June 26, 2025

Release Blitz: Extraction

 



Title: Extraction
Trilogy: Stonewall #1
Author: J.L. Drake
Genre: Military Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Secret Child/Found Family/Cartel World
Alpha Male/Enemies to Lovers/Forced Proximity
Release Date: June 26, 2025


BLURB

From the author of the bestselling Broken Trilogy and Dark Water Series comes Extraction—the first book in Stonewall, a dangerous suspense series in the World of Mayhem, where brotherhood runs deep, and the fight for what matters most only gets harder when the heart is on the line.

Agent Paul is a soldier of many faces—
a ghost, an undercover operative, a team leader.

But those are just titles.

When a letter lands in his hands, everything changes. The past he buried resurfaces with a single revelation—his son.

Returning to the cartel world he barely escaped is a mission he can’t face alone. His brothers rally behind him, shifting their current operation to follow a trail that leads into the darkest corners of Mexico. What they encounter is far more than intel.

A pawn.
An heir.
A child.

Nicole Winter is a war correspondent with a reputation for chasing the truth. Smart. Relentless. And already three steps ahead. When their paths collide, she’s holding the one document Paul needs—and carrying secrets of her own.

As trust is tested and loyalties blur, the mission spirals. When Paul vanishes mid-operation, Nicole is left with one impossible task—to get the boy out alive.

Even if it costs her everything.






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AUTHOR BIO


Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

An avid reader of James Patterson, J.L. Drake has often found herself inspired by his many stories of mystery and intrigue.

She hopes you will enjoy her stories as much as she has enjoyed writing them.


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June 24, 2025

Release Blitz & Review: The Road to Forever





TITLE: The Road to Forever (The Beaumont Series: Next Generation, #7)


AUTHOR: Heidi McLaughlin
Genre: Rocker Romance
Release Date: June 24, 2025



Book Blurb:


Quinn James thought he had his life figured out. Successful rock band, sold-out tours, and a future mapped out in front of him. But sometimes life has other plans.

When Sinful Distraction embarks on their biggest tour yet, Quinn finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about love, loyalty, and what he really wants.

As the miles roll by and the music takes on new meaning, Quinn discovers that the road between where you are and where you're meant to be isn't always straight. Some detours lead to dead ends. Others lead to destinations you never saw coming.

Sometimes the best songs come from the most unexpected places. And sometimes the road to forever starts with a single choice to let go of the past.


Buy link: https://geni.us/trtf




Review

This is Quinn's second book in the next gen series. I am sooo happy for him!  Nola was just a bit off from the start. You can't help who you love but she had secrets and she has this loyalty to her family that seems like Quinn was never going to be a part of. 

We get to the see his band on the road again. Quinn trying to mend a broken heart. Great friends and family interactions.  Maybe the chance at love??? 

Great scenery. Great sibling love. Fabulous world building as they travel the country. 

Could not be happier for Quinn as this story unfolds. 

Great addition to the series! 



About the Author



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.


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June 17, 2025

Release Blitz & Review: Grand Slam

 




GRAND SLAM

(Tennessee Terrors series)

by C.A. Harms

Release Date: June 17th


BLURB:


Kelton

My entire life, as far back as I can remember, I had a baseball in my hands. Baseball was the one true constant in my life. A game I've always loved, and I'm good at it.

So when my dream came true to play professionally, everything felt like it'd finally aligned. I dropped everything, but the hardest part, was leaving my family and those I love behind.

Emerson

He'd gotten the chance of a lifetime. So it would have been wrong for me to hold him back. I smiled, and wished him the best, pretending that watching him leave wasn't one of the hardest things I'd ever faced. I'd pretended, and done a great job at it, until I was invited to travel with a group of friends to watch him play.

Everything was different under all the lights, with the sounds of thousands of fans cheering. It was surreal, and when our eyes met, all those feelings I'd tucked away came rushing back.

How do I pretend that I don't still feel like Kelton James has my heart in his hands. How do I hold back, when he pulls me in for a hug. The familiar scent of his cologne taking me back to the last time he held me close.

