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Blog Tour ~ Broken Ice, Mended Hearts by Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood (Giveaway)

03/25/2024

BROKEN ICE, MENDED HEARTS

Bethesda Barracudas Hockey #6

by Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood

Blog Tour

Release Date: March 20, 2024

Cover Design:

Story Styling Cover Designs
Photo:

Wander Aguiar Photography
Model: Tristan

Genre: M/M Hockey Romance Standalone

Trope: Second chance, age-gap, found family, college professor/student, HEA

Synopsis

PIERRE (“GAGS”)

My life is complicated.

Hell, I’m complicated.

I don’t know a life beyond how I’m perceived. After a devastating divorce, it looked like I never would.

Can a hockey fight change your life?

I may not understand my attraction to Sven Holmer, but I can tell you my obsession with kissing him started in the middle of a fight. When we met again, the conversation was easy, the banter effortless. Once stolen glances gave way to secret touches, I was more confused than ever. How the hell am I supposed to handle it when everything I’ve always believed about myself no longer fits?

Things are great… until they aren’t.

Our connection deepens with every minute we spend together, but like me, Sven is no stranger to betrayal and heartache. Between my stubbornness, his reservations, and the start of a new season, how can we survive months apart?

When tragedy strikes, all bets are off. I just hope it’s not too late.

Broken Ice, Mended Hearts features two thirty-something hockey players hardened by heartbreak. This compelling, angsty book includes a bisexual awakening, hurt/comfort, found family, first times, high heat, and a hard-earned HEA. Though it is part of the Bethesda Barracudas Hockey series, it can be read as a standalone.

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Release Blitz ~ Eternally Blessed by Garrett Leigh (Giveaway)

03/21/2024

ETERNALLY BLESSED

Rebel Kings MC Series #7

by Garrett Leigh

Release Blitz

Release Date: March 21, 2024

Cover Design:

Garrett Leigh @ Black Jazz Design

Genre: MMF MC Romance w/ strong M/M content

Trope: Single dad, friends to lovers, brotherhood, ex firefighter, bodyguard, found family, forced proximity, dark romance, angsty, hurt/comfort

Synopsis

Locke

Three is the magic number. I gave them my heart, and they gave me theirs. But the downside of living my best life is that I have everything to lose. And sometimes it’s not the obvious thing that can rip it all away.

It’s fate.

It’s chance.

It’s the worst luck in the world for the soul who least deserves it, and the one cruelty I can’t take.

The one storm we can’t weather.

I’m not a religious man. Not even close. But I’m praying right now.

For her. For him. For me.

Cos there is no us without him, and I won’t survive it if everything we’ve fought for is nothing but a dream.

Content warnings for everything you’d expect from a gripping biker romance.

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Blog Tour ~ The Weight Within by Gwen Martin (Review + Giveaway)

03/20/2024

THE WEIGHT WITHIN

The Collective Series – Book Two

by Gwen Martin

Blog Tour

Release Date: March 13, 2024

Cover Design:

We Got You Covered Book Design
Photographer:

Xram Ragde


Genre: M/M Romance Standalone

Tropes: Enemies to lovers, opposites attract, bisexual romance, workplace romance, hurt/comfort, slow burn

Synopsis

Tristan Edwards is clean cut, determined, and organized on the outside, but on the inside he’s falling apart. After years of nonstop travel for work, he’s assigned to open a new branch that could keep him close to home with more job security. But if he doesn’t show how well he can transition to an executive position, his dream job may fall into the hands of his dream man.

Kurt Holden is newly divorced, without a home and in need of a change. When a new position springs up, Kurt jumps at the chance to start over in a new city, as a new person. What he isn’t interested in is falling into another relationship, but the more time he spends with Tristan, it becomes impossible to ignore his attraction.

As Tristan struggles reconciling his mental health, and Kurt attempts to reconcile the weight of his past, new desires have the men questioning if their rivalry to win will ruin their future together.

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Release Blitz ~ Broken Ice, Mended Hearts by Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood (Giveaway)

03/20/2024

BROKEN ICE, MENDED HEARTS

Bethesda Barracudas Hockey #6

by Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood

Release Blitz

Release Date: March 20, 2024

Cover Design:

Story Styling Cover Designs
Photo:

Wander Aguiar Photography
Model: Tristan

Genre: M/M Hockey Romance Standalone

Trope: Second chance, age-gap, found family, college professor/student, HEA

Synopsis

PIERRE (“GAGS”)

My life is complicated.

