Promo Blitz - The Handyman and the Barkeep, by A.M. Arthur

 

SNOW CREEK PROMO BLITZ: The Handyman and the Barkeep by A.M. Arthur

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Length: 60k words

Series: Snow Creek Ranch #3

Prior Reading: Prior reading NOT required

Genre: Contemporary, Small-Town

Tropes: second-chance romance, city boy/country guy, hurt/comfort, dealing with past secrets

Trigger/Content Warnings: discussions of past trauma

Designer: L.C. Chase

Malcolm Montgomery will moonlight as almost anything, if you need him to do the job. While he enjoys being the preferred handyman at Snow Creek Ranch, his favorite role is full-time Uncle to his recently-widowed sister’s four kids. Working hard helps him forget he’s never managed a long-term relationship, and that he’s unlikely to find one in small-town Chance, Colorado—not until his first love books a red-eye flight right back into his life.

Ichabod “Iggy” Donohue adores being a mixologist. The job is creative, high-energy, lets him travel, and it puts a physical barrier between himself and other people every night. When his beloved Uncle Howie falls gravely ill and needs help running his saloon, Iggy has no choice but to return to Chance—his old hometown and the site of his greatest heartbreak.

Iggy and Malcolm fell deeply in love back in high school, but a viscous teenage prank left Iggy humiliated and alone, and he’s run from it ever since. He fully expects seeing Malcolm again after seventeen years will be uncomfortable, maybe even painful. Instead, their reunion is like slipping into his boyfriend’s softest sweatshirt: warm, familiar, and he doesn’t want to give it back. They’ve both lived a lifetime without each other, with only empty beds to show for it, but what if…?

Malcolm is settled in Chance; Iggy isn’t here to stay. This second chance might be exactly what they’ve both been waiting for, but they’ll have to clear the wreckage of their shared past, in order to construct a solid foundation for their happily ever after.

The Handyman and the Barkeep is a 60,000-word contemporary m/m cowboy romance featuring a gentle handyman with a heart of gold, a feisty bartender with a painful secret, unexpected second chances, hurt/comfort, and a villainous can of chili. It is book three in the shared world of Snow Creek Ranch. Each book can be read as a standalone, so be sure to check out the entire series!

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about the author:

A.M. Arthur has been creating stories in her head since she was a child and scribbling them down nearly as long, in a losing battle to make the fictional voices stop. When not exorcising the voices in her head, she can be found in her kitchen, pretending she’s an amateur chef and trying to not poison herself or others with her cuisine experiments. A.M. Arthur’s work is available from Carina Press and Briggs-King Books.

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New Release: PARALYZE by JJ Asher

 PARALYZE

JJ Asher

Release Date: July 13 

Meet JJ Asher:

I'm a professional procrastinator masquerading as an adult.

I write what I love to read, and can often be found scrolling through a spicy MM manhwa.

I'm a mental health advocate and an ally who communicates in k-pop memes.

Connect with JJ Asher: 

https://www.instagram.com/jj_asher_writes/ 

Blurb:

This is everything I’ve ever wanted, exactly what I’ve spent the last thirteen years denying myself of, and it’s happening in a filthy alley with the kid I swore I’d never touch.

Carey—twenty-one, flirtatious and sun-kissed, chasing a place that feels like home. His latest bright idea? Fly halfway across the world to a town he hardly remembers, to crash for the holidays with his estranged older brother who he's scarcely seen in the past sixteen years. Only to arrive on his doorstep to find that brother AWOL and the entire contents of his apartment strewn across the front lawn.

Tek—thirty-four, exhausted, and barely holding it together. Deserted by his best friend and business partner, he's left to carry the weight of a tattoo shop in the aftermath of an affair that sent staff numbers from four to one in the space of a single afternoon. He keeps his world small, and his hookups controlled on purpose. Then Carey walks in like a damn storm, making Tek question everything he ever knew about himself. Including why he can't stop thinking about the golden tan of another man's stomach.

Tek turns Carey away but desperation rewards his persistence with a job offer, and boundaries start to blur. Tek knows better. He's spent the last decade with the world at arms length with iron clad rules that he breaks for no one, especially not the sunshine-smiling younger brother of his runaway best friend. But the more Tek resists, the more Carey leans in, and the line between right and wrong starts to look too appealing not to cross.

