Thursday, January 11, 2024

Release Blitz with Teasers: Devil's Betrayal by Thetta James @EJBookPromos @ThettaJ


Devil's Betrayal by Thetta James
Publication date: January 9th, 2024
Cover Design Credit: VDesigns

Synopsis:
Micah

The heart of a rebel with the soul of a devil. I've always known that the Rebel Souls MC wasn't my destiny. As much as I loved being Jake's VP, it wasn't in the cards for me. My soul was restless and Jake wasn't willing to take the risks needed to satisfy my hunger. So when he handed me my freedom, I created the Devil's Inferno.

We thrived on the fear of others and nothing stopped us from getting what we wanted.

The problem with having this much power is the addiction. Every addiction needs to be fed and after the last few years we've had, I want out. Passing the reins to my son was always the plan, but the path he wants to take has given me second thoughts.

What he fails to understand is that addiction and greed come with a higher price. You either pay in blood or you pay with your life.

My sins have fed his demons and he has the potential to become a true leader. But am I willing to sacrifice my legacy and watch everything I've built get destroyed?



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THETTA JAMES: I've always believed in the concept of "love conquers all." I'm a down-to-earth woman, married to the love of my life, and a hopeless romantic. I started my reading journey with The Secret of The Old Clock by Nancy Drew and I've looked back. I fell in love with words because they create change and force you to use your imagination. With encouragement from my Husband, I continue my journey by creating my blog The Erotic Book Review. Blogging has given me an outlet to discuss my love of Erotic Romance with like-minded people which catapulted me into becoming an author.

I live in North Georgia and I've been married to the love of my life for over 30 years. We're parents of 5 adults and we have 11 grandchildren with one on the way. I've spent the last 9 years co-driving a big rig with my hubby, but as of April, I'm home and writing full-time. When I'm not writing, I enjoy reading and working out. I love meeting new people, enjoy learning about other cultures, watching football, and binge-watching TV shows.

One quote I live by... "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."



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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Review: Inferno by M. Sinclair & R.L. Caulder

Inferno by M. Sinclair & R.L. Caulder
Series: MC Syndicate #1
Publication date: January 1st, 2022
Pages: 229
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Synopsis:
My dragon quad has claimed our territory and rightful place as leaders of Twisted Flames MC.

All that's left is to claim our mate, but we lost her twenty-one years ago.

We think all hope is lost, that she's gone forever, until we find a woman collapsed in an alleyway of our city.

She's our, but she doesn't know it yet.

There's a lot she doesn't know, and what she does know, makes her fight our bond.

But when it comes to her, we have all the patience in the world.

We already lost her once, and we won't be letting her out of our grasp again.

She's ours now and forever.

Inferno is a standalone reverse harem novel that can be read independently from the rest of the shared world. It features a sheltered, sweet, but misled FMC and the four possessive dragons who will do anything to save her from herself and keep her at her rightful place, by their side. Inferno is intended for mature audiences.

MC Syndicate is a shared universe, crafted by a set of USA Today and International Bestselling authors, that feature an array of paranormal species, savage dominant men, and strong heroines. These stories are all set in the same world and can be read within any order.


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Review:
How quickly a life can change in a blink of an eye. One minute Thea is with her family of witches, donating her blood weekly to keep an illness from overtaking them, and living out her life happy with those she feels love her. The next she is waking up in a dark alley with two handsome strangers looking at her like she was the second coming of Jesus. Then once they bring her home to recover from whatever ordeal she had gone through to cause her to wind up in a strange part of a city she knew nothing about she finds out there are two more men who look at her in much the same way. The possessive men confess that they are her mates and that she was stolen before she was even born. They had never thought to see her again and yet here she was. It was a lot to swallow, especially when everything Thea had known of her life and the world outside of her coven's home was completely different. But there is no denying the draw she has with each of them. As if they hold the key to her entire existence and that she couldn't take her next breath without them. But will Thea be able to figure out her past in hopes of having a future with these four delicious mates she never knew she had?

I devoured this book in a single night. It wasn't a long read but it was completely engaging. It was unlike anything I had ever read before and that is saying something since I was a hardcore paranormal romance girlie before I dove into contemporary. I think the male characters were every bit the possessive alphas they needed to be without being complete alphaholes.

Thea was interesting. I didn't find her as enjoyable as the men. She cried so often that I felt like I should make a drinking game out of it the next time I wanted to get blackout drunk. She was very soft and looking at the cover I never would have seen her as that. I would have thought she'd have been a badass who would have kicked her mates asses right along with their enemies. But she was incredibly meek which did get on my nerves a bit. She was praised at one point for seeming to be even stronger than the males but then she never actually showed her ability to be that. She would run to her men any chance something bad happened like a little mouse. Thea is the only reason this book wasn't a five star read for me. 

