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Blood of the Damned - Thorn (Vaughn Winery #1) by JP Sayle
Ledger unexpectedly gains an unusual mate, his boss, Thorn Vaughan, and life swiftly becomes a roller coaster ride full of dips, heights, twists and turns. Extinct vampires with stunning wings, a proposal, a wedding—and babies. And as if that isn’t enough, his carriage on this particular ride is about to be derailed when he discovers his mate’s secret.

Merissa
2 days ago
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Review & Excerpt: A Furever Home by Kaje Harper & Gabbi Grey
A Furever Home is a fur-baby-filled, hurt-comfort, small town romance between two men whose only chance at a family is to build one themselves.

Debbie
5 days ago
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Review & Excerpt: Seeing Death (The Augur #1) by LM Somerton
At eighteen, Bryn Ashton is preparing for a new chapter at Harvard, if fate doesn’t intervene. An orphan raised in a group home, he has spent his life fearing the moment a latent gene, mutated by a past virus, might awaken supernatural abilities. He could transform into a lupine or sanguine, but when a blood test confirms he is neither, his world shifts. Instead of wolf or vamp, Bryn is revealed to be an augur. His eyes glow green, his psychic abilities emerge, and suddenly h

Merissa
6 days ago
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Interview, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Into the Gray Scale by Oge Mobuogwu
Drug dealer AJ has just discovered he’s been murdered. Trapped in the surreal complexities of the afterlife, he realizes he’s still bound in service to his killer, the ruthless drug kingpin Governor Tyson. Meanwhile, homicide detective Maleek Shapiro is closing in on "skooches", an enigmatic and dangerous drug at the heart of the case.
As Shapiro edges closer to proving the case against the governor, the investigation throws him into a maze of mystical experiences, unsettlin

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Sep 8
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Playing for Keeps (Love Goals #1) by Kristian Parker
Golden-haired Udo Holtmann is a big name in soccer. But since transferring to Premier League club Brockton FC three months ago, the star midfielder can’t score a goal. The fans, the players and the CEO are furious.

Debbie
Sep 4
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Excerpt: Escape to the Maroons by Mike Weedall
In 1792, an escaped slave, raised and living as white, is discovered and forced to flee into the Great Dismal Swamp.
Barely escaping a bounty hunter, a Maroons community of fugitive slaves rescues him. Over time, Nathanial comes to accept his true identity while fighting to overcome the suspicions of his new community. Because of his pale skin, he becomes a conductor on the underground railroad, slipping runners onto ships going north. On one of his missions, fate intervenes

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Sep 3
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Millennium Bug: Some Stories Refuse to Follow Code by Yvonne Knop
David Smith’s life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious book crashes through his window, telling the story of a life he doesn’t remember. A stranger, claiming to be a hidden scribe who weaves reality, demands the book back, warning that keeping it will unravel the world, but returning it will erase David from existence.
As the ancient order of storytellers is threatened to be overthrown by AI, David must reclaim his past and rewrite destiny itself to prevent the erasure of

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Sep 1
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Lord Frederick's Return by Catherine Kullmann
An older hero, an enigmatic heroine and a delightfully outspoken four-year-old. Throw scandal into the mix for a gripping and tender Regency love story
August 1816. Lord Frederick Danlow returns to England after spending 18 years in India. He plans to make a home for himself and his motherless, four-year-old daughter, Ruperta. Unsure where to start, he accepts an invitation to stay at Ponsonby Place, home of Colonel Jack Ponsonby who made his fortune in India, and his daught

Merissa
Aug 29
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Scents of Lavender: Queer Love Through the Ages – in Verse by D. C. Wilkinson
Timeless and unwavering, love flows through a universal melody that echoes in every corner of the globe. Transcending borders and cultures, it sows the seeds of memories that sprout and blossom in Scents of Lavender, a collection of 25 illustrated poems that breathe life into evocative scenes where queer love proudly re-emerges from the depths of history, uncovering deep and everlasting bonds.

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Aug 28
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Excerpt: The Herb Knot by Jane Loftus
Rafi Dubois is five years old when his mother is murdered after the Battle of Crecy in 1346. Alone and lost, Rafi is given a token by the dying Englishman who tried to save his mother’s life: a half-broken family seal which he urges Rafi to return one day to Winchester.Â

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Aug 27
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: He Should Be Mine (My Mobster #1) by Jessica Jackman
Molly is beautiful. Feisty. Sensual. Passionate.
A pretty boy who knows his trade.
He is also the very epitome of high-maintenance. Rude. Stroppy. Always aiming to unnerve people with his brazen words and attitude.
It makes me want to hold him tight and show him he doesn't need to put on an act. Not with me.
But he belongs to my boss. And when your boss is a mafia capo, that’s a line you do not cross.

