Title: Annihilation Archetypes (Annihilation Archetypes #1)
Author: M.M. Gargiulo
Genre: Adult, Fantasy
Release Date: January 13, 2023
Born to siren humans to their watery graves, Nefertiti feels trapped in her life of violence. She leaves her home to venture on shore and falls in love with humans. Her duty brings her back to the sea, and fate tightens its hold on her from an unexpected source.
I’m so excited to feature Robin Kirk and one of my favorite books, The Bond, which is on sale for only 99¢ through the end of January. This series is incredible, and you mustn’t miss it!
Title: The Bond (The Bond Trilogy #1)
Author: Robin Kirk
Genre: Teen Young Adult, Epic Fantasy
Release Date: June 15, 2022
Winner of the Bronze Medal in the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Kirk brings the reader into an intricate, well-imagined world—alandscape so credibleit instantly feelslike a classic. BethKander,authoroftheOriginalSynTrilogy
Trust what you see, not what you’re told.
In a society that made males obsolete, the Weave engineers a female’s abilities. Girls like Dinitra are engineered by Sowers and assigned their life purpose when they turn sixteen.
But sometimes, the Sowers get things wrong.
A resistance is growing. Rebels are fabricating humans of their own–including males–and plan to topple the Weave in a war that could destroy them all. When Dinitra is assigned a job with the Legion, she uncovers the ugliest secrets of the Weave. Her loyalty is tested when she’s captured by the rebels and develops a dangerous bond with a male warrior–a shameful crime that she may pay for with her life.
Fans of Neal Shusterman’sArc of a Scythe series and Alexandra Bracken’s “The Darkest Minds” series will delight in this heart-pounding adventure.
Here today to celebrate the cover reveal of Cambria Hebert’s upcoming release Wish!
Title: Wish (Westbrook Elite #3)
Author: Cambria Hebert
Genre: MM Romance/ College Sports Romance/ Romantic Suspense/ New Adult Romance
Release Date: January 10, 2023
For me, choice might as well be a wish.
My parents died in a fiery car crash when I was barely sixteen.
I’m gay.
I’m also totally in love with my brother.
I didn’t choose any of that. In fact, I’ve tried like hell to deny it. But here I am in all my gay, brother-loving, no-parentals glory.
Technically, Max isn’t my brother. Not by blood anyway. That should make it less ick, right?
Considering he calls my parents mom and dad, probably not.
Also, did I mention he’s straight?
So that’s me: the freestyle swimmer doing my best to keep my sexuality on the down-low while simultaneously wishing my feelings for Max will evaporate into thin air.
Too bad he acts like he’s my keeper and my heart shakes every time his eyebrow ring glints in the sun or he levels his opaque stare on me with an intensity matched by nothing else.
My desire to keep my personal life personal drowns at the bottom of the pool when a fellow Elite lets everyone in on my business, which throws Max into macho protective mode all over again.
Enough is enough, though. I’m forcing myself to move on.
Maybe the best way to forget about my forbidden crush is to find a new one.
I have options. More than I realized.
Unfortunately, none of them are leather-wearing, tattoo-sporting, motorcycle-riding grumpholes.
So here I am wishing for Max while someone else wishes for me.
Someone who decides if they can’t have me…
No one will.
Please note that WISH contains homophobia. There is also mention of off-page child abuse and parental death. This book also contains a male/male sibling-esque relationship and mentions of male assault. Some readers may find these things uncomfortable.
Guest post spotlight on author Rebecca Gomez Farrell to celebrate her new release Wings Unfurled.
Title: Wings Unfurled
Author: Rebecca Gomez Farrell
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Release Date: December 6, 2022
The vicious claren that used to plague the reunited countries of Medua and Lansera are long gone. So what are the new dark patches appearing in Lady Serra’s second sight? She rushes to King Albrecht to report the danger, only to discover that he’s ailing and Vesperi, Prince Janto’s wife, has fled far to the north to grieve her disappeared daughter. Vesperi still wields the silver flame, possesses all the authority she’s ever wanted, but nothing can heal the wound of a missing child.
When the silver moon Esye begins to fade, a gnawing fear preys on her for the first time since she escaped her father’s cold rule. Ominous creatures once thought mythical are now rampaging through the countryside. Janto sends Serra to investigate. But without her friendship and Vesperi’s love, he fears he cannot slay this challenge. He failed to find his own daughter, after all. To save the Lanserim, the legendary bird with three heads must fly again. Will Janto, Vesperi, and Serra find the strength to raise it? Or will this menace, with the might to drain a moon, devour them first?
Celebrating Author Michael Breen’s new release Ever The Night Road!
Title: Ever The Night Road
Author: Michael Breen
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Release Date: November 21, 2022
This is a fantasy.
Of a City of water and glass. Of drowned things and lost memories lying just below its surface. Of concrete slums, and a decaying Oracle Tower. And a deep underground.
It is also a fantasy of orphan children. Like Dagny Losh. She is an escape artist. Not a chosen profession but a survival tactic, thrust upon her at a young age to break free from poverty and violence, fever and flood. While others perished, Dagny emerged into a privileged world of polished brass gates and opportunity. But she is an imposter, a misfit in fine clothes. Perfumed with dirty fingernails.
Now, at seventeen, Dagny remains rudderless and lonely. Longing for a connection to a changing world. What she finds is a fragment of her old life, before the river washed everything away. A fragment once thought forever lost. And it will take all she has to protect it.
