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Release Day Blitz & Review…Exposing the Groom by Rachel Van Dyken

Title: Exposing the Groom
Author: Rachel Van Dyken

Romantic Comedy, New Adult Romance, Wedding Singer/Rockstar Romance, Grumpy-Sunshine

 
 

 

Killian swept in like a knight in shining leather pants to save Scarlett once she exposed the groom. The next time they saw each other, they ended up fake-engaged. Can they find a way to make it down the aisle together and live happily ever after? Find out in #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken’s EXposing the Groom, a romantic comedy with a side of rockstar.

How it started:
An accidental phone grab during my rehearsal dinner while my fiancé went to use the restroom.

How it ended:
Reading all the dirty texts between him and my maid of honor, aka little sister, during our vows in front of the world in what would later be considered one of the most viral wedding videos on TikTok.
Of. All. Time.
Did I mention his vows were before mine, and he compared me to my adopted dog because… and I quote, “I’m so loyal.”
It’s not my fault that my first instinct, after exposing his dirty lies, was to run up to the clueless rockstar that was supposed to headline my reception and ask him to sing my tears away. I never expected him to help me escape certain disaster, kiss me senseless, and then buy me ice cream.
But that was all in the past—until I’m staring down at a wedding invitation from the crappy little crap pants ex. You see, he swapped sisters, and now a year later, they’re getting married at a gorgeous winery while I’m still staring down at a plus one, wondering if I can bring my pet turtle.

How it happened:
In desperation, I sent a drunken text to the hot rockstar with a picture of my turtle, Chuck Norris… in a bowtie. Who knew he would show up at the wedding—but get this, it wasn’t to save me, nope, it was to… yup, SING!
SHE STOLE HIM TOO!
But now that he’s there and I’m there, and the history is there, I beg him one more time to save me, this time as my date.
But lie after lie just kept pouring out of my mouth until we were somehow fake-engaged.
I would laugh if crying didn’t feel so good.
Should have brought the freaking turtle…

 

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EXPOSING THE GROOM

“Our destiny awaits.”

“Hmm, destiny?”

“Destiny,” I answer.

You ever wonder how much power one single word can hold?

I thought I knew. I’m an artist, after all; words are what I do. They’re what I wield; they may as well be my sword.

But I miscalculated the power just like I miscalculated every step that led me into her house.

Every laugh.

Every sigh.

Even the silence was grossly miscalculated.

The moments where two people know it’s right but wrong at the same time, where the kisses feel more urgent and passionate than they should, like you’ve struck the perfect chord with another only to know the song has to end—it must.

The world paused that night.

And like passing ships, we continued on.

And lived for ourselves rather than each other.

I still think about the times I stopped walking toward the SUV.

The number of times I reached into my pocket and touched one of the stupid coaster party favors I’d found on her table when I left in the darkness.

Some things mean something because they can’t help it.

Some things mean something because they must.

And some things you force yourself to look at as meaningless because if you truly acknowledged their truth—then destiny, for sure, would find you. And not all of us are ready for the truth.

Some of us look at truth as the end of the fake reality you’ve been living, tossing you into the rawness of your existence.

And some of us would rather live outside of that because it’s the only way we can survive.

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Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 books ranging from new adult romance to mafia romance to paranormal & fantasy romance. With over four million copies sold, she’s been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable sons, naked cat, and two dogs. For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit www.RachelVanDykenAuthor.com.

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When RVD first started “messing” around the idea of this story, I absolutely loved. She wrote a few pieces in her reader group and we practically begged her to write this as a full fledge novel. So when she announced, Exposing The Groom, I was just beyond excited to read this.

The blurb gives you all you need to know about the plot. I will tell you that Rachel writes one hilarious, rockstar romance.

It does start off a bit chaotic for me, but quickly everything evens out and things begin to come together. I loved everything about this book – from the characters, to their mannerisms to how the whole plot plays out.

Exposing The Groom is quite the hysterical ride and you definitely don’t want to miss it.

Release Day Blitz & Review…Blushing in the Big Leagues by R. S. Grey

Blushing in the Big Leagues by R.S. Grey is now live!

