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Blog Tour: Taken, Not Destroyed – S. Von

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Welcome to the tour for Taken, Not Destroyed by S. Von! Read on for more details!

Taken, Not Destroyed by S Von (Armas Locas Book #1)

Release Date: January 2024

Genre: Cartel Romance/ Dark Romance

🌶️ Enemies-to-lovers
😈 Conflict
🌶️ Dub-con
😈 Non-con
🌶️ Strong FMC
😈 Obsessive MMC
🌶️ Escape Plan
😈 Cartel

Survival is more than living.
It is a desire…
A will…
Something that burns deep in one’s soul…

Raella’s husband, Brian, is taking her on a vacation to celebrate her fortieth birthday. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader, and the prime obsession of their second in command. Can she find a way to survive the emotional entanglement, the physical harassment, and sexual urges of two seriously powerful men and still manage to free herself?

Segundo is second in the Armas Locas cartel. When Raella is brought in, he knows, deep in his soul, that she has to be his. But everything in the cartel is controlled by the Boss, El Ratón, and Raella is worth money. Can Segundo manipulate his controlling boss so he can keep what is undoubtedly his? And convince her to give in to the attraction they both feel, all while protecting her from El Ratón’s violent nature?

Join Raella and Segundo on their spicy, lusty adventure. Is it love or just a fairy tale nightmare? Could she possibly stay—for him? If the Boss finds out—will he kill them both?

This book contains adult content and is meant for people 18+
Trigger warnings can be found in the beginning of the ebook or on my website.

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Book Blitz: The Saltwater Curse – Avina St. Graves

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The Saltwater Curse is now available and if you love the Hades and Persephone, Avina St. Graves has given us a beauty inspired by it but with a whole lot more tentacles!

The Saltwater Curse

Release Date: June 5, 2025

Genre: PNR/ Monster Romance

🐙 Hades & Persephone inspired
🐚 Stuffing
🐙 POVs from the animal companion
🐚 Captive x Captor
🐙 Fated Mates

A woman escaping her past…

Kristy Gallagher has slayed a monster before. When she could no longer live with her husband’s abuse, she plunged a knife into his neck. Then, she fled his family’s criminal empire—changing her name and traveling to the far reaches of the world, before finding her safe haven in Bali.

She’s used to looking over her shoulder but nothing could prepare her for the monster that lurks beyond the shore. Sharp claws, grasping tentacles—Krakens are real, and their King has decided she’s to be his bride.

A monster trying to end a curse…

Ordus is King of the Dead Lands, the last Kraken of his bloodline, and the final hope to break a terrible curse that plagues his lands. He must find his destined bride, his soul mate, and marry her to save his kingdom.

His fated mate shouldn’t be a human, but something about her calls to him like no other creature ever has. He drags her to his island, kicking and screaming, begging to be returned to the mainland.

Ordus must convince her he’s not a monster to be feared, but her soul mate who will protect her from anything and anyone who means her harm.

Including his own people.

A dark and delicious tale about what makes a monster—THE SALTWATER CURSE is inspired by the Hades/Persephone myth. Only with a lot more tentacles.

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Stretching, sex, unconsented voyeurism, cannibalism (Depending on how you look at it), murder, gore, death by tentacles, shark attack (kind of?), kidnapping, health issues, toxic characters, trauma, PTSD, racism (by krakens toward humans).

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Cover Reveal: The Forever Queen – S.T. Fernandez

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We’re thrilled to present the gorgeous cover for the next book in The Heir of Atlantis series, The Forever Queen by S.T. Fernandez! Pre-order today!

The Forever Queen (The Heir of Atlantis #2)

Expected Release Date: September 2, 2025

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Romantasy/ Mermaids

🔥Elemental Fae
💍Fake Betrothal
🌋New, Dark Realm
🤐Secret Identity
🧜🏻‍♀️Bondmates
📜Prophecy
🧭Heroine’s Quest

The Princess plays a fatal game, and the stakes are higher than she ever could have imagined.

Princess Asherah Delmar, the former heir to the throne of Atlantis, makes a heart-wrenching sacrifice as she embarks on a perilous journey into the enemy realm of Corenathia. Under the cunning guise of Prince Lux Nacan’s betrothed, she must retrieve the goddess’s artifact. One only she can find.

As Atlantis slides further into darkness, Asherah leaves behind her unbonded mate, Commander Draevyn Eliron, and risks the lives of the humans in Atlantis, a decision she does not take lightly.

When Asherah arrives in Corenathia, she discovers a treacherous world that will challenge her integrity and shake her will to stay silent. But with help from the most unlikely of allies, she’s determined to find the hidden artifact and escape Queen Sessi’s realm in time to save Atlantis and solidify the bond with Draevyn.

