Release Blitz with Excerpt + Teasers: Ruthless Kings by Laura Lee @lauraleebooks @GiveMeBooksBlog

Ruthless Kings by Laura Lee

Series: Windsor Academy #2

Publication date: July 30th, 2020

Synopsis:

In a world filled with secrets, lies, and cruelty, only the strongest will survive.

I'm living proof of that.

But being left for dead has made me question everything I thought I knew.

I want to believe I have allies in these ruthless games, but the more truths I unravel, the more twisted and tangled the web becomes.

And the deeper I fall down the rabbit hole, the more determined I am to bring them down.

*RUTHLESS KINGS is book 2 in the Windsor Academy series and cannot be read as a standalone. It is a dark high school bully romance that may contain triggers for sensitive readers. Due to mature content, it is recommended for readers 17+ only.

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I can't stop thinking about Kingston--the man is a walking contradiction.

Most of the time, he's broody and mysterious, in a totally sexy way--like catnip for the female population. But when he's with the guys outside of school, he's laid back and even goofy sometimes. With Ainsley and me and hell, even Belle, he's super-protective, and there are these moments where he's incredibly thoughtful or kind. Regardless of which Kingston you're getting at the time, there's always this underlying rage I don't think many people pick up on. Or maybe they don't understand the extent of it.

I remember watching a video during my freshman year science class about the Mount St. Helens eruption. The landscape was breathtaking, loved by outdoor enthusiasts, or simply anyone searching for a peaceful place to spend their day. The volcano sat quietly for over one hundred years, all the while, pressure was building beneath the surface. There was sufficient evidence of its impending reawakening, but the reports weren't taken seriously enough by the general public. Tourists continued flocking to the area--some even evading roadblocks and ignoring air restrictions--until the perfect combination of events causing a cataclysmic explosion. The eruption was so powerful, it literally blew the top off the mountain, killing everyone in the vicinity.

Kingston reminds me of that volcano. If you don't look beyond his surface beauty, if you ignore the warning signs, you're putting yourself at risk. He's dangerous--perhaps even deadly--and I'd be a fool to forget that.

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(To be released October 15th, 2020)

About the Author:

Laura Lee is the USA Today bestselling author of steamy and sometimes ridiculously funny romance. She won her first writing contest at the ripe old age of nine, earning a trip to the state capital to showcase her manuscript. Thankfully for her, those early works will never see the light of day again!

Laura lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wonderful husband, two beautiful children, and three of the most poorly behaved cats in existence. She likes her fruit smoothies filled with rum, her cupboards stocked with Cadbury's chocolate, and her music turned up loud. When she's not writing or watching HGTV, she's reading anything she can get her hands on. She's a sucker for spicy romances, especially those that make her laugh.

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Release Blitz with Excerpt + Teasers + Giveaway: Book of Love by Nina Lindsey @GiveMeBooksBlog

Book of Love by Nina Lindsey

Series: Bliss Cove #5

Publication date: July 30th, 2020

Synopsis:

High school literature teacher Grace Berry is an expert on Shakespearean love, but she knows almost nothing about real-life romance. She has no time to learn either, as she's busy battling overbearing parents, a bullying principal, and a stubborn father.

Then she suddenly finds out that award-winning author Lincoln Atwood is coming to take over her classes. No way will she surrender her authority to a hotshot male writer who doesn't know the first thing about poetry. Even if he is sinfully sexy.

After making a deal with his estranged brother, Lincoln is forced to stay in Bliss Cove for over a month. He'd much rather be racing sled dogs or mountain biking, so why not take a teaching gig to kill the time?

But Lincoln's belief that teaching will be "easy" is quickly proven wrong after he confronts the intriguing Grace with her embroidered sweaters and spine of steel. And when he learns about the sizable gap in Grace's education, the plot thickens considerably.

Too bad this beautiful teacher is off-limits... or is she?

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"I told you I'm not good at relationships," he retorted. "Whereas you--"

"I what?"

"You're goddamned made for... for being with someone. For..."

For being with me. The words almost flew out of his mouth before he could even process them. What the hell was he thinking?

Grace blew out her breath in an exasperated sigh. "I'm busy, all right? I don't have time for a relationship."

"Bullshit."

"Lincoln! My classes and drama club take up a lot of time, I'm prepping for summer school, and I have to help my father."

"Your father doesn't need your help."

Her eyes hardened. "You don't know him. Or me, for that matter. You certainly have no business questioning my love life."

"Given the way you kissed me the other night, yes I do," he snapped.

She pressed her lips together, her flush deepening. "You made it quite clear you're not interested."

"That's not what I was doing!" He turned abruptly, spreading his arms out. "The problem is that I'm too fucking interested. You're damned right I'm fixated on you, and it's driving me crazy. I've wanted you from the second I saw you sitting at the diner, I can't stop staring at you in class, and all I want to do is kiss you again. Hell, half the time I can't even think about anything except how much I want to touch you. If I had any intention of staying here, I--"

"Lincoln, will you have sex with me?"

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About the Author:

Nina Lindsey writes romances filled with heart, heat, and happy endings. She is delighted to introduce readers to Bliss Cove, California, a coastal town with an abundance of warm cookies, ocean breezes, and the ever-present possibility of love.

