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!

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

https://getbook.at/SnowCreekRanch2

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.

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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/
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