But even with Thea not being my cup of tea the book was still stellar. I will happily be reading more of the books in this Syndicate world to see how they measure up to this one. But straight out the gate this was a good one to start with.



Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Release Blitz with Teasers: Chase the Storm by A.K. Evans @GiveMeBooksPR @authorakevans


Chase the Storm by A.K. Evans
Series: Road Trip Romance #16
Publication date: January 9th, 2024

Synopsis:
Indy Watson is desperate.

Life hasn't always been unkind to her, but that's probably because she's always been cautious. She wasn't looking for trouble, but over the last year, too much happened outside of her control. Everything had gone from bad to worse. And if Indy doesn't want to spend the winter living out of her car--and possibly freezing to death--her only hope is landing a job at the local ski resort.

Griffin Ross doesn't want for anything.

Part of that is because he built his fortune as a professional surfer, but it's mostly because he doesn't live a lavish lifestyle. Griffin lives for the adventure. That's why he's currently living out of his camper traveling all over the west coast wherever the snow is falling.

Under normal circumstances, it's unlikely Griffin and Indy would have ever crossed paths. But when an avalanche traps the pair at a Colorado resort, the opposites find avoidance is impossible.

Within days, Indy finds herself struggling not to make all the same mistakes again. But Griffin is determined to show her that, sometimes, it's okay to chase the storm.



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Burden to Bear by A.K. Evans (Road Trip Romance #17) - GOODREADS


A.K. EVANS is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea's favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can't get enough of extreme sports.

Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband's performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!

When Andrea isn't writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.


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Review: Killer Reign by Eva Chance & Harlow King

Killer Reign by Eva Chance & Harlow King
Series: The Chaos Crew #4
Publication date: April 16th, 2022
Pages: 302
Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Synopsis:
This puppet has cut her strings...

I had to do the unthinkable--and now I've discovered that every move I've made has been part of a villain's maniacal plan. All this time I believed I'd found my freedom, I've still had someone pulling my strings.

Those days are over.

The man who considers himself my master is the worst monster I've ever known. My crew and I won't let him get away with his manipulations or the even more disturbing crimes we uncover.

But no matter how talented we are in our killer skills, we're just five people up against a crime lord with more connections than I can count. As he pushes us closer and closer to the brink, how much will we lose trying to end his reign?

*Killer Reign is the fourth and final book in a new gritty contemporary romance series from bestselling author Eva Chase (writing as Eva Chance) and Harlow King. No major triggers, just hot murderously-inclined men, a deadly heroine out for revenge, and an enemies-to-lovers romance where the girl gets all the guys. Prepare for total bloody chaos!*


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Review:
Dess's family is not the perfect picture of a crime fighting group but a bunch of individuals who believe kidnapping, torturing and killing the children of low level criminals is the way to stop the influx of crime in the world. They actually believe that the children are sacrifices they have to make for the greater good and that Dess should join them or be excommunicated from the family by way of death. Clearly they underestimated her. When Dess kills her family in cold blood she finds out that it had all gone according to someone else's plan. Someone has been using her as their tool for her entire life and she is just now realizing that she played right into their hands. They wanted revenge on her family so they kidnapped her, trained her to be a killing machine, and let her loose to take back the pound of flesh her family had cost them. Even if they manipulated her for revenge, Dess may have been able to move past it if the dirty dealings of this person didn't come to light which made them on the same plain as her evil family. Now Dess has a new enemy to bring down and this one is going to be the most complicated of all.

This book was definitely a means of wrapping up all the loose ends of Dess's life and the mysteries that surrounded it. The men were still there, fighting by her side but they seemed to really take a backseat to everything else. There were no more realizations of feelings other than Dess finally catching up with the rest of the class so it was just an flat experience where the romance was concerned. Of course they found time to be together sexually even while chronically on the run but other than that... it was mainly about Dess finally reclaiming her life for herself. Don't get me wrong, it was a good ending, but I wish that the romance would not have plateaued in book three. 

I found Dess's brother to be the most annoying brat I have ever had the misfortune of reading about. Granted, I know he was going through a lot losing his entire family and being kidnapped by his sister who murdered them, but... he had to know what they were doing was wrong on some level so why did he fight so long to remain in denial? It's a good thing Dess has a heart because I was kind of waiting for her to just cut her losses and off him as well. 

I think that with the drawbacks of the romance becoming a bit stagnant and the brother being annoying as hell, it was still a middle-of-the-road book that I am glad I read. The series overall was a good one and I would recommend it to anyone who likes romantic suspense with a bit more heat but that doesn't skimp on the actual storyline to do so.