Though Asherah doesn’t realize she’s playing a deadly game with a wicked queen who holds all the cards.

Including hers.

The Forever Queen is the second book in the Heir of Atlantis series and is intended for readers ages 18+. It is recommended you read the series in order, beginning with The Veiled Heir. Trigger and Content Warnings are listed in the front of the book and on the author’s website. Please read with care.

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Blog Tour: Potions & Prejudice – Tee Harlowe

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It’s release week for Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe! If you love cozy fantasy and all the cottagecore vibes, you’re going to want to grab this beauty right away! Did we mention there’s also a sentient cottage? 

Potions & Prejudice (Moonflower Witches Book #1)

Release Date: June 3, 2025

Genre: Cozy Fantasy

  • Enemies to lovers
  • He falls first
  • Slow burn
  • Cottagecore
  • Cozy fantasy
  • Only one closet

Witch hates warlock.

Warlock hates witch.

Warlock falls for witch.

. . . Things get very, very complicated.

Elspeth Moonflower just wants to cast a spell. Unfortunately, that’s impossible due to a curse her grandmother cast that forces every witch in her family to marry before using magic. As a result, Elspeth and her sisters are outcasts, helping their mother run her traveling apothecary shop—while she complains that her daughters are all magicless spinsters.

When their cart breaks down and strands them in the charming village of Thistlegrove, Elspeth’s older sister meets a handsome warlock who’s smitten. If only the warlock’s best friend wasn’t completely insufferable. Draven Darkstone is broody, arrogant, wealthy—a perfect example of why Elspeth never wants to marry. But for the sake of her sister, she needs to be nice.

Which is hard when all Draven does is glower at her. It’s even harder when the glowering turns to longing glances. It’s downright impossible when he kisses her.

Little does Elspeth know, the line between love and hate just got thinner.

The low-stakes fantasy of Legends and Lattes meets the romance of Bridgerton in Potions & Prejudice, a spicy cozy fantasy romance with a grumpy sentient cottage, an anxious miniature dragon, and all the cottagecore vibes.

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My thoughts: I really liked this sweet and funny book (with some very spicy scenes fyi) about witches who can’t stand each other, and then falling in lust that turns to love. It’s also about family, working out how to go from being a sort-of parent to being a friend and sibling, there’s a sentient house and a talking dragon, and soup, lots of soup. Plus quirky villagers, a vampire who’s bad news and a Witch Superior who needs to calm down.

Elspeth has been looking out for her mother and four sisters for years, as the family stay on the move to avoid anyone finding out they’re breaking the law. She trusted someone once and they betrayed her, so she has no intention of doing that again.

Draven is an innkeeper with a host of not so secret secrets, a teenage sister he’s trying to bond with, a pet talking dragon and a headache from juggling everything. When he meets Elspeth, sparks fly – but not the good kind. 

After a rather fancy ball at Draven’s family home, however things look a bit different, but can these two actually admit they have feelings or will Elspeth and her family take off again without her saying a word? 

Fun, funny, entertaining and enjoyable. 

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*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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Book Blitz: Must Love Scones and Secrets – Maisy Magill

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Have you ever just wanted to crawl into a book cover?!

Happy publication day to author Maisy Magill and congratulations on the release of Must Love Scones and Secrets (AKA all that is good in this world)! Get the deets here and grab a copy today!

Must Love Scones and Secrets (Moonshine Hollow Book 1)

Release Date: June 3, 2025

Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance

  • Royal romance
  • Grumpy/sunshine
  • Forced proximity
  • Small town magic
  • Magical animal companions
  • Hidden identity
  • Found family
  • Guaranteed HEA
  • Fish out of water
  • Medium Spice
  • Guaranteed HEA
  • Fish out of water
  • Medium Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️

He’s a prince longing for freedom.
She’s a baker yearning for the ultimate love story.

Together, they’ll discover that sometimes the sweetest magic lies in unexpected places.

Rosalyn’s enchanted scones bring magic to every bite at The Sconery and Teashop. With a glitter-sneezing caticorn and a thriving business, all Rosalyn needs is a romance as sweet as her baking. When a mysterious Rune Elf strides into Moonshine Hollow, bringing secrets and devastating charm, her perfectly-measured life crumbles faster than a day-old scone.

Bjorn is no ordinary elf. A secret prince looking for an escape, he’s determined to forge his own path far from the expectations of his royal family. When he’s tasked with helping a wild unicorn herd suffering from chaotic magic, he’s relieved to focus on creatures instead of people. That is, until a certain insistently-friendly baker and her pet crash into his carefully guarded solitude.

As Rosalyn and Bjorn work together to uncover the source of the magical imbalance in horned creatures, sparks fly in more ways than one. Her warmth and charm start to melt his icy walls, but Bjorn’s secret could shatter their fragile connection. Rosalyn dreams of the kind of love bards sing about, but will this gruff and guarded prince sweep her off her feet before it’s too late?

