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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Book Tour: Mr. West and the Widow (The Brazen Beauties #3) by Sophie Barnes with my review

Mr. West and the Widow

The Brazen Beauties Book 3

by Sophie Barnes

Historical Romance, Regency Romance

Date Published: March 21st, 2023

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He’s a powerful landowner…

She’s an irresistible wallflower…

For nearly a year, Victoria Leighton has shut out the world. Her sole focus has been on paying off the debt she inherited from her husband and securing a comfortable income. Unaccustomed to independence, to stepping out into Society and getting noticed, she ignores the cravings of her heart. Until a stranger arrives on her doorstep and presents her with a daring invitation.

Colin West hates complications. But when he seeks shelter from a storm and meets a reclusive widow, instinct compels him to save her from her self-imposed prison. Soon, he’s hosting a house party and doing his best not to fall for the quick-witted lady. To do so would be disastrous. For if the scars he received in war have taught him anything, it is that he is incapable of instilling desire in any woman, never mind love…

The Brazen Beauties Series

Mr. Dale and The Divorcée, Book One

Mr. Grier and the Governess, Book Two

Mr. West and The Widow , Book Three

Series on Amazon

About the Author

USA Today Bestselling Author, Sophie Barnes, has spent her youth traveling with her parents to wonderful places all around the world. She's lived in five different countries, on three different continents, and speaks Danish, English, French, Spanish and Romanian with varying degrees of fluency.

She has studied design in Paris and New York and has a bachelor's degree from Parson's School of design, but most impressive of all - she's been married to the same man three times, in three different countries and in three different dresses.

While living in Africa, Sophie turned to her lifelong passion - writing.

When she's not busy, dreaming up her next romance novel, Sophie enjoys spending time with her family. She currently lives on the East Coast.

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My Review - 4 of 5 stars -

Two very wounded people did not believe in happily ever after. Victoria tried to save her home by bettering herself. Colin had a tough time overcoming his war scars. Together, they were supportive of each other and realized that maybe a second chance was worth it. I loved Victoria's smarts and Colin's willingness to help her succeed. The secondary characters added a fun and loving touch to the story. I found the story a bit longer than I felt it needed, but overall, I found it wonderful.

Release: My So-Called Scoundrel (The Blakeley Manor Series #3) by Fenna Edgewood

My So-Called Scoundrel

by Fenna Edgewood

Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Steamy Regency Romance

Date Published: March 30, 2023

When one finds a bleeding, half-naked, indescribably handsome man in one’s bed, does one…

• Scream

• Faint

• Hit him with a large book

• Push him back out the window he climbed in

• Bandage his wounds like a sensible bluestocking-in-the-making

The most perfectly imperfect debutante…

Marigold Spencer was never supposed to have a London Season. For heaven’s sake, she was never even supposed to become a lady! The former housemaid of a duke, Marigold is thrust into the limelight when her siblings marry far above their stations. Suddenly faced with the marriage mart, her escort and chaperone is not only one of ton’s most notorious scoundrels**,** but the utterly infuriating man still won’t tell her where he got the knife wound that led him to her bed that night.

…can still tempt the deadliest of rogues…

Lord Leigh Blakeley's path took a sharp turn from seductive rake to vengeful assassin long ago. Yet when he finally returns home for a visit, he nearly ruins his new sister-in-law’s reputation for good by falling into her bed after a misadventure. Now Leigh finds himself forced to play chaperone to a debutante... one who unexpectedly enchants his cynical heart. And when Leigh foolishly proposes to teach the innocent young Miss Spencer something of the ways of pleasure, he ignites an inferno of passion that quickly turns unquenchable.

When another man presents Miss Spencer with an irresistible proposition, Leigh realizes the desire of his heart is quickly slipping away. Though he's never intended to wed, Leigh finds himself making an offer Miss Spencer can't possibly refuse... or can she?

In this tantalizing Regency romance by USA Today bestselling author Fenna Edgewood, desire knows no bounds as the most unlikely of lovers succumb to the flames of their passion and defy society's expectations.

The Blakeley Manor Series

Lady Briar Weds the Scot

#1 The Blakeley Manor Series

Kiss Me, My Duke

#2 The Blakeley Manor Series

My So-Called Scoundrel

#3 The Blakeley Manor Series

About the Author

Fenna Edgewood writes swoon-worthy, humorous stories of love, family, and adventure. In other words, the most important things in life! She is an award-winning retired academic who has studied English literature for most of her life. After a twenty-five-year hiatus from writing romance as a twelve-year-old, she has returned to the genre with a bang. Fenna has lived and traveled across North America, most notably above the Arctic Circle. She now resides back on the Prairies with her husband and two tiny tots (who are adorable but generally terrible research assistants).

