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Book Blitz: Follow Your Bliss – Holly Rose

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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

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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

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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

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<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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Blog Tour: Never Bound – Everly Claire

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We’re celebrating the release of Never Bound by Everly Claire! You can read it now on Kindle Unlimited and grab book one in the series for only $0.99!

Never Bound (The Unchained)
Publication Date: April 25, 2025
Genre: Dark Dystopian/Forbidden Romance

💀Enemies to Lovers
💔 Who did this to you? (Her to HIM!)
🌑 Dark dystopian world
👑 Rich, naive good girl x her dad literally OWNS him!
🔥 Whips & chains & cuffs, oh my (mostly the bad kind 😈)
🕰️ Slow Burn
📇 He has no name, just a number (really!)
❌ They’re literally not allowed to touch!
👊 Touch her & you’re gonna 💀 (twice)
🎭 Plotting, scheming, twists and reversals!

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In an alternate 2025, our world is built on the backs of slaves. Louisa is the daughter of the enemy who’s become my master, and I’m not even allowed to look at her, let alone touch her.
But I’ve already done way more than that. By day, they make me scrub floors and weed the garden. By night, I ignite her in dark basements and secret rooms.
She used to think slaves weren’t people, but I’ve opened her eyes to the horror of her world, and there’s no going back.
But I’m here on a mission to find my sister. And Louisa is about to discover that when I charmed my way into her bed, it wasn’t just because I wanted her. It was because I wanted something from her.
But now? I do want her. Forever, preferably. But the world thinks I belong in a cage, and I’ve got new enemies determined to put me in one. They’re plotting to blow our secret right out of the water. In this snake pit, neither of us knows who to trust.
But when they go after Louisa, I’ll prove that even though I’m a slave, she belongs to me in every way that matters — even if it costs me everything I’ve fought for.

NEVER BOUND, book 2 in a dark dystopian forbidden romance series THE UNCHAINED, picks up where Never Broken left off. The books must be read in order. Never Bound ends on a hard cliffhanger and picks up in Never Lost, scheduled for release in summer 2025. Together, all three books form a complete arc with a guaranteed HEA.

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Blog Tour: Shadows in the Spring – Christina Courtenay

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Two souls bound together but lost in time. Until now.

AD 80
Duro of the Iceni tribe escaped life as an enslaved gladiator and is now finally home in Britannia with one thing on his mind: vengeance. For 20 years he has sought the Roman legionary who destroyed his family. What he didn’t expect was Gisel: a fierce Germanic woman with long white-blonde hair, forced into slavery by the Romans. Hypnotised by her spirit and her beauty, Duro frees Gisel and slowly tries to win her trust as they work together to complete his quest.

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Mackenna Jackson returns to Bath with a broken heart, thanks to rockstar Blue Daniels. Luckily she can still count on Blue’s former bandmate Jonah Miller as a listening ear. But Jonah has secretly been
fighting stronger feelings, drawn to Mac’s quiet confidence and gorgeous white-blonde hair. As they explore the area, memories they can’t quite explain flood them both.
Is the spark between Mac and Jonah in fact a sign of something much deeper – a love enduring through millennia – or can it all be an illusion?

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Christina Courtenay writes historical romance, time slip/dual time and time travel stories, and lives in Herefordshire (near the Welsh border) in the UK. Although born in England, she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden – hence her abiding interest in the Vikings.

Christina is a Vice President and former Chair and of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association and has won several
awards, including the RoNA for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014) and the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 with Echoes of the
Runes.

SHADOWS IN THE SPRING (dual time historical romance published by Headline Review 24th April 2025) is her latest novel. Christina is a keen amateur genealogist and loves history and archaeology (the armchair variety).

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My thoughts: By now, you should know that I’m a fan of Christina Courtenay and her time travelling romances, a history loving nerd and as someone who grew up visiting the Roman ruins of Veralanium (St Albans) this is right up my street. The Iceni are probably the most famous tribe of ancient Britons (Boudicca was their queen at one point and her statue stands on Westminster Bridge) in Roman occupied Britain. 