Hell, I’m complicated.

I don’t know a life beyond how I’m perceived. After a devastating divorce, it looked like I never would.

Can a hockey fight change your life?

I may not understand my attraction to Sven Holmer, but I can tell you my obsession with kissing him started in the middle of a fight. When we met again, the conversation was easy, the banter effortless. Once stolen glances gave way to secret touches, I was more confused than ever. How the hell am I supposed to handle it when everything I’ve always believed about myself no longer fits?

Things are great… until they aren’t.

Our connection deepens with every minute we spend together, but like me, Sven is no stranger to betrayal and heartache. Between my stubbornness, his reservations, and the start of a new season, how can we survive months apart?

When tragedy strikes, all bets are off. I just hope it’s not too late.

Broken Ice, Mended Hearts features two thirty-something hockey players hardened by heartbreak. This compelling, angsty book includes a bisexual awakening, hurt/comfort, found family, first times, high heat, and a hard-earned HEA. Though it is part of the Bethesda Barracudas Hockey series, it can be read as a standalone.

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Cover & Excerpt Reveal ~ Bromantic Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James (Giveaway)

03/20/2024

BROMANTIC PUCKBOY

Puckboys – Book Six

by Eden Finley & Saxon James

Cover & Excerpt Reveal

Release Date: April 18, 2024

Cover Design:

Story Styling Cover Designs

Photographer:

Wander Aguiar Photography

Model: Ben

Genre: M/M Sports Romance Standalone

Trope: Double bi-awakening, idiots to lovers, eccentric hockey players, anti-wingman, PR headache, secret relationship

Synopsis

Bilson

The idea of moving away from Seattle was a joke at first.

I have too many failed relationships here. Too much baggage.

So when I find myself signing with Nashville and leaving everything behind, I’m hopeful a new start will cure me of my attachment problems.

I fall fast and hard, and I’m quickly realizing it’s not so easy to escape my emotional damage. That follows no matter where I go.

When my new teammate, rookie goalie Miles Olsen, attaches himself to my side, the media are excited to exploit our bromance. Little do they know, he’s doing me a favor by keeping me away from making mistakes with women.

That’s the deal we made at the beginning of the season, but as time goes on, and we’re both going through a dry spell, Miles suggests a different arrangement. One I’ve never contemplated. One I shouldn’t consider.

One I can’t stop thinking about.

Miles

My first day as starting goalie for Tennessee is made mildly more terrifying by coming face to face with NHL veteran Cody Bilson. Hero worship? Me? Never!

He reminds me of my old frat buddies; loyal, kind, easy to trade banter with. But my dude is lost and trying to find himself again–without getting married this time.

I want to help him, and while my suggestion might not be conventional, it sure as hell is effective. The only way to make sure he doesn’t marry a woman again? Blow off steam with a man instead.

We’re both straight, we’re both single, and we’re both down for a good time.

After all, what are teammates for?

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Blog Tour ~ Left on Read by Willow Dixon (Reviews + Giveaway)

03/14/2024

LEFT ON READ

Crimson Club – Book Four

by Willow Dixon

Blog Tour

Release Date: March 7, 2024

Cover Design:

Lori Jackson Design
Photographer:

Michelle Lancaster
Model: Anthony

Genre: M/M Romance Standalone

Tropes: Friends to lovers, bi-awakening, opposites attract, clueless MC’s, voyeurism, mental health rep., found family

Synopsis

Using a dating app to find someone willing to sell their tools for cheap might be unconventional, but it wasn’t like I was having any luck finding my person on them. I’m about to give up on my search for love, and tools, when Hayden messages me.

Not only is my stolen-tool problem solved, but it turns out he’s a great guy, and we quickly become friends. But the more time we spend together, the more I notice something between us.

Something that doesn’t just feel like friendship.

Something that makes me want more. Makes me want him.

Watching Hayden lose control is everything. So is knowing he can’t stay away from me, either.

River and Hayden’s story is a friends to lovers, bi-awakening romance. You can expect voyeurism, tons of heat, lots of dirty talk, and all the feels as these two clueless guys navigate the line between besties and boyfriends. It is the fourth standalone in the exciting new Crimson Club series but can be read as a standalone.

