December 12, 2023

Release Blitz: Stranded With The One

 

Title: Stranded with the One 

Author: Heidi McLaughlin

Genre: Holiday Romance 

Release Date: December 12, 2023 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.

New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin takes you on a holiday journey . . . trains, planes and automobile style. 

Holly Saint and Christian Lane grew up together and were best friends until he fell in love with someone else. Now, years later they find themselves stranded—both trying to get back to their hometown for Christmas, that’s if Jack Frost will allow them. 

*Readers, please take note: this novel was previously published under the pen name, Darby Blake. The content is the same.*



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Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers. Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs. In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl. Heidi's first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital. To stay connected with Heidi visit www.facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com


December 11, 2023

Cover Reveal: The Arangement

 








Adriana Locke has revealed the gorgeous covers for The Arrangement!


Releasing: December 28, 2023


Catch up with the Brewer family (from The Proposal) in this "spicy and swoon-filled" office romance.


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USA Today and Amazon Charts Bestselling author, Adriana Locke, writes contemporary romances about the two things she knows best—big families and small towns. Her stories are about ordinary people finding extraordinary love with the perfect combination of heart, heat, and humor.

She loves connecting with readers, fall weather, football, reading alpha heroes, everything pumpkin, and pretending to garden.

Hailing from a tiny town in the Midwest, Adriana spends her free time with her high school sweetheart (who she married over twenty years ago) and their four sons (who truly are her best work). Her kitchen may be a perpetual disaster, and if all else fails, there is always pizza.



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Release Blitz & Review: FInding the Road to Us

 



Title: Finding the Road to Us
Series: The Wilder Brothers #6
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Jilted Love/MMF/Friends to Lovers
Release Date: December 11, 2023


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I was ready to say, ‘I do’, then my fiancĂ© left me at the altar.

Broken and embarrassed, Trace and Elliot helped me run away—ditching my wedding dress in the process.

When I come back to the Wilder Retreat to show the world I’m no longer hurting, I know I must ignore my traitorous needs when it comes to these two men.

Because my body wants them both.
And my soul craves them just as much.

I know I can’t choose, and part of me asks why I should.
Only when we decide to take that chance and share everything, the danger from our pasts refuses to let our choice stand.

With one kiss, one dance into temptation, we could lose everything.
Including our lives.







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This is the final book of the Wilder siblings. The youngest brother Elliot has been at the fringe of every other story and now we finally get to hear his. Trace has also been a part of this family as body guard and security chief.  SIdney gets added to the m ix when her wedding day doesn't go as planned and Elliot and Trace are there to help her escape.  

I get some chemistry between the 3 of them. Their time together is super steamy. I just didn't get the need to jump right to action without exploring a relationship first. But maybe that is me. 

Since this is the last book of the series, there were lots of glimpses of the other family members. It was great to see them. I really felt like th ewhole book was a set up for the next series spin off with the Wilder cousins.  There is time spent with this triad but there is also a whole lot of other stuff going on.  

Not my favorite of the series. A little glossed over on the relationship side for me. 



I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.





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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.


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December 7, 2023

Release Blitz & REview: Sable Peak

 







Sable Peak by Devney Perry is now live!


An unrequited love, small town romance from Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Devney Perry.


Vera Gallagher is chasing constant. For four years, her life was anything but normal. And the years before that she refuses to even remember. Dwelling on the past only hurts. Life is fragile, a lesson her mother taught her well. She's determined not to waste a moment of her newfound freedom.

Maybe some would consider her crush on Mateo Eden wasted time. Maybe some would call her a fool for loving a man who hasn't once dropped a crumb of interest her way. Still, to Vera, it's Mateo or nothing.

He's handsome. Charming. Witty. And he loves his family the way Vera loves—with her whole heart.

Maybe he'll never notice her. Maybe she's too damaged, too broken, to find that normal life she craves. Maybe her secrets will always keep them apart. But Vera will love him anyway. Whether Mateo realizes it or not.


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The final book of the series and well worth the wait. I love a good single parent romance anyway but then add in the whole Eden family dynamics, the beautiful setting and a lost girl just wanting to find a home. I was hooked from the blurb. You will fall in love with Mateo and Vera.


I loved how the story line wrapped up with these two. I loved how the Eden's just folded Vera into their arms and loved her all the more. I loved seeing Vera speak for herself and let Mateo know how she was feeling.


Overall a fantastic ending to this series. I will miss the rustic small town life. Hopefully the author will bring us back here again in the future.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.





Devney Perry is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of over forty romance novels. After working in the technology industry for a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to pursue her passion for writing. She was born and raised in Montana and now lives in Washington with her husband and two sons.



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December 5, 2023

Release Blitz & Review: Among the Heather

 





Among the Heather by Samantha Young is now live!





