Friday, December 10, 2021
PRE-ORDER BLITZ: Break Me by Ivy Arnold
Title: Break Me
Series: Forbidden #1
Author: Ivy Arnold
Genre: Dark Age Gap Romance
Release Date: December 29, 2021
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The moment she walked into my classroom I knew she was trouble.
Beautiful and mysterious, she’s the kind of girl who is used to getting what she wants.
And what she wants is me.
I never thought I would cross that line with a student.
Until she forces me.
My life is turned upside down and there’s nothing I can do to stop her.
It’s her word against mine.
I’m trapped, cornered, a pawn in her sick, twisted little game.
I have no idea why she’s doing this.
Or when she will stop.
The crazy thing is, even with everything I stand to lose,
I’m not sure I want her to.
Book one in a series of dark, age gap novels.
Each book in this series is a COMPLETE, FULL LENGTH novel.
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EXCERPT
“Chloe,” I rasp, when class is over. “Stay back, if you would.”
This time, there are no chorus of jeers as the other students leave.
They know they know they know…
She saunters up to my desk and gives me a winning smile. I can smell her on her fingers.
“You need to stop this,” I snap.
“What?” she asks, wide-eyed and innocent, head tilting to one side. “You didn't seem to mind too much last night.”
I flinch at the reminder. “You assaulted me,” I say.
She laughs, rolling her eyes. “You grabbed my ass to make sure I took your full load,” she scoffs. “If anything, you took advantage of my vulnerable situation. I called you for help, you put me up in a hotel, then stopped by, took photos of me while I was asleep…” My eyes widen as she ticks off my list of offenses. “Then you forced yourself on me, Mr. Reed,” she finished, her eyes widening in fake fear and horror again. “Now…who do you think the police will believe?”
God, she's fucking crazy. I stare at her, not sure what to say.
“What do you want?” I whisper. I wish my voice was stronger, but it's not. I feel like the Earth is falling out from under me. She’s got me firmly by the balls and she damn well knows it.
Her smile widens, and she leans in. “I think I've made that pretty obvious,” she purrs, trailing her fingers up my jaw, to my lips. She smells like herself, tastes like it too when she forces two fingers into my mouth. I can't help sucking on them, helplessly, watching her shiver and bite her lower lip.
“I want you to fuck me,” she demands, pulling her fingers out. “Right here, right now.”
“What?” I laugh, bitterly, looking at the door. “I can't…”
“Do it,” she says harshly. “Or I'll call the police.”
“You wouldn't.”
But I'm not so sure.
Chloe looks at me, smirking and sly. “Try me.”
I clench my jaw, rage rising in my stomach like bile. I shove myself to my feet and go to the door, slamming it shut. I'm so pissed off and so turned on, that the conflicting feelings are raging through my nerves like two fighting wolves.
“Come on, Mr. Reed,” she taunts from behind me. When I turn around, I see her sitting on the desk, legs spread and inviting. “What are you waiting for?”
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Ivy writes quick, sexy, forbidden age gap romances that can be devoured in a night.
RELEASE BLITZ: My Best Friend by Taylor K. Scott
Title: My Best Friend
Author: Taylor K. Scott
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: December 10, 2021
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A friends-to-lovers romantic comedy!
Persephone
Life is a box of chocolates!
Well, if so, mine have gone thoroughly stale. In fact, they went on the turn over a decade ago, on the night I gave my virginity and my heart to my best friend, Henry Morgan. The very next day, the boy took everything with him to Hollywood, where he is living it up as one of the world’s most celebrated Oscar-winning actors.
I should have ditched that box ages ago.
But I can’t.
Not while Henry still sits in there, even if only from a distance.
Henry
If life is a box of chocolates, then mine has been an awesome collection! I’ve transformed from the nerd targeted by bullies to an Oscar-winner.
There’s just one problem - my best friend, Persephone Hill.
At seven years old, the girl saved my life by sharing a comic and a handshake. Ever since I’ve been hopelessly devoted to her.
Back when we were closer than close, I was too afraid to tell her how I really felt. So, friendship is where I’ve stayed.
