tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022106811524052742024-02-24T09:13:03.422-08:00Real Talk Book TalkReal Book Talk. Real Book ReviewsReal Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8680125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-25784297689765832672024-02-24T06:23:00.000-08:002024-02-24T06:23:36.520-08:00Book Talk Review; Shadow & Ghost: City of Shadows <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't even have the words to describe how this book makes me feel</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkSIzdpFh1tCIG8z86DaZrQ0bIqTu5QxEKUlHUuy3HTu4FdIGtv6vfydBFttl2ME8eHKI9K4kZsL5SlpkKoe6oqeynsMPR23KEwD89jGfHYz5eGb53MpyU8Un5qID9lXC8kEia4XiKwDDiMm1Rj2zkpKhO-POhdm8lwoQ4RZ4BoY3scLyFXUjEKknoSs/s500/203195778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkSIzdpFh1tCIG8z86DaZrQ0bIqTu5QxEKUlHUuy3HTu4FdIGtv6vfydBFttl2ME8eHKI9K4kZsL5SlpkKoe6oqeynsMPR23KEwD89jGfHYz5eGb53MpyU8Un5qID9lXC8kEia4XiKwDDiMm1Rj2zkpKhO-POhdm8lwoQ4RZ4BoY3scLyFXUjEKknoSs/w268-h400/203195778.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kit Winter does not get caught.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As the most infamous thief in America, Kit enjoys a carefree, transient lifestyle—or, he did, until someone slapped a pair of handcuffs around his wrists and offered him an impossible Rot in prison or join the most dangerous division of the Darkmagic Investigation Agency, the Renegades.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kit’s pretty sure he chose wrong. The Renegades are the most elite fighters in the world—none more so than their legendary dark-witch-killing lieutenant, Zach Riley. Kit is utterly outmatched and unprepared for hunting witches and demons through the dangerous, magic-riddled city of Las Oscura.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But when a routine hellhound hunt turns fatal, Kit’s criminal skillset might be the Renegades’ best shot at tracking a deadly new killer through the shadowy underground—and Kit’s chance to earn his place on the team. However, hunting witches is worlds away from Kit’s old life, and if he wants to survive, he’ll need to learn to trust his team—and balance his burgeoning feelings for a certain lieutenant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>This is an action-packed slow-burn romance culminating in some spicy scenes towards the end. Each book in the series will be increasingly spicy as the romance builds.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Holy Hell. It's been a while since a book completely blew me away--coincidentally, the last book to do so was also urban fantasy, but I digress. This book is how you do urban fantasy <i>right</i>. And we see so little of that that sometimes I think of throwing in the towel with the genre (only sometimes. I love it too much to ever seriously consider it). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the first book in the <i>Shadow & Ghost</i> series and what a freaking opening it is! Right away we're thrown into this world, and there's a slow build-up as we learn how the world around the narrator MC, Kit, works. While single POV isn't my favorite, I get why this one was written this way. Like Kit, we are thrown into this situation and don't know the players or how things are going to shake out. It was a brilliant move on the author's part as she kept us as unbalanced as Kit was. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I absolutely loved Kit. He's such a brat. His mouth doesn't stop running, and though he's really freaking smart, he's kind of a dumbass as well. It's endearing. I loved the way the author wrote in his ADHD as well. It was real and authentic, not overdone, but more as a way to show that this is why the dumbass is such a dumbass. He really can't help himself, and that's something I understand all too well. When your brain is going a hundred miles an hour in twenty different directions, sometimes it's hard to make what others would consider sane decisions, and it was perfect. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other MC in this book is Ghost or, Zach Riley, Kit's new lieutenant. He's a mystery, wears a hood and mask so no one can see his face. The rumors about him are out of this world, he leads the most feared team of witch-killing assassins there is, and he, for some reason, picked Kit for his team. And I absolutely love every frightening inch of him. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start the book with Kit getting caught and spend the first thirty percent going through training with him, first basic and then with his new team. It's a slow book, not to say it's boring, far from it. Kit isn't the type of character who could ever be boring. His mouth is lethal, and his inner thoughts make you wanna hug him and never let him go. The world building and set up are so well done that even though the main plot takes over a third of the book to actually plot, you don't feel bored or shortchanged at all. It needs to be slow. You need to understand who Kit is as a person and how the team operates in order to really dive into the choices that are made here. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This book may be a slow burn in both romance and plot but holy hell, once it gets started it REALLY gets started. The plot kicks off with a bang, and while I knew what was coming--it takes a lot to get one over on me. I'll give this author props for a valiant effort, but I called every single plot twist before it actually happened. That being said, it didn't dimish how well put together this book is. From start to finish, this book takes you on a ride. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In true urban fantasy fashion, it's more about the plot than the romance and I loved that. There's a different between paranormal romance and urban fantasy and the author showed that she knows the distinction well. While it takes a while, a long while, for anything to happen between Kit and Zach, you could feel the tension and chemistry throughout the whole book. There's this edge. You know they will, eventually. It's the anticipation of not knowing the when that keeps you coming back for more. Because both of these men are a little broken, and so it takes them a hot minute to stop being dumb and admit they want--need--each other. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Very much applaud the author for this book. Hands down one of my top favorite urban fantasy novels as it has everything I could ever want: well-done, ingenious plot, found family, and the promise of an explosive romance. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>*Quotes- </b></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"With his face burrowed in his hood, he truly looks a ghost. But that’s the thing about ghosts. They’re not real. Not really there. Incorporeal. Blinking in and out of existence. Touching nothing. Shadows, on the other hand, are everywhere, always. Touching everything. Creeping up, unseen, unnoticed. They rule the night, but even at high noon, in a barren field, a blade of grass casts a shadow in the breeze. So, you tell me what’s more dangerous: a shadow or a ghost?"</i></span></div><i><br /><br /></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"I realize how much I feel those words. How much, for the first time in my life, I felt like I belonged somewhere. But that’s been ripped away, and it hurts like absolute hell. For the first time, I was part of something else, something bigger. A team. A family. And I wanted it. Still want it. I want to not be alone."</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"“Our masks are us, as much as what’s underneath, aren’t they?” I cock my head. “Or do we get to pick and choose which pieces we want to keep? Which are you, Ghost-Boy? The mask or the pretty face?”"</i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">""You came back for me. Stood up for me. Trusted me. Nobody’s”—the words catch—“nobody’s ever done anything like that for me. My whole life is this wild stormy sea, and you're this little bit of calm in the middle of the madness.”"</div></i></span>Real Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-33407864264424876992024-02-15T12:16:00.000-08:002024-02-15T12:16:12.842-08:00Release; Crushed Ice<!--wp:paragraph {"align":"center"}-->
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Liam Belanger gets a professional tryout with the Miami Caimans, he’s hoping to land a roster spot that’ll keep him from bussing tables. If he can make the team and score a tryout in bed with Russ Lyons, the veteran defenseman who’s appointed himself Liam’s mentor, that would be the icing on the sweet hockey cake.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Living life by a strict set of rules has worked out well for Russ. He has a great career, great friends, and a great family, even if they do keep setting him up with hometown honey traps. But he can’t stop time, and now, despite all his planning, he’s looking at his last year with the Caimans before the uncertainty of free agency. Maybe that’s why he finds sunny, free-spirited Liam so attractive. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Liam starts the season in the minors, but it’s not long before he gets a shot at the Big Show. His year is shaping up to be a dream come true—even before Russ picks up on Liam’s passes and proves defensemen can score too. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Liam muttered a handful of French-Canadian expletives. He reached up with a bare hand and Russ hauled him to a sitting position. “I feel like I got hit by a truck.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Yeti’ll do that to you. You good?”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Significantly more when he’s moving that fast.” Russ clapped Liam’s shoulder as they skated off to let the next groups practice. They were done for now, so he had time to give Liam a little more feedback. “That’s something you’ll have to get used to.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Checking.” When Liam looked at him, Russ elaborated, “You flinch.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Twenty bucks says the video review shows otherwise.” Russ had seen it before with guys who came up through the college system, which focused on speed over hits, since they wanted their players to keep their brains unscrambled long enough to graduate. “It’s fine. You’re not the first. You’re going to have to work on it, though.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Not a lot of guys in college are Yeti-sized.” Liam’s mouth twisted into a wry smile, but he seemed genuinely upset, like the root of the problem bothered him.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Was that a hint?” Liam grabbed his water bottle from the bench and waggled it. The joker was still there, but Russ was pretty sure he meant the question. “Think I should fill one of these with Ensure or something?”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><em>God</em>. “That’s one way to make sure no one ever steals your drink.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Seriously, though.” Liam put the bottle down. There was a smudge of blue at the corner of his mouth. “Do you think I’m too skinny?”</span></p>
