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Book Trailer: Loyal Liars – R.M. Carpus

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We’re thrilled to present the book trailer reveal for Loyal Liars by R.M. Carpus – Coming June 2027!


Loyal Liars

Expected Release Date: June 8, 2027

Genre: Dark Academia Villain Romance / Suspense Horror

Tropes & Themes: 

  • Villains 
  • Morally gray
  • Enemies to lovers 
  • Touch her and 💀 
  • Class divide/class differences 
  • Secret societies
  • Broken bad boy 
  • Strong FMC
  • Family secrets 
  • Rags to riches 
  • It was all a bet 
  • Dark elite underworld 
  • Wealth and power

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who’s the greatest liar of them all?

When the Reapers unleash a new wave of terror on Abingdon University’s elite, ivy-shrouded halls, Lukas Godfrey, the drop-out son of the school’s esteemed English Chair, is ordered by his father to retaliate against their leader. Confronting the Reapers is the last thing he wants to do, but their latest attack threatens the only home he’s ever known, and what Daddy wants, Daddy gets. As Master of Abingdon’s oldest and most powerful secret society, Liam Godfrey makes the rules, and only fools disobey.

Until Lukas meets the girl who makes him want to break free for good from his father’s tyrannical reign and start creating the blueprint for his own destiny. Lana Cameron is everything Lukas isn’t, and a raging storm he never saw coming. As he fights his desire to choose Lana over the privileged life Liam has mapped out for him, he discovers the one thing they have in common might be the key to saving them both.

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Blog Tour: Rum and Roses – Ashley J. Vinson

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Rum and Roses is a spicy dark romance novella with phantom of the opera vibes and it’s on tour all this week!

Rum and Roses

Release Date: June 6, 2026

Genre: Dark Romance

  • Biker x ballerina
  • Cinnamon roll stalker
  • Consensual BDSM + dom/sub relationship
  • Forced proximity
  • He ☠️ every douchebag that hurts her
  • He kidnaps her to ‘protect’ her
  • They’re baristas together
  • He’s tatted, pierced & plays violin

Meet Silas: an ordinary man whose world spirals into darkness the moment he lays eyes on Rosalie. Her radiant smile, that infectious laugh, and carefree spirit ignite a burning fixation within him. What begins as innocent admiration quickly morphs into a twisted obsession. One where he lurks silently in the shadows of her life, convinced that their connection is fate.

When Silas kidnaps Rosalie to shield her from a world he believes threatens to tear them apart, a complex relationship takes shape within their hidden refuge. Fear gives way to understanding, and love begins to bloom in the unlikeliest of places. Rosalie, initially terrified, starts to see glimpses of Silas’s desire to love and be loved; no matter how dark the path may be.

As they navigate a maze of fear, passion, and obsession, their story challenges the very meaning of love, blurring the lines between devotion and danger.

Dark, seductive, and utterly unpredictable; this is a story where love knows no bounds, even if that love is deep rooted from obsession.

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Book Blitz: Hunted – Elayna R. Gallea

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Happy release day  🥳

Hunted is LIVE!!!

Hunted (The Giving Chronicles #2)
Reluctant allies to lovers
Only one bed
“I’ll protect you”
Only one horse
Wound tending
Fated mates
Slow burn (but it pays off)
Groveling
Touch her and dîé (and he means it)

Nothing is as it seems.

The Giving Season has ended, but the onset of winter hasn’t brought Wren peace. The king is still after her, and he has more reason than ever to want her dead. In possession of magic she shouldn’t have, she’s desperate to flee the capital.

And there’s just one person who can help her: Gabriel Moreau, the Hunter who chased Wren across the country, duty-bound to bring her to justice. Forced to make the most difficult decision he’s ever faced, Gabriel chooses to break his oath and vows anew to protect Wren. Now, he too will be hunted.

Together, Wren and Gabriel race across the kingdom to escape the king’s wrath. But the cost of safety is steep, and life on the run is more dangerous than ever. Even with the Hunter by her side, their bond growing stronger with each obstacle, Wren is all too aware that everything, especially the notion of safety, is a lie.

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Book Blitz: The Gifts of the Gods – S.E. Bouvier

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READ NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED!

We have a fantastic series rec for your summer reading list today! 

We’re also gifting one lucky reader a paperback copy of both When Gods Fall AND When Sisters Collide!

The Gifts of the Gods Series by S.E. Bouvier

Series Tropes:

– New Adult

– Epic romantic fantasy

– Multi POV

– Found family + sisterhood

– Greek, Etruscan and Celtic mythology

– Strong FMCs

– Tattoo-based magic system

– Reluctant allies to lovers

– Morally grey men

– Slow burn to spice

– Emotional damage

Fans of Throne of Glass, An Ember in the Ashes, and The Ashen series will be swept into this epic romantic fantasy set in a brutal world inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Perfect for readers craving high-stakes, strong female heroines, elemental magic, emotional angst, and slow burn romance.

