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COVER REVEAL: Not Pretending Anymore by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

Title: Not Pretending Anymore

Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Release Date: April 12, 2021

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Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I was starting to lose hope.

Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.

Except…uh…wrong prayer, God.

I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate.

Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.

While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined.

Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.

You could say he was persistent.

I eventually folded. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway.

Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically.

After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us.

Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.

I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked.

Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his.

But there was one problem.

I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan.

Those feelings we were trying to fake?

Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.

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PENELOPE WARD

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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NEW RELEASE REVIEW: Once Upon a Dare by Carina Rosa

Release Date: February 11

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬.

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠?

Pete Carson couldn’t believe he’d let the beautiful Grace Girardi dare him into using a matchmaking site to find a date for Valentine’s Day—as if the perfectly eligible bachelor needed any help in that department. But the shocked look on Grace’s face when he dared her to do the same made everything worth it.

Except neither expected a friendship to develop, and Pete soon discovers Grace’s previously unseen sweeter side. One that goes beyond her delicious cake pops and hot cocoa bombs. One that he wishes he’d noticed before accepting her dare.

Now they’re both consumed with burning questions: Will their Valentine’s dates ruin everything, or will their mutual dares prove they belong together?

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This second book from Author Carina Rose is amazing just like the first one.

I loved everything about it.

It is cute, sweet and totally heartfelt.

Pete Carson and Grace Giradli were easy to fall in love with.

Their journey had me laughing, swooning and loving their fighting for one another which started on a dare.

Perfect book to read to snuggle up with this Valentine's Day.

Another must read from Author Carina Rose.

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5 Cherries Popped

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Meet Carina Rose

Carina loves everything about romance. To her, it’s the little things that matter.

She also believes in insta-love, since she knew her husband was the one the first day she met him.

When it comes to books, she uses them as an escape from reality. . . . to get swept away. Carina hopes her words do the same for her readers.

She’s a mother and wife and loves spending time with her family. She enjoys meeting new people, traveling, reading, watching sports, and, of course, relaxing on a beach.

Carina looks forward to sharing more love stories in her future novels.

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BOOK TRAILER: Thy Kingdom Come by Monica James

Are you ready for some darkness cause buckle up; it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

Here is the book trailer for THY KINGDOM COME by Monica James.

The narration is none other than Conor King from the band Milk!!

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COVER REVEAL: PURE SEDUCTION by Ella Frank

Pure Seduction, an all-new sizzling second chance romance from USA Today bestselling author Ella Frank is coming February 22nd and we have the gorgeous cover!

Small towns are definitely not for me. Probably because I was born in one, raised in one, and eventually run out of one. The understanding was that I would one day return to Chamberlin California. After all, it is my namesake. What my father didn’t count on however, was that once he sent me away, I would never come back—at least not until he was gone.

Which brings me to now, his wake, at the family winery that was supposed to be mine. It also brings me to her. The sweet girl I left behind. The girl who has since grown into the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on—Laurel Anderson.

She’s looking at me as though she wishes I was the one she watched get buried this morning. But she’s out of luck. I’m alive and kicking. I’m also stuck in this town with nothing to do but wait until the will is read.

Well, nothing to do but see if I can seduce the pure and passionate Laurel, and change that anger I see in her eyes to something just as fiery…desire.

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The last time I saw Noah Chamberlin, I was a doe-eyed innocent and he was the boy of my dreams. My future was all planned out down to the wedding dress, until one morning I woke up and he was gone.

You’d think after all these years, I’d feel the same blind indignation and rage that has haunted me since that day. Instead, the second I set eyes on him again, I felt something altogether unwanted and unexpected—lust.

If the rumors are true, he’s only going to be in Chamberlin for a few days. I can handle that, as long as he stops looking at me as though he’s thinking about the last time we were together.

But when Noah’s forced to stay and run the family business, it puts us in dangerously close proximity. And in a town this small, that can only mean one thing—trouble.

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About Ella Frank

Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust and is the co-author of the fan-favorite erotic serial, Sex Addict. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”

A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction.

Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.

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EARLY REVIEW: 365 Days by Blanka Lipinska

365 Days

by Blanka Lipinska

Releasing: 2/2/2021

Laura Biel and her boyfriend are on a dream vacation in beautiful Sicily. On the second day of their trip, her twenty-ninth birthday, she is kidnapped. Her kidnapper is none other than the head of a powerful Sicilian crime family, the incredibly handsome, young Don Massimo Torricelli, who is determined to possess her at all costs. Massimo has his reasons. During an earlier attempt on his life, a vision appeared before his eyes: a beautiful woman, identical to Laura. After surviving the attack, he vows that he will find the woman in his vision and make her his own. No matter what.