I have one simple rule: don’t date professional baseball players. There are no exceptions, no workarounds.

“What if—”

No.

“Could he—”

Nuh-uh.

With a brother in the league, I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the downright horrifying. Those guys might seem tantalizing when they’re in uniform down on the field, hitting grand slams in front of a crowd of adoring fans, but I know better. The huge egos? The insane travel schedules? The veritable buffet of female companions? No ma’am. Professional athletes are best handled at a distance, preferably far enough away that their chiseled jawlines blur into oblivion.

Enter Grant Navarro.

He’s the baseball player to end all baseball players. The one I should have marked with a big red X the first moment I laid eyes on him. Only the night we met (and kissed—oops), I didn’t know he was my brother’s newest teammate. Imagine my shock when I realized the sexiest man in Manhattan was officially off limits. Just my luck!

Let the record show that I had every intention of following my rule and staying away from Grant. When he smiled that irresistible smile and those dimples popped, I stood my ground. When he made it very clear he’d love to pick up where we left off the night we met, I said, Hold it right there, partner. When he messaged me all sorts of naughty things on Instagram, I logged out of that app so fast I dented my iPhone screen.

Baseball players are bad, bad, bad.

So tell me why giving in to Grant just for a night, getting one taste of what could be starts to seem not just tempting, but downright mandatory.

Yeah, about that one simple rule…haven’t you heard?

Rules are meant to be broken.

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Blushing in the Big Leagues is Rachel’s newest release and she crushes this sports romance.

Tate is the brother of a baseball player and since she has grown up surrounded by baseball, she has always sworn off baseball players.

Tate meets Grant at a party and because she assumes they’ll never see one another again, enforces the whole “no name” rule. That is until she finds out that he is newest player on her brother’s MLB team.

The chemistry between Tate and Grant sets these pages on fire. I love the sexual tension that is built up in this book, but absolutely looooove when they finally give in to one another.

Rachel writes some of the best characters in her books. Tate and Grant are not only heating the pages, but you will find yourself laughing throughout this book. I love the extra layer with the secondary characters that keep this book lively and entertaining.

Another great hit from Rachel.

Meet R.S. Grey


R.S. Grey is the USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels, including seven #1 bestselling romantic comedies. She lives in Texas with her husband, two daughters, and dog.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…Neutral Zone by Teagan Hunter

He’s a shy hockey heartthrob.
She’s not afraid to ask for what she wants.
Can these two find a neutral zone?

Neutral Zone by Teagan Hunter is now live!

To my fans, I’m known as Ivan Fitzgerald.

To my teammates, I’m just Fitz.

And to the girl I’ve been talking to online, I’m ShootsAndScores.

There’s no doubt in my mind that the woman on the other side of the screen is completely out of my league. Why wouldn’t she be? Sure, I’m a professional hockey player, but that doesn’t mean anything when I’m shy and awkward in the most basic social situations and she’s a fiery vixen who oozes sex appeal.

No matter how badly I want her, I can’t have her. Because the woman I love watching so much? The one I might be slowly falling for?

She’s not just some stranger on the internet. It’s Rosie, the woman who serves me coffee and donuts every morning.

And she has no clue it’s me.

 

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TEAGAN!!!!

Girl has done it again – Neutral Zone is another phenomenal sports romance!!

There has not been one book in this entire series that I have not absolutely loved. And the best part – not one story is anywhere close to the same!! All the characters are so completely different and their stories are so incredibly unique. And I love each one the same because of that.

Fitz and Rosie are absolutely so adorable. Fitz is one the most reserved hockey players but he has his reasons.

Rosie may be a woman who seems very confident, but she’s not always been that way.

I loved watching the sparks fly between these two and as time goes on, seeing their budding relationship blossom. I love their quirkiness and their different kinks. I just love – both as individuals and absolutely when they are finally together.

I want to say so much, but I won’t. Just like every other book in this series – you will fall in love with these characters.

Neutral Zone is the perfect build up and has the perfect blend of sports, humor and romance.

