JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder

  Babe in the Woods by Jude Hopkins Genre: Women’s Fiction Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc. Date of Publication: June 7, 2023 ISBN 978-1-5092-4843-8  ISBN 978-1-5092-4844-5  Number of pages: 294 Word Count: 72,321  Cover Artist:  Tina Lynn Stout Timber! She’s Falling in Love It’s September 1995, the first year of the rest of Hadley Todd's life. After living in Los Angeles, Hadley returns to her hometown in rural New York to write and be near her father.  In addition to looking after him and teaching high school malcontents, Hadley hopes to channel her recent L.A. heartbreak into a play about the last moment of a woman’s innocence. But she seeks inspiration. Enter Trey Harding, a young, handsome reporter who covers sports at the high school. Trey reminds Hadley of her L.A. ex and is the perfect spark to fire up her imagination. The fact that Trey is an aspiring rock star and she has L.A. record biz connections makes the alliance perfect. She dangles promi...

  Healing Cassiopeia  by Charlie Daye  Genre: Fantasy Romance  Date of Publication: 6/20/2023 Number of pages: 539 Word Count: 96,522 Cover Artist: Charlie Daye  What if you lost everything you ever loved?  Cassie lost everything in a single night… Her husband, her unborn child and any hope for a happy future. Welcome to Elvy – Land of the Fae and endless magic. In an attempt to pull Cassie from her downward spiral, her parents take her home, to Elvy… A world of unparalleled beauty, magic and endless possibilities. But Elvy is not all it appears to be… there is trickery, deceit, a social hierarchy Cassie doesn’t understand and rules she refuses to play by. To Love again… When love comes calling, will Cassie fall to the pressure of Elven society or follow her heart to the happiness she thought she lost forever? Amazon What drives my Main Character? A Guest Post by Charlie Daye Happiness. Cassie has had her heart broken. Almost irreparably so and she just wan...

I am so excited that REFLECTIONS ON THE BOULEVARD by L.J. Ambrosio is available now and that I get to share the news! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a finished copy of the book or a $20 Amazon Gift Card courtesy of L.J. & Rockstar Book Tours . So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.   About The Book: Title:   REFLECTIONS ON THE BOULEVARD (Reflections of Michael Trilogy #2) Author:  L.J. Ambrosio Pub. Date:  April 27, 2023 Publisher:  Film Valor Formats:  Hardcover, Paperback, eBook Pages:  195 Find it:   Goodreads ,  https://books2read.com/REFLECTIONS-ON-THE-BOULEVARD Michael's story continues from "A Reservoir Man" (2022) where we find him teaching at a university ready to retire. He unexpectedly meets a young man named Ron who becomes his protege and journeys in a haphazard adventu...

Death’s Reckoning Mortal Aspects  Book One by Quinn Thomas Genre: Epic Fantasy Publisher: Ebbing Neptune Publishing  Date of Publication: July 18, 2023 ISBN: 979-8390605110 ASIN: B0BRWW31XH Number of pages: 419 Word Count: ~125k The power of the dead gods is held by mere mortals. When the Aspect of Death, thought to be the last neutral force in the world, joins the struggle, he promises to bring an end to their wars by any means necessary. The battle for power is fierce in a world where mortals wield the strength of dead gods in this first book of a high-stakes epic fantasy series from Quinn Thomas. A thousand years ago, the immortals were slain, their power passed down to a chosen few known as aspects. The competition between noble families for control of these aspects has plunged the land into a never-ending cycle of war and bloodshed. The Tevulun family has been driven to the brink of extinction by the most recent war. When Tarana Tevulun, who possesses the abilities of Cal...

A Plague of Mercies by Adam Pelzman Publication date: June 7th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Poetry, Romance A lethal plague sweeps the globe. Millions have died. Survivors are confined to their homes. Gabriel passes his time in a small New York apartment on the city’s Upper West Side. During the plodding solitude of the lockdown, he observes several strangers in their nearby apartments. As he watches them struggle to survive a world at risk of extinction, he wonders about their lives—where they’re from, what they value, how they’re coping with a deadly contagion. All alone, he develops a vague yet important connection to these people, an affection for those who are struggling to survive isolation, fear and looming death. Told in powerful, spellbinding free verse, Gabriel’s observations grow deeper and more elaborate as the endless days pass. But when he and a woman from across the street begin to watch each other from afar, his imagination begins to collide with the bleak realit...

Monster Mate by Isabel Jordan (Sanity Falls, #2) Publication date: June 9th 2023 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Falling for the monster she just friend zoned would be problematic…right? Roxie Rowe will never be a victim. Not again, anyway. She totally could’ve handled the handsy Orc who grabbed her outside the Monster Match event. But she didn’t have to because he showed up. Her hero was Riordan Merrick, a 7’-tall, red-skinned, horned demon from a hell dimension. But that’s not the weird part. See, he insists she’s his fated mate. Even if she did believe in fate (she doesn’t), and even if Riordan wasn’t smokin’ hot (he is), her romantic history taught her relationships aren’t for her. But when accidents start happening around her at an alarming rate, Roxie realizes she might need a little help from her wannabe monster mate. And the more time she spends with him in forced proximity, the harder it gets to remember why she’s anti commitment. So, how’s a girl supposed to hang on to h...

Prophecy of Gods and Crows by C.D. Britt (Clan of Shadows, #1) Publication date: June 6th 2023 Genres: Adult, Dystopian, Paranormal, Romance Welcome to Hell’s Half Acre. Bryndis Kenneally is an anomaly, which is saying something when you live in a place called Hell. Despite being born into a family of healers, she is unable to follow in their footsteps since disturbing visions overwhelm her with almost every human touch. With few allies at her back, she keeps her head down… until she starts to see a man made of shadows, and a crow begins to track her every move. Now, she can no longer pretend to be a normal woman among a town looking for witches to burn. That is until a freak sandstorm brings more than she bargained for… and quite possibly her salvation. Book one in the Clan of Shadows series, a dystopian paranormal romance series. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo EXCERPT: Bryndis Kenneally had just slipped between the cool sheets of her bed as night reli...