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Cover Reveal: Omniscius Wholehearted – Natalie S. Gille

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We’re proud to present the cover for the English edition of Omniscius Wholehearted by Natalie S. Gille!

Omniscius Wholehearted

Expected Release Date: December 11, 2025

Genre: Urban Romantasy/ Witches & Demons

  • Witch
  • Demons
  • Second Chance
  • Battle
  • Chaos
  • Slow Burn
  • Magic
  • A little Spice

When the heart is torn apart, there is nothing but darkness …

While Zonya tries to find out what dark force is threatening her Clan, she faces doubts from within her own ranks.

Questioned by her Coven, she struggles more and more with herself.

Moreover, Kieran remains stubborn and Xalus remains inscrutable to her. Has her fiancé been telling the truth all these years, or is he becoming increasingly entangled in his lies?

In the midst of the chaos, an old friend of her mother’s reveals a shocking secret to Zonya that throws her entire existence into turmoil.

All the while, the true enemy in the shadows threatens not only her Clan, but everything in this world …

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Triggers

Death, battle, blood, discrimination

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Blog Tour: The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince – Kayliani Shi

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We’re celebrating the release of The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince, the first book in a new series by Kayliani Shi!

The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince (The Shadowed Throne Chronicles #1)

Release Date: Oct 21, 2025

Genre: Romantasy

-Enemies to lovers
-Anti-chosen one
-Rejected fated mates
-Friends to lovers
-He falls first
-Teacher/master x student
-Strong fmc
-Soft, kind MMC
-High stakes
-Forbidden romance (between an elf and a human)
-Hero’s journey/ quest

She was his chance for redemption.

He was her key to freedom.

Prince Ramiel Faundor is a bastard. His entire existence is the second best-kept secret in a kingdom built on blurred lines. But when his dragon-slaying brother dies in battle, Ramiel must stand in his place in the kingdom’s coronation duel. There’s just one problem: thanks to the king’s intimidation, no noble or soldier dares to train him.

Ether Malaphon is a cutthroat elven warrior. Her hatred for humanity is etched into her soul, second only to her resentment for the fairies who killed her parents. Her world unravels when she’s dragged from her village to be sacrificed to a long-dead monarch. But fate intervenes when a certain desperate prince strikes a bargain that might save her life. If he rescues her, she must agree to train him for his duel.

As time runs out and enemies close in, Ramiel and Ether must navigate dark curses, buried secrets, and a history determined to repeat itself. But in a kingdom shaped by betrayal, victory may come at the ultimate cost.

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Book Blitz: Frosthaven Bakery – Jenny Sandiford

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We’re thrilled to announce the release of Frosthaven Bakery! We highly recommend you treat yourself to this gorgeous cozy fantasy romance today!

Frosthaven Bakery (Tales of Midwinter Haven #2)

Release Date: October 24, 2025

Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance/ MM No Spice Romance

🍰 Cozy bakeries
👑 Fae princes
🩸 Vampire bakers
🧁 Found family
🌹 Fae/vampire romance
🍫 Chocolate
🍰 Baking competitions
❄️ Snowy small towns
💜 MM romance
🎄 Holiday romance
☕ Cozy Midwinter vibes

A chocolate-loving vampire. A meddling fae prince. A baking competition that could spell freedom…

Valentine never expected to become a vampire—let alone the proud owner of a cozy bakery. Now he’s tied to the Earl who turned him, a well-connected benefactor with a firm grip on Valentine’s future.

Midwinter Haven’s prestigious baking competition and its prize might be his golden ticket to freedom—all he has to do is defeat the best bakers in the realm.

No pressure at all.

But his dreams melt faster than chocolate in a double boiler when the arrogant Prince Anders accidentally ruins his signature sweets. Now, with Midwinter fast approaching, Valentine is stuck working with a guilty, meddlesome fae—whether he likes it or not.

Between baking disasters, the pair stumble upon a secret that could shake both their kingdoms. And falling for each other? That was never part of the recipe.

Frosthaven Bakery is a high-stakes cozy fantasy featuring m/m closed-door romance and irresistible Midwinter sweet treats!
This book is part of the Tales of Midwinter Haven series, a collection of standalone cozy fantasies that can be enjoyed in any order.

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Triggers- mild fantasy violence.

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Book Blitz: The Imminent Power of Hope – Catalina Matei

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We have a completed trilogy!

Happy release day to author Catalina Matei, and congratulations on the release of The Imminent Power of Hope!