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Cover Reveal and Preorder: Shootout (Seattle Sockeyes: The Scoring Series #9) by Jami Davenport

Shootout

by Jami Davenport

Releases on April 25th!

https://geni.us/Shootout

Available on All Platforms

Blurb:

I'm the new guy on the team, and I'm struggling to earn my teammates' respect and forgiveness for the dirt I've slung at the Sockeyes in the past.

I played my entire life with my twin brother by my side, even in the pro's. Now I've been traded to the Sockeyes, and my brother has been selected in the expansion draft by the Portland Icehawks.

I'm facing the unthinkable, competing against my brother in a game where only one of us emerges the ultimate winner. And that's not my only problem. I've developed a huge crush on one of my teammate's sisters, and he's not taking kindly to my interest in her, especially since he and I have butted heads in the past.

She's not interested in me, but I'm not able to walk away. There's something special about her, and I have to find a way to convince her that there's also something special about me, even if her brother hates my guts.

Blitz: I Dream of Demigods (The Law of Love #1) by Alexa Sulivan with an excerpt and a giveaway

I Dream of Demigods

Series: The Law of Love Book 1

by Alexa Sullivan

GENRE: Paranormal Romance

BLURB:

Ro Baird can't cast a spell without setting her own pants on fire—until she kisses her hot new boss, Alex. Suddenly, she's able to access her magic…sort of…and she now has a familiar, who may be more trouble than she is helpful.

Alex Kouris happens to be a soul-stealing demigod of the Underworld. He claims he's trying to leave the life, but can she really trust a man whose magical talents are manipulation and charm? When Alex enlists a shady ex to help him, Ro must risk her heart and her life to save him and humanity from Hades’s evil scheme.

Can she harness her true power to set Alex and herself free?

EXCERPT:

I kicked off my Monday by setting my pants on fire.

Again.

Honestly, I don’t know what I was thinking when I tried the spell. I’d just gotten to work, and instead of doing what I was paid to do—work—I stood at my window, staring down at the brick-and-steel towers of various offices stacked like dominoes along the tidy grid of downtown Portland’s streets.

Warm September sun glinted off windows and shone across the small city park a block from the Ainsley Barfield office.

I stood there daydreaming for several minutes before stuffing my long, wavy, brown hair into a messy bun. Reluctantly, I sat and tugged at the fraying cuff of my thin cardigan before logging in.

Maybe my lack of coffee led to my poor judgment. After all, I’d only had a few sips when I searched the website for the National Association of Witches, NAW for short, and located a basic email organization spell. That really was the title. Basic Email Organization Spell.

I opened the PDF, mouthed the words a few times, and frowned at the diagrams before moving my right hand across my computer screen three times.

As I uttered the last line of the spell, heat seared my right leg. I gasped and shoved my chair back. A neon-blue flame danced on my shin, licking at the black rayon fabric of my pants—the ones I’d bought on sale only yesterday.

I yanked open the bottom drawer of my desk. Grabbing my spray bottle of holy water, I squirted my leg three times.

With a small hiss and a puff of noxious smoke, the flame winked out.

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Alexa Sullivan writes humorous, contemporary paranormal romance. She imagines a world where the mundane meets magic -- and where vampires, werewolves and witches have normal jobs. Oh, and there are cats, too. She sets all her books in the beautiful state of Oregon. When not writing, she can be found walking her cat on a leash, hanging out with her husband, and watching far too much Bravo reality TV.

Socials

Website: https://www.alexasullivan.com/

Instagram: @alexasullivanromance

Twitter: @alexa_s_writes

Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Demigods-Law-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B0BKRCTPDB/ref=sr_1_1

BN Buy Link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-dream-of-demigods-alexa-sullivan/1142600185

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GIVEAWAY

Alexa Sullivan will be awarding a $50 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

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Check out these other blogs on this tour:

March 27:
1: Read Your Writes Book Reviews
2: The Avid Reader
3: The Key Of Love
4: Fabulous and Brunette
5: Ilovebooksandstuffblog
6: Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
7: Our Town Book Reviews
8: Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess
9: Kit 'N Kabookle

March 28:
1: Maggie Blackbird
2: The Faerie Review
3: Author Deb Bailey
4: Long and Short Reviews
5: Moonlight Compass Books review
6: Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'
7: Books to Light Your Fire
8: Straight from the Library
9: Wendi Zwaduk - Romance to Make Your Heart Race
10: MacKade

11: B-Gina Review

12: Westveil Publishing

March 29:
1: Beverley A Baird review
2: D.S. Dehel review
3: Celticlady's Reviews
4: Lynn's Romance Enthusiasm
5: Two Ends of the Pen
6: Westveil Publishing
7: Travel the Ages
8: Punya Reviews...
9: Denise Dekker

March 30:
1: All the Ups and Downs
2: Dawn's Reading Nook
3: Enchanting Reviews review
4: fundinmental
5: Gina Rae Mitchell
6: Iron Canuck Reviews & More
7: Literary Gold
8: It's Raining Books

March 31:
1: Guatemala Paula Loves to Read
2: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
3: Novels Alive
4: Sandra's Book Club
5: Sybrina's Book Blog
6: Full Moon Dreaming

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Teaser: Cowboy's Bookshop Bride (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #4) by Clara Pines

Sweet & Feel-Good Romance!

