Tuesday, July 8, 2025

RELEASE BLITZ - Enemies to Lovers by Lani Lynn Vale

 



Title: Enemies to Lovers
Series: Content Advisory #3
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Mafia Romance
Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, Forced Proximity
Cinnamon Roll Hero, Ex Con/Good Girl
Release Date: July 8, 2025


BLURB

Baker Ritter knew how to pick them.

She met the man she thought she was going to marry in middle school, gave him some of the best years of her life, for him to leave her pregnant and alone hours before she’s due to have his baby.

To make matters worse, he brings his side chick to the birth, and she’s left with a decision—fight for what she wants, or cut her losses.

What she should’ve done was cut her losses. What she does instead is take him back and experiences what it’s like to live in hell.

When she’s at the lowest of the low, she calls her dad, an ex-con, who sends the one person he knows that can fix it all.
Copper Clayborne.

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Copper Clayborne has no time for nonsense—that nonsense being a woman and a baby.

But that woman’s dad saved his life in prison and kept saving it until he was strong enough to save himself.

He owes everything to Baker’s dad, so of course he says yes when he asks to let Baker move in with him.

That doesn’t mean that he has to have anything to do with her.

He’s got a business to fix—then bring down in the most fantastic, public way possible.

He’s also got years of celibacy to make up for.

He doesn’t have time to fall for the woman and her kid.

He certainly doesn’t have the mental headspace to deal with her drama.

He gives it his all, but Baker wiggles into his cracked and bleeding heart, and makes herself right at home. Whether he wants her there or not.






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So happy to read Copper's story! 

Lani Lynn Vale knows how to make her characters as real as possible and nothing is more real than post partum depression. 

Baker finds herself in a position where she gives birth and her boyfriend decides to bring his new girlfriend to the birth of their son! Things just started going down hill more and more after this. 

When Copper gets a call from one of his buddies, Shade, to help his daughter while him and his family are away, he of course agrees. After helping move Baker out of the house with her dead beat boyfriend, he finds himself desperate to help this woman who clearly wasn't well. What he didn't count on was finding himself easily falling into a domestic life he never saw himself having. He loves coming home to Baker and her infant son, Holt. But Cooper knows he's not good enough for Baker. 

Baker, after suffering through months of darkness and depression, finally decides it's time to leave her boyfriend who refuses to help in anyway raise their son. When her Dad sends his friend, Copper, she can't help but admire his strong and good looks. She starts to realise that she needs help and goes to see her doctor who helps her realise she's suffering with PPD. Copper goes above and beyond to help her and ends up doing a lot more than she expected with her infant son. She doesn't know what she'd do without him. But when she over hears a conversation that Copper has with someone she sees that she's imposed on his life enough and jumps at the opportunity to move out. 

This book is so real! I felt myself relating to both of these characters on SO many levels. Post partum depression isn't mentioned enough in books, especially romances and I loved that LLV wrote a character like Baker. And Copper, who is an ex-con, who is trying to find his way through life after being in prison for 13 years. Not only is he trying to pick up the pieces at the corrupt corporation his father left behind, but he's also trying to find his self-worth in love. 

I cannot recommend this book and this series enough!


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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.


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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Promo Blitz: Nine-Tenths, by J.M. Frey

 

PROMO BLITZ - Nine-Tenths by J.M. Frey

Length: 145,000 Words
Series: standalone
Prior Reading: n/a
Genre: Contemporary Romantasy
Tropes: Meet Ugly, Coffee Shop Romance, Mutual Pining, Sunshine and Grumpy, The One Who Looks Like He Could Kill You Is a Cinnamon Roll, The One Who Looks Like a Cinnamon Roll Could Absolutely Kill You, and Will If You Hurt His Boyfriend, Friends to Lovers, Two Halves of a Whole Idiot, Miscommunication (but like, realistic), Secret Royalty, Accidental Marriage, Forced Proximity, Possessive Romance
Trigger/Content Warnings: Discussion of the past death of a parent / Grief, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Kitchen Fire, Mild Fantasy Gore and Violence, Mildly Dubious Consent, Profanity, Sexual Content, Pseudo-Monsterfucking, Abuse of Perfectly Innocent Coffee Beans

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Colin Levesque is at loose ends. He's finished university, but has no career; he adores romance novels, but he's crap at relationships; and his prickliness is a detriment at the café where he's making ends meet. He also has a crush on his regular Dav, a homo draconis who comes in every morning to read his newspaper, sip his double-strong coffee, and stare longingly at Colin in return.

