

Guest Post & #Giveaway: The Conductor (Beatrix Patterson #4) by Eva Shaw
Beatrix Patterson has faced monsters before, but in a world teetering on the edge of social change, she comes up against her most complicated case yet. In one chaotic morning, her friend has been arrested following a fight during a strike at the railroad, the railroad owner was found murdered, and another close friend admits to being blackmailed.
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20 hours ago
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Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman (The Elizabethan Series #6) by Tony Riches
Bess Throckmorton defies her notorious background and lack of education to become Queen Elizabeth’s Gentlewoman and trusted confidante.
Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, will she risk her queen’s anger by marrying adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh without permission?
Entangled in a web of intrigue, from the glittering Palace of Whitehall to the cells of the Tower of London, Bess endures tragedy and injustice, becoming a resilient, determined woman, who
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4 days ago
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Review & #Giveaway: Ever Since the Ball by Kate Ellington
Miranda Harlake's only chance to escape the detestable match her parents are arranging is a sham betrothal to her best friend, Peter, who proposes solely to save her from a loveless marriage. She gratefully accepts, though both know they'll never wed.
Piqued by her parents' scheming, Miranda secretly attends a masked ball and dances with a fascinating stranger all night. Upon discovering her partner was the insufferable George Rockford, she tries to forget the romantic eve
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5 days ago
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Excerpt: Ravens Hill (The Atheling Chronicles #5) by Garth Pettersen
In 1030 C.E. — When Harald, the second son of King Cnute, returns from fighting the king's enemies in Northern Wales, he expects his life to return to normal. He's surprised when he's granted a large landholding—an idyllic life, far from the power-mongering of King Cnute's court, farming in the Midlands, evening walks with his beloved Selia. It’s a gift they cannot refuse, but the king has other plans for Harald and his wife.
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6 days ago
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Daffodils and Dreams (Brodyr Alarch #4) by Morgan Sheppard
The weight of the crown presses heavily on Harri as the day of his coronation approaches. Surrounded by his gathered kin, trusted friends, and noble allies, he prepares to take on the mantle of kingship—but not without charting a new course for his kingdom. Among the honoured guests, Harri has invited the druids of the old faith, signalling a shift toward healing and unity. Central to his vision is the construction of a new Healer’s Hall.
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7 days ago
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Guest Post & #Giveaway: Arabesque by M G da Mota
Arabesque is a step in classic ballet, an appropriate title for a novel narrating the beauty of ballet and the artistry and athleticism involved; with the dancers’ stories depicting everything a romantic ballet should have: love, passion, obsession, deception, courage, determination, happiness, drama, fun. And sadness.
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7 days ago
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Guest Post & #Giveaway: The Everest Enigma (Abbie Bradford Mystery #1) by Jeannette de Beauvoir
Abbie Bradford is at a crossroads. Fresh off earning her doctorate in history, she’s unsure of her next move—until bestselling novelist Emma Caulfield, an acquaintance of her brother, presents an irresistible challenge: join her on a grueling trek from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp in Nepal.
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Jun 16
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Excerpt & Review: Death & Maia by A. C. Jolly
In the shadowed streets of plague-ridden Athens, Maia lies on the brink of death. When the grim reaper appears to claim her, Maia makes a bold request: a kiss.
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Jun 13
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Excerpt: Death and The Poet (The Publius Ovidius Mysteries #2) by Fiona Forsyth
When Dokimos the vegetable seller is found bludgeoned to death in the Black Sea town of Tomis, it’s the most exciting thing to have happened in the region for years. Now reluctantly settled into life in exile, the disgraced Roman poet Ovid helps his friend Avitius to investigate the crime, with the evidence pointing straight at a cuckolded neighbour.
But Ovid is also on edge, waiting for the most momentous death of all. Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, is nearing his end
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Jun 12
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Forbidden Lust (Sinful Knights) by Oliver Takely
In the City of London, Josh works tirelessly to provide financial security for his younger sister, following the tragic deaths of his parents. He longs for a connection with his birth father who doesn’t want Josh to wreck his perfect life. Mature beyond his years, Josh craves the love and stability of an older man to anchor him.
