Thursday, July 9, 2026

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!




Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Promo Blitz - The Bull Rider and the Bookworm, V.L. Locey

 

SNOW CREEK PROMO BLITZ: The Bull Rider And The Bookworm by V.L. Locey

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BOOK DETAILS

Length: 58k words
Series: Snow Creek Ranch Shared World Series
Prior Reading: Prior reading recommended but not essential
Genre: Contemporary, Western
Tropes: Age gap, opposites attract
Trigger/Content Warnings: This story has references to past sexual abuse, death of a parent, and suicidal thoughts.
Designer: L.C. Chase

Sometimes the wildest ride isn’t in the arena - it’s falling in love.

Bull rider Hoyt Knox has spent his life chasing applause, adrenaline, and the next eight-second ride. With his body starting to break down and sponsors pulling out, he finds himself facing a possible life change. Confused and hurting, he heads to Snow Creek Ranch to try his hand at something a little easier as he heals while trying to figure out what’s left for him besides a sore back and a fading spotlight.

Enter Aubrey Lancombe, a quiet, bookish man who’s just moved to Chance to escape the city life – and the loss of his beloved grandmother followed by a bad breakup - and finally open the bookstore of his dreams. Aubrey has always preferred words to people, quiet to chaos, and certainly has no time for cocky cowboys with something to prove.

When their worlds collide over a shared love of poetry they strike up a friendship that teeters on the edge of something else entirely. But Hoyt’s not out and Aubrey is scared to fall again. As his time at Snow Creek Ranch passes Hoyt must decide if he’s ready to hang up his spurs for good – or risk his heart on the bookworm who’s rewritten everything he thought he knew about love.

The Bull Rider and the Bookworm is 58K opposites attract, age gap, gay MM contemporary western romance with a weary rodeo rider, a shy bookhound, a ranch that heals all manner of hurts, a gentleman rooster, a plethora of romantic poetry, and a shiny as a gold buckle happy ending.




Hoyt is carrying a lot of hurt from his past. After being abused by his father and thrown out as a teenager for being gay, he’s always regretted leaving his younger brother, Jesse, behind. Years later, he tries to reconnect, but things don’t go quite the way he hopes.

Aubrey, the sweet and caring owner of an inclusive bookstore, brings kindness, comfort, and a sense of belonging into Hoyt’s life. As they grow closer, they become each other’s safe place and find the love and happiness they’ve both been missing. ❤️

A lovely found family! 

about the author:

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, Dr. Who/Torchwood, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, Dungeons & Dragons, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.)

She shares her life with her husband, her daughter and son-in-law, one dog, one cat, and a flock of assorted goofy domestic fowl.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand.

Website - http://vllocey.com/
Facebook Reader Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1439154279700674
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vl_locey/

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Blog Tour: Thorns of War by Eva Winners

 

      




  THORNS OF WAR BY EVA WINNERS   
  Release date: July 1st   
  Genre/Tropes: Mafia romance with Jane Eyre vibes / Single dad / Touch her and die / Morally grey mmc / Age gap   
  Book 8 of the Thorns of OmertĂ  Series       
  THORNS OF WAR by Eva Winners is NOW AVAILABLE!   Make sure to grab this all-new dark mafia romance TODAY!   
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  BLURB  
  I spent my life mending fractured minds. Yet he was undoing mine,slowly, thorn by deliberate thorn. I knew Greece was a mistake. But how do you resist the ghosts that have whispered your name for years, patient and unrelenting? I never intended to step onto a battlefield of broken hearts and broken minds, yet there I stood, entangled in a silent triangle where every truth was a weapon and every silence a wound. Each choice I made drew blood. I was caught in the thorns of war, bound by invisible threads that kept those I loved forever just beyond my reach. The more I resisted, the deeper they cut. The harder I pulled, the more fate tightened its grip. I began this story believing restraint was virtue, that love was mercy. I was wrong. Morality, I learned, is a luxury afforded only to those untouched by desire. And Violet Freud was no Jane Eyre. My conscience answered only to those I loved. And when this war ended, I would not emerge unscathed, but I would emerge victorious.   

         





I usually am a sucker for Eva Winners Thorns of Omerta series but this one didn't hit the mark for me. 

Eva Winners' books are usually brilliant and full of suspense but Thorns of War only had a smidge of suspense and tended to be a lot more predictable. 

Lykos is the head of the Greek mafia and ends up having a one night stand with Violet one night while he's in the US on business. 

Years later, Violet is called to Greek as a psychiatrist via a weirdly cryptic note. She has no idea who her patient is but has an address. When she arrives, she finds it's Lykos' house. 

I liked that the book had some hidden secrets that came out while reading. That kept my interest going, that and I love a good psychological story line. 

I didn't really see much growth of the character except for maybe Violet. She became a bit more open minded. 

Overall, this book definitely isn't a favourite of mine and was predictable in the story line. 

I'm really hoping the next books in the series improve. 


   MEET EVA WINNERS: 

   Eva Winners released her first novel Second Chance At Love in 2020 and has been writing feverishly ever since. She writes about everlasting romance for every century focusing on characters emotional development and always guarantees an HEA.   She loves yoga, wine and her kiddos. In her spare time, she seeks adventures either hiking through trails, yoga or exploring the beaches.   Writing books has always been her passion and she brings real life to the forefront in everything she writes about.   Deeply passionate characters and stories will draw you in and you'll never want to leave.   Follow her on social media to stay up to date with all her new releases!       

