Book Blitz: Coveting Love & Revenge (A Perilously Pretty Novel)

Coveting Love & Revenge (A Perilously Pretty Novel) By Haven Cage
Publication date: June 12, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance, Suspense
Summary:

Synthia will do anything for her daughter – even murder. 

1871, high-society Savannah, Georgia.
Penniless and jaded governess, Synthia James, is trapped with her employer, a man she once loved but now despises. 

His obsession with money and stature has corrupted them both. When he bids their young housemaid to kill a man who threatens his business, Synthia’s maternal instincts take over, and she commits the heinous deed herself. 

Now there’s another business enemy… and her former beau wants him dead. But the new cotton farmer has revived Synthia’s long-forgotten passions. 

With blood on her hands already, Synthia is prepared to kill again. But who? The new business partner for her daughter’s sake, or her greedy lover for morality and freedom?

—

EXCERPT:

Crack.

The iron’s edge sunk into his head like an ax striking a ripe cantaloupe on a warm summer afternoon.
I gripped the icy metallic handle tighter, preparing to deliver another blow. Frozen in place, I watched anxiously for the man to accept what I did and keel over.

He spun on his heels drunkenly. The poor man’s mouth dropped open, his brows angling up in stark confusion. His left pupil ballooned to the size of a nickel, black engulfing the toffee brown of his iris.
I covered my mouth with a shaky hand.

Book Blitz: Love At The Shore

Love At The Shore By Teri Wilson
Publication date: June 11, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance
Summary:

She came to the beach to write…
But she’s getting distracted by the surfer next door. 

Jenna, a single mom and successful author, has five weeks to deliver her next young adult novel to the publisher. This year’s summer getaway with her kids will be a working vacation. 

The only problem? Lucas, the devil-may-care surfer in the beach rental next to hers. He cranks up his music at night, hosts loud volleyball matches, and allows his dog to run around at will. 

Jenna often blames him for her writer’s block. But before long, she begins to see a new side of her neighbor at the shore. Maybe opposites do attract…but will that attraction fade like a sunset once summer is gone? 

This funny, emotional romance includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Shrimp Scampi.

—

EXCERPT:

Lucas McKinnon unzipped his wet suit, peeled it down to his waist, and let the spray of the outdoor shower beat the salt and sand off his torso. If there was one thing he liked almost as much as a morning surf, it was a nice, hot shower afterward. The fact that the shower on the lower deck of the beach house offered him a clear, unobstructed view of the shore made it even sweeter.

The sea was unusually still today, as smooth and glassy as a mirror. Not so great for surfing, but undeniably pretty to look at it. Without the usual spray coming off the breakers, he could see the lighthouse looming in the distance. Just off the shore, a pair of dolphins crested the flat surface of the water, their silver forms glistening in the morning sunlight.

Book Blitz: Ian (O’Connor Brothers, #1)

Ian (O’Connor Brothers, #1) By A.S. Kelly
Publication date: February 15, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Sports
Summary:

A year ago, she begged me to stay.
A year later, it’s my turn to beg her not to go. 

My obsession. My downfall.
I tried to resist, to keep her at a distance.
I tried to save myself. 

But no one will be saved here, not even a selfish bastard like me. 

My life has always been about sport and family, including my stupid brothers. Until that night, the night I made the worst decision of my life. And I’m still paying the price for it. 

We both are.
But the time has come to take back control of the situation, to risk it all, to convince her to let me in, because she can’t be anything other than mine.

I am Ian O’Connor, and I’m about to accept this challenge: to try and hold on to the only woman I’ll ever be able to love. 

And even if I already know how this badly written romance is going to end, I won’t back away. This time, I’m going all the way. Because I only want her.
And I have no intention of losing her.

I’m an O’Connor, and the O’Connors never lose.

--
Ryan (O’Connor Brothers, #2) By A.S. Kelly
Publication date: May 20, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Sports
Summary:

I’ve gone back: back to the place where it all started, where somebody else had the final say. 

I did it out of love for my family.
I’m trying to rebuild my life, to stay standing, even though my legs hurt like hell. I’m concentrating on myself, on my career. 

I’m ready to tear everything apart to try and keep it all together. To hate without feeling guilty for it, because hating others is the only way I know how to keep myself - the person I am - going; and I was doing it.
I was strong. I was untouchable. I was invincible. 

