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Blog Tour: The Best is Yet to Come – Jessica Redland

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Emma is having a fresh start.

After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter’s farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping with the animals, Emma harvests a dream of her own – to set up an alpaca-walking business around the farm.
But working together isn’t as easy as Emma expected. Soon her dreams are in tatters and, broken-hearted, she must start over yet again.

When Oliver, Rosie and the team at Willowdale Hall welcome Emma with open arms, she can’t believe her luck. But starting a new business in a new place is a daunting prospect, especially when it
comes with unexpected obstacles. With a reserved, prickly groundskeeper as a partner, rapidly changing family dynamics to contend with, and time running out to get her new career off the ground, Emma may have bitten off more than she can chew.

But even though things are not going to plan just yet, the best is yet to come for Emma, if she can just take a leap of faith and follow her heart…

Escape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland for an uplifting story of family, friendship, and love.

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Jessica Redland is the million-copy bestselling author of novels, including the Hedgehog Hollow and Escape to the Lakes series. Inspired by her hometown of Scarborough and the Lake District, she
writes uplifting women’s fiction of love, friendship and community.

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My thoughts: I want to cuddle an alpaca!

When Emma’s boyfriend dumps her after she leaves her job and sells her home to move with him to one of Beatrix Potter’s farms and fulfil his dreams, she’s completely lost. But after moving in with dad, and getting a chance to rebuild their relationship, she meets the half-brother she didn’t know she had and gets offered the opportunity to bring her alpaca walking business to life.

Oliver offers her space in the grounds of Willowdale Hall to house the seven rescue animals and build the facilities she needs. Which is how she meets Killian, builder, youth club manager, adoptive father to his adorable nieces and great listener. Finally confronting the pain in her past, Emma might be ready for a new romance as well as a new job.

Fun, quirky and sweet, this is a lovely read and perfect for this time of your as the evenings draw in and you want to curl up with a cosy book.

*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: Secrets of Thorns – Fleur Devillainy

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We’re celebrating the release of Secrets of Thorns with a tour this week! Make sure you follow along for great content and early reviews!

Secrets of Thorns (The Vandeleur Trilogy Book 2)

Publication Date: August 19, 2023

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

✨Romantic fantasy
✨Morally gray MMC
✨Slow Burn Spice
✨Unicorn shifter FMC
✨Fated Mates
✨One Tent
✨The Chosen One
✨Magical Library
✨The Last Unicorn Meets ACOTAR

What is the price of freedom?
Sybil Vandeleur, the last known unicorn shifter, is free from the queen’s grasp, but trapped under the mountain of Aldervora, searching for the lost library and white witches in a desperate attempt to save her kind.
Aramis, Prince of Shadowvale, finds himself powerless and without a throne after making a bargain to rescue her with the rebels who he’s spent his whole life hunting down.
Will love and determination be enough to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way? Or will they be torn apart, destined to be enemies forever?

From author Fleur DeVillainy, comes a captivating, magical book that blends romance and adventure into a tantalizing read.

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Blog Tour: Ravage – A.L. Rook

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This week, we’re celebrating the release of Ravage! The first book in Raegan of Ruin series by A.L. Rook!

Ravage (Raegan of Ruin Book 1)

Publication Date: September 1, 2024

  • Strong heroine
  • Found family
  • He falls first
  • Enemies to lovers (childhood friends > enemies > lovers)
  • Touch her and d!3
  • Stalker MMC
  • Possessive MMCs
  • Morally gray MCs

We promised to stick together. And then they betrayed me.

In a world where more children are being born with special abilities, we were six of the ones kidnapped and hidden away for testing and training.

We banded together and became a family…until one of us was killed.

The others turned on me and left me for dead.

Five years later, and I’m on a hunt for vengeance against the organization that’s still stealing and brainwashing gifted kids in secret. It’s all I have left; to rid the world of this evil. Until I realize that they are in this city with the same goal.

Aiden. Kellan. Jackson. Dane.

Now I need to decide. Do I work with the ones who abandoned me five years ago, or walk away from this city and finish the war by myself?

But once they discover I’m here, I learn they have their own plans for me.

