Book Blitz with Excerpt + Giveaway: Wicked Temptation: The Lost Treasure by Patti O'Shea @XpressoTours

Wicked Temptation: The Lost Treasure by Patti O'Shea

Series: The Paladin League #8

Publication date: July 1st, 2026

Synopsis:

He's always been a protector. She's strong enough to fight on her own. This time, survival depends on each other.

Special Forces Sgt. Cal "Baggs" Baggnell walked away from Iona Desmond. Carving out his own heart hurt--but watching the woman he loves charge headfirst into danger hurt even more.

Iona loves Cal with her whole being, but she couldn't change the core of who she is to fit his protective nature. He knew exactly who she was when they met--the need for adventure is in her DNA. 

Now, their paths collide in Puerto Jardin, where Iona has talked her way into Cal's op. And he's been assigned to work with her.

Their bait: the Lost Treasure of Trujillo.
Their target: arms dealer Jorge Torres.
Their problem: Torres isn't the only predator closing in.

With ruthless drug lords, rival treasure hunters, and a powerful Russian mob lieutenant obsessed with finding the billion-dollar fortune, Cal and Iona must put their past aside. The deeper they dog, the deadlier the game becomes.

As betrayals mount and enemies tighten their grip, survival depends on one thing: Trust. If they fail, they won't just lose their second chance--they'll lose everything.

Wicked Temptation is a stand-alone romance with a HEA. There are references to events that happened in earlier books, but it's not necessary to read them to enjoy this story.

Indulge in a protective Special Forces hero and heroine who works undercover for the Paladin League as a photojournalist. This story features a second-chance romance, identical twins, and a kick-butt heroine.

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"Archer--my boss--had intel that someone named Fuentes was after the treasure, but couldn't get more."

"So he sent you down and you kicked a hornet's nest."

She jerked her hand free. "I didn't kick anything."

His gut clenched, stupid and instinctive, the words scraping against an old wound he never talked about. He covered his fear with irritation. Anger was cleaner, sharper, easier to control. "And yet you were kidnapped."

Io shot to her feet. "I did not kick anything. I hadn't even done much when I was grabbed. I didn't realize the words Paladin League were tantamount to waving a red flag and shouting I know where the treasure is."

Cal stood and closed the distance. "You were down here for days."

"I was working on my article while I got the lay of the land." She glared at him. "I traveled to San Isidro, interviewed people, took pictures. The only thing I did in Trujillo was visit the convent the day after I returned."

"The convent surrounded by men belonging to an arms dealer." He glared back. "Don't tell me you didn't see them."

"I saw them." She crossed her arms. "I figured I'd be tailed. I was. I also figured I could lose them. I did."

The cockiness. It made him insane. "They grabbed you and held you prisoner."

"They did not. Torres and his men never touched me. They weren't even that interested in me. It was easy to shake them off my ass."

"Maybe too easy. Did you think of that?"

"Of course I did." She stepped closer. "I didn't just look behind me and say oopsie daisy, they lost me. I made sure my tail was clear."

"You were compromised."

"I was targeted. That's different."

"And that's supposed to make me feel better?"

She opened her mouth, shit it, and then shook her head. "I'm too tired to argue. Believe whatever the hell you want."

PATTI O'SHEA's passions are writing, airplanes and traveling. Fortunately, she's been able to enjoy all three. After receiving a degree in advertising copywriting, she took a job with a major U.S. airline and now works in 757 Engineering. Besides teaching her about the planes she loves, it's given her an opportunity to travel to places like Australia, Papua New Guinea and Canada's Yukon Territory.

Writing, though, remains her primary love. Patti created her first romance when she was in junior high school and has been hooked ever since. She should have figured out she was a writer years earlier, however, since her dolls had such involved lives, complete with goals, motivation and conflict.

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Release Blitz with Teasers: A Simple Mistake by Lacey Black @AuthLaceyBlack @GiveMeBooksPR

A Simple Mistake by Lacey Black

Series: Cooper Town Boys #3

Publication date: June 23rd, 2026

Synopsis:

Quinn

I have a thing for my best friend's sister. Charli Miller has always been the woman to own my heart, despite the fact she doesn't feel the same way. We're oil and water, fire and ice. We butt heads at every turn, but I'd still do anything for her.

I wouldn't deny her anything.

Which is why I don't put a stop to the little arrangement we seem to fall into. Spending the time with her is better than anything I've ever experienced, but unfortunately, it makes me crave more. I've always wanted Charli, but now, I'm a determined man. Especially when she shocks me with big news.

She's scared, but I'm ready to fight. Fight for us.

Charli

No one pushes my buttons like Quinn Garrison. He might possibly be the most infuriating man on the face of the planet, and since he's my younger brother's best friend, I can't get away from him. He's always there, and even when he's being sweet and supportive, it just grates on my nerves.

Until one day, that irritation explodes.

What happens next wasn't planned. It's raw and fueled by years of emotions, and even though I swore it wouldn't happen again, it does. I let him into my bed and, as time passes, I'm unable to keep him out of my heart. I want everything I didn't even know I needed, and there's no going back now.

Especially when I see those two pink lines...

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USA Today Bestselling Author LACEY BLACK is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading, writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and three rowdy chickens.

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Book Blitz with Excerpt + Giveaway: Camp Shifter Series by D.J. Jennings @XpressoTours

Owl Be Bear For You by D.J. Jennings

Series: Camp Shifter #1

Publication date: August 15th, 2017

Synopsis:

Hot summer fun where you'll change... in more ways than one.

Librarian Mara Scioto lives a nice, neat, orderly existence--except when she's being attacked by uncontrolled male shifters who need to mate.