The Imminent Power of Hope (Vials of Fate Book 3)

Genre: Dark Romantasy/ Dragons

Release Date: October 23, 2025

  • Dragons
  • Fated mates
  • Found family
  • Secrets/ hidden truths
  • Banter
  • Strong FMC
  • Dual POV
  • Cunning gods
  • Unique magic

In a world that mended itself anew, free will was no longer a chain; it was the binder that tied a nation’s hope to its actions.

After a battle that ensured the human nation’s victory, things are about to change once more as Zadrohn vanishes with a powerful artefact in his possession.

Caught between a web of lies and her need to be everyone’s saviour, Tiadola must renounce more than her pride in order to see the continent safe. The search for her lover intertwines with the one of finding the god’s resting place.

Resilient and hopeful, can she be the one to liberate the world from millennia of injustices? In hope lies the power, and she is nothing if not hopeful.

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TRIGGERS:

  • Violence
  • Existential angst
  • References of SA
  • Sacrifice
  • Loss/ death
  • Sexually explicit content

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Blog Tour: A Shadow Called Sunshine – Nicole Cherie Hesse

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This week we are pleased to share a unique story that while fictional, is based on the author’s journey!

A Shadow Called Sunshine

Genre: Dark Psychological Romance

Tropes/ Themes

  • Hero’s journey
  • Major characters killed off
  • Unlikeable victim
  • Self discovery
  • Righting past wrongs
  • Time twisted Love triangle
  • Forbidden love
  • Soul life journey

He doesn’t see himself as the villain.

She can’t believe he is, until it’s too late. But the damage is undeniable.

Charismatic, composed, and deeply controlled, the shadow of the man at the center of this haunting story has mastered the art of perception. Yet beneath his carefully curated surface lives a long lineage of suffering, sabotage and choices that ripple far beyond what her doting eyes can see.

When their worlds begin to unravel, their souls are pulled into a surreal, subconscious descent—where memories blend with illusion,
time folds into itself, and lives once lived rise to the surface.

What emerges is not just the unraveling of one man’s mind, but a blinding revelation: that every choice casts a shadow that we carry from one life to the next.

That power, without awareness, breeds quiet devastation.

And our stories—spoken or not—bind us in spiraling patterns across generations, and even lifetimes.

Told through lyrical, dreamlike prose, A Shadow Called Sunshine is a psychological and spiritual reckoning— a mirror reflecting the shadows we all carry, and the karmic imprint of the pain we refuse to face.

This is not a story of survival.

It’s a story of consequence that explores the path from self-sabotage to self-sovereignty.

And it dares to ask:

What if self-sabotage casts shadows beyond the edges of this lifetime?

A Shadow Called Sunshine is a haunting psychological novel that explores the allure of narcissism, the rippling impact of abuse and the soul life journey that connects us all—even beyond the constraints of our current reality.

Told through dreamlike prose and a surreal, poetic lens, this story follows the spiral staircase timeline of three trauma tethered souls. A woman who trifles with the sharp knife of self sabotage, the man who wants to save her and the monster who never saw himself as the villain.

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Book Blitz: Until the Last Page & A Diamond so Bright and Broken – Chantal Gadoury

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If you enjoy fairy tale retellings we have a couple of great recommendations for you! We’re also gifting one lucky ready hardcover copies of each book!

Until the Last Page

Publication Date: October 1, 2024

Genre: Fantasy Romance

  • Portal Fantasy
  • Fairytale Retellings
  • Witty Banter
  • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
  • For Fans of Princess Bride & Once Upon a Time
  • One Bed (A pillow, and a bowl of soup)

Discover what happens when a young woman unexpectedly finds herself inside a book of fairytales where she is charged with breaking a frog prince’s curse and searching for a way home.

Every good fairytale begins with “Once Upon a Time,” or they’re supposed to at least. But for twenty-five year old Josephine Hart, her “Once Upon a Time” began with her literally crash landing inside a book of fairy tales and nearly crushing a frog—who is actually a prince. An annoying, snarky frog prince named Aneurin, seeking the kiss of true love to break his curse. He vows that if Jo agrees to help him find his princess, he will get her home.

With every turn of the page, their adventure leads them deeper into fairytales familiar to Jo. Through their journey, they discover that despite their initial clashing, they’re both exactly what each other needs. It is only when they encounter a devious man with a talent for spinning straw into gold that they realize just how quickly their plot can take an unexpected twist.

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TW: Fantasy violence, intended cannibalism in Hansel and Gretel, poisoning and attempted murder in Snow White, depiction of drowning, classism, sexism

A Diamond Bright and Broken (The Gifted Mage)

Publication Date: November 5, 2024

Genre: YA Epic Fantasy

  • Tangled Retelling w/ FMC as Flynn Ryder Character
  • Ride or Die Sisters
  • Wheelchair Rep
  • LGBTQ+ Rep
  • Family Secrets
  • Biracial FMCs
  • Mages w/ Unique Magic

Discover the founder of Diversity is Lit Bookclub’s debut where one girl’s magical power is both a gift and a curse.