Abandonment may have brought them together, but loneliness is what keeps them close. And the one thing Tek swore he'd never reach for again might just give him the extra strength he's always needed.

Buy Link: 

https://mybook.to/paralyze

Available in KU 

Paralyze is the second book in the A New Paradigm series.
Carey and Tek have fantastic chemistry, and their relationship develops at just the right pace. Their initial animosity makes Carey’s persistence all the more satisfying, and watching Tek slowly let his guard down was incredibly rewarding.
Carey is the perfect balance of warm and strong—kind-hearted but unwilling to let anyone walk over him. Tek is closed off, angry, and still healing from his past, making his journey toward vulnerability feel genuine and earned. Together, they complement each other beautifully.
I highly recommend this book.

New Release: THE GEEK AND THE GHOST by Cambria Hebert

 THE GEEK AND THE GHOST

Cambria Hebert 

Release Date: July 10

Meet Cambria Hebert:

Cambria Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than fifty titles. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.

Besides writing, Cambria loves a pumpkin spice latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching K drama until her eyes won’t stay open. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chihuahuas (the real bosses of the house).

Cambria has written in many genres, including new adult, sports romance, male/male romance, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, contemporary romance, and young adult. Many of her titles have been translated into foreign languages and have been the recipients of multiple awards.

Connect with Cambria Hebert:

https://www.instagram.com/cambriahebert/

Blurb:

I’m about thirty seconds from a toe tag and my own freezer at the mortuary when he materializes from the shadows and fights like hell to keep me breathing.

I had no idea homeless disasters like me got guardian angels—or that guardian angels punch people and smoke—but suddenly, there he is: a hero dressed all in black who ghosts me so hard I consider calling a medium.

But that would be a waste of money I don’t have.

I thought I’d never see him again, but just as I’m about to eat a bullet, he appears, using his body to protect mine. I might have swooned—okay, fine, I do but only on the inside—if it weren’t for the fact he thinks bleeding is an adequate apology for implying I’m a prostitute and running off with my heart.

Spoiler alert: It’s not.

Now the man with a PhD in vanishing, a tattoo that totally offends me, and eyes with their own force of gravity is suddenly stuck to me like glue and being wildly inconvenient about it.

And he won’t stop calling me a pipgeek. What even is that?

He insists I trust him, but I can’t trust anyone, not even my own body. Unfortunately, when the resident drug lord calls in that favor I foolishly owe, things go from bad to catastrophic with alarming enthusiasm.

On the upside, having a villain with a hero complex for a stalker means staying alive will be easy.

But not getting hurt again is a whole other story.

Buy Link:

https://a.co/d/07PLBaC9 

Available in KU 

The Geek and the Ghost is Book 2 in The Protectors Series, and I absolutely loved it!

Rett has spent most of his life homeless, bullied, and believing nowhere is ever truly safe. Then Ghost walks into his life, and an instant connection forms that only grows stronger as the story unfolds.

Rett is such a sweetheart—kind, gentle, and fiercely protective of the people he loves. Ghost couldn’t be more different. As a government-sanctioned assassin, he lives in the shadows, but when it comes to Rett, he will protect him with his life. I loved the contrast between these two, and their chemistry was wonderful.

One of my favorite things about Ghost was his sense of humor. For someone with such a dangerous job, he had me laughing so many times throughout the book.

The secondary storyline with mob boss Enzo wanting to help the hit men added another layer of intrigue and kept the story moving at a great pace.

New Release: DRIPPED by Charlie Novak

 

DRIPPED

Charlie Novak

Release Date: July 9 

Meet Charlie Novak:

Charlie lives in England with her husband and two cheeky dogs. She spends most of her days wrangling other people’s words in her day job and then trying to force her own onto the page in the evening.

She loves cute stories with a healthy dollop of fluff, plenty of delicious sex, and happily ever afters — because the world needs more of them. 

Charlie has very little spare time, but what she does have she fills with baking, Dungeons and Dragons, reading and many other nerdy pursuits. She also thinks that everyone should have at least one favourite dinosaur…

Connect with Charlie Novak:

https://charlienovak.com/

Blurb:

Drip It All Over Me

Fulfilling my childhood wish of opening an ice cream shop is meant to be a dream come true, not a stress-inducing nightmare. And it’s not meant to make my friends concerned for my health either. But I’ll be fine! All we have to do is survive the summer and then I’ll be able to breathe again. 

