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Monday, February 20, 2023

Review: Meat Cute: A Post-Apocalyptic Slice-Of-Life Romance Story

Meat Cute: A Post-Apocalyptic Slice-Of-Life Romance Story Meat Cute: A Post-Apocalyptic Slice-Of-Life Romance Story by Brandon McCormick
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Note: I received an ARC via VoraciousReads for an honest review.

I didn’t connect with this novel at all. It has all the elements of an apocalypse novel. Though..the romance was unbelievable, the characters development was hardly there, and the action scenes were aplenty.

Writing was okay.

But yeah I just couldn’t connect with this one. Perhaps someone else will.

Until the next read,
TMR

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Friday, February 10, 2023

More Than Rum By Christine DePetrillo (Sales BLITZ) (INKSLINGER PR)

 


We’re so excited to be sharing More Than Rum, a small town romance from Christine DePetrillo that is on sale now!


Title: More Than Rum

Author: Christine DePetrillo

Genre: Small Town Romance 


About More Than Rum


"I've never seen anything so beautiful," Adam whispered to Hope. "You make me forget the ugly things I've seen. The ugly things I've done."


Web designer Hope Stannard has watched her cousin and her sister fall madly in love. She’s waited patiently for her turn to roll around, but her last boyfriend broke up with her via text message and the new guy she’s interested in disappeared on her for months with no explanation. Perhaps it’s time to throw in the towel, be content living with her Dalmatian puppy and her mother, and accept the official title of Unmarriable Old Maid.

Ex-Marine Adam Rouse fills his days with lumberjacking and building furniture. His nights are spent wide awake as he relives a raid in Afghanistan gone wrong. He emerged as the sole survivor, but questions why. Certainly other members of this team were more worthy of living than him. Deciding that bartending at night would be a better use of his time than battling insomnia, Adam applies at Black Wolf Tavern, the only place to hang out in small-town Danton, Vermont. He couldn’t drown his own troubles in rum, but maybe he can help others do so.

When Hope is attacked just outside the tavern, Adam comes to her aid, and the frosty winter temperatures can’t cool the heat that’s always been between them. Can Hope scale Adam’s fortress walls? Can Adam believe he is worthy of a woman like Hope? Will they rescue each other?


The Maple Leaf Series, contemporary romance

"Fears, pride, love, passion ~ beautifully woven together with substance and depth."


Other Series by Christine DePetrillo

The One Kind Deed Series, contemporary romance

"The town, the people, the love story... a perfect romance."


The Warrior Wolves Series, paranormal romance

"Full of memorable characters with a solid plot and plenty of passion."


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Catching Up with the Series: 

More Than Pancakes 

More Than Cookies 

More Than Rum 

More Than Pizza 

More Than Cocoa 

More Than Peaches 

More Than Candy Corn


About the Author: 

Christine DePetrillo can often be found hugging trees, conversing with dragonflies, and walking barefoot through sun-warmed soil. She finds joy in listening to the wind, bathing in moonlight, and breathing in the fragrances of things that bloom. If she had her way, the sky would be the only roof over her head.


Her love of nature seeps into every story she tells. As does her obsession with bearded mountain men who build, often smell like sawdust, and know how to cherish the women they love. Today she writes tales meant to make you laugh, maybe make you sweat, and definitely make you believe in the power of love.


She lives in Vermont with her husband and many woodland creatures who defend her fiercely from all evils.


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Ruthless Heir By Sienna Snow (AVAILABLE NOW -BLOG TOUR) (LITERALLY YOURS PR)


I'm not the hero from the storybooks, but the devil betrayed from birth.


Ruthless Heir, an all-new decadent dark standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Sienna Snow is available now!


I'm the player, the gambler, the one without a heart or soul.


There isn't a risk I won't take and a challenge I won't meet.

Then she came into my world, melting the ice in my veins and showing me a life a man like me never deserved.


But it was all a lie.

She chose a safer, easier path, realizing too late, it was riddled with chains.

Now she's trapped, needing an escape, and I'm the only one who can set her free.


I'm not the hero from the storybooks, but the devil betrayed from birth.

With the cards stacked in my favor, I will use any means necessary to take my empire and my queen...even if it means burning it all to ash.



