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Book Blast and Giveaway: Duke Du Jour by Petie McCarty

Friday, September 04, 2026

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Petie McCarty's latest release, Duke Du Jour, as a part of the ongoing book blast tour. Check it out! Note that Duke Du Jour is available for free in kindle unlimited!!
 
Petie McCarty will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.
 
Duke Du Jour
Petie McCarty
Published: July 17, 2026 (second edition) 
 
She’s waiting in the past . . . He belongs in the future.

Jared Langley, present-day Duke of Reston, tumbles into an abandoned fountain on his ducal estate and is pelted back in time to the year 1816. There, Reston servants and local villagers think him a dead ringer for his namesake and rakehell ancestor—the seventh Duke of Reston, gone missing at the Battle of Waterloo. Unfortunately, Seven got mixed up with French spies out to assassinate the Duke of Wellington, and an unwary Jared ends up in their crosshairs.

Lady Ariana Hart has loved Jared Langley, the seventh Duke of Reston, since she was twelve years old, until the night the rogue broke her heart. Given up for dead, her rakish neighbor makes a miraculous return from Waterloo. Only Jared shows up a changed man and reignites all the feelings Ariana had long ago buried.

Jared is in a race against time.
His tasks?

Waylay the suspicions of his quirky servants and neighbors
Get to Wellington before the French spies do
Fix his fountain–before Seven shows up–so Jared has a way home
And definitely do not fall in love with the irresistible Lady Ariana . . .
 
Buy Link:
Amazon
 

Release Blitz: Main Event by A.D. Justice

Thursday, August 20, 2026

I'm hosting today, a promo on A.D. Justice's latest, Main Event (No Safe Corner #3), as a part of the ongoing release blitz tour. Check it out! Note that Main Event is available for free in kindle unlimited!!
 
Main Event
A.D. Justice
(No Safe Corner #3)
Published: August 20, 2026
 
The only thing more dangerous than a hidden enemy… is one who steps into the light. She knows the name now.


When the architect of everything finally walked through Andi’s door wearing the face of a solution, Andi smiled and offered coffee.

Now the machine is cornered. Cornered machines don't retreat. They escalate."

The rules have changed. Witnesses disappear. People close to them are targeted — not as warnings, but as eliminations. The threat no longer stays hidden. It reaches into the places they once believed were safe. The gym. The house. The refuge Andi built for kids who had nowhere else to go.

She’s been afraid before. She knows how to do afraid.

But the truth buried in Andi's past will change the fight entirely — because it didn't start where she thought it did.

Luke Woods has one fight left before the title.

Andi Morgan has one chance to burn the machine down.

Survival isn't the goal. It's the bait.
 
Finish it.

Buy Links:
Amazon US | Universal

Release Blitz: Smitty by L. Wilder

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

I'm hosting a promo, today, on L. Wilder's latest release, Smitty (Satan's Fury MC - Little Rock #11), as a part of the ongoing release blitz tour. Check it out! Also enjoy an excerpt from the featured book. Note that Smitty is available for free in kindle unlimited!!
 
Smitty
L. Wilder
(Satan's Fury MC - Little Rock #11)
Published: August 18, 2026
Cover Designer: Mayhem Cover Creations
 
I had nothing when I found her.
No roof. No patch. No name that meant anything to anyone.
I was just a man clawing his way out of the dark.
 
She didn’t see a lost cause. 
She saw me. Loved me.
But I had wounds even she couldn’t heal.


So, I pushed her away.
 
Two years had come and gone.
I was no longer the broken guy with nothing.
I’d faced my fears and earned my patch. 
I had everything I wanted. Except her. 
 
I’d fought for a place I could call home.
Now, I would fight for her. 
No matter what the cost.
 
Some people only get one chance at love.
I’m praying for a second.


Buy Links:
Amazon US | Universal 
 

Book Blast and Giveaway: Heidenröslein by Christopher Whittaker

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Christopher Whittaker's latest release, Heidenröslein: The Little Rose on the Heath, as a part of the ongoing book blast tour. Check it out! 

Christopher Whittaker will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.
 
 
Heidenröslein: The Little Rose on the Heath
Christopher Whittaker
Published: July 14, 2026
 
Two men. Two worlds.

One war that will remake them both.


Peter Schiller, a disciplined officer from privilege, is trained to lead—but not for what war truly demands.

Günther Klein, a working-class recruit, is thrown into the trenches and forced to learn fast or die.