Ravage is a full length why choose dark paranormal romance novel that ends on a cliffhanger. It is book 1 in the Raegan of Ruin series that will be completed in 2025. If you like plot, banter, steam, a strong heroine, and multiple alpha-holes that you don’t have to choose between, then this is for you. It is recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.

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Triggers included but not limited to:

  • Explicit sex
  • Violence
  • Frequent language
  • Mention of prior physical/mental abuse (age 16)
  • Mention of prior SA (not on page)
  • Physical / mental /emotional abuse (not by MCs) in future books in the series

Other Notes:

  • Paranormal romance (gifted humans)
  • Why choose (4 MMCs)
  • Medium burn (varies by MMC)
  • Dark themes
  • Multi POV (primarily FMC)
  • Cliffhanger in Book 1 (not terrible)
  • No MM
  • Plot-heavy storyline
  • Banter

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Book Blitz: Secrets of the Unborn – CH Lyn

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Secrets of the Unborn: The Leader & the Rebel Duology by CH Lyn & Tracey Barski is now available!

Secrets of the Unborn: The Leader & the Rebel Duology by CH Lyn & Tracey Barski

War of the Unborn by C.H. Lyn
They were created to end the decades-long war. But what happens when the war is over?

Tropes:

  • One-bed
  • Nightmares
  • Revenge arc
  • Found family.
  • Animosity to lovers
  • Badass FMC
  • Second-chance romance

The war is over.

Decades of strife and ruin brought to a close through the use of Unborn—super soldiers created with more strength and stamina than the average man could fathom.
For Jamie, life after the war is mundane: fight nights in the evenings bloodying her knuckles against the jaws of fellow Unborn, and construction work during the day clearing out ruined sections of a once-great city.

There’s not much to complain about. She has a roof over her head, a sister by her side, and sometimes enough food to fill her belly.
So when Oliver, an old flame and a fellow Unborn, arrives with devastating news about their people, Jamie is reluctant to get involved. This darkness, this plague of horror affecting the engineered soldiers, has nothing to do with her.

Until it does.

Jamie has always known loss, but not like this.
With a shadow looming over her people, and her sister’s life on the line, she joins Oliver on a trek across a crumbling country that neither trusts them as people nor accepts them as citizens.

The clock is ticking, the secret behind the darkness is unfolding, and Jamie’s staunch refusal to care about Oliver again is put to the test.

Unborn Rising by Tracey Barski

They were created to end the decades-long war. But what happens when the war is over?

Tropes:

  • Grumpy/grumpy
  • Slow-burn romance
  • Man vs machine
  • Animosity to lovers
  • Kick ass FMC
  • Found family

Victoria has only ever been one thing: a warrior. Scientifically designed to be perfect in every way, she was enhanced for optimal precision in war, the model Silver—a leader until the end.
But after the war, Vic and her people, the Unborn, return to a society that’s in shambles, and the last thing the worn-out population wants is more mouths to feed.

As tensions and prejudices mount, the effort to carve out a life for themselves becomes a fight for survival when Vic’s entire village is annihilated and she’s the only one to make it out.
She seeks shelter from an old war buddy, discovering that trust is hard-won among the group of Unborn and Organics she finds—for her and her new community. Especially with the safe haven’s enigmatic leader. Feelings surface despite their mutual suspicion, putting Vic’s staunch adherence to protocol on shaky ground.

When she learns a secret that changes everything about who she is and what is happening to her people, she and her new allies work to find the key to freeing her fellow Unborn before they become victims to their programming.

Corruption is revealed, lives are put in danger, and everything comes down to one question: what does it mean to be human?

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Blog Tour: Violence in the Void – Alice Stanco

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Have your read Violence in the Void by Alice Stanco yet? We highly recommend you do!

Violence in the Void

Publication Date: November 2023

Genre: Dark Romantic Fantasy

  • Multiple dialects
  • Mental health rep
  • Life & love after trauma
  • Hidden realm
  • Elemental magic
  • Phantom hands daddy
  • Tall, dark, & brazen MMC
  • Feisty, resilient, & powerful FMC
  • Morally grey everyone
  • “Mine”
  • “You’re safe with me”
  • Forced proximity
  • He cooks for her
  • Quest-centered plot

The Void is encroaching, threatening to take over…
Will his Violence set me free, or push me further into Its grasp?

