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Release Blast: Moonlit Kiss by Amy McKinley

Title: Moonlit Kiss (Moonlit Destination #2)
Author: Amy McKinley
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: 01 June 2021

Summary:

When artist and conservator Gianna Bellini lands a dream job in Venice to restore and complete a century-old fresco painting, she packs her bags and hops the first flight to Italy. But as she walks the cobbled streets with eerie familiarity, she comes to the revelation that she has been to the floating city before—just not in this lifetime.

Handsome Venetian native Sergio Vitale rescues Gianna from a chilling plunge after a misstep at a canal-side café. As their budding relationship deepens, so does her progress on the restoration job—except the fresco painting’s missing a panel. She turns to Sergio for help. The closer they get to discovering the unfinished design, the more Gianna is tormented by vivid dreams and haunting whispers where century-old Venetians have met their end.

In a city where the past and present walk hand in hand, Gianna struggles against destiny while Sergio fights for a future that includes her in it.

Blog Tour, Book It, Contemporary Romance, YA Fiction

Blog Tour: Kiss and Repeat by Heather Truett

Kiss and Repeat by Heather Truett

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 28,21 | 1 Comment

Title: Kiss and Repeat
Author: Heather Truett
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Release Date: 25 May 2021

Summary:

In Heather Truett’s Kiss and Repeat, a teen uses the scientific method drilled into him by his scientist father to begin a kissing experiment. Only the experiment gets messy, and Stephen will have to come clean if he wants to win one girl’s heart in this heartfelt and funny YA debut.

Stephen Luckie isn’t so lucky in love. He’s completely inexperienced when it comes to girls, and wonders if his tics – caused by Tourette’s Syndrome – are the reason.

Then a game at a party reveals that his body goes still while kissing. Using the scientific method drilled into him by his scientist father, Steven begins the best experiment ever–one that involves kissing as many girls as possible. Who knew science could be so fun?

But when the experiment gets underway, Stephen begins to question how he treats girls – and if his tics have been standing in his way at all. With two girls interested in him, he has to figure out what really matters to him and what he’ll risk – and gain – by being his true self.

Book Blitz, Book It, Coming of Age, Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+

Book Blitz: Crystal’s House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone

Crystal's House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 24,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Crystal’s House of Queers
Author: Brooke Skipstone
Genre: Coming of Age, Contemporary, LGBTQ+
Release Date: 24 May 2021

Summary:

Three senior girls in rural Alaska escape their abusive pasts by raising their dyke flag for themselves and their community.

Crystal Rose woke up at three in the morning today, drenched in sweat and breathless after another sex dream with Haley Carson. Later at school in the tiny town of Clear, Alaska, Crystal saves Haley from an assault by her abusive boyfriend.

The two girls renew a love started years ago that had to stay hidden until now. But with Crystal’s grandparents in the hospital with Covid and the possibility of her drug addict parents returning from a 14-year absence, Crystal needs Haley as much as she needs Crystal.

They connect with Payton Reed, a gun-toting artist who helps them feel proud to be gay and willing to stand up to anyone. Together they struggle to make Crystal’s house safe for those who are hated for their love.

Book It, Cover Reveal, Reverse Harem

Cover Reveal: A Lady of Embers by Erin O’Kane

A Lady of Embers by Erin O'Kane

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 21,21 | 0 Comment

Title: A Lady of Embers (Fires of the Fae #1)
Author: Erin O’Kane
Genre: Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance
Release Date: 11 June 2021

Book Blitz, Book It, NA Romance, New Release

Release Blitz: Of Bishops and Pawns by Renee Harless

Of Bishops and Pawns by Renee Harless

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 20,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Of Bishops and Pawns (Ridge Rogues #2)
Author: Renee Harless
Genre: NA Romance
Release Date: 20 May 2021

Summary:

I played the game.

There were rules.

There was strategy.

There was always an escape.

No one knew how my past dictated my every move.

I did everything to keep the nightmares of my childhood at bay.

I reveled in my playboy reputation.

Then Sarah Hodges made a wrong move.

One that left me wondering how to match her play.

We weren’t supposed to work.

She was everything I wasn’t.

But she had secrets of her own.

Ones that left me shocked and furious.

Ones that gave me a leg up.

Or so I thought.

It only took one quick game to land us in checkmate,

something Wellington University never saw coming.