Meet Teagan


TEAGAN HUNTER writes steamy romantic comedies with lots of sarcasm and a side of heart. She loves pizza, hockey, and romance novels, though not in that order. When not writing, you can find her watching entirely too many hours of Supernatural, One Tree Hill, or New Girl. She’s mildly obsessed with Halloween and prefers cooler weather. She married her high school sweetheart, and they currently live in the PNW.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…I’ll Always Be With You by Monica Murphy

I’ll Always Be With You by Monica Murphy is now live!

New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy returns to Lancaster Prep with a new enemies to lovers romance…


Weston Fontaine is the hottest senior at Lancaster Prep.

And he knows it.

He’s gorgeous. Confident. Smart.

Too smart.

Everyone loves him. He could have any girl on campus, except for one.

Me.

I’m a Lancaster, meaning I’m basically untouchable–or so I thought. It’s my family who owns this God forsaken private school that I don’t want to attend. But according to my parents, I have to endure my senior year at Lancaster Prep before I can return to what I love the most: ballet.

West doesn’t make my time here easy. He’s arrogant. Crude. Insufferable. He torments me in the worst way, to the point that I can’t stand him. Yet he’s the only boy I’ve ever let touch me…

You see, West and I? We share a secret. On a hot summer night in Paris, we hooked up. And I never do that. Ever. I revealed parts of myself to him I’ve never shown anyone else. He’s seen me at my most vulnerable. I told him my secrets. And he told me his. In Paris, he was sexy. Protective. Even dare I say…sweet.

Now he’s the villain in my story, yet I can’t help but chase after that feeling only West can give me. Despite our hatred for each other, we somehow burn brighter when we’re together. So what happens when you helplessly fall for the one person you know is bad for you?

If you’re like me, you go ahead and fall for him anyway.

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I’ll Always Be With You is the newest release in Monica’s Lancaster Prep series and is a second chance, enemies to lovers romance.

Monica crushes this story so well. She gives these characters depth and weaves the perfect layers to this plot.

Carolina’s mom is pulling her from her London Dance school to attend her last year at Lancaster Prep – the school her family owns and the one she cared to never step foot in. What she does not expect is come face to face with West.

West rules Lancaster Prep. But neither knew of the other when they had their tryst in Paris.

Monica delivers the perfect cat and mouse story. I love how Carolina tries to stay aloof with West. But West just loves getting under her skin any chance he gets.

I want to say so much but what I loved most was that I had no idea what was going to happen between these two and I will not spoil that for any reader.

You can definitely read this as a standalone, but I would recommend me reading all these stories in order to get the full affect of them.

Meet Monica

Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. Both a traditionally published and independently published author, she writes young adult, new adult and contemporary romance. She’s also known as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson.

A native Californian, she lives on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere with her husband, two kids, one dog, and four cats. When she’s not writing, she’s an assistant coach for her daughter’s high school cheer team, which is a two season sport. Meaning, she’s at practice with a bunch of teenage girls all the time. Or she’s at a football game. Or a basketball game. Maybe someday, she’ll even write about this experience.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…One and Only by Karla Sorensen

ONE AND ONLY

Karla Sorensen

Release Date: May 16

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You are cordially invited to my fake wedding.

Marrying Beckett Coleman is the best idea I’ve had in years. I can grant my sick dad’s wish to walk one of his daughters down the aisle, and Beckett has my help solving a custody situation with his daughter. Our plan is to spend a year together, then part ways. Easy, especially since I’m not his type, and he’s not mine either.

He’s too quiet and too serious. And while he’s distractingly gorgeous, he’s also my brother’s teammate. Beckett is fake husband material, not the real deal. I just have to remember that.

Until I move in with him. Get to know him. Share a bed with him. Turns out, the line between fake and real isn’t just blurry, it’s almost impossible to uphold when he looks at me the way he does.

This marriage is a whole lot more complicated than we bargained for. We’re threatening to destroy everything we’ve built, something neither of us can risk.

Marrying Beckett might’ve been the best idea in years. But falling in love with him would be the worst.

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One and Only is a slow burn romance from Karla Sorensen.

This is a tough one for me to review. While I enjoyed this book, I can honestly say it’s a book I would re-read. It was truly right down the middle ok for me.