Ever the Night Road is a coming-of-age adventure story. Dagny and an array of companions undertake a high-stakes quest guided by the stars and ancient myth, encountering danger from both criminal and supernatural forces. Along the way, Dagny will discover the bonds of true friendship, young love and the depths of her own bravery in a brutal and enchanting world.
Announcing JLA’s new release, A Light In The Flame.
Title: A Light In The Flame (Flesh and Fire #2)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: November 15, 2022
The last thing they need is the undeniable passion between them.
A Light in the Flame, the addictive and unputdownable fantasy romance
and book two in the bestselling Flesh and Fire series from #1 New York
Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is now available!
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book
two in her Flesh and Fire series…
The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill.
The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and
Nyktos. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. She will do
anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus
stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm.
Nyktos has a plan, though, and as they work together, the last thing they need is the
undeniable, scorching passion that continues to ignite between them. Sera cannot
afford to fall for the tortured Primal, not when a life no longer bound to a destiny she
never wanted is more attainable than ever. But memories of their shared pleasure and
unrivaled desire are a siren’s call impossible to resist.
And as Sera begins to realize that she wants to be more than a Consort in name only,
the danger surrounding them intensifies. The attacks on the Shadowlands are
increasing, and when Kolis summons them to Court, a whole new risk becomes
apparent. The Primal power of Life is growing inside her, pushing her closer to the end
of her Culling. And without Nyktos’s love—an emotion he’s incapable of feeling—she
won’t survive her Ascension. That is if she even makes it to her Ascension and Kolis
doesn’t get to her first. Because time is running out. For both her and the realms.
I know this fantastic woman from the last two Books at the Beach and it’s my joy to spotlight her book, Handbags and Homicide.
Title: Handbags and Homicide (A Fashion Writer Mystery #1)
Author: J.C. Layne
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: June 21, 2020
Wren Chase knows fashion. As a writer for Posh Vogue Magazine, the hottest fashion magazine in Manhattan, every designer wants to impress her. Wren’s taste in fashion is impeccable; if she loves something, so does everyone else. Her life is filled with high fashion, dinner parties, fashion shows and other events. She has a great life!
Then, one day, a package in the mail changes Wren’s life. It turns out she has a destiny, one that she can’t quite believe. Then, when a friend and colleague is murdered, Wren finds herself smack in the middle of the investigation.
Teamed with an eccentric assistant, a feisty spirit and a handsome detective, Wren sets out to find the killer. In the process, she might just fulfill her destiny.
This week’s author goddess and feature is the great Lizzy Bequin and her new release Demonbreed!
Title: Demonbreed
Author: Lizzy Bequin
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folklore
Release Date: October 27, 2022
Her body is a temple.
He’s going to defile it.
Queen Jenevieve’s kingdom is under siege, and there seems to be no chance of escape. Until she discovers a dark secret from the past:
A demon imprisoned by her father.
Cabael is a horned beast from the infernal realm, a place where pleasure and pain walk hand in hand. Even in chains, his muscled body exudes an aura of dominance that threatens to bring Jenevieve to her knees.
He agrees to help the queen, but as she quickly discovers, a demon’s aid comes at a price. And as she enters into an increasingly dangerous exchange of carnal favors, one fact becomes abundantly clear:
Cabael will not rest until she is carrying his unholy spawn in her womb.
This story contains dark themes and intense scenes. No cheating, HEA guaranteed.
Featuring Poetess Jazalyn today celebrating her work!
Title: vViIrRuUsS – I Never Forget
Author: Jazalyn
Genre: Poetry
Release Date: December 18, 2020
Three robotic viruses are released from unknown forces and compete with each other exposing crimes, with humanity’s scale of existence oscillating between total destruction and reinventing recovery.
A REVELATION of the THOUGHTS.
An AWAKENING for the HIDDEN reality.
A MADNESS pandemic.
A WAR of ESPIONAGE.
Whose VIRUS is which?
Is it too late for reinstating?
The PANIC button pushed.
An attempt to erase the MEMORIES.
Can an EVIL virus SAVE the world?
A post-apocalyptic techno thriller poetic novel that emulates psychological reactions of a serious medical and technological global emergency and provides philosophical insights on the world’s best direction.
It’s unfair
To be guilty
When no one
Is innocent
So excited to spotlight Shantel Tessier and her cover reveal of Sinner!
Title: The Sinner
Author: Shantel Tessier
Genre: Dark College Romance
Release Date: November 30, 2022
LITTLE DEMON
I was raised in a world where money and power are at your fingertips. My father is a LORD, a very respected member of a secret society that knows no bounds. When tragedy struck my family, we discovered we weren’t untouchable. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any worse, I was shown what hell is really like. Then he came and saved me. The devil disguised as my personal hero. But of course, nothing is for free. Not when a soul is up for grabs.
I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.
Easton Bradley Sinnett—Sin—uses his power for his own sick pleasure. Like a typical Lord, he never thought about the consequences of his actions. I grew up with him, obsessed over him, craved him. He was who I pictured when I imagined doing things my body shouldn’t want.
One day, I realized he was not who I thought he was. It didn’t change anything, though, because I was already too far gone. If anything, I fell for him harder.
Every now and then, someone enters your life who flips it upside down. Sin wrecked me in the worst way, and I thanked him for it by serving on my knees.
As they say, nothing lasts forever. Men like him never stay with a woman like me. I’m what they use, not keep. So when he threw me away, I shouldn’t have been all that surprised.
My body had always craved the darker side of love. The kind that left bruises and scars. I was what most would call unholy. And when the devil whispered in my ear that he loved me, I was more than determined to show him just how devoted I could be.