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Cover Reveal: Nightshade – Briar Black

We’re proud to present the cover for upcoming release by Briar Black, Nightshade!

Nightshade (The Cheshire Set #2)

Expected Release: June 21, 2025

Genre: Small-town Romance

Forbidden Love đź’”
Age Gap 🕰️
Slow Burn 🔥
Small Town Romance 🏡
Grumpy x Sunshine 🌦️
Morally Grey Hero ⚖️
Healing Romance 🩹
Dark Cottagecore 🍄

When eco-warrior and budding bee expert Suzie returns to Ashfordby, she expects a peaceful summer solving the mystery of Hugh Delaware’s dying bees and spending time with her best friend.

After a recent run-in with The One That Got Away (and made her swear off relationships for life), she needs the break. Peace, quiet, and a chance to focus on what she loves sounds perfect—until she stumbles into a tangled web of sabotage, murder, and secrets threatening to destroy the estate Hugh has dedicated his life to saving.

As Suzie and Hugh join forces to unravel the mystery, a shocking discovery leaves the estate reeling and the pair questioning everyone around them—except each other. But with a struggling marriage and the weight of the estate on his shoulders, Hugh’s world is a far cry from Suzie’s council-house upbringing. Any connection between them feels impossible—and forbidden. She would never entertain an affair, yet the more she tries to stay away, the more she’s drawn back in.

Caught between her growing feelings for Hugh, the painful wounds of her past, and a sinister plot targeting the estate, Suzie must summon the courage to expose the truth—and keep her heart out of the crossfire—before more lives are lost.

With its blend of romantic tension, murder, and environmental intrigue, Nightshade is a gripping tale of love, loyalty, and uncovering beauty in the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of romantic suspense and age-gap romance.

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Book Blitz: Shadows of Fate – Kelsey Lee

We’re celebrating the release of Shadows of Fate today! If you’re looking for a dark romance to sink your teeth in, this is it!

Shadows of Fate (Threads of Fate series, Book One)

Release Date: May 14, 2025

Genre: Dark Vampire Romance

🥀Morally black FMC
đź–¤Shadow daddy MMC
🥀Touch her and 💀
đź–¤Fated mates
🥀Trauma representation
đź–¤He falls first
🥀Found family
đź–¤Vampires with magic

Silvana

Rage and blood lust have been the only things fueling my soul for the last one-hundred years. Revenge has been the only thing holding my sanity together. Until his shadows curl around my throat and all I can think about is his revenge. I don’t want to be loved, but he doesn’t know the meaning of the word no.

Raiden

Ruling the Court of Shadows for the past three-hundred years alone has left my life feeling mundane on the best of days. But the courts are uneasy and there’s something more going on than meets the eye. When she comes into my life, daggers flying, it’s everything in my power to let her maintain distance between us. But I won’t be held at bay for long – she’s mine. Whether she wants to admit to it or not. I’ll have her, even if it burns my court to the ground to do so.

**Please note, this book is a dark fantasy romance complete with an extensive trigger list. Remember that your mental health matters more than reading a book.**

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Full List of Trigger Warnings:

  • Mild stalking between out MC’s
  • Previous sexual abuse and assault (not on graphic on page)
  • Graphic torture of shitty men
  • Death (quite a bit)
  • Human trafficking
  • Explicit sexual content and spice
  • Blood (they’re vampires so)
  • Emotional abuse (never by our MMC)
  • Fang play
  • Knife play
  • Spit
  • Bondage
  • Shadow magic used in spicy ways
  • Primal play
  • Choking and breath play
  • Anxiety & depression
  • brief mention of suicidal thoughts

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Book Blitz: The Freedom You Seek – Emily Villin

We have an amazing book rec for you today and a chance to win a hardcover edition of The Freedom You Seek by Emily Villin!

The Freedom You Seek (A Requiem for Fading Worlds Book 1)

Release Date: March 1, 2025

Genre: Dark Romantasy

  • slow burn
  • angst
  • romantic tension
  • lots of mutual pining
  • found family
  • medieval-ish road trip
  • one Horse & one bed
  • proximity out of necessity
  • who did this to you?
  • burn the world down for her
  • altered history
  • unique magic system
  • secrets that have secrets
  • overcoming trauma
  • finding your place in a world that seems already doomed.
  • flawed characters with a lot of room to develop
  • a FMC from a small town who is confronted with all the lies she’s been told and fights to be stronger than she ever thought she could be. But strength never comes easy or overnight…
  • a walking red flag & morally gray and possessive, jealous, territorial, and protective MMC whose secrets are as dark as the magic he wields.

