Excerpt & Giveaway: Main Street Fringe by Matthew Lavoie
Detective Theo Barnes has the world figured out, even knowing it’s a fixed game. Do your job well. Protect your family. Steer clear of the system.
Until his sting operation brings down a powerful state Senator. Doing the right thing thrusts him over a line you can’t cross, and the system bites back—hard.
His career…over. Reputation…obliterated. The truth…beyond reach.
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Excerpt, Review, & Giveaway: Uprising (The Fitzjohn Duology #1) by J.E. Rizzo
England, 1381 AD: Blanche Fitzjohn is an outcast in her small coastal village. Not only is she the illegitimate daughter of John of Gaunt, the man responsible for her neighbors’ over-taxation, but she possesses strange abilities: hearing sound from miles away and smelling people’s emotions.
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Excerpt & Giveaway: The Last Summerville by Annabelle Lewis
Twenty-two-year-old Georgia Parker already carries more regret than most people twice her age. Practically an orphan, she’s reeling from the death of her grandmother, Mimi—the one person who made her feel safe from the chaos of her mother’s world. Alone in Carson City, Nevada, Georgia is determined to start over, to stand on her own. Yet Mimi’s final words echo in her mind: Take risks. Trust people again. Be brave.
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5 days ago
Author Interview: Yule Be Sorry (Portland Symphony #4) by London Price
Yule Be Sorry is a steamy standalone cisgender M/M contemporary romance with trans supporting characters in the Portland Symphony universe. If you like shy heroes with a sweet tooth, AuDHD and Chicanx representation, ‘famous meets normal’ pairings with a size difference, or loving found and bio families, grab your copy now and watch these guys grab love by the candy cane. CW: past homelessness and abandonment, estranged family, mentions of off-page violence against POCs and m
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6 days ago
Spotlight & #Giveaway: Moonset on Desert Sands (Murder, Tea & Crystals #2) by Sherri L. Dodd
Arista Kelly has traded her redwood forest for Sedona's red rock vistas, selling crystals and quietly rebuilding a life shattered by violence. Between reading auras and burning citrus candles for protection, she almost believes the worst is behind her.
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6 days ago
Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Hidden Currents (Sheriff Hank Worth Mysteries #8) by Claire Booth
When the new owner of a local fishing store is found murdered, Sheriff Hank Worth has plenty of suspects. The owner was in the middle of a highly acrimonious divorce, had fallen out with his stepson, and was being threatened by the abusive ex-boyfriend of one of his employees.
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Aug 31
Excerpt & Giveaway: Reign of Silver & Stardust (Stardust Trilogy #1) by Diana A. Hicks
My twin sister was murdered. To find her killer, I had to die.
CATALINAI was never supposed to survive. As the mortal spare to an immortal sister, I lived in the shadows until Ry was murdered by a weapon that shouldn't exist. Now, justice is all I want. To find her killer, I must take her place in the Queen’s Immortal Army and become the very monster everyone fears. But becoming a weapon means losing my humanity… and losing the one man I can't resist.
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Aug 27
Review: Everest (The Chronicles of Zara Fae #1) by Rachel Connell
The virus hit Europe first without warning; thousands died within the week, and millions more followed throughout the month. Governments worldwide scrambled to find a vaccine, a cure to this deadly infection that was spreading rapidly. The hospitals were over-run with the sick, and no answers were in sight. Death rates spiraled out of control, and only about twenty-five percent of the world's population survived the affliction…or at least that's what they told us.
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Aug 26
Haunted Heart (A Holiday Billionaire Romance Novella) by Anastasia Dean
Halloween is a time for candy, costumes, and fun.
For Augustín Cisneros, it’s a time to rid himself of the haunting memory of his vicious ex.
Marrying Carmen was a mistake. Sure, on paper, they’d worked, but he had enough of her cold, materialistic ways. When she attempts to take his assets in the divorce proceedings, he’s ready to fight fire with fire, all while keeping his son far removed from the drama and in the comforting arms of their new live-in nanny, Elena Cantu.
