years of Mussolini's rise and fall. In the meantime, Mussolini and the Fascists are promulgating a barrage of discriminatory Race Laws against Jews like Sandro and his family, systematically stripping away their rights, even before Italy enters World War II. I also think Eternal is the first popular fiction novel covering the Italian Holocaust.

What were some of the specific locations in Italy you visited that informed the novel?  Did you speak to anyone that lived in Italy during that time period about their experience?

Rome struck me as the best location for the novel, since its so-called Ghetto is home to the oldest continuously existing Jewish Community in all of Western Civilization. And during my research, I learned about a horrific event that took place in the Ghetto in October 1943, which historians have termed the Gold of Rome. It was part of the Nazi’s plan to eradicate Rome’s Jews, but it wasn't well-known outside the scholarship, and it needed to be. I loved doing the research for the novel and visited all of the neighborhoods of Rome in which the scenes take place, and even traveled to Carpi to see the remnants of the transit camp that appears in the novel. Lots of details about the research can be found in the Author’s Note and on my website, along with videos filmed on location.

Review for The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

 

The Four Winds by  Kristin Hannah 

Hardcover, 464 pages

Published February 2nd 2021 by St. Martin's Press

Genre:  Historical Fiction, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Dust Bowl, Great Depression

 

Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance.

In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.

My Thoughts…I picked up The Four Winds without having read much about the Great Depression.  I was intrigued by the dust bowls in Texas.  The Four Winds covers all that.   It also tells the story of Elsa.   Elsa is a strong, determined woman who was not loved enough by her family or her husband but when things got tough, she got tougher.  

The Four Winds is a story about working against the odds, making a difference in the world, and helping strangers.  Elsa moves her children across the country to find a better life and does not find exactly what she expects.   She finds a community of people living together in poverty, she makes friends, she works alongside her friends, and she makes a difference to her community.

Kristin Hannah is a must-read author.   If the Great Depression is not your thing find another of her books to read.   I recommend them all!

** I purchased this book and the review is entirely my own thoughts.

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Meet Kristin Hannah… Kristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, Winter Garden, Night Road, and Firefly Lane.

Her novel, The Nightingale, has been published in 43 languages and is currently in movie production at TriStar Pictures, which also optioned her novel, The Great Alone. Her novel, Home Front has been optioned for film by 1492 Films (produced the Oscar-nominated The Help) with Chris Columbus attached to direct.

Kristin is a former-lawyer-turned writer who lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband. Her novel, Firefly Lane, became a runaway bestseller in 2009, a touchstone novel that brought women together, and The Nightingale, in 2015 was voted a best book of the year by Amazon, Buzzfeed, iTunes, Library Journal, Paste, The Wall Street Journal and The Week.  Additionally, the novel won the coveted Goodreads and People’s Choice Awards. The audiobook of The Nightingale won the Audiobook of the Year Award in the fiction category. 

Cover Reveal for Waiting for Someday by M.M. Koenig

 

Today we have the cover reveal for M.M. Koenig’s Waiting for Someday! Check it out and be sure to pre-order your copy today!

Title: Waiting for Someday

Author: M.M. Koenig

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 19th

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Danger is nothing new to Bri McAndrews. After an accident that almost took her life, Bri has to mourn the loss of a relationship that should’ve been forever. Trey Donovan broke her heart and moving on has been nearly impossible, especially when threats start piling in. Bri has an idea of who’s pulling the strings, but finding the proof is presenting to be a whole new set of problems. The guilt of risking Bri’s life is a living entity in Trey Donovan’s gut, eating away at him with every forbidden word, touch, emotion. But that isn’t enough to keep Trey from having Bri any way he can—even if it means causing her a world of hurt in the process. Trey will stop at nothing to keep Bri safe, but he’s already taken a gamble with her heart. When push comes to shove, will Trey and Bri rise from the ashes of everything they’ve become, or will they continue Waiting for Someday?  

