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Brooklyn Dean - Meet Me in Moonshine
Apr 20 2024
Brooklyn Dean - Meet Me in Moonshine
A Small Town Australia RomComDear Reader … Are you the one I’ve been searching for?Florist Jillian Maitland is a ‘hot zombie’. At least, that’s what she's heard. The death of her mother has left her shuffling around in life, passive and introverted. But with Valentine's Day looming, Jillian aches for connection.With the discovery of a mysterious note in a local history book, Jillian must venture into the world once more to piece together the writer’s adventurous, romantic puzzle. A lonely mystery man is leaving her clues, and Jillian must rediscover the wonders of the town of Moonshine, or else face another year alone.Can she uncover the identity of her mysterious note-writing gentleman? Or will she find herself alone as the entire town celebrates this Valentine’s Day?Join Jillian and her Mystery Man in this romantic novella.Website: www.brooklyndean.com Insta https://www.instagram.com/brooklyndeanwrites Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorbrooklyndean Free novella – Meet Me in Moonshine https://books2read.com/u/b6VKDJ 99c preorder for The Insufferable Adam James https://mybook.to/insufferableadamjames Moonshine Romance Series: https://mybook.to/moonshineromancebooks Once Upon a Fairytale Signing Event – 9th June, Western Sydney https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kristendovnik/978198?fbclid=IwAR2xTOMf_Pa4_8VDqmG2mqlJ9_x2g_Kljm_C9zSGt9Rlh1FcFTXroV_x5r0 The Ever After Charity Anthology – 11 fairytales reimagined and retold.Paperback preorder: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4mRAsynWIHh-sz5eXGjYCEezx_RqLrDJJjLp3yDevj25dKA/viewformEbookEbook preorder: https://amzn.asia/d/8aNXe9q Subscribe for ARC opportunities, bonus chapters, and insider info at https://www.brooklyndean.com/contact/
Jen Dodrill - Birds Alive!
Apr 14 2024
Jen Dodrill - Birds Alive!
The Empty Nesters Book 1Peg -- widow, mom blogger, and empty nester, is desperate for a new hobby. After a late-night blog post leaves her dedicated Mamma Birds followers fearful that she’s closing her blog, she adopts a reader’s suggestion and forms the Empty Nesters Birding Group. On their first outing overlooking beautiful Pensacola Bay, a birder dies from an allergic reaction to peanuts in the birdseed. Seed that should be peanut-free.A hurricane barrels toward the Gulf Coast, and Peg’s overbearing, animal-collecting, but well-meaning mother-in-law crashes Peg’s empty nest. After the hurricane passes, Peg checks on her new birder friends and finds one wounded and dying. The assailant is still there and knocks Peg down a steep staircase. Stuck in a boot with a broken foot and still reeling from the two murders, Peg recruits a fellow birder and her mother-in-law to help solve the crime. She even teams up with the detective investigating the case, whose dimples draw her in a way she hasn’t experienced in years.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jendodrillwrites/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenDodrillWritesAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jen-Dodrill/author/B0CSDW3CHRGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47887511.Jen_DodrillBookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jen-dodrillAbout the AuthorJen Dodrill is married and is the mother of five adult children and grandmother of three, two girls and a boy. She homeschooled for thirteen years, taught Oral Communication for her local community college, and is a ‘retired’ Navy wife. After her youngest graduated high school, Jen started writing her first book. Her inspiration comes in many forms, and she loves incorporating humor and personal experiences into her stories. Her first book, Birds Alive! An Empty-nesters Cozy Mystery, released February 27, 2024.Jen is an avid fiction reader with an eclectic collection of novels, many of which sit in an old embalming fluids box belonging to her great-grandfather, Captain Alfred, MD.When she's not writing, you'll find her spending time with her family or curled up on the couch with her favorite black cat, reading and drinking a mug of dark roast coffee.For more information about Jen, her books, writing info and tips, and author interviews, check out her blog: https://jendodrillwrites.com/
Meg Fitzpatrick - Shield and Savior
Apr 5 2024
Meg Fitzpatrick - Shield and Savior
Single mom bodyguard romance (The Four Families series Book 1) Mafia Rom Com She feels unwanted and alone. He never thought he needed anyone. Will a simple job unlock a match made in mafia heaven?Izzy Marciano hates being the prodigal daughter. But with her ex getting too stalkery for comfort, the competitive single mom grabs her nine-year-old son and retreats to the safety of her mob-boss dad’s East Coast stronghold. And when her father hires a smoking-hot bodyguard, she has to constantly remind herself that the chiseled guardian is supposed to be totally off-limits.Lance is loyal to the core. So the skilled security specialist forces himself to ignore the sizzling attraction between himself and his adorable new assignment beyond some laid-back flirting. But when she erupts after being denied cake at a tension-filled wedding, amusement at her over-the-top frustration leads him to offer a delicious kiss as the perfect dessert.Delighted by the fierce man’s gentle embraces, Izzy is brought harshly down to earth by a disturbing message from the past. And while Lance would do anything to make her smile, he fears that continuing to break the rules could leave them both lethally exposed.Can they dodge an oncoming tragedy and arrive at happily ever after?Shield and Savior is the playful first book in the Mastodon Security bodyguard romance series. If you like page-turning chemistry, dark humor, and lighthearted suspense, then you’ll adore Meg Fitzpatrick’s forbidden love story.Order Now or visit her website at MegFitzpatrickAuthor.comMeg has been writing for twenty years but has recently taken the leap into publishing. She likes her characters to feel real and situations to feel outlandish. She lives in Maryland with her two cats, an adorable dog, husband, teenager, and Roomba that can never make its way home. Her novels have won awards, including Twin Tale Publishings Romance of the Year 2022. She is on the board of directors of the Maryland Romance Writers.
