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Friday, February 25, 2022
Release Blitz ~ Savage in the Touch by Miliana Jacks ~ Fantasy Romance ~ @InkSlingerPR
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Book Feature & #Giveaway ~ Saving Levi (Oakside Military Heroes, Book 4) by Kaci Rose @AuthorKaciRose ~ Contemporary Military Romance
Saving Levi
Oakside Military Heroes Book 4
by Kaci Rose
Genre: Contemporary Military Romance
Can
you find yourself in the midst of losing everything?
Levi
I
could never be what my father expected of me. Content to run the
family business wasn’t the life I saw for myself. I longed to serve
my country, and it cost me more than my relationship with my dad.
Now, as I recover from losing a limb, I smile through the pain. I
pretend being alone doesn’t bother me. Make jokes to mask the
anguish. But Mandy sees the truth and calls me out for
self-sabotaging. That is one of the many reasons I find myself
falling for her, despite her being my ex's best friend...
Mandy
I
beat the odds and built a life I love. I know it can be done.
Therefore, I refuse to allow my patients to think otherwise. When I
see Levi masking his pain, I know it will prevent him from accepting
his new truth and overcoming it. By working with him, I guide him on
the road to recovery... until his estranged father shows up. Will
everything we have worked for so far be shattered in a single moment
or will Levi finally stand up for what he wants. And what if what he
wants, isn't me?
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Don't miss the other Oakside Military Heroes!
Saving Noah
Oakside Military Heroes Book 1
Saving Easton
Oakside Military Heroes Book 2
Saving Teddy
Oakside Military Heroes Book 3
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Kaci
runs on coffee, chocolate, and Oreos. She loves her book boyfriends
with tattoos, muscles, beards, and a little dirty.
Kaci
loves romance books and has been jotting down ideas since she was in
high school and is now putting the ideas down on paper. She believes
in satisfying, happily ever afters with a lot of steam on the way.
She was born and raised in Southwest Florida but is wholeheartedly a mountain girl. She has been reading as many books as she could get her hands on since grade school and loves to travel when she gets the chance.
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Book Blitz & #Giveaway ~ Lake Taimana (Otago Waters, #3) by Stephanie Ruth @ruth_writes_nz ~ Adult, Contemporary, Romance ~ @XpressoTours
Lake Taimana
Stephanie Ruth
(Otago Waters, #3)
Publication date: February 21st 2022
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Love a slow-burn, second chance romance, with tight-knit families and smouldering secrets?
Don’t we all!
Winner of both the Daphne Clair DeJong First Kiss and RWNZ Great Beginnings competition, LAKE TAIMANA (Lake Diamond) is a contemporary love story set in the stunning Lakes District in southern New Zealand.
The third novel by emerging Kiwi romance writer, Stephanie Ruth, LAKE TAIMANA can be read as a standalone, or in conjunction with two other linked love stories in the OTAGO WATERS series.
*****
About the Book:
What does it take to shift deep-seated betrayal?
Adele Fergus switched back to her maiden name with plans to never look back—never think about her naïve, short-lived marriage to James Montague. But that was before he turned up on her Wanaka doorstep with her missing diamonds, a crazy back-story, and persistent requests for visitation with his ex-stepdaughter.
Adele’s hell-bent on keeping James at arms-length, but it’s not easy with old attractions still running hot. What’s more, she’s beginning to suspect she may have left him on false information.
Divorce was never in James’ game-plan, so when his ex-wife’s jewellery comes to light, he’s drawn back to her—welcome or not—and he isn’t leaving until he has all the answers.
The more the exes re-learn to trust each other, the more they come to realise someone was intent on dragging them apart from the very beginning. Someone close.
Is it worth risking everything to start again?
*****
Authors note: Though this story ends with an HEA, it also includes references to a historical miscarriage, depression, and suicide. Please read at your own discretion.
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Read an Excerpt:
Adele walloped James a few times between the shoulder blades, concerned. He was hunched forward in the armchair, still coughing as if his life depended on it.
“Steady on,” James choked the words out amidst bouts of hacking. “I might need my spine later in the week.”
“You’re alright now?” She stopped hitting and rubbed the spot with her palm instead, up and down. Turning back to the sofa, she refocused on what she’d been thinking before she’d been rudely interrupted. “I’m imagining red through to yellow. Sunshine colours, you know? Or maybe cooler tones—green and leafy. Yes! Tropical. Fiji-style would look great in here.”
“Adele?”
“Mmm?”
“Stop.”
“Stop what?” She turned to James in surprise, and realised she still had her hand on him, stroking the contours of his shoulders and back. Gently up, then massaging down in that valley between his blades that alluded to the power of his back; the strength and breadth of it. “Oh!” She withdrew immediately, red-faced and flustered. “Shit! Sorry.”