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Cover, Blurb & Excerpt Reveal ~ Possessive Park Avenue Prince by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank (Giveaway)

03/14/2024

POSSESSIVE PARK AVENUE PRINCE

Park Avenue Princes #4

by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank

Cover, Blurb & Excerpt Reveal

Release Date: April 11, 2024

Cover Design:

Hang Le

Photographer:

Ren Saliba

 

Genre: M/M College Romance Standalone

Trope: Bad boy, grumpy/sunshine, alphahole, protective/possessive MC, touch him and die vibe

Synopsis

Who are we? Like you even need to ask. We’re the seven richer-than-sin legacies causing debauchery at the prestigious Astor University in Manhattan.

Some call us spoiled.

Some call us trouble.

But everyone calls us the Park Avenue Princes.

Daire Connery

“The Bad Boy”

I’m not a man of many words. But when I do speak, it usually starts with F and ends with you.

Keep to myself. Don’t let anyone in. That’s how I like it.

That’s usually how everyone else likes it too. My scowl keeps them all away—all except him.

We may both be Park Avenue Princes, but we would never work.

We don’t belong in each other’s real worlds.

He’s too soft for mine; mine’s too harsh for his.

But I can’t stop thinking about him. About those pale grey eyes that see right through me. The ballsy way he gives right back whatever I dish out.

I like that. Respect it.

Want more of it…

Which is why when I find out his ex is bullying him, it makes me want to rip that bastard a new one. Makes me lose my goddamn mind.

Because no one touches Gavin Truitt. No one but me.

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Release Blitz ~ The Weight Within by Gwen Martin (Giveaway)

03/13/2024

THE WEIGHT WITHIN

The Collective Series – Book Two

by Gwen Martin

Release Blitz

Release Date: March 13, 2024

Cover Design:

We Got You Covered Book Design
Photographer:

Xram Ragde


Genre: M/M Romance Standalone

Tropes: Enemies to lovers, opposites attract, bisexual romance, workplace romance, hurt/comfort, slow burn

Synopsis

Tristan Edwards is clean cut, determined, and organized on the outside, but on the inside he’s falling apart. After years of nonstop travel for work, he’s assigned to open a new branch that could keep him close to home with more job security. But if he doesn’t show how well he can transition to an executive position, his dream job may fall into the hands of his dream man.

Kurt Holden is newly divorced, without a home and in need of a change. When a new position springs up, Kurt jumps at the chance to start over in a new city, as a new person. What he isn’t interested in is falling into another relationship, but the more time he spends with Tristan, it becomes impossible to ignore his attraction.

As Tristan struggles reconciling his mental health, and Kurt attempts to reconcile the weight of his past, new desires have the men questioning if their rivalry to win will ruin their future together.

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Cover & Excerpt Reveal ~ Salt by Fearne Hill (Giveaway)

03/13/2024

SALT

Island Love – Book One

by Fearne Hill

Cover & Excerpt Reveal

Release Date: April 10, 2024

 

Cover Design:

Black Jazz Design

Genre: M/M Romance Standalone

Tropes: Bi-awakening, age-gap, hurt/comfort, slow burn, rich man/poor man, troubled past, Synaesthesia

Synopsis

When was the right time to tell someone that silver flames were shooting from their hair? And that your own tranquil green desired nothing more than to tangle with them, if only it could escape a malevolent orange flare hounding your every move?

Over-stressed businessman Charles Heyer is not like most people. With a rare medical condition that scrambles the senses, he experiences emotions as flashes of colour, giving them the power to disrupt, dismay, or delight. Alone in his over-vivid world, a devastating bereavement leaves him mentally scarred and recuperating on the picturesque French island of Ré where, through a chance encounter and a good deed, he is introduced to Florian, a flirty local salt farmer.

What with trying to protect the island salt cooperative from a corporate takeover and keeping a watchful eye on his errant grandfather, handsome Florian is not as carefree as he appears. Falling in love with this odd Englishman is as unexpected as it is welcome. Both exploring new feelings, the lazy days of summer stretch out for miles until a visitor from Charles’s London life throws their peaceful idyll into a kaleidoscope of chaos. And, all of a sudden, the island’s glorious palette of colour turns several shades darker.

