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Thursday, October 31, 2024
Red Queen
Title: Red Queen
Author: Harper A. Brooks
Genre: Dark Gothic Vampire Romance
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Publication Date: Oct. 31st, 2024
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Blurb:
The Red Queen will rise again…
Vampire queen Eleanna Cordon didn’t go gently into the good night when her enemies attacked her castle and stole her throne. Instead, she escaped with only her undead life and a heart that, when it did beat, thrummed for raging, violent revenge.
Reclaiming her rightful place requires more than sheer will. It demands a risky alliance with the one man she vowed never to turn to—her ex-lover and the leader of a rival vampire kingdom, Alexandru Amanar. Despite their sordid past, he’s the only one who’s ever been able to give her what she needs. In more ways than one.
But can she trust him?
Their shared history is painted with bloodshed, betrayal, and unrestrained passion, but what the queen wants, she always gets… whether that means staking her enemies or having one of them in her bed.
Red Queen is a dark vampire M/F romance set in a gothic, fantastical world. It is a standalone.
Harper A. Brooks lives in a small town on the New Jersey shore. Even though classic authors have always filled her bookshelves, she finds her writing muse drawn to the dark, magical, and romantic. But when she isn't creating entire worlds with sexy shifters or legendary love stories, you can find her either with a good cup of coffee in hand or at home snuggling with her furry, four-legged son, Sammy.
She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.
RONE Award Winner
USA TODAY Bestselling Author
International Bestselling Author
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Rattlin' Bones
Title: Rattlin' Bones
Series: Royal Bastards MC: Las Vegas, NV #4
Author: Nikki Landis
Genres: MC/Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Halloween Romance/Later in Life/Age Gap
Morally Gray/Vigilante Justice/Organized Crime
Release Date: October 31, 2024
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Fear what hides in the shadows ...
Skel:
It’s supposed to be a simple job—a request from my new president to scout a potential business.
The strip club in Vegas is nothing special, as routine as any other in the City of Sin. But when I walk in the door, I find a curvy blonde fighting off an overeager, handsy customer.
I step in, sweeping her into my arms and issuing a warning to anyone trying to force themselves on a woman. Lacey isn’t grateful. She’s pissed.
When I leave, I can’t stop thinking about her. She intrigues me. It only takes a few seconds to realize she’s just the type of woman I would fall for. Lacey is heaven on the eyes and hell on the heart.
She’s wrong in every way: too young, troubled, on the opposite side of the law, and hiding a secret that could shatter the new club I joined.
I should stay away.
But I can’t. I have to follow her home, ensuring she’s safe. Something isn’t right when I park my bike. Busting down her door, I stop a vicious attack, saving Lacey’s life. Her enemy? It’s the same one my club has declared war against.
Now, Lacey is mine to protect, and I won’t let anyone harm her. She’s got secrets, but I do, too.
It’s almost Halloween. All the spooky, creepy things that play on the devil’s night? I command them.
She has no idea how vicious I’ll become to end every threat against her and the club. I’m unleashing the monster within, and he’s got a ravenous appetite.
Rattlin' Bones is part of the Royal Bastards MC world. It's a dark romance with a Halloween theme, violence, biker slang, steamy scenes, torture, revenge, and a slight paranormal twist. One woman's quest to stop injustice becomes a veteran's redemption. This wicked tale features a possessive, protective, outlaw V.P., and the determined woman who'll risk her life to ensure a criminal faces the judge for his crimes.
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Nikki Landis is a romance enthusiast, tea addict, and book hoarder. She's the USA Today Bestselling Author of over fifty novels, including her widely popular Tonopah, NV RBMC series. She writes wickedly fierce, spicy romances featuring dirty talkin' bikers, deadly, possessive reapers, wild bad boys, and the feisty, independent women they love. She's a mom to six sons, two of them Marines. Books are her favorite escape. Nikki also writes steamy alien and monster romance under the pen name Synna Star.
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No Good Deed
Title: No Good Deed
Author: Britney King
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Release Date: November 21, 2024
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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝘏𝘌𝘙 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?
Everyone in Cedar Hill thinks they know us—Trent and me. I’m the friendly face at every community event, always there to lend a hand. Trent is the charming, successful salesman admired by all. But they have no idea what really goes on behind closed doors.
It starts with an old milk carton. A missing girl’s face stares back at me—eerily familiar, like the woman in a photograph I wasn’t supposed to find in Trent’s workshop. That image shatters everything I thought I knew about my husband.
Most would dismiss a forgotten photograph as meaningless. But for me, it’s a key to a past I never imagined—and a present that’s more dangerous than I ever realized.
Now, the young woman we recently hired has become Trent’s newest obsession. I know I should protect her, but I’m up against a man who knows my every move. Time is running out, and I have to make a choice: keep my children safe or stop the monster living under our roof.
They say a wife knows her husband. But what if that’s the cruelest lie of all?