For 365 days, Massimo will keep Laura captive in his palatial estate and attempt to win her heart. If she doesn’t fall in love with him during this time, he will let her go. But if she tries to escape at any point, he will track her down and kill her entire family.

Soon Laura develops a fascination with her handsome and powerful captor. But as a precarious, risky relationship forms between them, forces outside their control threaten to tear them apart...

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Yes I saw the movie first.

Enjoyed it somewhat but felt the movie was missing too much in the storyline so I requested to read the book because I wanted to find out more about the world the author created.

We all know a lot of stuff gets chopped when they are turned into movies.

Well....

This book was a very slow read. It was hard to keep focused trying to grasp the story. It just did not grab me.

Storyline was choppy like the movie, characters are too fixated on fashion and brand names just like the movie.

For Laura's illness described in book, I found it hard to follow this story with her being drunk or passed out all the time.

Massimo is another story. His chemistry with Laura was lacking. I thought they would be hot and heavy like the movie, but they just fell flat when reading.

I almost DNF but I stuck it out because my curiosity of wanting to know how it ended and if it was like the movie. Nope not what I was expecting in this book.

Disappointed because with all the hype of this movie, the book was not.

I thought the translation of this book would be good but it just wasn't.

Still missing tons in the plot and felt the translation of this book may have been rushed or literally lost in translation.

I say watch the movie instead of reading the book.

It is a Pass on continuing to read this 3 book series.

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3 Cherries Popped

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COVER REVEAL: THY KINGDOM COME by Monica James

THY KINGDOM COME

(Book I: DELIVER US FROM EVIL TRILOGY)

Monica James

Genre: Dark Romance

Cover Model: Lochie Carey @lochie_carey

Photographer: Michelle Lancaster @lanefotograf

Cover Designer: Sommer Stein—Perfect Pear Creative Covers

Release date: February 24th

And I am officially DED!!!!

Holy smokes this cover is AMAZING!!!

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Monsters are real.

When I was five years old, I watched my mother take her last breath—a breath three monsters stole from her.

I never chose this life. My father says it’s my birthright, but all I see is a curse. It’s because of the Kelly name my mum was slain by the Doyles—our enemies in Dublin, the fellas livin’ on borrowed time.

All of Belfast fears my family, especially me. I’m Puck Kelly, otherwise known as Punky; the lad ye don’t want to double cross.

I don’t do feelings or emotions. I never have…until she walks into my world.

Babydoll is a liar and a thief, but I can’t stay away. We both thrive in the darkness because that’s where our demons can play.

No word af a lie, sixteen years later, those monsters still haunt my dreams. But every monster is scared of somethin’…and that somethin’ is me.

No more hiding in the shadows because I’m huntin’ youse.

Run, wee monsters, run.

Thy Kingdom Come

Series: Book I: Deliver Us From Evil Trilogy

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Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, and Emily Dickinson.

When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt, and turbulent stories, hoping to leave an imprint on her readers. She draws her inspiration from life.

She is a bestselling author in the U.S.A., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and the U.K.

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals. She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks, and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.

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NEW RELEASE REVIEW: Rebellious and Reckless by Michelle A. Valentine

About Rebellious and Reckless

Sky Cold knows exactly what she wants, and it's Luke Finnegan, the college campus star quarterback. The only problem is she's not even a blip on his radar. In order to get noticed by her crush, she's willing to exchange the extra bedroom in her apartment to Luke's tattooed, older brother to find a way into his social circle.
Baker Finnegan is determined to get out of his father's shadow and do things his way. When he falls on hard times, and the sexy, slightly nerdy co-ed, Sky offers him a place to live in exchange for fake friendship, he can't pass up the opportunity. But when Baker quickly realizes the only match he wants to make for Sky is one with himself, he has to convince her to look past his reckless ways.

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Author Michelle A. Valentine is back!!!

I soo missed her writing and this book was well worth the wait!

Baker & Sky are amazing!

I love their story and I Was hooked from the beginning till the last page.

I love how their story came to life off the pages as I read.

Their lives as college students totally brought back memories of finding your identity of one self as well as others.

Baker had me hooked as soon he appeared in front of Sky and all I was thinking when reading their story was, PICK HIM SKY!!

This book is fun, loving, a bit of angsty and will have you totally rooting for these to see what they have right in front of them...

Got to get the book and find out if Baker & Sky deal to one another can last after they discover that you can never judge a book by its cover or its story!

Loved it! Cant wait to see what Author Michelle Valentine writes next!

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5 Cherries Popped

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About Michelle

Michelle A. Valentine is a Central Ohio nurse turned New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of erotic and New Adult romance.

Her love of hard-rock music, tattoos, and sexy musicians inspired her erotic BLACK FALCON series.

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