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Aug 26
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Unbar the Barred (Darling Ranch #1) by JP Sayle
Sex.
No expectations, no dates, no romance, and definitely no emotional entanglements.
Trey lives by these rules, has done for years—until Cassidy changes everything. Only problem, Cassidy is living by the old rules.
One night shifts the balance once more, but can an old wolf learn new tricks for his young, pregnant chick?

Merissa
Aug 25
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Unbar the Barred (Darling Ranch #1) by JP Sayle
Sex.
No expectations, no dates, no romance, and definitely no emotional entanglements.
Trey lives by these rules, has done for years—until Cassidy changes everything. Only problem, Cassidy is living by the old rules.
One night shifts the balance once more, but can an old wolf learn new tricks for his young, pregnant chick?Unbar the Barred (formally known as Ranch-Down) is the introduction to the Darling Ranch series, where those who come learn a valuable life lesson like n

Debbie
Aug 22
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Excerpt, & #Giveaway: The Care of Broken Things (Breaking Free #1) by October Arden
Samuel has spent years building walls.
Not the prison’s concrete ones, but the kind that keep lives from bleeding into each other. As the prison’s self-appointed librarian, he’s carved out a fragile peace where silence is his shield. The inmates call him The Ice Queen—a title he wears like armor. After a lifetime of being preyed upon, he knows better than to let anyone close.

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Aug 21
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Whatever It Takes (The Kit Hanover series #2) by Alan Brenham
An unfortunate setback for the FBI as they try to build a case against Sonny Holman, Leon Benuzzi, and Boris Krakov. Myra wasn’t the first casualty either, so the FBI needs to step up its game to nail this slick money laundering ring. Fortunately, they have an ace up their federal sleeve in the form of a relentless homicide detective with a maverick mindset.Â

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Aug 20
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Guest Post: The Wanderer and the Way (Cuthbert's People #4) by G. M. Baker
The Camino de Santiago de Compostela, now the most famous pilgrimage route in the world, was founded in the early ninth century, largely due to the efforts of Bishop Theodemir of Iria Flavia. As with most people of this period, nothing seems to be known of his early years. What follows, therefore, is pure invention.

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Aug 19
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Review & #Giveaway: Fanning Fireflies (The Limerent Series #3) by LS Delorme
There is something rotting in Harrisville.
It's 1944 and Veronica works so she can afford to eat. Maybe one day she will save enough to own the home her family is living in, but for now, she doesn't have time for fanciful thoughts, or much else. She doesn't have time for the fire whispering to her, the ghosts trying to talk to her and the son of her boss, who can't stop staring at her. She definitely doesn't have time to think about Lazlo, the handsome black soldier that she

Merissa
Aug 18
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Silas's Sweetheart (Divergent Omegaverse #4) by JP Sayle
A summons home changes everything for Silas Starling. Can he confront his fears before it’s too late to reclaim the heart he tossed aside?
When he visits Hidden Desires and meets an omega snake shifter, Silas’s instincts tell him to run. Except he doesn't. The lure of the snake and his sexy lingerie are too much to resist.
Still reeling from the connection, Silas is dealt another shock when he learns the sexy snake is in fact his new PA, Ziggy.
Working together means hidin

Merissa
Aug 14
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The Orphan From Shepherds Keep by Lindsay Law
Over a period of thirty years, three gay men struggle to define themselves and make their mark on a turbulent and unwelcoming world that is so filled with anger that love has become a luxury.

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Aug 13
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Booker's Bliss (Divergent Omegaverse #3) by J.P. Sayle
One decision was all it took to open a hideous can of worms—and give alpha bear Booker Starling a new perspective on his PA, Frey Abbott. Now all he has to do is get Frey to entrust him with something of vital importance—his heart. But first, Frey has to know Booker is the only alpha who will keep it safe.
Booker has suffered the cruelty of rejection, so for protection, he keeps his big heart hidden under a gruff exterior. He will do anything to protect what he holds dear, e

Merissa
Aug 12
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Series Tour & #Giveaway: Island Confidential by TA Moore
Island men know what they want…but not always what they need.