Must Love Scones and Secrets is a spicy cozy fantasy romance full of enchanted pastries, mischievous caticorns, and a love story that will warm your heart. Each novel in the series can be read as a stand-alone.

Perfect for lovers of steamy fantasy rom-com, romantasy, and cozy fantasy romance with a dash of spice! Fans of Kimberly Lemming, Heather Fawcett, J Penner, and Cora Crane will devour this super cozy but very passionate tale of magic, romance, and redemption.

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Blog Tour: The Dangerous Love of a Rogue – Jane Lark

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Is he playing a game with her heart?

Lord Andrew Framlington is known as a rogue of the highest order, a fortune hunter, a man without honour. He plans to marry a wealthy bride to secure his future… but beneath it all, could he be
longing for something more, something real?

Miss Mary Marlow, the enchanting sister of a duke, is everything he should not want – innocent, fiercely protected by her powerful family and entirely out of reach. Yet from the moment he sets eyes on her, Drew knows she is the one. Not just for her fortune, but for the way she makes him feel.

Mary knows Drew’s reputation and the danger he poses, knows surrendering to him would be reckless, yet his charm and stolen kisses leave her breathless. Torn between duty and desire, she finds herself teetering on the edge of ruin.

Can Mary trust a rogue with her heart?

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My thoughts: We return to the Regency period in this first in a new series book, where Lord Framlington is in need of a wealthy wife. He isn’t too bothered who, until he meets Miss Mary Marlow, half sister to a duke, and a wealthy heiress. Her family are powerful and well connected, she’s related to much of the House of Lords and her father and brother are guard dog like in their behaviour, warning her away from the fortune hunter.

But there’s a connection between them that can’t be denied – or is there? At times Mary doubts Drew’s assertions of love, but she still elopes with him. Now they’re married, does he really love her and does she feel the same?

A witty, fast paced, enjoyable romance, with a dash of intrigue and lots of secrets on Andrew’s part. Can true love bloom when you barely know one another?

*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: Beyond the Throne – Rachel Terry

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We’re celebrating the release of the epic fantasy Beyond the Throne by Rachel Terry! Pre-order now or get it on May 31st!

Beyond the Throne (Empire of Engines Book 1)

Release Date: May 31, 2025

Genre: Epic Romantasy

⚙️Evil Empire
⚙️Rebels and Resistances
⚙️Slow Burn Romance
⚙️Reluctant Rebel MMC
⚙️Standalone
⚙️Dragons
⚙️Ancient Evil
⚙️Morally Gray FMC
⚙️World-Ending Stakes
⚙️No Spice
⚙️Multi POV

Once there were four kingdoms.
Now there is only the Empire.

For a thousand years, Akkadia, the Empire of Engines, has reigned supreme, unchallenged. Within the Capitol, a city patrolled by machines, ten districts lay separated by social standing. While the wealthy enjoy the best of what life has to offer, the poor starve.

Only the Resistance, a group of ragtag rebels from all corners of Akkadia, dares to challenge the Empire. In recent months, they’ve been growing bolder, but it’s never enough.

Leo is a mechanic, living and working within the Capitol. His menial job ensures his family is provided for, but he dreams of giving them a better future.

Skye is a rebel, who has fought, spied, and killed for the Resistance for the past eleven years. Her only goal is to bring the Empire to its knees—no matter the cost.

When fate brings them together, they must decide what is right and what is wrong in the pursuit of freedom, how far each of them is willing to go, and what they must sacrifice along the way.

But unbeknownst to Skye and Leo, there is another enemy, more powerful and deadly than any threat posed by the Empire. An enemy who lurks beyond the throne…

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Triggers:

  • Mention of SA/Attempted SA (Past)
  • Amputation (Limb Loss)
  • Torture (Brief, on page)
  • Fantasy Violence (Daggers, Crossbows, Explosions, Dragons)
  • Depictions of trauma and grief

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Blog Tour: Calling of the Grove – Callie Pey

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Welcome to the tour for Callie Pey’s latest release, Calling of the Grove! This is the second book in The Dryad Chronicles!

Calling of the Grove (The Dryad Chronicles Book 2)

Release Date: April 30, 2025

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Why Choose

🌱High Epic Fantasy
🌱Cinnamon Roll MMC
🌱Sweet but Steamy Romance
🌱Why Choose (MFM)
🌱Hidden Identity
🌱Friends to Lovers
🌱Portal worlds
🌱Always Been Her
🌱Fated Mates
🌱”I will find you” Vibes
🌱Bodyguard

When the earth calls, the answer must be resounding.