Most importantly, how do I walk away a second time?


𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳.

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Bases are loaded … but love is on the line.

Welcome to Music City Park, where the lights shine bright, the stakes are high, and the players of the Tennessee Terrors don’t just risk it all on the baseball field — they gamble with their hearts too.

From second-chance romance to forbidden love, grumpy meets sunshine to enemies to lovers, single moms and single dads, fake dating and opposites attract, these baseball stars are about to learn the game doesn’t end when the ninth inning does.

Batter up …

Let the season of love begin!

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Review


This is the 5th book of the series. It has been great getting to know this team. Each author has brought us something special.  This is Kelton's story.  I love a good second chance romance and this one is perfect. 

Emerson and Kelton have some history. Thank goodness Kelton's sister Liz sees the best in both of them and finally pushes the issue. Kelton is a pro baseball player and Emerson is a small town girl. I loved that Kelton SEES her and knows what he has been missing out on. 

I liked how the author takes us on this journey with them. Some angsty moments but more related to young love and reacquainting themselves with each other. Kelton is so gone for Emerson. She settles him and quiets all the noise the big leagues have brought to his life. 

Great addition to the series! 

Complimentary copy provided for an honest review. 

June 6, 2025

Release Blitz & Review: The Fire We Crave

 



Title: The Fire We Crave
Series: Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado #3
Author: S. Cole
Genre: MC Romance
Tropes: Age Gap, Grumpy/Sunshine
Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: June 5, 2025


BLURB

From USA Today best selling author, Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying small town MC, grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers romance.

Quinn
Two things happened on my thirteenth birthday. My older sister went missing. And I told Smoke Callahan, the Iron Outlaws Road Captain, that it was his fault she was gone.

Fourteen years later, I still hate him.

But hate doesn’t keep me safe when the Bratva sets its sights on me.

I need protection. The kind only a ruthless, broken man like Smoke can provide.

So I make him an offer. I’ll help him recover from the burns that nearly cost him his life. In return, he keeps me breathing.

It should be simple. It isn’t.

Because the more time I spend in his orbit, the more I see the man behind the scars. The one who carries a past as heavy as mine. And when he looks at me, it’s not hatred I see in his dark eyes anymore.

It’s something far more dangerous.

Smoke
Quinn Moran was just a kid when she came at me, fists flying, blaming me for her sister’s disappearance. I let her. I deserved it.

Now she’s all grown up—sharp-tongued, stubborn as hell, and standing in my cabin, asking for my protection.

I should say no. I should send her away.

But I don’t. Because even if she still hates me, I’ll kill anyone who tries to hurt her.

Even if it means she learns the truth.

Even if it means she never forgives me.

Because she was never meant to be mine. But that won’t stop me from taking her.







