Friday 29 April 2022

Release Blitz - Bound to Darkness by J.L. Beck & Monica Corwin



Title: Bound to Darkness
Series: Doubeck Crime Family #3
Authors: J.L. Beck & Monica Corwin
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 28, 2022


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They call me a playboy.
Society's pretty pet.
What they don’t know is I’m so much more.
My only directive was to keep her hidden, and safe.
After everything she’s been through I’m the last person to offer comfort and care.
I have little experience with either. Both of us have been broken by our pasts.
But mine is catching up to me, and I would deal with it as I usually do: with total decimation.
But that puts her in the crosshairs, and that’s unacceptable.
Old wounds are peeled back for both of us, and it’s time to face the darkness or she’ll never be able to find the light.
As for me, nothing but darkness waits.
It’s what I want.
It’s what I deserve.

**This is book 3 in the Doubeck Crime Family Series. It is a complete standalone, and contains material suitable for adults only.**







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J.L. BECK

J.L. Beck is a lover of words. She's an international, and USA Today Best Selling author. She published her first romance novel in 2014, and has been writing ever since. 

She's also one half of the epic writing duo Beck and Hallman.

When she isn't writing you can find her sitting with a cup of coffee, in a comfy chair, with a book in hand. She's a mom (both kids and pups), wife, and introvert. 

Learn more about her books here: https://www.bleedingheartromance.com


MONICA CORWIN

Monica Corwin is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author. She is an outspoken writer attempting to make romance accessible to everyone, no matter their preferences. As a Northern Ohioian, Monica enjoys snow drifts, three seasons of weather, and a dislike of Michigan football. Monica owns more books about King Arthur than should be strictly necessary. Also typewriters...lots and lots of typewriters.




Cover Reveal - Until Arden by Skye Callahan



Title: Until Arden
A Happily Ever Alpha World Novel
Author: Skye Callahan
Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: RBA Designs & Fel Wetzig
Release Date: May 6, 2022


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A fresh start is finally in view for Arden Winters after escaping an abusive relationship, but settling in a new town, with a new job, and a two-year-old son has its fair share of obstacles. When her car throws a fit on the way to work and dies in the parking lot, her manager offers a solution—in the form of a broad-shouldered hunk who just happens to be in the restaurant having a couple of drinks with his boss. 

Dash Hardt gave up on love years ago, but with one look at Arden, the shadows of his past shrink away. He begins to wonder if there’s something to this “boom” his bosses have always gabbed about but cracking away the chip on Arden’s shoulder that seems to weigh more than the crappy car she’s driving won’t be easy.

Can he win her trust before the threat of her ex sends her running to another state—again?

Until Arden is part of the Aurora Rose Reynolds' Happily Ever Alpha World. If you loved Until Talon and Until Jax, then you will want to read Until Arden.







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Skye Callahan is a bestselling Romantic Suspense author on iBooks, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble and was named a Rising Star in Romance by iBooks in 2015.

Skye enjoys writing fiction to explore the darker aspects of human nature and the resiliency needed to survive and overcome difficult situations. She hopes to show that even through the darkest moments and overwhelming circumstances, one can find the inner strength to adapt and eventually heal.



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Release Blitz - A Sinful Classroom by Mika Lane




Title: A Sinful Classroom
Series: Study Hard #3
Author: Mika Lane
Genre: Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance
Release Date: April 29, 2022


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I’ll do anything to stay in college…even my professors.
Working as a hotel maid is a last resort.
But it’s the only way I can afford to stay in school.
But when my professor makes me an offer I can’t refuse…
I can’t turn him—or his sexy friends—down.
They want to teach me…naughty things.
Expose me to…everything they have to offer.
They’re intent on keeping me…at college and for themselves.
I’m about to spend time in one sinful classroom.





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“Oh my gosh. Sorry I’m late.”

I looked over my shoulder to find a red-faced and wild-haired Roxy come blowing into my office. In a blur, she dumped her backpack and coat on a corner chair, and set up her laptop on a flimsy little table I’d pulled out of storage.

“Don’t worry about it, darlin’.”

I hoped my voice wasn’t tight. It wasn’t that it was a problem for her to arrive late. She’d texted me that her last class went over time. What I was preoccupied with, but desperate to keep to myself, was the building tension around will she or won’t she?

Yeah. I couldn’t lie. Her self-imposed ‘trial period’ was killing me, and I was so enjoying having her around—for a variety of reasons—I found myself really hoping she’d stay.

Of course, it was completely her choice, and I’d support whatever direction she wanted to go in. But I knew what I wanted. I knew what the guys wanted.

Shit, we’d discussed it late into the night when she was asleep.

It was cool we were all attracted to her. It made sense. We were good friends, and valued similar things. I never thought I might be sharing a woman with these guys, but after I’d gotten used to the idea, I’d realized it was hot as fuck.

Catching her breath, she turned to me from her makeshift work area. “Should I continue on the presentation for next week’s class? Or do you need me to do something else?”