Yes, life has been a box of chocolates, only the best flavour has been missing.
But that’s about to change. I’m finally going to claim Persephone as mine.
You'd think, being a writer, I would find this an easy feat, but talking about myself always leaves me a little stumped. So, I beg for your forgiveness when I attempt to give you a little bit of waffle about me. I'm a mother, wife, and primary school teacher, who has found a passion for reading and writing. It's become so addictive I no longer watch TV, instead, I get lost in alternative realities and frequently lie awake in the middle of the night with random ideas for what to put my characters through next. Music is often my muse, but I also love to include real life experiences in my books. I want people to be able to relate to my characters and to know that they're not the only ones to go through certain difficulties, anxieties, or embarrassing situations. I like to think my stories are different from one another, some being romantic comedies while others are full of suspense. Hopefully, you’ll agree and will enjoy getting lost inside of my head for a while. My serving suggestion is to indulge with a side dish of something sweet, something comfy, and where possible, a golden retriever to curl up next to.
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RELEASE BLITZ: Deadly Illusion by Kathy Lockheart
Title: Deadly Illusion
Series: Secrets and the City #1
Author: Kathy Lockheart
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: December 10, 2021
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A sexy fighter saw her bruises. Now he’ll die to protect her. Maybe even kill…
Jenna was determined to leave her dark past behind her and build the life she’d always wanted, but just when she thought all her dreams were finally coming true, a shocking incident shattered her fairy-tale life, and now she’s hiding a terrible secret—a secret that could cost her everything.
Damian is as gorgeous as he is mysterious, keeping his own dark secrets from everyone he meets. He never thought he'd care about anything again...until he meets Jenna. He knows letting her get close to him will put her in danger, but when he suspects Jenna's in trouble, there's only one thing that matters: protecting her at all costs.
Thrust into a terrifying nightmare where a threat looms in every shadow, Jenna and Damian find themselves in a race for survival. Soon, everyone Jenna loves is in peril, and only the ultimate sacrifice can save them...
An emotional, tension-filled forbidden romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page...
Deadly Illusion is a full-length standalone with no cliffhanger in The Secrets and the City series: A collection of forbidden romances with page-turning suspense and gripping plot twists. This is an emotional novel that contains sensitive subject matters.
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EXCERPT
I pointed my stick at his chest, noticing it no longer had blood splatter on it.
"For God's sake, Jenna! Is that really necessary?"
I clutched my weapon tighter.
Damian let out a frustrated sigh. "After what you saw, you really think a stick would stop me?"
"Yeah," I lied.
"If I wanted to hurt you, I'd have done it by now."
"Comforting."
"You know I'd never hurt you."
"No, I don't. I don't know anything about you." And I didn't trust my judgment. It'd been wrong before...
Damian rubbed his ribs. Evidently, I'd gotten in some good swings. I shouldn't have felt a rush of triumph.
"Leave," I insisted.
He looked at me sharply. "You can't be serious."
"I'm deadly serious."
Damian pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm trying to be patient here, Jenna, but it's been a long night. You're wet and cold, and you need to come back to the truck before you get hypothermia."
"I'm not going anywhere with you."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not," I said, raising the stick when he reached for me.
"I'm not leaving you alone out here, Jenna, so cut it out!" He reached for me again, so I swung, but he dodged it and glowered at me.
How frustrating it must be to be so strong and yet powerless to move one small girl.
Damian looked up at the sky, then back at me. "Come back to the building, out of the rain."
"No."
"My truck, then. Lock me out if you want, but come out of the woods. It's not safe."
"No."
He scanned my body with a tightened jaw, clearly contemplating just throwing me over his shoulder and carrying me out.
"Don't even think about it," I warned. "I'm not going anywhere with you."
"I'm not leaving you alone out here," Damian said, irritated. The massive chunk of muscles took another step toward me.
I raised my bat.
"You go," Damian pointed behind him. "I'll stay, for God's sake."
"You might follow me."
"For the love of..." Damian's chest swelled as he ran a hand through his hair. "Why do you have to make this so difficult?"