Debbie
Aug 12
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Throwing Shadows (A Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery, #7) by Claire Booth
When a hiker stumbles from the woods raving about a dead man, Sheriff Hank Worth launches a search. Near the infamous landmark of Murder Rocks – a Civil War era hideout for ambushers who robbed and killed passing travelers – they unearth two bodies and a skeleton.

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Aug 11
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Excerpt: D'Vaire or Nothing (D'Vaire #44) by Jessamyn Kingley
In these five previously unpublished short stories, the D’Vaires are invited to the newest dragon resort, the Deck of Cards.Â

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Aug 8
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Taylin's Temptation (Divergent Omegaverse #2) by J.P. Sayle
Taylin doesn't have a clue how the universe works, but he believes that given the right conditions in which to flourish, love can conquer everything. He is about to put that belief to the test.
Divergent. It's a dirty word in society, and it's also the reason those who should love him unconditionally have cast Taylin out. One act of bravery changes the course of Taylin’s life, and he counts his blessings every day.
Years later, his life is set to change once more when his a

Merissa
Aug 7
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Sins of the Father (A Nathan Parker Detective Novel #4) by James L'Etoile
Detective Nathan Parker discovers an unidentified man tossed to his death from an airplane is connected to the emergence of a new criminal organization, Red Dawn, when a secretive Joint Terrorism Task Force appears in Phoenix. The leader of the Task Force coerces Parker to support their efforts or his ex-coyote friend, Billie Carson, could face federal charges for supporting a terrorist organization. With Billie’s freedom in jeopardy, Parker agrees and one-by-one, people asso

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Aug 6
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Alpha's Divergent Omega (Divergent Omegaverse #1) by J.P. Sayle
Love can overcome any barrier.
Derick and Lane Starling are proof of this. They’ve been married for forty years, a wolf and a divergent omega who defied the odds—and society’s disdain—for their mating. They create a fashion empire, and a family built on a foundation of acceptance.
Age has brought its own challenges for Lane, and he’s ready to take a step back, but can he get Derick to agree? Can he also get their eight sons to come home, to work together so Lane can play ma

Merissa
Aug 5
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Guest Post & #Giveaway: The Path of Redemption by Tom Haward
With Grand Protector Faust missing and Caesar dead, Senator Frigus is trying to hold the fraying threads of the Empire together by keeping this information secret. The Empire is already fragile, and if the truth spills onto the streets of Rome and beyond, the Empire could crumble.
Faust is prisoner of the giant Bjorn Askå and his cellmate is the rebel leader, Boatman King. Abducted by Askå, they're now part of his grand plan to rule the entire world, with the Empire his ne

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Aug 4
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Mr Collins in Love by Lee Welch
The year is 1811 and the new rector of Hunsford, Mr William Collins, must be above reproach. He must be respectable, pious, good at losing at quadrille, and disapproving of popular novels. Above all, he must obey his terrifying patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
When William’s boyhood friend Jem arrives, looking for safe harbour from the press-gangs, William’s ‘perfect clergyman’ disguise begins to slip. A farm labourer’s son, Jem is gentle and loyal, and being with him is

Merissa
Aug 1
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Excerpt & #Giveaway: Gone To Ground by Morgan Hatch
The first in a suspenseful new trilogy, a fast-paced thriller set in the streets of Los Angeles, featuring a Mexican American high school senior embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens to destroy his neighborhood.Â

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Jul 31
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Excerpt: Marguerite: Hell Hath No Fury! The Story of Marguerite of Anjou by Judith Arnopp
Marguerite: Queen of England
From the moment Henry VI's new queen, Marguerite of Anjou, sets foot on English soil she is despised by the English as a foreigner, and blamed for the failures of the hundred years war in France.
Her enemies impede her role as the king’s consort and when Henry sinks into apparent madness her bid to become regent is rejected. Marguerite must fight, not only for her own position but to maintain Henry’s possession of the crown.
The ambitious Duke,

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Jul 30
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Silas's Sweetheart (Divergent Omegaverse #4) by JP Sayle
A summons home changes everything for Silas Starling. Can he confront his fears before it’s too late to reclaim the heart he tossed aside?
When he visits Hidden Desires and meets an omega snake shifter, Silas’s instincts tell him to run. Except he doesn't. The lure of the snake and his sexy lingerie are too much to resist.
Still reeling from the connection, Silas is dealt another shock when he learns the sexy snake is in fact his new PA, Ziggy.
Working together means hidin