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Promo Blitz - Hide and Seek, by Felice Stevens

 

PROMO BLITZ: Hide and Seek by Felice Stevens

Length: 60-70k (estimated)
Series: Appleton Falls 2
Prior Reading: Prior reading NOT required
Genre: Contemporary, Small-Town
Tropes: double-bi-awakening, enemies to lovers, secret high school crush and total possessive, alpha vibes, as in he's mine, keep your hands off of him. Law enforcement
Trigger/Content Warnings: N/A
Designer: Reese Dante

https://getbook.at/AppletonFalls2

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I’m finally living the life I want as a deputy sheriff in the small town of Appleton Falls. I gave up my job as a cop in the NYPD to search for the truth about a father I barely know, except finding him brought me no peace.

But I’m happy. Really. I’d love to fall in love, but it just hasn’t happened. Yet.

Then he shows up to join our force.
My old high school nemesis, Dominic Starr.  The gorgeous loner and the bane of my existence.
As well as my secret fantasy.
Why did he leave the NYPD? Was he running from his powerful father? Or hiding from him?

It’s not like he wants to forgive and forget and be friends. At every turn he’s in my face, taunting and teasing me with that stupid nickname he loves and knows I hate.

Starr should be careful, because he’s got secrets only I know.
And one of them is mine as well.

But when the past we both want to leave behind crashes into our present—with deadly consequences—neither of us can hide what we’ve been running from all our lives: The future we both seek is in each other’s arms.

If we make it out alive.




Hide and Seek by Felice Stevens is a great standalone despite being the second book in the Appleton Falls series.

Dominic and Emerson are former NYPD officers with a long history of rivalry dating back to high school. As old feelings resurface, they’re forced to face their pasts, their secrets, and the growing connection between them.

I loved their emotional journey, the chemistry, and watching them slowly learn to trust each other. A heartfelt and engaging read!

about the author:

Happily ever afters guaranteed!

Felice Stevens writes romance because what is better than people falling in love? Her favorite part of a romance novel is that first kiss…sigh. She loves creating stories of hopes and dreams and happily ever afters. Her stories are character-driven, rich with the sights, sounds and flavors of New York City and filled with men who are sometimes deeply flawed but always real.

Felice writes M/M romance because she believes that everyone deserves a happily ever after. Having traveled all over the world, she can safely say that the universal language that unites people is love. Felice has written in a variety of sub-genres, including contemporary, paranormal and has a mystery series as well.

Felice is a two-time Lambda Literary award nominee, and Lambda award winner for Best Gay Romance for her book, The Ghost and Charlie Muir.

Connect with Felice ➤

Facebook: felicestevensauthor | IG: FeliceStevens | TikTok: felicestevens

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Friday, July 3, 2026

New Release: DON'T FALL by E.M. Lindsey


 DON’T FALL

E.M. Lindsey 

Release Date: July 1 


Meet E.M. Lindsey:

E.M. Lindsey is a Romance author, an ancient historian, and avid lover of nerdy things.  EM lives on the East Coast of the United States.  


Connect with E.M. Lindsey:

https://linktr.ee/emlindseyauthor


Blurb:

That’s it. My neighbor has to die. There’s no other way around it. The man must be killed—and I’ll even find a way to do it gently, but this cannot go on.


Okay, maybe I’m a bit dramatic, but living next to my brother’s best friend who decided to befriend the crows that spend all week spreading garbage across my lawn is not what I signed up for.


I wanted quiet.

I wanted peace.

I wanted to stop fantasizing about the gorgeous man I couldn’t stand.


Unfortunately for me, North is a big presence with an annoyingly sunny smile and a way of making life sound like it’s worth living. And as a widower who wants to spend the rest of my life wallowing, the last person I want around is one who makes me question my new life’s purpose.


But these feelings can’t be real, can they? I had my great love, and I lost him. So that’s supposed to be it for me.

Isn’t that the way things go?


I can’t seem to stay away from North, even when I know I should. And when he starts to make me feel like maybe there’s another happily ever after out there, I find that as cautious as I’ve taken each step, I’m on the verge of falling once more.


Don’t Fall is the first book in the small town, enemies to lovers, heavy yearning, MM romance series, Storm Season. It features a virgin EMT whose smile is hiding a lot of things, a disgruntled, grieving writer who just wants solid sleep and a good meal, neighborhood crows wreaking havoc, cooking lessons, hurt/comfort, and a toe-curling happily ever after.






Buy Link:

https://a.co/d/00RZxM7K

Available in KU  





 Don’t Fall” kicks off E.M. Lindsey’s new Storm Season series, and it’s such a great start. I was really looking forward to this series.

So, North is a firefighter who gave up his chef dreams to take care of his family, and he ends up living next to Leo, who’s a disabled widower and also the brother of North’s best friend, Easton. Both of them think the other doesn’t like them, but after a tragic accident brings them together, they start to see things differently. 

Leo deals with a lot of grief and self-doubt, but North’s patience and kindness help him gradually regain his confidence. Their relationship grows naturally through real conversations, making it a heartfelt and emotional journey.