A million years, ago a galactic empire fell. That ancient empire is a source of many things. Wonder, knowledge, academic careers, and treasure. Treasure is what Beau Johnson seeks, tracking down artifacts for high-paying clients. Once a top student at the specialist institute for the study of the ancient empire, Beau rejected respectable archaeology and academia in favor of adventure.
Unlike his one-time rival Park Ki-tae, a brilliant student who became an enforcement agent tasked with keeping Imperial artifacts out of private collections. Beau thinks Ki-tae needs to loosen up, have more fun, and stop making it his life’s work to send Beau to jail. Ki-tae thinks Beau is a rogue and a criminal, and that it was a big mistake to sleep with him that one time…
When a client sends Beau after a legendary artifact that allows communication with the dead, Ki-tae pursues, sure that this time he’ll nail Beau. But circumstances force them to work together and deal with the feelings for each other they’ve both long denied. They have very different plans for the artifact they’re seeking–if it’s not a myth. Will they ever agree on their plans, or on anything else at all?
Bring Me the Dead by Becky Black sort of slides along that line between like and love. There’s quite a lot that’s almost on the love side. From the plot line to many of the characters but the total package and yes, execution just keeps it shy of the mark.
I love science fiction and here you have a group of treasure hunters after a mythological artifact and an galactic enforcement agent with a fierce resolve to ensure that artifact, if found, isn’t sold to the highest bidder as well as a certain hunter goes to jail. Sound familiar? And yes, they have a past together. Black takes it further making them competitors/advisories since college where Beau Johnson always came out on top. A nice twist that works to explain Ki-tae’s obsession with Johnson and his crew.
Black’s characters were a mixture. While I thought Park Ki-tae, the enforcement agent, was strong, that of Beau Johnson had some major flaws, especially of someone of his renown. Supposedly the best at what he does, he was sloppy, under informed, ill-prepared etc. In other words, just not believable. And that took away much of the ability to connect to the storyline. One or three of his crew were really nice characters, with enough quirks to stand on their own but for a band of superb outlaws at the top of the game? Never in a million years.
Other elements saved the story. The places visited along the hunt for the artifact had rings of what might pass as authenticity in the future. Most of the hard, narrative lifting here is done by Park, with Beau and crew chiming in. But it was the most interesting part of this story and the one I connected with. King, their boss, and his android wife, were a nifty aspect of the tale.
The romance between Beau and Park again seem undermined by the fact that Beau came off as less substantial, less believable than Park. He’s supposed to be this huge deal yet falls so far short in the story that you wonder why Park is pursuing him.
There’s a HFN ending, which makes you wonder if the author intends this to be the first in a series. There’s still so many loose plots threads dangling around t make a reader feel a bit unsatisfied even if the original hunt has come to an end.
If you are a lover of science fiction and want a quick read, you might want to investigate the hunt for a galactic artifact in Bring Me the Dead by Becky Black.
Cover art by April Martinez is on point with the characters and storyline.
Retired SearchLight agent Jason Campbell stumbles into intrigue in Kansas. Never attracted to women or men, he finds himself compelled by a fox demigod who gets to him through the magical medium of music. As Jason falls deeply in love with Reynard, he discovers an awful secret: Reynard is slave to a monster. As Jason struggles to free both Reynard and the fox-god’s son, he must do so without weapons, without backup, and without all the facts, which could lead to death’s retirement.
It was nice to read another story in the SerchLight universe however even though this doesn’t need to be read in order with any other story I felt as if there was a lot of little information missing. Jason doesn’t know what to do with himself when is forced into retirement by SearchLight. Reynard has been captive for so long he doesn’t know how to react to the confusing human who stumbles upon him.
I felt as if I was watching this story from a distance and didn’t really get to understand the characters. I loved that Jason wanted to help Reynard but never felt as if these two really connected and they didn’t seem to get it either. It also didn’t make sense to me how Reynard is a demigod but doesn’t always know when he is using his powers. There was just so much talking in circles and around topics that while I liked the story it just seemed disjointed.