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Real Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-7259762407790458492023-10-10T14:34:00.001-07:002023-10-10T14:34:03.669-07:00Book Talk Review: Edged<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"Emotional support aerosol cheese"</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzY5Q4611mOJZKMlviAjhd_TQkwuBS1R90bwBwMo0JaDyCw1fn-ANBD29jdDWXoIv5a4kNg4-Y9l4Hfnh7tzNe-2qXQvsIV-ymfOAXv3XjlmM6fLbHMLwkdH43Fn7MVe9lVX1ED7Y8ICUOthyphenhyphenu6bzpAHWxfOcGQoowgcqhHskYHrXke0PsrjXZX1PBZt0/s346/194925401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="217" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzY5Q4611mOJZKMlviAjhd_TQkwuBS1R90bwBwMo0JaDyCw1fn-ANBD29jdDWXoIv5a4kNg4-Y9l4Hfnh7tzNe-2qXQvsIV-ymfOAXv3XjlmM6fLbHMLwkdH43Fn7MVe9lVX1ED7Y8ICUOthyphenhyphenu6bzpAHWxfOcGQoowgcqhHskYHrXke0PsrjXZX1PBZt0/w251-h400/194925401.jpg" width="251" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Money can't buy happiness, and I should know. I have 8 figures in my bank account and it's still not enough to get me back to the only man I've ever loved.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ARCHIE</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can count my regrets on one hand, and they all have to do with the same person...my childhood best friend, Owen Murray. There's not much I can do to make right all the hurt I caused at nineteen, but living a decadent and hedonistic lifestyle where I don't even give myself the opportunity to make those kinds of mistakes again is a good enough start. I have great friends who love me, even if they don't know the truth about what kind of man I used to be.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But when Owen shows up in Los Angeles—at Rapture, no less—ten years after I last saw him, that's all about to change.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* * *</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Archie Davidson didn't just break my heart, he also ruined my life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OWEN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Los Angeles is a big city, so when I'm out on the west coast scouting locations for my older sister's wedding, the last thing I had expected from the trip was to run head first into a man I'd spent ten years trying to forget. Archie is as handsome as he's ever been, but far bolder and more dominant than I remember. The chemistry between us sparks like wildfire and while it's impossible for me to tell him no, it's still the favorite word I love to hear come out of his gorgeous, lying mouth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One encounter turns into one night, turns into one weekend, and then it's more than just a quick little fling for us to get some hate and regret out of our system. Archie has worked his way under my skin and is asking for more, but there's too much history between us for yes to come easily. And why should it? I've always like it best when he denies me what I want the most.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But this time it's different. This time it's real, and we're about to find out if there's any chance of going back or if we've finally taken each other too close to the edge.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Edged</i> is exactly that. Kate Hawthorne edges us into a spicy book full of regret, emotional masochism, and the good kind of pain (and maybe a little of the bad kind, too).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The book opens with a killer opening chapter, one that took my breath away and made me cry. I was prepared for this book to hurt, if the emotional masochism doesn’t get it away I don’t know what does. What I <i>didn’t</i> expect was to be swept away by the barrage of emotions so quickly. Second chance books are hard for me, but as with any Kate Hawthorne book, I knew it would be worth it, and how right I was.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Archie is a staple in book one, <i>Humbled</i>. He gives Rob the kick in the pants he needs when he is utterly ridiculous when it comes to Grayson, now it’s Archie’s turn to lose his mind over his love interest. His love interest who just happens to be the boy he left behind ten years ago. Secrets come out and Archie is forced to relive his biggest regrets if he wants a chance with the man he’s always loved. Neither of them are the same people they were though. Archie knows more about himself now than he did as a twenty-year-old college graduate. He’s built a life neither he nor Owen could have fathomed when they were just two best friends. Now with a decade of experience and pain behind them, they have a second chance to make things right…or do they.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owen doesn’t expect to run into Archie and he sure as heck doesn’t expect the feelings that come along with seeing his ex-best friend again. Of course, best friend is too tame a word for what Archie is, but Owen refuses to open his heart to that pain again, not after he’s spent so long trying to prove to himself and his sister that he’s over the way Archie left their hometown. Does it go to plan? Of course not, this is a Kate Hawthorne book we’re talking about and she’s nothing if not predictable in the emotional damage she can cause her characters before putting them back together. What <i>is</i> surprising is the way she does it, and this book is no exception.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is emotional masochism at its finest. I’ll be the first to admit I am an emotional masochist. I love having my feelings hurt—in a consensual way—it’s why I read books that I know will tear my heart out. I’ve never seen it so beautifully or accurately done as in this book though. I shouldn’t be surprised of course, nothing is ever as well done as it is in a Kate Hawthorne book. She just knows how to get to the heart of a character and reader, not only that she writes beautiful, real, and raw kink like no one else. Not only does she do it well, but it is different every time. She’s not afraid to show the uniqueness of kink and BDSM relationships. This series may be about Dominant billionaires, but none of them see kink the same. We might only have two books, but you don’t need to read the other three to know that’s true. You can feel it in the presence of each character and their interactions with the others. It’s a beautiful thing and I am here for it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will say, while this book hurt, I honestly think book one hurt more. Yes, yes, maybe I’m a bit crazy and a lot biased as <i>Humbled</i> is one of my top books of the year, but that’s the truth. Archie and Owen’s book hurt, but they like it that way. Yes, their past was rough on them both and they had things to apologize and atone for, but they didn’t shy away from that. They knew and accepted the things they did in the past and did their best in the situations they were presented. Was it the right way to go about it? No, but show me a human being that is perfect and does everything perfectly. They may be fictional characters but their reactions are too human to not understand. So while I cried while reading a few parts of this book I expected it, it wasn’t the utter devastation I felt in book one, just the overwhelming emotions of these two flawed but perfect for each other characters.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If this is what we get in book two of this series I am both excited and a wee bit scared of what comes next.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>*Quote-</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“I’m no knight in shining armor, Owen. I can’t erase the past between us, and I can’t erase how much I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you either. I’m just trying to be honest about who I am and what I want.”</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“I didn’t realize that I loved you until you told me that you hated me.”</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“I don’t think there’s any end to the things I’d do for you, Archie.”</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“I eat the cheese because I love you, and I walked away from you the first time because I loved you, and I sent a plane for you because I love you, and I’ll let you leave me on Monday because I fucking love you, Owen, and I know that doesn’t count for anything anymore. But I can’t stop it. I can’t fucking stop it.”</i></span></div><p></p>Real Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-55727046040343555122023-08-08T19:53:00.001-07:002023-08-08T19:53:28.614-07:00Book Talk Review: Humbled<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Hands down one of my favorite books of the year</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOGZvNeegKBCJJCkzkWZJHmA12VW-V-5TefU8Ekoo9XvnZ33mKd5yQ7Ygc9M_SdRt1ZXQjhXrBbo6VP0iijXnNahdUlMYwRWR6MJ-z-zPFQ7tE52RGE0OCaKHnzW-gtl_MiVw4rFwpEn9vG3FdjiRTGG1hXz7Kv80dNjeRevAHEG34bZELVda1Aae8UM/s2048/193295010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOGZvNeegKBCJJCkzkWZJHmA12VW-V-5TefU8Ekoo9XvnZ33mKd5yQ7Ygc9M_SdRt1ZXQjhXrBbo6VP0iijXnNahdUlMYwRWR6MJ-z-zPFQ7tE52RGE0OCaKHnzW-gtl_MiVw4rFwpEn9vG3FdjiRTGG1hXz7Kv80dNjeRevAHEG34bZELVda1Aae8UM/w250-h400/193295010.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">If I were the kind of man who carved actual notches into my bedpost for every new partner who landed between my sheets, I wouldn’t have a bed left to show for it.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">GRAYSON</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know my way around the bedroom and the playroom, so I should have known that flirting with my older--and dominant--boss was a recipe for disaster. But by the time I realize I'm in over my head with the disgustingly rich and perfectly commanding Robert McAvoy, it's too late to turn back. I want him and I crave the way he makes me feel, even if it's confusing and threatens everything about the life I've built for myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not a submissive. I'm not meek and I'm not mild, but when Rob is around it's easy to see the appeal in all of those things.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* * *</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Flirting with Grayson was a bad idea from the start, but I've never been the kind of man to shy away from a challenge.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ROB</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He's frustrating, but he's brilliant. He's defensive and dominant, but he's desperate to be taken care of. He's perfect for me, and it doesn't matter how long I have to wait for him to see it because he's worth all of my time and more. A back and forth game leads to something far more real than either of us bargained for, and before long Grayson is in my bed and my heart.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />I want Grayson on his knees for me, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get him there, even if that means I have to humble myself before the man who’s too scared to trust me with his heart.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whatever it takes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f3b28103-7fff-f64b-377a-aab183185aad"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Humbled</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is the first in Kate Hawthorne’s new Trophy Doms Social Club series and if book one is any indication, this book will be nothing but exceptional. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Humbled</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is a romance about two dominants but it is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so much more</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> than that. You might be thinking </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">‘How can two Doms not only fall in love but enjoy their various kinks with one another?’</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> This book is the answer. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rob is dominant, he’s arrogant, and he’s set in his ways. He’s built himself into a man who can have whatever and whoever he wants, and he knows it. When he gives in to Grayson’s incessant flirting, he realizes he might have bitten off more than he can chew. Grayson isn’t only an employee and shameless flirt, but he’s dominant as well. