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Playing with Fire R.J. Blain (Magical Romantic Comedies #1) Publication date: January 30th 2017 Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy What do you get when you mix gorgons, an incubus, and the Calamity Queen? Trouble, and lots of it. For Bailey, catering to the magical is a tough gig on a good day, but she has few other options. She can either keep spiking drinks with pixie dust to keep the locals happy, or spend the rest of her life cleaning up some of the world’s nastiest magical substances. Years after helping Police Chief Samuel Quinn escape an unhappy marriage, Bailey is once again entangled in his personal affairs. To make matters worse, Quinn’s ex-wife is angling for revenge, tossing Bailey into the deep end along with her sexiest enemy. Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo Only 99¢ for a limited time!  EXCERPT: No one in their right...

Appaloosa Days  by C. Forrest Lundin  Genre: Romantic Suspense  Two Appaloosa horses, two young people fulfilling the duty a father can't.  Louise leads a sheltered life in Eastern Oregon. Her family has a cherry orchard and raises Appaloosa horses. The letter her father receives will change the family forever. Jay has a daughter he knew nothing about. The girl’s mother is dead and needs her father’s help to escape a vengeful cousin.  Injured, Jay can’t make the lengthy ride to the railroad in Idaho and then to Dodge City. Louise is to go after her sister accompanied by her adopted brother, Abner. Nothing like it was when her father made the journey to Oregon Territory years ago, it’s still difficult. There are a lot of obstacles on the trail, the terrain not the least of them.  Louise wants more than a brother-sister relationship with Abner. He made a promise to her father and means to keep it any way he can.  Joyce needs h...

After the Stars Appeared A Lizard Queen Tale H.L. Cherryholmes Genre: Fantasy Date of Publication: 8/10/20 ISBN: 8654919922 ASIN: B08D8KRBX5 Number of pages: 299 Word Count: 109,517 Cover Artist: Ryan Vale What if you knew the world surrounding you wasn’t the one you started out in? Consumed by that question and feeling as though she’s lost part of herself, Uyazani despises this unfamiliar world. Glittering stars in the night sky are as abnormal to her as the pressing need to conceal her true origins. Once a low-ranking soldier and now a special deputy for the Queen, she traverses the landscape in search of others who share her memory of a world past. When she locates one who seems to have discovered a possible way back, she grows fiercely determined to use his information to return to their world. But his mind is not what it once was, nor is Uyazani the only one who wants him to unlock the secret. She finds herself in a deadly tug of war with othe...

The Haunting on Palm Court Isle of Palms Suspense Book One   Stephanie Edwards Genre: Romantic Suspense, Paranormal Date of Publication: Sept. 1, 2020       ISBN: 9781735169101   ASIN: B089QXJHPV Number of pages: 252 Word Count: 69,786 Cover Artist: Stephanie Edwards He refused to leave her alone, even after his death After Blake Nelson catches her abusive fiancé, Parker, with another woman, she seeks serenity at her late grandmother’s beach cottage. He follows Blake to the island and attempts to kill her, but instead, he dies in an accident while fleeing the police. His malevolent spirit returns to the cottage to finish what he started. The haunting intensifies when Blake reconnects with her first love, Clint. Will Blake discover how to banish Parker before it’s too late? Amazon       BN       Apple       Google   ...

Altered Helix  Altered Helix Series, Novella One  by Stephanie Hansen  Genre: YA Fantasy, Adventure, Romance  I didn’t want to take the traditional path. First, I wasn’t ready for college. Second, I was going to live with my best friend, Tiff, and work at the Haunted House. Third, did I mention the hot guy Josh that works there too? The most exciting thing about Austria’s new job, at a local haunted house, was the fact that the toughest looking people screamed the loudest. But when she meets the boy without a home, Josh, Austria's life takes intriguing and eventful turns. Up until now, Josh has managed to hang with his Street crowd, but they’re in danger, and so is Austria, the girl Josh recently fell for. The group finds themselves joining forces with previously considered enemies who also now find themselves in danger. Deeply compassionate and full of twists, Altered Helix captures the struggle of polarized people that must work together for th...

The Warrior’s Progeny The Heaven and Earth Series Book Two by Jeny Heckman Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy Romance Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Date of Publication: 07/27/2020 ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-5092-3219-2 ISBN (Digital): 978-1-5092-3220-8 ASIN: B089PZQJ34 Number of pages: 424 Word Count: 102,620 Cover Artist: Debbie Taylor If love dies, can it be reborn…only stronger? Colton Stone is a newly traded tight end whose reputation is as battered as his football helmet. When he receives a vacation invitation from his new teammates, he accepts. There he collides with Dr. Lillian Morgan, a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon, and doesn't know what to think. A widow with two children, Lilly is looking forward to her friends' wedding. When she meets Colton Stone, his arrogant attitude only makes her long for the love she took for granted. Lilly struggles between letting go of her perfect past for an uncertain future. Strange events occur, out...