Cover art by Fiona Jayde is nice and follows the style of other SearchLight stories but the models seem way too young for two guys in their forties.
Paralegal Seth Bellski is tired of being the secret lover of his boss, Lars Varga, founding partner of Finch & Varga Law. So when he asks Lars to spend Hanukkah with Seth’s family at their kosher B and B in Whistler, B.C., and Lars refuses, Seth realizes he will never get his self-conscious boss out of the closet.
So Seth prepares to spend his Hanukkah holiday alone in the B and B. Instead he finds himself running the place, as his aunt and uncle are missing, and seven demanding, peculiar, and danger-prone guests have arrived. To make matters worse, Lars shows up, begging forgiveness. Lars’s touches remind Seth of why he put up with his boss’s behavior in the first place. If only the words that came out of that beautiful mouth were as sweet as his kisses.
But how can Seth find time to fix his broken relationship when the guests are demanding kosher, gluten-free diets, losing their pet terriers, and hitting their heads on the ice? Seth and Lars find themselves put through the paces of being a married couple, all while still broken up. But then again, if they can survive this Hanukkah, maybe they’ll be singing a carol of the Bellskis.
Astrid Amara likes to release holiday stories and in 2009 started this Hanukkah trilogy. It took her until 2017 to finish it but I’m so happy she did because it’s heartwarming, beautifully written, full of suspense, mystery, romance, and love of all types. And it all started here with Carol of the Bellskis.
When reading an Astrid Amara story, you can’t just pick out one strength because her stories are so amazingly well rounded and beautifully written. That shows here. Her characters are strong, believable, and so are their relationship dynamics, as faltering as they are in the beginning. With Seth Bellski, you get his formidable Jewish family, their strength in their belief in their family and their religion, yes, more. It never tips over into caricature as it could so easily, but these people come across with love and care, if at times a bit of fond exasperation with knowledge of their foibles. Then there is Lars and his side of the family. Reserved, cold…well, I will let the story speak to the Vargas. They remain, however, authentic and real. That becomes something of a element of slow growth (very slow) over the course of the series, ending only with Wedding Bellskis this December. But I’m getting way ahead of this couple now at their breaking point.
The author sets out so many tough goals here and meets them all. There’s a romance and some very difficult relationship decisions that have to be worked through here by Lars (especially Lars) and Seth,. There’s an inn that can’t run itself where everyone seems to keep disappearing, so mysteries to solve, Hanukkah to celebrate, and much, much more. And it all meshes so well, like one of life’s tapestries. You will leave wishing you knew these people and wanting to be a part of their lives.
This story is full of so much emotion, action, color, and wit. It’s lively, poignant, sad, angry, lusty, romantic, funny, and a great read. I relished my time with Seth, Lars, and all the many Bellskis, and couldn’t wait until the next Hanukkah rolled around because that’s when Astrid Amara promised to roll out the next installment. Ah well, it was worth the wait even if it took until 2011.
Carol of the Bellskisrang in this series, this couple! It’s not to be missed. The Trilogy is on the top of my recommendations, not just for the holidays, but anytime of the year. But grab up all three now and read right through! What a treat is in store for you, starting with this remarkable story.
Cover art by April Martinez is strong, on target, and not only brands the series by the use of the menorah on all 3 titles but that’s also my idea of both characters. Perfection.
ebook, 1st Edition, 100 pages
Published December 14th 2009 by Loose Id
Original TitleCarol of the Bellskis
ISBN139781607375272
Edition LanguageEnglish
SeriesHolidays with the Bellskis
Yes, this is the week the weather took over Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words! So cold my keyboard (ok, my fingers) just about froze! Six degrees here and they are calling for much colder weather to come! Nope, Maryland is officially known as The Temperate State. Nothing temperate about these temperatures! In fact the whole East Coast is frozen from Niagara Falls to Tallahassee, Florida. Snow is falling in Texas to Florida. Iguanas are dropping like hail near the Everglades. And the Meteorologists are having a field day, either defending or denying the use of some of the words I’ve used above. Especially bombogenesis! That one caused a howl!