Nina loves all things spicy and sweet, with chili chocolates being at the top of the list. She is also a fan of glossy magazines, pop culture, Gilmore Girls, energy bites, Orangetheory, and the sound of silence.

She lives in Wisconsin with her meteorologist husband (yes, she asks him daily, "What's the weather forecast?"), their two children, a hyperactive dog, and a snail named Pipsqueak.

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Book Blitz with Excerpt + Giveaway: I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch @almost_anna @XpressoTours

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch

Publication date: July 28th, 2020

Publisher: MacMillan

Synopsis:

For fans of Leah on the Offbeat and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Anna Birch's I Kissed Alice is a romantic comedy about enemies, lovers, and everything in between.

Rhodes and Iliana couldn't be more different, but that's not why they hate each other.

Rhodes, a gifted artist, has always excelled at Alabama's Conservatory of the Arts (until she's hit with a secret bout of creator's block), while Iliana, a transfer student, tries to outshine everyone with her intense, competitive work ethic. Since only one of them can get the coveted Capstone scholarship, the competition between them is fierce.

They both escape the pressure on a fanfic site where they are unknowingly collaborating on a webcomic. And despite being worst enemies in real life, their anonymous online identifies I-Kissed-Alice and Curious-in-Cheshire are starting to like each other... a lot. When the truth comes out, will they destroy each other's future?

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Rhodes

The therapy office parking lot looks more like a scene from a creepy video game--fog hangs in the trees, cutting off our line of vision to the busy I-85 below. It's otherworldly, almost as if we could walk in any direction and plummet off the side of a cliff into the great wide nothing below.

Mom's chemical-peeled skin is still red and swollen; she grimaces down the barrel of the green straw that sticks out from the clear cup in her hand. Wind rattles the thinning dogwood branches that ring the parking lot, and I pull my jacket tighter.

"So, Dusk told me you're thinking about the Capstone Award after all," she says, eyeing her reflection in the driver's-side window. With a flick of a polished thumbnail, the car beeps twice and the doors all unlock at once. I start to cross over to the passenger side, but Mom hands me the keys. "You need the practice."

I sigh and slide into the driver's side instead.

Translation: I'm exhausted from my morning with the esthetician, and I'd like to sleep off the Bloody Mary that's still in my system before we get back to your dad.

"I'm not doing the Capstone," I say.

My position has only galvanized between Dusk's office and Mom's car: I would be selling my soul to the devil. I'm not ready to count it as my only option just yet.

"We all agreed that the Capstone Award was a part of your outcome goals." Mom shoves a pair of oversize designer shades onto the bridge of her nose and then cringes. She fans her face with an old church bulletin off the floorboard. "I've got the document on my phone--"

"You can't just stick your kid in therapy because she's not doing what you want her to do." I jam the keys into the ignition and start the engine. "That's literally not even how therapy works."

Merely surviving versus fully thriving... But only when it's convenient to the adults in the room.

Mom reclines her seat as far back as it can go and fastens her seat belt.

I throw the car into drive and descend the hill through the fog, stopping to merge onto the frontage road. The traffic doesn't re-lent--the fog is thick, and one car after the next flies up with their brights screaming through my rear window.

I have no option: I have to go forward. There's no escaping, no turning right and finding a back road onto the interstate.

I'm stuck here, with no fewer than twenty cars behind me, and now they're all starting to blare their horns, waiting for me to merge. Stuck. Always effing stuck.

"Mom--"

"I'm just saying, you did wonderfully in the Ocoee Youth Arts Awards last year. It's so good for your resume, and this is your year for the Capstone Award--"

"No." I breathe through the tightness in my chest. I'm going to pull out in front of one of these wild Atlanta drivers, and then we're both going to die. "I need you to tell me what to do--"

"Just send something they haven't seen yet. Surely you have some-thing--" She pulls her sunglasses down the bridge of her nose to peer up at me. "Send them drawing homework. They love you."

All of the cars are honking now. All of them.

Thirty cars blaring their horns. To my left, the interstate is hem-orrhaging midsize sedans. "No, I mean, I need help pulling onto the road--"

"Ugh, Rhodes honey, just wait for a break and then gun it."

"There are no breaks--"

"Sure there are. Just go."

Around me, cars all cut each other off. They jump in front of each other, and honk at each other, and fly around each other with middle fingers waving out their driver's side windows.

With a deep breath, I throw us into traffic.

Behind me, a car swerves into the shoulder. The car behind them slams on their brakes, and I hear a telltale metallic crunch three cras back--nothing life-altering, by the sound of it. A second later, the drivers are out of their cars and arguing.

They're fine by the looks of it, thank God.

"Go!" Mom says.

I rocket off toward the Alabama state line. I won't stop shaking until long after I step out of the car. 

"Just think about it," Mom says, oblivious. "Win the Capstone, and the world is your oyster."

About the Author:

Anna Birch is the author of I Kissed Alice. She was born 'n' raised in a rural area on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. She traded thick forests and dirt roads for the heart of the city, where she lives now with her husband, three children, and dog. She loves knitting, brie, and hanging out with her family.

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