Greer and Beckett’s story is truly a slooooow burn. The majority of this book (90%) is the buildup to their relationship and I am truly ok with the build-up to make the story more believable. However, it’s quite a boring build-up. Nothing was real exciting or memorable that would make this story “WOW” me.

I do love the characters and that’s what kept me hooked. I love Greer and her strong personality. She has on problems taking control of things and expressing what she wants. Greer is very mild and quiet – he goes with the flow and tries not to cause ripples. These two are total opposites and yet they blend so well together.

The characters, their mannerisms and how they interact with not only one another but other characters in this book is what makes me want to give this book 4 stars. It’s the plot and the flow that make me want to rate the book lower. So, right down middle seems like the best rating for me on this one.

One and Only is loved by so many, so please realize that this book just wasn’t for me or wasn’t right for me at this time. I can be a mood reader so sometimes great books just pop up at the wrong time for me.

If you love a good slow-burn romance with mild spice, this book is for you.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…P. S. You’re the Worst by Jane Anthony

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USA Today Bestselling Author, Jane Anthony, delivers a provocative tale of lust, love, and all-out war. Opposites attract when Dylan Masters — a golden boy from a wealthy political family — meets Darla Burke—smart-mouthed waitress with a big attitude—on their angst-fueled road from hate to love.

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Rich. Spoiled. Cocky. Playboy.

Dylan Masters is the worst. Our only date ended with me doing the walk of shame with his taste still lingering on my tongue. I never expected to see him again . . . nor did I want to.

But when he walks into my restaurant the next morning, I have no choice but to serve him lunch with a smile. Turns out, Dylan isn’t just a date gone wrong—he’s the governor’s son. He’s as callous as he is gorgeous. A golden boy set up for a charmed life, and I’m nothing more than “the help”.

Yet it doesn’t stop his ravenous pursuit to get my attention. He expects me to worship him like everyone else, but he could choke on his silver spoon for all I care. Hate and love are two sides of the same coin. If he wants my heart, he’ll have to work harder.

In a world where cash is king, Dylan Masters finally found the one thing he wants that money can’t buy: me.

Jane Anthony is a new author to me. The blurb for P.S. You’re the Worst caught my attention and I enjoy reading new authors. And I was not disappointed in the least.

Jane captures her audience from the very start and keeps us hooked throughout the entire book.

P.S. You’re the Worst is an enemies to lovers story and Jane’s writing brings this story to life. Dylan and Darla are from two different sides of the tracks and couldn’t be different if they tried. But it’s the unexpected second meet between the two of that fans the flames that began as a spark after their first encounter.

I loved that Jane keeps her characters true to who they are, but also grow too. The banter between Dylan and Darla is perfection; they both dual against one another but also bring out the best in one another. The push and pull adds to that angst and chemistry building between them.

I could not put this down once I started it. The characters are flawed in their own ways and the story flows at the perfect pace. I enjoyed the intensity of this book and absolutely loved watching these characters grow in their own rights.

Jane Anthony, you just gained yourself another reader. I am looking forward to reading more from her.

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★ About Jane

Jane Anthony is a USA Today best-selling author of contemporary/new adult romance & women’s fiction. A reader proclaimed “queen of angst”, she approaches tough subjects with a gritty voice that tugs on your heart and leaves you breathless.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…6 Clues Your Nemesis Loves You by Kelly Siskind

Title: 6 Clues Your Nemesis Loves You
Series: Bower Boys #3
Author: Kelly Siskind
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Enemies to Friends to Lovers/Second Chance
Release Date: May 3, 2023
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Eleven years ago, he hurt her.
Now he plans to prove they’re meant to be…

In high school, Maggie Edelstein set the rules of our secret relationship, but I’m calling the shots now. In my dreams.

Maggie’s still infuriating and confusing, and absolutely stunning. She’s also still pretending we barely spent time together as teens, when we met up nightly at her family’s pond.

Over a decade later, I’m back in my hometown and some things haven’t changed. My chemistry with Maggie is once again hotter than a four-alarm fire, and she’s intent on denying it. I don’t blame her. The last night we saw each other I made a horrible mistake and hurt her, then I vanished into witness protection for ten years.

But there’s something else going on with her.