That day at the Armantrea market was the same as any other, until a tall, beautiful stranger appeared and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, my world disappeared, replaced by his strange land. I’m suddenly surrounded by foreign accents, mysterious, magic-wielding Astrales like Xander, and powers I never knew existed.

Except, in Xander’s eyes, I belong here. Fate’s unfathomable hand guided mine to unknowingly create a replica of an ancient Astrale relic—one with the power to upend society as we know it. Months later, I am responsible for tracking down this lost replica through an unfamiliar world, with Xander as my guide.

But the Astrales are playing with powers far beyond my comprehension, and have political agendas I can’t begin to understand.

Despite his barbaric and controlling demeanor, I find myself drawn to Xander, and something shifts as I begin to rely on him for my safety. When threats from this new world circle in, truths from my past begin to surface, and I am forced to question everything I know.

Xander does what he can to protect me, but I soon realize that even he can’t stop the Void that threatens to swallow me whole…

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Cover Reveal: Bella’s Countryside Christmas – Claire Huston

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An uplifting festive romance perfect for fans of Hallmark Christmas movies and authors such as Phillipa Ashley, Trisha Ashley, Sue Moorcroft, Rebecca Raisin and Donna Ashcroft.

Fleeing her heartache and horrendous job, Bella stumbles upon a December wedding in the beautiful village of Haileybrook and the spirit of the season moves her to act as a fake date to handsome stranger Jack.

Jack and Bella hit it off, but Bella has to leave in a hurry and their magical evening soon becomes nothing more than a blissful memory.

A year later, Bella is returning to Haileybrook, seeking a fresh start and a quieter life. With a new job close to her cosy cottage home, a peaceful Christmas is surely only days away.

But it’s not long before family surprises, small-town feuds and romantic drama disrupt Bella’s plans, and she has to wonder if being alone is what she really wants for Christmas …

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Publication Date: 18th September 2024

Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire, UK with her husband and two children. She writes uplifting modern love stories about characters who are meant for each other but sometimes need a little help to realise it.

A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for over a hundred sweet treats at clairehuston.co.uk. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.

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Book Blitz: If I Had a Heart – Ariella Isabella

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If you like you romance on the dark side, then you are going to want to read If I had a Heart by Ariella Isabella! Read the content warnings carefully before diving in!

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If I Had a Heart (Hawthorne Duology #1)

Publication Date: August 13, 2024

Genre: Dark Romance

“For fans of Haunting Adeline, Silence of the Lambs and Dexter”

  • Age-Gap
  • Serial Unaliver
  • Stalker
  • Terminal Illness
  • City Life in Boston
  • Guaranteed HEA at End of Duology

“How long have you been running, little rabbit?”

Ever Knight had been racing towards death her entire life, her feet pounding against the floors of psychiatric institutes and hospitals across Boston. From a very young age, she was haunted by depression, and despite numerous attempts to escape its grip, it always pulled her back. When her doctor delivers the news that she has less than a year to live, the allure of death begins to fade. To make matters worse, her history of substance abuse and depression disqualifies her from the transplant list for a new heart. Poetic, in a darkly ironic way, but Ever preferred thrillers to tragedies. She never expected to be cornered by a dark-eyed doctor on a cold Boston night, offering her a chance at life, but at what cost?

Doctor Theron Hawthorne, a renowned surgeon by day and a black-market organ harvester by night, leads a double life. As a member of a lineage of hunters, he takes criminals off the streets and gives their organs to patients denied transplants, free of charge. Why? It satiates his bloodlust, for one. When Theron finds Ever outside the hospital, consumed by self-grief, he sees something he has been searching for his entire life—a voice to call back to him in the void.

If I Had a Heart is the first book in the Hawthorne Duology, a Harvester novel. Fans of Haunting Adeline, Silence of the Lambs and Dexter might also enjoy this dark stalker romance.