Debbie
Jul 29
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Velvet by Louisa Mae
AJ is the flamboyant face of Velvet, an upmarket cocktail lounge in Leeds. He’s quick witted and normally unflappable in every possible situation, although he’s given up on the chance of finding Mr.Right, let alone Mr. Right Now. Then, one night, fate intervenes when he spills drinks over a group of customers, one being his own Achilles heel, a hot man in a well-fitting suit. The chance encounter means AJ got more than he bargained for, in more ways than one.
Blake had alway

Debbie
Jul 28
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Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: They Came At Night by Westley Smith
In the five years since the fateful and horrific night that changed her life, Sandra Leigh has kept herself sequestered at the Compound, a trauma recovery/survival skill camp that helped her process her past and feel safe in the world again.
Now, the time has come for her to face life outside the Compound, and that starts with a family road trip to rebuild the relationship she once had with her young niece.
A weekend at a rented cabin in the woods sounds idyllic, but Sandra

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Jul 28
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Review & #Giveaway: Seven Hundred Beachfront by Ligia de Wit
Some places hold memories. Others have opinions.
I didn't mean to run again.
But when life gets tangled, I untangle it by leaving. And this time, my escape came with strings attached: a five-year-old brother I never signed up to care for, a seaside town I barely remember, and a tattered house on stilts that belongs in Renter's Hell.
I told myself it was just for the summer. A break. A pause. A way to escape the people I care about but can't seem to fit with anymore, and the c

Merissa
Jul 25
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Excerpt: Ping by Lisa Lucas & Steve Landsberg
PING, which was originally conceived in 2016, precedes the current cultural popularity in Ping Pong, exemplified in the upcoming 2025 Christmas movie release of Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Alternating between the pivotal 1971 Ping-Pong Diplomacy - where a simple game of table tennis thawed the icy relations between the U.S. and China during the Cold War - and the present-day struggles of a family weighed down by legacy, Ping is a compelling

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Jul 24
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Review & Excerpt: Walking on Broken Paths by Amy Aislin
Desperate to escape the pain of his brother’s death, Jesse Melnik ran—but he couldn’t outrun the grief, no matter how much distance he put between himself and his past. Now, after fifteen years of trying, he’s finally ready to face his hometown of Charlottetown again.
He expects the memories of his brother to hover in every corner of his family’s sailboat and whisper in every sea-tinged breeze.
What he doesn’t expect is Parker Willis, the best friend he left behind without

Debbie
Jul 23
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Guest Post & #Giveaway: Like Driftwood On The Salish Sea by Richard I Levine
When they met in the fourth grade, it was love at first sight for Mitchell Brody and Jessica Ramirez. He was the freckle-faced kid who stood up for her honor when he silenced the class bully who’d been teasing her because of her accent. She was the new kid whose family moved to San Juan Island, Washington, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and whom Mitch had thought was the most beautiful girl in the world.

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Jul 22
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The Seer (The Secret Tales #3) by Sanna Brand / Vicki Stiefel
A quest for truth. A legacy in stone. A love forged in danger.
When Lady Claire Pheland is publicly humiliated by London’s Society of Antiquarians, she vows to prove her radical theory: that the iconic ancient Greek statues were once vividly painted. Claire’s search for evidence leads her to Greece in the company of Lord Theseus Ashworth—a brilliant scholar on a dangerous mission of his own: returning his father’s Greek sculptures to their rightful home.
Their journey is fr

Debbie
Jul 21
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Excerpt: A Prodigy in Auschwitz: Simon by Fred Raymond Goldman
When Nazi Germany troops enter Krakow, Poland on September 2, 1939, fourteen-year-old Simon Baron learns two truths that have been hidden from him.
One, the people who have raised him are not his biological parents. Two, his birth mother was Jewish. In the eyes of the Germans, although he has been raised Catholic, this makes Simon Jewish. Simon's dreams of becoming a concert violinist and composer are dashed when his school is forced to expel him, and he is no longer eligibl

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Jul 18
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Guest Post & #Giveaway: Embedded (Dakota Judd #1) by John Lansing
Embedded, the first book in the new Dakota Judd thriller series, features John Lansing’s trademark propulsive, page-turning writing style, with a tough but sympathetic protagonist. Accompanying Dakota are two powerful women: Aunt Billie, his tough-as-nails wingman, a retired female detective who makes sure Dakota stays alive as he rotates back to civilian life where peril awaits, and Jean Steele, Dakota’s FBI handler, who must thwart her romantic impulses towards Dakota, as o

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Jul 17
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Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Whispers by J. Herman Kleiger
With the page-turning suspense of Ava Strong’s FBI thriller Not Like He Seemed and gritty realism of Douglas and Olshaker’s New York Times Bestseller MindHunter, Whispers promises readers a nail-biting journey into the search for a serial killer and a window into the troubled mind of the agent who pursues him.