I recognize a secret when I see one, and her friends say she doesn’t do commitment. If I can get her to forgive me and open up, maybe she’ll break her rules and give us a second chance. Or she’ll light my heart on fire and dance around the flames…
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Release Day Blitz & Review…Perfect Enemy by M. Robinson

PERFECT ENEMY

M. Robinson

Release Date: May 2

From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson comes an enemies to lover, standalone romance.

She’s twenty-years younger than me.

Half my age.

And twice the trouble.

After two decades of serving, I come home to find nothing’s changed, except her. She’s still the

same carefree girl with wild eyes and a smart mouth. A mouth I’ve wanted to tame for years, but

I couldn’t back then and I can’t do it now.

This time I have a job to do and she keeps getting in my way. Because removing her from my

life is impossible…

She’s my little sister’s best-friend.

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Meet M. Robinson:

M. Robinson is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of more than thirty novels in Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense. Crowned the “Queen of Angst” by her loyal readers, you’ll feel the cut of her pen slicing through your heart as your soul bleeds upon the words of her stories with each turn of the page.

Most notably known for the Good Ol’ Boys, M’s newest venture has graced her with the #1 Bestseller on Apple Books with Second Chance Contract. The Second Chance Men are powerful, intelligent and will sweep you off your feet and leave you weak in the knees–every woman’s wildest dreams.

M. lives the boat life along the Gulf Coast of Florida with her two puppies and real life book boyfriend, the inspiration for all her filthy talking alphas, Bossman.

When she isn’t in the cave writing her next epic love story, you can usually spot her mad-dashing through Target or in the drive-thru of Starbucks, refueling. Yes, she’s a self-proclaimed shopaholic, but only if she’s spending Bossman’s money.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…Beyond the Thistles by Samantha Young

A grumpy vs sunshine, age-gap, romantic suspense set in the Scottish Highlands.

Beyond the Thistles by Samantha Young is now live!

It’s been a long time since Walker Ironside left behind Scotland and the memories that haunt him. Yet after years of traveling the world as a bodyguard, Walker misses his homeland enough to return. To a village in the Scottish Highlands that plays host to an exclusive members-only club, Ardnoch Estate. If not happy, Walker is content working with the elite security at the club and maintaining his bachelor lifestyle. What he doesn’t need is distraction in the form of the enticing but too-young newcomer, single mother Sloane Harrow.

Sloane never imagined she’d get pregnant at sixteen. Or that a decade later she’d escape from California with her daughter, Callie, to start over in the Scottish Highlands. Hidden and safe from Callie’s dangerous father, Sloane is satisfied with their new lives. Her daughter is happy. Sloane has a stable job, a quaint cottage, a passion for baking that might just be turning into a business, and a huge crush on brooding security guard Walker Ironside. Unfortunately, the grumpy Scot seems immune to Sloane’s charm, but she can’t help but try to seduce him with cupcakes and baked treats whenever the opportunity arises.

However, when someone arrives in Ardnoch intent on destroying Sloane’s life, Walker is the first to step forward to protect her and Callie. Even if it means giving into temptation and awakening his own demons. Because in doing so, Walker faces failing not only to shield Sloane from her past, but to safeguard her against his own.

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I love reading Samantha’s books. I wish I could pinpoint exactly why but there are so many things that I love about her books. But the main thing I always come back to is her writing style. She makes me fall in love with her characters and their stories.

I only read the first book in the Adair series, so I can honestly say that you can read this one and not need to read the previous series to get the full understanding of this book.

Beyond the Thistles is a slow-burn romance between Sloane and Walker. They both have had a rough past and while Sloane has no problems acting on their attraction, Walker doesn’t want to. But when a danger comes lurking into Sloane’s life, Walker can’t walk away from protecting her and her daughter.

I absolutely love the pacing of this story and how things played out. It’s the perfect amount of romance and suspense that it all blends together seamlessly. The bedroom scenes are downright hot and Samantha delivers a perfect suspenseful plot.

This is a great start to her new series and one you definitely want to read.

She resides in Scotland.

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Release Day Blitz & Review…A Cruel Arrangement by Tijan

 

 

 

A Cruel Arrangement by Tijan is now live! 

