Book Blitz: The Magic of a Kiss (Return to the Home Front, #4)

The Magic of a Kiss (Return to the Home Front, #4) By Tracey L. Dragon
Publication date: June 24, 2020
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Romance
Summary:

In 2015 when Nicki Stewart, an Army widow, arrives at the lake cottage bequeathed to her, she finds not only Lt. Josh Taylor, a cocky Navy Pilot, residing next door, but also an old diary left for her by Maggie, her deceased husband’s great aunt. When Nicki shares with Josh the colorful details about Hank, a man mentioned in Maggie’s diary, Josh shows her a journal written by the same guy. 

Before long, the two neighboring strangers become engrossed in the magic of a long-gone era. 

In 1950 Maggie Frank, a prim librarian, buys a duplex cottage at Olcott Beach, NY where she learns that the man residing next door is both a womanizer and a drunkard. 

Hank Jones, a World War II Veteran struggling to adjust to civilian life, is at first annoyed but later intrigued by the straight-laced Maggie whose situation he finds puzzling. Before long, the two opposites become friends in an odd sort of way until the day Maggie’s secret is exposed, and they go their separate ways. When Hank returns unannounced on Christmas Eve, Maggie must decide if love can overcome the wounds of the past.

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EXCERPT:

June 1950

As Maggie Frank strolled along the pebbled shoreline, she bent periodically to pick up shells and to breathe deeply of the fresh air. The late sun’s rays on her face warmed her through and through, and for the first time in a long time, she felt a semblance of peace. That is until she spied a strange man standing on her porch hunched over trying unsuccessfully to open her front door. Thank goodness she had the foresight to lock it.

“Excuse me,” she said, when she reached him. “Can I help you?”

The rather scruffy man bent over her doorknob trying uselessly to unlock it ignored her and continued to jab his key in the lock, mumbling under his breath what sounded like some rather inventive cursing.

Book Blitz: Why Can’t Freshman Summer Be Like Pizza? (The Pizza Chronicles #2)

Why Can’t Freshman Summer Be Like Pizza? (The Pizza Chronicles #2) By Andy V. Roamer
Publication date: June 1, 2020
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Summary:

RV, having successfully completed his freshman year at the demanding Boston Latin School, is hoping for a great summer. 

He’s now fifteen years old and looking forward to sharing many languid summer days with his friend Bobby, who’s told him he has gay feelings too. But life and family and duties for a son of immigrant parents makes it difficult to steal time away with Bobby. 

Bobby, too, has pressures. He spends part of the summer away at football camp, and his father pushes him to work a summer job at a friend’s accounting firm. 

Bobby takes the job grudgingly, wanting to spend any extra time practicing the necessary skills to make Latin’s varsity football team. 

On top of everything, RV’s best friend Carole goes away for the summer, jumping at an opportunity to spend it with her father in Paris. Luckily, there is always Mr. Aniso, RV’s Latin teacher, to talk to whenever RV is lonely. 

He’s also there for RV when he inadvertently spills one of Bobby’s secrets, and Bobby is so angry RV is afraid he is ready to cut off the friendship.

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EXCERPT:

Bobby and I sat there for a while, not saying anything, just enjoying being together, feeling like we were watching the whole world but not letting the world see us.

“So? Was this worth the bike ride and the climb?” Bobby finally asked.

“You bet. I love finding special places. Like the place in the woods not far from my house. It’s a good place to think and dream.”

Bobby nodded. “Yeah. I discovered this spot when I came to the park with my folks. They just wanted to sit and relax on the hill, so I went exploring.”

“Yes, exploring is good. Where would we be in life without exploring!”

I laughed and gave Bobby a nudge. He nudged me back. “Now I’ve shown you a good place to think and dream too.”

Book Blitz: Kismet (Birch County Blue #1)

Kismet (Birch County Blue #1) By April Canavan
Publication date: August 11, 2017
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Summary:

Never look back.
In the dark of the night, 911 dispatcher Maya Daniels becomes the one thing she fears the most, a victim. Faced with new limitations, both physically and emotionally are what prove the hardest for Maya to handle. 

That and one very stubborn deputy who refuses to take no for an answer. 

Brian will never forgive himself for the pain Maya went through when he couldn’t protect her. When he’s given one more chance to make things right, he swears that he’ll do anything to keep her safe. Even if it means he could lose his job as a Deputy Sheriff. 

Nobody believes that Maya is safe, especially when her stalker returns with a vengeance. Maya finds herself fighting for her life once more, but this time she’s not alone. 

