Thursday, October 21, 2021

New Release... Heart of Stone by Ariana Rose

 

Title: Heart of Stone
Series: The Stone Series #4
Author: Ariana Rose
Genre: Angsty/Emotional Romance
Release Date: October 21, 2021





𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐀𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬π₯𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐒𝐠𝐑𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 π›πšπ­π­π₯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 π›πž 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐒𝐝𝐞.
Now, I stare at the one match that could destroy everything we've gained. Me.
I thought I had the tools, the knowledge, to thrive... to survive, but I was wrong.

When you can't hide it, fight it, or mask it, there's only one thing left to do.
Run.
I've always strived for perfection. I've had to. It's been expected, demanded of me.
Until Alexandra. She never expects perfection. She only expects... me.
I've experienced loss in its worst and truest form, and they say history is cyclical.
How long do I have with her until my actions take her away?

Sometimes, it feels like I'm a pawn in the chess game of my life.
But I will protect my friends, my family, and my son from anything that could harm them.
π„π―πžπ§ 𝐒𝐟 𝐭𝐑𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐑𝐒𝐧𝐠... 𝐒𝐬 𝐦𝐞.










Author and hopeless romantic, Ariana Rose, dabbles in all forms of contemporary romance. All of her novels do have one thing in common. Her heroes and heroines are as passionate about life and love as they are about each other.

A proud mother of two, she was born and raised in the Minneapolis area. She's always been a storyteller and known to have a flair for the dramatic. Her daughter is just across the border finishing her college career and is a go to for all things graphic design. Her son is a busy middle schooler who loves all things penguins, science, gaming, cars and the weather. Ariana's fur baby (a beagle/lab) can be found curled next to her while she writes unless chasing squirrels and finding puppy friends become a higher priority.

When Ariana is not writing, she can be found at the rink in a figure skating lesson, binge watching her favorite shows, screening an 80s movie she's seen hundreds of times, exploring history or traveling to any of her current or new favorite places.

Ariana first published in August of 2018. Her Stone Series was the leaping point. It's fourth installment will debut in October 2021. She has two novels in K. Bromberg's Driven World, Twisted with its sequel Entwined. The concluding chapter Pivot, will follow in February 2022. You can find her first sports romance, Bitter Edge, in the Cocky Hero World. Double Exposure, her first co-write, also releases in February 2022.

You can find her exclusively in Kindle Unlimited. You can also sign up for her newsletter, watch her website or find her on all her social media to catch all the latest and greatest on upcoming projects.

Always remember that passion is never a bad thing, it's where dreams and reality collide.



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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Release Blitz for Blind Date by Monica Murphy

 

Blind Date by Monica Murphy is now live!

Amelia Lee is in desperate need of a change.

Finally free from her controlling ex-boyfriend, she's not looking to date someone new, even though all of her friends are encouraging her to do exactly that. One in particular believes she's found the perfect guy for Amelia. So she sets her up on a blind date.

At a wedding.

Amelia has no idea the guy she bumped into at her friend's Christmas tree farm is the same one she's been set up with at a wedding reception. Isaac Jones is a nice guy. A good looking guy. A much younger guy. No way could they be compatible - they have nothing in common.

The more time Amelia spends with Isaac though, the more she realizes he just might be perfect for her. He makes her laugh. He's a complete gentleman. And they're definitely compatible between the sheets...

But is he only the rebound guy? Or can they actually make this newfound romance work?

Download today on Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, Barnes & Noble!

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Meet Monica


Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. Both a traditionally published and independently published author, she writes young adult, new adult and contemporary romance. She's also known as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson.

A native Californian, she lives on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere with her husband, two kids, one dog, and four cats. When she's not writing, she's an assistant coach for her daughter's high school cheer team, which is a two season sport. Meaning, she's at practice with a bunch of teenage girls all the time. Or she's at a football game. Or a basketball game. Maybe someday, she'll even write about this experience.

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Spotlight for Sophie Valroux's Paris Stars by Samantha Verant

 

Sophie Valroux's Paris Stars by Samantha Verant 

 

 Paperback

Publication: October 19th 2021 by Berkley Books

Genre:  Fiction, Contemporary

 


From Goodreads:  In this delectable novel, a chef on the rise fuels her passion for cooking while enduring the hardest challenges she’s ever faced after a debilitating injury.



Everybody wants a piece of grand chef Sophie Valroux. With her once-destroyed reputation fully recovered and then some, Sophie is making her mark in the culinary world. She’s running the restaurants of ChΓ’teau de Champvert, the beautiful estate that she inherited from her grandmother. She and her fiancΓ©, RΓ©mi, are closer than ever, and she’s even bonding with his daughter Lola. Everything should be perfect.