Purchase links:

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CONTENT WARNING ⚠️ 

Please note the series is New Adult and contains moderate steam/spice, some violence, language, and mature situations. Recommended for ages sixteen and up.

Triggers: explicit language, mature sexual situations, physical violence, death, drug addiction, slavery of adults and children, mentions of sexual assault, threats of sexual violence

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Blog Tour: Truths of the Allied Guild – Mara Van Nacht

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We’re celebrating the release of Truths of the Allied Guild this week!

Truths of the Allied Guild (Descendants of the Stars Book 2)

Release Date: June 30, 2026

Genre: Epic Romantasy

  • Found Family
  • Vast and Secretive Worlds
  • Unique Magic
  • Political Intrigue
  • Love Triangles
  • Plot Twists
  • Slow Burn Romance
  • Feminine Rage

August Monroe has endured more than a human woman should have to by the time they are thirty one years old.

But her story is just beginning. After escaping capture by one of the most powerful magical leaders of her world, August realizes that in order to continue to survive she’ll have to uncover the truth.

Caught in a world much larger than she could have ever imagined, August must adapt quickly, or be lost in the dark once more. Choosing to fight, she finds herself training with a woman who blames her for the imminent war, banned from her solace of the kitchen by a Sovereign she thought was her ally, searching endlessly for her missing friends, and in an internal battle over where her heart belongs.

But the voices in her head are only getting stronger, and something inside her tells her to listen.

History has been hidden from the citizens of Celestera for too long. Enemies, long since thought locked away, are set to return. Powerful beings, once thought to be fictional, come to life. The Dragons have had enough and the stars are aligning above Celestera. August may have incited the inevitable war, but it’s time for the world to know the truth.

She survived the river,
She survived the flames,
Can she survive the Truth?

Truths of the Allied Guild, Book Two in Mara van Nacht’s Descendants of the Stars Series, is for lovers of Epic and Romantic Fantasy, Found Family, Vast and Secretive Worlds, Unique Magic, Political Intrigue, Love Triangles, Plot Twists, Slow Burn Romance and Feminine Rage.

Fans of Strong Character Development as seen in The Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy, Women Scorned as seen in The War of Lost Hearts Series by Carissa Broadbent, and Vast Worlds with Ensemble Casts as seen in The Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Maas will fall in love with The Descendants of the Stars Series.

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Triggers: death, burns, self harm, captivity, sex work, nonconsensual/magically manipulated sex scene, explicit open door content

 

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Blog Tour: Love, After All – Ewald Arenz, translated by Rachel Ward

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When Clara meets Elias, she isn’t looking for love. Widowed and wary of being hurt again, she has built a careful life of work and quiet independence. Elias, an actor in his thirties, is trapped in a relationship that no longer feels real, more at ease slipping into a role than being himself.

Yet from the moment they meet, something genuine sparks between them – something neither has felt in years. They fall into step easily, sharing secrets, laughter and the sense of being seen. But there is the age difference, the miles between their worlds, and the lingering guilt that ties Clara to her past.

When a new job takes her to another part of the country, she ends the relationship before he can – certain that love like theirs cannot last. And then Elias falls ill, forcing them both to confront what truly matters.

Told with warmth, gentle humour and quiet insight, Love, After All is a luminous portrait of two people finding the courage to open their hearts again – proof that love, at any age, can still take us by surprise.

Ewald Arenz was born in Nuremberg in 1965, studied English, American literature and history, and now works as a teacher at a grammar school.

His novels and plays have received numerous awards. Tasting Sunlight was longlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, shortlisted for the German Booksellers Best Novel Award, and featured on the Spiegel bestseller lists in both hardback and paperback for months.

In the UK, it was a BBC World Book Club pick. One Grand Summer won the German Booksellers Prize in 2021,and was a number one bestseller in Germany.

Ewald lives with his family near Fürth.

My thoughts: Clara and Elias fall in love in an instant, but can that sudden spark stay the course? Clara breaks things off to move to Hamburg for a new job, convinced it’s for the best.

But then Elias becomes sick and runs the risk of dying, dropping everything she rushes to be by his side in hospital. Can they find that connection again and this time make it work?

There’s other kinds of love here too, the love Clara and her brother share, the bond between Elias and his daughter, the relationship between Clara’s parents, the one she has with her mother, who has dementia. Even the love Elias has for his job as an actor, and Clara’s passion for photography. They might not be big, loud, grand passions, but they matter too and sustain the characters through good times and bad.