Duro has escaped a life as a slave and gladiator in the Roman Empire, thanks to a handy volcanic eruption (Pompeii) and returned to his home in search of his family. When he was taken his mother was brutally murdered and his sister also taken as a slave by a particularly unpleasant Roman soldier. He has long vowed revenge. And after reconnecting with his brother, he sets out to find his mother’s killer.

Along the way he saves a young Germanic woman from a life of slavery and rape, offering her the opportunity to join him in his journey and be free. Gisel is hesitant at first, but as they travel she sees he is genuinely a good man and they begin to fall for one another.

In the present McKenna too is finding a genuine person in her spoilt ex’s former bandmate Jonah. The two become friends after she moves into her aunt’s former home in Bath, while he lives not far away. They’re both interested in the Roman history in the area and after Jonah’s dog digs up a dead Roman in the garden, start looking into area’s past more closely. They too start to bond and fall for one another. But strange echoes from the past suggest this isn’t the first time they’ve known one another….

Both stories are really enjoyable to follow, although I did enjoy Duro’s travels more than anything else as I recognised a lot of the Roman place names from other things I’ve learnt and being from London, itself a Roman settlement.

Although no one actually time travelled in this book, it was still really enjoyable and I loved all the little things that happened in one storyline and then popped up in the other (like the dead man in Jonah’s garden, and the ring Mac wears).

*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: Blood of a Fae – Briar Boleyn

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Exciting news everyone! The entire Blood of a Fae series (all 4 books) is available as a box set and you can read it now on Kindle Unlimited!

Blood of a Fae (4 Book Series)

Box Set Includes:

  • Queen of Roses: A Dark Fae Fantasy Romance
  • Court of Claws: A Dark Fantasy Romance
  • Empress of Fae: A Dark Fantasy Romance
  • Knight of the Goddess: A Dark Fae Fantasy Romance

His name became legend, while his sister’s was all but forgotten. But what if the legend got it very, very wrong?

Here is the true story of Camelot, retold through the eyes of the girl who grew up to become the most powerful enchantress in the land. She and her friends are going to save the world… if two of them don’t kill each other first.

An action-packed series brimming with magic, danger, and spellbinding romance, Blood of a Fae is perfect for fans of Holly Black, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Sarah J. Maas.

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Cover Reveal: The Moon’s Fury – Leena Kazak

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We are proud to present the cover for the next gorgeous installment in the Moon and Sands series, The Moon’s Fury! Read The Moon’s Daughter on KU now!

The Moon’s Fury (Moon and Sands #2)

Expected Release Date: August 2025

Genre: Romantasy

  • Three love stories
  • Forced proximity
  • Female rage
  • Political intrigue
  • One bed / one horse
  • Look at her and die
  • Mutual pining
  • Trauma rep

She was the moon. He was the night.

Together, they rise. Together, they fall.

In the wake of the eclipse and her father’s death, Layna’s dormant powers awaken with devastating force—wild, unpredictable, and impossible to hide. As she struggles to lead Alzahra as its new queen, whispers swirl about the infamous Moon Queen, threatening to expose a truth that could unravel everything. When vicious rumors ignite across the continent, moonlit fury simmers in her veins, and her control slips further from reach with each passing day.

Zarian has turned his back on the Medjai, determined to carve out a new future at Layna’s side. But the past clings to him like a shadow—and he carries secrets he’s never dared speak aloud. The world around him shifts like desert sands, uncertain and ever-changing, but one thing remains constant: his need to protect Layna, no matter the cost. But when an old friend resurfaces, Zarian is forced to confront a question he thought he’d already answered—can he truly leave the Medjai behind?

When dangerous forces rise against her, Layna is forced to flee Alzahra and hunted across the continent. She must face the rising storm inside her and uncover the truth behind her celestial light—even if it means setting fire to everything she’s fought to protect.

Will Layna harness her light and restore peace to the continent—or will her powers burn too bright to be contained?