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Blog Tour ~ Before You (Beyond The Temptation Anthology) by Tracy Jerald (Giveaway)

03/08/2024

BEFORE YOU

Beyond the Temptation Volume 1: A BRAE Anthology

by Tracey Jerald

Blog Tour

Release Date: March 4, 2024

Anthology Cover Design:

Amanda Shepard @ Shepard Originals
Alternate Cover Design:

Deborah Bradseth

Genre: Contemporary Romance Novella Standalone

Trope: Best friend’s brother, long distance relationship, secrets, text pals

Synopsis

Temptation takes many forms…

Our forbidden thoughts…

Deepest hidden desires…

Steamiest fantasies…

Except for some, temptation alone isn’t enough.

We want more.

Unbridled passion, wild flames of ecstasy, and even love, with the hope for a happily ever after or at least a happy for now.

Twenty romance authors are here to to bring you Beyond the Temptation, a collection of short stories guaranteed to satisfy your every urge to be tempted. Lust, love, obsession, heat, kink, and more await you within these pages.

Let us bring you into our worlds. You just may never want to leave.

Authors include:
Aleatha Romig, K.G Reuss, Ciara St. James, Kimberly Knight, Tracey Jerald, Nikki Landis, Kate Hawthorne, Mignon Mykel, Alexia Chase, Gwyn McNamee, Morgan Jane Mitchell, S.R. Watson & Ryan Stacks, Julie Morgan, A.R Hall, K. Rose, Jay Leigh Brown, Jaime Russell, Angie Cottingham, S.K O’Brien, Izzy Sweet & Sean Moriarty

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Release Blitz ~ Left on Read by Willow Dixon (Giveaway)

03/07/2024

LEFT ON READ

Crimson Club – Book Four

by Willow Dixon

Release Blitz

Release Date: March 7, 2024

Cover Design:

Lori Jackson Design
Photographer:

Michelle Lancaster
Model: Anthony

Genre: M/M Romance Standalone

Tropes: Friends to lovers, bi-awakening, opposites attract, clueless MC’s, voyeurism, mental health rep., found family

Synopsis

Using a dating app to find someone willing to sell their tools for cheap might be unconventional, but it wasn’t like I was having any luck finding my person on them. I’m about to give up on my search for love, and tools, when Hayden messages me.

Not only is my stolen-tool problem solved, but it turns out he’s a great guy, and we quickly become friends. But the more time we spend together, the more I notice something between us.

Something that doesn’t just feel like friendship.

Something that makes me want more. Makes me want him.

Watching Hayden lose control is everything. So is knowing he can’t stay away from me, either.

River and Hayden’s story is a friends to lovers, bi-awakening romance. You can expect voyeurism, tons of heat, lots of dirty talk, and all the feels as these two clueless guys navigate the line between besties and boyfriends. It is the fourth standalone in the exciting new Crimson Club series but can be read as a standalone.

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Blog Tour ~ The Revenge Agenda by Saxon James (Reviews + Giveaway)

03/06/2024

THE REVENGE AGENDA

Accidental Love #3

by Saxon James

Blog Tour

Release Date: February 28, 2024

Cover Design:

Story Styling Cover Designs
Photo:

Michelle Lancaster
Model: Eric G.




Genre: M/M Romance

Trope: Frenemies to lovers, ex-boyfriend’s ex-fiance

Synopsis

Rush

When I show up to surprise my boyfriend in a barely-there festive outfit, I’m expecting him to be alone.

Not hosting family.

His fiancé’s family.

Down one boyfriend and up a lot of embarrassment, I flee with my tail between my legs. The broken heart will fade. My humiliation, not so much, but my saving grace is the fact that I never have to see either of them ever, ever again.

Until I walk into work and come face to face with my new boss.

Hunter

I never, in a million years, would have guessed the man hiding under his desk at work would be the one person I hoped to never see again.

My ex-fiancé’s side piece.

Apparently I can’t fire the guy because of personal issues, so I try to play nice, which is a whole lot harder to do when I find out my ex is still texting Rush. The same ex I haven’t heard from since I walked out on his begging.

Rush tells me he didn’t know about me. He tells me there were others. He also tells me our ex still wants him and so, we come up with a plan. To show him what it feels like when you want someone who doesn’t want you back.

All we need is a camera. His number. And one shared kiss.

Revenge has never been sweeter.

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Cover & Excerpt Reveal ~ Mike Bravo Ops: Zeus by Eden Finley (Giveaway)

03/06/2024

MIKE BRAVO OPS: ZEUS

Mike Bravo Ops #4

by Eden Finley

Cover & Excerpt Reveal

Release Date: March 28, 2024

Cover Design:

Cate Ashwood Designs


Genre: M/M Romantic Suspense Standalone

Trope: Found family

Synopsis

CALLIE

After constantly looking over my shoulder as I run for my life, I’m on the brink of giving up.