So it figures that the day Colin gets up the courage to do something about the sexual tension simmering between them, he also learns that Dav has an embarrassing habit of hiccupping fire when he's nervous. Which, in this case, destroys the fancy custom-made bean roaster. When Dav volunteers to take over the coffee roasting with his fire-breath, being squished together in the hot, cramped kitchen leads to even hotter kisses.

Everything's finally happening for Colin—until people start claiming the dragon-roasted coffee has cured their genetic ailments. As their budding relationship struggles under the scrutiny of scientists and media, the hype around the coffee leads the lovers to be inducted into a centuries-old conspiracy: dragon-roasted food has always healed humans. And the most powerful draconic nobles have been withholding this symbiotic advantage to keep themselves on top. Colin and Dav are determined to expose the truth, but if they're not careful, their objections could goad power-mad monarchs into destroying everything they hold dear.

Including each other.

about the author:

J.M. Frey is an author, voice actor, and lapsed academic. She writes queer speculative fiction and fantasy, both fabulist cozy romances and high fantasy epics. Her life’s ambition is to step foot on every continent – only three left! She lives in Toronto where she is surrounded by houseplants, because she is allergic to anything with fur. Like her main character, she is also allergic to chocolate. But not wine.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

RELEASE BLITZ: The Invitation by Jodi Ellen Malpas

 


The Invitation by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live! 


An ambitious career woman. An enigmatic billionaire. There’s more to their affair than meets the eye in this scalding romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series.

Amelia Lazenby deserves a breather—from work and from the stress of a recent breakup. Courtesy of her best friends, she gets a day of pampering at a posh country spa called Arlington Hall. Instead of finding calm, she finds her pulse racing when she sees flawlessly rugged Jude Harrison. Hand on heart, she’s never laid eyes on such a stunner. And an unexpected steam room meet takes their instant attraction to a whole new level.

Amelia wasn’t looking for an intense new affair. But the passion Jude ignites is off the charts. Even if he is a little possessive. Even if his temper can be as formidable as the influence he has on her body. He becomes all the more intriguing when Amelia discovers that Jude not only owns Arlington Hall but that their meeting was no accident. It was planned. But to what end?

That’s a mystery as irresistible as Jude himself. Is he worth the risk? Or is this the man who could break her?


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The Invitation is an incredibly scintillating story! Sparks fly when Amelia meets the Adonis! You can literally feel the sizzle leaping off the pages! Oh yes!

This is such a fantastic first part of a duet and I really cannot wait for the 2nd part especially with how it ended. 

Honestly I was intrigued at the way the storyline goes. I was captivated by the way Amelia doesn’t give into temptation until it happens. Lets just say this book has something special and the author has given us a story that will make your heart beat fast!

I absolutely loved it! 

Monday, June 30, 2025

RELEASE BLITZ: Undeniably Unexpected by J. Saman





 Undeniably Unexpected by J. Saman is now live! 


A swoony British single dad. A curvy, quirky secret romance author. USA Today bestselling author J. Saman brings the summer heat in this fake relationship, forced proximity, friends to lovers romance

Hollywood Bad Boy Loomis Powell Dating Heiress Keegan Fritz Amid Secret Baby Scandal.

That headline plus a broken wrist, my ex showing up, and it leaking that Loomis has a son no one knew about, and suddenly we're in a fake relationship.

He needs help keeping his son and saving his career, and I need someone to stop me from going back to my ex after he broke my heart.

It seems like the perfect plan until we realize someone is following us a little too closely.

Now we're stuck in a tiny cottage on an island off the Florida Keys.

It's a recipe for disaster.

Between his charming smile, sexy British accent, and swoon-worthy moments with his son, he's everything I need to stay away from. Loomis doesn't do love or relationships, and I have a penchant for falling fast and hard for the wrong men.

