Guest Post: The Deserter: A Tale of the Foreign Legion by Wayne Turmel
Gil Vincente is a Boer War veteran, broken and adrift on the rough streets of Marseille. Desperate, he seeks discipline and renewed purpose in the unforgiving ranks of the French Foreign Legion. At first, he finds it, but not for long. When a treacherous soldier frames him for murder, it forces the new legionnaire to run for his life.
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2 days ago
Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: The First to Die by Suzanne Trauth
Connie Tucker, a free-spirited beach bartender, has been estranged from her family in New Jersey ever since her actress mother, Simone, disappeared one night during a violent storm at the theatre where she was rehearsing. Uncontrollable and in a rage at the loss of her parent, fifteen-year-old Connie is exiled to California, due to her delinquent behavior, to live with an aunt she doesn't know.
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5 days ago
Reforged Flame (The Bloodline Chronicles) by Evelyn Silver & Ben Hart
As a former vigilante vampire hunter and powerful pyromancer, the last place twenty-year-old Lochlan Kelly ever expected to live was in the heart of vampire territory. But everything about his life changed the moment he accepted his new job as the first and only mortal knight among the undead in the secret vampire kingdom of New Ulster.
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Feb 13
Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Haunted by a Broken Oath (A JD Wolfe Investigation #1) by Dee Armstrong
When a hero dies and children vanish, PI JD Wolfe must confront a deadly conspiracy--and the ghost that's haunted her since childhood.
A decorated military hero is found hanging from a rope. Two young boys vanish without a trace. And private investigator JD Wolfe's world begins to unravel.
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Feb 12
Spotlight: Quillan Creek and the Little War (Time Stones #1) by Ian Hunter
Jessie Mason lives with her nose in the pages of history. But she is about to discover that the past is a dangerous place where she doesn't belong, and knowledge alone is not going to save her.
In Jessie’s troubled life her aunt is the only constant and comfort she has. But when she inexplicably disappears, and Jessie uncovers her mother's Time Stone, that unhappy life turns unreal and terrifying.She is summoned to a world in crisis, 250 years in her past, to three unlikely
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Feb 9
Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Hard Headed Woman by Howard Gimple
No one but Hannah Johansson believes her father was murdered. Not even her mother. The doctors say he had a stroke but Hannah knows he was poisoned. She just doesn’t know who did it or why. One thing she does know is that the answers can be found at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a pristine 9,000 acre nature preserve where her father was superintendent.
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Feb 5
Excerpt: The Relic Keeper by Heidi Eljarbo
Italy, 1620.
Angelo is an orphan, lonely and forgotten. Having been passed on from one family to the next, he ends up as a common thief, subject to and under the thumb of a ruthless robber called Tozzo.
Angelo knows no other life and has lost hope that any chance of providence will ever replace his lonely, misfortunate existence. When he loses his master, his livelihood is shaken. Tozzo’s plunder is hidden in a safe place, but what will happen if someone comes after Angelo
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Feb 2
Guest Post: Showboat Soubrette by Brodie Curtis
Showboat singer Stella Parrot’s star rises in the Antebellum South with every sold-out performance along the lower Mississippi River. When a river pirate viciously assaults her, new friends Toby Freeman and John Dee Franklin foil the attack. However, the pirate’s family is bent on revenge.
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Jan 30
Review & Excerpt: An Impossible Mate (Strength of the Pack #1) by Joy Lynn Fielding
Alpha shifter Matt Urban is always in control. He has to be. Keeping his territory, his pack, and himself tightly leashed is the only way to protect his precarious peace. So when a defiant, smart-mouthed lone wolf stumbles into his territory, Matt’s first instinct is to drive him out. His second instinct? Quite the opposite, unfortunately…
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Jan 29
Spotlight: Whispers in the Snow (Heartwarming Christmas) by Heidi Eljarbo
Cornelia Gran is a dedicated daughter, friendly and kind; although, she has an exorbitant amount of curiosity. She devours Arthur Conan Doyle’s magazine articles and tries to follow the fictitious Sherlock Holmes’s investigative examples, but her fascination with solving puzzles always gets her into mischief.
Each morning, Cornelia reads the newspaper, looking for a conundrum to solve. Searching for clues—and then chronicling her discoveries—thrills her. She certainly finds
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Jan 28
Review: The Unquiet Spirit (Spirited Encounters #1) by Penny Hampson
With her love life in tatters, Kate Wilson needs a fresh start, and where could be better than the old Cornish house that had belonged to her godmother?