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CWs:
  • Assault
  • Binding
  • Self-Harm
  • Attempted Suicide
  • Substance Abuse
  • Psychiatric Institutes / Institutionalization
  • Somnophilia (Nonconsensual)
  • Spreading of Bodily Fluids
  • Dubious Consent
  • Alluding to Past Sexual Assault while underaged
  • Description of Past Domestic Violence
  • Mentions of Past Child Abuse and Assault
  • Attempted Sexual Assault (Not between FMC & MMC)
  • Improper Use of Medical Equipment
  • Stalking
  • Chronic Illness
  • Terminal Illness
  • Abuse of a Cadaver
  • Forced Self-Cannibalization
  • Drugging
  • Prey Play
  • Kidnapping
  • Organ Harvesting
  • Knife Play
  • Blood Play
  • Tasting Blood
  • Breeding Kink
  • Masturbation
  • Consensual Marking with a Knife

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Blog Tour: A Conduit of Light – Chelsey Ann Tompkins

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To prepare for the December release of A Blightress of Wrath, we’re touring A Conduit of Light this week!

A Conduit of Light (A Conduit of Light Series Book 1)

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

✨He falls first
🌲Powerful women
✨Forced proximity
🌲Secrets & lies
✨Enchanted library
🌲Magic forest
✨Haunting betrayal
🌲Enduring love

“You cannot go through your life thinking no one has loved you. Thinking no one has seen your soul because I have. I see it. And I love you for it.”

As a deadly disease courses through her city, twenty-year-old Ash’Arah is selected as the magic wielder who will be taken as payment for the cure. Chosen by the Baron of Felgren to come train her power in the forest which fuels it, Ash attempts to return to her former life by proving herself both weak and useless.

She is neither.

And as she finds friendship, a home, and love, the dark truth about what consumes the forest comes to light, leaving her with the inescapable destiny to save it or fall to a darker fate.

This is book one of three in a multiple POV romantic fantasy with enchanting magic and very little violence. With some adult language and light spice, you will find themes of self-discovery, feminine rage, and the endurance of love. The slow suspense and intrigue will grip you with twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.

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Blog Tour: Fate of Water and Wind – Lashell Rain

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To celebrate the release of Wrath of Suns and Shadows this week, we are going to back to the start! Check out Fate of Water and Wind by Lashell Rain!

Fate Of Water And Wind: The Osparia Series Book One

Publication Date: February 2023

Genre: NA Fae Fantasy Romance

  • Multiple POV
  • Fantasy Creatures
  • Fated Mates
  • Morally Gray Males
  • Chosen One
  • Enemies to Lovers

How do I bring peace when I’ve never known it?

For over a century, as war waged, Emelyn and Ace have been in hiding and constantly moving, knowing that Ember’s emperor is searching for them with the suspicion that Ace is more than a Sky Elf. But the truth has been revealed and now Emelyn has to save a world she doesn’t have a place in. When a mysterious man of shadows saves her, claiming to be with the rebellion against Ember, Emelyn can’t deny the draw she has to him—in particular the way his shadows touch the deepest parts of her soul.

Fate of Water and Wind is a sexy, action-packed and captivating new adult fae fantasy romance story and is the first installment of The Osparia Series.

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Blog Tour: My Pucking Mate – Izzy Elliott

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We’re celebrating the release of My Pucking Mate with a tour this week! You are going to want to grab this one!

My Pucking Mate: A Paranormal Hockey Romance (Pucking Werewolves Book 1)

Publication Date: August 23, 2024

Tropes:

– werewolf
– fated mates
– hockey romance
– 1st person multiple POV
– grumpy sunshine
– innocent FMC
– immortal MMC
– mental health rep
– found family
– banter

When Leera Adams loses her parents months before starting college, the excitement of beginning the next chapter of her life is now shadowed with grief. Having grown up traveling the world with her photographer & journalist parents homeschooling her, she’s a little awkward and anxious to settle down in one place but vows to do her best to have a normal college experience. She never planned for him.

Roman Razboinic has lived through his father’s darkness, rebuilding the king’s werewolf army, and learning to play professional hockey. When in reality he feels like he died the day he lost his mate and their unborn pup. Every day, he’s just going through the mundane motions of taking care of his pack, his closest men, and playing hockey, until the time comes for him to fulfill his duty to his people. That is until an incredibly short and spunky woman throws his entire world off its axis.

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