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Grayson didn’t think anything of flirting with his boss. He certainly didn’t think that Rob would flirt </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">back</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. And he certainly didn’t expect more than flirting to occur between them. What starts off as almost harmless fun between two dominant men who know it couldn’t work becomes so much more than either of them bargained for. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This book, God this book. It is hands down one of my top favorite books of the year. The pure </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">emotion</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> threaded through each and every single word. Kate Hawthorne is a master at her craft but this book is by far her best. I’ve loved every book I’ve read from this author, but this one is so exceptional. Everything from the emotional arc to the character development to the pure authenticity of the kink was so well-done it took my breath away. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Grayson is a character who utterly destroyed my heart. He’s so fragile and vulnerable, while at the same time so strong. He goes through a lot emotionally in this book. He wants nothing more than to find a place where he belongs as his world is in upheaval. The people closest to him are falling in love, and while he doesn’t believe that’s for him, he also doesn’t want to be alone. I </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">weeped</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> for him. His melancholy was so visceral that my heart literally broke in two. When he gets involved with Rob, he has strict rules that the two of them break almost immediately. Because of course, they do. Does that make it easier? Nope, Grayson fights so hard, and for so long, his self-sabotage is hard. It’s also understandable, no one wants to be the person left behind, and it’s always easier to prevent that in the first place. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rob is also lonely. Sure, he has his friends, he has his career, his money, and just about any submissive he could want, but it’s not until Grayson that he finds someone who understands him and his dominance in a way no one else does. Rob tries, he tries so hard to show Grayson the kind of care they both deserve, but not exactly in the right way, at least not at first. I mentioned he was arrogant! And as a Dom and businessman, that serves him well. But a Dom doming another Dom? Compromise needs to be made. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Compromise</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, that’s what this book is. It’s kink with compromise. Because as two dominants they are very different. They like different things and they’re set in their ways as men who know what they want. But, as with anything in a relationship, they learn how to give and take, how to humble themselves, and how it’s not concession because they’re not giving anything up, but gaining so much more together. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The intricate web of mixing kink and two men who are used to getting their way separately isn’t an easy one, but Kate Hawthorne is the perfect author for the job. Grayson learns a lot about himself, the type of dominant he is, and the type of love he deserves. And Rob learns about compromise, how to humble himself, and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">also</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> how to accept the type of love he deserves. Is it perfect? No, but then the two of them aren’t perfect, they’re human, and humans are flawed. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Humbled</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is only the first book in this series and I am already so blown away. I cannot wait to see what the author has in store for us, it’s certain to be a wild ride. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*Quotes-</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“You can’t pick and choose the parts of me that you want, Grayson… Just like I can’t pick and choose parts of you.” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Sometimes, I wondered what would be better—if I could erase him from my life or just erase the way I wanted him. Either one felt like a viable solution to the problem that plagued me, but I was pretty sure if he were to get raptured up into the sky, I would still spend the rest of my own days wanting him.” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Tell me that you want me as I…as I am.” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“I’d been right before—the touch of him did burn me, and I knew he would leave a scar.”</span></p><br /><br /></span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Real Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-41041156480311858852023-02-28T05:30:00.000-08:002023-02-28T05:30:00.260-08:00Release; Viper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;">Title: Homegrown Hero</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Author: Nikki Landis</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: MC Romance (PNR Elements)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06paAAeV02QNk6aWrl1OAxf76JkrLI0mVDYhGQQc89Ukj9B5kETrSJE67TBzA2pb2mAM4ibCLlqX4eE_BtPl1P-XpVl_NrNq9f3DcSfJ3tzl-Pu9sFV8-ao50YYsGItE8I0bTqfmjFQzo/s1600/blog_synopsis.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6ah-TXuBe_8e1ZAXqAXnz1w5csOfIXHlVnqvSyTCdH0itNjRwqO0nPGn-zqxe0BxJCKVNydMnSKGe2wPRg0YlQJ6zW1sLF_bd6h6TxnXo9OvUX0Sxsz8Cd76WskzMZ9_aJl6ma2iY6eEtPIoqfBFDDx8l-rpKqKec9DQjc1uxqQRXur4Qes0y3Xw/s2400/Royal%20Bastards%20MC%20Viciously%20Mine%20Cover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1608" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6ah-TXuBe_8e1ZAXqAXnz1w5csOfIXHlVnqvSyTCdH0itNjRwqO0nPGn-zqxe0BxJCKVNydMnSKGe2wPRg0YlQJ6zW1sLF_bd6h6TxnXo9OvUX0Sxsz8Cd76WskzMZ9_aJl6ma2iY6eEtPIoqfBFDDx8l-rpKqKec9DQjc1uxqQRXur4Qes0y3Xw/w268-h400/Royal%20Bastards%20MC%20Viciously%20Mine%20Cover.jpg" width="268" /></a><b style="font-family: Lora;"><i>A dual perspective mc romance from twin brothers Rael & Chrome.</i></b></div><span style="font-family: Lora;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Chrome:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything is finally falling into place.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve reunited with my twin. The woman I love has become my wife.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And to top it off? I’m now patched into the RBMC in Tonopah.</div><div style="text-align: center;">With my ol’ lady Cameron, I move to Nevada to start our new life together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the past never fully dies, and when the ones I love are threatened, the monster inside me awakens.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve been hunted since the moment I left Michigan. My enemies are coming for me, but I’m not alone anymore.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Reaper is bringing the entire club to confront the man who started this path of carnage, the Russian who gave Solonik orders and ripped me from my family.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No one messes with me and mine. I’ll protect the ones I love viciously.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No matter the cost.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rael:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve finally found peace.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The monster inside has grown silent, content with my woman and the upcoming birth of my twin sons. The brother I never knew existed has moved to Nevada, filling the last space of emptiness in my heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that’s why I’ve become vigilant.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’d kill to protect Nylah, my unborn children, my brother, and my club.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I knew everything about Solonik and the Russians who worked with Rancid to kill my sister. They took Noah from me too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I learn they’ve returned.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The beast inside roars to life, promising retribution.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There will be pain. There will be blood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can promise when it’s all over, my brother and I will be the ones left standing. We’ll unleash hell and reap every soul in our path of vengeance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Let the carnage begin ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For best enjoyment, the series should be read in order. It is highly recommended that <b>Ridin' for Hell, Hell's Fury, Devil's Ride, & Twisted Devil </b>are read before <b>Viciously Mine.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This book includes steamy scenes, biker slang, cursing, violence, dark content, a paranormal REAPER twist, and, of course, an HEA. If you like twisted tales, alpha males, and bad boy bikers, this story is for you! As with all my books, please heed the CWs listed inside the book under Author's Note.</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Lora;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122764696-viciously-mine" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKRdBfF734TLr0KGEkNgF5PYBboIvqgNXnInCD403VtYkBnkbq-p9AmmkCuh8B3q6-tB9ABtf3z5WF0UWAM7WvkAg0LUII-lphpB4GO_rsP0APswqKU5YBz8oSzerxpLShcFCm3KDOQg9/s1600/goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/viciously-mine-holiday-rbmc-tonopah-nv-by-nikki-landis" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="1000" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdJ_6A7kIJPUd4MoIXfx0s2pYiOWXacXCizfZW85ln1piBjrlBPaS5feHvXemtDheyb_5MwzUxL5TWjnxOwSJQ8eNyymN-O7ZvfrZtlbHSDo4pqeVMO3-y4Hf5p_rW0t9xbuJjgepqg4q/s200/bookbub.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">A multi-author collaboration</span></em></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ditch the hearts and flowers and step into the dark world of Corrupt Cupid. </span></em></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall Heat Rating for the series: 5 flames</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author and Publisher: Gianni Holmes</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Length: 58 000 words</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fifteen years ago, I helped put my abductor behind bars.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And shunned the events of my traumatic past.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve lived a content life with my wife.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until the dreaded phone call.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Duncan Whittaker’s out on parole.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first time I confront him, I intend to kill him.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m still codependent on him.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Duncan’s the only man who’s ever made me feel desire.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Isolated me from others to make me grateful for his presence.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Deprived me of sensation to make me crave his unwanted touch.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Duncan Whittaker’s the sadist who broke me in the name of revenge.