But with every searing kiss and sheet-clutching encounter, I'm finding it harder and harder to remember that what we have is fake.

Especially when outside forces threaten to tear us apart.

Can we find a way to turn this undeniably unexpected situation into something real, or will our Hollywood romance end in disaster?



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Wow! Undeniably Unexpected is hands down my absolute favourite! This is an outstanding, entertaining, heartwarming as well as a riveting read!

I wholeheartedly devoured it! 

Ms Saman has written a masterpiece of words and a storyline that had me captivated from the beginning!

Loomis and Keegan are absolute fire! There is no denying it! However certain secrets, suspenseful moments and obstacles seem to make both their lives difficult if it wasn’t for Keegans extended family. This is a definite must read!





Friday, June 27, 2025

COVER REVEAL - Denim & Diamonds by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

 



Title: Denim & Diamonds
Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative
Photographer: Wander Aguiar Photography
Model: Lucas Loyola
Release Date: July 27, 2025


BLURB

When the board of directors of my company mandated that I go to a wellness facility in small-town Maine to recharge, that shouldn’t have included:
1.) Using a ladder to sneak out of the bedroom window at night and going to the local bar.
2.) Getting so drunk that the bar owner brought me upstairs to sleep it off in his bed.
3.) Waking up staring at the taxidermy moose head on said bar owner’s wall.
4.) Falling for said bar owner who was the most drop-dead gorgeous man I’ve ever seen.
But Brock Hawkins was so much more than just the hot bar owner. He owned half the town, built log cabins with his bare hands, and was apparently the most eligible man in all of Meadowbrook.
He was also a cinnamon roll despite his seemingly rock-hard exterior.
And the last man I should’ve been falling for—because my time in this small town was limited.
I had to head back to my life in New York City, one that was the complete opposite from the kind Brock lived.
He was denim. I was diamonds.
The problem was, the sexy lumberjack wasn’t the type of man who was easy to walk away from. Hell, I couldn’t even part with his plaid shirt that had become a constant fixture wrapped around my shoulders most days, let alone think about erasing him from my life.
A life with Brock, though, would have to be all or nothing.
Go big or go home.
I just didn’t realize that choosing to go big might also mean getting my heart broken when Brock’s life took a turn neither of us saw coming.







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PENELOPE WARD


Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With millions of books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.



VI KEELAND


Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.




Thursday, June 26, 2025

PROMO BLITZ - Fanboy in the Falls by J.E. Birk

 

PROMO BLITZ - Fanboy in the Falls by J.E. Birk

Length: 90,000 words
Series: Devon Falls, book 3
Prior Reading: not required, books 1 and 2 available to review
Genre: Contemporary small-town romance
Tropes: MMM romance, Two famous people + one commoner, Age gap, Adorable little brother, Never been kissed vibes, Bi awakening, Friends to lovers, Slow burn to spicy
Trigger/Content Warnings: There is some queer phobia, gender phobia, and fat phobia depicted in the book.

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My two celebrity crushes might both be into me. What could be wrong with that? As it turns out: everything.

The world has thrown me a lot of challenges over the years, but I’ve always tried to stay positive. Life’s too short to dwell on the negative. Unfortunately, my situation just took a very complex turn: I’m raising my little brother alone right now, but I’ve got to keep that a secret. If anyone finds out, I risk losing Lou.

My secret gets tough to keep when two international celebrities show up in our small town and start paying me all kinds of attention. I’ve got zero dating experience and plenty of reasons to stay away from them both, but keeping my distance isn’t going to be easy. First there’s Colin, the quiet and brooding former race car driver who seems uninterested in everyone and everything…except me. And then there’s Tom, the charming movie star, who flirts with me like it’s his job. Oh, and did I mention the two of them are best friends? Or that I think Tom might have some very deeply hidden feelings for Colin?

I’m definitely in over my head here. If I want to keep Lou safe, I know it’s best that I keep both men at arm’s length. So what do I do? I start renovating a hotel with them.

Oops. But I’m sure if I just stay positive, everything will work out fine. Right?

Right?