Actually, I was deluded. 

I didn’t consider everything. I didn’t consider her: the only woman I really want to hate, but who gives me hope. A woman who turns your world upside-down, who entwines herself into your life even if she can only stay until tomorrow.
I’m not looking for tomorrow: I want a future. But I don’t believe in that anymore.
And I can’t turn back, not even for her. 

My name is Ryan O’Connor, and I’m about to make a huge mistake. I’m about to let her believe in me, to take a chance. But she’d be betting on the wrong man. I’ve never been the right one. And she’ll be left accepting her bitter defeat.

—

IAN EXCERPT:

Book Blitz: HEARTS: A Twisted Wonderland Retelling (The Glass Queendom, #1)

HEARTS: A Twisted Wonderland Retelling
(The Glass Queendom, #1) By Klarissa King
Publication date: May 26, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Summary:

In Spades, there is a game as terrifying as the Sisters of Fate. The Hatterthon.
A game so cruel that its brick-roads run red with blood and in every shadow there are players killing to survive. The mysterious Ringmaster seized the Hatter’s once-delightful game long ago, and branded it with his mark. 

The stain of death… 

All I ever wanted was a peaceful life. Most other blacksmiths have no trouble holding onto small dreams like mine, and I’ll envy them for it for all my days. 

Not only is my village attacked by the Heart-Breakers, in the battle I’m thrown down the Forbidden Well. 

I land in the most unimaginable place, a place of true terror and wonder. A deadly game called the Hatterthon. 

If I’m ever going to get back home, I have to win this dangerous game, where the brick roads run red with blood and allies are just waiting to plunge a blade into the nearest heart. 

I can’t trust anyone here—especially not Night, the definitely wicked ally I picked up along the way. 

I’m not sure which is more dangerous: Night, who wears deceit behind the veil of his captivating eyes, or the greatest threat in the game—the Ringmaster. All I know is, I have to strike down my ally before he turns on me and breaks much more than my bones.
Because only one can win the Hatterthon. 

Before I lose myself to the madness…
In Spades, kisses taste like sweets and wine, and only when they end do you taste the poison on your lips. 

Hearts is a Wonderland retelling (Hold the Alice!) and is the first in the Glass Queendom Duology. The sequel, Spades, The Glass Queendom, will be released later this year. 

HEARTS is no longer a part of the Feared Fables series.

—

EXCERPT:

In a time that I felt nothing, Night made me feel something.

When he drew back, I let myself look into his eyes. Hunger burned back at me in those flickering purple hues.

I could have asked him again why he was here. But scraping through the inner workings of my mind didn’t seem worth it in the face of him—a face so striking that the flutter of my stomach reached up to my chest.

Book Blitz: Mae’s Cafe (Welcome To Chance, #1)

Mae’s Cafe (Welcome To Chance, #1) By Elsa Kurt
Publication date: June 4, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Summary:

In Chance, Connecticut, it’s about living the small-town life. Here everyone knows everybody’s business. Gossip and drama spreads like wildfire in this town. 

But I’m happy here, content with my little café where locals come together. Even the rich wives-club have their own corner where they can sit around and swap gossip stories. Luckily, I’ve managed to stay off their radar…until a handsome writer arrives in town. 

William is older, wiser, and nothing like any other man I’ve met. The attraction between us is instant, and totally unexpected. 

While I try to ignore the connection we share, the entire town starts to notice. Suddenly my personal life has become the new topic of conversation. 

A twenty-six-year-old falling for an older man is exactly the kind of gossip that can stir a lot of drama in Chance. 

Question is, will our newfound love survive being the talk of the town?

—

EXCERPT:

Miles pulled into his parking space, the nose of the black Mercedes nearly touching the signpost that read: Reserved for Miles Hannaford, Broker. He loved that sign almost as much as the one that hung above the door of his building. Hannaford Realty in gold-colored script—Lucinda Calligraphy, he chose it himself—below that, “Where Dreams Become A Realty.” He often had to point out his little play on words, most people were so unobservant.

Brianna was already there, leaning impatiently against the passenger door of her custom color—‘It’s called cashmere,’ she told anyone who’d listen—Limited Edition Jeep Grand Cherokee. Her hair and nails were salon perfect, her outfit—cream-colored, wide leg linen pants and breast hugging, robin’s egg blue blouse—like something off a Saks 5^th Avenue mannequin.