SK Prince is here to tell us about Shifters Awakening, Shifters Destiny: Willow Creek Shifters Book 1, a paranormal romance.
There's also a great giveaway.
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A small-town vet discovers she's the prophesied multimorph
who can transform into any animal and must unite rival clans against an ancient
evil while navigating a dangerous romance.
Shifters Awakening
Shifters Destiny: Willow Creek Shifters Book 1
by SK Prince
Genre: Paranormal Romance
A small-town vet discovers she's the prophesied
shifter who can transform into any animal and must unite rival clans against an
ancient evil while navigating a dangerous romance.
Emma Carter's life as a small-town veterinarian is turned upside down when a
violent attack reveals her hidden ability to shift into any animal. Thrust into
a world of rival shifter clans and ancient prophecies, Emma must quickly master
her newfound powers.
With the help of the enigmatic wolf shifter Logan, she discovers she's destined
to unite the warring factions against a common enemy. But as Emma struggles
with her feelings for Logan and the jealousy of other shifters, an ancient
sorcerer threatens to destroy everything she's come to love. Can Emma embrace
her destiny and her heart in time to save the shifter world?
If you love sexy shifters, action-packed battles between good and evil, and
Alpha vibes that sizzle on the page, you’ll love Shifters
Awakening from paranormal and urban fantasy romance author SK
Prince.
SK Prince lives in Texas where she gets to write about every
shifter she can, gleefully making mischief when their fated mate steps into
their lives. Her books are full of misdirected magic, supernatural sass, and
hot alpha-holes just begging to be tamed. She’s always planning the next
weekend research adventure, even though she can’t wait to get home.
Kaylene Winter is here to tell us about her contemporary romance Daring Destiny, Charming Irish #2.
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Daring Destiny
Kaylene Winter
(Charming Irish, #2)
Publication date: January 13th 2025
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Daring Destiny is a sweltering saga of billionaire intrigue, opposites-attract, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers with an unexpected life-changing twist.
Before I founded my AI tech company, I spent my high school years silently pining over Astrid Gustafsson, the unattainable ice-blonde beauty. Fast forward a decade and I’m shocked when she asks to collaborate on a secret project. The opportunity is too enticing to pass up.
Our newfound friendship quickly ignites into a wildfire of desire, and my passion for Astrid intensifies, leaving me eager to risk everything for our future. The challenge is, relentless demands of my high-stakes empire threaten to smother the flames of our burgeoning romance.
When fate dramatically intervenes, will a life-changing twist dare us to embrace our destiny?
The end. This is probably the last time I’ll ever see Astrid. My heart is breaking into a million pieces and I’m not sure how to stop her from…
Without thinking, I reach out and take her hand, comforted by how natural it feels. She doesn’t pull away, just flicks her eyes up to me and blinks rapidly. As if she’s trying to stop from crying. My heart thunders in my chest. She moves in closer.
Thu-thump.
Suddenly, her lips are on mine.
In the beginning, it’s a soft kiss. Tentative, as if she’s testing the waters. Then, it quickly deepens and I find myself pulling her flush against my chest. Instinctively, my arms wrap around her as I lose myself in the moment. She tastes like peaches and heaven.
When our lips finally part, our foreheads remain pressed together as we try to catch our breath.
“I didn’t mean to…” She clutches at my waist.
“Neither did I,” I mutter, though it’s a lie. If I could kiss Astrid forever, I would.
I planned to.
We stand there for a moment, holding each other. Neither of us willing to let go. The air between us is charged. Electric.
She gazes up at me, her eyes soft but guarded. “Thank you.”
“For what?” I’m genuinely confused.
“For being here tonight. I truly didn’t think you’d come” She takes in a huge breath and lets it out, like she’s nervous.
Considering the situation, I’m unsure how to respond. “Why wouldn’t I be here? It was important to you. To us.”
She smiles wistfully and tilts her head. “Brennan.”
“I… Uh…” I don’t know how to respond.
Astrid shoots me a look as if to say, shut the fuck up.
So, I don’t bother finishing the sentence. It’s pointless to bullshit her. I’m not capable of giving her what she needs and we both know it.
I’m utter crap at relationships. I don’t know how to nurture them. Prioritize them. Communicate properly. I never have. Probably never will.
Astrid should have been different. She’s everything I ever dreamed about. My ultimate fantasy. And I had her. Until I fucked up.