Daniel, a wildly successful lawyer, works hard and plays even harder. His heart is closed to love after the betrayal of his ex-husband, until he m
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Jun 11
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Perfect Vengeance (FBI Strike Force #1) by Tee O'Fallon
Robin Hood meets the Sopranos…an insanely dangerous scheme Gina Perot and her friends hatched to steal from the mob and donate the loot to a worthy cause. Successful Wall Street investment banker by day, cat burglar by night, Gina leads a double life. But she's never forgotten how the mob and the FBI destroyed her family and ripped her life apart. Now it's time for payback. Charity and revenge all rolled into one. Perfect. Until Gina's scheme sends her crashing headfirst into
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Jun 10
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Guest Post: Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift
1940. As Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive.
A lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo. Inside lies intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop at nothing to possess it.
Pursued across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Express, Zofia faces danger at every turn, racing to expose the truth as Japan edges close
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Jun 9
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Between the Living and the Dead by Sophie Jupillat Posey
Cavilla Ramirez is an average Peruvian teen, tethered to the 1990s rhythm of clarinet rehearsals, dog-eared Agatha Christie novels, and low-stakes schoolyard mysteries. But when a hit-and-run claims her two best friends, her world implodes—and then restructures itself in a seemingly impossible and unnerving way. Her friends aren't gone. Their ghosts linger, needing her help in solving their murder so that they can cross over. And it's not just them. Ghosts are everywhere, and
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Jun 6
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Excerpt: The Man in Black by L.R. Liverpool
Naive dreamer Fenimore James runs from home and goes west to become a famous outlaw––Simon Shaw. However, his fantasies of glamorous robberies quickly evaporate as he joins the notorious Red Evans gang and finds himself in the middle of a strange and bloody game, where gang members are suddenly being murdered one-by-one at the hand of a mysterious pursuer, who leaves cryptic signs scarifying their bodies.
To complicate matters further, Fenimore’s waking hours become tortur
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Jun 5
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: The Chained Prince (The Eldergreen Series, #1) by Becca Calder
Fae mage Araya Starwind has survived the New Dominion’s brutal rule by keeping her head down and her magic leashed. To stay safe, she binds herself to a powerful human mage—Jaxon Shaw—whose protection comes at a steep and controlling cost.
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Jun 4
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Guest Post: Nothing Proved (Regina #1) by Janet Wertman
Elizabeth Tudor learned resilience young. Declared illegitimate after the execution of her mother Anne Boleyn, she bore her precarious position with unshakable grace. But upon the death of her father, King Henry VIII, the vulnerable fourteen-year-old must learn to navigate a world of shifting loyalties, power plays, and betrayal.
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After narrowly escaping entanglement in Thomas Seymour’s treason, Elizabeth rebuilds her reputation as the perfect Protestant princess – which p
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Jun 3
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Guest Post & #Giveaway: Bazaar by Miles Joyner
A high-profile homicide of a former ambassador's son in the nightlife district of the nation's capital gets connected to an assassination market on the dark web, turning the DC area into a battlefield over a new generation of class warfare. When the ex-diplomat, Chiedu Attah, hires an elite executive protection team headed by siblings Yemi and Karen Uzunma to guarantee his safety, the security firm realizes they are going up against a young, inventive contract killer who is d
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Jun 2
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Review & #Giveaway: A Touch of Maple (Love in Maplewood #3) by Amy Aislin
After being traded numerous times over the course of his pro hockey career, all Bellamy Jordan wants is a place where he belongs. Burlington, Vermont, home of the Vermont Trailblazers, his newest team, might just be that place. The bonus: he’s within spitting distance of the grandparents who raised him. The drawback: his long-time rival’s gorgeous brother—who he can’t get out of his mind—also lives nearby.
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May 30
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: The Way Alex Sees Me (Aphrodite in Disguise #2) by Dann Hazel
High school senior Rusty Finch is in a pickle.
His grades are plummeting even though everyone says he’s got a good head on his shoulders. He and his mother Gloria are not getting along. Neither of them knows why.
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May 28
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Father of One by Jani Anttola
Maka, a young Bosnian soldier, has survived three years under siege. When the enemy forces launch their final attack on his hometown, he must escape to the hills. But traversing the vast woods is a task against all odds: to stay alive, and to find his infant son and his wife, he is soon forced to make a desperate move.
Set against the harrowing background of raging guerrilla warfare and the genocide in Srebrenica, Father of One is, at heart, a story of deep humanity, compa
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May 27
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