Friday, March 13, 2026

Book Blitz with Excerpt + Teaser + Giveaway: Arcanum Book 1 & 2 by Kelly O"Hearn @XpressoTours

In the Temple Shadows by Kelly O'Hearn
Series: Arcanum #1
Publication date: June 1st, 2024

Synopsis:
Arcanum: In the Temple Shadows is Book One is a series of novels channeled through the tarot cards by noted intuitive Kelly O'Hearn--the first of its kind!

In this sexy past life romance, sometimes happily ever after takes more than one lifetime. Meet Sarah Fuller. It's her 40th birthday and things are starting to get weird. Is it deja vu? A midlife crisis? Nervous breakdown? Who is this dark, handsome stranger she feels like she's met before? Not on Fifth Avenue or through her luxury fragrance company but, like, many lifetimes ago?

Her husband, her best friend, her shrink: everyone seems to think they know what's best for her these days. Sarah's always been a skeptic, but when she meets this intriguing psychic who tells her she might have been a Pharaoh's lover and powerful mystic in ancient Egypt, thousands of years ago, it feels so right that she's determined to find out more.

"I was given early access to the manuscript of Arcanum, and I was immediately immersed in this unique and sassy book! It's like Carrie Bradshaw meets Cleopatra. The tension and drama between the characters was enthralling, both in their current lives and their past lives. I can't wait for the second book in the series!" K. Lewis


Whispers in the Forest by Kelly O'Hearn
Series: Arcanum #2
Publication date: May 13th, 2025

Synopsis:
From noted intuitive channeler Kelly O'Hearn comes the spellbinding second installment in the critically acclaimed Arcanum series--a mesmerizing blend of romance, reincarnation, and sensual awakening that spans across centuries.

When Manhattan parfumier Sarah Fuller abandons her picture-perfect life to pursue an obsession with an ancient rose in the South of France, she never expects to unearth secrets buried for centuries. What begins as a professional quest quickly transforms into a soul-stirring journey, cosmically interwoven with that of a medieval maiden with mysterious powers.

As her marriage crumbles and her closest friendship fractures, Sarah's carefully constructed reality begins to unravel. Between the gleaming penthouses of New York and the sun-drenched fields of Provence, she discovers that the fragrance she seeks may be the key to unlocking a past life--and a love that has endured across time itself.

But some secrets are meant to stay buried, and as Sarah delves deeper into her past, she must decide: Will she heed the whispers that call to her from the forest, or will she lose herself to them completely?

Perfect for readers who love:
  • Time-slip romance with a supernatural twist
  • Strong female protagonists on journeys of self-discovery
  • Sensual, emotionally charged storytelling
  • Mystical elements including tarot and past lives
  • Evocative settings from Manhattan glamour to medieval France
Praised by readers as "an absolute treat for the senses" and "Outlander meets Game of Thrones with a metaphysical twist," the Arcanum series continues to captivate with its unique blend of romance, spirituality, and time-bending adventure.

Channeled through the tarot and inspired by O'Hearn's real past-life revelations, this genre-blending novel of supernatural women's fiction and romantic mysticism will leave you breathless and craving the next installment in the Arcanum journey.


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All of a sudden she felt an invisible ripple along her spine, a jolt of something. Her eyes flew open, and she saw a man standing about five feet in front of her.

"Holy shit," she blurted. "I didn't realize anyone else was here."

"Other than the two hundred people hobnobbing in the Temple of Dendur?"

"Yeah, other than those jerks."

His smile was a knockout. If she weren't happily married... scratch that. Tall, dark, probably of Middle Eastern descent? Gorgeous tux. Crooked smile. She'd have to be dead not to find him... attractive.

That was one word for it. Hot-as-fuck might be another.

"Harry Aiken." He held out his hand.

Was her mouth agape? Sarah settled herself. "Of course you are..."