There’s just one problem – it comes with a ghost as a sitting tenant.
Her grumpy new neighbour, the broodingly handsome Tom Carbis, is another fly in the ointment – he seems to turn up wherever Kate goes. His dog might be friendly, but he’s definitely not.
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Jan 26
Review & Excerpt: A Job Well Done by Rose Maefair
Alex is a hitman with ice in his veins and a job that never allows for second thoughts. His latest target: Bryce Phillips, a small-town mechanic whose easy smile, generous spirit, and striking good looks captivate Alex from the first time he sees him. But orders are orders, and Alex never lets feelings get in the way—until now. When an unexpected encounter brings Alex face-to-face with Bryce, the line between hunter and protector blurs. Drawn to Bryce, Alex finds himself with
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Dec 22, 2025
Winter Wishes Scattered (Bella and the Beast Master #6) by Sarah Westill
In Sziveria, winter is more than a season, it becomes a prison. When the Arctic winds descend and snow buries every door outside, Haven City knows the rules: stay warm, stay inside, stay sane, and survive until spring.
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Dec 22, 2025
Excerpt: The Deviation (Experimental Love #3) by Rebecca Raine
The Deviation is Book Three in the Experimental Love MM Romance series by bestselling Australian author, Rebecca Raine. This 90,000 word Rock Star Romance can easily be enjoyed as a standalone novel, but reading in order is recommended. The Deviation features found family, workplace romance, first time bisexual romance, plenty of heat, and copious amounts of delicious pining. HEA guaranteed!
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Dec 19, 2025
Lover's Moon (Gladstone Shifters #7) by Alexander Elliott
Hovering on the brink of extinction, a tiny group of wild red wolves have been released in North Carolina’s Albemarle Peninsula. Fearing that he was the last red wolf shifter in existence, Leland Tuffin’s search team establishes contact with Camden—a young and confused red wolf True Elder who reveals that there are more of his people in hiding. With a goal of reestablishing their presence in the south, Camden follows Leland back home to discover who he is and train for the im
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Dec 18, 2025
Review & Excerpt: A Daddy For Christmas 3: Rowan by Colette Davison
When my brother jets off on a last-minute holiday, leaving me to run our business, my plan to avoid Christmas is left in tatters.
The bright side? Is there one? I don’t really do bright sides.
Making use of my brother’s flashy car and his driver, Rowan, is a plus. Sort of. Upbeat personalities aren’t my thing. Despite that, Rowan’s optimism is better than any chisel, chipping away at my stern exterior.
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Dec 17, 2025
Excerpt: Paoletta: An Eye for an Eye by J.R. Powell
Exiled to a Caribbean island, Paoletta Cadoville and her family cling to the hope of one day returning to their Parisian home. But in a single, devastating moment, that dream is shattered. Alone and horrifically scarred, Paoletta embarks on a perilous quest to uncover the truth behind her family’s tragic fate, only to become entangled in a web of political intrigue, secret societies, and dangerous alliances.
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Dec 17, 2025
Excerpt: Annie's Secret (Hartford Manor #6) by Marcia Clayton
When Lady Eleanor Fellwood gave birth to a badly deformed baby, she insisted that the child be adopted as far away as possible. However, that proved difficult to accomplish, and so, in return for payment, Sabina Carter, an impoverished widow living locally, agreed to raise the little boy as a foundling. The child’s father, Lord Charles Fellwood of Hartford Manor, warned Sabina that the matter must be treated in the strictest confidence or her family would be evicted from thei
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Dec 16, 2025
Spotlight: Red Snow in Winter by Max Eastern
In the final weeks of World War II, a young American intelligence officer is caught in a web of deceit that stretches from the Pentagon to the war-ravaged streets of Europe. Lieutenant Julius Orlinsky, a veteran of clandestine operations in Prague, is thrust back into the field when a seemingly routine assignment leads to murder and attempted murder.
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Dec 15, 2025
Andalusia Dogs (Haunted Hearts: Season of the Witch) by Christian Baines
As Spain’s fledgling democracy enters the 80s, young artists have transformed Madrid into a city where anything is possible, where outcasts, freaks and creative weirdos of every type let their imaginations run free amid beautiful, hedonistic chaos.
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Dec 12, 2025