Ruined us.
Astrid sucks in a breath. “So…turns out I’m pregnant.”
Wait, what?
Reality crashes down, unforgiving. Like a hundred million buckets of ice water.
If I can’t manage a romantic relationship with someone as perfect as Astrid…
How in the fuck can I be a good father?
Reality crashes down, unforgiving. Like a hundred million buckets of ice water.
If I can’t manage a romantic relationship with someone as perfect as Astrid…
How in the fuck can I be a good father?
Author Bio:
When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music promoter and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990’s, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.
Cindy Causey is here to tell us about Sensible Shoes, women's fiction.
There's also a great giveaway.
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This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Cindy Causey will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.
At her fiftieth birthday party, Tess Thomason, a plain-Jane, divorced mother and decidedly unprepared women’s newspaper columnist, is blindsided by her well-meaning family with a stack of gift cards she interprets as meaning she’s fat, frumpy, and wrinkled. Facing a lonely future and failing career, Tess embarks on a journey of self-discovery, taking her readers along for the ride. But her resolve is nearly derailed by a hilarious season of family chaos that includes a surprise pregnancy, rushed wedding, and unexpected houseguests. In the midst of it all, Tess is drawn into a confusing new relationship with a man who is impossibly perfect for her. But if she can keep herself, her family, and her willpower firmly seated on the crazy roller coaster of her life, maybe Tess will find her own self-worth and a new love in the bargain.
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“Tess, Tess, I’m not expecting you to write like Sylvia. I’m not even expecting you to write about fashion. What I have in mind is a column to women, for women, about women. Real women. Like one of those influencers on the Internet. You know…funny, wise, poignant, and… relevant.”
The creeping dread, now fully formed, tossed a grenade into my stomach. She might as well have asked me to write like Shakespeare. “You want me to be funny, wise, poignant, and…relevant? Are you insane?”
Okay, I may have stepped over the line with that last bit, because Ruth’s face twisted a little in the ominous way I had seen so often just before she pounded her fist on the desk. “Just write the damn thing, Tess. I don’t care if you’re funny, wise, poignant, or what was the other thing?”
“Relevant,” I murmured.
“Relevant, for God’s sake. Just do it. I need a column for the women’s page starting next week, and you’re it. Write about what you know. Family. Food. The laundry. You’ve got family. You’ve got laundry. It’ll be a cinch.”
“But—”
“No buts. Just do it. It’ll be good for you. You need to get out of your rut.” She turned her attention to her computer screen.
As if in a trance, I rose from the chair and turned to leave. “Oh, Tess?” she said without looking at me.
“Yes?” Maybe she’s changed her mind; she saw my outfit, and she changed her mind.
“Happy birthday.”
About the Author:
Cindy Causey taught herself to type in the 8th grade because she couldn't write in her diary fast enough in longhand. A degree and career in advertising were the result. A fifteen-year stint as a copy chief at JCPenney Catalog led to the position of Internet Marketing Manager for JCPenney.com.
After 20 years at JCPenney, Cindy retired in December, 2007, and began working full time with her husband Scott in their multi-media production company, Dallas Media Center. They specialized in audio/video production and editing, vintage media transfer to DVD and CD, as well as website design and hosting. Cindy shuttered the company in 2021, three years after Scott passed away.
After her first book, a non-fiction work called Cherish the Gift: a Congregational Guide to Earth Stewardship, was published, Cindy began writing fiction. She found her voice in romance, the stories of the struggles two people endure on the road to happily ever-after. Her debut novel, A Different Drum was published in May 2009 by The Wild Rose Press, followed by A Hot Time in Texas that same year.
In early 2025, her latest novel, Sensible Shoes, a humorous look at a woman struggling with life after 50, was published by The Wild Rose Press. It will be followed in late 2025 by a romantic suspense novel entitled Saving Samantha.
Cindy makes her home in Dallas, Texas. In addition to writing, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her 5 grown children and 4 grandchildren. She would like to see the edges of the entire world from the deck of a cruise ship.
Bartender Mara Sawyer has sixty days to turn her life around. If she can’t, Mara will lose the chance to regain custody of her daughter. Never having envisioned her life as a living, breathing, public service announcement for the Wyoming judicial system, Mara embraces the judge’s harsh rebuke. Finding a steady job will be easy, finishing school will be easy. Eluding the distraction of the new swaggering Texan, Luke Whitten, will be anything but easy.