Something else…

Get a grip asshole.

“The presentation would be great. Thank you,” I said, turning back to my own computer before I lost the battle to keep my thoughts clean and my hands to myself.

There she was, a regular college girl. But she was so much more than that. I loved her drive, and her ability, most of the time, to keep her chin up in the face of all that was raining down around her.

She was going to be fine. I knew she would. Things would turn a corner for her, one way or the other.

Despite my best intentions, I peeked at her anyway, watching her peck away at her keyboard, because I was such a goddamn smitten pussy. Her blonde hair nearly covered her pretty face, and her foot tapped with her overload of energy. She stopped what she was doing for a moment, and drew a finger to mouth, where she chewed on a nail. Then, in a new burst of energy, she got back to the keyboard, working like an artist struck by inspiration.

I had to say I was impressed. It was hard to get excited about making a presentation for a finance class. But Roxy was finding a way.

It was that ‘light’ that followed her, which attracted me like a moth to a flame.

I knew the other guys felt the same.

I was so fucked. We were so fucked.


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I’m contemporary romance author Mika Lane, and am all about bringing you sexy, sassy stories with imperfect heroines and the bad-a*s dudes they bring to their knees. And I have a special love for romance with multiple guys because why should we have to settle for just one hunky man?

Please join my Insider Group and be the first to hear about giveaways, sales, pre-orders, ARCs, and most importantly, a free sexy short story: http://mikalane.com/join-mailing-list/.

Writing has been a passion of mine since, well, forever (my first book was The Day I Ate the Milkyway, a true fourth-grade masterpiece). These days, steamy romance, both dark and funny, gives purpose to my days and nights as I create worlds and characters who defy the imagination. I live in magical Northern California with my own handsome alpha dude, sometimes known as Mr. Mika Lane, and two devilish cats named Chuck and Murray. These three males also defy my imagination from time to time.

A lover of shiny things, I've been known to try new recipes on unsuspecting friends, find hiding places so I can read undisturbed, and spend my last dollar on a plane ticket somewhere.

Check out my latest series, Study Hard, about hot professors and the sexy college co-eds who give them a run for their money.

I'll always promise you a hot, sexy romp with kick-ass but imperfect heroines, and some version of a modern-day happily ever after.

I LOVE to hear from readers when I'm not dreaming up naughty tales to share. Join my Insider Group so we can get to know each other better http://mikalane.com/join-mailing-list, or contact me here: https://mikalane.com/contact.


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Release Blitz - Meet Me at Midnight by Melissa Toppen




Title: Meet Me at Midnight
Author: Melissa Toppen
Genre: Friends to Lovers Romance
Release Date: April 29, 2022


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Meet me at midnight- whispered words from drunken lips.
Lips that I had spent years wanting to kiss.
Lips that I had dreamt about night after night, waking to wonder what if.
What if he noticed me?
What if he wanted me?
What if…
But I quickly learned some things are better left to wonder.
Especially where Levi Mills is concerned.
He didn’t just steal my innocence that night.
He broke every part of me.
Dismantled me from the inside out until there was nothing left of the girl I used to be.
Years passed. Moments faded into the background. Until eventually he became nothing more than a distant memory- a dream that almost didn’t seem real.
But then suddenly he’s there, standing in front of me again like he never left. And in that one heartbeat, in that one breath, I relive it all over again. Every touch. Every word. Like frozen snippets of time suspended in front of my eyes.
And then he smiles that all too familiar smile, meet me at midnight moving soundlessly across his lips.







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Melissa Toppen is a USA Today Bestselling Author who specializes in New Adult and Contemporary Romance. She is a lover of books and enjoys nothing more than losing herself in a good novel. She has a soft spot for Romance and focuses her writing in that direction; writing what she loves to read. 
Melissa resides in Cincinnati Ohio with her husband and two children, where she writes full time.




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Release Boost - Dirty Gentleman by Christy Pastore




Title: Dirty Gentleman
Author: Christy Pastore
Genre: Dark Romance
Release Date: April 22, 2022


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Lauren

His world. His rules.

When I come face to face with my captor, Valter Kallas—a ruthless mobster, his plans for me are made clear. Do what he wants, and I’ll have a wonderful life.

Refuse and he’ll make sure I won’t survive the cruel Baltic winter.

Left with one choice, I do the only thing that I can to stay alive—obey.

There’s just one problem, his son, Damen. Tall, dark, and dangerous Damen.

No matter how much I try, Damen Kallas sees through the lies and barriers I put between us.

I should keep my distance. Instead, in my desperation, I ask him for protection—a decision that ultimately intertwines our fates.

Trusting him could be my only hope or my ultimate demise.

Damen

Even in a world as dirty as mine, I have rules that I won’t break. Lines I won’t cross.

As the oldest son of Valter Kallas, the head of the notorious Kallas crime family, I’ve never had a reason to go against my father’s rule…until a mysterious stranger arrives.

