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Eternally Mine (RBMC, Tonopah, NV) by Nikki Landis is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 @landisnikkiauth @EJBookPromos

When my best friend died, I swore I would protect his younger sister.
Laramie was off-limits.
She wasn’t mine and she never would be.
It didn’t matter what I wanted because I couldn’t touch her.
When she showed up at the Crossroads, I ordered her to leave.
When she didn’t listen, I begged her to keep her distance.
When she pressed her lips to mine, I fought to remain in control.
When I looked into her eyes, I knew I’d protect her with every breath in my body.
I didn’t expect to fall in love.
And now the monster who murdered her brother in cold blood is back to finish the job.
He wants Laramie but he won’t take her from me.
What we have is eternal. I’ll take that to the grave.
I’m a prospect for the Royal Bastards and this MC has a deadly secret.
If it’s a monster that wants to play, he’s about to receive a shock.
Reapers are the deadliest monsters of all.
*** For best enjoyment, it is highly recommended that Devil’s Ride, Hell’s Fury, and The Biker’s Wish are read before Eternally Mine.
*** WARNING – This book contains dark and mature content, human trafficking, and violence with a paranormal REAPER twist.



🃏 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟 + 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 🃏 No Limit (A Good Run of Bad Luck #8) by Giulia Lagomarsino is releasing April 4th @EJBookPromos @crzybookladyluv

And when Jack didn’t check up on her, I followed her again.
I also ran into her at the grocery store.
I’m not a stalker.
I take my job as a police officer seriously, and that includes protecting citizens when they don’t see the danger.
I just never thought I would be called out in front of her, or require her services after an injury. I also never thought I would fall for her. But the game has No Limit and I’m all in.


We’re on tour with Conceal by Addison Jane & K E Osborn! @KEOsbornAuthor @HatterServices

We’re on tour with Conceal by Addison Jane & K E Osborn!

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About Conceal
Confused, enraged, ruined—that’s how I felt when she left that day, and it took every ounce of strength I had not to go after her.
Our connection was a slow burn.
And it had begun to rage.
Until she blew out of town, with no warning, completely extinguishing the flames.
Now she’s here, standing on the doorstep, holding a piece of me I never knew existed. I should be angry. I should be hurt. But there’s no time for that. Threats have been made, and now it’s up to my team and me to bring down the almost untouchable elite coming after them.
I’ve already lost enough time, and I’ll protect them with my life before I go another day without the now most important parts of my world.
Our fire is stronger than before.
And they’re coming for my family.
But we’ll use it to burn them to the ground.


Meet Addison Jane & K E Osborn
USA Today Bestselling Author Addison Jane is a born and bred kiwi girl with a passion for romance and writing.
When she gets the chance she enjoys the little things in life such as reading, dancing, music, and Facebook, but her world really revolves around the little girl who calls her Mum. It’s an awkward balance between alpha males and Disney princesses, but it works.
Growing up on a small farm next to the beach will always make her a country girl at heart. But since moving away to a small town close to the city, she’s discovered a dangerous love for shopping.
Writing stories has been something that’s come naturally since she was young, and with the massive support of her friends and family, she finally decided to step out of her comfort zone and share them with the world.
She enjoys bringing her books to life with strong female leads, sexy, passionate men and a rollercoaster of twists and turns that lead to the happily ever after that her readers desire.
With a flair for all things creative, USA Today Bestselling Author K E Osborn, is drawn to the written word. Exciting worlds and characters flow through her veins, coming to life on the page as she laughs, cries, and becomes enveloped in the storyline right along with you. She’s entirely at home when writing sassy heroines and alpha males that rise from the ashes of their pasts.
K E Osborn comforts herself with tea and Netflix, after all, who doesn’t love a good binge?
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Black Wedding (A Beautifully Brutal Book) by Emma Luna has a 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥! @EJBookPromos @Emmalunaauthor


Goodreads Review – “Emma Luna definitely knows how to masterfully create a killer story that grabs you right from the start and doesn’t let go. Black Wedding is just the perfect dark mafia kidnapped romance story you’ve been looking for.”