With all her cards on the table, Luke and Mara build a strong friendship and along the way, she gives herself permission to fall in love again. When Mara’s ex offers up full custody in exchange for betraying Luke, Mara must choose — her daughter’s happiness, or her own.
New guy held up his finger for the fourth time in an hour.
She swept his plate and silverware into the dirty dishes bucket and pulled the handle to deliver him another beer. “Are you sure you don’t want a shot of something?” She waved at the collection of liquor bottles behind her. “Your something unpleasant is going to get expensive at some point.”
He ran his finger along the grain of the wood, up the condensation of the glass. His hands were large and calloused. Workingman’s hands.
Refusing to bite, or speak apparently, he looked up and smiled.
Twisting around, she grabbed up one of their generic, bar-grade bottles. “You look like a tequila man.”
“A tequila man, huh?” He raised one eyebrow, motioned with his finger for her to pour. “Sure, you want to call that tequila?”
She glanced at the bottle, thought again, and grabbed up a bottle of Sagebrush, her mid-grade agave tequila, and held it up for inspection. “Better?”
“I’m impressed.” He nodded as she was poised to pour.
“So, a man who knows his tequilas. A man not in his element with this weather.” She glanced at his ambiguous touristy ball cap. “You’re from Texas.”
He extended a killer smile that swept all the sharpness away in an instant. “And how would you know that?”
“Simple.” She looked at his hands, at his chest. “We get a lot of oil guys in here. But oil guys in Wyoming are different.”
She nodded at a customer a couple of bar stools down, held her finger up to new guy.
He shot down his tequila and winced, looped his finger as she got back to him. “You realize you’d be laughed out of the Lone Star State with your tequila selection.”
“Maybe, but that means I’m right about the Texas part though.”
He rocked his head from side to side. “Perhaps.”
“Ball cap is a dead giveaway.” She floated her head sideways to indicate the packed bar. “Wyoming boys wear them backward, trying to look cool, or what they think is cool. Texas boys are already confident, wear their caps like grown men should.” She was flirting, but he was a safe sort. The kind just passing through on their way somewhere else. Not like he’d be interested in her anyways. Since the courtroom visit—her sweet and salty explosion of junk food continued, ending last night with an entire key lime pie. Instinctively, she glanced down the counter to Angela. But here new guy sat, had sat. She knew better than to read anything into that.
After three shots, he slowed down, nursing his beer, staring so intently at the coaster, there had to be something unpleasant and deep going on. There was no way one night on her barstool would touch his problems. No matter how many shots he did.
But in an instant, his buzzed ass stared at her with blue eyes, glacier blue, burning straight to her insides. She liked to think she could hold her own looking someone in the eye, but she was the first to look away. She didn’t need anyone trying to analyze her lengthy list of problems.
“Do you have family here?” she asked, trying again. She’d never worked so hard for a conversation. Two nights off diminished her let-me-into-your-world vibes.
“Huh?”
“Mom, brother, sister? What you Texas boys may call kinfolk?”
She didn’t miss the flinch when she said brother. She also didn’t miss his eyes lighting up and the bite at his lip when mentioning a sister. Within ten short seconds he pulled out a photo of not only his sister, but two adorable nephews, in full cowboy attire.
He put his credit card on the bar and returned the pictures to their sleeves. After he signed the receipt, he hitched his hip and jammed his wallet into the back pocket of well-worn, faded-to-soft jeans.
He tipped his cap, looking over the crowd for a minute, and turned his hat around backward, making her laugh. “Does that make me blend better?”
Author Bio:
Kathryn is a transplanted Canadian who now calls Texas home. She loves writing strong, morally gray women tackling complex relationships and their messy lives. Kathryn enjoys road trips, spa weekend getaways, and spending time with family and friends.
Katherine Garbera is here to tell us about Brewing Up a Bad Boy, WICKed Sisters Book 3, small town cozy romantic comedy.
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A tea shop owner
good girl and a reformed microbrewer bad boy reunite in this wonderfully wicked
love story.
Sometimes the
second sip is sweetest.
Brewing Up a Bad Boy
WiCKed Sisters Book 3
By Katherine Garbera
Genre: Small Town Cozy Romantic Comedy
A tea shop
owner good girl and a reformed microbrewer bad boy reunite in this wonderfully
wicked love story.