It’d felt so natural, so normal. For a moment she’d totally forgotten…
James leaned back against the cushions and slid his hands behind his head, lacing his fingers there as he closed his eyes. “Let’s get something straight.”
“Um, okay.”
“You don’t want me to touch you, right?”
Was that right? Why was she no longer sure if that was right?
She should be positive. Right?
“Right. Yes.” Adele bit down on her lower lip, staring at the tanned skin of James’ exposed neck, and marvelling at how the new beard petered out to give way to corded muscle. “I mean, I guess so.”
Meet the Author:
Award winning New Zealand contemporary romance novelist and short story writer, Stephanie Ruth lives in the South Island, Te Waipounamu, with her husband, three children, and an ever expanding array of animals. If it doesn't have a happy ending in some form or other, Stephanie's not writing it.
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Book Blitz & #Giveaway ~ Cruel Knight (A Savannah Mafia Romance, #4) by M.A. Lee ~ @XpressoTours ~ Adult, Contemporary, Mafia, Romance
Cruel Knight
M.A. Lee
(A Savannah Mafia Romance, #4)
Publication date: February 21st 2022
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Mafia, Romance
“I never believed in fairy tales…that was until I met a dark knight.”
About the Book:
Ryder grew up envious of the Antoni Mafia Family. Watching from the outside, he always dreamed that one day he could earn his ranks and approval in one of Savannah’s most notorious crime families. Finding himself in the Army as a sniper, he returns back to Savannah with plans to prove himself and finally become a made man in the Antoni Mafia Family.
Abbigal grew up as a Las Vegas princess. As the daughter of a wealthy casino owner, she has spent her entire life under the glamour and bright lights of big cities like Vegas and Savannah. After the death of her father, Abbigail inherits a casino in Savannah. Knowing the industry, she is prepared for this new role. However, the Savannah Mafia families want a piece of the casino and won’t go down without a fight. Abbigail is up for the fight of her life and now a cocky, suave, man has gained her attention.
Like a moth drawn to a flame, Ryder finds himself intrigued by the one woman who isn’t interested in him. Trying to navigate a way into the casino and the Antoni Mafia Family, Ryder never thought he would also being finding a way into Abbigails heart, too.
Find out what happens when Ryder, has to earn his way into the Antoni Mafia Family and the heart of a Las Vegas Princess.
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SNEAK PEEK:
“Are you stalking me? Let me remind you again, Ryder, that I am your boss. You should act professionally around me,” I spoke clearly.
Ryder chuckled as he ran a hand through his dark hair. “You keep reminding me that you are my boss. That you are in charge,” he said, closing the space between us. He now stood in front of me again, towering over me. “I think you get off on being in charge. You love the power; it turns you on,” he said slowly.
I drank in his words. Too shocked to speak, my mouth fell open as I glared back at this man.
Author Bio:
M.A. Lee is the persona of a wife and mother. Her obsession with coffee and book boyfriends drives her to create steamy romance novels.
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Cover Reveal ~ Monster Inside River Starr by River Starr ~ @river_starr ~ Adult, Paranormal, Romance ~ @XpressoTours
Monster Inside
River Starr
(Shadow Pact, #1)
Publication date: April 21st 2022
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Sometimes the most enchanting monsters are the ones you can’t see, only feel…
I am a survivor. For the past ten years, I’ve been forced to give every part of me to sinister vampires in a feeding community. But when I touched an ancient book and recited a spell out of sheer desperation and zero arcane knowledge, a dark entity came to me. Rescued me. Mrak helped me escape.
I have no idea what I’ve gotten myself into. But Mrak has been at my side for the last three months—well, inside me, anchored to my existence and lovingly tender with his ethereal touches. It’s not quite possession, not quite a haunting. But it’s real, it’s sexy as hell, and he’s mine. Or I’m his. Either way, we’re now in this life together.
Mrak is distracting, seductive, and powerful, but he’s also keeping a secret. One that’s now put me in immense danger despite his claims he’ll do anything to protect me. Because the cops have come calling. Bodies have turned up. And despite his reassurances, I’m starting to wonder if Mrak has a hidden agenda that he’s somehow kept secret from the inside.
My life might be in my monster’s debt. My body might be his for pleasure. But my future is mine no matter how much he wants and uses my body. I’m no longer the weak woman he saved from a vampire lord, and it’s time to take my body—and my life—back.
MONSTER INSIDE is the first of a M/F paranormal monster romance duology.
Author Bio:
River Starr writes books that help you escape, especially fantasy romance full of magic and supernaturals. Favorite things: coffee, wine, chocolate, and a heavy dose of books to chase away the dark... or invite delicious darkness in.






