Cover Reveal: Bullseye by Monica James

BULLSEYE: Book One in The Monsters Within Duet
Genre: Dark Romance
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Photographer: James Rupapara @jamesrupapara
Cover Designer: Sommer Stein—Perfect Pear Creative Covers
Release date: February 20th

BULLSEYE

Book One

For twelve long years, I’ve breathed, I’ve bled for only one thing…

Revenge.

Four men took something from me, something which can never be replaced. That one night changed the lives of so many and taught me that monsters are real.

But I also learned I’m the biggest monster of them all.

Nothing and no one will stand in my way of redemption because those men…they’re now three. The fourth—he is the reason they call me Bullseye. They can run, but sooner or later, I’ll find them, just as I did with their friend. They’re already dead…they just don’t know it yet.

My plan was simple until I met her. A fierce tiger who had the power to break my heart. Lucky for me…she can’t break what’s already broken. I am no longer a man because the world is a jungle, and we’re all just animals—ready to tear one another apart. 

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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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Happy Release Day! 5 Stars for Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry

 

Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her.

Veronica sees ghosts—more specifically, her mother’s ghost, thanks to the blinding migraines that consume her whole life and keep Veronica on the fringes. But the haunting afterimages make her wonder if there is something more going on….

Golden boy Sawyer is handsome and popular, a state champion swimmer, but this All-American is hiding an adrenaline addiction that could kill him. Drawn to each other after a chance meeting, can they help each other battle the demons that haunt their every step or will they push their luck too far and risk losing it
all…including their lives?

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What I thought about Echoes Between Us

In this YA contemporary romance, Katie McGarry does what she does best -- delivers a story about two young adults who are forced to grow up too soon and who face some very serious and adult situations.  This book has a lot going on.

Sawyer loves the rush of adrenaline, and he seeks this to escape his mother who has an addiction.  He's left to take care of things in the household and it's getting to be a challenge.  His family has just moved into a supposedly  haunted house, and the upstairs tenant is the "strange" girl from school.

Veronica has lots of secrets too, one of those being she sees ghosts.  There is a paranormal aspect to this book that makes it slightly creepy and a bit different and I loved it!  It adds a bit of a paranormal dash of spice to the story.

You can guess where this is story is going when Sawyer and Veronica end up doing a school project together.  There's a lovely relationship blooming here with these two characters finding that they fit together somehow.  Even though some of the story is a little predictable, there are some surprises.  I loved these two characters. Both have immense situations they are dealing with, and they are good together. 

I really enjoyed this, especially the historical aspect of the TB hospital and it's connection to Saranac Lake, one of my favorite places in the northeast.  This tale of young love in the face of many challenges kept me turning the pages after a bit of a slow start to the story.  

A complimentary copy was provided for review. 

 

  Katie McGarry Bio

Katie is the author of the PUSHING THE LIMITS series, THUNDER ROAD series, SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME, and the upcoming YA novel, ONLY A BREATH APART. Her novels have received starred reviews, critical acclaim and have won multiple awards including being a multiple Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for YA Fiction, multiple RT Magazine's Reviewer's Choice Award Finalist for Best YA Fiction, including a win in the category, and she was a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick.      

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Review:Dark Alpha's Temptation (Reaper #9) by Donna Grant

There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I’m coming for you…

 
Carrying Death's orders is my sole duty. I've never had reason to question her, even if I disagreed. But Kyra's fierceness and willpower sheds light on my mission. She drives the darkness of my world away. The answers to the Others' goals lie in her past. For Kyra, I will risk going against Death's wishes. For her...I will battle the past and the future itself. 

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What I thought about Dark Alpha's Temptation

I'm going to be clear up front -- I jumped into this series somewhere in the middle, so my thoughts may be from a different perspective than those faithful readers that started with book 1.  That being said, it hasn't made a huge difference to me that I didn't read the entire series.  While the book works better if you know all of the history and backstory from book one, it's really the romance that keeps bringing me back to this world of dragon kings and reapers.

This book features Kyra, a Light Fae who's job it is to track down her loved missing family member.  She's going to use reaper Dubham to help her in her quest.  When they have an instant spark together, there's little mystery to how it will turn out, although there's guaranteed to be some twists and turns for both of these characters. 

There's a lot going on in this world and things are building to a conclusion (aka battle) that I'm eager to read.  This book felt a little like a transition book helping to stoke the excitement for a great fight.  There's tremendous paranormal world building in the Reapers and Dragon Kings series, but if that isn't your thing -- you can just enjoy the romance.  I do.

So overall, another satisfying romantic story set in this world that Donna Grant has created

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 About DONNA GRANT

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant has been praised for her "totally addictive" and "unique and sensual" stories. Her latest acclaimed series, Dark Kings, features a thrilling combination of dragons, Fae, and immortal Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her two children and an assortment of animals in Texas.  