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Jul 16
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Audio Snippet & #Giveaway: Dagger's Destiny (Curse of Clansmen and Kings #2) by Linnea Tanner
A Celtic warrior princess accused of treason for aiding her enemy lover must win back her father’s love and trust.
In the rich and vibrant tale, Author Linnea Tanner continues the story of Catrin and Marcellus that began with the awarding-winning novel Apollo’s Raven in the Curse of Clansmen and Kings Series. Book 2: Dagger’s Destiny sweeps you into an epic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia.
War looms over 2

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Jul 15
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Guest Post: Shadowed Witness (The Secrets of Kincaid #2) by Angela Carlisle
Murder--that's what photographer Allye Jessup knows she witnessed as she departed her studio one evening. Waking with bruises on her neck and a foggy memory, she believes she survived an attack, but everyone seems to think she simply sustained a head injury from falling down the stairs outside her studio. Plagued by an undiagnosed health condition, she is torn between the haunting reality of what she may have seen and the possibility that her mind is playing tricks on her.

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Jul 14
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Spotlight: Unspoken (The Dust Series #1) by Jann Alexander
Ruby Lee Becker can't breathe. It's 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. On Black Sunday, the biggest blackest storm of them all threatens ten-year-old Ruby with deadly dust pneumonia and requires a drastic choice —one her mother, Willa Mae, will forever regret.
To survive, Ruby is forced to leave the only place she's ever known. Far from home in Waco, and w

Merissa
Jul 11
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Review & #Giveaway: Magelight by Kacey Ezell
Fleeing her sheltered life, a noblewoman must trust a warrior, a forester, and a thief to unlock her true power and face her destiny.
Embrace Your Power and Forge Your Destiny
All her life, Aelys of Brionne had been weak. As the noble daughter of one of the empire’s most powerful magic-wielding families, it should have been easy for her to live her dream of bonding with a warrior protector and joining the Imperial Battlemage Corps. But when her weakness robs her of her drea

Debbie
Jul 10
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Excerpt: An Echo of Ashes by Ron Allen Ames
An Echo of Ashes is a story lost to time, then found again in century-old letters that lay in a tattered box.
Based on actual events taken from the pages, this story tells of when the Great War and the Spanish Influenza forever altered the lives of millions, including a family of subsistence farmers who also worked the oil fields of Pennsylvania.
Ella and Almon make their home in the backcountry. Almon and his sons work in the oil fields, just as their forefathers before th

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Jul 9
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Review, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Golden Bond (Pleasure Palace #1) by Tavian Cross
I came to the sacred island to pay my family's debt. I never expected to lose my heart.
My name is Callis, and I'm an offering.
Sent to Eletheria—the legendary pleasure palace where gods once walked among mortals—I have one purpose: submit to the bonding ritual, serve my time, and return home with my family's honor restored.
But the man who chooses me changes everything.
Auren is silver-haired, devastatingly beautiful, and dangerously powerful. As a Thorn of the sacred or

Merissa
Jul 9
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The Lydiard Chronicles by Elizabeth St.John
Duty, passion, and power collide in The Lydiard Chronicles, a gripping trilogy inspired by true events. Follow three courageous women—survivors, strategists, and storytellers—who defy the constraints of society to shape their family’s fate and England’s future. Their voices echo through time. Their legacy changed a nation.

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Jul 8
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Perilous Cuties (Bucket List Buddies #1) by JP Sayle & Lisa Oliver
When Morty and Hector can’t say no to their friends' encouragement to attend a Bucket List Buddies event, they discover Fate is on their side. But will that be enough to thwart an interfering mother who always knows best?
Hector just wants a quiet life where he gets to decide whom he’ll mate with. Unfortunately, his mother has other ideas, ones that don’t involve Hector being gay.
Then Fate steps in.

Merissa
Jul 7
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Perilous Cuties (Bucket List Buddies #1) by JP Sayle & Lisa Oliver
When Morty and Hector can’t say no to their friends' encouragement to attend a Bucket List Buddies event, they discover Fate is on their side. But will that be enough to thwart an interfering mother who always knows best?
Hector just wants a quiet life where he gets to decide whom he’ll mate with. Unfortunately, his mother has other ideas, ones that don’t involve Hector being gay.
Then Fate steps in.

Debbie
Jul 4
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