A man with many secrets, a woman desperately fighting for independence, a mission that leads them and their company towards unknown mysteries they are desperate to unravel because the world could soon depend on it—literally.

What would you do if everything you knew was a lie? When you found out there was so much more to your world than you were taught?

I never expected that my parents’ failed attempt to arrange my marriage would lead me to leave the small town I’ve known my entire life.

What started as a journey to escape the law soon shattered my worldview and dismantled everything I believed to know. Suddenly, being hunted is only the smallest of my problems.

Not only am I on a chase for truth and unraveling mysteries, but I also need to navigate the minefield that is Dion. The soldier who rescued me has a nasty temper, and—for someone who loves to be in charge—he has extremely little impulse control. But if he thinks I would simply submit to his antics, he is wrong. Just because he and his men helped me in a difficult situation and possess more knowledge about hidden truths from the past, it doesn’t mean I simply submit and be the docile woman society expects me to be. I have no wish to bind myself to anyone, not to my father, not to some rich betrothed, or to an arrogant bastard, no matter how attractive he is.

“The Freedom You Seek” is the first installment in the “A Requiem for Fading Worlds” dark romantic fantasy series. The story centers on Nayana, an ordinary small-town woman with a rebellious streak who gets involved in a mission bigger than herself; and Dion, a flawed soldier with a bad temper and a massive ego who tries to leave his past behind. Together with Dion’s comrades, the two embark on a journey into the heart of history and soon find out that sometimes, someone has to step up to try to save everything.

The novel tells a story about unraveling mysteries, self-discovery, uncovering the truth, and maybe even saving the world, which actually might be easier than dealing with love.

Perfect for fans of character-driven dark romantic fantasy with a plot that starts small, but escalates over the course of the series. Full of slow burn, angst and romantic tension, mutual pining, found family, mysteries, magic, overcoming trauma, as well as finding your place in a world that seems already doomed. Lastly, this story is for you if you love a walking red flag— a morally gray and possessive male main character whose secrets are as dark as the magic he wields.

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This book is 18+ and contains difficult topics. Please mind the trigger warnings.

This novel is written in first person past tense with dual points of view.

The story contains spice and shadows. The pepper rating will increase throughout the series.

Trigger warnings

  • Physical violence
  • Threatened homicide
  • Domestic violence
  • Sexual assault / Attempted rape (not from MMC)
  • Murder
  • Oppression
  • Gender inequality
  • Controlling behavior
  • sexual scenes
  • Alcohol as a method of coping
  • Blood and Gore
  • Cursing
  • Tolerating / Enjoying red flag-actions
  • Suicide (briefly mentioned in a legend)

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Cover Reveal: A Crown of Deceit and Ruin – Jessaca Willis

We’re thrilled to present the beautiful cover for A Crown of Deceit & Ruin, and upcoming release by Jessaca Willis!

A Crown of Deceit & Ruin

Expected Release Date: July 7, 2025

Genre: Sapphic Fantasy Romance

  • Rapunzel + Persephone
  • Bi FMC (ends up with girl)
  • Undead/revenant princess
  • Star-crossed fates
  • Enemies-to-lovers
  • The slowest slowburn
  • Forbidden romance
  • Dancing in a moonlit ballroom
  • Courtly intrigue
  • Dark magic
  • Fairy tale retelling
  • Grumpy/sunshine energy
  • A curse that turned all the kings and queens into monsters

The most dangerous monsters wear crowns.

For nineteen years, Kestrel Graeme has been locked away in a tower, fed stories of cursed beasts and corrupted magic. But when she escapes, she discovers the real threat isn’t monsters—it’s the royals who rule through lies and bloodshed. Captured and taken to Irongate, Kestrel must fight for her father’s life and master the strange magic awakening inside her…before it’s twisted into a weapon by the very crown she’s come to fear.