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now his twisted obsession is about to ruin my life a second time.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And God help me, but I don’t know how to stop him.</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Length: 35 000 words</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sebastian St. James was more mystery than human…</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His timid, feeble disposition contradicted the violent rumors that surrounded him. He wasn’t a murderer… but they were afraid of him, anyway.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was fascinated by him and the cautious way he hid his face. His hands trembled when somebody stared too long, and he was wary of speaking.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They called him Vicious… but it was me they should’ve been afraid of.</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Release Date: February 16, 2023</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alec Sanborne abandoned me when I was nothing but a scared teenager. He deserted me in a house with a monster. Now, he’s prancing around NYU as a professor, pretending he’s normal.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One look and I can see the love and desire in his eyes. He says he wants nothing to do with me, that I can’t be in his class. But how could I abandon the man I’ve fantasized about all these years?</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alec Sanborne is mine. My bloody valentine.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What started off as nothing more than a product to them quickly became everything to me. Each Friday is the same. I drive a borrowed truck to a warehouse to pick up a delivery. The back of the truck stays locked at all times, and I never look inside no matter what. These are the rules I must follow without any mishaps. Nothing can go wrong. Until it does. The curiosity I usually fight against ends up winning when I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere. Something calls my attention to the back of the truck and once I cut the lock, there's no turning back. I can no longer lie to myself when I finally see what I've been delivering. One look at the frightened, beautiful man crawling out of the dark, and all the rules are shot to hell, and so is the promise of my family's safety. I can't walk away no matter how hard I try. The heartless man I've allowed myself to become in order to keep my loved ones safe now feels too much, and I can no longer finish what I started. Is Paxton really worth the risk? Can I keep him safe from the men who are after us. Most importantly, can I protect him from myself?It won't stop me from trying. They want him and will keep coming until they get what they're after. Him and everyone else keep forgetting one very important detail,the only person he belongs to,is me.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve been tormented by three a-holes my whole life; Theon, Foxyn, and Leyton. From sticking me in lockers to giving me wedgies to stripping me naked and laughing while I try to run home these three have done it all.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">It all began with the kiss of Death.</span></strong></p>
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Becoming a lifelong patched member of the Disciples of Havoc MC at eighteen years old is probably the worst…but certainly not the only. When his hot new tenant catches his eye, Dev jumps in headfirst, ready to drive full throttle wherever that sexy road leads. That is until he finds himself on another hairpin turn, careening his life toward the closest brick wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Special Agent Cash Thomas has spent years undercover rooting out bad apples within various federal agencies. When his latest assignment brings him face to face with a sinfully tempting man from his past, his priorities shift on a dime. Now his reputation as a dedicated and focused field agent is in question. When faced with the opportunity to repay the man who once saved his life, smudging a few well-established lines is the least he’ll do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When their paths collide can a bond from the past save their future or will it bury them under the chaos? Leathers might shield them from road rash, but they can’t protect them from heartbreak.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chaos is a suspenseful motorcycle club romance with strong male leads. A stand-alone story in the Tattoos and Ties series. 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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">He opened to see the man of his dreams studying his face. Cash lifted a hand to the back of Dev’s head, forcing him down for a blistering, soul-wrenching kiss.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">The only feeling that mattered was Dev’s cock moving against his as the biker adjusted the hand at his ass to stroke both their cocks in unison. Cash’s tongue followed the quick rhythm Dev created. He could kiss this man forever.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">Oh yeah, he was absolutely going to come. Instinctively, Dev seemed to know and tore from the hold, staying inches from his face as he said, “Hold out as long as you can. Hear me?”</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">Dev didn’t wait for an answer and pushed back on his heels before letting go of a scorching round of curse words, drawing Cash’s attention from the certain orgasm to see Dev rolling away from him.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">“I’ll be back, goddammit.” Dev crawled off the bed, the awful words continuing as he struggled to move with the jeans halfway down his legs.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">A deep physical need bound him to Dev.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">Devin Fox.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">Devilman.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">His foxy devil.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">The man made him feel something substantial for the first time in a very long time.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">His outlaw biker.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">He couldn’t tear his gaze away from Dev who fought with his boots and jeans. What a spectacular backside. The art was insane, but that ass kept Cash’s eyes locked right there.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">“Fuckin’ condoms. Who’s stupid fuckin’ idea was that?” Dev hopped on one foot, tearing off his last boot.</span><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><br style="font-family: Lora;" /><span style="font-family: Lora;">Cash had to dodge the flying footwear tossed over Dev’s shoulder.</span></span></div>
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It's always a surprise to see what's coming next!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">I live in the suburbs of Dallas where it's true, the only thing bigger than an over active imagination, may be women's hair!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">Usually, I try for funny. Humor is a major part of my life - I love to laugh, and it seems to be the thing I do in most situations - regardless of the situation, but jokes are a tricky deal... I don't want to offend anyone and jokes tend to offend. So instead I'm going to tell you about Kindle</span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">I tragically lost my sixteen year old daughter to a drunk driver. She had just been at home, it was early in the night and I heard the accident happen. I'll never forget that moment. The sirens were immediate and something inside me just knew. I left my house, drove straight to the accident on nothing more than instinct. I got to be there when my little girl died - weirdly, I consider that a true gift from above. She didn't have to be alone.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">That time in my life was terrible. It's everything you think it would be times about a billion. I love that kid. I loved being her mother and I loved watching her grow into this incredibly beautiful person, both inside and out. She was such a gift to me. To have it all ripped away so suddenly broke me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">Her name was Kindle. Honest to goodness - it was her name and she died a few weeks before Amazon released their brand new Kindle ereader. She had no idea it was coming out and she would have finally gotten her name on something! Try finding a ruler with the name Kindle on it.. It never happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora;">Through the course of that crippling event I was lucky enough to begin to write with a dear friend in the fan fiction world of Facebook. She got me through those dark days with her unwavering support and friendship. There wasn't a time she wasn't there for me. Sometimes together and sometimes by myself, we built a world where Kindle lives and stands for peace, love and harmony. It's its own kind of support group. 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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Mason Chynoweth inherits an old house in small-town New Zealand, he hopes to discover what happened to his great-great uncle Lewis after he returned from the war in 1945. Mason’s first encounter with the property is thankfully reassuring—his sensitive psychic powers aren’t triggered and he has a calm sense of coming home.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Kedgetown has always prided itself on being welcoming.” Annalise interrupted as though Mason hadn’t spoken. “It’s part of its magic.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah choked on his mouthful of gravy. Mason was a stranger. They didn’t talk about the town or its history in front of anyone who hadn’t grown up here. Or make comments that might lead to awkward questions. If Mason decided to make his home here and settle in the old house, Elijah definitely would not stick around. He’d had enough of lying about who he was.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Are you okay?” Mason put down his fork, concerned.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Yeah.” Elijah shot his aunts a glare. What were they up to? He didn’t believe their innocent expressions for a moment. “Went down the wrong way.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I work in IT. Data entry mainly.” Mason shrugged. “It’s not very exciting, but it pays the bills, and I can do it from home.” He paused. “Which at the moment is Invercargill, but if the house pans out, it <em>is</em> something I could do from anywhere.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Mason likes the house so far, and I suspect it’s mutual. But, as I said, there’s a lot of work to do first.” Annalise got up from the table, retrieved the casserole dish, and placed it between Mason and Elijah. “You boys still look hungry. Help yourselves if you want more.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Thanks.” Elijah spooned more onto his plate. He’d forgotten what a good cook his aunt was. “Is your family in Invercargill?”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Definitely.” Annalise’s eyes glowed gold, and she smiled. “I suspected as much after we met his sister last Christmas, but this is even better than we thought.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Huh?” Elijah glanced from one aunty to the other. “What are you up to?”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Us? We’re looking after our visitors like any good host would.” Annalise walked over to the kitchen to put the kettle on. “Help me clean up, will you? And then you can take Mason a nice cup of tea.”</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anne works in a library, is an avid reader and watcher of a wide range of genres, and is constantly on the look-out for more hours in her day. She likes to write in series and even so called one shots seem to breed more plot bunnies. Her writing is like her reading - across a range of genres, although her favourites are paranormal, fantasy, SF, and historical. Music often plays a part in her stories and/or her characters are musicians.</span></p>
