Release Blitz for Right Guy, Wrong Word by Jewel E. Ann

 

He was almost perfect.

Right Guy, Wrong Word by Jewel E. Ann is now live! 

Do books have souls?

Anna Black has the perfect novel choice for her book club. She also has a sexy new neighbor who jumps at the opportunity to join fellow bookworms in discussing her pick for their summer read.

It’s lust at first sight and the marriage of two literary souls.

The charismatic owner of a new T-shirt store in Des Moines’s East Village, Eric Steinmann, has a confident air and an irresistible “mating dance.” He’s almost perfect … until he says the wrong word. 

Will Anna and Eric write their own story? Or will their chemistry die when fiction turns into reality?

**Right Guy, Wrong Word was originally written as a short story, The Last Person. It’s been revised with significant changes to the original content and extended into a full-length novel.

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Meet  Jewel E. Ann

Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she's not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance. 

 

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Blog Tour for Disenchanted by Brianna Sugalski with a GIVEAWAY

 

Disenchanted by Brianna Sugalski

(A Lay of Ruinous Reign, #1)
Publication date: December 27th 2022
Genres: Fantasy, New Adult, Paranormal, Romance

Synopsis:

Tangled meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this Breton folklore-inspired fantasy debut brimming with wry humor, epic adventure, and an irresistible romance.

At the peak of the Breton Renaissance, Lilac Trécesson is held prisoner in her own castle after a most wicked secret is revealed on the eve of her fifteenth birthday. Years later, her Accession looms upon her father’s decision to abdicate, and between town riots and the noble family bent on snatching her throne, she prepares for the worst…

Until a letter arrives from The Witch of Lupine Grotto, detailing a curious offer to banish her curse forever.

Her heirloom dagger at the ready, Lilac embarks into Brocéliande and finds herself in the grasp of a bloodthirsty barkeep who demands her help in exchange for protection against the even deadlier forces of the woods.

She is thrust on a quest to uphold her family’s legacy—and her sovereign right to destroy it and start anew—by any means necessary. Pity the fool to underestimate the girl with subpar blade skills but the pure spite to make up for it.

This is the tale of a cursed princess,

A crestfallen killer,

The town that wants them to burn,

And the witch who can save them both.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62323514-disenchanted

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Excerpt:  “Don’t you think that if I wanted to seek revenge on humanity, on your kingdom,” he said, brushing the wisps of hair that framed her face, “that I would start right here?” 

The words, coupled with his low voice ruffled her, sent spine-breaking chills down the muscles in her back. “Yet that’s me being merciful. If I were truly a cruel being, I would still release you. You and your family would then cower from your prison of a keep as I explored every corner of your kingdom, leaving no stone unturned until the streets ran with blood from argoat to armor—until Laurent had been avenged one hundredth times over. I would pick your kin apart, one by one, leaving you to watch.” His grin was blissful. “I’d leave you for the very end.” 

“The only reason you haven’t killed me is because you are unable,” she said slowly. “You could, but not in a way that would count.”

As fast as he’d grabbed ahold, he released her. The vampire paced away, up the curved edge of the pool. 

“I am not Laurent. My conscience never bore much semblance to his when he was alive, and it certainly doesn’t now.” Every word escaped his lips with crystal clear diction.

Before she could calculate how quickly she’d be able to escape, and the chances of her impeccable balance against the moss-covered rock path, Garin loomed over her again. 

“Before my curse, I was unstoppable. Bastion and I wreaked havoc in both forest and borough. It was glorious,” he said, his face twisting into something like despair. “Look at me now. It’s humiliating enough that I allowed you to escape from me at the inn. That I allowed you to keep your life when you dared stab me and run from me at the campsite. Yet here you are, not a drop of blood spilled at my hands. All because of my word.”

“I find it impressive,” she said quickly, thinking of something consoling, anything she could say to bring him back to sanity. “It shows you can exercise your powers when necessary, and that you have restraint.”

“Restraint?” Garin laughed again, his voice cruel, cracking against the high ceiling. “I would not call the great effort it has taken for me to keep my distance from you, restraint.”

“What is it, then?”

The look that flashed across his face was one of a man who was close to giving up. One of exasperation. “It is torment, princess.”