He’s a disgraced actor. She’s the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Both are hiding in the Scottish Highlands, but despite their antagonistic attraction, they can’t seem to hide from each other…

North Hunter has worked hard to step out of the shadows of his orphaned upbringing into the limelight of Hollywood. He never imagined a dark moment from his childhood returning to destroy everything he’d built. Devastated, he finds comfort in the isolation of an exclusive members-only club in the Scottish Highlands, even if the club comes with a prickly estate manager who sets his blood on fire.

As the eldest daughter of a Hollywood legend, Aria Howard has learned the hard way that people will use her to get to her father. When her last relationship ended badly, Aria fled to Scotland. Running Ardnoch Estate provides distance from a life that has never fit comfortably. But when defamed Scottish actor North Hunter disrupts her sanctuary, Aria is on the defense. The cocky actor is the last thing she needs, and despite their searing attraction, Aria is determined to dislike him.

But one night of drunken forced proximity with North leads Aria to share insecurities seeded by her horrible ex. When North offers to prove her ex wrong by taking Aria to his bed for a no-strings distraction, they begin an affair neither expected. However, their fiery liaison leads to a deep emotional connection that unsettles them both, and North will have to break down more than Aria’s trust issues if they’re ever to have a future together. He’ll need to protect her from a past that just doesn’t want to stay buried… or lose something far more essential to his existence than his career.


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This book takes us back to the highlands and the familiar Ardnoch Estate. It is the 2nd book of the spin off and we get to see how the estate's manager and Hollywood princess navigates finding her HEA. 

Aria has her guard up when it comes to men. She has been burned more than once and many times she has simply been used to get close to her famous father.  She wrongly lumps all Hollywood types together and ends up drawing the attention of one of the estate's guests--Noah Hunter.  She has him all wrong but her heart wants protection.

Noah has not always lived a charmed life and someone is out to share all his dirty secrets.  His hiding out at Ardnoch has Aria all kinds of flustered.  When her sister finally forces them together, they start letting down those walls. What follows is a lot of North trying to prove that not all men are bad. And a whole lot of Aria rediscovering herself through North's eyes. 

It was great to see all the old gang again and catch up on their stories while learning about this new couple.  Great hints left for the next installment as well.  I loved watching Aria become a strong woman and finally stick up for what she wanted. 

Great addition to the series.  Can't wait to read more from this world. 

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 






Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She's been nominated for several Goodreads Choice Awards. Samantha writes adult contemporary and paranormal romance, YA urban fantasy and YA contemporary fiction and is currently published in 31 countries.

She resides in Scotland.



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November 30, 2023

Release Blitz & Review: The Lovely Return

 




Title: The Lovely Return
Author: Carian Cole
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Age Gap/Second Chance/Small Town
Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: November 30, 2023


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What if death doesn’t do you part?

They say be careful what you wish for. But on December 5th, Alex Fox makes a wish in the midst of a devastating tragedy. Little did he know, that wish would come true.

Six years after that fateful day, a little girl wanders into Alex’s studio. With her quirky personality, endless questions, and adorable smile, Penny Rose becomes an enchanting, yet bittersweet, distraction.

Penny Rose was an odd girl—at least, that’s what her parents said. Penny herself didn’t feel particularly odd; she simply felt misplaced. As if somehow, in some way, she was living in the wrong place. In the wrong life.

As the years pass, Alex and Penny develop a friendship. But it becomes harder and harder for them to ignore their undeniable chemistry, no matter how forbidden it is.

Alex believed he’d never find love again, let alone fall for a girl half his age. But Penny is everything he could ever want or need. Not only is she caring, witty, and beautiful, but she accepts the past that haunts him.

Penny couldn’t be happier. She’s been head over heels for sexy, brooding artist Alex Fox since she was six years old. But when her childhood dreams start resurfacing again—dreams of a life with Alex way before they ever met—she starts to think they’re not dreams at all.

They’re memories.

Penny’s revelation to Alex threatens to tear them apart, making them question the impossible and unbelievable.

Can love truly transcend time and death, giving them a second chance at their happily ever after? Or is Penny battling a broken mind that has led her down a path of heartbreaking delusion?





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I was interested in the premise of this one. I enjoyed the 1st 3rd of the book until Penn moves in to Fox's house.  From there, the story just dragged for me.  There was a lot of back and forth. She would have a vision--say something weird. He was having feelings for her.  It just got strange. 

I was able to skip ahead about 20 chapters and still got the gist of the story. I have read this author before and enjoyed her stories. This one seemed to need some major editing. The pages were filled with beautiful words but it didn;t advance the story fast enough. 

Just ok for me. Unique premise, but could have been better. 

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own


 
AUTHOR BIO

Carian Cole has a passion for the bad boys, those covered in tattoos, sexy smirks, ripped jeans, fast cars, motorcycles and of course, the sweet girls who try to tame them and win their hearts. 

Born and raised a Jersey girl, Carian now resides in beautiful New Hampshire with her husband and their multitude of furry pets. She spends most of her time writing, reading, and vacuuming.