The problem with that. . .

Neither did I.

Book Blitz, Book It, College Romance, NA Romance, New Release

Release Blitz: Nice Guys Don’t Win by Micalea Smeltzer

Nice Guys Don't Win by Micalea Smeltzer

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 19,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Nice Guys Don’t Win (The Boys #2)
Author: Micalea Smeltzer
Genre: New Adult College Romance
Release Date: 19 May 2021

Summary:

When I agreed to be his roommate, I had no way of knowing that Cole Anderson was one of my father’s star players.

Having transferred to Aldridge University for my junior year, I wasn’t familiar with anyone on campus.

If there’s one rule I’ve always been supposed to follow it’s don’t date a basketball player.

Cole is different, though, and I don’t want to stay away.

But when he finds out I’m the coach’s daughter I might not have any say in the matter.

Blog Tour, Book It, Fantasy Fiction, YA Fantasy

Blog Tour: Encampment by Shalana Battles

Encampment by Shalana Battles

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 17,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Encampment
Author: Shalana Battles
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Release Date: TBA

Summary:

Madeleine is a witch.

A fact that should have been more helpful when she woke up shackled to a wall with no idea how she got there.

Fourteen days later, she’s released from the dark cave into Encampment, a prison full of captured witches forced to fight one another until they’re sold to the highest bidder.

With spells controlling every inch, Madeleine can’t tell where reality begins.

Can the son of her captor be trusted?

Will she be brave enough to save the others?

Is there any way out alive?

Madeleine is only certain of one thing, death would be better than an enslaved life.

Magic isn’t always beautiful.

Hope doesn’t ensure happiness.

Love doesn’t always win.

Welcome to Encampment.

Book Reviews, Contemporary Fantasy, Fake Marriage Romance

Book Review: Hot Heir by Pippa Grant

Hot Heir by Pippa Grant

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 14,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Hot Heir (The Royals #3)
Author: Pippa Grant
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Fake Marriage Romance
Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Pippa Grant and her zany romance style are here with this romp, a Rom-Com Fake Marriage, where two of the most unlikely puzzle pieces fit.

Hot Heir reintroduces us to Viktor and Peach, the bickering and baiting pair who are more likely to light one another on fire than be caught in a hot air balloon over Goat’s Tit. However, as luck would have it, they are afloat over a peach orchard and arguing the finer points of sandbag babies at the opener. From that point on, you should know Pippa Grant is not here to disappoint.

Adult Fiction, Book Reviews, Contemporary Romance

Book Review: Beautiful Enemy by Piper Lawson

Beautiful Enemy by Piper Lawson

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 12,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Beautiful Enemy (The Enemies Trilogy #1)
Author: Piper Lawson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don’t know how to rate this. Is it really good? YES. Is it much the same formula that Piper Lawson tends to use in her other series? YES. I give it a 5-star rating for the story and a 3-star rating for the originality and come up with this 4-star rating.

Beautiful Enemy brings back two characters introduced to us in Piper Lawson’s last series, The Rivals Trilogy, Rae and Harrison. Rae has trekked off to Ibiza to recover her reputation after outing Harrison on social made her a pariah. Little does she realize that she’s walked into the lion’s den, and she’s about to be at her enemy’s beck and call for the next month because she just signed a contract to play at one of his venues.

Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, Book It, Paranormal Romance, Suspense, Thriller

Blog Tour: Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads

Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 11,21 | 2 Comments

Title: Capturing Fate (Fatal Truth #1)
Author: Abbie Roads
Genre: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller
Release Date: 28 January 2021

Summary:

Can love untangle a web of lies and expose the truth?

A loner with a mysterious childhood…

FBI agent Dolan Watts is no stranger to pain. From his childhood spent in foster care to his daily grind of hunting down hardened criminals, pain has been the one constant through the years. Confronted by a malicious new enemy who revels in mind games, Dolan begins to doubt his own perceptions.

A woman haunted by a secret…

Psychologist Daughter Dawson sabotages her own safety the moment she accepts Dolan as a client. Still, she feels compelled to help him. Dolan’s past mirrors many of the questions about her own. When she makes the mistake of confiding in him, both their lives are thrust into unimaginable danger.

Find out why people are up all night reading bestselling author Abbie Roads’ chilling, emotional novels. You might want to read with the lights on and box of tissues.