The Moon’s Fury is the gripping second installment in the Moon & Sands series—a world-altering, unputdownable epic tale perfect for readers who crave immersive worldbuilding, flawed and complex characters, and jaw-dropping twists. Dive deeper into a realm where loyalty is tested, secrets unravel, and power always comes at a steep price.

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Cover Reveal: Sails and Sirens –  Cynthia Brubaker

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Sails and Sirens

Expected Publication Date: August 27, 2025

Genre: Fantasy Romance/Fairy Tale Retelling

A contemporary Little Mermaid retelling with a Siren Princess and a Sea Hunter against a tempestuous Floridian backdrop.

Tropes/Themes

Forbidden love, Romeo and Juliet vibes, Little Mermaid retelling, fairytale retelling, spice, fake dating (he thinks it’s real), touch him/her and die, family dysfunction, forced proximity, siren x siren hunter, sea monsters, sibling relationships


A Siren Princess on a mission.
A Sea Hunter trying to prove himself.
A love story for the ages

Love grows with the tide–and can destroy like a wrathful wave.

The Seven Kingdoms are under threat. Sea Hunters, descendants of Pirates, are slaughtering sirens and sea creatures alike. Siren Princess Eliana Leilani of Cerulia is tasked with going to the surface with her little sister, Elara, in an attempt to infiltrate the college campus, where the suspected Hunters dwell. Little does Eliana know that uncovering the Sea Hunters responsible for the attacks on her people would change everything she’s ever known, both about her world and herself.

Will Sawyer is a ruthless Sea Hunter, fighting alongside his father and younger brother, Aidan, to protect unsuspecting humans from the wrath of supernatural entities. He holds a dark grudge against sirens–they killed his grandfather in cold blood. Hunting and sailing are his only sources of solace–until he meets Eliana. He is instantly beguiled by her, tumbling head over heels, with disastrous consequences.

Tensions rise when the Siren Kingdoms and Hunter’s Association encounter an even larger threat than they can handle. Family bonds will be tested, beliefs will be challenged, and love will prove to be an unbreakable force–or used as a weapon for revenge.

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Content Warnings

This book contains instances of, or references to, the following material. Content warnings include, but are not limited to: Fantasy violence, physical assault and torture, attempted drowning, blood and gore, SA (thwarted), death of parents, death of grandparents, murder, almost drowning, PTSD and anxiety, coarse language, intimate and explicitly sexual scenes, gouging of eyes and knife/sword torture, weapon use (guns, bows, spears, and more), derogatory language

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Blog Tour: A Desert of Bleeding Sand – Lucia Damisa

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We’re celebrating the newly released romantasy A Desert of Bleeding Sand by Lucia Damisa!

A Desert of Bleeding Sand: A Rivals to Lovers Romantasy

Release Date: March 27, 2025

Genre: Romantasy

🏜️ Elite military academies
🏜️ Found family & witty banter
🏜️ Court intrigue & mythic races
🏜️ Slowww burn rivals-to-lovers
🏜️ Sprawling, desert world

In a glittering Sahara Desert palace, many have come to die…

I am Zair, reviled, half-blooded, and dangerous. Aziza magic coils in my veins like a curse, and for that, they fear me. But I will not stand by while traitors attack my academy and vanish with its students, especially as my sister is targeted.
They sent me to the palace as a student envoy to the king’s coronation, but I know the truth. I’m a weapon, a spy cloaked in silk and suspicion, sent to unmask those behind the disappearances. The air is thick with secrets, and the palace feels alive, pulsing with night magic and silent menace.

Then I meet him. Dathan. A rival spy from another academy—sharp-eyed, clever, cunning, and deadly. I don’t trust him, and I shouldn’t want him. But the pull between us is maddening, dangerous, a flame I cannot smother.
As more students vanish and shadows stir in every corridor, we have no choice but to join forces. Yet every moment spent together fractures my resolve.

In a palace where ambition poisons the air and betrayal hides behind every smile, I must unravel the truth before time runs out—while guarding my heart against the one man who could ruin more than the mission… he could destroy me.

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