AUTHOR BIO:

Southeast Asian fantasy author with a soup addiction. Diverse medievalist and developmental editor who lives in oversized sweaters, and prefers to explore the more ominous—disenchanting, if you will—undertones of history, romance, and the arcane.

My debut, Breton Arthuriana-inspired YA Dark Fantasy DISENCHANTED, released with the Parliament Press in March 2020, and is being re-released and rebranded for the New Adult/ Adult indie market in December 2022. The rest of the trilogy will follow this updated genre rating.

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Book Blitz for The Control by M.W. Layne with a GIVEAWAY

 

The Control by M.W. Layne

Publication date: June 5th 2023
Genres: Adult, Psychological Thriller

Synopsis:

I didn’t kill my professor. But someone did…
It’s the dead of night when I regain consciousness in my psychology professor’s office. I don’t know what I’m doing here or why my favorite teacher is slumped over, dead at his computer with his head caved in.

When I stumble over to him on shaking legs, I bury my face in my sleeve to mute the smell of death. But as I lean in to see what he was working on when he was killed, the psych profile on his screen is what makes me wretch. The assessment is about one of his students–someone he describes as mentally ill, losing control, and capable of extreme violence. I scroll to the top of the document, and when I get there my stomach freezes because the name I see is my own.

Jim Straub.

I stagger away from my professor’s cold body, eyes filled with tears. He was my teacher and trying to help me. There’s no way I was the one who murdered him. But if it wasn’t me, who was it? And more importantly, why did the killer let me live?

The Control is a psychological thriller–a dark story of nightmares, deception, and love that will keep you guessing until its unforgettable, twisted ending.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164766470-the-control

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AUTHOR BIO:

When Mike writes twisted psychological thrillers, urban fantasy, or stories with a darker bent, he publishes it under the pen name “M.W. Layne" to differentiate it from his other books written as Michael W. Layne. Both Michael and M.W. apologize for any confusion this may cause readers, but this makes it easier to decide which set of books you can let your kids read. Michael W. Layne, yes! Great for any age. M.W. Layne, maybe not until they're in their teens…

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Book Review for The Last Masterpiece by Laura Morelli

 The Last Masterpiece by Laura Morelli

Publication August 1, 2023

Genre:  Historical Fiction, WWII

 

Taken from Goodreads:  In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections.

In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery.

When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands.

But as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give.

The Last Masterpiece takes readers on a heart-pumping adventure up the Italian peninsula, where nothing is as it seems and some of the greatest works of art and human achievement are at stake. Who might steal and who might save a work of art—and at what cost?

Inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs, and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II, the latest historical novel by USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli plunges readers into the heart of war-torn Italy.

 My Thoughts:  WWII is my favorite time to read about.   The more I learn about what war was like, the more I want to know.   The Last Masterpiece is a book all about the art that was found in the areas where the fighting was and how those historic pieces would be saved.    I knew the story of Hitler and his top men wanting to set up their own museum and I knew of the bombings that destroyed unreplaceable pieces of art.  In this book I learned of the mines and other places where art was stored.  I learned of the lists and the pictures that were taken to be sure that every piece was returned to where it belonged when it was safe to do so.   

 The Last Masterpiece follows two women through the war and their work with protecting famous works of art in a war-stricken Italy.  I struggled with this book.  I felt like I was being told a story not reading a story.   I wanted to be pulled in and shown the artwork, showed the museums and churches where it was being taken from, and showed the different safe houses.  But instead, I just read about it.  I like books with a lot of dialogue and The Last Masterpiece has a lot of non-dialogue reading.  I found myself skimming some chapters just to get to the next dialogue.    I had to work at reading this book and almost did not finish it, but I did.  