"Because I don't know who you are!"
He held the back of his neck. "What do I have to do to get you to leave?"
Nothing. There was nothing Damian could do to convince me to leave with him. Not tonight, not ever.
This whole time he'd been hiding who he really was.
© Kathy Lockheart. All rights reserved.
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Kathy Lockheart is an author of Romantic Suspense novels. Her books—which have a unique blend of emotional elements typically found in women’s fiction and the romance and danger elements found in romantic suspense—contain themes of dark romance, antiheroes, and forbidden romance. Her debut novel, Deadly Illusion, releases 12/10/2021, and her second and third novels release in 2022. When she’s not writing, you can find her silently cursing the person who put fluorescent lights in dressing rooms.
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RELEASE BLITZ: Luke by RJ Gray
Title: Luke
Series: Veterans of Valhalla #3
Author: RJ Gray
Genre: Christmas Military Romance
Release Date: December 9, 2021
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Renowned K-9 trainer, Luke Freeman accepts a job as head dog trainer for his former SEAL Team Leader, Mitch Anderson at Valhalla. A sprawling ranch specializing in offering fresh chances to special forces veterans. Luke expected to lie low and recover from two decades of combat.
Everything was going as planned until he hired spitfire dog handler Dani Ellis. From their first and only date, he knew there was something special about her.
Dani didn’t have time for a boyfriend. Her only focus was finding her kidnapped sister before time ran out. When there was nothing left for her to do but wait, Dani spirals down a path of self-destruction.
Luke whisks her away to a secluded cabin in the woods, with no other plan than to show Dani the freedom of falling in love…with herself.
Is this holiday season a time for fresh starts and Christmas miracles, or is Dani too far gone?
Author note: Luke is a Christmas military romance with steamy heat in and out of the bedroom for mature readers.
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EXCERPT
"Christmas is a time for miracles, love, and forgiveness. It is time to love and forgive yourself, Dandelion."
"There is only one person you need to save right now, and that’s yourself."
"Dani didn't recognize the woman staring back at her in the mirror. She saw herself with open eyes. His love changed her.”
"This time, when he looked at her, he saw something different. It wasn’t a broken girl with shattered, out-of-place pieces, barely holding it together. Now he saw the quiet strength of a survivor, with beautiful light shining from the cracks in her armor. If she endured all of that, she’d survive him pushing her to redemption.”
“Let my love heal you, let it strengthen you, let it put the broken pieces of your heart back together. If it takes every day for the rest of my life, I won’t give up. I’ll be right here, picking up the smallest of the shattered shards and carefully gluing them back into place. Allowing nothing but the light of your soul to shine through the splintered cracks that remain.” “You’d do that? You want me? Like this?” “Yes. Unequivocally, without hesitation. Yes. I want you. All of you. But first, I want you to love yourself. To see your worth and own it. Because as much as I love you, Danielle, nothing is more powerful than loving yourself.”
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RJ Gray is a USA TODAY bestselling author of Explosively Hot Romance. She is also an international bestseller. Residing on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu with her husband, two young sons and their rescue pup, RJ lives an active life. When not writing, her hobbies include whipping up delicious meals, capturing life's beauty with her camera and attending her children's multiple sporting events. Hobbies she shares freely about in her FB Group Gray's Bibliophiles.
Having spent the past fifteen years married to an active-duty military bomb technician, and as a veteran herself, RJ has a passion for military and veteran causes. You will find these themes in many of her books.
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RELEASE BLITZ: Protecting Her Honor by CC Monroe
Title: Protecting Her Honor
Author: CC Monroe
Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 10, 2021
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Sterling
I was a man of the law and I chose that profession for many reasons, but the most important was to protect what was mine. Audrey. She stole my every breath when we were younger and watching her love the man I know would one day be the very reason I protect her today.
But power and money run deep and he swam those rivers without any care of drowning and that made him the most dangerous man that I would lay my life on the line to protect her from.
Audrey
I was blinded to find a love I never had growing up. Too blind to see the warning signs and too blind to see my future right in front of me. Sterling. He was only a friend, that I looked passed, he was my safety net, my caution tape and I pushed past that line without heading the signs. Now he's back and he is my only hope.