But she’s not the only prisoner behind Irongate’s fortified walls. Slain in battle and resurrected years later, Princess Elora has spent her second life in chains. Promised a throne but given a leash, she’s ordered to keep Kestrel close and steer her toward breaking the curse. Elora will play her part…but only if it brings her the one thing she truly craves: freedom.

Monsters still haunt the realm, but Kestrel and Elora refuse to be their prey. If they want a future beyond the ruins they inherited, they’ll have to wield the power within them—before their kingdoms crumble.

A Crown of Deceit & Ruin is a slow-burn sapphic fantasy romance perfect for fans of fairy tale retellings, dark magic, and star-crossed fates—featuring a Rapunzel-esque runaway with the heart of a hero, a distrusting princess of death, enemies-to-lovers tension, courtly intrigue, sapphic/bi longing, found family, ancient curses, and the dangerous temptation of forbidden power.

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TWs: Animal sacrifice as part of another character’s magic; one scene

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Cover Reveal: The Stardust of Dawn – D.L. Houpt

We are proud to present the cover for the next installment in the Heir of Darkness series, The Stardust of Dawn!

The Stardust of Dawn (The Heir of Darkness #2)

Expected Release Date: July 10, 2025

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

Even the most beautiful flowers have petals that rot.

Tethys, Patron Goddess of Venia, has always lived a life of duty—until she meets Araes, an honorable yet infuriatingly ambitious mortal lieutenant. When children begin vanishing from Venia, she is forced to set aside her hatred. But the deeper she searches for answers, the more secrets she uncovers—from her sister Polaris’s self-imposed isolation to the hidden histories of the primordial gods.

Inspired by Ares and Aphrodite, the second installment in the Heir of Darkness trilogy is an epic prequel of love and the fight for freedom, exploring the delicate balance between following one’s heart and the true power of a woman scorned.

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Book Blitz: The Gods We Defy – Soraya Cole

We have a book that you are going to want to add to the top of your TBR. Two if you haven’t read the first book in the series yet. Check out The Gods We Defy by Soraya Cole. It already has a coveted orange banner!

The Gods We Defy (All Gods Must Die Book 2)

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Fairytales/ Fantasy/ Irish Mythology

Release Date: April 12, 2025

✨Badass FMC
✨ Irish Inspired Mythology
✨Fated mates
✨Touch her and💀
✨ Gods & Monster
✨ High Stake Trials
✨ A Prophecy
✨ Found Family
✨Trials and games full of action scenes
✨Irish Inspired Mythology
✨Light and shadow powers
✨Slow burn but definite spice
✨ Fae prince with a dirty mouth

RETURN TO A WORLD DIVIDED BY SHADOWS AND LIGHT…

In a world divided by shadows and light, Seren was born between both. But her world shattered when the fae arrived, when she discovered one was her mate, and when the kingdom’s shield cracked, revealing a whole new world.

Trapped in the fae lands, Seren has no other choice but to make a deal. One that forces her into the brutal trials of TĂşr RĂ­.

But this is no Guards Competition.

To return home, she must survive three deadly trials, endure ruthless games, and face competitors who will stop at nothing to see her dead.

As secrets unravel and time runs out, betrayal isn’t the only thing that comes to light.

In a world of Gods, Fae, Monsters and a prophecy that comes to life, in the end, it will all come down to:

The Gods We Defy.

The Gods We Defy is book 2 in the All Gods Must Die series, a new M/F fantasy series that is inspired by Irish Mythology. Full of mystery, betrayal, a unique magic system and a prophecy, get ready to be brought on one epic adventure. This plot heavy, character-driven story has a delicious slow burn that gets hotter each book, and a strong female lead that is ready to fight for what she believes in.

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Book Blitz: Follow Your Bliss – Holly Rose

We’re thrilled to announce that Follow Your Bliss by Holly Rose is now available! Get your copy today!

Follow Your Bliss: A Dream House Girls Novel

Publication Date: May 6, 2025

Genre: Contemporary Romance

  • Only one bed
  • Second chance romance
  • Friends to lovers
  • Forbidden love
  • Meddling family
  • Sex positivity
  • Dirty talk
  • Fuck the patriarchy
  • Golden retriever MMC
  • Anxiety rep

Designing wedding dresses is Rose Guidry’s passion, but she’ll never wear one down the aisle.