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EXCERPT

Smoke’s eyes drop to his chest, and he places his hand over mine.
“You’re okay, Smoke. So am I. It’s all okay.” The words are softly spoken. Soothing, like you would for a frightened child.
My heart hammers loudly in my chest, and it’s not just the adrenaline of the situation.
It’s the way I feel Smoke’s heartbeat beneath my palm. It’s the way his hand sits over mine, covering it completely, so strong and warm. It’s the way his thumb rubs over my fingers and the way his eyes darken with heat and arousal.
It’s his presence. The way we feel so…joined. His eyes raise to my lips as he runs his tongue over his lower lip.
Neither of us moves.
The world continues around us. Birds chirp, cicadas do their thing, but we’re stuck in a vortex. Swirling. Chaotic. All consuming.
“The prospects need to be protecting you,” he says finally.
But his voice is gruff, layered with nuance it’s impossible to interpret.
“And he was. Who was protecting you?”
“I don’t need protecting.”
I shake my head sadly. “I think you do.”
Smoke cups my cheeks before I have time to process, his hold firm.
“Fuck it,” he mutters, more to himself than to me, I think.
Then, he dips his head and kisses me.
And it’s everything I ever read about.
It’s angry yet filled with the kind of passion that sweeps you up and knocks you over into the tumble of a huge wave of emotion.
My treacherous body capitulates to every small movement.
His lips stroke my mouth; I open.
His hands wrap around my waist; I throw mine around his neck.
I struggle to see anything beyond the way he feels against me.
When I step up against him, his cock lengthens and hardens against my stomach. His whole body envelops me, showing just how disparate our size difference is.
He doesn’t ask. He takes. But I’m wholeheartedly a willing participant. If anything, I want more. Every part of my body meets Smoke. If he began to strip my clothes to take me on the parched ground, I’d let him.
“Quinn,” he mutters against my lips as his hands roam my body, familiarizing themselves with my shape.
I’m gentle where he’s injured, but I slide my hand beneath his cut, and I’m immersed in the scent of leather and tobacco and him.
“Shit. No,” Smoke says suddenly, lightly gripping my wrists before pushing me away from him.
The shift in his expression from need to disgust churns my stomach.
“I’m sorry,” I say, almost on autopilot, even though I’m not a hundred percent sure what I’m sorry for.
Hell, I’m not even sure how I fell headfirst into that kiss.
Smoke shakes his head. “Not your fault. Just—we can’t do that again.”
Unable to come up with anything else to say, I blurt one word: “Okay.”
Four letters that do absolutely nothing to convey the storm raging inside me right now.
“Okay,” he repeats.
But as I watch him stride into the house, ignoring the glass Shane left on the step, I know the fragile truce we were building is broken. And I wonder if we’ll ever truly be okay again.




Review

This is the 3rd book of a series. I am loving this MC and all the members! 

Smoke and Quinn have had interesting lives. They have always been on each others periphery.   It isn't until Quinn's life is in danger that they agree to calla truce to past feelings and support each other in the here and now. 

I love a good slow burn enemies to lovers story. Quinn has had her guard up for years around Smoke.  When the truth finally comes out, Quin starts to crumble but Smoke is right there giving her the courage she needs to face the past. 

Loved seeing the other couples. I love the small town atmosphere of this whole series.  Looking forward to reading more!

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


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June 3, 2025

Release & Review: The Past

 




Blurb:

Before ascending the throne of the Blackburn Empire in Kentucky horse country, they were
just Tommy and Fiona, two teenagers from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Young love
bloomed during an Irish summer set amidst the rolling green hills and lush pastures of
Tipperary County.


Fiona Conlan grew up sheltered by her overbearing parents and vibrating with the need for
something more. In the summer of 1978, she found exactly what she needed. Ready to test the
boundaries set for her, Fiona trained in the exhilarating and dangerous sport of
steeplechase, and in an even more rebellious move, started secretly dating a young and
brash American she knew her parents would never approve of.

Too much partying and not enough studying during his sophomore year of college had
Tommy Blackburn’s parents desperate to get the future heir of the family business to take life
a little more seriously. What better way to do that than to send him to Ireland to work at
Glenhaven, a massive thoroughbred and breeding operation run by a family friend. But
Tommy’s wild ways followed him across the pond and he couldn’t help but pursue the
beautiful redhead with fire in her eyes and a wild spirit just waiting to break free.

Tommy and Fiona fell hard and fast, a secret love built from stolen moments. Rife with drama
and disapproval, they overcame it all to set the stage for a new generation of Blackburns to
run their American Empire. Their epically romantic journey was anything but easy, but you
can’t get to the present without The Past.

The Past: A Blackburn Novel is an opposites attract, long distance love story within the Bluegrass Empires series. All books in the series can be enjoyed as standalones.

Buy Link:

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Review: 

4.5 stars

What a great addition to this series! Loved seeing how mom and dad met.

It had to start somewhere and why not in Ireland. Tommy and Fiona's story is a great love story standing on it's own. If you have read the Bluegrass series, it will be even more meaningful to you. Two strong characters with a ton of love between them.

I will be sad to leave the horse world behind. Thanks to the author for giving us just one more look at this great family.

*Complimentary copy provided for an honest review.


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.

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