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Friday, November 12, 2021

COVER REVEAL: Love in Australia by Emily Silver




Title: Love in Australia
Series: Love Abroad #3
Author: Emily Silver
Genre: Office Romance/Holiday Romance
Cover Design: Kari March Designs
Release Date: December 14, 2021


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A year living abroad in Australia? The land of Hemsworths, kangaroos and vegemite? It’s going to be a good year. Until the unexpected happens.

Reagan is ready to have the year of her life in Sydney. Men, adventure, she wants it all. Her first week in the city, she meets a fiery stranger who rocks her world.

When two blue lines appear on that stick, Reagan’s year of adventure is turned on its head. In a country where she knows no one, she now must rely on her sexy stranger for help.
 
And that mystery stranger? Turns out, he’s her boss.

The last thing Leo needed was his one-night stand coming into the office. Even worse? When she tells him she’s pregnant. He doesn’t want to be attracted to her, but he can’t help it. The spitfire of a woman drives him crazy.

Things just got a whole lot more complicated Down Under.

Love in Australia is a happily ever after romance with no cliffhanger, and is the third book in the Love Abroad series.







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After winning a Young Author’s Award in second grade, Emily was destined to be a writer. A lover of all things romance, Emily started writing books set in her favorite places around the world. As an avid traveler, she’s been to all seven continents and sailed around the world.

When she’s not writing, Emily is working to pay for her next big adventure, trying to learn a foreign language and reading all the romance she can get her hands on!


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RELEASE BLITZ: Butterfly Save by Mignon Mikel




Title: Butterfly Save
Series: Prescott Brothers #3
Author: Mignon Mykel
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 11, 2021


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It’s been one hell of a year.

If I’m being honest, it’s been one hell of a life.

For years my worth has been tied up in one of two things: goaltender for the San Diego Enforcers, and husband—then ex-husband—of the oldest MacTavish daughter.

Regret is a heavy thing and it’s weighing on me.

Now I’m retiring myself up to the wooded island my family called a second home growing up.

Getting away from the limelight.
Feeling closer to my roots.

I’m fully prepared to live out the rest of my life alone up here in seclusion.

And then I meet her.

Timid. Cautious. And so damn beautiful.

I should stay away.
She doesn’t need my brand of baggage.
But damn if I can't help myself.







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Trying to focus on the sound of the gentle waves of Lake Superior, I most certainly was not keeping my ears open for the neighbor’s voice.
A voice that was the type that carried.
It took far more energy to not focus on the baritone notes than to just give in and let them wash over me.
He had a pleasant voice. Not as harsh as my father’s or my last husband’s, nor as tinny as my late husband’s.
It wasn’t a voice that scared me—but that thought did.
Nearly twelve years of words and rules and “God’s laws” were hard to erase. Add to that the six or so years of being a wife, and I wasn’t sure that I wanted the outside world’s version of coupling.
Growing up, all I heard about was it was sinful for a woman to choose her husband; that it was God’s choice, and God’s choice went through my father.
It was a sin for women to speak with men. It was a sin for women to look longingly at a man who wasn’t her husband—hell, it was a sin to look longingly, period, as it was an outward sign of lust.
Keep your words to yourself.
Keep your chin down.
And do as your husband says.






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Mignon Mykel, author of reader-favorite Prescott Family, loves books, dreaming, and espresso. When not writing, you can find her reading, hiking, or hanging out with her adorable nanny boy-os.

She loves to read books in large worlds, where many books down the road, you get a glimpse at a former favorite couple. It is because of that, that every Mignon Mykel title you read, is connected to any other title in some shape or form. However, everything is a complete standalone.



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RELEASE BLITZ: The Upside of Down by Nicole Rodrigues




Title: The Upside of Down
Author: Nicole Rodrigues
Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 12, 2021


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Sorayah Wilson

When my ex waltzes back into my life, claiming he wants to be a father to my son after eight years of silence, I’m more than a little wary. I refuse to let him come into my son’s life and turn it upside down. But after making a scene at my office, my business partner and best friend, Cristiano Mendes, approaches me with a proposal. A terrible one, considering I’ve crushed on him from the time I turned thirteen, and the fact that he’s never shown any interest in me.