As Elias recovers from his brush with death, he and Clara must decide whether they truly belong together or not, and work out what that means for their future. Love is not always easy, but perhaps it is worth everything.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Into the Darkness – Brenna Bustamente

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We’re celebrating the release of Into the Darkness by Brenna Bustamante! Follow the tour for great content and early reviews!

Into the Darkness (Her Villain Era Book 1)

Release Date: June 30. 2026

Genre: Dark Romantasy

⚔️ Enemies-to-lovers
🖤 Morally gray assassins
⚔️ Forced alliances
🖤 Dangerous attractions
⚔️ Good vs evil
🖤 Antagonist turned ally
⚔️ All hope lost
🖤 The antihero
⚔️ Evil overlord
🖤 Point of no return
⚔️ The price to pay
🖤 Feminine rage
⚔️ Forbidden magic
🖤 Found family

She was trained to end lives without hesitation.

He learned to survive by becoming something lethal.

Neither of them expected to hesitate when it mattered most.

Aza has built her life on precision, discipline, and distance. As a shadow-wielder and trained assassin, she survives by following orders and never questioning the outcome.
Her latest assignment should have been routine: eliminate a rival operative and disappear without a trace.

Instead, it becomes the moment everything fractures.
Before Aza can complete the kill, the Stars descend on the district, an extremist faction intent on eradicating every shadow-wielder they can find. What was meant to be a controlled execution spirals into chaos, forcing enemies into proximity and turning the city into a battlefield.

For the first time, Aza is not in control.

Cut off from certainty and hunted alongside the very man she was meant to eliminate, she is pushed into an uneasy alliance shaped by necessity rather than trust. Survival demands cooperation. Survival demands compromise.
But neither comes easily.

As violence spreads and the Stars tighten their grip, Aza’s priorities begin to shift. Protecting her sister and closest ally becomes inseparable from the fragile partnership she never intended to form. The lines between enemy and ally blur, and with them, the clarity she has always relied on.

What emerges in its place is something far more dangerous than hesitation.

Because proximity breeds understanding.

And understanding has consequences.

In a world where loyalty is fleeting and power is contested in blood, Aza is forced to confront the cost of everything she believes in: revenge, survival, and the identity she has carefully constructed.

When the moment arrives to choose between finishing her mission or preserving what remains of the district, the decision will demand more than skill.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

  • Dark fantasy grounded in morally complex characters
  • Assassin-driven narratives with layered character dynamics
  • Enemies-to-lovers arcs built on tension and restraint
  • Unrest, faction conflict, and urban fantasy settings
  • High-stakes survival stories with emotional depth
  • Slow-burn attraction shaped by danger and proximity

In a city unraveling under violence and ideology, survival is no longer about completing the mission. It is about deciding who and what is worth saving.
This book is meant for 18+. Please check the trigger warnings in the beginning of the book.

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Blog Tour: Starfire’s Heir – Megan Phillips

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We’re celebrating the June 23rd release of Starfire’s Heir by Megan Phillips!

Starfire’s Heir (The Soul of Serentyn Book One)

Release Date: June 23, 2026

Genre: Romantasy

Cover: @mariaspada.design

  • Slow Burn
  • Romantasy
  • Found Family
  • Fated Mates
  • Long Lost Princess
  • Hidden Magic
  • Prophecies
  • One Bed
  • Sword Wielding FMC
  • Fierce FMC

Destiny called her. He awoke her.

Lexa Andrever has always believed she was nothing more than a farm girl. But when

a stranger reveals she is the lost heir of a distant realm, Lexa discovers she alone

stands between the kingdom and the deathly darkness pressing at its borders.

Written into an unsettling prophecy, carrying a responsibility she never sought, Lexa

sets off for her homeland with Griff Narvene, the warrior sworn to protect her. As

she grapples with her new role as prophesied savior, the inscrutable soldier stirs

something deep within…

To keep the shadows at bay, Lexa must harness the powers of her birthright to

protect the people and home that demand her duty. With the fate of the

kingdom-and a fragile new love-at stake, can she survive long enough to save

them both?