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</span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trust didn’t always go both ways, and Grady Donehue learned that the hard way. He hadn’t learned better after the first betrayal, but he wasn’t going to make the same mistake a third time. Striking up a strange friendship with the equally strange—and straight—soldier, Lake, who had sunshine in his eyes? Grady could do that. He could even handle helping Lake figure out he might not be so straight after all, in a very hands-on way. But falling in love? No, thanks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lake McKenna has spent his whole life absolutely confident in who he is and what he wants. Even when the picture-perfect future he’d always envisioned seemed further away than ever, none of his plans included another man. But the more time Lake spends with his new friend: grumpy and sneaky-sexy detective, Grady, the more he thinks that maybe what he really needs is something different to what he always imagined.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neither man was prepared for the other, but Lake is nothing if not flexible. Doubt isn’t part of his make-up. He knows how much more incredible they could be together; if only Grady could see it too. Grady has to decide if Lake is worth risking his heart again, and whether he’s brave enough to see if it really is third time lucky.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Third Time Lucky<em> is an 80,000-word MM romance. It is a bi-awakening, friends to lovers romance with low angst and high feels. It is set in the </em>Chain Reaction<em> universe but can be read as a standalone.</em></span></div><p></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Is there a reason you don’t like your house?” Grady asked.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I know we haven’t known each other long, but friendships are like that sometimes, aren’t they? I like being around you.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Do you have food at your house?” Grady asked, eventually. That hadn’t been what Lake had expected him to say. He’d been bracing himself for rejection. Lake had gotten too clingy, wanted to spend too much time with him, and it was time to part ways. Lake would have understood. He knew that he was a lot to handle and sometimes he figured the only reason Felix and Zach had stuck around so long was that they’d had so long to get used to it.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Well, yeah. It’s big, and it’s inviting, and it has you in it.” He paused and then turned to Lake with a grin that had Lake’s mouth going dry. “And it has more than one bed. Just in case.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“All of my spare beds are being fumigated,” Lake said, hoping he didn’t sound as desperate as he felt. He didn’t give a fuck if it was weird; he liked waking up next to Grady, liked how big Grady was and how much space he took up on the mattress, the heat that radiated off him in waves. There was no mistaking he wasn’t alone when Grady was with him.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Morgan loves three things; Books, women, and being single. But when Grad school costs more than her rent, she needs to come up with a way to make some money and fast. After a one-night stand with a beautiful woman, she wakes the next morning in a hurry to make it to her interview as a live-in nanny. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a divorced, single mom Lucy can get all the help she needs. But as the mistletoe is hung and the stockings are filled, are sparks flying too? As Lucy begins to fall for her son’s nanny, she shows her love in a series of her favorite books. Counting down the 24 days of Christmas with Morgan, by trying to tell her how she feels, worried she doesn’t feel the same. </span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shannon O’Connor is a twenty-something, bisexual, self-published poet of several books and counting. She released her first novel, Electric Love in 2021 and is currently working on several sapphic romance novels. She believes there is a lack of positive Female/Female romances in the world, and wants to make them more accessible. She is often found in coffee shops, probably writing about someone she shouldn't be.</span></p>
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Real Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-7708506389605909822022-12-13T05:00:00.001-08:002022-12-13T05:00:00.281-08:00Morgan Brice's ‘New in 2022–Have You Read Them All?’ Tour<br /><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Book Title: <em>Sins of the Fathers—MM Supernatural Suspense</em></span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Length: 62K words/ 213 pages</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tropes: Hurt/comfort, friends to lovers, established relationship, learning to trust, dealing with the past, dealing with family secrets.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Three deadly accidents that might have been magical murder. A dark witch with a grudge against the King family. Federal agents with supernatural abilities. And, as usual, Dawson and Grady are smack dab in the crosshairs of trouble even they can’t outrun.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Grady King’s brother Knox is targeted by shady characters, old secrets, coverups, and lies come to light. Grady and his boyfriend Dawson begin to question what really happened when Grady’s grandparents and Dawson’s parents died. Then agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Supernatural Investigation show up pursuing a different case, only to discover that the crimes appear to be connected, with a vengeful dark witch at the center of the plot. And since monsters never sleep, Grady and Dawson are still carrying out their duty to hunt dangerous paranormal creatures, restless spirits, nefarious faeries, Civil War ghosts, creepy cryptids, and things that go bump in the night. It’s all part of the centuries-old King family mandate to protect the people of Cunanoon Mountain and Transylvania County, a mission Grady and Dawson are sworn to fulfill.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But when it looks like something is hunting the people Grady loves, it’s time to dig into the family’s painful past, uncovering dangerous details of long-ago hunts against immortal creatures who never forget—or forgive.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cold cases, hot leads, a psychic psychopath, a copycat killer, cursed objects, the trial of the century--and wedding plans.</span></em></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and sexy homicide detective Vic D'Amato met hunting a supernatural serial killer. Since then, Simon has become a police consultant on cases involving the paranormal, and Vic has gotten over his doubts about Simon's abilities being real. Along the way, they fell in love and got engaged. But it seems like the danger never ends.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, the first case Simon and Vic worked together comes back to haunt them as the killer goes to court and all hell breaks loose. The killer has a crazy fan setting curses on key players in the upcoming trial. Ghosts from an old cold case suggest that someone got away with murder. And a supernatural creature attracted to fear and death is using the Grand Strand as its feeding ground. Simon and Vic feel like they’re waging a war on all fronts, but with the stakes so high, there can be No Surrender!</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">No Surrender is a fast-paced thrill ride MM paranormal romance packed with supernatural suspense, haunted tourist attractions, monsters, visions, hot sex, hurt/comfort, loyal friends, wedding planning, found family, ghosts galore, dark magic, and an evolving, established romantic relationship with all the feels.</span></em></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tropes: Shifters, one true pairing, reincarnation, fated mates, psychics, magic, curses, hurt/comfort, found family, </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fast, furry, and furious! A lynx shifter, pursued by a cryptid trophy hunter. A wolf shifter desperate to rescue a lover who's not just his fated mate—but his one true pairing across past lives. And a love that transcends time.</span></em></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fast, furry, and furious! A lynx shifter, pursued by a cryptid trophy hunter. A wolf shifter desperate to rescue a lover who's not just his fated mate—but his one true pairing across past lives. And a love that transcends time.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Again is a thrill-packed MM shifter romance adventure full of sexy shifters, hurt/comfort, one true pairing, reincarnation, sincere psychics, hunky mechanics, first responders, a sexy wildlife photographer, found family, and fated mates.</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tropes: Hurt/comfort, friendship/partnership/lovers, found family, second chance at love</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"> It all comes down to trusting the devil you know!</span></em></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seth and Evan met “on the job” when Evan was the intended sacrifice of a dark coven, and Seth came to the rescue. Now, they’ve teamed up to stop a century of ritual murders and get justice for Seth’s brother Jesse and the other victims.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Erik Mitchell helped Interpol bust cartels, oligarchs, and spoiled billionaires for art fraud. As an undercover cop, Ben Nolan helped bring down a Newark crime family. Now Erik and Ben have started over in Cape May, leaving their danger-filled jobs behind them, excited about a fresh start and their new relationship.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">Huntsman is full of sexy shifters, hurt/comfort, second chance love, sincere psychics, hot first responders, found family and fated mates.</span></em></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A grieving wolf. A hunted fox. Fated mates, thrown together by chance, and the looming threat of a fabled Huntsman who might tear them apart forever.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When his car breaks down, sexy wolf shifter Russ Lowe comes to the rescue, and one touch makes it clear they’re fated mates. Neither man was looking for love, and both are still mending from past heartbreak. When mysterious fires and disappearances threaten Fox Hollow, Liam fears the killer is hot on his trail. Can he protect the town and his fated mate from the evil hunting him, or will an ex-lover’s betrayal cost Liam everything he loves?</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Book Title: <em>Christmas at Caynham Castle - <strong>Crewel Fate ~ Gail Z. Martin</strong></em></span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Authors: <strong>Gail Z Martin</strong> plus Jeanne Adams, Caren Crane, Seressia Glass, Donna MacMeans, Nancy Northcott, Anna Sugden</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Length: 521 pages</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Genre: Romance—<strong>note—Gail's story is MM paranormal romance</strong>. The others are MF romance and MF romantic suspense</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are seven individual novellas all set at the same fictional castle/town and Christmas ball</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Collection of 7 Holiday-Themed Novellas</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>(</strong><strong>Memory and Malice: A Badlands MM Psychic Detective Romance by Morgan Brice )</strong></span></p>