Melissa knew that staying on Artemesia meant putting her life in danger. After a harrowing night with a Shadow God, mages, and narrowly escaping a sacrificial death, she’s left with even fewer answers than before. One enigmatic question haunts her and may hold the key to everything: Who is Aurinia?

The aftermath of the failed winter solstice ritual continues to ripple through the groves, threatening to plunge the world into chaos. Following the gods’ advice, she must venture beyond Dytika’s borders to aid the vasilissas with their faltering elemental magic. This mission brings her face-to-face with the person she most dreads seeing: her second mate. The one that is in love with another.

Adding to her dilemma, Melissa is thrust into the precarious role of mediator in the delicate peace talks between the elves and the fae, striving to end a centuries-long war. Can she endure the tempest of trauma and grief to uncover her true strength? Will she defy the world’s expectations, guided only by a murmur of prophecy?

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Potential Trigger warning: Death of a main character

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Blog Tour: The Roommate Experiment  – Camilla Islay

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Could there be room for attraction?

Hunter has secretly been in love with her best friend’s brother Dylan for years, despite barely registering as a blip on his radar. She’s not even in the friend zone—more like friend zone adjacent.

But her luck is about to change: Dylan is taking over her spare room, and she’s being promoted to roommate. Could this be the moment Dylan finally notices her?
Not so fast. When Dylan moves in, he carries more than just boxes—he brings complications.

Suddenly, the dream of living under the same roof turns into a daily struggle. Dylan is off-limits, for reasons Hunter couldn’t have anticipated, and the closer they get, the harder it becomes to ignore
her feelings.
But Hunter’s determined to keep her heart in check—no matter how difficult the task. She just has to avoid ogling him in a towel. Definitely don’t imagine what’s under the towel. And try not to swoon
when he bakes cookies.

But after he saves her from a terrible date and they’re forced to share a sofa bed at his parents’ house, her emotions reach a breaking point. She’ll have to either move on or move out. Will she tell him the truth—or lose him forever?

The Roommate Experiment is a roommates-to-lovers, forced proximity, STEMinist rom-com perfect for fans of Lynn Painter, Sarah Adams, and Abby Jimenez.

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My thoughts: We come to the third in this series of interconnected stories and it’s Hunter’s turn as the protagonist after Nina and Rowena. She’s got a new roommate, and it’s Nina’s brother Dylan. Only problem is Hunter’s been in love with him for years and he has no idea and a girlfriend. Awkward.

As the two attempt to navigate their new relationship status, and Hunter tries to keep a lid on her feelings, could they be more than just roomies?

Fun, funny and really enjoyable, this is another cute rom com from Camilla Isley, with a smart but also a bit hopeless protagonist, great supporting characters and some fun twists and turns, the path to true love never did run smoothly!

*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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Book Blitz: When the Wicked Sing – S.L. DeBois

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We’re celebrating the release of When the Wicked Sing by S.L. DeBois! The perfect way to end Mer-May!

When the Wicked Sing (The Leruna Sea Series #1)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

Genre: Fantasy Romance

  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Slow Burn
  • Touch Her/Him and 💀
  • Strong FMC
  • Hidden Villain
  • Betrayal
  • Closed Door Love Scene

FROM THE DARKNESS, THEY WILL RISE.

Banished from the fae realm, the last surviving sirens cling to life in the underwater city of Salus, where death lurks at every turn. Mariana, heir to the siren throne, has spent her life preparing to protect her people against the fae, but when her sister, Astra, vanishes on a perilous mission, she faces an impossible choice: defy her mother’s command and risk everything to bring Astra home, or remain trapped in the darkness as her world fades away.

To save Astra, and the future of all sirens, Mariana must recover an ancient amulet capable of restoring their lost homeland, Sirenia, before it falls into the hands of the ruthless fae king. But before she can act, she is captured by Dax, a brooding fae warrior with secrets of his own, who is determined to drag her to the heart of the fae realm. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Mariana and Dax are drawn deeper into a dangerous web of fae politics, long-buried truths, and heartbreaking betrayal.

Stripped of her siren powers and thrust into a world of deadly lies, Mariana uncovers dark forces threatening not only her people, but the entire realm. In a world where loyalty is fragile, love is dangerous, and betrayal runs deep, Mariana must stop the wicked forces rising in the shadows before they can sing their final, deadly song.

When the Wicked Sing dives into a world where sirens are threatened with extinction against their ruthless enemies, the fae. Perfect for fans of the dark siren lore and sharp wit in To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo, the fae politics and dangerous romance of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, and the high-stakes alliances of The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen. It is book one in the Leruna Sea Series and ends on a cliff-hanger.

Triggers:

This book explores themes of death, grief, and trauma. While these elements are integral to the story, they may be emotionally challenging for some readers. Please proceed with care and prioritize your well-being.

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