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Content Warnings (contains spoilers):

  • Graphic language
  • On-page sexual activities
  • Death of parents (off page)
  • Hand-to-hand combat
  • Sword fighting
  • Beheading
  • Blood
  • Death
  • Attempted sexual assault
  • Attempted assualt of a minor
  • Burning flesh/burning of a limb
  • Violence in a place of worship

 

 

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Cover Reveal: Of Hideous Countenance – Chloe Marie

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This cover is definitely not for the faint hearted but if you love dark gothic traumances, a gender-bent Frankenstein, and plenty of unusual historical facts, you need to pre-order Hideous Countenance by @chloemarie_author

Hideous Countenance (A Flesh and Bone Novel)

Expected Release Date: February 9, 2027

Genre: Gothic Horror/ Traumance

Cover Artist: Chloe Marie (Public domain: Painting – Jacques Fabien Gautier d’Agoty, 1745)



TROPES:

-Women in stem
-Role play x doctor/patiant
-“The birds and the bees”
-A true “Rainasance Man”
-Gothic curse
-Immortal mania x mortal contempt
-Blood play
-He falls first, she falls harder



1816

Elisabeth van der Heijde, a kept scientist from Zaanstad, Netherlands, has been carefully crafting her safe escape for years but finds herself utterly shocked when a foreboding stranger lurks through her doorway with demands for her expertise on a covert project for the ominous Count Basarab of Moldavia. In exchange, his Count offers his hand in marriage.

She does not go willingly, but upon arrival Elisabeth discovers the bones of this castle possess irreparably damaged secrets, lies, and mysteries that one cannot resist but to learn more of! She quickly finds the promise of her suitor’s afflictions too alluring to refuse, and in her haste to devour his secrets she finds her tongue not only coated with lust but sealed with the greed of his time.

This gothic love affair is not light. It possesses, hungrily, and with unforgiving strength to the soul. Of Hideous Countenance is one of dark descent towards manic immortality and the ever growing need to attain the unachievable – no matter the stakes.

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TRIGGER WARNINGS:

-Bees as homemade vibrators
-bird skull used as nipple clamps
-Blood and gore
-Abuse – described on and off page
-Rape – not described/off page
-Blood consumption
-Body horror
-Religious ideology/trauma/verbiage
Heavy use of “the good Lord”, “thank the Lord”, and similar phrases passively thrown around given the MMC’s religious devotion.
-Voice kink/blindfold kink
-Kidnapping
-Blood play
-Infidelity
-Pregnancy/ children used in magical rituals/ on page
-Death
-Murder, descriptive, on page
-A perverted scene involving necrophilic desires
-Magically induced birth, coerced pregnancy, and child sacrifice



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Blog Tour: The Flame in the Frost – Olivia Boothe

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We’re celebrating the release of the Jack Frost inspired romantasy The Flame in the Frost by Olivia Boothe!

The Flame in the Frost (Northern Kingdoms Book 1)

Release Date: June 30, 2026

Genre: Norse Inspired/ Dark Romantasy

• Ice Prince / Winter Court
• Bodyguard (Female Royal Guard & Prince)
• Slowish-burn romance
• Friends-to-lovers
• Forbidden love
• Arranged political betrothal
• Hidden lineage / awakening powers
• Ancient prophecy
• Morally gray hero
• Court intrigue & betrayal
• Dark magic
• Ice & frost magic
• Strong, capable female lead
• Emotional tension & internal conflict
• Fated bond / magical connection
• Angst-heavy romance
• Touch-her-and-die energy
• Winter aesthetics / cold setting
• One-tent

When a cursed Winter Prince and a royal guard with a forgotten bloodline are bound by an ancient prophecy, they become the only ones who can stop a rising enemy—if their forbidden love doesn’t destroy them first.

They tried to silence their bond, but the gods had already sung their fate into the heavens.

In the frostbitten kingdom of Skadgard, Sylvanna Isenwulf has finally claimed her mantle as Captain of the Guard, but her loyalty to the crown is tested when Prince Jökullson “Jack” Drakmyr—her best friend and heir to the Frostbound throne—is forced into an arranged betrothal with a princess he’s never met and an alliance that could ignite war across the northern realms.

Ordered to accompany Jack on a dangerous envoy through the cursed Wildlands, Sylvanna is thrust into a perilous journey filled with ancient magic and deadly creatures. But it is another kind of danger that threatens to unravel their friendship…

Bound by an invisible tether that has pulled at their hearts since childhood, Sylvanna and Jack must not only confront their deepest secrets and darkest desires but choose between the love consuming them at their core or the duty binding them to their kingdom.

And when a ruthless enemy rises, threatening to tear Sylvanna and Jack apart, The Frost Prince must decide to either honor the crown that has caged him his whole life or unleash the deadly monster dormant in his veins—a winter storm fiercer than anything Skadgard has ever faced.

Enough to topple kingdoms. Enough to shatter fate.

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This novel contains material that may be sensitive for some readers, including:

• Violence and battle scenes
• Injury, blood, and death (including on-page death of side characters)
• Dark magic and supernatural horror elements
• Emotional distress and trauma
• Grief and loss
• Power imbalance between romantic leads (handled thoughtfully)
• Political manipulation and coercion
• Imprisonment / restraint
• Themes of betrayal
• Public lashing (graphic)
• Sexual tension and explicit sexual content
• Strong language

 

 

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