Blond, beautiful, a liar, and my newest obsession.

Lauren Sanders should never have stepped foot in my world. She doesn’t belong here.

I should send her away. Instead, I’ll protect her. It’s a decision that will put a target squarely on my back.

She could be my destruction or my ultimate salvation.







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International Bestselling Author and self-proclaimed french fry addict, Christy Pastore writes sexy, contemporary romance books that contain no nonsense (mostly) heroines and swoony gentleman with a naughty side. Readers so overwhelmingly embraced one Wicked Gentleman, Jackson Hart specifically, turning many of her #AuthorGoals into a reality.

When Christy’s not turning her risqué thoughts into something worth reading, you’ll find her geeking out on all things pop culture, obsessively stalking Pinterest for home interior ideas, lunching with friends, or researching her next vacation destination.

She has strong opinions about folding laundry, fruity wines, the Oxford Comma, fashion, and mixed vegetables.

Christy lives in central Indiana with her husband and their three loveable cats, Cheeto, Dorito, and Brew. But as cute as they are, please send scratching posts asap because they’re slowly destroying the furniture.


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Thursday 28 April 2022

Release Blitz - The Blood Debt by Clarissa Wild




Title: The Blood Debt
Author: Clarissa Wild
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: April 28, 2022


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She signed a vow in blood,
Now he’s come to claim her promise.

Jasmine Baas, daughter of a Dutch mafia lord.
The girl who locked away her heart.
The girl I’d kill for.

Until life was almost ripped away from me,
And I forgot everything I ever was.
But I still remember craving her more than anything.

For three whole years I waited.
Plotted my revenge on her family.
Lured her into my trap.

She made a promise to me once.
A promise signed in blood.

And whether she likes it or not …
I’m going to make her keep it.

A thrilling dark enemies-to-lovers romance.
WARNING: This book includes scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.







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EXCERPT

Sweat drops roll down my back as I tread into the shadowy forest, the looming pine trees blocking most of the sunlight. Adrenaline courses through my veins, causing shivers down my spine with every step I take. Every little sound is another trigger, a tiny mole crawling down into its hole, pine needles rolling across the mossy ground, birds’ wings flapping high above my head.

I pause to look around and listen, my hand on my phone in case I need to let someone know where I am. My head instinctively turns to look back at my car still parked on the side of the road, but the farther I go into the woods, the less it becomes visible, and something about that makes my heart turn icy cold. I’m in the middle of nowhere, and no one knows I’m here.

No one but me.

And him.

I swallow away the nerves as I approach the cabin while firmly clutching my gun. The gun I stole from my father’s arsenal when the guards weren’t looking. They won’t miss one tiny little gun, but it might help me save myself.

Because lord knows what I’ll find.

That man I once knew is gone forever.

At least, that’s what I keep telling myself. I stalk farther and farther into the forest until the road is no longer visible, and all I have left is the pine trees and critters to accompany me.

In the distance, a cabin becomes visible.

I suck in a ragged breath.

Even though it’s not nighttime yet, the darkness surrounding me hums with a kind of electrical current that scatters goose bumps across my skin.

CRACK!

I freeze from the sound of a twig snapping in half.

My heart goes a million miles an hour.

Oh, God. What if it’s him? Am I ready?

I point my gun in the direction of the sound. Straight ahead, near the cabin.

TRSSKK! CRACK!

More noisy rustling … until an axe slowly appears from behind a tree, glinting in the dark.

I gasp in shock, barely able to keep the squeal inside as an almost ungodly muscular but beastly looking man steps out from behind the tree wearing nothing but a short towel around his waist. His long beard and hair are wet and stick to his muscular, tattooed body. His square face is smeared with dirt and blood, and his hooded brown eyes are locked on mine.

Liam.

I can’t even process it’s him because of the state he’s in.

But the second he raises his axe, I regain my senses and aim for his head.

“Don’t come close, or I’ll shoot!” I yell.

He doesn’t say a word, doesn’t even stop, and my hands begin to shake.

I’ve shot a gun before, but never at an actual human being, and the thought is already making me nauseous. But if I must … what other choice do I have? He’s dangerous. He tried to kill my sister, he’ll never stop, and I have to protect her.

C’mon, Jasmine, you can do this.

I click off the safety and yell, “I mean it!”

He stops and looks me dead in the eyes like a killer would when he’s found his target, and something about that makes my entire body start to tremble.

His lips part, his tongue slowly licking his canines as a lopsided smile appears on his face. “Don’t … move.”

His voice is gravelly. Darker than I remember, even from that night he came for her. And the mere sound reminds me of just how far he went to get what he wanted.



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Clarissa Wild is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of Dark Romance and Contemporary Romance novels. She is an avid reader and writer of swoony stories about dangerous men and feisty women. Her other loves include her hilarious husband, her two crazy but cute dogs, and her ninja cat that sometimes thinks he's a dog too. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, playing video games, reading tons of books, and cooking her favorite meals.

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