Having learned to never trust a man with her heart, Rose keeps her dating casual and her feelings about love from her clients, including the childhood friend who hired Rose to make her wedding party dresses. It’s a great gig to kick off Rose’s small business, but since she’s back home with her mom after failing to make it big in NYC, she desperately needs a place bigger than her childhood bedroom to work in. Good thing the brother of the bride—Rose’s middle school crush—has an apartment to rent attached to the church he’s renovating into a home.

Everything’s coming up roses for shirtless social media DIYer Jason Soniat: he has a lucrative sponsorship offer from a major tool company, and he’s ready to date again after a toxic relationship nearly wrecked his life. But the guilt he feels over how he treated his family during that time makes him vow that the next woman he dates will be mom-approved. Rose may be beautiful inside and out, but her tarot cards, tattoos, and commitment phobia mean she’s distinctly mom-disapproved.

When a hurricane threatens, Jason convinces Rose to evacuate with him to Florida where their flirty friendship speeds into a relationship hotter than a day at the beach. But returning home as a couple has rough edges and uneven seams: Jason seems unwilling to tell his family he’s dating Rose, reinforcing her belief that all men leave. When the secret slips out and causes family drama, they’ll both have to break old patterns if they want to craft a blissful happily ever after.

Packed with humor, double-entendres, and banter, Follow Your Bliss is a spicy, dual-POV adult contemporary romance. Sex positive and fun, it’s perfect for fans of Rosie Danan’s The Roommate and Tessa Bailey’s It Happened One Summer.

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Content Warnings:

Graphic:

Sexual content; cursing; panic attacks/disorders (on-page anxiety attack, anxiety attacks remembered, anxiety medication)

Moderate:

Emotional abuse (remembered; not on-page)

Minor:

Abandonment (by father, of child, remembered; not on-page); infidelity; religious bigotry; divorce (remembered; not on-page)

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Blog Tour: Falling on a Duke – Stefany Nunes

19th-century England. Benjamin Gerard Waldorf, the Duke of Waldorf, has resigned himself to a life of duty and responsibility. But when an antique cameo unexpectedly transports him 200 years into the future, his world is turned upside down.

Isabella Souza Kato, a struggling writer in London, is grappling with creative block after a painful breakup. Just as she’s ready to give up on love, a chance encounter with a man claiming to be from the 1800s alters her life completely.

As they navigate the complexities of time, culture, and their own hearts, Benjamin and Isabella must confront their fears and insecurities if they want to find a future together.
Will Benjamin find a way back to his rightful place, or will he choose to forge a new path with Isabella?

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Stefany Nunes is a Brazilian writer with degrees in Letters and Brazilian law. She’s been an avid reader for as long as she can remember, and with her passion for romance novels, she often created stories in her mind without ever putting them on paper. After moving to London with her husband, inspired by the city’s atmosphere, she finally found the courage to fulfil her dream of writing.

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My thoughts: If you needed further proof that e-scooters are dangerous, then you should read this book, Bella literally crashes into a nobleman from 200 years ago! Terrible.

He turns out to be rather dashing, and very bewildered to be in London several centuries later instead of Bath in the 1800s. At first Bella thinks Ben might be crazy, but as they get to know each other, she realises he might just be telling the truth. But as they fall in love (and lust), will Ben find a way to return to his own time, to his sister and his responsibilities or stay in the 21st century with Bella?

I liked Bella, she was funny and approached the issue of Ben’s time travelling and needing to go back in a way that I might, using books, films and Google to try to find a way to help Ben, even if she really wants him to stay. I liked Ben too. He’s conflicted, but the Duke part of him, the honourable and caring brother and newspaper owner, knows he can’t just abandon the life he had, and especially not Abigail (his sister) without trying everything to go back and set his affairs in order. 

A sweet, funny, enjoyable rom com for adult readers as it gets a bit saucy when our time travelling lovers give into their attraction. Plus a cute canine called Duke!


*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: Stone’s Throw to Romance – Nellie Steele

We’re celebrating the release of Nellie Steele’s latest billionaire romance, Stone’s Throw to Romance! Only $0.99 on Amazon for a limited time!