Sixteen-year-old Cadence was born with the ability to cry tears of diamonds–a secret talent her parents have abused to climb the royal ranks thanks to the infinite source of wealth. At their command, she cries diamonds to pay for the pricey treatments for her sister’s neuromuscular disorder. Regardless of the pain, she’ll do anything for her sister, who weakens by the day.

When the prince heckles Cadence at the King’s Summer Solstice Ball about her sister’s disability while dancing in the ballroom, she’s left on the verge of tears, threatening to expose her power. She is saved by a mysteriously charming girl who sweeps in to take the next dance—and the single diamond Cadence cried. The stranger reveals the Magi Queen sent her to tell Cadence that she’s a mage, and that her power is a curse.

Yearning to discover the secrets behind her powers, Cadence sets off for the City of Magi. To claim the life she wants, Cadence must embrace her power—before she loses the bright spots in her otherwise sad existence. After all, even diamonds can shatter.

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TW: Social inequality, classism, ableism, gaslighting, referenced (but not shown) physical abuse, on-page depiction of emotional and verbal abuse, confinement, death, murder, homophobia, stealing, and imprisonment.

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Blog Tour: Just a Taste – Anise Starre

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The only thing personal chef Noelle Jones loves more than Christmas, is cooking. She has a roster of extremely wealthy clients including the elusive and stoic Alexander Hoxton. When he asks her to cook a last minute business meal he’s having, offering triple her pay for the short notice, Noelle jumps at the chance. It’s easy money, one of her favourite meals to cook, and will still leave her plenty of time to get to her family’s annual Christmas reunion.

Just a Taste is contemporary romance at its finest with the perfect blend of ingredients: sexy, angsty, endearing, feel-good and funny.

My thoughts: This was a fun, festive romance, with a grumpy love interest for bubbly, Christmas fan and amazing chef, Noelle (her twin is called Eve) who gets stranded by the weather in Alex Hoxton’s fancy mansion over Christmas.

Having catered a dinner for his Board members, Noelle is supposed to drive to her Gran’s house to celebrate with her large and excited family. But the weather has other ideas. Her client, Alex, doesn’t do Christmas. There’s no tree, no cards, no carols and no pudding. He’s the Grinch to her Whoville family (if you’ve seen the film or read the book, hopefully that makes sense) and she just doesn’t understand why.

Trapped together in his rather austere home, with a falling apart heating system, and not much else to do but cook and get to know each other better, with frequent phone calls from her family, you can guess what starts to happen…

Will Noelle help this grumpy festive refusenik find his Christmas spirit? Will Alex actually turn out to have a heart that isn’t two sizes too small? Will they fall madly in love? Well, anything can happen at Christmas!

Cute, funny and perfectly capable of making you hungry (so many descriptions of delicious food) and with a charming pair of potential love birds, this is a festive romance to curl up with instead of watching The Grinch for the 900th time.

*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: My Rock Star Neighbour – Kathy Strobos

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When a wary rock star and a cynical reporter fake date to bury a scandalous rumor, will true love be exposed as the real story?

Nick: I do my best songwriting while playing my guitar on the fire escape. Unfortunately, my in-bed-at-ten next-door neighbor, Maddie, is not a fan of my music. She clambers out on the fire escape to
yell at me about making “noise.” In bunny slippers, no less. But then she trips and falls into my arms.

That photo of Maddie plastered all over me hits the papers, just as my dream recording company wants to sign my band. Which is a problem, because an obsessed fan is claiming that I’m her
boyfriend and now the media is blowing up that I’m two-timing them both. Good-bye recording contract, unless….

Maddie: I’m supposed to cover the story. Not be the story! But when Nick begs me to fake date, I can’t resist the chance to be Nick’s girlfriend—even if fake—the opposite of my life as a city desk reporter. But my ex said I’m a terrible kisser, and there’s no way I want Mr. Hot Rock Star saying the same thing. Hence, clause 11 in our contract: There will be absolutely no physical contact.

Nick: When Maddie receives a threatening photo of the two of us with an X over her face, my desire to protect her suddenly feels all too real. It’s either a troll or her undercover investigation has been
compromised. With both our careers at stake, is breaking up the only way to keep Maddie safe?

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Kathy Strobos is an award-winning author living in New York City with her husband and two children, amid a growing collection of books, toys, and dollhouses. She took a break from working as a lawyer to write romantic comedies full-time and get in shape. She is still working on
getting in shape.