Yet, Sophie still feels something in her heart is missing.

When she’s invited to cook at an exclusive event her culinary idol is attending, she thinks this could be the thing to catapult her to greater heights, maybe even bring her one step closer to her one and only dream of achieving the stars—Michelin stars.

But fate has other plans for Sophie. After she accepts to cook for the Parisian elite, her world crumbles. She suffers a fall and loses her senses of smell and taste. Certain that her career will vanish if people find out, she keeps this secret to herself, not even telling RΓ©mi. She fakes it all: the menus for every meal, the taste of fresh figs, the juicy cherries in the orchard. All she has to do is get through life—and the event—tasteless without missing a single step. Fake it ‘til you make it…right? 

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Meet Samantha Verant:
  Samantha VΓ©rant is a travel addict, a self-professed oenophile, and a determined, if occasionally unconventional, French chef. Over the years, she’s visited many different countries, lived in many places, and worked many jobs— always on the search for the one thing that truly excited her. Then, one day, she found everything she’s been looking for: a passion for the written word and true love. Writing not only enabled her to open her heart, it led her to southwestern France, where she’s now married to a sexy French rocket scientist she met over twenty years ago, a stepmom to two incredible kids, and the adoptive mother to one ridiculously adorable Charteux cat. When she’s not trekking from Provence to the PyrΓ©nΓ©es, tasting wine in American-sized glasses, or embracing her inner Julia Child while deliberating what constitutes the perfect boeuf bourguignon, Samantha is making her best effort to relearn those dreaded conjugations. 

 

Book Review for Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan

 

Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan 

Hardcover, 320 pages

Publication: October 19th 2021 by Harper Muse

Genre:  Historical Fiction, Books About Books

 


From Goodreads:  From Patti Callahan, the bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis, comes another enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis.


“Where did Narnia come from?”

The answer will change everything.

Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics.

She prefers the dependability of facts—except for one: the younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn’t have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a copy of a brand-new book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and begs her to find out where Narnia came from, there’s no way she can refuse.

Despite her timidity about approaching the famous author, Megs soon finds herself taking tea with the Oxford don and his own brother, imploring them for answers. What she receives instead are more stories . . . stories of Jack Lewis’s life, which she takes home to George.

Why won’t Mr. Lewis just tell her plainly what George wants to know? The answer will reveal to Meg many truths that science and math cannot, and the gift she thought she was giving to her brother—the story behind Narnia—turns out to be his gift to her, instead: hope.

My Thoughts:  I was not a huge fan of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe but I am a huge fan of Patti Callahan so I had no doubt that I would love this book.  I had no idea how much I would love this book and am going to go back and read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe again. 

Have you ever wondered how an author found their made-up world?   C.S. Lewis’ made-up world is Narnia and George wants to know where it came from.   George’s sister, Megs is going to school where C.S Lewis tutors and seeks him out to find out the answers for George.   The siblings are so close, the lengths that Megs go to just to make George happy are true sibling love. 

Once Upon a Wardrobe is a great mix of history and fiction.   I loved the book from beginning to end.  

**Thank you NetGalley for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.


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Monday, October 18, 2021

Cover Reveal for My Favorite Mistake by Katherine L. Evans

 

Title: My Favorite Mistake
Series: Romance in New Orleans #1
Author: Katherine L. Evans
Genre: Steamy/Spicy Small Town Romance
Release Date: November 18, 2021
Cover Design: Jersey Girl Design



Erasing the mistakes of the past is harder than they ever imagined…
Out of sight.
Out of mind.

Connor Deneau knows that the secret to his success is to keep the lost love of his life out of his mind. But when he comes face-to-face with the beautiful and talented new marketing director at the small record label where he works, Connor wonders if there’s a chance to rekindle what they lost. With the help of his meddling, matchmaker best friend, it’s time to repair the past.

Liza Hardin cannot catch a break. Believing she landed her dream job in New Orleans, she’s shocked to discover that the man who shattered her heart is her new co-worker. The last thing she wants is to rehash the past and let him sever the remaining pieces of her heart. But the sexy, brooding Army veteran she so clearly remembers still takes her breath away. Refusing to relent, Liza focuses on reviving the dying record label.

But Liza’s no match for Connor’s matchmaking buddy. Suddenly, she’s questioning everything—even the past. Can she erase her favorite mistake of the past to correct her plans for the future?









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