Stone’s Throw to Romance (Hearts and High Stakes #1)

Release Date: May 1, 2025

Genre: Billionaire Romance

  • Billionaire romance
  • Second chance romance
  • Slow burn, Cinnamon roll hero
  • Fake marriage
  • Love triangle
  • Marriage of convenience
  • High-stakes drama
  • Closed door

One text. Two lives spun into chaos. Three words that could change everything.

Alex Stone just got the worst text of his life: his wife of nearly two decades wants a divorce. Oh, yeah, and she’s getting remarried.

But that’s only where his problems start.

Ava Collins is ready to move on from her marriage of convenience. Except, that’s not quite convenient for her husband.

Alex is still in love with her, and now, there are mysterious errors in his business’s bottom line, and the only person he trusts to help him untangle it…is Ava.

But as the evidence starts to point toward a hidden scheme by a shadowy and powerful organization, Alex and Ava are pulled deeper into dangerous territory…and into unresolved feelings neither can ignore.

Can Alex win in both business and love, or will their second chance slip away like the money in his accounts?

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Blog Tour: Unfair Game/Off Your Game – Susan Renee

<p><strong>We’re thrilled to present not one but two new releases by Susan Renee. If you love hockey romance featuring enemies to lovers and forced proximity, you need this series right away!</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Off Your Game (Chicago Red Tails #1)</strong></p>

<p><strong>Expected Publication Date: April 29, 2025</strong></p>

<p><strong>Genre: Hockey Romance</strong></p>

<p><strong>For fans of Tessa Bailey, a laugh-out-loud enemies-to-lovers romance about a professional hockey player who finds himself facing off with the team’s new marketing rep, who might just be his new lucky charm.</strong></p>

<p>Good looks and wads of cash usually get me whatever I desire, unless I desire a box of my favorite cereal at the grocery store right before it closes. As if tonight’s loss wasn’t bad enough, I’m now watching said box of cereal, my literal good luck charm, disappear in some woman’s cart.</p>

<p>The brazen woman denies my cash offer along with my proposal for a more intimate payment. How much loss can a man take in one day?</p>

<p>At this point, who cares how rude I am to her? She’s public enemy number one and chances of seeing her again are slim to none. That is, until she appears at the arena the next morning as the newest marketing rep for the Chicago Red Tails hockey team.</p>

<p>Just my luck.</p>

<p>Carissa Smallson is feisty, outspoken, and boldly confident. She’s also funny, down to earth, and…ugh, she’s insanely pretty. Everything about her is both unbelievably annoying and terrifyingly attractive.</p>

<p>As Captain of the team, I’m always laser focused on my job, but lately I can’t stop thinking about her. I lead my team to victory night after night. Hustle, hit, and never quit.</p>

<p>But if I’m not careful, she could knock me off my game.</p>

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<p><strong>Unfair Game (Chicago Red Tails #2)</strong></p>

<p><strong>Expected Publication Date: April 29, 2025</strong></p>

<p><strong>Genre: Hockey Romance</strong></p>

<p>An intense, forced proximity romance about a woman running from an abusive past, and the hockey player who vows to keep her safe.</p>

<p>Sometimes life makes you play an unfair game.</p>

<p>As a pro hockey player, I’ve had desperate flirty women throw themselves at me, one after another for years. Today, it took only seconds for someone to walk into my home and have me completely forget about any other woman I’ve ever met.</p>

<p>A favor for an old teammate, I opened my penthouse to Charlee Mags, my new short-term roommate. When I said yes to this favor, I didn’t know how breathtakingly beautiful Charlee would be, or that I would come to enjoy hanging out with her, even crave being around her. It’s almost funny how much we have in common.</p>

<p>But Charlee has baggage.</p>

<p>I knew when she showed up at my door with a black eye, this could be a fragile situation, and I would do all I could to help her feel safe, but she doesn’t want to be the damsel in distress. Underneath her injury, she is an independent, strong-willed, funny woman who knows more about hockey than she originally lets on. And now I’m struggling to keep myself from falling for her.</p>

<p>Charlee Mags is the perfect woman for me.<br />One hundred percent my type.</p>

<p>I have no idea who hurt her or why, but when Charlee leans on me for support, one thing is certain.</p>

<p>I’ll be damned if anyone ever hurts her again.</p>

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