Marriage might be the solution to one of my problems, but being married to Cristiano has its own set of repercussions.

Cristiano Mendes

Sorayah Wilson stopped my heart the second I laid eyes on her when we were just kids. Since then, I’ve done everything I can to protect her.
Marrying her is easy, because she’s my best friend. I’ve always been able to keep myself in check but being around her and her son Matteo every day, makes me long for this thing between us to be real.

Only Sorayah doesn’t know that I’m keeping a secret, one she might never forgive me for.







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Prologue
Sorayah

I stand in the small room, my tight white lace dress hugging my body perfectly. I feel the tears forming in my eyes because I only wanted to do this once in my life. Getting married is a big deal, a big damn deal and here I am doing it for all the wrong reasons. My son is the most important person in my life, though and I would do anything for him, even this.

It could be worse, I think to myself, I could have married his father. Thank God my head was on straight when I found out I was pregnant with Matteo and didn’t jump to marry his dad, not like he was even there long enough for me to marry. He might have mentally cut out before I even left his house after telling him, hell maybe he was done with me long before that even.

A knock on the door breaks my thoughts and I look up, expecting the person to enter but they don’t.

“You ready, wifey?” Cristiano’s voice slithers past the doorway.

I feel my stomach jump at his voice, finding it harder and harder to deny my feelings for him, push them down like I’ve done for so many years. It could be worse, I could be marrying a bastard. Cris is amazing, my best damn friend and the only person that has truly been there for me all these years. If I had to marry someone, I’m glad it’s him.

“I...yeah, I’m ready,” I answer with a stutter.

“I will be waiting at the front of the aisle.”

I hear his footsteps retreat and take a deep breath, fingering my dark curl that’s dropped in front of my face.

“You can do this, Ray. You. Can. Do. This. Think of Matteo.”

I nod to my reflection and grab my flowers from the small side table. I open the door slowly, walking towards the courthouse door and when it opens and I see Cristiano standing in his crisp suit at the front, I feel my stomach drop to my feet.

Fuck.

I have to sleep next to that, wake up to that, pretend to be married to that and not actually do anything about it? Sweet baby Jesus in the manger, give me strength.

I take another deep breath, giving him my best smile and slowly walk towards the front of the courthouse. When I get there, he takes my hand and I flinch, electricity spiking up my arm.

“Sorry,” he mumbles.

“No it’s...it’s okay, I just...am nervous.”

God, we are so weird. This is Cristiano! My best friend. The boy that cheated off of me in Calculus class. The boy that saw me puke all over myself after eating too many of his mom’s chocolate chip cookies. The boy that used to beat me at HORSE, watched movies with me. The man that gave me a job and supported me throughout my pregnancy and helped me raise Matteo when he didn’t have to. I’m a blind fool if I think I can compartmentalize these feelings into a neat little box and never open them. A damn fool.

“I am too. Do not be nervous, it is still just me, Rayah.”

Oh, the way he says my name. I want to cry, knowing this is a dream I let go of once we went into business together and now it’s right here, in front of my face but it’s fake.

I give him a small smile, reassuring him that I’m fine when I am anything but. The clergyman starts to perform the ceremony and I zone out, picturing this as a different wedding, something we both planned and wanted. Our friends and family are behind us, eager to get to our party, enjoy the cocktail hour and dance and celebrate all night long. I feel a squeeze of my hand and look up, shaking away that dream.

“You ready?” Cristiano asks, his smile stealing the breath straight from my lungs.

“Yes,” I whisper.

The clergyman tells us both to repeat after him and when Cris says “I do”, I feel my core tighten, knowing that even if this is fake, he did this for me. He took the leap away from his bachelor life, agreed to come live with Matteo and I and did this for us. It turns me on like nothing I’ve ever experienced before at his caring, protective side.