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I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at the sinful grin spreading across his face. I also didn’t have an argument for that smug remark, so I walked toward the huge rock slabs at the edge of the shore and sat down. Water splashed against them, sending mist into the air and across my face. Wrapping my arms around myself, I listened to each wave crash against the large stones. A loud cackle grabbed my attention, and I glimpsed over my shoulder. Flames flickered into the dark sky as the fire really hit its peak. Flashing that damn cocky smirk of his, he plopped down next to me. I rested my head on his shoulder before tapping his chest. “I’m not going to stroke your ego, so you can stop waggling your eyebrows in demand that I do.” Trey howled with laughter. “What if I want you to stroke something else?” I brushed my fingers along the bulge of his jeans, noting how hard he already was without me touching him. When I went to fiddle with his zipper, he released an unsteady breath and locked our hands together. A salacious grin fell from my lips. “Careful what you wish for. I think I’ve proven I’m comfortable having sex anywhere.” “That you have, babe. It’s an incredible turn-on too. I hope it’s okay we came here. I thought about getting tickets to a show in the city or taking you to a museum, but as selfish as it sounds, I really wanted to be somewhere that allowed us to turn off our minds for a while and The Point is always a good place to take a break from reality.” “Coming here was the perfect plan. I’ve had my fill of people for the day. The universe finally gave us a break for once.” “What do you mean?” Trey asked, stroking my cheek. “Usually, this place is packed, but there isn’t a soul in sight. That rarely happens, so maybe something is going our way. Let’s face it, that doesn’t happen very often,” I muttered, gazing at the dim stars. Trey gently gripped my chin. “I can’t argue with you there. We’re both fighters, though. The world is going to have to throw a hell of a lot at us for either of us to break. You’re still one of the strongest people I’ve ever met. I know that’s probably hard for you to believe, but it’s the truth, and I don’t want you to forget it.” As I stared into his mesmerizing gray eyes, my heart rate sped up. Being enveloped in his embrace was one of the things that gave me the courage to fight back when life pushed too hard. All those years ago, he’d been absolutely right about one thing: we were always worth fighting for.

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M. M. Koenig enjoys being active and has a variety of interests that coincide with her passion for life. Always one to try new things, she has acquired a variety of skills. Her sarcastic nature and multitude of experiences tend to find their way into her novels.   When she has free time and isn't writing, she spends as much time as she can with friends and family. To fuel her soul, she is constantly looking for new music, movies, and books to keep the writer's block at bay.

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Release Blitz for Room for Us by L.M. Halloran

 

Today we have the release day blitz for L.M. Halloran’s Room For Us. Check it out and be sure to order your copy today!

Title: Room For Us

Author: L.M. Halloran

Genre: Contemporary Romance

About Room For Us:

Ethan Hart thinks I’m his maid. Too bad I need his money more than my pride. The intense, arrogant author has booked my entire Inn to write his next fictional masterpiece. I have no choice but to put up with his demands.   Breakfast is a daily endurance test. Making his bed and doing his wash? A different kind of torture. And that’s not even the worst part.   With his haunted eyes, frozen heart, and heated touch, Ethan makes me burn in ways I swore I never would again.   There’s no place in my life for him, nor in his for me. But six weeks together might create...   Just enough room for us.

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That’s odd. I study the screen of my newly replaced cell phone. The number I called only rang three times before disconnecting. No voicemail. What kind of inn doesn’t have a voicemail? Not to be deterred, I call back. This time there’s two rings, then nothing. I press Send again. One ring—nothing. Now I’m annoyed. I call again. And again. Six times total before the line abruptly opens and a woman snaps, “What do you want?” I’m so stunned I can’t speak. “Hello?” she repeats, voice dripping acid. “Chris, if that’s you, I told you I never want to talk to you again! I’ve moved on. I don’t need you, your stupid alimony, or your half-assed justifications. Grow up!” I almost hang up. I want nothing to do with anything that just came out of this woman’s mouth. And yet… there’s something in her voice, something I can’t quite put my finger on. Lurking beneath the rage, hidden by slicing consonants and cool vowels. Then I realize what it is. Pain. And like a weight has been lifted from my chest, I can suddenly speak. “Is this the right number for Rose House Inn in Sun River?” In the following silence, I imagine her horror and mortification. I must be a bit of a sadist, because it makes me smile. “I’m so sorry.” A gutted whisper. “Please don’t hang up. I-I thought you were someone else.” “Obviously.” I pause, weighing the wisdom of what I’m about to do. Every other goddamn hotel, motel, and rental in the area is booked because of some upcoming film festival. When I stumbled on the website for Rose House late last night, the online booking was wide-open. A red flag all on its own, but desperation trumped logic. Unfortunately, there was no option to book the entire house online. Hence this absurd phone call. If this is the standard of customer service offered at the Rose House, at least I now have some idea why it isn’t bursting with bookings. And what I can expect to endure. “Sir? Are you still there? Again, I’m so sorry. Can we start over? My name is Zoey Kemper and I’m the new owner of Rose House. I’d love to discuss your needs.” “I’m here. Give me a second to decide whether or not to hang up.”

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When not writing or reading, the author enjoys walking barefoot, subjecting her husband to questionable recipes, and chasing her spirited daughter. She’s a rabid fan of coffee, moon-gazing, and small dogs that resemble Ewoks. Home is Portland, Oregon.  

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Cover Reveal for Cadillac Payback Rising Tide by AJ Elmore

 

Today we have the cover reveal for AJ Elmore’s upcoming romantic suspense, Cadillac Payback: Rising Tide. Check it out and be sure to catch up on the series today!