Natalie Griffin - Twins in Time
Mar 31 2024
Natalie Griffin - Twins in Time
A hidden murder. A forced engagement. And a doppelgänger. She can’t run—not anymore.Ellie should’ve died in the accident, and she knows it. Yet she wakes downstream with a head wound.Instead of her small hometown, she finds herself trapped in land run era Oklahoma—complete with bonnets, corsets, floor-length dresses, and covered wagons.Realizing this isn’t some cruel joke, she’s scooped up by a man who’s convinced she’s his missing sister. Despite her plans to get back to her real time, Ellie takes the place of this missing doppelgänger to survive.But her newfound family has other plans.To settle a land dispute, there’s to be a wedding with the malicious neighbor.And she’s the bride.Ellie is determined to escape before they make her say “I do.” But when she meets Sam—the only man who truly believes she’s from the future—she questions if running is the only option.A fast-paced time travel novel set in 1894, Twins in Time is brimming with rousing stakes, endearing romance, family tragedy, and stirring imagery of the Old West.Order Now on Amazon or visit NatalieGriffin.comNatalie Griffin is a historical fiction author, dog mom, and pianist.As a toddler, she’d scribble illegible words on paper, then recite her fanciful stories to her mother. Born and raised in Oklahoma, she can’t stand the triple-digit heat, but she does enjoy the excitement that comes from tornado season. If you talk about the storms, you’re guaranteed to have a long, animated conversation ahead of you. She mainly writes stories set in the 19th century, believing she always belonged there, with corsets and log cabins. She’s a sucker for anything involving fairies. Anything. She stays busy with her hunter husband, daughter, three dogs, and two cats.
Addison McKnight - The Vineyard Remains
Mar 31 2024
Addison McKnight - The Vineyard Remains
Two women, brought together by tragedy, strive to find themselves on Martha’s Vineyard. But it’s not easy to heal old wounds in a powerful novel about family, secrets, motherhood, and the cold grip of the past.A desperate murder committed by Angela Miller’s mother tore Angela’s life apart and brought her to Martha’s Vineyard to live with her wealthy grandparents. It’s where her cousin, Kiki King, was born and raised, and Kiki now wants nothing more than to see the world beyond its sandy perimeter. Kiki’s mother escaped it. She took a late-night swim off Tashmoo Beach and was never seen again.Once bound by broken childhoods, Angela and Kiki have grown up divided—by their obsessions, their love for the same man, and their own conflicted journeys of motherhood. But when a small box of bones is unearthed in the woods, Angela and Kiki discover there’s so much more to learn about each other, their families, and the dark side of the picturesque island they call home.It’s time for Angela and Kiki to expose their secrets, to finally end a cycle of family drama and anguish, and to forgive and make peace with the past on their own terms.Order Now or visit AddisonMcKnight.comAddison McKnight is the pen name for Nicole Moleti and Krista Wells. After over a decade of writing nonfiction, their common interests in women’s emotions and the cultural obsession with perfection sparked an idea for their debut novel, An Imperfect Plan. With six jobs and six children between them, they wrote their first book on Saturday nights and on the sidelines of their children’s games. They reside in West Hartford, Connecticut with their families.
