Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Release Blitz with Teasers: Force by Kindle Alexander @KindleAlexander @EJBookPromos

Force by Kindle Alexander
Series: Gravity #3
Publication date: April 29th, 2025
Cover Design: Lori Jackson
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster

Synopsis:
Dash Richmond
I'm Dash Richmond, seasoned attorney, mostly decent person, and currently living my best life with my forever husband, Beau Brooks. He's my anchor. The person who keeps my feet firmly planted to the ground and the one who has me on the edge of my seat, waiting for one of his silly soft grins or sweet, caressing kisses. Nothing has changed for me since the day I met him. I'm still head over heels in love with my guy.
That's the real me. But to the rest of the world, I'm thought of as a legal powerhouse and courtroom bulldog. That's why people hire me and why it's in your best interest to not get on my bad side.
Yet, life is complicated. In a sudden twist of fate, the rug gets pulled out from underneath me, leaving me reeling.

Beau Brooks
Once I learned to get out of my own way, my life transformed in ways I never thought possible. Fast forward a few years, and my mister is not only the love and joy of my life, but every dream we dared to make has come true.
Other dreams have a funny way of manifesting too. I'm now co-owner in a thrilling charter fishing service, alongside my lifelong buddy and new Sea Springs neighbor, Scott Lee. 
Then out of nowhere, life hurls a fastball that sends me sprawling. My meticulously built inner defensives crumble, thrusting me into a place I never wanted to be. Can I muster the strength to be the leader of my family or will the fear of losing my life's love bring me to my knees, risking everything I hold dear.

When our cherished lives suddenly go sideways, are either of us really the men we believed ourselves to be? Can we navigate the maze of these powerful truths, or will the force of change shatter what we hold dear?



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Best Selling Author KINDLE ALEXANDER is an innovative writer, and a genre-crosser who writes classic fantasy, romance, suspense, and erotica in both the male/male and male/female genres. It's always a surprise to see what's coming next!
I live in the suburbs of Dallas where it's true, the only thing bigger than an overactive imagination, may be women's hair!
Usually, I try for funny. Humor is a major part of my life - I love to laugh, and it seems to be the thing I do in most situations - regardless of the situation, but jokes are a tricky deal... I don't want to offend anyone and jokes tend to offend. So instead I'm going to tell you about Kindle. 
I tragically lost my sixteen year old daughter to a drunk driver. She had just been at home, it was early in the night and I heard the accident happen. I'll never forget that moment. The sirens were immediate and something inside me just knew. I left my house, drove straight to the accident on nothing more than instinct. I got to be there when my little girl died - weirdly, I consider that a true gift from above. She didn't have to be alone.
That time in my life was terrible. It's everything you think it would be times about a billion. I love that kid. I loved being her mother and I loved watching her grow into this incredibly beautiful person, both inside and out. She was such a gift to me. To have it all ripped away so suddenly broke me.
Her name was Kindle. Honest to goodness - it was her name and she died a few weeks before Amazon released their brand new Kindle ereader. She had no idea it was coming out and she would have finally gotten her name on something! Try finding a ruler with the name Kindle on it... It never happened.
Through the course of that crippling event I was lucky enough to begin to write with a dear friend in the fan fiction world of Facebook. She got me through those dark days with her unwavering support and friendship. There wasn't a time she wasn't there for me. Sometimes together and sometimes by myself, we built a world where Kindle lives and stands for peace, love and harmony. It's its own kind of support group. I know without question I wouldn't be here today without her.
Find out more by visiting my website or email me.



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Release Blitz with Teasers: Sin in the Mountains by Lara London @GiveMeBooksPR

Sin in the Mountains by Lara London
Series: Passion Ridge #5
Publication date: April 30th, 2025

Synopsis:
My best friend never forgave me for telling his sister how I felt about her, and I lost them both in one night. When we see each other again for the first time in over ten years, can I risk my heart a second time, or do I let her walk away forever?

Scarlett
I've had a crush on my brother's best friend since we were kids, but it was all one-sided... or, so I thought. Now, we're thrown back together as maid-of-honor and best man to our friends' wedding, and I'm starting to think the feeling might have been mutual. He looks at me like he wants to devour me, and all I can say is, yes, please. But I don't want one night with Levi. I want forever.

Levi
Scarlett broke my heart when she left Duhring Park for her big city dreams. Now, a wedding for mutual friends brings us back for the first time in over a decade, and I realize I've never gotten over her. I told her my feelings once, and she ran. Should I put it all on the line again, or save my wounded heart from misery?

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What to expect from a Lara London short read romance: Quirky heroines, sexy men who can't get enough of them, no cheating, an HEA, and a double dose of heat!



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LARA LONDON is the author of steamy, short, instalove romances. She lives in the US midwest and when she is not dreaming up sexy love scenarios, she is reading about sexy love scenarios, going for walks, eating chocolate, trying not to eat chocolate, and hanging with her kids and real-life-book-boyfriend husband.


