Review & Giveaway: Maybe You Lied by Jennifer Sadera
Everything he knows about his life is. . . a lie.
Blindsided by the sudden death of his mother, 21-year-old Will Lockhart can no longer afford the rent or bear the haunting memories of their shared Massachusetts apartment. While packing up his mother's belongings, he discovers his long-dead father's deed to a house in upstate New York. With nowhere else to go, he settles there, intent on making a fresh start. But odd things happen as soon as Will moves in. He's unnerved by
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Excerpt, Interview, & Giveaway: The Alchemist of All Hallows Eve (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery #10) by Gigi Pandian
An eternally young alchemist. A gargoyle who fancies himself Poirot. A Murder House for sale the week before Halloween.
Zoe Faust has run from her past for centuries. She didn't plan on settling down. She didn't plan on falling for a mortal man. She certainly didn't plan on the gargoyle.
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4 days ago
Guest Post: Fraying Skeins (Silver Sampler #3) by Nancy Jardine
Fleeing from Peterhead, Margaret Law makes Aberdeen her refuge. Menial jobs keep her and her toddler son fed– till an unusual tutoring task boosts her finances, and self-worth. Letters to best friend Jessie contain the absolute truth, especially when Johnny Fraser re-enters her life. Is he the man for Margaret to grow old with? When better employment emerges in St. Andrews, Margaret is torn. Will the move mean losing Johnny?
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5 days ago
Excerpt: Wonder Boy: Owned (Global Combat League #1) by Calan Mercer
Alex Mercer was supposed to be untouchable: the golden heir to his family's powerful law firm in Los Angeles, two years of associate experience under his belt, dispatched to Las Vegas to bring the chaotic Global Combat League to heel.
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6 days ago
Excerpt & Giveaway: All That Remains by Samantha Grosser
England 1998. Eva and Ben live a secluded life in the shadow of choices they made years before. But when an unexpected letter brings bad news, it shatters their peace, reawakening painful memories of an earlier time.
England 1939. Lady Eva is young, beautiful, and heir to a fortune. But she chafes against the constraints of her upbringing, and a reckless streak sometimes leads her into trouble. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, she is grounded at the family home at Silv
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7 days ago
Reviews & Excerpt: Hilarina and the Ogre / The Ogre Comes Home by October Arden
Hilary Davis knows how to disappear.
After years of being mocked as "Hilarina Ballerina," he's perfected the act. He has a popular girlfriend he can't stand, friends he doesn't trust, and a strict rule never to dance where anyone can see. It's a brittle kind of safety, but it's all he has.
Then he meets Trenton Wells.
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7 days ago
Excerpt & #Giveaway: Blood Becoming: Halvyn Dawn by Gail Waterhouse
DCI Eleanor Moore is drawn into a series of brutal killings that defy explanation. As she follows the trail of evidence, she uncovers links between the crimes, the vaccine, and a shadowy conspiracy determined to control the future. The investigation becomes painfully personal when Eleanor realises a member of her own family may be entangled in the very secrets she is chasing.
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Sep 14
Spotlight: Braving the Dawn (Courting the Sun #2) by Peggy Joque Williams
Banished from France by King Louis XIV, once royal favorite Sylvienne d'Aubert must make the dangerous ocean crossing with a group of young women eager to secure husbands in the French colony of Quebec as Filles du Roi (Daughters of the King). Sylvienne, however, scarred by an abusive, arranged marriage in France, vows never to wed again. She is determined to one day return to her beloved homeland and to her lover, Etienne.
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Sep 10
Excerpt: Salva Me (Blood Sworn #1) by Autumn Montague
England, 1816. A nosferatu, a rogue vampire, hunts unchecked through Sussex. Jeremy Takeshi Colbourne is honor-bound by ancestral duty to find and destroy such madmen. Foremost among the vampires of England, he must find a way to ensure the safety of the English citizens and the vampires that live among them.
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Sep 9
Excerpt: The Irish Ties That Bind by Michael J. Hopkins
As famine and hardship drive Irish immigrants across the Atlantic in the mid-nineteenth century, the Power and Coughlin families plant new roots in the American Midwest. Their daughters answer a higher calling, joining the fledgling Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. Through the remarkable leadership of Sister Emily and Sister Samuel, these women help shape a religious community that will educate thousands and leave an indelible mark on the nation.
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Sep 8
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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Sep 7
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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Sep 4
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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Sep 3
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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Sep 2
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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Sep 2
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
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