I instinctively rub my legs together, squeezing his hand and his eyebrow arches, a devilish smirk on his face.

“Save that for after the ceremony, wifey.”

I swallow down my desire to tell him we better fucking consummate this marriage after the ceremony and dig my nail into his palm instead, giving him a hard look. He laughs, the sound tickling my southern region to the point where I have to stifle a whimper and repeat after the clergyman saying my own “I do’s”.

“I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride.”

I swallow, totally forgetting about this part and my mouth opens. He can’t...we can’t. Cristiano smiles, his face coming closer to mine and I close my eyes, hoping the ground will swallow me whole before we cross this line, before we do something we can never come back from. As if marrying each other didn’t push us over that line already.

I feel a soft touch on my hip, another behind my head and then his lips are against mine, soft at first as the blood in my body bursts around my veins like a water balloon. Little tingles explode up my legs, my arms, my chest and settle between my legs as he deepens the kiss. His tongue presses against my lips, seeking permission and I give it to him, grabbing the back of his head as I tilt mine to the side, engulfing him.

Fuck, he’s a good kisser. He’s a really good kisser. I try to hold back my moan but it escapes, vibrating off his mouth and he growls, responding to me.

A throat clears from next to us and the fire is quickly extinguished, sand and water dousing the flame, never to light again as I pull back quickly, wiping my mouth. The remnants of my lipstick against Cristiano’s lips makes my pussy clench with need and the shock in his brown eyes mirrors my own.

“Well that’s quite a kiss. No marriage consummations in the courthouse though. There’s a hotel down the block if you can’t make it home,” the clergyman jokes.

I laugh, a nervous giggle and Cristiano’s eyes are still on me, not wavering, not giving any indication that it affected him as much as it just affected me.

One year. I can survive one year married to this man. What happens is after; how will I survive when it’s over?






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Nicole Rodrigues is a contemporary/ New Adult Romance Author. She is a mama to three kiddos, married to her real life book boyfriend and resides outside Nashville, TN.
She enjoys reading, hanging out with her family and attempting Pinterest projects.


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With over five years in the industry, and millions of books sold worldwide, we know what it takes to become a successful author and we will use this knowledge to take our authors to the next level. 

“As a successful hybrid author in this ever evolving industry, I know that you’re only as successful as the team that is promoting you!” – Aurora Rose Reynolds


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COVER REVEAL: The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland




Title: The Summer Proposal
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative
Photographer: Rodolfo Martinez
Model: Michael Yerger
Release Date: January 10, 2022


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The first time I met Max Yearwood was on a blind date.
Max was insanely gorgeous, funny, and our chemistry was off the charts. He also had the biggest dimples I’d ever laid eyes on.
Exactly what I needed after my breakup.
Or so I thought…
Until my real date arrived.
Turned out, Max wasn’t who I was there to meet. He only pretended to be until my real date showed up.
To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
Before he left, he slipped me a ticket to a hockey game a few blocks away, in case things didn’t work out on my actual date.
I tossed the ticket into my purse and went about trying to enjoy the man I was supposed to meet.
But my real blind date and I had no connection.
So on my way home, I decided to take a chance and stop by the game.
When I arrived, the seat next to me was empty.
Disappointed again, I decided to leave at the end of the period.
Just before the buzzer, one of the teams scored, and the entire arena went crazy.
A player’s face flashed up on the Jumbotron. He was wearing a helmet, but I froze when he smiled.
You guessed it: Dimples.
Apparently, my fake blind date hadn’t invited me to watch hockey with him, he’d invited me to watch him play.
And so began my adventure with Max Yearwood.
He was everything I needed at the time—fun, sexy, up for anything, and only around for a few months since he’d signed with a new team three-thousand miles away.
Max proposed we spend the summer helping me forget my ex. It sounded like a good plan. Things couldn’t get too serious when we had an expiration date. Right?
Though, you know what they say about the best-laid plans.