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Release Blitz with Teasers: Friends Don't Kiss by Bella Rivers @GiveMeBooksPR

Friends Don't Kiss by Bella Rivers
Series: Emerald Creek #4
Publication date: April 30th, 2025

Synopsis:
They didn't plan the kiss. Or anything that happened after...

Colton
When I kissed my best friend to shut up her judgmental family, I didn't expect her to melt in my arms.
Kiss me back.
Hold me tight.
I thought she didn't feel for me the way I do, but this changes everything.
Our friendship started the day I found her sleeping in her car, fresh off a betrayal that should've broken her. I cracked her protective shell and helped her start over. Now she's become a part of me.
It's simple: this kiss is the beginning of our forever.
But nothing with Kiara is simple. Not the wounds from her past. Not her struggles to succeed as a pastry chef. Not the reasons she fights her battles on her own.
She turns me down? Fine. I'll wait.
She starts swiping right on other men? Absolutely not.
Kiara doesn't know it yet, but she's already mine.

Kiara
This fake kiss wasn't supposed to leave me breathless, aching for more, and wondering what if.
Because Colton Harper doesn't do anything halfway. Not kissing, not pretending, and definitely not loving.
Now he wants to date for real, but I'm terrified.
I built a new life in Emerald Creek, made friends who are my new family. Colton is my rock, and changing our friendship to dating could lead to losing everything.
I've seen how love ends, and I won't let that happen to us.
He's relentless though, so I cave in. He can be my first. Just once. No expectations. No heartbreak. 
When he refuses, I'm left with no choice but to swallow my disappointment and move on.
But Colton can be very persuasive.



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BELLA RIVERS writes steamy small town romances with a guaranteed happily ever after, and themes of found family and forgiveness. Expect hot scenes, fierce love, and strong language!

A hopeless romantic, Bella is living her own second chance romance in the rolling hills of Vermont. When she's not telling the stories of the characters populating her dreams, you can find her baking, hiking, skiing, or just hanging around her small town to soak in the happiness.

Her newsletter is where Bella shares progress on her writing as well as sneak peeks into upcoming books, the occasional recipe from her characters, and books from other writers she thinks her readers might like. Subscribe from her website.

You can also connect with Bella on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook, or through the contact form on her website.


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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Review: Bones by Yolanda Olson

Bones by Yolanda Olson
Series: La Douleur Folle #1
Publication date: June 10th, 2021
Pages: 204
Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Synopsis:
Loss is not something I'm accustomed to.

However, it's what I'm faced with now because I can't remember.

I've tried so hard to find what I'm looking for, and while I've done my best, it still eludes me.

The memory comes and goes in glimpses of a faded past and possible future, yet I can't grasp it.

Not yet.

Stay close and don't look back.

This is going to be a hard road, but we'll get through this together.

We have to.

You're the only hope I have left.


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Review:
Normally when I write my reviews I try to summarize the story before I delve into my review so my readers can get a better picture of what the story is about through my perspective. The issue is that this book was so all over the place and a bit confusing so I don't even know how to summarize it properly. The main male protagonist is a madman. He enjoys killing people and collecting their skulls to admire after the fact. He seems to embrace the fact that he is a psychopath and knows full and well what he needs at any given time in order to feel in control. He frequents an establishment that caters to those who wish to engage in sexual acts that can sometimes result in death. They have people come to them that want to die and they are given to those who wish to kill. Seems like a great match, unless the person who is looking to kill first enjoys convincing their victims that they want to live. 

This story is all over the place. I never got a good feel for the character at all. I knew he was a psychopath and I knew that he was trying to fly under the radar so as not to be caught in his murderous ways, but I didn't really get a sense of where his psychopathy stemmed from. He just simply was one with a medley of other issues. There were macabre scenes where the focus was mainly on the murder and the grotesque methods at which he executed them and very little on any sexual engagement. This didn't read like a splatterpunk book because those are usually a mix of horror and smut. This was not smutty in the least. Nothing about it made me think he was even remotely redeemable like other books would attempt. He simply was who he was and there was no likeable nature to him. 

When there was any sort of sexual undertones to a scene it felt like the author was extremely uncomfortable. Which, who can really blame them? You're basically writing a snuff scene. Anyone would be icked out by it. But the authors that can dip into that darkness without flinching is what gives characters a little more depth. I never felt any sort of connection to the protagonist/antagonist. And the twist at the end just read a little too much like a build your own adventure book from when I was a child. It didn't come across as eerie or cause a spike in anxiety. It only made me wince and "really?" 

Ultimately, this book was not for me. There were too many scenes that I struggled to follow and nothing that made me feel anything even remotely for the characters. I didn't feel anything but disgust for the main scene in the book and couldn't understand the reasoning behind any of it. I would rip apart the characters' motives to the point where none of it was even remotely believable. This took a lot away from any discomfort the author was trying to achieve in the grotesque and twisted story. It just wasn't for me in the slightest.