She took his hand in hers, and the two of them stood there for way too long. Maybe it was only a second or two, but she felt--well, she felt everything. The power of his grip, the warmth of his skin, the clean smell of him, the slight bristle of the hairs on the back of his hand, his eyes--but beyond all of those sensory, well, pleasures, really, she felt like he was definitely part of whatever gut-roiling recalibration or transformation was going on inside her today. He was somehow in on it.

She released his hand and backed away a step, as if he had burned her.

Or could.

And then she started breathing again.

"Weird day." She shook her head and started walking slowly around the atrium.

"Do you want to be alone?" he asked.

"Not necessarily. I just didn't want to be in a room with hundreds of people."

Harry put his hands in his pockets and walked alongside her. "Same. I left right before the guest of honor arrived. Just all a bit too much for me, you know."

Sarah realized his clean, buttoned-up smell was just a top note. Sandalwood, tobacco, myrrh: this man was into expensive fragrance of some sort or another, and their heat had brought it to life. A deep, masculine scent. Her mortal weakness.

"You've never met her?"

"No. I'm not really even sure why I'm here. I met this hilarious guy named Max--"

She couldn't help smiling. "Yeah, I know him."

"Right? I met him last week. Turns out he's best friends with the CEO of this company I do business with whom I've been trying to meet for years. She's got a firewall of assistants around her. Max is a great guy and all, but he was like, 'You should totally come meet Sarah and learn more about her new foundation, yadda yadda...' and I was like, 'Great, I'd really appreciate the introduction.' and then he's like, 'I got you on the list of her surprise party Saturday night' and I'm like, 'Well, that's a little weird to show up at someone's fortieth birthday party uninvited, if I've never even met them, don't you think?' But he's kind of persuasive and funny, and it all seemed like a good idea last week. But now I'm just like a fish out of water... and now I'm babbling--"

When he turned to face her, their eyes caught again, and held, like they had when they'd shaken hands. "I'm not usually nervous, but you've caught me off guard," he said.

Sarah just gave herself permission to stare at him. Why not? It was her birthday, wasn't it? And maybe he was her gift. Her lip must have lifted slightly on one side when she thought that, because his glance darted to her mouth and his pupils dilated.

Then, as if realizing that what he was doing could be construed as creepy, his eyes flew back up to hers.

Her smile widened.

You can look at my mouth anytime you like, she almost said--but caught herself before she did something... regrettable.

"So, is this going to be like some Cinderella story?" he asked, his voice deeper, stronger, if that was even possible. "Are you going to introduce yourself, or am I going to have to enlist the cavalry and ride my steed throughout the kingdom tomorrow to find out your true identity?"

Harry Aiken on horseback, commanding an army. Wheeling his horse around with perfect control. Mastery. Smoke and leather and the clang of ancient weapons and still, always, his eyes on her, always on her. Tracking her, minding her, loving her.

"I could see that," she whispered, then turned to walk back toward the party. "I guess it is a bit of a Cinderella story," she continued, forcing her voice to take on a more carefree tone. "Because I'll definitely turn into a pumpkin if I don't get back to hobnobbing."




When KELLY O'HEARN first stepped off the train in the city of Florence, Italy, as a 20-year-old, she had the overwhelming instinct that she had been there before. In a place famous for its maze of medieval streets, O'Hearn navigated the city as if she had lived there for a lifetime. Born in New York City, O'Hearn first put her intuitive skills to work as a professional wine taster, instructor, and sommelier in the elite institutions of New York, Portugal, and Aspen. After raising her two children and enduring a personal health crisis, in 2012, she was drawn to begin reading the tarot cards, an ancient practice which does not presume to "predict the future" but offers a collection of stories, perspectives, and self-reflections that can guide one to become one's most authentic self. O'Hearn is in high demand for her readings, with clients on every continent but Antartica. While most people were baking sourdough or riding their Pelotons during the Covid pandemic, O'Hearn used the tarot cards to channel her own past lives. Weeks of readings, all captured on video, yielded six storylines of herself as several powerful women over the millennia and around the globe: the same one soul, over time, persevering against all odds in the quest for happiness and the love of a soul mate. This time-bending saga inspired O'Hearn to conceive of a series of novels titled Arcanum. Book One: In the Temple Shadows is available now. Book Two: Whispers in the Forest will be released Spring of 2025.