♥️𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘! ♥️ The Ties That Bind: Fraser Crime Syndicate, Book 2 by Jessica Ames @TheNextStepPR @JessicaAmesAuth
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Title: The Ties That Bind
Series: Fraser Crime Syndicate, Book Two
Author: Jessica Ames
Genre: Mafia/Syndicate Romance
Release Day: April 22, 2022
Designer: Pretty in Ink Creation
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𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮
My life was planned from the moment I was born. I am to marry for my family, to cement old alliances and create new ones. I know I have no say in who will be standing at the end of the aisle, but I didn’t expect my father to sell me to a monster. Kane Fraser is known for his cruelty and his coldness. In a few weeks’ time he will become my husband and will have complete control over my life.
𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗲
The last thing I want is a wife, but my family needs me to do my duty and I will do anything to protect my siblings. Elena is nothing like I envisaged. She’s brash, loud and able to take care of herself. From the moment I put that ring on her finger, I knew this would be a match made in hell, but this is a situation neither of us can escape.
Until death do us part is just a saying, but when someone targets my wife I have to put our differences aside and protect her life. She is a Fraser and no one touches what’s mine.
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Jessica Ames lives in a small market town in the Midlands, England. She lives with her dog and when she’s not writing, she’s playing with crochet hooks.
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Broken King, an all-new second-chance romance full of heat and emotion from Bella Matthews, is now live! @jennw23

Broken King, an all-new second-chance romance full of heat and emotion from Bella Matthews, is now live!

One night.
I let myself have one night with him after avoiding him for years.
But one night was all it took for history to repeat itself.
Cade St. James was my past. He was the boy who stole my heart before he left for the Marine Corps. Now he’s back in Kroydon Hills, and there’s no mistaking he’s all man. A former MMA champion, running his own gym, and taking care of his adorable little girl. And I have to tell him our one night together is going to make him a father again.
Our timing has always been wrong.
I can do this on my own if I have to.
I don’t need to be saved.
I’m a King, not a princess.
I can save my own damn self.
Scarlet Kingston has always been too good for me.
She’s also always been mine.
But now, I don’t only have myself to think about. I have my daughter too.
We’ve both been burned before. And trusting another woman, especially one who’s already broken my heart, won’t be easy. But nothing with Scarlet ever was.
As a vice president of the Philadelphia Kings, grown men fear her.
And Scarlet wouldn’t have it any other way.
This woman can wear as cold of an exterior as she wants, but I’ve felt her on the inside.
She’s no ice queen.
Can we both get past the hurts from the past and live in the present?
Or are we both just Broken?