 

This was my place. My business. Easter Lanes.

Then a guy comes in, trying to rob me, daring to take it away from me.

My home. My life.

Hell no. I won’t let my livelihood be threatened.

No one knows what I’ve done to build this life for myself.

Except he might.

Ashton Walden, a man I remember from when we were kids.

Even back then I could tell how dangerous he would be one day.

He’s now the head of the Walden mafia family, and my father is so in debt to them that they practically own him.

My dad and I are estranged and I want nothing to do with him or his debt, but the day after the attempted robbery, I don’t wake up in the hospital.

I wake up in Ashton Walden’s home. And he drops a bomb on me.

If I want my livelihood back, I need to earn it back.

And thus begins our cruel arrangement.

 

 

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Meet Tijan

 

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing after college and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Fallen Crest series, Ryan’s Bed, Enemies and others.
She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.

 

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A Cruel Arrangement is the second book in Tijan’s Kings of New York and just as fantastic as the first.

Tijan is a magician with her words. She knows exactly how to grip her readers right from the start and keep them entertained through the end. However, she also knows how to weave a story that is completely different even though it’s within the same series. Molly and Ashton’s story is completely different than Trace and Jess’s.

Molly may come across as this timid rabbit but she was pretty much raised on the streets. Her interactions with her Father, Shorty, only added to her difficulty upbringing and molded her into who she is today.

Ashton has no qualms about getting his hands dirty. He doesn’t even flinch at any violence; he pretty much wears it like armor. He’s a man of action and has no remorse for it. He purposely has kept a wall up and doesn’t allow himself to have any weaknesses for others to use against him. Until Molly.

I love how this story played out. Tijan kept these characters true to who they are and yet they evolved too. The banter between them all was perfection and I loved that Molly kept Ashton on his toes. He never knew what to expect from her and that helped bond them even more.

I highly recommend this series so much! You will not regret it.

Release Day Blitz & Review…Nocticadia by Keri Lake

 
 
 
Title: Nocticadia
Author: Keri Lake
Genre: Dark Academia Gothic Romance
Release Date: April 25, 2023
 

 

BLURB

 

Mortui vivos docent.

 

The dead teach the living.
 
After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.
 
Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it’s rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island’s white sandy shores.
 
And restless ghosts aren’t even its most daunting peculiarity.
 
Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He’s also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he’d devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.
 
I crave his authority.
He aches for redemption.
Together, we’re toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.
 
For the dead have much to teach, and it’s only a matter of time before Dracadia’s most depraved secret is resurrected.

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
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AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
 
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AUTHOR BIO

 

Keri Lake is a dark romance writer who specializes in demon wrangling, vengeance dealing and wicked twists. Her stories are gritty, with antiheroes that walk the line of good and bad, and feisty heroines who bring them to their knees. When not penning books, she enjoys spending time with her husband, daughters, and their rebellious Labrador (who doesn’t retrieve a damn thing). She runs on strong coffee and alternative music, loves a good red wine, and has a slight addiction to dark chocolate.
 
 
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How do I start this???

I have been a huge fan of Keri’s since I read her book, Somnium waaay back in 2011. And I have read every book since has published since then, without fail. To say she has grown exponentially since then, is an understatement.

Keri’s writing style is rare and extremely unique. She doesn’t fit into one genre and I love that she allows her characters to tell the stories. She doesn’t write to sell, she writes to tell stories that will stick with her readers for years to come. And they do.

Nocticadia left me speechless. Not only was I given the opportunity to BETA read this one, but Keri pushed herself to write a story that is like nothing I have read before. And I feel like I say that with every book she writes, but it is so true. Not one of her stories is ever the same but they are also so incredibly distinct in books in general. She’s like my Steven King in gothic, dark, fantasy writing.

I am not going to tell you what happens in this story because you, as a reader, need to experience this story firsthand yourself.

Keri delivers a story with characters that have depth and a plot that has many layers to it. Nocticadia is a slow burn, forbidden romance that has the best eerily vibe attached to it. I could not stop reading this book once I started.

Another smashing hit for Keri and I love that she continues to keep readers on their toes and guessing what will happen next.