Pesky little detail, right?

Raised by a grandmother who hates all shifters, she has one wish: to make it past the age of twenty-five without experiencing The Morph that tells you you're one of them.

And then the letter from Camp Shifter arrives with her name on it...

Orthopedic surgeon in training Jack Karsten is waiting to see if he'll follow in his shifter brother's footsteps. Being a shifter won't be so bad, if that's his destiny, but when he meets Mara, he realizes that fate and love don't always align.

But love always wins.

It can be a bear of an ordeal sorting it all out, but if anyone can help, it's the staff at Camp Shifter. While they'll train Jack and Mara on the ways of shifter life, there's one thing they can't teach them:

How to get out of their own way and let love leave them changed.

Forever.

You Shook Me Howl Night Long by D.J. Jennings

Series: Camp Shifter #2

Publication date: March 7th, 2019

Synopsis:

Eliot "Pole" Elianzo is a god in college football, and he knows it. Too bad he's also a polar bear. The Morph happens on national television, right after a pro team picks him in the draft. It's official--Pole is a shifter. And boy, is he livid. He can't choose practice over his mandatory stay at Camp Shifter, but he sure can make camp a nightmare for everyone. Especially the hot ash blonde who's teaching Undressed in Public 101 classes. Risa Devaneau can't believe Pole's in her class, in the first row, and very, very undressed. The former sportscaster and wolf shifter ran away from her testosterone-filled career for the quiet peace of Camp Shifter. Sure, teaching people how to be undressed in public isn't exactly the most prestigious job, but it got her away from the city. From her overly controlling politician father. From her past. From Pole. And here he is, smirking at her, front and center. In his birthday suit. 

You Shook Me Howl Night Long is book 2 in the Camp Shifter series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not enjoy them all?

DarkNight of the Moon by D.J. Jennings

Series: Camp Shifter #3

Publication date: July 9th, 2020

Synopsis:

He lurks in shadows and mystery at Camp Shifter, coming out only during DarkNight, the wild, bacchanalian free-for-all where anything goes. Anything. No one has seen him in the daylight, no one knows where he lives, no one knows his name--and the shifter nicknamed DarkLover by women, DarkDude by men, will do anything to keep it that way.

Andie Cumbington has been waiting her whole life for The Letter. One of the few shifters who is ecstatic about her newfound status, the chestnut-haired ballerina bear shifter arrives for her month at Camp Shifter with unbridled excitement. On her first DarkNight, she finds wild passion and--to her surprise--so much more, with a stranger who touches her heart as much as he lights up her body. And then he's gone, back into the shadows, hidden. Exactly where he wants to be.

Craving his touch with an insatiable desire, Andie can't let go. She always wanted the roll in the hay, but she never imagined the passion would be so intense. Fate drives her to find love. Then a simple errand turns into mortal danger for Andie, and an impossible choice as DarkLover must overcome his biggest fear in order to save the woman he loves. But will it be too late?

Welcome to Camp Shifter, where you're about to change... in more ways than one.

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FROM OWL BE BEAR FOR YOU

The sudden kiss took Mara by surprise, Jack's mouth slanted against hers with a determined passion that she matched without words. For the past forty minutes all she could think about was his face, his body, his eyes, those lips. She reached up and tore her glasses off, tucking them haphazardly into the outer opening of her purse, smashed between them as passion's frenzy took hold.

Now that she was in his arms, his thighs hard against her belly, his arms warm against her shoulders, she was nothing but pink fire and molten blood.

A beat pounded between them, as if their hearts were in sync, his tongue dividing her mouth and tickling her teeth, the kiss as dangerous as it was unnerving.

Dangerous because Mara felt herself falling for a man she barely knew.

Unnerving because it all felt so right.

She was supposed to argue with herself, fight against this tidal wave of emotion, tell herself she was being reckless and foolish.

Those words weren't there.

Instead, there were only fevered kisses and touches that made her sigh for more. Now that she was in his arms, she wondered how she would ever live anywhere without being touched by him.

Breaking the kiss, she said breathlessly, "I'm so sorry I never answered your text."

"You can make it up to me with another kiss."

And before she could say yes, her tongue was in his mouth, dancing against his, their lips enjoying each other with an abandon that bordered on criminal. 

"Get a room." Two different voices, one male, one female, said the words in unison. Mara broke away from Jack and stared at Sharon and Jim. The two were laughing and nudging each other. Given Mara's reputation as the prim and proper librarian who never dated, she could only imagine what they were thinking as she totally lost it in front of them.

"I'm--I--oh, I'm so sorry!" Mara stuttered, struggling to catch her breath and gather her wits at the same time.

Jack remained in place, his face suddenly serious, his arm remaining protectively around Mara's waist.

Without a word, he guided her to the main door and outside.

Her back was against the brick building, his mouth hot and frenzied on hers, before she could even look up at the night sky and spot the moon. Pressing her breasts against his wide chest, she pawed at him, her hands unable to stop touching him.

All the parts that were allowed in public, at least.

Jack's fevered breath poured onto her neck like hot silk. "I have never been like this with a woman before," he groaned, his tongue making warm, wet love to the base of her throat. "You do this to me, though. Only you. It's like--" His abrupt halt gave Mara pause.

"Like fate?"

The author of the Camp Shifter series, DARLA JOSEPHINE "DJ" JENNINGS, is originally from Ohio but now lives in Massachusetts in a household full of people who drive her nuts, but she loves them anyhow. She fills her days with writing, business management, and the never-ending task of herding cats.

Learn more about her in the New York Times bestselling novel, Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent, where she stars as one of the main characters. That's right! DJ Jennings isn't real, but Julia Kent sure is. :)

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