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Book Blitz - Too Good to Be True by A. S. Kelly

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Too Good to Be True A.S. Kelly Publication date: July 23rd 2025 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Seth Graham needs help. His eccentric job and troubled past will not help him get custody of his nephews. With their grandmother now stepping in to claim them, Seth needs a solution. Seth can’t bear another loss. He has already said goodbye to too many people; he can’t give up the only family he has left. Rowan Kennedy doesn’t need anything, especially not another lost cause. His career is finally taking off, and the last thing he has time for is helping a young single father desperate to keep his kids. He has no interest in getting caught up in a custody battle, especially when he’s never even had a real family of his own. He doesn’t know what it’s like to have someone willing to fight for you with everything they have. But Seth is desperate, and Rowan seems to be his only chance, and these children need a home, love and something Rowan never had: a father who would...
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Book Blitz - Seven Hundred Beachfront by Ligia de Wit

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Seven Hundred Beachfront Ligia de Wit Publication date: July 22nd 2025 Genres: Adult, Magical Realism, Romance, Women’s Fiction Some places hold memories. Others have opinions. I didn’t mean to run again. But when life gets tangled, I untangle it by leaving. And this time, my escape came with strings attached: a five-year-old brother I never signed up to care for, a seaside town I barely remember, and a tattered house on stilts that belongs in Renter’s Hell. I told myself it was just for the summer. A break. A pause. A way to escape the people I care about but can’t seem to fit with anymore, and the choices I don’t know how to fix. But the sea doesn’t let you stay distant for long. Then there’s him. Quiet. Grumpy. Mysterious. The kind of man who doesn’t ask questions, but somehow sees more than he should. I don’t even like talking to him, and yet… here we are. Sharing long silences. Unexpected moments. Maybe even something more. And as for the house? Let’s just say it ha...
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Book Blitz - Wicked Ambition: The Lost Treasure by Patti O’Shea

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Wicked Ambition: The Lost Treasure Patti O’Shea (The Paladin League, #7) Publication date: July 21st 2025 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense Ayla Desmond never takes risks, but when she senses her twin is in trouble, she boards a plane to Puerto Jardin—a country teetering on the edge of chaos. As a Public Relations specialist at the Paladin League, she’s used to spin, not bullets. But this mission plunges her into a deadly game where trust is scarce and danger is everywhere. Special Forces Sgt. Oziah “Wizard” West is the king of one-night stands, but he hasn’t been able to forget the last woman he hooked up with, a mysterious blonde who slipped away from his hotel room. When he spots her in Puerto Jardin, he knows there will be trouble. Oz rushes to her side, determined to keep her safe. Ayla wants nothing to do with Oz. He’s a mistake she’d rather forget, but circumstances force them together. Surrounded by mercenaries and stalked by mobsters who believe she hol...
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Review: Still Beating - Jennifer Hartmann

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Review: Still Beating - Jennifer Hartmann - December 2020 Earlier this year, I decided to dive into Jennifer Hartmann's catalog, and three books later, I'm completely captivated by her fearless approach to storytelling. Still Beating represents everything I've come to love about Hartmann's work—her unflinching exploration of dark themes wrapped in the kind of raw, emotional romance that defined the golden era of New Adult fiction circa 2012-2013. The premise is immediately gripping: Cora attends her sister Mandy's birthday celebration, where tension crackles between her and Dean Asher, Mandy's fiancé of fifteen years. Their love-hate dynamic has simmered for years, creating an undeniable chemistry that neither can acknowledge. When a seemingly innocent favor—Dean rescuing Cora after she loses her wallet—turns into their worst nightmare, the story takes a brutal turn that will test every boundary you thought you had as a reader. What follows is three weeks of...
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Review: The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith

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Review: The Rose Bargain - Book #1 Rose Bargain Duology - Sasha Peyton Smith - February 2025 I'll be honest—when I picked up The Rose Bargain, I was skeptical. As someone who typically steers clear of romantasy and fantasy in general, I expected to struggle through another overwrought magical romance. Instead, Sasha Peyton Smith delivered something unexpectedly engaging that reminded me why I fell in love with dystopian fiction during the mid-2000s boom of series like Divergent and The Chemical Garden. The premise immediately hooked me: an Immortal Queen who once saved King Edward's kingdom, only to usurp his throne and rule with an iron fist for decades. Every year, she offers eighteen-year-olds "Rose Bargains"—the chance to gain something precious in exchange for a devastating sacrifice, whether physical or emotional. It's a brilliantly dark concept that feels fresh despite drawing from familiar fairy tale elements. Our protagonist Ivy wants nothing to do with...
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Review: The Red House - Roz Watkins

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Review: The Red House - Roz Watkins - June 2023 The Red House by Roz Watkins is the kind of psychological thriller that doesn't just entertain—it fundamentally shifts how you see the world around you. What begins as a straightforward mystery evolves into something far more complex and deeply human, exploring the unreliable nature of memory and perception in ways that left me questioning everything. The premise immediately gripped me: five-year-old Celestine awakens to find her parents and baby brother murdered, witnessing what she believes is her brother Joseph wielding the shotgun before fleeing to hide in their shed. But Joseph is simultaneously in a car accident that leaves him comatose for twenty years. This impossible contradiction becomes the heart of a narrative that masterfully peels back layers of truth. Watkins' genius lies in her portrayal of Celestine's facial blindness—a condition I'd never fully understood before this book. As an adult going by Eve, Cele...
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RELEASE BLITZ - Someone Knows by Vi Keeland

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Title: Someone Knows Author: Vi Keeland Publisher: S&S/Emily Bestler Books Genre: Standalone Thriller Release Date: June 17, 2025 BLURB As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end. She knows this story. It’s all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end—with the teacher dead. Because she was the one who killed him. Someone knows what Elizabeth did twenty years ago and her secret is about to be exposed, but who is the mystery student submitting the chapters? In an effort to find out, Elizabeth returns to her Louisiana hometown where it soon becomes clear that no ...
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