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I knew from the very beginning I was going to have to forget life all around me and devote my time to completing Jackson and Oliver's story because there was no way I could put it down! It contained absolutely everything I wanted in a book and more, with it being a beautifully done second chance that was emotion-charged and angst filled." -Goodreads Reviewer</blockquote><br /><blockquote>"It's overwhelming, raw, and absolutely brilliant. Riley Nash is phenomenal when it comes to writing emotional rollercoasters and heartbreak, and I honestly wasn't sure my heart would survive this story." -Goodreads Reviewer</blockquote></span><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06paAAeV02QNk6aWrl1OAxf76JkrLI0mVDYhGQQc89Ukj9B5kETrSJE67TBzA2pb2mAM4ibCLlqX4eE_BtPl1P-XpVl_NrNq9f3DcSfJ3tzl-Pu9sFV8-ao50YYsGItE8I0bTqfmjFQzo/s1600/blog_synopsis.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqVWRzpiiK4CHR7e0bfK5dgPwXe4s80Fq0C8eQ752TuEhA3Vwitb2KsL0nnPOpu5aLFbaFDAkMNmzvUIuoBSTs340z4FUeXxJ9Ok_wGrllutmtQ_Al1vMPNMSA3csLdjO-tgN2hX0hGciZB6WTdmmkl5edfRtHwKoOUMfRJta6vO-SSYu755ByN6w/s3000/Show_Me_Wonders_Edit_Final%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqVWRzpiiK4CHR7e0bfK5dgPwXe4s80Fq0C8eQ752TuEhA3Vwitb2KsL0nnPOpu5aLFbaFDAkMNmzvUIuoBSTs340z4FUeXxJ9Ok_wGrllutmtQ_Al1vMPNMSA3csLdjO-tgN2hX0hGciZB6WTdmmkl5edfRtHwKoOUMfRJta6vO-SSYu755ByN6w/w266-h400/Show_Me_Wonders_Edit_Final%20(1).jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Wait for me. Never let me go. <br /></i><br />I fell in love with Jackson Moreno in hell, the only two survivors trapped in a catastrophic tunnel collapse. But when rescue comes, I discover he has secrets darker than I could have guessed. He disappears from my life as quickly as he came, and I can’t afford to chase after him when I have to raise my daughter alone.<br /><br />I fell in love with Jackson Moreno six years later, on a bright summer afternoon, cleaning the lobby of a small-town bank. But he’s still running, and I’m struggling to keep my little family afloat.<br /><br />I fell in love with Jackson Moreno in three feet of snow, in the middle of nowhere, after we lost everything. Because sometimes a tatted bad boy and a shy dad who loves knitting are destined to be together, no matter how many years and miles and memories pull us apart. No matter how many times we have to start over.<br /><br />If we refuse to be broken, I believe someday we’ll find each other for the last time.<br /><br /><i>An epic, moving story of second chances and love that defies all odds, featuring a double gay for you relationship full of first times, hurt/comfort, a demisexual main character, and mental health representation!<br /><br />Triggers (potential spoilers): includes a disaster situation with emotional distress, claustrophobia, darkness, and brief mentions of blood and dead bodies; also includes violence, drug dealing, mentions of suicide, and mental illness (depression, anxiety, panic)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61438543-show-me-wonders" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKRdBfF734TLr0KGEkNgF5PYBboIvqgNXnInCD403VtYkBnkbq-p9AmmkCuh8B3q6-tB9ABtf3z5WF0UWAM7WvkAg0LUII-lphpB4GO_rsP0APswqKU5YBz8oSzerxpLShcFCm3KDOQg9/s1600/goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/show-me-wonders-an-m-m-second-chance-standalone-water-air-earth-fire-book-3-by-riley-nash" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="1000" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdJ_6A7kIJPUd4MoIXfx0s2pYiOWXacXCizfZW85ln1piBjrlBPaS5feHvXemtDheyb_5MwzUxL5TWjnxOwSJQ8eNyymN-O7ZvfrZtlbHSDo4pqeVMO3-y4Hf5p_rW0t9xbuJjgepqg4q/s200/bookbub.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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As we stare at each other, I want it to be a ridiculous question, to be able to say </span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">what the hell are you on</span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">what gave you that idea?</span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> But it’s not. I can only ask myself </span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how could you let someone do this to you again?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And my only answer is the man in front of me, waiting with his chin up like he’s about to be decked. The mix of emotions on his face looks just as complicated as my own.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Where do you want me to take you?” I listen to the words come out of my mouth like they don’t belong to me. I’m </span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">leaving</span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. But not today.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His mouth opens and shuts a few times before anything comes out. “You want to be the one doing the taking?”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I should probably buy you a drink first.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The man looks puzzled for a second, then laughs so loudly that he claps his hand over his mouth. He can’t stop smiling. “We have no idea what we’re doing, do we?”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I just shake my head, unable to take my eyes off him.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“There’s a bar about twenty minutes from here that’s having a band I like on Friday,” he offers tentatively.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Okay then.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Well, alright.” He presses his hands to his flushed cheeks and huffs out a slow breath. “I guess that’s that.” Neither of us seem quite sure what just happened. It’s almost impossible to believe the moments that change your life can slip by so simply, in the breathless second between a question and an answer.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He picks up his bag. “I need to get back inside. See you later.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Uh-huh.” Before I can straighten up, he steps closer and pulls my hat off, setting it gently on the windowsill. His eyes flick between mine, the quiet look that holds more wisdom than he knows. Then he grabs one of my hands, wet paint and all, leans in, and pecks me on the cheek. Face burning, he steps back and makes a break for the door. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Something tells me I won’t be seeing him again before Friday. Rubbing my sleeve roughly across my cheek, I go back to work.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmgE37bQLyEzuzeo2r3FMJFWyQPACfvslzSqLJlm8JlBVqHq8grZ5cD5qYMwkb0NX_j9VFp1BS6NOGl-x6zi04xfKWtSOhkBrFDD67BTuP9SgWad1Yfj9l1t4YG8akKKghkwbhPTGvOwdZwEYA8XtB7N_8X8YRa8TL19YC1mkmZG-nNX2dQZfX85e/s851/Frost_cover%20reveal%20banner.jpg" style="font-family: Lora; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmgE37bQLyEzuzeo2r3FMJFWyQPACfvslzSqLJlm8JlBVqHq8grZ5cD5qYMwkb0NX_j9VFp1BS6NOGl-x6zi04xfKWtSOhkBrFDD67BTuP9SgWad1Yfj9l1t4YG8akKKghkwbhPTGvOwdZwEYA8XtB7N_8X8YRa8TL19YC1mkmZG-nNX2dQZfX85e/w400-h148/Frost_cover%20reveal%20banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;">Title: Frost</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Series: Hell's Handlers MC Florida Chapter Novella</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Author: Lilly Atlas</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: MC Romance Novella</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: December 17, 2022</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Photographer: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FuriousFotog" target="_blank">FuriousFotog</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Cover Model: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009600887571" target="_blank">Sebastian James</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Cover Designer: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/msleahkaye" target="_blank">Leah Kaye Suttle</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1CmcH43V7igQlplJNJ3JOiHYZKO0g6Qiww8jOKBM58-67yMNe_U8B8q3l2QF7YHmAep4UJzSKu65GwE352btGnCugzygf6PqtFUL3RSBXDXs5pYTaNrVbbDwUj28OCRR_nvnjESusaioGHvQpnQYZWeZiYGPAgtqqpsA340ArYUIIN6s_2hGCAzh/s1280/Frost1800.jpeg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1CmcH43V7igQlplJNJ3JOiHYZKO0g6Qiww8jOKBM58-67yMNe_U8B8q3l2QF7YHmAep4UJzSKu65GwE352btGnCugzygf6PqtFUL3RSBXDXs5pYTaNrVbbDwUj28OCRR_nvnjESusaioGHvQpnQYZWeZiYGPAgtqqpsA340ArYUIIN6s_2hGCAzh/w266-h400/Frost1800.jpeg" width="266" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Lora;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06paAAeV02QNk6aWrl1OAxf76JkrLI0mVDYhGQQc89Ukj9B5kETrSJE67TBzA2pb2mAM4ibCLlqX4eE_BtPl1P-XpVl_NrNq9f3DcSfJ3tzl-Pu9sFV8-ao50YYsGItE8I0bTqfmjFQzo/s1600/blog_synopsis.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;">Rachel has spent her life without family and watching others from the sidelines due to a series of unfortunate and traumatic events. She longs for the unbreakable connection only blood can bring. When she learns she has a half-brother living halfway across the country, she wants nothing more than to meet him. Even if he is the president of a motorcycle club.<br /><br />Frost earned his road name on account of his less-than-fuzzy personality. After years of drifting around the country alone and lonely, he yearns for the strong family bond offered by the Handlers. But first, he needs to make it through the prospecting period, and acting like his aloof, antisocial self isn’t the way to do it. Neither is lusting after his president’s long-lost sister. But one of those things he can’t seem to control.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63889345" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKRdBfF734TLr0KGEkNgF5PYBboIvqgNXnInCD403VtYkBnkbq-p9AmmkCuh8B3q6-tB9ABtf3z5WF0UWAM7WvkAg0LUII-lphpB4GO_rsP0APswqKU5YBz8oSzerxpLShcFCm3KDOQg9/s1600/goodreads-button.png" /></a></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwM-MLvlhLGxHUB8B1oq8Bep60ShUjVGgHyxLOEIECx_0RJMhaCZNyGkIHFCX6DTPEwbNaQqsVuaOsS37n6JfV2DfzMHvUCAL70jdXoungqwlV_s7NZXbp8ahG5pC6di_sdQcsmZpFibT/s1600/blog_pre-order.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;" /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NxI9flx-in_Dy5cs9obc3bDUq8IA_3FPw27vpVzGQr89aikskkg5Dgur2bj6wO4gDYnl8yhPHsqEm35h8ZVlAnk0F2Ox1MV5uG63v3Bl0uCmQVkAsqaNR-9dCWlFg6G_kqL8QFSy4F14obBAQhOqCFTZiFMnVFbrcMWxw_xWtQqS0sG2aI47oS9v/s1280/Cover%20Reveal%201%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="952" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NxI9flx-in_Dy5cs9obc3bDUq8IA_3FPw27vpVzGQr89aikskkg5Dgur2bj6wO4gDYnl8yhPHsqEm35h8ZVlAnk0F2Ox1MV5uG63v3Bl0uCmQVkAsqaNR-9dCWlFg6G_kqL8QFSy4F14obBAQhOqCFTZiFMnVFbrcMWxw_xWtQqS0sG2aI47oS9v/w298-h400/Cover%20Reveal%201%20(2).png" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BNJLS5T4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqNrinlzosp2sNC1hg1fmJbpCzNAlzU7eZARZ8yVMnDBGKJtYUKOXN9qXJurS8uHOu_YbqUEcVL9W-MbTpCCJ5eYjjT865PxXLoGxx_0Ikhr13Asdecz6CFBi9r6YGZLduLyurd7-3-rI/s1600/AMAZON.png" /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0BNJLS5T4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3GHGzUEbdjhjXtStWEG9LX2-8HvrY332_WLDZYWEu4d0M9zBVWkzfMVX55RoTTFS9vRra03VDTxoUEOSDU2ZhKdFO9t-jLx-rIEPZD38Xf52mCUrylByUm4CnicHZhBaappNjLbgl-bR/s1600/amazon+ca.png" /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BNJLS5T4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KdSMuOmxPYrQjwXw_-_Vs6suaiIa6kWWz1yIBsnhy8U0rws_EnK2AHNZG0z4ibLmJXjs9KmsPwdmVh_7DmyXu8VIq-xeZ_WjsX5Xs9_D5vNtuNnXhDz3m9izbwCRfPP_1FSACRWV7OD6/s1600/amazon+uk.png" /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0BNJLS5T4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7m5a7PByrHvz7todK4ObgCRApiV3V9jLtdsPPKMjR9X18S8xZK7fZPISt9NWzWLZIlDb9HnA0FEq9avd7purvkR3ppl2v7aHUmoworIuT9djwa5KxzGa673Hk5ZGX3RD6yFim5gYNZGv/s1600/amazon+au.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>