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Excerpt
Scarlet
“Amelia, I’ve got to go. I’m in the parking lot and need to go inside before I’m late.” I love my sister. Although we only officially met her a year and a half ago, she turned out to be the missing piece of our fucked up family. But since my nephew was born a few months ago, she’s so thrilled to talk to someone who isn’t babbling nonsensically back at her, she’s pretty hard to get off the phone.
“Okay. Are you still coming over after?” Maddox, my nephew, begins whining in the background, causing Amelia to jostle the phone.
It’s been a long Friday. But I cut out of work early for this appointment and am definitely looking forward to drinks with my sisters. “Wouldn’t miss it. See you then.”
Amelia helps our sister Lenny and I even out the estrogen to testosterone ratio in our family.
It will never be even.
There are five guys to three women and one five-year-old diva.
But at least now, we’re a little closer to a balance.
I enter my doctor’s office, sign in, take a seat to wait, and pull out my tablet to scroll through the emails that have come through since I left the office. As the vice president of Public Relations and Marketing for the Philadelphia Kings, there’s no such thing as time off, not even for a doctor’s appointment.
It doesn’t take long for me to clear out my inbox, responding to those that were urgent and forwarding the rest to my assistant, Connor. However, in that short amount of time, the already crowded waiting room appears to have hit maximum capacity. The sea of pregnant women surrounding me seems to be closing in. When I switched from the pill to the shot a few months ago, I was looking for something a little more user-friendly. I’d tried a few different birth control pills over the last few years, and the side effects weren’t for me.
The shot has been great.
Less migraines to deal with, and I’m a much happier woman. It would be even better if I didn’t have to come back in every few months.
But for now, it’ll do.
When a woman, who looks to be about a hundred years pregnant, sits down next to me with a toddler covered in peanut butter and jelly by her side, I hug the opposite side of my chair and pray the nurse calls me quickly.
Don’t get me wrong, kids are great. I love my nephew and my little sister.
But I love when I get to give them back too.
I’m not a woman who gushes over other people’s kids.
Most babies look more like small aliens than perfect little angels.
This . . . I take stock of the waiting room around me and grimace. This madhouse surrounding me today is just not for me.
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Thirty minutes later, I’m sitting on the exam table in a stiff, pale-pink paper robe when my doctor finally walks in. “How are we doing today, Scarlet? I was expecting to see you two weeks ago for your follow-up.” She pulls up my chart on her tablet, then sits down on her little stool on wheels.
“Sorry about the delay. I had to reschedule my appointment. Something came up with work. But I’m feeling fine, Doctor Esher. No complaints. Just ready to get this exam over with and get on with my night.” Unless you count how damn cold it is in this room. I could easily complain about that. It’s not like they don’t know their patients are going to get naked in here. Would it kill them to turn the heat up just a tad?
Doctor Esher scrolls through what I’m guessing is my chart before rolling over toward the table. The smile that was on her face moments ago is gone, replaced by a purposefully blank expression. “Scarlet, have you had any issues since the last time you were here?”
“No issues. Not so much as a cough. Why? Is something wrong with my bloodwork? I wasn’t supposed to be fasting, was I? Because I had coffee before I had it done the other day. I thought you said it didn’t matter and we just needed to make sure the hormones from the shot didn’t throw off anything else.” I get migraines. Bad migraines. Sometimes debilitating ones. They started when I was in high school. I’ve tried every pill out there, and they all exacerbated the crippling headaches. The shot was my next best option. And as far as I’m concerned, so far, so good. Doctor Esher clears her throat. “Scarlet, according to your bloodwork, you’re pregnant.”
I tilt my head to the side and study her. I don’t think she’d kid about something so serious, but . . . “Is this a bad joke? I mean honestly, that really isn’t funny.”
Her face stays unmoving.
No reaction.
She’s not laughing.
“Scarlet.” Her tone has dropped an octave, no longer light and airy like it was when she greeted me. “This isn’t a joke. I wouldn’t do that to you. According to your bloodwork from last week, you’re pregnant. Judging by your hCG levels, I’d guess you’re about thirteen to fourteen weeks along.”
“I don’t know what to tell you, Doc. But the draft was last month. I’ve barely had time to sleep, let alone sleep with anyone . . .” I trail off as I run through my mental calendar.
The draft was last month, yes. And the month before that was nonstop, go, go, go. It always is leading up to the draft, leaving no time for any extracurriculars. I was supposed to meet up with a friend of mine in March. He flies into Philadelphia for business every few months, but his trip was cancelled. And we never rescheduled.
I count back fourteen weeks.
But . . . Oh, hell no.
Hudson’s title fight in Las Vegas was fourteen weeks ago.
Son of a bitch.
I wasn’t concerned with a broken condom.
I was covered with the shot.
What are the odds that both forms of birth control would fail? Apparently, higher than I knew.
“I can’t be pregnant.” I meet Doctor Esher’s knowing brown eyes and cringe. “I would have known by now. Wouldn’t I?”
I want to scream at her warm smile. “Not necessarily. At this point in a pregnancy, the telltale sign for most women is a missing period. But you already weren’t having a monthly period to miss because of your birth control. It’s still too early to feel the baby move for a few more weeks yet. And not everyone experiences morning sickness.”
You’ve got to be kidding me. My chest tightens as the room begins to spin around me.
I am Scarlet fucking Kingston.
I am stronger than this.
I do not panic in public.
“Could you please run the test again? I have to believe there was a mistake.” There. I sounded in control. Inside, I might be hyperventilating, but she doesn’t need to know that.
Slow deep breaths.
That’s better.
A mistake.
This has to be a mistake.
But even as I say it to myself, I think back to that night in Las Vegas and know there’s no mistake. If ever there was a man whose sperm could leap tall buildings and blow their way past all hormones in one bound, it would be his.
About Bella
Bella Matthews is a Jersey girl at heart. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines with a healthy dose of laughter thrown in.
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A London Villain, all-new dark second-chance standalone romance by international bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher is now live! @kidsversuscopy1 @jennw23
“He’s a man staring into the eye of the storm, Ada…
The storm’s blinking first.”
A London Villain, all-new dark second-chance standalone romance by international bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher is now live!