Sometimes the second sip is sweetest.
In the cozy town of Birch Lake, tea shop owner Poppy Kitchener thought she’d
left her mistakes, and her failed marriage, in the past. But when her
ex-husband, Alistair Miller, turns up—as charming and irritatingly handsome as
ever—those old feelings float to the surface. To top it off, he has a puzzling
proposition: pretend they’re still married for his cousin’s wedding in exchange
for a lucrative business deal with his family.
Easy enough, right? After all, this could be Poppy’s last chance to get
closure, grow her business and use Alistair’s knowledge of
microbrewing to help her finish that winning recipe for the tea competition.
But even after all this time, he still knows how to make her laugh. And he’s
changed in ways that make Poppy wonder about the man he’s become… Can she trust
this new Alistair with her heart, or will a second chance brew up disaster?
From showing up to glowing up, the characters in Afterglow Books are on the
path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.
Don’t miss any of these other fun titles…
She’s kind of
a witch. He’s definitely a nerd. And this Halloween they’re
letting their geek flags fly in this playful romantic comedy from USA TODAY bestselling
author Katherine Garbera.
Dungeons and dragons and nerds, oh my…
The spooky season is almost here, and occultist and tarot reader Liberty
Wakefield is already feelin’ it. But ever since her sick nan muttered the name
of Liberty’s mysterious biological father, nothing feels normal. Not her
friends, her family, nor the quirky shop she runs with her besties. So maybe
it’s time for Liberty to track down the father she’s never met. Of course, that
means getting a little help from the sexy nerd she’s been not-so-secretly
vibing since last summer…
Merle Rutland hasn’t met anyone like the vivacious, bubbly Liberty. Part of him
wishes he was more like her—instead of hiding his geekery from his
hyper-athletic family. The other part just wants to pull the curvy redhead
close, steal a kiss and hope he doesn’t roll a critical fail.
Only, somewhere between Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, pumpkins and a few
ridiculously hot sexy-times, Liberty and Merle discover their respective weirds
might be a match. Yet as Halloween draws closer, it
seems everyone has skeletons in the closet…and nothing spells
disaster quite like being haunted by the past…
A witchy,
witty, wickedly sexy romance about love, books, friendship and the unexpected
connections that bind us together…
Bookbinding (verb): the art of creating something magical out of fabric,
leather and paper.
As a lonely foster kid, Serafina Conte sought refuge in handmaking journals—and
writing her wishes within their pages. Now, in the quirky new age store she
shares with her two best friends, Sera’s intentions have paid off. Her journals
are in the spotlight—and rumored to manifest great things. Whether it’s witchy
skills, real magic or not, Sera’s finally ready to be the leading lady of her
life story…
Until her plot hits a twist.
After the death of her mentor, Ford Sitwell, all the loneliness and insecurity
of her past returns. The only balm is the box of antique books he left to her.
But Ford’s suspicious brooding grandson, Wes, is ready to think the worst of
her—and get his grandfather’s books back! The first part doesn’t bother her.
The second? Forget it. Sera won’t give Wes the books so easily. But it’s clear
he’s seeking something more, an emotional connection no book can replace. So
she offers a deal—work in her store for six weeks, and in return, she’ll help
him get closure by sharing memories of his late grandfather.
Yes, Wes seems grumpy, but actually he’s hot…and maybe kind? Deep down?
And when desire and vulnerability work their charms, Sera begins to wonder if
the best stories aren’t the ones you intend, but the ones that take you where
you least expected…
From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading
their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.
Katherine Garbera
is bestselling author of more than 100 novels which have been translated into
over two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. A strong
believer in happy endings, her love of books led her to her dream career
writing novels. She is the mother of two incredibly creative and snarky
grown children, Katherine enjoys champagne, reading, walking, and travels with
her husband. A Florida native, Katherine now lives in the UK.
Chris Karlsen and Jennifer Conner are here to tell us about Broken Faces, historical fiction.
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Historical Fiction
Date Published: 10-10-2024
Publisher: Books to Go Now
Amidst the devastation of World War I, a young American woman named Abigale
Belorman discovers a profound calling: to restore hope to the WWI wounded
soldiers. In France they were called ‘Gueules Cassees’, or
‘Broken Faces’. Using her sculpting skills, she begins crafting
intricate masks that conceal the scars of war, offering a semblance of
normalcy to those who have endured unimaginable suffering.