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By day she works as a physical therapist for a hospital in Virginia. Lilly is an avid romance reader, and expects her Kindle to beg for mercy every time she downloads a new eBook. 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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If only he wasn’t also a temperamental mafioso in charge of running one of the city’s largest criminal empires.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Damon fixates on Micah, obsessing over feeding him and making sure he always has a coat. He spoils him rotten with gifts and insists on taking Micah on as his personal escort – a “boyfriend” to get his nagging sisters off his back. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s weirdly sweet, and Micah doesn’t know how he’s become a soft spot in the ruthless man’s otherwise hardened exterior, but it would be a lie to say he didn’t want even more: a<em> real</em> relationship with Damon. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Quit staring.” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Oh, you are, honey, and I don’t blame you. Those shoulders go on for dayzzz.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I feel like you said that with a ‘z’. Possibly multiple of them.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Oh, I did, sweet pea. And that ass. I have one word for it: yum.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“You literally sound like you’re drooling. Are you sure you’re not the one who’s been staring, Tessa?”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Of course, I have been!” She didn’t sound the least bit ashamed about it either. “Look at that gorgeous specimen of a man. If he’s not the offspring of some Greek god’s bastard, I will chop off my right tit.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He wrinkled his nose. “Gross.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was tall, at least a couple of inches past six feet, and the suit jacket he was wearing clung to the expanse of his impressively broad shoulders. Said shoulders tapered off to form a trim waist, under which matching pinstripe pants gripped onto thick thighs – which Micah hadn’t known he had a thing for until now. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seriously, even from a distance, Micah knew those things had to be ripped. The man’s entire body looked rock-solid. Micah couldn’t quite make out any facial features, but if there was any justice in the world, the man must have had the epitome of a butter-face. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Micah,” Tessa hissed into his earpiece. (Speak of the devil.) “I said to quit. You’re not even trying to hide your ogling now.” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“You also said to look,” he couldn’t help but point out, but he obediently dropped his gaze to the ground, anyway. He was wearing a pair of shabby red Converse. There were holes on the top of the right one where his toes threatened to peek out, and the left had a loose outsole that liked to flap when he walked. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I meant metaphorically. You’re in the middle of an undercover operation. You can’t let yourself be distracted by every hottie that walks by; you need to keep your wits about you.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“You’re my handler,” he pointed out. “You need to keep your wits about you.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Oh, you don’t worry about my wits, honey. I’m not the one that’s thirsting after some babelicious stranger, completely ignoring the potential john coming in at three o’clock.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A man dressed in a cheap suit was quickly approaching, the graying hair near his temples and the deep-set wrinkles of his brow indicating he was probably in his late forties or early fifties. His uneven gait and the stumble in his step meant he was probably drunk. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Resigning himself to do as she suggested, Micah let himself sink into the brick wall he was lounging against near the mouth of an alley. He winced as the brick scratched against his exposed lower back where his shirt didn’t quite cover the skin, but he forced himself to school his expression as the man moved closer. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“How much?”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Don’t be coy, you little tart.” Micah fought the urge to wrinkle his nose when the man took another step forward and the stench of alcohol hit him straight in the face. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He wasn’t intimidated – or, at least, that was what he told himself when arms braced themselves on either side of his head, effectively trapping Micah against the brick wall. Sure, he didn’t have his Glock, but Tessa was watching out for him. Not to mention the fact that he was well-versed in hand-to-hand if worse came to worst. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We’re going to have a brilliant Christmas, Andreas. Just like it was ten years ago, all of us together,” Vati said, placing steaming cups of coffee in front of us. “We’re just pointing out that you and Fredrik always had something special, and you haven’t seen each other for years. It will be lovely for you to reconnect.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Reconnecting is fine. We can discuss college life versus German nursing schools, drink Jägerbombs and watch weird Norwegian shit on TV. Christmas will be thrilling.”</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Fredrik’s girlfriend isn’t coming. I told you that,” Vati said sternly. He was pissed off with me already, and we hadn’t even had breakfast.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’d tried. I <em>really</em> had tried. My dads had been together since they were in their twenties, a lifetime. We all knew the story about how they’d met and found love and lost and found and lost and found and then never lost again. It was like a fairy tale, like one of Frank’s favourite movies, even if Thomas kept teasing him that their meet-cute wasn’t actually an epic love story of any sort. He always said it had been fate. Thing was, I’d always wanted that for myself, and I’d thought Andreas had been the one, back when we were teenagers. But then he wasn’t, and I didn’t know what I’d done wrong or why anything had happened in the first place.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Fredrik!” My dad’s arms were long and warm around me outside customs. I dropped my bag and backpack on the floor. My eyes were wet; my god, how much I had missed him. I leant into his chest and sniffed in the familiar smell of his shampoo and aftershave, the detergent we used at home, his stubble scratching my cheek, his hair tickling my lips. I breathed him for who knew how long. Seconds, minutes, I didn’t care.</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>Magdalena Di Sotru</strong> is an information security and data protection enthusiast from Norway. She is a mother of two and wife of one as well as a long-established fanfic writer. Her favourite food is (actually) salads (without mayo), her favourite guilty pleasure is fresh bakery goods (and that explains why everyone would think the salad was a lie). She knows her way around knitting, lock picking and skydiving (all at about equal skill levels – go figure). Life is Good and Other lies was her first novel.</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author: D’Arcy Arden</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is not a standalone story, but does not end on a cliffhanger.</span></p>
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</span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Earth is dead. Humanity survives by selling the only resource available—themselves. 2689 has signed away his rights as a living being and become décor, living artwork that rich aliens use to decorate their homes. It's a stable existence but a boring one. Until one day his owner plays host to three unexpected guests. Large, loud, and more potent than anything 2689 has ever experienced, this trio of ship-dwellers from the wrong side of the universe awakens a desire he can't ignore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, blissful days of sex and companionship with Brog, Desmodian, and Xavis come to an end when 2689 discovers a plot that could land the trio in jail...or worse. 2689 will have to make a choice—stay silent and allow three innocent lives to be ruined or give up his stable life to protect the ones he loves.</span></div><p></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pet fumbled his drink, creating a clink of glass against glass and spilling pink droplets onto the table’s surface. He had encountered Décor Preservation Services once before, at his first auction, when they evaluated his quality and determined what price to charge his buyers.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We’ve done nothing wrong.” Xavis ruffled his feathers again, filling what little space remained in their alcove. “Pet was transferred to us legally. Anyone can check the license.”</span></p>
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</span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Décor don’t usually go on vacation, but after their adventure in the Iota Cloud, Pet is looking forward to a week of relaxation on the planet Syzygy, an ideal vacation spot for aliens from all corners of the galaxy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fancy resort they’ve chosen isn’t welcoming to ship-dwellers, but defying societal expectations has always been a favorite pastime for Desmodian, Brog, and Xavis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, a divide is sparked in the trio when shadows from Brog’s past make an unexpected appearance. Distracted by their conflict, the three are left vulnerable to an enemy who knows their weaknesses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The trio can’t save Pet this time. It’s up to him to rescue the ones he loves and return them all to their true home among the stars. If he fails, their freedom and maybe even their lives will be forfeit.</span></div><p></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Desmodian’s hammer planted in the sand again, hard enough to sink several inches. “It shouldn’t even be a decision. It should be common sense. Yaivin Vels is the reason you ended up arrested and in Unit 22 in the first place. You shouldn’t want anything to do with him.”</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">D’Arcy Arden grew up in Akron, Ohio, where she attended creative art schools and was surrounded by beautiful country landscape. This combination cultivated an interest in literature, art, and the natural world around her. In college, she earned a Masters Degree in Fiction Writing, which primarily taught her that there is no one way to tell a good story. So, she turned around and went back for a degree in Animation as well. This love for both visual and written stories has given her a preference for stories that are memorable, easy to picture, and, most importantly, fun.</span></p>