My employee Owen has a different idea, though. 

He’s seen me watching him swim every morning, and he knows I think he’s ridiculously hot, so he proposes a simple solution to my stress: a summer-long, no-strings hook-up arrangement. 

It’s the perfect plan on paper. Except, the longer summer goes on, the more I’m developing feelings for the sunshine swimmer who loves my dream as much as I do. But I can’t tell him that. Because Owen doesn’t plan to stay. And I can’t ask him to. 

Even if letting him walk away would be the worst decision I’ve ever made. 

Meet Darcy and Owen in the second book of the Lick It! series, set around an artisan ice cream parlour on the Yorkshire coast. It features a stressed out shop owner and his very laid back employee who’s determined to help his boss relax, a ‘just for the summer’ hook-up, late night kitchen dates, friends to lovers, oops we caught feelings (but we’re not talking about it), supportive and nosy friends, pet names, delicious ice cream, and plenty of sweetness and spice.  

Buy Link:

mybook.to/lickittwo

Available in KU 

Darcey’s life is getting super crazy, making it tough to enjoy work and whatever’s left of life after that! Then there’s Owen, the chill coworker who Darcey just can’t stop checking out. Coming up with new ice cream flavours brought them together for way more than just the taste! 

A no-strings fling helped lighten the stress for Darcey, but now laid-back Owen has to figure out what’s next for them. With a little help from their friends, they come up with a solid plan. This one’s definitely a feel-good read!

New Release: GRIZZ by Sawyer Bennett & Bill Keenan

 GRIZZ

Sawyer Bennett & Bill Keenan

Release Date: July 7 

Meet Sawyer Bennett:

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.

A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs.

If you’d like to receive a notification when Sawyer releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter (sawyerbennett.com/signup).

Connect with Sawyer Bennett:

https://geni.us/SawyerBennett

Meet Bill Keenan:

Bill Keenan played hockey at Harvard University from 2005 to 2008 and professionally in Europe from 2009 to 2012. After completing his MBA at Columbia Business School, he worked for two years in Deutsche Bank's investment banking division. He currently serves as COO of Graydon Carter's Air Mail.

Connect with Bill Keenan:

https://www.instagram.com/billkeenanwrites/ 

Blurb:

Grizz McAvoy is the most electrifying player in professional hockey…and the most volatile. He’s got a wicked shot, a hair-trigger temper, and spent his childhood surviving his father's cruelty. Off the ice, he's a PR catastrophe, racking up fines, burning through handlers, and daring the New York Vipers organization to do something about it. He’s built his entire identity around one principle: winning solves everything.

But winning can’t silence the past trauma that haunts him when the arena lights go dark.

Daisy Turner was fired from a top style magazine for asking questions powerful men didn't want to answer and exposing hypocrisy in the world of high-fashion. She's looking to salvage her career as a journalist by scraping together a second chance as Grizz's new media handler. Fearless in her own right, she carries scars from a betrayal that taught her trust is a currency she can't afford to spend freely.

From their first combustible meeting, Grizz and Daisy collide in a battle of wills neither is prepared to lose. She challenges him, and he can't look away. What begins as mutual provocation becomes far more dangerous when the walls between professional and personal start to crumble, and the wreckage of Grizz's past threatens to destroy the one person brave enough to see through his rock-solid armor.

Grizz is a scorching, emotionally charged hockey romance about two people who were never supposed to fall for each other, and the bruising, tender, inevitable collision that happens when they do.

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/Grizz

Grizz is the first book co-written by two authors and I have to say they have knocked the puck into the net with it. If you my drift??!!! Lol

Grizz and Daisy… where do I even begin! I loved Daisy’s fierce attitude and sass! I can definitely understand how Grizz got his name!! 

Grizz is a professional hockey player for the Vipers and because of his attitude, he is assigned a PR person! This is where Daisy comes in! 

Needless to say these two initially bump heads but it seems Daisy has the ability to reach into Grizz’s softer side! 

But with family difficulties and past trauma plus holding feelings in, Grizz cant seem to get it together! Is Daisy capable of taming Grizz to keep his act together for the team? 

This story has some serious moments but all in all it had my attention!

A great start to what I feel will be a fantastic series to come and I definitely need more from these two!