Fanboy in the Falls is an MMM famous people/commoner romance. It comes with a brooding race car driver, a hopelessly romantic movie star, and the sweet cinnamon roll who is not supposed to fall in love with either of them. It has a guaranteed HEA and no cheating. This is a Devon Falls book, so of course it also comes with a leaf festival and plenty of small town quirk. This is the third book in the Devon Falls series, but it can be read as a standalone.





Watching Tom, Colin, and Gabe grow together as a throuple was wonderful. 
The community of Deven Falls feels very close and welcoming.
Their communication was gratifying to read, and Lou added a perfect touch. 
The undertaking of Gabe’s stepfather was thoughtful and well-written.
This is a romantic story with lovable characters. 
The chemistry between the guys made it a book that is hard to put down.


about the author:

J.E. Birk, also known as Johanna Parkhurst, writes LGBTQ+ fiction and romance. She firmly believes in giving her perfectly imperfect characters the happily ever afters they all deserve. J.E./Johanna is a long-time lover of all types of genre fiction, and she’s proud to be the director of the MA/MFA Genre Fiction program at Western Colorado University.

J.E./Johanna was raised in Vermont and is now adulting in Colorado with intermittent success. She enjoys paddleboarding, skiing, and traveling. She does not enjoy vacuuming.

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Release Tour: Glitter, by Kayla Halleur

 

RELEASE TOUR - Glitter by Kayla Halleur

Length: 47,000 words
Series: standalone
Prior Reading: n/a
Genre: contemporary
Tropes: Workplace romance; Revenge plot; Low angst; Introvert/Extrovert; Engineer Scientist/Doctor Scientist
Trigger/Content Warnings: ~ Derogatory speech against women and men who like to wear make-up, earrings, etc. Homophobia. Workplace harassment and bullying (detailed verbal threats and minor physical assault/violence)

BLURB:

Blue

There’s a lunch thief on the loose in my office, except he only seems to be stealing my lunch. Oh, I know who it is… But for “reasons,” management refuses to do anything about it.

When things escalate one Friday night, an attractive stranger comes to my rescue. A cute, teddy bear of a stranger that is making me want to cuddle and call him my own. I only have a first name to go on, but surely I’ll be able to track him down with enough determination.

Henry

His unique design sense, bright colors, sparkly jewelry, and colorful hairstyles grabbed my attention from the moment I first saw him a year ago. He’s held it ever since.

When I interrupted a nasty confrontation in the men’s restroom on a Friday evening, I finally learned his name and discovered that he’s even more beautiful up close than from a distance. Waiting one weekend to see him again feels like forever, but I’ve waited this long, and I already know that he’ll be worth it.

Now if I can just manage to help him vanquish his bully, maybe he’ll notice me in return.

Glitter is a standalone story featuring an outgoing scientist who loves experimenting with his creative style, a quiet engineer who loves building creative things, and a love story that blooms in an office lunchroom. Oh, and one very important cat who thinks the whole tale is about him.

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My angel was crumpled on the floor in the corner, his knees hugged to his chest and his feathered wings crushed at an awkward angle. I almost expected to see him crying, but nope. When I looked into his eyes, they burned with fury.

Hesitantly, I approached him like a caged tiger, my hands slightly out in front of me. My immediate instinct was to ask him if he was okay, but I knew he wasn’t. How could anyone be okay after all of that? So, instead, I softly asked, “What can I do?”




"Glitter" by Kayla Halleur features an instant connection between Blue and Henry, who work at the same place but in different departments. Blue is vibrant and larger than life, yet he faces bullying. Henry, though quiet, stands out by devising a plan to expose the bully. Their bond is beautiful and profound. Oppisites attract Workplace romance Found Family.


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Kayla is a budding new Australian author who feels incredibly lost when needing to talk about herself (especially in the third person), preferring to let her stories speak on her behalf. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found on the couch wrapped in a blanket burrito with her head in a book. That type of existence suits her introverted heart well, much to the chagrin of her extroverted relatives.

She freely admits that she doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing, but she hopes she’s at least learning as she goes. She’s thankful that you’ve given her story a chance and hopes you enjoyed it.

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