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</span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mal's first priority is giving his six-year-old son the best Christmas ever, a goal made trickier by a recent move to New England after losing his job. As a single dad, he's not looking for romance—especially not with a blond California boy ten years his junior.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After being ridiculed at the family business, Luca sets out to prove himself by opening an eco-friendly gift-wrapping store in a small town with a hard-on for Christmas that’s about as far from LA as he can get. Out of his comfort zone in snowy Maine, love is the last thing on his mind.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But the magic of the season has other ideas. As Mal and Luca collide on wintery streets, will they let their first Christmas in Lighthouse Bay lead to happily ever after?</span></div><p></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mal slowed at the bottom of a driveway and nodded at the house. “This is me.” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I was wondering who lived here,” Luca said, taking in the house’s boxy structure. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Why? Because it’s hideous?” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That startled a laugh out of Luca. “Well . . . yes. It doesn’t match the rest of the houses.” The area just west of Christmas Lane housed Lighthouse Bay’s historic homes, but this modern construction was decidedly <em>not </em>historic. Luca had passed it a couple of times on his evening gift deliveries and wondered what the owner had been thinking. “Why’d you buy it if you don’t like it?” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even so, Mal had gone all out with the decorations. Icicle lights hanging from the roof, flashing multicolored lights framed around each window, static white lights around a nine-foot-tall pine tree, and a lit-up reindeer family. He even had some sort of spotlights buried somewhere in the yard that swirled red and green snowflakes on the house in an unidentifiable pattern. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Which is probably another reason I haven’t unpacked,” Mal continued. “I hate this place.” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Bet he gets a second wind as soon as I walk in the door.” Mal’s voice was a disgruntled grumble that Luca shouldn’t have found as charming as he did. “Thanks for walking us home.” </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Or I just want an adult to talk to for once,” Mal said, a teasing tilt to his smile. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Damn. And here I thought I wasn’t being obvious <em>at all</em>.” </span></p>
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Real Talk Book Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09633648426362076594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302210681152405274.post-44695333541160583632022-11-19T05:00:00.000-08:002022-11-19T05:00:00.267-08:00Release; O Deadly Night Anthology<!--wp:paragraph {"align":"center"}-->
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Authors: Nicholas Bella, E.B. Burns, Abrianna Denae, Elouise R East, Taylor J Gray, Mandy Greenwood, Rorie Kage, Leigh Kenzie, Davidson King, Claire Marta, Faith Ryan</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Detective Quinn Hughes doesn’t have many regrets in life, but Sebastian Devlin is the biggest. As a cop and a defence lawyer, the deck was stacked against them to start with, but Quinn was the one who left a burning inferno behind him. Missing his chance with ex-Special Forces Commando Peyton Sinclair is a close second on his regrets list, but Quinn isn’t going to ruin the happiness Peyton has found with fellow police officer Will McMahon for anything—not even a chance at his own happiness.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Will nursed his empty glass as he waited for Peyton to come back with more drinks. Having some drinks and dancing at a club was their favourite way to unwind after a long week. While they’d stopped pretending that they were looking for anyone to take home years ago—since their casual sex arrangement worked for them and meant they didn’t need to spend their weekends trolling for random hookups—it didn’t mean they didn’t like going out. Sometimes it heightened things later, when they made themselves wait before they went home to fuck. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few drinks, an up close and personal dance, and they were ripping each other’s clothes off when they got home. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Peyton had been in a foul mood when he’d gotten home and Will had sucked him off in the shower, but it hadn’t helped much. It had eased some of the tension, but Will knew it was still there. Honestly, he wasn’t sure what Quinn’s problem was. They both wanted each other, so why didn’t they? Peyton had asked Will once if it bothered him, and maybe it should have—they’d been exclusive fuck buddies for years—but thinking of Peyton with Quinn had never been a turnoff. The thought of it had spurred on some of their hotter sessions together. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dark blue eyes—that reminded him a bit of Peyton, though Peyton’s were a little darker—that were shaped by sleek black glasses and long thick lashes. His bow-shaped lips were drawn up in a smug smirk. It should have been off-putting or smarmy. But coupled with the plain silver barbell piercing in his left eyebrow, it was making Will’s dick stand up and take notice. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was bulkier than Will—which wasn’t hard, since Will was toned, but lanky—and filled his suit out in all the right places. He was wearing form-fitting black slacks with shining dress shoes. No suit jacket, which was absolutely fine with Will, considering that he had rolled up his sleeves to reveal smooth tan forearms. It was kryptonite to any human being with a pulse. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Peyton, this is Sebastian," Will said, smiling playfully. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Hi, Sebastian," Peyton said, in the same voice. He glanced between them curiously as he sat on the tall stool next to Will. He reached a hand over and placed it in Will’s lap, feeling the growing hardness in his jeans. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"No, stay," Peyton said. He gave Will’s dick a gentle squeeze and Will swallowed, heat rushing over him. He put his hand over Peyton’s but didn’t move it. "Have a seat." Peyton used his free hand to gesture at the empty seat opposite them. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"You can share my drink," Will said. He took a sip of his drink and then pushed it across. He made a show of arching his neck back and swallowing, so Sebastian could see he’d drank some himself. </span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ryan O’Shaughnessy, owner of the Top o’ the Morning Coffeehouse, is convinced of it. Besides brewing the best coffee in Rothcote and baking delicious pastries and cakes, he helps Fate with her errands, never minding that it's always someone else’s turn to catch a bit of happiness. Not until he meets a man who takes his breath away.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When the party thinned out, Ben found Ryan, and they escaped from the cheerful uproar into the dark courtyard where the white tree with its single red bauble glowed and glittered.</span></p>
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</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Recovering from exposure isn’t pleasant. And if you fall asleep right now, you’d miss… this.” He didn’t give Ryan a chance to ask. He wrapped his arm around Ryan’s shoulders, drew him close, and kissed him.</span></p>
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</span><p class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jackie Keswick was born behind the Iron Curtain with itchy feet, a bent for rocks and a recurring dream of stepping off a bus in the middle of nowhere to go home. She's worked in a hospital and as the only girl with 52 men on an oil rig, spent a winter in Moscow and a summer in Iceland and finally settled in the country of her dreams with her dream team: a husband, a cat, a tandem, a hammer and a laptop.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Life is good for Dean Blanchett, lead guitarist of the superstar rock band, the Lost Apostles. He's got his music, he's got his dog, he's got his best friend Luka and the girl he's gonna marry. Right up until a few days before the biggest show of the year, when his fiancé literally throws his ring in his face and leaves him for an accountant.</p>
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<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> “Dean’s calling. I should take it.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Okay, friend, but one of these days you need to not ask ‘how high’ when Dean says jump.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">“I’ll talk to you in a couple days,” Luka said before switching to the incoming call.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Luka! Where are you?”</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Obviously not wherever you are.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wherever Dean was, it sounded loud.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“We’re at… Where are we?” Luka heard Dean ask someone nearby.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jerome’s deep voice came over the line. “Bronco Bill’s Billiards.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nope. Luka was not interested in going out and braving crowds, he’d done his part for the band already that night.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Yeah… no. Frank and I are hanging out watching CSI reruns.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">Luka quickly used the remote to turn on the TV hanging on the wall across from the couch so he wasn’t actually lying. Jorja Fox’s face filled the screen as she thought deeply about something.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dean was quiet for a moment before replying. “Text me the address again and I’ll grab a ride there. I’m kind of tired of all this.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">“What about Cassidy?”</div><div style="text-align: center;">Luka didn’t think she’d be happy that Dean chose to hang out with Luka instead of her.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“She’s not here. I think she went back to her hotel.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">She didn’t even stay in the same hotel as the band, for godsakes. At least Luka had an excuse. Chris wanted the band to stay together but since Luka was just a tech, he stayed with Frank.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“And she’s not gonna be pissed if you hang out with me?”</div><div style="text-align: center;">She would be if she knew. The way she watched the both of them when they were all together made Luka twitchy. Like she was seeing things she shouldn’t, except there was nothing to see. Luka loved Dean but he’d tucked his feelings away a long time ago, settling for friendship instead.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Nah, she’s good,” Dean assured him. “Plus, I want to see my good boy.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">He crooned the last three words, and Luka swore Frank heard them because his ears perked up. Luka ignored the fact that his heart skipped a few beats too.</div><p></p>
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