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Aug 25
Excerpt & Giveaway: Worse Than Any Bullet (Fidelia Mysteries #2) by Felicia Watson
When she laid her hitman father to rest, PI Lucia Scafetti thought she’d finally escaped her family’s criminal clutches. Ten years later, her estranged mom blows into Philly for a short visit and within days a friend’s dad is brutally murdered and Lucia is being menaced by her cousin and his fellow mafiosi. After her mother disappears, everyone: foes, friends, and free agents, descends upon Lucia in search of the thumb-drive her mom stole from a Caribbean drug lord. Lucia lea
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Aug 25
Excerpt, Guest Post, & #Giveaway: Avalon Moon by Michael Amos Cody
In Avalon Moon, a local man has gone missing and then is soon found dead in a highland meadow, side-by-side with an unknown woman. When another man and woman go missing and a female deputy is found murdered, Gabriel Tanner, editor of Runion’s weekly newspaper, and Plumer Reeves, a reclusive local hawkshaw working for the niece of the first dead man, suspect a monster is hunting in their western North Carolina mountains. Two extraordinary young women, the Avalon community’s Ar
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Aug 24
Excerpt: Hard Count (The Piper Ashton Saga #1) by Lucas Malone
Two rival quarterbacks. One owned by a monster and a wink.
LET THE GAY FOOTBALL SEX OPERA BEGIN.
Meet Piper Ashton.
Football consumed Piper.
Every snap, every route, every victory was a masterclass in control.
Until Noah Reyes.
Piper’s rival quarterback, who smiled like sin and threw like a freight train
Noah was the one player who could make Piper’s perfect world crack wide open with nothing but a wink across the line of scrimmage.
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Aug 21
Excerpt & #Giveaway: A Strange & Terrible Wonder by Nichole Louise
Eleanor Dare, daughter of Roanoke’s Governor John White, has no choice but to accompany her overly ambitious husband Ananias and her idealist, yet inexperienced father to England’s new colony. Manteo of Croatoan wants nothing more than to cast off his association with the English and return home. Haunted by memories of an unexplainable event, he sets out to find the truth about what was brought to Roanoke by the English two years before as a weapon against the Spanish.
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Aug 19
Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Temperature Rising by Joel Burcat
Anna Freeman never expected a routine errand to change everything. But when the ambitious law student and environmental activist retrieves a harmless videotape on energy policy, she unknowingly steps into the heart of a ruthless conspiracy. Powerful lobbyists, corrupt politicians, and billion-dollar interests will do whatever it takes to keep their secrets buried—and now, Anna is in their crosshairs.
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Aug 18
Blitz: Natural Healing Handbook by Cliff Adkins
The Natural Healing Handbook is a beginner-friendly guide that helps you discover safe, practical, and time-tested natural remedies for everyday wellness. Designed in a beautiful full-color edition, this book makes learning about herbal remedies simple, enjoyable, and easy to follow.
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Aug 15
Excerpt & #Giveaway: The Art of Keeping Dangerous Books (The Apothecary’s Secret #1) by R.J. Blain
Bookshop owner by day, restorer of rare and dangerous books by night, Kita James is thrilled to acquire a new poisonous book from the Victorian era. From the swirling patterns on the cover to its unusual leather binding, IN SEARCH OF LIFE is truly a unique find. However, testing of the vibrant tome reveals its darker nature: the leather is that of a human along with an extinct animal from the ice age. To further complicate matters, a new radioactive element is discovered lurk
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Aug 14
Guest Post: Renaissance Rivals by Karen Essex
Pitted against each other by the ruthless political landscape and by the men they loved, Isabella and Lucrezia must learn how to survive in a world where women are treated as prizes, pawns, and weapons. Their battle is intimate, brilliant, and borders on the fatal, a war fought with jewels, letters, seduction, betrayal, and the strategic intelligence of women who refuse to disappear.
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Aug 12
Spotlight: Marie Conner – A Leading Lady by Elle Mott
In an era when daughters and wives are not supposed to be concerned with matters outside the home, Marie is determined to prove him wrong. To do this, she must break down barriers placed on women in society, overcome difficulties that befall her, surpass hardships from the Great Depression, and then face an inevitable relocation.
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Aug 11
Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Rhino Horn Underground by Deven Greene
Journalist Paige Remington came to South Africa to expose the brutal reality of rhino poaching.
She never expected to witness a massacre.
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Aug 10
Spotlight: Dragonslayer's Valkyrie: The Legend of Sigurd and Brynhildr by Jennifer Ivy Walker
As the Norns tighten the intricate threads of fate, Brynhildr must guide Sigurd toward his destiny as a dragonslayer—by defying the web of wyrd and incurring the wrath of Odin.
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Aug 7