Title: Cadillac Payback: Rising Tide

Author: AJ Elmore

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: April 15th

About Cadillac Payback: Rising Tide

It has been a year since the fire in the Ninth Ward that solidified Maria's place in the ranks of her grandmother's operation. Though tensions are high among her remaining crew, things seem to be going well...until Abuela starts moving pieces and changing the ranks. Suspicions ride even higher when Isaiah shows up well after he left the life behind, and without an explanation. Will Maria be able to hold it together, or will she lose Joshua and Frederick, as well? What part does Isaiah play?

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Her obvious shock is like a PTSD trigger, and it blindsides me so that for a moment, I can't move either. I don't know that I've ever seen that look on her, and somehow I expect that if I turn around, I’ll see her brother risen from the dead. Josh moves closer to her, so that he's almost touching her, and he glares past me. The voices behind me die, and so does the movement. Abruptly, I'm right in the middle of a silent firefight that I don't comprehend. I step to the side as I turn around, so that I'm at her other shoulder. Abuela's directives be damned, I will always be her right hand. I fight the urge to draw arms within these walls as my vision lands on the offending party. For a moment that lasts longer than I would ever admit, he looks like just another guy – an uppity thirty-something in a snob's clothes, not packing any heat on his hip or shoulder. But the moment passes, and those angular cheeks and broad jaw are too familiar. He's barely been gone long enough for me to forget that I took his seat only because he left. He's a bit thinner, a lot browner, and all kinds of dressed up. I can't say I was torn up when he left us, but he did leave us. He turned his back on what was supposed to be his crew. Never mind that I was willing to do the same thing, on one tiny difference of condition. I wouldn't leave without her, but he did. It made sense, but that didn't make it OK. Then the details begin to click into place like a well-oiled machine. The man beside him is Jorge, our most recent heroin hero, on the scene with a deal to end all deals. The guy worthy of a family dinner in his honor. Jorge is skinny, greasy, and appalling in a general sense. He wears his long hair in a slick, low ponytail, and sports a long, equally greasy goatee. At the moment, he's standing half a step behind Isaiah, openly assessing the threat that hangs vaguely between the other four people in the hallway. Isaiah, here, in one of the most guarded and secret locations under Abuela's extensive network. With Jorge, who just made a really impressive connection and got a pat on the back. What the fuck has Izzy been into this past year? Isaiah isn't armed, so there's no threat, but Josh and I are formed up on Maria as though a SWAT team is about to storm the windows and doors. Whatever internal hang-ups we have be damned, nobody from the outside will ever get a glimpse of that. We stand together. Except this isn't even my division anymore. Izzy's eyes scan over the three of us, slow and methodical as one might expect, and brave. He looks each of us directly in the eyes. He doesn't shove his hands in his pockets. He doesn't walk away. There's no cigarette in his hand. He just stands his ground. He's different in his stature, more comfortable, less cautious.

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An old Cadillac and a gun are all she has left of her brother. Three men stand ready to follow her into the darkest pits of hell to avenge him. The Cadillac leads them down a swamp road lined with ghosts, consequence and the tangled web of business and pleasure, into the underbelly of New Orleans crime as she fights for vengeance for her brother. Joshua was just a rookie, a kid caught up in a drug ring. It’s fun and dangerous, all easy, until it kills his best friend and drags what’s left of his companions into a war. All he knows is he would walk into hell with her, and she might ask before it’s over… Isaiah thought he’d seen everything—but watching Charlie die tore the world apart. The regime is changing, and with the new leader come more questions than answers. He was Charlie’s right hand, but what will he be to her? Frederick came up on the streets, learned fast and hard and dirty. His past has always been a sticking point for the group, but one person has never questioned him, and he’ll do anything for her… Maria never wanted to take over Charlie’s operation. But with her brother dead, and vengeance the only thing she has left, she makes her first decision: drag Charlie’s killers down. It might just be her last. 

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AJ is a beach migrant and part-time muse. She enjoys the exploration of genres vast and the search for untold worlds. A writer-for-fun since childhood, she has also been known to be a superhero, a gunslinger, and, occasionally, a waitress. She lives on an island, has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and some tattoos. She is most easily found at the water’s edge.  

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Cover Reveal for Deadly Valor by Kaylea Cross

 

Today we are celebrating a cover reveal for an upcoming, romantic suspense title from Kaylea Cross. DEADLY VALOR is available to preorder now! Be sure to add the book to your TBR pile now and follow Kaylea for exclusive updates about the book and the Crimson Point series.