Thursday, March 12, 2026

Release Blitz with Excerpt + Teaser: Teach Me, Tanner by Renea Porter @EJBookPromos

Teach Me, Tanner by Renea Porter
Publication date: March 10th, 2026

Synopsis:
EVA
When I get the chance to showcase my art at an exclusive gala, I know it could catapult my career. When I catch the eye of Tanner Steele, a commanding billionaire with an insatiable appetite for control, he offers me a commission... that I can't refuse. Welcoming me into his world. Lines between a patron and artist begin to blur, along with pleasure and pain, art and reality. What scares me most isn't the enemies or the whispers behind designer masks--it's the way Tanner looks at me, like I can undo the walls he's spent years building.

TANNER
I've spent years mastering control in and out of the bedroom. Nothing gets in without my permission. However, when I see Eva Harrington's art for the first time, I don't expect it to shake me. With her wild black and bright green hair, I'm drawn to her. And somehow, she becomes more than just a painter to me. She becomes my obsession. She doesn't care who I am. The more time I spend with her, the more I realize she sees through everything--the charm, the money, the armor. She makes me feel... exposed. And for the first time in a long time, I don't hate it.

***this is a full length erotic romance with suspense***
***This is suitable for ages 18 and up.***


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TANNER

I swirl the amber liquid in my mouth, trying to erase the taste of Eve on my tongue. Her eyes bore into mine, and I know she feels how I feel. There is an undeniable pull between us, like an invisible string being tugged back and forth. Why the hell did she let me kiss her? Now that I have tasted her lips, I fear it's going to consume me, and it's too late to turn back. Too late to forget.

"I think I am going to bed," she announces as she finishes her second drink, and I remain silent. I just nod because my thoughts remain clouded, and I wonder if I can trust my own judgement. We barely know each other, yet I want her like I've never wanted anyone. She claws at something inside me.

Heading upstairs to my room, I pace the floor, and a light flickers on. Peeking out of my room, it's the room Eve is painting in. I imagine her creative juices are flowing, so I vow not to interrupt her.

Lying in my bed, the thought of her beneath me, owning her, consumes me. I'm wired and wide awake, my heart stammers just thinking about what it would be like to be with her. I toss and turn for an hour before I get out of bed, and I notice the painting room light still flickers.

I pull on a pair of jeans. Barefoot, I stand outside the room, taking in deep breaths. Entering the room, Eve's attention immediately turns to me.

"Mister. Tanner."

"Take those overalls off and crawl to me."

Locking her eyes with mine, she doesn't hesitate for a second. Eve wears black biker shorts and white crop top underneath her overalls.

On her knees, she begins to crawl, the paper covering the floor crinkles underneath her. The only light on is in the far right of the room. But my eyes stay glued to hers, and my heart begins to race.

Reaching me, Eve kneels up to unbutton my jeans. My hand catches her wrist, and she freezes. "What are you doing?"

"I thought..."

With a nudge, I guide her up and push her toward the wall, her back to my front, and I hold her hands behind her back. "You have to ask permission to touch me." My breath skates over her neck in a whisper.

"Can I touch you, please?"




RENEA PORTER is best known for writing realistic stories with realistic characters. Her stories may even cause you to shed a tear or two. She mainly writes New Adult and Contemporary Romances. However, she's not afraid to venture into other genres like Paranormal Romance.

She enjoys spending time with her husband of over twenty years, and stepson. She calls Pennsylvania home but loves to travel and try new things. In her free time, you can catch her reading books, watching reality tv, and baking.