On happiness.

On love.
On life.

Which is why, when a familiar face shows up where I’m hiding, I shock myself by running again. Though, probably not as shocked as Zeus is when I run him off the road with my car.

For some reason, my survival instinct is stronger than my mind is, and I find myself fighting for the life I’m not even sure I want.

On the run and nowhere to turn, I flee into the arms of the last person I should. Suddenly, I find myself involved in one of the worst crime syndicates in Las Vegas, and no way to get out.

ZEUS

Why would Callie run away from me? I’m delightful, damn it. I mean, sure, he probably thinks I’m trying to kill him, but I’m not. I’ve been hired to make sure he’s okay and that he’s surviving after escaping an abusive relationship, making mistakes, and putting multiple people’s lives in danger.

He screwed up, but he doesn’t deserve to die for it. And now, because of me, his life is at risk yet again.

Technically, my job is done. Callie is still breathing. That’s all I was supposed to find out. But I can’t sit by knowing he’s selling his soul. His body. I need to get him out, and I’ll go to any lengths to do it.

**Mike Bravo Ops Zeus deals with some sensitive topics. Please check the Look Inside feature for trigger warnings**

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Release Blitz ~ Before You (Beyond The Temptation Anthology) by Tracy Jerald (Giveaway)

03/04/2024

BEFORE YOU

Beyond the Temptation Volume 1: A BRAE Anthology

by Tracey Jerald

Release Blitz

Release Date: March 4, 2024

Anthology Cover Design:

Amanda Shepard @ Shepard Originals
Alternate Cover Design:

Deborah Bradseth

Genre: Contemporary Romance Novella Standalone

Trope: Best friend’s brother, long distance relationship, secrets, text pals

Synopsis

Temptation takes many forms…

Our forbidden thoughts…

Deepest hidden desires…

Steamiest fantasies…

Except for some, temptation alone isn’t enough.

We want more.

Unbridled passion, wild flames of ecstasy, and even love, with the hope for a happily ever after or at least a happy for now.

Twenty romance authors are here to to bring you Beyond the Temptation, a collection of short stories guaranteed to satisfy your every urge to be tempted. Lust, love, obsession, heat, kink, and more await you within these pages.

Let us bring you into our worlds. You just may never want to leave.

Authors include:
Aleatha Romig, K.G Reuss, Ciara St. James, Kimberly Knight, Tracey Jerald, Nikki Landis, Kate Hawthorne, Mignon Mykel, Alexia Chase, Gwyn McNamee, Morgan Jane Mitchell, S.R. Watson & Ryan Stacks, Julie Morgan, A.R Hall, K. Rose, Jay Leigh Brown, Jaime Russell, Angie Cottingham, S.K O’Brien, Izzy Sweet & Sean Moriarty

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Cover, Blurb & Excerpt Reveal ~ The Marie Sinclair Reader By Marie Sinclair

03/01/2024

THE MARIE SINCLAIR READER

A Short Story and Novella Collection

by Marie Sinclair

Cover, Blurb & Excerpt Reveal

Release Date: April 3, 2024

Cover Design:

Angela Haddon

Genre: M/M Romance Standalones

Trope: Meet cutes, first times, first loves, low angst, HEA

Synopsis

The Marie Sinclair Reader: six stories and novellas that are the perfect morsels of romance. From first times and first loves to meet cutes, sensuous seductions, and second chances, these stories are sometimes sweet, sometimes steamy, but always with an HEA.

Might Delete Later: An epically clichéd breakup leads to the cutest of meet-cutes with love at first text, delicious pastries, and the best dog face ever.

Chef’s Kiss: A sensuous seduction of wine, food, and desire turns a failed romantic dinner into a brand new chance at love.

Man Down: Unrequited love and frustration as volatile as the whitewater rapids that bring a bar owner everything he’s ever wanted with his ex-head bartender if he can only let nature run its course.

Nothing Like a Summer Romance: First loves. First times. It’s everything you could hope for in a summer romance. Maybe.

Same Old Love: A former child actor turned winemaker and a spiraling, out-of-control rock star get a second chance at the love they were never able to have.

Voir Dear: Jury duty a bore? Not when you find yourself sitting next to the guy you haven’t been able to stop thinking about since he sent your travel mug flying into traffic.

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