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Deadly Valor by Kaylea Cross

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She’s been targeted by a killer. Widow Danae Sutherland moved to Crimson Point a month ago with her teenage son to begin a new chapter in their lives. Adjusting to small town life is a big change for them both, but it’s been especially hard on her son, and the holidays are making it even harder. When a sexy stranger moves into the cottage next door, she’s not prepared for the undeniable attraction between them. He’s only in town for a couple weeks, so getting involved will only lead to heartbreak. That doesn’t stop her from falling for him. And when danger strikes, she has no choice but to put her life in his hands. He’s the only man who can save her. Former Marine Ryder Locke has come to the Oregon Coast to spend the holidays with his cousin Molly and her family. It’s his chance to face his demons head on before returning to his job as a bodyguard for one of Hollywood’s brightest stars. The last thing he expects is to fall for the single mom next door, and for danger to blow up around her. When the threat closes in and her life hangs in the balance, Ryder must risk everything to save her from the man who wants her dead.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kaylea Cross writes edge-of-your-seat military romantic suspense. Her work has won many awards, including the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence. A Registered Massage Therapist by trade, Kaylea is also an avid gardener, artist, Civil War buff, Special Ops aficionado, belly dance enthusiast and former nationally-carded softball pitcher. She lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband and family.

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Cover Re-Reveal for Unplugged by Sigal Ehrlich

 

The Unplugged Duet, a forbidden rockstar romance by Sigal Ehrlich, has a brand-new look! And both books are on sale for a limited time. Check out these new covers and download your copies today!

About Unplugged Vol. 1:

After surviving the long and excruciating recruitment process, I thought I would end up working for Madonna or the CIA at the very least. Boy, was I wrong. Even in my wildest dreams I couldn't have imagined what I was in for. What my heart was in for. I couldn't have possibly fathomed the lifestyle, the responsibility, how much it would take out of me, the inner battles, and mostly, the emotional whirlwind. I could never have imagined, prepared myself for, or anticipated… Him. It was supposed to be a job. Just a temporary job. Just a few months. Just a short stop before the journey I was about to take to follow my dream. It was supposed to be a lot of things...but not this. Little did I know it would be the one event that would shape me, would change me, would bring on such a shift in the balance of my world. Would bring... Him. Would bring… Them. Both. Into my life. *UNPLUGGED is the first part in a two-part series; it has a cliffhanger-ish ending.

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After surviving the long and excruciating slow burn, push—pull that led to us, I thought our relationship would be. . . normal. Or at the very least, “reliable.” Boy, was I wrong. Even in my wildest dreams I couldn't have imagined what I was in for. The intensity of it all. His lifestyle, my new life, the inner battles, and trying not to lose myself through it all. I could never have imagined, prepared myself for, or anticipated… Him, as MY man. It was supposed to be just another relationship. One that would come and go like all the others. A few good months before reality came a knocking. But this? I would have never thought this could happen. Little did I know he would be the person that would shape me, would change me, would bring on such a shift in the balance of my world. Would bring... Him. Would bring… Them. Both. Into my new life.

 

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Sigal Ehrlich is a bestselling author of refreshing, fun, and sweet romance books. She loves books, cold weather, and the occasional bubbly drink. Living as an expat for most of her life, Sigal has been lucky enough to visit many exotic places and meet some unique people from all corners of the world, while experiencing the sweet triumphs and travails of trying to acclimate to new "homes." Currently, Sigal calls the Czech Republic home where she lives with her husband and three kids.

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Spotlight for Tackling Tobias by C.M. Steele with a Giveaway

 

Title: Tackling Tobias

Series: Kristen Proby's Big Sky Universe

Author: C.M. Steele

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 15, 2021

Cover Design: Kari March Designs

Tackling Tobias is part of Kristen Proby’s Big Sky Universe.

Grumpy, angry, a curmudgeon…

Who uses the word ‘curmudgeon’ anymore?

Those are the words used to describe my new boss and some other less than flattering words. The new boss who doesn’t even know I’ve been hired to invade his private sanctum and run the show. I’m the new cook for Tobias Reynolds, a Montana Cowboy with a surly attitude. I shouldn’t work for him given my background, but my options are limited and it’s a temporary arrangement.

A violent man left me scars, mostly invisible ones, but they promise me that Tobias will never lay a hand on me. One look at my new boss and I know it’s not his anger I fear, but the raging desire for his touch coursing through me.

They were wrong about the boss. Tobias can’t seem to keep his hands off me and I don’t want him to stop.

Beautiful, broken, mine…

That’s what I see when I look at Ava. From the first second I saw her, it felt like I’d been tackled to the ground my chest ached so intensely. I want to keep her, but this is just a temporary stop for her. She’s running from someone. Given the black eye she’s sporting, I’m guessing it’s someone who needs to be taught a lesson.

I’ve spent my time in the spotlight, but now I’ve gone back to my roots, working my family’s ranch. Some say I’m like a grizzly bear with a thorn in his paw, but I just want to work and go home to a good home cooked meal and some peace and quiet which has been hard to come by.

It’s not until she shows up that I realize how much more I want out of life. I’ll slay all her dragons, destroy her fears, and do all I can to get her to stay.

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