Colm Harp, a skilled metalsmith, is driven by his own wounds and a personal
tragedy to join Abigale's mission. His younger brother, Danny, has returned
from the war with devastating facial injuries, and Colm is determined to
give him a chance at a life worth living. Together, Colm and Abigale embark
on a journey of compassion and resilience, their work becoming a beacon of
hope for countless wounded soldiers.
As they navigate the challenges of war-torn Europe and the
limitations of early 20th-century medicine, Abigale and Colm discover the
transformative power of human will. Their story is a testament to the
resilience of the human spirit, the enduring power of love, and the
extraordinary lengths people will go to make a difference in the
world.
War changes all their lives, but if you can improve one
person’s life, is yours not for the better? What if you could help
hundreds? What would you give up?
About the Authors
Broken Faces is a collaborative new fiction from Chris Karlsen, the winner
of the NYC Big Book Award and Chanticeer’s Global First Prize for
historical suspense.
Jennifer Conner has over 80 books and has landed in the Amazon top twenty
authors.
Aimee O’Brian is here to tell us about her contemporary romance The Magical Tea Shop, Charmed Love #1.
She's also hosting a great giveaway.
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The Magical Tea Shop
Aimee O’Brian
(Charmed Love, #1)
Published by: Tule Publishing
Publication date: January 7th 2025
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
In the small town of Hazard, finding your soulmate might require magical intervention.
Ivy Wayland has a bet with her sister, who says you can’t have it all—success in business or love, but not both. Since opening her tea shop, Ivy knows where her priorities should be, but she has her heart set on her landlord. All her life, she’s heard the family lore about how their antique cookie press infuses homemade cookies with so much love that the recipient will fall head over heels for the giver. Ivy decides to take the chance.
Jaxon Langford is ready to move on. The only thing stopping him from selling up is concern about how some of his small business owners would fare with a greedier landlord. When one of his enthusiastic tenants brings him a tin of delicious-looking cookies, he’s charmed. He takes the cookies to his baseball team’s practice, only to watch them be devoured without getting so much as a bite.
Suddenly, Ivy has her pick of the town’s eligible bachelors—except Jaxon. How can she prove her sister wrong and win Jaxon’s heart?
Ivette Wayland caught her breath. With the sun shining down on him, Jaxon Langford always caught her just a little unawares. He only lived upstairs, but every morning she found herself anticipating his first appearance of the day. She gazed through the plate glass window of her cozy tea shop as his little black Scottie dog scampered to keep up with his long strides. Jaxon halted just outside her door.
Would he enter?
She ached to run her fingers through that molasses-brown hair, still damp from the shower and sparkling like sugared ginger crinkles. It was ridiculous how much she yearned to touch him. He was her landlord, for goodness’ sake. Ivy reined in her longing. Jaxon paused on the sidewalk and quickly stepped over to hold open the door for the tiny, elderly Hazel Bestwick, president of the Hazard Historical Society.
Please come inside, Jaxon.
A couple of young boys on their way to school, backpacks swinging, asked him a question. Jaxon leaned down to answer. He fist-bumped the taller of the two boys and grinned. Jaxon’s smile shot straight to her core. As if sensing her watching, he glanced at the window, trying to see through sunlight bouncing off glass, his eyes the color of a well-steeped Irish breakfast tea.
She let out a little sigh. What she wouldn’t give to have him for…
“Focus,” said a voice behind her.
Ivy jumped and blinked twice to bring herself back to reality. “You have customers.
Remember your goals.”
Her older sister’s constant criticism put her on the defensive. Ivy swung abruptly to face her, causing her high blonde ponytail to smack her own cheek. She shoved it back. “Business is steady.”
“My business is steady.” Holly drew herself up straighter in her pink bakery smock smoothing a hand over her flawless updo before sweeping an arm out to draw Ivy’s attention to the nearly empty tearoom. “Your business is slow. And he…” She flapped her hand toward the window “…is a distraction to success. You can’t have it all.”
Author Bio:
Having lived in both California and Texas, award-winning author Aimee O’Brian now resides in the beautiful wine country where she writes dark, sexy, funny romance. With her three children grown and experiencing their own adventures, she and her husband are free to explore the world. When she’s not reading, writing, or planting even more flowers in her garden, she can be found stomping through ancient ruins and getting lost in museums.