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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. 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.


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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

COVER REVEAL: The Quintessentially Theirs Collection by Serena Akeroyd



The Quintessentially Theirs Collection
Author: Serena Akeroyd
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: RBA Designs
Photo: Wander Aguiar



HIS TO KEEP
Releasing December 11
Models: Wayne Skivington & Dina Auneau

She’s the future Queen of Veronia.
I come from a notorious British family.
We’ve been best friends for as long as I can remember…
Until one day she broke us.
I woke up in Vegas, hungover and married.
Betrayed, I left her.
Hurt, I stayed away.
But then I almost died, and I realized she would always be mine to keep.







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Releasing December 18
Models: Pat Tanski & Evan Keys

Ever hear the kid song, Jake and Beau sitting in a tree K I S S I N G?
Well, she met me when I was up in a tree, but kissing her has never been an option. She isn’t the kind to fall for a daredevil.
And I’m a Formula One race car driver. Adrenaline Junkie is my middle name. Taking risks and tossing my fate to the wind is what I do.
Being her friend is no longer enough.
Can I find a way to hold onto her, when we are so intrinsically different?







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Born in England, Serena Akeroyd is a true romance bookaholic. As a reader she will not touch a book unless she knows it has a happy ending, which makes her write the endings that your heart craves! This addiction, made her want to craft stories to suit her voracious need for steamy, sexy romance. She loves to write stories with plots twists, alpha sexy men, dark humor, and hot AF love scenes. Some are darker than others as she has a taste for the weird and the unexpected.

She writes MF, MM, Menage and Reverse Harem (also known as Why Choose romance) in both con-temporary and paranormal. But she has recently decided to concentrate more on contemporary MF stories, mainly with A Dark and Dirty Sinners’ MC Series and The Filthy Feckers Series.


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RELEASE BLITZ: Stroke by Various Authors




Title: Stroke: An Enemies to Lovers,
Billionaire Office Romance 
Collaboration from Twenty Four Authors
Genre: Contemporary Office Romance
Release Date: November 10, 2021


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Two sexy, powerful brothers want me.
One is a perfect gentleman.
The other is rude, arrogant, and hates me.
Or does he?

MIA

Landing an interview with Stroke Magazine is a dream come true. That is until Trak Cohen, the co-owner of Stroke, boots me from the interview before it begins. He is an egotistical playboy, and I dodged a bullet. Then the unexpected: I receive a call from his brother, Trent, and I can’t turn down the position he is offering.

If only his drop-dead gorgeous brother would stop distracting me.

I will not become another notch in his belt.

TRAK

Being the co-owner of a popular magazine comes with its own set of perks, including an endless supply of beautiful women at my beck and call. Except for Mia, who was hired by my brother behind my back. I don’t like her attitude or the way I can’t get rid of her. Worse yet, all of that makes her more intriguing. We can’t stand each other, but we’re stuck with the situation for now.

I’ve almost convinced myself that I care nothing about her, but when Trent goes after Mia, I want nothing more than to steal her heart for myself.

I will win in the end.