In the mud and ruin of the Great War, rank and class begin to dissolve. Orders blur into instinct. Honour bends under necessity. What remains is survival—and the thin, unspoken bond forged between two men who should never have met.

But war does not end when the guns fall silent.

Heidenröslein is a powerful, unflinching story of war, brotherhood, and the quiet, irreversible cost of becoming what the battlefield demands.
 
Buy Link:
Amazon
 

Promo Spotlight: The Plus One Pact by Suzy Langevin

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Suzy Langevin's latest release, The Plus One Pact, as a part of the ongoing book tour. Check it out!
 
The Plus One Pact
Suzy Langevin
Published: July 21, 2026
 
When Alyssa gets an invite to her best friend/hopeless crush's wedding, she enlists the help of Jeff, her best friend's hot but highly anxious brother, to join a 'plus one pact' and get them both through wedding season in one piece. 
 
Their arrangement leads to an unexpected connection, and they'll both need to decide it they're ready to put aside their fears and take their relationship from pact partners to perfect match. 

"The Plus One Pact is a warm, funny romance about letting go of old insecurities and taking a chance on something unexpected. Suzy Langevin writes characters you care about and a love story that feels genuine, hopeful, and quietly affirming."  Arden Joy, author of the Much Ado About Love series 
 
Buy Links:
Amazon US | Universal

Release Blitz: Shotgun by Summer Winters

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

I'm hosting today, a promo, on Summer Winters's latest release, Shotgun (Prospects of Black Saints MC: Portland Chapter #3), as a part of the ongoing release blitz tour. Check it out! Note that Shotgun is available for free in kindle unlimited!!
 
Shotgun
Summer Winters
(Prospects of Black Saints MC: Portland Chapter #3) 
Published: July 29, 2026
  
He brought her home to his club; he didn’t know she came with a target on her back.

Ethan is a prospect in the Black Saints MC. That means he has no patch, he can’t take shortcuts, and he shouldn’t have any distractions from becoming a patched-in brother.

Then Cassie walks into his life; she’s quiet, guarded, and impossible to ignore. She doesn’t talk about her past, and doesn’t stay anywhere long. And she definitely doesn’t belong in a world like his.

But the moment she climbs onto the back of his bike… he’s done.

Cassie isn’t just hiding secrets. She’s running from a life that would drag her back in chains if it found her.

A powerful family. A forced marriage. And a past she risked everything to escape.

She thought she had more time, but she was wrong.

When the truth comes out, it doesn’t just threaten her; it puts the entire Black Saint’s MC in the crosshairs.

Now there’s a price on her head, eyes are watching her every move, and danger is closing in fast.

The Black Saints protect what’s theirs, and Ethan has already made his choice. She’s his.

Even if it means going to war with the people hunting her.

Even if it costs him everything.

Even if she never planned to stay.

Because once a Saint claims his woman…

There’s no walking away.
  

Promo Spotlight: Shamed by Rin Sher

Thursday, July 02, 2026

I'm hosting a promo, today, on Rin Sher's latest release, Shamed (Broken Souls #4), as a part of the ongoing spotlight tour. Check it out! Note that Shamed is available for free in kindle unlimited!!
Shamed
Rin Sher
(Broken Souls #4)
Published: May 14, 2026
 
I sent an innocent man to prison.
For 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 I relived the events of that horrific night. A night that changed the course of my future and left me with the jagged pieces of a shattered mind and a broken soul.
For 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 I thought justice had been served, that the monster had gotten what he deserved.
Then the truth came crashing down.
And I realized, I wasn’t the victim at all . . .
I was the monster.
With guilt burrowing deep, eating away at my marrow, I disappeared into a darkness of my own making, punishing myself for every minute I roamed free, all while an innocent man remained locked behind bars. I traded the sunlight for the neon glare of the stage, and turned my body into a living reminder of my sins.
And then suddenly, he shows up.
A man tied to the worst mistake I ever made. A man who somehow reaches into the pit I dug for myself. A man who refuses to let me stay broken, trying to glue my fragments back together with kindness that cuts deeper than any blade.
He looks at me like I’m still worth loving.
But if he learns the truth—if he realizes the kind of person he’s falling for—will he still want me or will loving me be the biggest mistake he’s ever made?
Because monsters don’t get a happy ending . . . do they?

🚨 NOTE: This book contains triggers and they can be provided upon request.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
Amazon Review - “Honestly, this is one of the best books I’ve read this year. I really like books that pull on that raw emotion and that are unique stories. I feel like Rin Sher is always able to deliver in both of those areas.”

 
Buy Links:
Amazon US | Universal
  


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