It started with a dare:
Steal a kiss from the pretty, green-eyed girl with the Irish mobster father.
Turns out, Ada O’Sullivan was a much better thief than me.
In the span of one night, I lost my head, my senses, my loyalty to my own crime family…
At nineteen, she was the only thing worth fighting for.
Dying for.
Loving.
But I was a boy playing a man’s game.
In the end, they drove me from this city, while Ada was driven straight to hell.
Now, I’m back—an avenging devil—with red hands and loaded bullets.
Irish. Mafia. Bratva. British.
Everyone who tore her from my arms, everyone who has ever hurt her, will suffer the consequences.
But time bleeds secrets.
Secrets open old wounds.
Ada isn’t the same sweet girl I knew before they ripped her innocence apart.
And that boy?
I’ve turned him into a villain who will stop at nothing to make her mine again.
A London Villain is a heart-stopping, second chance romance with NO cliff-hanger and a guaranteed HEA.

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Meet Catherine
Catherine Wiltcher is a USA Today and Amazon Top 15 bestselling dark romance author. A stage 4 cancer thriver and a former TV Producer, she writes flawed characters who always fall hard and deep for one another, whatever the cost.
She lives in the UK with her husband and their two young daughters.
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💥 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄! 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄, 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋! 💥 @Author_BrookeS @TheNextStepPR
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Titles: Explosive Union, Cherished Union, Obsessive Union
Series: Made Series #7, #8, #9
Author: Brooke Summers
Genre: Mafia Romance
Release Day(s): Explosive Union; 4.28.22
Cherished Union; 8.25.22
Obsessive Union; 12.8.22
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𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩… 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡.
Jade Gallagher has sacrificed more than most for her family.
Being sent to prison for a crime she didn’t commit was only the beginning.
Five years she spent biding her time and coming up with the perfect revenge plan for those that harmed her while she was incarcerated.
𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.
This time to a marriage she doesn’t want.
For Jade, her mind is only on getting even with those that caused her pain.
But her new husband breaks down her walls and gets to her like no other.
Can she let him see the true her or will she keep him at arm’s length?
𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙤 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙤.
What he doesn’t want is a wife that is disobedient and doesn’t know protocol.
Meeting Jade Gallagher turns his well planned life into disarray.
The woman gets under his skin.
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.
No one hurts his wife and lives to tell the tale.
But the men that hurt her aren’t the only ones that this new couple have to watch out for.
Old foes are wanting revenge too.
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙅𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣…. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕… 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚…

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕… 𝑯𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.
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Brooke Summers is an USA Today Bestselling Author. A Londoner born and raised. She lives with her husband and their daughter. She’s a foul mouthed, dirty minded weirdo. An introvert and would rather spend the night in front of the fire reading, rather than going out and partying.
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🔥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 ➜ Cynic’s Stance (Riot MC Biloxi Series) by Karen Renee is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 @EJBookPromos @karenreneewrite






We’d barely taken one step when Cynic’s phone rang. He let go of me to grab the phone. “That’s Har’s ringtone. I gotta take this.”
He stepped further down the hallway, leaving me with his parents.
“I’ve got to use the restroom. I’ll be right back, dear,” Teresa said.
Irv stood when she did. I debated going with her, but I had no need.
Irv stepped a little closer. “I’m glad we have this moment. If you haven’t figured it out, I like you for him. The last eight years have been difficult, not just for him, but for his mother and me. We want him to be happy, and I know, for some people, marriage isn’t for them.”
I nodded, and faintly drawled, “Right.”
“My boy isn’t one of those people. He was happy as a clam with Jessica. She stomped his heart flat with what she did.”
I gave him a closed-lip smile. “I know, sir, and it took quite a bit to convince Cynic that I wouldn’t do anything like that to him.”
He stared into my eyes for a long, uncomfortable moment before he finally spoke. “See that you don’t. You’re beautiful and appear to make him happy, but if you betray him like that, it’ll break him.”
“I did not just hear you,” Cynic ground out in a sinister voice.
I turned around and put a hand to his chest. But he only had eyes for his pop. Still, I said, “Calm down. He didn’t do anything wrong, honey.”
That got me his angry eyes. “He didn’t? Warning you not to betray me isn’t wrong?” He looked past me to his dad, but said, “It isn’t his place to do that shit.”
I rubbed his name patch on his cut. “Isn’t it though? You’ll always be his son, no matter your age. Family looks out for family, ’Nic.”
His chin dipped down and he looked into my eyes. The anger had dissipated. “He doesn’t need to.”
My lips quirked to the side skeptically. “That doesn’t matter. He loves you. It’s what parents do.”
“What’s going on?” Teresa asked as she walked up to us.
“Dad’s overstepping… as usual.”
“He is not,” I whispered.
“I was. I am. And I’ll do it again,” Irv said, clapping Cynic on the bicep.
































