 

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A Little About Laura Morelli…(Taken from her website)

• Earned a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University
• Combined my intellectual passions at Yale with a Mellon Doctoral Fellowship in art history and a Bass Fellowship for writing in the humanities
• Am a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling historical novelist, with book club picks at Target, Costco, Veranda Magazine, and Hudson News
• Taught college students across the U.S. and in Italy, have produced art history lessons for TED-Ed, and now teach exclusively online in my Art History Academy
• Have been a regular contributer to National Geographic Traveler, Italy Magazine, Departures, and other media
• Have earned awards for my historical fiction (an IPPY, Eric Hoffer Award, Da Vinci Eye Prize, National Indie Excellence, Benjamin Franklin, Writer’s Digest, others), as well as starred reviews and editor’s picks in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, the Historical Novels Review
• Have had the privilege to live and work in five countries
• Have enriched the experiences of many travelers over two decades with my Authentic Arts shopping guidebook series
• Enjoy my home on the coast of Georgia, my husband, 2 sons and 2 daughters, and our large, boisterous extended family. Make a mean risotto. Love to pet all fur babies, but have a weak spot for flat-faced dogs and fluffy cats

 

 

 

 

Book Review for Wild Island Love by Melissa Foster

 Wild Island Love by Melissa Foster

Publication August 2, 2023

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Taken from Goodreads:  Sparks fly between a PR rep and an A-list actor who want nothing to do with each other.

Leni Steele might be looking for love, but she’s definitely not looking to be someone’s fake date. Especially not one of the most infuriatingly handsome and annoyingly cocky actors on the planet, Duncan Raz. But when the owner of the PR firm for which she works forces her to walk the red carpet on his arm, she has no choice. Neither wants to be there, much less with each other. They’re like oil and water, and he gets on her last nerve. But after a few tequila shots, that’s not all he gets on. What was supposed to be one date turns into a media frenzy they can’t afford to ignore, and Leni has no other option than to continue the ruse. All the fake kisses furtive glances, and seductive touches eventually start to feel very real. But Raz didn’t earn his A-list-actor status for nothing. Is he just doing what he does best? Playing a role? Or is Leni the leading lady in Raz’s real-life love story?

 

My Thoughts:   I have missed Silver Island and all my friends from there.   I felt like I was coming home.     Leni and Duncan are so freaking fun!    They are sexy, I mean there was steam coming off the page as I read some of their scenes.   Yet, sexy scenes or not, there was no doubt that they belonged together. 

 I had some scares while reading that the story would not go the way I wanted it to, but the story went exactly how it was supposed to go.   The characters followed their hearts although sometimes it took them a little bit to figure out what their heart was telling them and ended up having the perfect relationship for them.    

 There were so many characters that I wanted to catch up with and Melissa Foster included them all.  I loved that as each character came back into the story, it was told on how they were related to the other characters.   Everyone is connected in the Love in Bloom series, but each book is its own complete story. 

 Go get this book.   I could not put it down.

Meet Melissa Foster:

Romance  |  Literature & Fiction  |  LGBTQ+

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Melissa writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women's fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa's fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summers, Bayside Summers, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, Tru Blue and the Whiskeys, the Wickeds, and the Montgomerys. Melissa's emotional journeys are always family oriented. Perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex and relatable issues. Melissa also writes sweet romance with no harsh language or explicit scenes under the pen name Addison Cole. Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod. Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on social media or her personal website. "Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" -NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely "With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" -NYT Bestseller Julie Kenner "What sets Melissa Foster apart are her compelling characters who you care about... desperately. I dare you to read the first chapter and not be hooked." NYT bestseller, M.J. Rose "You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak "Melissa Foster is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Fated For Love was amazing. It kind of reminds me of Jill Shalvis' books and they are my benchmark for contemporary romance awesomeness." --Books Like Breathing Comments from Melissa: I grew up in Maryland with my mother, a slew of wonderful brothers, and never a shortage of friends or pets. I am passionate about writing, reading, living healthy, and helping others do the same, and I enjoy just about anything outdoors (and anything chocolate!). I love to chat with readers and book clubs, and welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me. You can also catch me on Facebook.com/MelissaFosterAuthor. Thanks for reading!

 

Release Blitz for The Chase by Anna Albo

 

The Chase by Anna Albo is now live!

In the high-stakes world of racing, the risks are even greater off the track.

A lot has changed for Luna Perez, reluctant part-owner of her brother's racing team. She's traded her private life for the spotlight, wooing sponsors, traveling the globe—oh, and falling for glamorous, infamous Devin Flynn, her brother's rival and racing's most eligible bachelor.