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Release Blitz with Teaser: Goose by L. Wilder @wilder_leslie @EJBookPromos

Goose by L. Wilder
Series: Satan's Fury MC Little Rock #9
Publication date: March 10th, 2026
Cover Model: Matia
Photographer: Wander Aguier

Synopsis:
Trouble had found its way to our doorstep, and it hadn't come alone.
And now, things were shifting under our feet.
Every move mattered.
Any mistake was a hit we couldn't afford.

And through the lies, the blood, and the betrayal, there was her.

She was part of my past I couldn't bury.
I never expected to see her again, but there she was.
Beautiful as ever and a pull I couldn't shake.

It was time to face the truth.

Love doesn't play fair.
Blood doesn't always mean family. 
And the choices we make aren't always the right ones.

I'm Goose.
This is my story.
And if you think you know how this ends... trust me. You don't.


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Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller, L. WILDER, writes about hot, alpha men and the women who love them. She currently has six series available for readers: The Devil Chaser's MC, Satan's Fury MC, Satan's Fury MC - Memphis, the Redemption Series, the Happy Endings Collection, and the Ruthless Sinners MC. If you're looking for a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you smiling like a school girl at the end, L. Wilder is the author for you.



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Monday, March 9, 2026

Review: Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen

Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen
Series: The Wolves of Ruin #1
Publication date: August 26th, 2025
Pages: 608
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Synopsis:
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs.

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life--and her heart--to be one of them.

Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped--stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting--Meryn's world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.

Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.

Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her--everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife... and the halls hide dark secrets.

It's bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.

Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.


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Story: When asked to describe the story to someone I stated, "It is as if Fourth Wing, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones had a baby and that baby rode big ass wolves." It seems that depicting it that way garnered a lot of favor amongst my bookish friends. I didn't read the synopsis where it stated it was similar to Rebecca Yarro's books, but I definitely got that feel through the whole thing. A heroine that seems weak but has a deeper purpose. That same heroine ends up bonding to the strongest of the strong creatures they were destined to form bonds with. That same wolf has refused to bond with anyone else until she showed up. It all felt very much like the famous dragon rider book series which only made it better for me. I have been in a horrible slump since Onyx Storm and this was just the book I needed. It was laid out perfectly and I was riveted. 

 Characters: I was rooting for Stark from the beginning. There was something about Killian that made my teeth itch but I had no idea why. I don't think it was anything he actually did but just a feeling to the character that the author instilled in him. There was a reason behind it but it was driving me absolutely mad wondering why I was whining in my own mind wishing Maryn would give Stark a chance already. Maryn was as scrappy as her Alley Cat nickname denoted. There were several times I thought she was going to roll over and cry, deciding to finally give up. But she always made the attempt to get back up and fight for her life and the lives of those she loves. My heart broke for her in several instances but I think she was one of the best and most well-rounded female protagonists I have read in since Violet Sorrengail.

Writing: The author had a simplistic yet refined way of composing her book. There was a lot of intrigue and she structured it well so that there was never any chance for a reader to catch up with what could possibly be happening. That left us all on the edge of our seats and a hunger to know what happens next. Sable Sorensen is by far one of the most skilled new authors I have seen come out recently and if you didn't know better one wouldn't have a inkling of an idea that it was two friends coming together to write the book. Their writing melded together seamlessly and left me desperate to read more by them.

Overall:  When you have a book that is compared to Fourth Wing you have a pretty heavy standard to live up to. The readers and obsessed fans of that series will chew you up and spit you out like the direwolves that were featured in this book if they don't like what you produce. You have to walk the line between being too similar to the work that is being compared without going to far into their territory that it comes off as a poor man's replica. The author definitely did well in straddling that line. It had a lot more smut than the Fourth Wing series but it was well placed within the story to go along with what the heroine was experiencing. The story was riddled with mystery, romance, heat, danger, violence, and espionage to the point where I couldn't help but fall in love with it and the characters. I am a tough critic when it comes to books but this one was by far one of my favorites and one I will be recommending to anyone I can.