Set in the deceptively tranquil suburbs of 1980s America, No Good Deed is a dark psychological thriller about betrayal, survival, and confronting unimaginable truths.
Britney King lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, children, a dog named Gatsby, one ridiculous cat, and a partridge in a peach tree.
When she's not wrangling the things mentioned above, she writes psychological, domestic and romantic thrillers set in suburbia.
Without a doubt, she thinks connecting with readers is the best part of this gig. You can find Britney online here:
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Madam Emma's Love Emporium
Title: Madam Emma's Love Emporium
Series: Poison Garden #2
Author: Mary Oldham
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Trope: Small Town
Release Date: October 31, 2024
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If Jane/Kelan/Amber/Emma chooses your small town, it is because there is work to do.
This season, she has opened a curio shop called Madam Emma's Love Emporium in the small beachside town of Yachats, Oregon. It is filled with crystals, tarot cards, and dirty novels.
True to form, Emma meets the locals over tarot card readings and soon finds herself in the middle of several situations that require her unique and permanent solutions.
Only Emma is a little off this season. Could her new, happy marriage be distracting her?
Her usually dependable formulas are a little too potent, causing her some issues. She wonders if it might be time to stop doing what she has always been good at and finally settle down.
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AUTHOR BIO
Mary Oldham is a multi-award-winning author, and three-time Golden Heart Finalist with the Romance Writers of America in the areas of Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense. Mary resides in Portland, Oregon when she is not writing by the Pacific Ocean in scenic Yachats, the Gem of the Oregon Coast.
The Copper Valley Bro Code Series Volume One
Title: The Copper Valley Bro Code Series
Volume One
Author: Pippa Grant
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Second Chance/Childhood Sweethearts
Opposites Attract/Single Dad/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: October 31, 2024
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A single dad, an underwear model, a baker, and baseball-loving former boy band member find love with four fun, incredible women in this compilation of the first three books and a spin-off from Pippa Grant’s Copper Valley Bro Code romantic comedy series.
About the books:
Flirting with the Frenemy is a rollicking fun romantic comedy featuring a single dad military man, an irritatingly attractive blast from his past, pirates, cursing parrots, and a wedding gone wild.
America’s Geekheart is a rockin’ fun fake-dating romantic comedy featuring a billionaire fashion mogul who got his start modeling underwear, the geeky girl next door with a secret the size of California, and more superstitions and secrets than you can shake a baseball bat at.
Dirty Talking Rival is a deliciously fun friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy featuring a smooth-talking baker, the one who got away, and a goat with more matchmaking tendencies than a nosy old grandpa.
Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire is a competitively fun office romance between a single dad obsessed with baseball, an heiress with secrets, baseball pants, a rundown team, and rabid ducks.
All four of these romantic comedies stand alone and come complete with swoony happily-ever-afters. They’re presented in chronological story order for the best reader experience.
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Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did. Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine written as Jamie Farrell. When she's not writing romantic comedies, she's fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes trying to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter
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Title: Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter
Series: Sweet Christmas Kisses Series
Author: Deanna Lilly
Genre/Tropes: Clean Romance; Small Town; Forced Proximity; Damsel in Distress; Insta-love; Protector; Christmas Miracle; Cinnamon Roll; Lone wolf
Release Date: October 30, 2024
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He thought his holidays were ruined until he was rescued by... an elf in Santa’s sleigh. Christmas just got interesting.Seth hasn’t been home for Christmas in over a decade, but now his niece and sister-in-law demand his presence. Last-minute complications at the factory mean driving hours through a snowstorm. One wrong turn, and he finds himself stranded on a farm in the middle of nowhere.
Mackenzie’s overwhelmed running Santa’s village, and this blizzard isn’t helping. The last thing she needs is an unexpected guest. With her family out of town, taking in a tall, handsome stranger may not be wise, but she can’t let him freeze to death.
Can Seth help Mackenzie save Christmas for the small town of Cloverdale before he loses his heart and unwraps a love he never thought he wanted?
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“I know you aren’t a farm boy, so am I right in assuming you have no experience with tractors?” Mack inquired, trying to see where she could delegate some of the work.
“Actually, I have quite a bit of experience with them. I would feel confident doing just about any task you ask. You may need to explain the controls for the sake of time as each manufacturer is a little different, but its operation is within my purview.”
“Really, do tell how you came by such skills,” Mack challenged, surprised.
“I told you I grew up in Hickory Falls. If you want money in a logging town, you help with the logging operations. They don’t often use mules and chains to move logs anymore, so I spent many a summer and afterschool afternoon moving trees around with a tractor or forklift. Dropping one of those things can cause a lot of damage or kill someone, so you learn how to operate them safely and efficiently, or you don’t keep your job. That and when it comes to operating machinery, it just comes naturally,” Seth explained.