Cowboy's Bookshop Bride by Clara Pines releases on April 11th!

https://geni.us/CowboysBookshopBride

FREE with Kindle Unlimited

Blurb:

This single dad refuses to lose his heart to a city girl.
But she reads the lonesome cowboy like a book.

Brody Webb has earned a reputation as a pretty boy, and also someone who would gladly give you the shirt off his back. But in spite of his good looks and big heart, Brody’s devotion to the family farm lost him his ambitious wife.

When the city girl who bought his uncle’s bookshop forms an instant connection with his kids, Brody is smitten in spite of himself. But he fights tooth and nail not to show it. After all, what would an interesting young woman like Sarah want with a small-town farmer so boring he couldn’t even hang onto the mother of his two beloved children?

Sarah Robinson has dreamed of owning the bookshop in Trinity Falls since she lived in town briefly as a little girl. When the owner is finally willing to sell, she happily buys it, sight-unseen. But she arrives to find that the old place has a junky basement, a leaky roof, and some uninvited occupants. But the biggest problem for her is Mr. Webb’s nephew, a man so handsome he looks like he stepped directly off a billboard and into the bookshop with the sole purpose of making her heart pound out of her chest and her cheeks burn off her face. To make matters worse, he has an adorable son and a brilliant, book-loving twelve-year old daughter that Sarah takes to right away. And to top it all off, Brody makes her feel safe and protected, in a way she hasn’t in a long, long time.

But Sarah is determined not to make a fool of herself over the achingly handsome single dad. A man as beautiful as Brody Webb would never fall for a plain jane like her.

When circumstances throw them all together to solve a local mystery and get the bookshop ready in time for the Christmas rush, it becomes harder for Brody and Sarah to deny their helpless attraction. Will the big cowboy manage to keep his burgeoning feelings on ice? Or will the holiday magic of Trinity Falls ensure that Christmas comes early for them both?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family – one clean & wholesome romance at a time.

From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids’ nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small-town community of Trinity Falls.

Teaser: Sure Shot (Lauderdale Knights #5) by Kat Mizera

Sure Shot

by Kat Mizera

Releases on April 18th!

https://geni.us/SureShotKM

Available on All Platforms

Blurb:

Welcome to Fort Lauderdale... where the days are hot and the Knights are hotter!

Camden:

I gave up everything for hockey… even my chance at love. But relocating to Florida to be the starting goalie for the Lauderdale Knights was still the best decision I’d ever made. I had everything… except someone to share it with.

As the league’s Most Valuable Player, I had my choice of women, but there was something about the cute new girl my cleaning service sent over. She could be the one… until she disappears from my life and I see her on the news.

Sutton:

Nothing could have prepared me for winning the lottery. One minute I was scrubbing a sexy stranger’s toilet, the next I was on the arm of a European billionaire. In over my head, the sweet and sexy professional athlete whose apartment I used to clean helps me realize there’s a lot more to life than money.

We have nothing in common… other than our undeniable attraction. He might be used to the spotlight but the last thing I want is to drag him into the circus my life has become.

Book Tour: Worth the Fight (Winning at Love #1) by Denver Shaw

Worth the Fight

Series: Winning at Love, Book 1

by Denver Shaw

Release Date: March 21, 2023

Purchase Links:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3yQcLUA

Universal: https://books2read.com/u/bopzJv

Blurb:

A bad boy who lives outside the law. A compassionate soul focused on helping others. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken... for love.

Caden

Helping my brother was my focus. He got into trouble and I’ve been using my skills in the ring to prevent loan sharks from breaking his kneecaps... or worse.

Until I met Noah.

He’s a good man who makes me want to be better. A man who doesn't lace up his gloves and step into underground rings. But I have one last fight coming. This time the stakes are higher than ever. What I have to do to save my brother could cost me the man I’m falling for.

Noah

I should have walked away and never looked back when I first met the MMA fighter with honey-gold eyes. Yet Caden’s charms are too appealing to ignore. As a social worker it's important for me to keep my nose clean.

And Caden is a red flag in every way.