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“Thanks! See nothing to worry about Mia.” I took her hand to make sure she gets out of her seat. She grabbed the cup that was next to her on the desk with her free hand as I said. “Gentleman, you can just tell Mr. Cohen that Mia’s roommate’s granny busted a hip line dancing or bungee jumping or something.”
I watched as Mia’s cheeks flushed with a dark pink.
“You knew?”
“Of course, I knew.” I said with a prideful grin.
I escorted her through the underground parking lot and opened the passenger door of my Toyota Landcruiser.
“This, is your car?” she asked incredulous.
“You were expecting something else?” After unlocking the vehicle, I held the passenger door open for her.
“Yes. A big pretentious, bright yellow hummer perhaps?”
“Are you disappointed?”
“No. Only surprised.” Her brow knitted with concern. “I didn’t think we were going off site. If Trent checks on me…”
“Here we go again with this.” I have to work to keep the snark out of my voice. “What makes you think he holds any weight with me?”
“I don’t know what weight he holds with you, but he’s still my boss.”
“I’m your boss.”
“You hate me.”
“I don’t hate you.”
“You’ve said it, you’d rather have my best friend as an assistant.” She reminded me of the rude words I spoke before.
I’m disgusted with my actions towards her.
“That’s not exactly accurate.” I held open the passenger door for her.
“Trent hired me.” Her voice quaked. “He can fire me.”
“Mia…”
“Honestly, Trak the only reason I even still have a job is because of Trent. If you recall, you sent me packing over perfume.”
“MIA!”
“WHAT?!”
“Would you just get in the vehicle?” Making my eyes gentle, I added. “Please.”
Surprise flashed over her face before she huffed at me. But she sat her cute ass on the passenger seat anyway.
As we took off through Manhattan, and I finally had her alone next to me, I felt myself loosen up.
Furious, she stared out the window. “What was I thinking, getting into this car with you?”
“God, you’re gorgeous when you’re angry.”
I meant it, but of course the comment only infuriated her more, inciting vehement wrath.
“What the… WHAT?!” she shouted. “Pull over and let me out of this car right now Trak!”
Her eyes we’re positively on fire. I could do this all day. I maneuvered the vehicle to the side of the road.
“But I haven’t shown you the something yet.”
“I can only imagine what that something is.” She quips.
“Mia, I don’t want to be enemies.”
“You drew those lines, Trak. From the moment we met, first when you stole my taxi, then when you treated me so appallingly at my interview. At the office. On sites. Shall I go on?”
“I did all of that. Could you… would you… give me a second chance?”
“What makes you think you deserve one. You’re hardly even a friend.”
“Mia…”
“You can’t even say it!” She was so hurt. All because of my behavior. I wished I could make her understand.
“I’m sorry. I was completely wrong to have ever treated you that way. I have been a first-rate ass. Please forgive me.”
I couldn’t take it anymore. Leaning towards her, I gently cradled the back of her head in my hand. Her chestnut hair was like silk against my palm and fingers.
Risking her right hook—or the probability of her clawing her nails across my face—I brought her soft, pink lips closer.
Her gaze lifted to mine, her dark, thick lashes framing her ocean blue eyes. The storm in them still raging.
“Please.” My voice was all but a whisper as I pressed my lips against hers.
Her mouth tasted of the chai tea she had been sipping, cinnamon spice and clove. My eyes fell closed as I leaned into her.
Mia stiffened, but only for a moment, before she melted into the embrace.
Her sweet lips were soft and warm. The kiss was tentative at first like we
were testing each other.
Tasting each other.
And Mia tasted like perfection.






ABOUT THE BOOK & AUTHORS

Stroke is an Enemies-to-Lovers, Billionaire Office Romance Collaboration from Twenty Four Authors. Each chapter in this full-length novel is written by the following authors:

Chapter 1 - Allie Juliette Mousseau, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 2 - Mary Ting
Chapter 3 - Hilary Storm, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 4 - Stacy Kestwick, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 5 - Brooke Page, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 6 - Jennifer Miller
Chapter 7 - Sydney Lane
Chapter 8 - M. Mabie
Chapter 9 - Quinn Knightly
Chapter 10 - Kathy Coopmans, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 11 - A.E. Woodward
Chapter 12 - Shantel Tessier, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 13 - Alexandrea Weis
Chapter 14 - Stacey Lewis, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 15 - Cora Brent, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 16 - Amy Marie
Chapter 17 - Angela Corbett, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 18 - C.A. Harms
Chapter 19 - S. Moose
Chapter 20 - Clarissa Wild, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 21 - Jacob Chance, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 22 - Marley Valentine, USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 23 - Winter Travers, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author
Chapter 24 - Maria Vickers

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