Fans of Mary Burton and Susan Stoker will fall into the world of Birch County and never want to come back.

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EXCERPT:

“Hey,” she called to him from the stairs. He looked good, but then she always thought that he looked good.

“Hey yourself, pipsqueak. Figured this might be easier than texting.” He moved from where he was next to his cruiser and stood at the bottom of the stairs.

From his position, Maya was only an inch or two higher than he was. She looked into his eyes, and smiled at the familiarity that was in their depths.

“I guess.” She breathed in deeply, and was pleasantly surprised when she was hit with his earthy scent. “So how was the shift?” The deputies could normally go home at one in the morning, but were on call until the shift ended at four.

Book Blitz: Resurrection (The Salvation Duet, #1)

Resurrection (The Salvation Duet, #1) By
Evelyn Montgomery
Publication date: May 29, 2020
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Summary:

Rose 

My husband is gone and all that remains are his clothes, his shoes, our memories. 

The bathroom is filled with his shaver, his toothbrush, his hair brush – but the last thing he left behind was a folded flag that now sits in the living room. 

My children will never know their father.
I will never know how it feels to grow old with him. 

All that I have left are the voices. 

The voices that haunt me day and night and never leave me alone. The ones telling me I’d be better off six feet under instead of him.
But they stop when he comes along. 

Justin Gatz. 

My boss.
My new best friend, and a savior I never expected.
Justin
I left Knoxville for a reason. 

I promised myself I’d never get close to anyone ever again.
All I do is ruin, damage, destroy everything I touch. 

But she sees me. Through me. To the place I don’t let anyone into.
She sucks me in and I suddenly find myself playing house with her and her two kids wondering how the hell I got here and when I am finally going to stop. 

All I do is ruin.
I know all too well her demons, having served my country like her late husband and still concealing secrets of my own. 

I watch her fall apart. I watch her wrestle with her mind. I see her struggle and know I have to help, if only for a while. 

Rose Gables.
I can’t get enough of her.
She might need a savior, but what she doesn’t know is she is the one doing all the saving and I’m a damn fool to think I can ever walk away.

Awakening (The Salvation Duet, #2) By
Evelyn Montgomery
Publication date: June 19, 2020
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Summary: 

Justin 

A dark past.
A secret identity.
A future ruined by the one thing I can never control.
My curse. 

I swore to protect them. 

I promised to always stand by her side.
But how can I do that when all I have ever run from comes crashing back into my life and steals away all the hope I had for a future. 

I swore to protect them, and I will.
I will do all I have to do to keep them safe.
Always. 

Even if in the end, it is over my dead body.
Rose
Fear.
Regret. 

Voices I fear I will never overcome. 

The final battle for my soul rages inside and I am suddenly paralyzed from stopping it.
But I finally see the light. 

The truth.
Find my strength. 

The enemy doesn’t stand a chance when the victim finally chooses to survive.
When I finally learn it has no power over me.
My will is stronger now with him by my side.
Always has been. Always will be.
Forever.

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EXCERPT:

ROSE

One. Two. Three.
Breathe.

I will the voices to stop. The ones that haunt me day and night and every second they can in between. I hear my daughter’s cry echoed by my son’s laughter and know I need to go out there. I know I need to make sure everything is alright, but damn it if I can’t pull myself up off this floor in the tiny closet me and Michael used to call our own.

Book Blitz: The Dream (The Creek Water Series #4)

The Dream (The Creek Water Series #4) By Whitney Dineen
Publication date: June 21, 2020
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance
Summary:

Ashley has loved the same boy since high school. She knew Davis Frothingham was special even before he championed her at her senior prom. She also knew he was completely out of her league. 

Years later, her attraction for him is still there, but Davis? He doesn’t even remember her. 

When Ashley is tasked with being the nurse for Davis’ terminally ill grandmother, she’s thrown back into his world. More than anything, she wants him to remember her, but that recollection could come at a price of its own. 

Can Ashley accept that she’s good enough for Davis? And can Davis learn to love a girl from the wrong side of the tracks? 

Find out in this delightfully fun romcom about love and life in Creek Water, Missouri!

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EXCERPT:

“Do you have a boyfriend?”

I don’t meet his eyes. “No.”

“Why not?” he wants to know.

“Do you have a girlfriend?” I retaliate.

“I don’t.”

“Why not?”

“Point taken,” he concedes.

We’re sitting and staring at each other when Davis puts his hand on mine. He clears his throat in preparation to speak. A wave of anticipation washes over me, and I subconsciously hold my breath like I’m deep sea diving without an oxygen tank.