Still, he’s hot as sin and I can't seem to stay away. I’m taking a risk by opening myself up to him, but I'm convinced beneath that bad boy exterior beats the heart of a good man who is worth the fight.

Worth the Fight is an opposites-attract MM romance. It is book one of the Winning at Love series, a collection of standalone gay romance stories featuring MMA fighters and hockey and football playing heroes. Expect different tropes like enemies to lovers, GFY/bi-awakening, forbidden romance, single dads, found families and happily ever afters.

Author Bio:

Denver Shaw is a girl who enjoys the simple things in life: the first sip of coffee in the morning, the changing colors of sunset, and clothes fresh out of the dryer- although she doesn’t enjoy folding them. When she isn’t reading romance stories, she spends her time plotting and writing them.

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Release: Full Battle Rattle (Owens Protective Services #7) by Giulia Lagomarsino

Full Battle Rattle

Series: an OPS Protector Romance Book 7

by Giulia Lagomarsino

Release: March 27, 2023

Genre: Romantic Suspense/Protector Romance

Cover Design: T.E. Black Designs

Photographer: Paul Henry Serres

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60718174-full-battle-rattle

Bookbub: http://bit.ly/3Z28toN

Blurb:

I REQUIRE INTENSE SUPERVISION.

That’s what they say about me. In fact, it became my nickname—IRIS.

Yes, I like to blow stuff up.

Yes, it’s more exciting than dismantling a bomb.

Is it my fault I have a thirst for exhilarating work?

So, I went on this job that was less than thrilling.

My team was supposed to solve a series of murders, but that’s not really my thing.

And the worst part was keeping an eye on this woman.

Jane Layne. Shayla Jacque. Detective Jane Blackthorne… Blackwood?

Who has that many names?

As a mystery writer with a flare for the dramatic, she’s determined to solve the murder cases based on her very own books.

She’s smart as a whip and entertaining to be around. But there’s one thing I can’t stand.

Her fascination with her neighbor.

Alexander Pierce.

He’s a smarmy lawyer who has her wrapped around his little finger.

And I bet that’s larger than what he boasts down below.

Between the backhanded compliments and those pretentious suits, I’m not sure what she sees in him.

And don’t get me started on her informant. Tall, suave…a version of me, if I’m being honest.

All these men falling at her feet, and where do I fit into the equation?

Why am I not in her books? Granted, she just met me, but that’s beside the point.

If I want to be the main character in her life, I have to stop playing the supporting friend.

I just hope she doesn’t blow us up first.

Buy Links (Kindle Unlimited:

Universal: http://mybook.to/OPS-FBRattle

Amazon US: https://bit.ly/3Z2BIYC

Amazon CA: https://bit.ly/41tb1xS

Amazon UK: https://bit.ly/3EBuEK4

Amazon AU: https://bit.ly/3Y9ZsJa

Praise:

5 Star Goodreads Review - “This book kept me turning pages because once I thought I figured it out it would take a turn and make me think it was someone else.”

5 Star Goodreads Review - “This book has an edge of your seat suspense, action, drama and lots of humor.”

5 Star Goodreads Review - “Ms. Lagomarsino has a way of drawing this reader in and keeping her captive with her words, her characters, her world(s)! I don't care if I ever leave!”

In The Series (Kindle Unlimited):

In the Trenches: An OPS Protector Romance Novel

Universal: http://getbook.at/OPS-InTheTrenches

Nuclear Option: An OPS Protector Romance Novel

Universal: http://getbook.at/OPS-NuclearOption

Charlie Foxtrot: An OPS Protector Romance Novel

Universal: http://viewbook.at/OPS-CharFoxtrot

Pop Smoke: An OPS Protector Romance Novel

Universal: http://viewbook.at/OPS-PopSmoke

Alpha Mike Foxtrot: An OPS Protector Romance Novel

Universal: https://mybook.to/AlphaMikeFoxtrot

Got Your Six: An OPS Protector Romance Novel

Universal: http://mybook.to/OPS-GotYourSix

Author Bio:

I'm a stay at home mom that loves to read. Some of my favorite titles are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Horatio Hornblower. I started writing when I was trying to come up with suggestions on ways I could help bring in some extra money. I came up with the idea that I could donate plasma because you could earn an extra $500/month. My husband responded with, "No. Find something else. Write a blog. Write a book." I didn't think I had anything to share on blog that a thousand other mothers hadn't already thought of. I decided to take his challenge seriously and sat down to write my first book, Jack. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing. From there, the stories continued to flow and I haven't been able to stop. I hope my readers enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Between reading, writing, and taking care of three small kids, my days are quite full.

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Website: https://giulialagomarsinoauthor.com

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