But losing him hangs in the balance and I don't know if that’s a bet I'm willing to gamble.
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EXCERPT
“Sterling. He won’t stop, and you and I both know that. He’s everything evil—a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Audrey tells me.
That pain she shows me almost daily is like watching every nightmare play out in front of you at once. It cuts me just as deeply—hell, even more than it cuts her.
“Stop it. I told you this is my burden, that I won’t let anything happen to you or my girls.” I have her beautiful pale skin in my hands. Cupping her face, I believe those tears almost sparkle with hope.
“Your girls?”
I smirk, leaving my large palm on the side of her neck as I bend enough to wrap my arm around her tiny waist. I pull her flush against me, our bodies molding to one another like they were made for each other, which seems impossible, since we are built the opposite. She’s small, five-foot six to be exact, and weightless when surrounded by my strength. I’m six-foot six, my body lean and toned, my arms large and defined. I'm a solid rock for her to be stable on.
She’s mine. Born to breathe for me as I was born to live for her. I won’t let her scum of an ex-husband destroy what he lost and I gained. Audrey, Tessa, and Libby are mine.
“Yeah, don't act so surprised. You and the twins are mine.” I see his most recent attempt to get inside her head fade from her face, her brow unfurrowing and that beautiful smile taking residency. Her green eyes awaken the alpha in me. The kind who wants to lay her down like a man lays his woman on any surface when she needs to forget everything down to her own fucking name.
“You sure you’re ready to be a dad to twins? To be with me?”
I give her that cocky grin that made her crumble in my hands the first time she let me claim her. “It was my lot to be surrounded by women. I wouldn't let anything change that, not even a man and his army.”
She drops her head against my chest, her cheek resting there, and she shakes her head. “You say that now, but how do you know he won’t win?”
“Because his army can’t touch even an ounce of the rage in my body. If he ever comes around you again, he will see what a man can do for the women he loves. That’s a promise.”
She shivers, my words impacting her the way they need to. She shouldn't fear me, but she fears the man I will be if her ex ever tries to hurt her again.
That motherfucker could have killed her, and I’m licensed to defend and protect what’s mine. I won’t hesitate to pull the trigger next time.
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Author CC Monroe was born in California, the city of sunshine. When she was five years old she moved to the awfully hot state of Arizona where she attended High School and College. At twenty two CC met the love of her life, her husband Todd, online. Just like her stories, the two fell fast. After four months they were engaged and married seven months later.
They reside in the snowy and mountain scenery state of Utah. CC spends her days working and her nights with her stories. A new mother, loving wife, dedicated friend and a writer with passion. CC Monroe is your newest author to love.
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RELEASE BLITZ: Four Horsemen by Giulia Lagomarsino
Series: A Good Run of Bad Luck #4
Author: Giulia Lagomarsino
Genre: Small Town Romance/Action Adventure
Release Date: December 6, 2021
JackI've been drowning since the death of my wife, but that all changed the moment she walked back into my life. She was my best friend growing up, until one day she left me. I haven't seen her in years, but now that she's back, I can't possibly let her go again. It would kill me.
Christy
I decided to leave the day he told me he was getting married. How could I possibly watch him walk down the aisle and marry another woman? But after being gone for years, events in my life have forced me home. I don't know how I'm going to face him again, or how I'll be strong enough to resist him. He's been the love of my life for years. He just never knew it.
I'm a stay at home mom that loves to read. Some of my favorite titles are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Horatio Hornblower. I started writing when I was trying to come up with suggestions on ways I could help bring in some extra money. I came up with the idea that I could donate plasma because you could earn an extra $500/month. My husband responded with, "No. Find something else. Write a blog. Write a book." I didn't think I had anything to share on blog that a thousand other mothers hadn't already thought of. I decided to take his challenge seriously and sat down to write my first book, Jack. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing. From there, the stories continued to flow and I haven't been able to stop. I hope my readers enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Between reading, writing, and taking care of three small kids, my days are quite full.
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