Born and raised in Manhattan, she loves writing about New York City and her smart heroines who live and fall in love there, amidst its vibrant energy and the aroma of homemade chocolate chip cookies. She is the award-winning author of: A Scavenger Hunt for Hearts, Partner Pursuit, Is This for Real?, Caper Crush, My Book Boyfriend, Love Is an Art and My Secret Snowflake.

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My thoughts: This is a very cute romance, with a whole fake dating while actually really wishing it was real plot. Nick’s an up-and-coming rock star and Maddie is his journalist neighbour. A crazy fan is claiming to be his girlfriend, and the record label isn’t happy.

When a sneaky pap posts a photo that seems to imply something between the two friends, Nick decides to ask Maddie to be his fake girlfriend – just for a few months – and then they can break up.

Against her better judgment, Maddie agrees, as long as the terms are clear. She’s working on a huge corruption story for her paper and doesn’t really need the distraction, but Nick’s game to help her investigate. As the two don disguises and try to work out what’s going on, they find themselves falling in love for real…

Fun, charming and with an enjoyable subplot about Maddie’s investigation into corruption at city hall, you’ll wish you were in Maddie’s gang of pals for real.

*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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Cover Reveal: Nightwither – Lana B. Knight

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Check out this gorgeous cover for Nightwither by Lana B. Knight. Pre-order now and read the first book on Kindle Unlimited while you wait!

Nightwither (The Starheart Saga #2)

Expected Release Date: April 14, 2026

Genre: Romantasy

– High Fantasy
– Epic World Building
– Dragons
– Found Family
– Enemies to Lovers- Unlikely Allies
– Who did this to you?
– Shadow Daddy
– Banter
– Morally Grey FMC
– A Court of Mist and Fury Vibes

Stella arrives in her mother’s homeland, Myera, a realm of unfamiliar creatures, magical lands, and values that challenge her core beliefs. Nothing could have prepared her for the responsibility of her mother’s legacy. With a long history of tension rising and a civil war on the horizon, Stella is forced into her role as the Starheart to heal old wounds.

Navigating a treacherous web of politics and power as the realm begins to fracture, Stella must be a pillar of strength and stability even as she quietly unravels beneath the weight of her own unmet expectations. But the greatest challenge doesn’t lie within her.

At the centre of the unrest stands Noxryn.

Caught between clashing wills and pride, Stella faces something far more dangerous than failing—the possibility of understanding the man who betrayed her and the one responsible for the chaos threatening to consume the realm. Taking off Noxryn’s mask might offer answers to bring peace, or which lures both her and Myera into a darkness there’s no coming back from.

The Starheart Saga is perfect for fans of unique magic systems, mythical creatures, angst and tension, and hilarious banter. Nightwither will appeal to fans of plot-heavy, character-driven fantasy and enemies-to-lovers romance.

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Cover Reveal: A Scottish Love Story – Gwen Kirkwood

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She came to Scotland for a fresh start — but found a love she never expected.

When Roxanne Carr accepts a job as a companion to elderly Amynta Baxter, she hopes the beautiful Highlands of Scotland will offer peace after the heartbreak of losing her father and her family farm. But her arrival doesn’t go as planned. Her first meeting with Amynta’s son, Ciaran, is anything but welcoming.

Ciaran Baxter is a dedicated dairy farmer with no time for complications — especially not a spirited young woman who disrupts his routine and challenges his guarded heart.

But as winter sets in and Christmas approaches, Ciaran begins to see a different side to Roxie: capable, kind and as passionate about the farm as he is.

Soon their relationship turns from wary allies to something deeper. But when Roxie is called back to Derbyshire to save her brother’s failing farm, she must choose between the family who cast her aside and the man who makes her believe in second chances.

This heartwarming romance is perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Nadine Dorries, Rachael Lucas, Natalie Fergie, Anne Douglas and Emma Blair.

All my life has been connected to farming, first in Yorkshire and then in Scotland, so authentic farming details help colour my writing in most of my thirty published books.

The family sagas feature two, and sometimes three, generations, with changing times, clothes and customs,
transport, communication, or lack of it, with life’s joys and problems, plus love of course. We all need some love in our lives despite the ups and downs. They have believable characters and settings. A few are shorter romances. The sagas are available as audio books as well as in print, and all are now available as e-books.

I was born on a Yorkshire farm and went to school there. After attending agricultural college and a short spell working for the Ministry of Agriculture in England, I have spent most of my adult life on a Scottish dairy farm with my late husband, who was a well-known breeder and judge of Clydesdale horses. We have three children and now another generation to keep me up to date with changing times and customs.
I enjoy gardening, local history, cookery, and of course reading, as well as my writing.

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