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Release Day Review: 5 stars for Code Name:Heist (Jameson Force Security #3) by Sawyer Bennett

Code Name: Heist (Jameson Force Security, Book #3)
Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: January 7, 2020

 

I am a world-class thief. Or I was, before I got pinched and landed in prison. After I served my time, I decided to get on the right side of the law, or as much as my job at Jameson Force Security allows. The lines sometimes blur, which suits me just fine. My name might be Saint, but I’m a devil to most.

My plan to go legitimate is going as anticipated, until my past and present collide in a big way. While in Paris preparing to take down a ring of highly specialized thieves, I come face-to-face with my biggest threat—and my most dangerous temptation.

Sindaria “Sin” Westin was the love of my life, until her betrayal landed me behind bars. Now I’ve got to find a way to trust her again, at least long enough to pull off this job. When it becomes clear the price for this heist will be our lives, I realize I need to do whatever it takes to keep Sin safe, even if it means trading my life for hers. Because no matter the lies I’ve told myself, Sin’s greatest theft was the day she stole my heart.

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What I thought about Code Name: Heist

Jameson Security Force has a new employee named Saint Belliger.  He's a master thief trying to use his skills for good. He's tasked with investigating some potential insurance fraud scheme that involves master thieves, but there's one hitch -- one of the players is his former lover, and the woman who sent him to prison.  Her name is Sin.

She's a master safe cracker, and unbeknownst to Saint, she's in deep in a bad way with the bad guys and can't get free, even if she wanted to give up the life of crime.  But seeing Saint again has both of them trying for the ridiculous "sex-only" relationship.  I say ridiculous because that never works in a romance!

Through the jobs they now must undertake together, they get to know each other again, bringing old feelings and more to the surface. I loved that this book was fast-paced and hard to put down -- that's just what I want in a romantic suspense type of story --- lots of action and plenty of steam.  Code Name:Heist has all of that.

I really like this series.  While characters in previous books make appearances, it's all about the spotlight couple which makes this work as a standalone. This series is well researched, especially this book which deals with a lot of surveillance and theft situations where realism is important.  

Overall, a great story, lots of action, plenty of tense situations and a love story that satisfies. That does it for me. Sawyer Bennett delivers a great story that held my interest throughout.

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About the Author

Since the release of her debut contemporary romance novel, Off Sides, in January 2013, Sawyer Bennett has released multiple books, many of which have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.

A reformed trial lawyer from North Carolina, Sawyer uses real life experience to create relatable, sexy stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From new adult to erotic contemporary romance, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.

Sawyer likes her Bloody Marys strong, her martinis dirty, and her heroes a combination of the two. When not bringing fictional romance to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to a very active daughter, as well as full-time servant to her adorably naughty dogs. She believes in the good of others, and that a bad day can be cured with a great work-out, cake, or even better, both.

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Review:Husband Material by Emily Belden

Twenty-nine-year-old Charlotte Rosen has a secret: she’s a widow. Ever since the fateful day that leveled her world, Charlotte has worked hard to move forward. Great job at a hot social media analytics company? Check. Roommate with no knowledge of her past? Check. Adorable dog? Check. All the while, she’s faithfully data-crunched her way through life, calculating the probability of risk—so she can avoid it.

Yet Charlotte’s algorithms could never have predicted that her late husband’s ashes would land squarely on her doorstep five years later. Stunned but determined, Charlotte sets out to find meaning in this sudden twist of fate, even if that includes facing her perfectly coiffed, and perfectly difficult, ex-mother-in-law—and her husband’s best friend, who seems to become a fixture at her side whether she likes it or not.

But soon a shocking secret surfaces, forcing Charlotte to answer questions she never knew to ask and to consider the possibility of forgiveness. And when a chance at new love arises, she’ll have to decide once and for all whether to follow the numbers or trust her heart. 

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Charlotte thinks she's moving on with her life after her husband's sudden death, but she finds out that in reality, there's a whole lot she doesn't know and her journey isn't quite over.

That's the story in a nutshell.

I did enjoy this book very much. More women's fiction than romance (although there are elements of romance), I was captured by this story and couldn't put it down. Inhaled it. I have to give Emily Belden kudos for a story that could have been a very tear-y read. She kept things positive and enlightening for Charlotte. I really liked that about it.

I'll be looking for more titles from this author in the future.

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Cover Reveal: Stone Princess (Tin Gypsy #3) by Devney Perry

STONE PRINCESS
Tin Gypsy #3
Release Date: May 5th, 2020
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Presley Marks has just become a cliché: the jilted bride. Wearing a white dress, standing in front of her friends and family, she announces that her fiancé—according to his text—has forgotten about the wedding.

Humiliated and angry, she hides from the world in the mundane routine of her life. Working at the Clifton Forge Garage isn’t glamorous, but it’s safe from the spotlight.

At least it was, until Shaw Valance comes to town.

The notorious Hollywood actor is starring in a movie based on the town’s infamous murder. When he’s not on set, Shaw hovers at the garage, watching as they build his custom motorcycle and irritating her with his handsome smile. He was supposed to leave once filming wrapped and go back to his fancy life, not buy the house next door.

But Shaw might regret that purchase once Presley’s ex-fiancé returns, bringing with him a war between old rivals that could burn both their houses down. 

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