No one thought Devin could be tamed, but he's head over heels for quiet, fierce Luna. She's never been happier... but it's hard to ignore the swirling rumors about Devin's playboy past.

Enter Blake Carlton, champion driver and fan favorite. Blake claims he wants to drive for Team Perez, but is it the team he's set his sights on, or Luna herself? Blake will do anything to sabotage her relationship with Devin, and Devin is ready to fight back. As the rivalry between the two drivers heats up, Luna must navigate secrets, lies, and her own tumultuous past, all under the glare of the paparazzi's cameras. At the end of the chase, only one man will cross the finish line and claim Luna's heart.

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Meet Anna Albo

Anna Albo is a prairie girl who loves the city.

From new adult to chick lit and everything in between, Anna writes contemporary romance and women's fiction that makes people laugh and love.

When Anna isn't writing her latest book, she's enjoying a cup of tea while attempting to create a culinary masterpiece.

She lives with her partner Mike, their dog Lucy.

 

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Book Blitz for The Widow Queen and her Lover by Alan Gold with a GIVEAWAY

 

The Widow Queen and her Lover by Alan Gold

Publication date: September 1st, 2023
Genres: Adult, Historical

Synopsis:

No longer one of the spoils of war, Catherine, Queen of England and France, resolves to fight for her new life – on her own terms

Catherine of Valois, daughter of the defeated king of France, looks down from the battlements as her future rides to greet her.

As one of the spoils of war, she is to be married to her father’s enemy, Henry V of England. She is prepared to do her duty – what could be worse than continuing to live with her ailing father and cold mother – but she wasn’t prepared to fall in love.

Henry is everything that she wanted in a husband and a king. In him, she finds a devoted lover and inspiring ruler. When he dies, shortly after she has delivered his heir, her future and that of her son is in doubt. Not only must she protect her baby, the young Henry VI, she must protect his legacy from the grasping and scheming of his uncle and protector.

When Owen Tudor — Welshman, commoner, troublesomely attractive — stumbles into her lap, she sees her future. A man who will not lead armies, nor rule kingdoms. Instead, one who will devote himself to protecting what is hers. But he must sacrifice everything he has in order to marry her, and even that may not be enough to keep them all safe.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195023451-the-widow-queen-and-her-lover

AUTHOR BIO:

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Alan Gold began his career as a journalist, working in the UK, Europe, and Israel. In 1970, he emigrated to Australia with his wife, Eva, and now lives in St. Ives, Sydney, where he divides his time between writing novels and running his award-winning marketing consultancy.

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Book Blitz for The Ring Academy: The Trials of Imogene Sol by C.L. Walters with a GIVEAWAY

The Ring Academy: The Trials of Imogene Sol by C.L. Walters
Publication date: August 1st 2023
Genres: New Adult, Science Fiction, Young Adult

Synopsis:

Imogene Sol has had to work twice as hard for everything she has earned as a cadet at The Ring Academy on Serta. An orphan of notorious parents who killed hundreds of thousands of people in a bombing against the Federation, most people hate her by name alone, others have gone out of their way to make her life difficult. Though she’s managed to acquire a handful of trusted friends over her years at the academy, most of her peers loathe her. But she’s made her mark in the top ten of her cadet class and she’s ready to compete for what’s next.

As the Year Seven Final Trials begin—a series of tests to determine placement within the Federation—Imogene knows all her hopes are riding on her performance. But when she’s framed for an offense that could not only get her expelled from the academy but also incarcerated, Imogene must discover who’s behind the threat against her. When her greatest competition, Timaeus Kade, offers to help her solve the mystery to clear her name, Imogene must decide if she’s willing to trust him. The stakes are high. Only the mysterious saboteur strikes again, justifying she needs his help, proving the stakes aren’t just her future anymore but her life.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162731737-the-ring-academy

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AUTHOR BIO:

As a kid, CL Walters, world revolved around two things: stories and make believe. She's built a real life around those two things: a teacher of stories and a writer of make believe.

With four books now published, she's looking forward to her fifth release October 13, 2020, a YA Contemporary Romance called The Stories Stars Tell.

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