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My thoughts drifted away as my eyes connected with rich amber ones. Everything inside me clenched, and my heartbeat accelerated. 

Fuck. 

The man I couldn’t have. The man I couldn’t let go. 

The pain, the need, the longing of the last few weeks roared to life. 

God. He took my breath away. 

Where his brothers gave the edge of danger when they polished up, telling the world they were outsiders among them, Samir King was the actual dangerous one, the most ruthless, the one who seamlessly blended in. His chiseled good looks and tailored clothing gave him an aura of refined elegance. Then, when someone looked deeper into those mesmerizing eyes, there was no mistaking the intelligence taking in every detail of every situation. 

The desperate need to touch him pulled at every fiber of my being. The ache, almost visceral and unexplainable, burned in my chest. It had been like this from the beginning with us. 

No matter where we were in a room, the draw made us seek each other out. 

Sam continued to stare at me. The pulse of energy between us charged deep into my soul. Logic screamed for me to look away. Too much teetered on the edge. 

As sense finally penetrated my mind, I refocused on Neil. “What was I saying?”

“You were about to call what we are doing incest.”

I released a deep breath as I realized everything that had passed between Sam and me had happened within mere seconds. 

“You have to admit it’s a bit messed up.”

“Yeah, well, we shouldn’t have joined the circus if we didn’t want to have weird shit happen to us.”

My phone beeped, saving me from responding and giving me the cue to move to the hotel lounge to pick up some microchips from my favorite hacker. 

“Time to go powder my nose and grab a new shade of lipstick.”


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Control By Melissa Carrera (PREORDER BLITZ) (INKSLINGER PR)

 


Control by Melissa Cassera is a dark YA paranormal romance coming March 28th. It’s the first in a new trilogy–check it out and be sure to pre-order your copy today!

 

Title: Control

Author: Melissa Cassera

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Release Date: March 28th


About Control:

For Natalie Covington and Henry Thorne, only one thing is certain: things are about to get out of control.

18-year-old Natalie has big ambitions but very little control over her situation. She’s trapped at an elite boarding school on a private island, where cell phones are forbidden, militant guards line the iron gates, and her practically prearranged boyfriend has eyes for another girl.

Everything changes when a mysterious new student arrives named Henry Thorne. Henry is a “precog”—a hidden society of people who can see the future, and who are forbidden to reveal their powers. When Henry has a grisly vision of Natalie being murdered, he ultimately decides to save her and face the consequences. But the consequences of changing the future are more dangerous than Henry imagined, unlocking a wide conspiracy among his kind that’s linked to Natalie’s past, and a desire that threatens to consume them.

CONTROL is the first installment in The Lockwood Trilogy. This fast-paced Upper YA/New Adult Paranormal Romance is filled with thrilling turns, self-discovery, spicy language, light steam, and a cliffhanger ending that will leave you obsessing for more.

Reader Discretion: this book contains graphic language, violence, and some heat. Best suited for 16+. 


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About the Author:

Melissa Cassera is a Professional Screenwriter, Author, and award-winning Publicity Expert based in Washington State.

Melissa and her work have been featured in Variety, LA Times, Success Magazine, and Fast Company. She was named one of the nation’s Top Personal Branding Experts by The Huffington Post.

On-screen, Melissa is the writer of THE OBSESSION THRILLOGY (Lifetime Network’s first trilogy of movies.) She is also the writer of the films SECRET LIVES OF COLLEGE ESCORTS, NIGHTMARE NEIGHBORHOOD MOMS, MOMMY’S LITTLE STAR, DADDY’S PERFECT LITTLE GIRL, HER STOLEN PAST, and GIRL FOLLOWED. Melissa also sold an eight-episode dark comedy series, ADDICTED, to Fullscreen. She has two additional feature films, WHO KILLED OUR FATHER and NIGHTMARE PAGEANT MOMS, coming to Lifetime Network in 2023, and six additional film projects in active development.

When Melissa is not whipping together obsession-worthy words, she can be found drinking too much coffee, playing at the lake with her dogs, or getting lost in the romance section of a bookstore.

Follow Melissa at her website: https://melissacassera.com/ or on Instagram: @Melissa.cassera

 

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