“Well, that takes a load off. You can clear the snow while I work on setting up the village. When you finish, you can come help me with what’s left. We will save the rest of the cookie prep for later tonight or tomorrow morning. I’m still praying my family makes it back before this thing kicks off. I don’t think I can run this event without them, even with the townspeople stepping up to help.”
Seth reached across the table and squeezed her fingers comfortingly where she fingered the edge of her paper pad. “It will be all right. We will prioritize and get as much done as we can. Whatever doesn’t get finished, the guests will understand. Your family’s Santa Village will happen; it just might be a little different this year. Stop worrying. Whatever it takes, we’re in this together. We’ve got this!”
A mischievous grin lit Mack’s beautiful face. “I hope you mean that because if my family doesn’t arrive on time, you’re in the hot seat to be Santa, which means… you get to drive the sleigh.”
The color drained from his face as understanding dawned. “You mean, with the reindeer that like snacking on me more than their grain? Can’t Santa arrive in a tractor this year?”
Her laughter rang out in the kitchen as she stood to put on her boots. “Not likely, and the reindeer don’t actually snack on you. They just nibble a bit. It’s playing to them. Besides, that’s Dasher. I think she has a crush on you. Donner’s the lead, and she is perfectly civilized. She has been doing this long enough not to need any help. You’ll be fine if it comes to that. Getting you to fit in my father’s Santa suit will be the biggest challenge. Come on, let’s get the village set up and then worry about how we’re going to pull this off nine people short.”
“Actually, I have quite a bit of experience with them. I would feel confident doing just about any task you ask. You may need to explain the controls for the sake of time as each manufacturer is a little different, but its operation is within my purview.”
“Really, do tell how you came by such skills,” Mack challenged, surprised.
“I told you I grew up in Hickory Falls. If you want money in a logging town, you help with the logging operations. They don’t often use mules and chains to move logs anymore, so I spent many a summer and afterschool afternoon moving trees around with a tractor or forklift. Dropping one of those things can cause a lot of damage or kill someone, so you learn how to operate them safely and efficiently, or you don’t keep your job. That and when it comes to operating machinery, it just comes naturally,” Seth explained.
“Well, that takes a load off. You can clear the snow while I work on setting up the village. When you finish, you can come help me with what’s left. We will save the rest of the cookie prep for later tonight or tomorrow morning. I’m still praying my family makes it back before this thing kicks off. I don’t think I can run this event without them, even with the townspeople stepping up to help.”
Seth reached across the table and squeezed her fingers comfortingly where she fingered the edge of her paper pad. “It will be all right. We will prioritize and get as much done as we can. Whatever doesn’t get finished, the guests will understand. Your family’s Santa Village will happen; it just might be a little different this year. Stop worrying. Whatever it takes, we’re in this together. We’ve got this!”
A mischievous grin lit Mack’s beautiful face. “I hope you mean that because if my family doesn’t arrive on time, you’re in the hot seat to be Santa, which means… you get to drive the sleigh.”
The color drained from his face as understanding dawned. “You mean, with the reindeer that like snacking on me more than their grain? Can’t Santa arrive in a tractor this year?”
Her laughter rang out in the kitchen as she stood to put on her boots. “Not likely, and the reindeer don’t actually snack on you. They just nibble a bit. It’s playing to them. Besides, that’s Dasher. I think she has a crush on you. Donner’s the lead, and she is perfectly civilized. She has been doing this long enough not to need any help. You’ll be fine if it comes to that. Getting you to fit in my father’s Santa suit will be the biggest challenge. Come on, let’s get the village set up and then worry about how we’re going to pull this off nine people short.”
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Deanna Lilly is an Amazon best-selling author of heartwarming, clean romance novels that always end with a happily ever after. She drinks way too much tea, loves anything with peach, and forest bathes whenever she needs to destress.
As a struggling reader who grew up on a secluded farm without television, Deanna had to rely on her imagination for entertainment, and every one of her stories included a prince charming or knight in shining armor. After 20 years as a public school literacy and special education teacher, Deana decided to take a leap of faith and share some of her stories with the world.
If she isn’t in her office or out in her hammock writing, she can be found baking in the kitchen, hiking in the Smokey Mountains, or relaxing at the beach. She currently lives on the west coast of Florida with her husband and their 19-year-old Manx cat, Harley, who is totally queen of the castle.
As a struggling reader who grew up on a secluded farm without television, Deanna had to rely on her imagination for entertainment, and every one of her stories included a prince charming or knight in shining armor. After 20 years as a public school literacy and special education teacher, Deana decided to take a leap of faith and share some of her stories with the world.
If she isn’t in her office or out in her hammock writing, she can be found baking in the kitchen, hiking in the Smokey Mountains, or relaxing at the beach. She currently lives on the west coast of Florida with her husband and their 19-year-old Manx cat, Harley, who is totally queen of the castle.
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