The Havoc in My Head by E. D. Hackett
Mar 22 2024
The Havoc in My Head by E. D. Hackett
A Novel Based on True EventsShe had all she expected to achieve. But a surprise hidden in her head was about to change everything…Ashley Martin has it all. With a high-paying job, a devoted husband, and impeccable children, the ambitious woman is living the dream life she envisioned for herself. So determined to maintain her perfect existence, she hides her odd vision problems, headaches, and confusion… until one morning she wakes up blind.Diagnosed with a brain tumor, the terrified professional faces two difficult surgeries and a year-long recovery. And as she struggles to cope with her sudden reversal of fortune, Ashley begins to see truths she never had before.Can this tenacious woman reclaim her health and redirect her happiness?The Havoc in My Head is a powerful and moving women’s fiction novel. If you like deeply personal journeys, overcoming impossible hurdles, and inspirational turnarounds, then you’ll love E.D. Hackett’s tale of extreme courage.Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MCJ5RJVShop: https:/www.payhip.com/edhackettauthorWebsite: https://www.edhackettauthor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/edhackettwritesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/e.d_hackettwrites/About the AuthorE.D Hackett is a Speech-language pathologist by day and a writer by night. She writes novels that investigate layers of self-expectations, family dynamics, love and self-acceptance. She hopes that her novels create a safe and cozy environment for her readers to fall into and explore. She writes women’s fiction with one foot in romance.She lives in New England but in her heart, she feels that she belongs in Ireland. She reads women's fiction and romantic comedies, prefers books to movies, loves ice cream over cake, and thrives in fall and spring.
Shadow of the Raven by Emily McPherson
Mar 17 2024
Shadow of the Raven by Emily McPherson
YA Rom-antasy Irish AdventureMay the roof above us never fall in. And may the friends gathered below it never fall out.Ianthe is back with another adventure, and this time, she's leaving home. The Scréch Sídhe is dead, but now Ianthe is seeing shadows of the ones loved and lost everywhere she goes. Hoping to heal and leave the past where it belongs, she departs from the town of East Wind, Ireland to visit her aunt just outside the bustling city of Derry. But fate waits for no woman, and a new threat is circling the skies.It's been three months since Fintan died in the river, and now the girl he loves can barely look at him without seeing a corpse. While Ianthe travels to Derry, Fintan stays behind to run his newly inherited weaponry, but coughing up buckets of water three months after drowning wasn't something he saw coming. In a race against time, Fintan searches for answers and digs into the history of his kind. But he had already died once, and who could survive their own death?ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSMC72PCpaperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMG96DVQFollow the author:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/emilymcphersonauthorInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/emilymcphersonauthor/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@therealemilymcphersonBio:Emily McPherson is an author for young adult readers with several fantasy projects in the works. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, she strives to normalize seeing characters of the rainbow on the page without harmful stereotypes. She is an Irish dancer with a slight obsession with mythological creatures. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, son, and - the real mythological creatures - her two rescue pugs.
Meera Makes Aloo Paratha by Sangeetha Narayan
Mar 17 2024
Meera Makes Aloo Paratha by Sangeetha Narayan
A Picture Book About Cooking Indian Food With KidsLearning can be a wonderful experience.You can learn from others, or by doing or by reading a book. Or you can read this wonderful book where Meera’s Dadaji teaches her to make an aloo paratha while teaching her that in life, often we have to take a deep breath and be open minded before we can take any decisions about our relationships.This heart-warming story takes you into the heart of the Indian kitchen and shows the –1. Valuable bond that grandparents can establish with their grandchildren2. Cooking is not gender bound or age bound. It can be done by anyone of any age.3. The importance of conversations with family.Cooking and stories can be a fun way to guide our kids through the highs and lows of life.Make sure you leave the book a review and ask the author for the classroom activity guide for this book via narayan.sangeetha@gmail.comhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKQ748K9https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/meera-makes-aloo-paratha-noor-alshalabi/1144188804Author Bio:With an associate degree in early childhood education and a passion for writing, Sangeetha always aspired to write books that would help kids with social-emotional growth. Her belief that the older generation and daily chores can be therapeutic in assisting kids with a value-based upbringing. In her debut book, she takes her children’s experiences with their paternal grandfather to show kids everywhere that patience, time and patience, cooking can also help teach life lessons. When she is not writing stories inspired by her children, Sangeetha delves into singing and drawing. She is currently working on editing her novella, a chapter book for middle graders and thinking of more stories related to Meera and her Dadaji.