Nice to see language and words with the power to make things pop on a daily basis! You can find the definitions of these terms and others like seiche and haboob here. Terrific article but I’m more interested in the way these words flew about the media. People got downright Twitterpated! There’s a polar bombogenesis coming! RUN!!!!!!! To the grocery store or the liquor store or wherever one runs. But run! Not sure where they thought we were going? Alaska? Because it’s downright warmer there then here. How about “bomb cyclone”? Heard that one too! What terms have you been hearing? How have you been coping with the cold, if at all? Maybe you are one of the luckier ones and live outside the “frozen zone”, what advice, other than “Let It Go” (runs and hides) would you have for us?
I’ve been taking the cold by staying inside with the dogs and reading (and binging Netflix I confess). The cold (a 2 degree morning today) is good for that. Luckily I’ve had some wonderful stories for company. Charlie Cochrane’s Lindenshaw Mysteries (a cozy if ever there was one) is on it’s third installment. Just terrific. Plus I have some old favorites I’m discussing below. What are you all reading during this “bomb cyclone”? Or winter hurricane? What tales are keeping you warm? More about that later….
Now, onto this week. There are some very special books we are reviewing this week, some with starts that go way back! This week I’m finishing up a trilogy that started in 2009. That would be Astrid Amara’s wonderful Bellskis series. One came out in holiday season 2009, then another during the holiday in 2011, and then…nothing. I was bereft! I loved this series and couple! Then the news that Loose id was closing and the final story arrived. Wedding Bellskis! Be still my heart. All three are reviewed this week. Astrid Amara’s trilogy combines murder, mystery, Hanukkah, a sometimes rocky romance, and a couple to remember. Check them out!
Next up? Another story with it’s start years ago. That would be Laura Baumbach’s Genetic Snare. How many of you science fiction lovers remember the first story? That would be Details of the Hunt (Details #1) by Laura Baumbach published back in 2006 (2007). Honestly I can’t remember which year I read but I think it was 2006. A long time! Anyway, then she announced there would be a sequel….which never came. Which because she was busy establishing MLR Press among other things. Now, years later, we are finally getting that story! There’s a time traveled pirate, a huge alien who talks like a film noir gangster, suspense, and alien tentacle sex..sort of. Yes, it works but you really need to read both books.
Finally there’s Amy Tasukada’s Yakusa Path series. The third book is out and I’m reviewing it this week. It was one of my Best of 2017 and it looks as though it will be on my 2018 list as well. Just amazing. So if you don’t mind gritty, brilliant, bloody fiction, check out One Thousand Cranes (Yakuza Path #3) by Amy Tasukada. Again you will need the entire series.
All that and so much more! There’s a few more holiday stories and audiobook reviews and everything in between. Plus giveaways, author interviews, and guest posts! Stay with us, stay warm, and stay safe….
More about the giveaway at the end of the post.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, January 7:
Of Polar Vortexes. Bombogenesis and Thundersnow.
This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
A MelanieM Review: Carol of the Bellskis (Bellskis, #1) by Astrid Amara
Monday, January 8:
Hannah Carmack on Seven-Sided Spy
Blog tour *Bleeding Like Me by Riley Parks
DSP Promo Ari McKay
A Stella Review: Like a Gentleman by Eliot Grayson
A MelanieM Review: Beyond The Tunnel by Dan Mitton
An Alisa Review: Tangled Up in You by Emily Carrington
A Lila Audiobook Review: Uncommonly Tidy Poltergeists by Angel Martinez and Michael Pauley (Narrator)
Tuesday, January 9:
Release Blitz – Lost In Time – A.L. Lester
DSP Promo Logan Meredith
DSP Promo Z. Allora on The Great Wall
A Jeri Release Day Review: Bleu Balls (Balls to the Wall #7) by Tara Lain
A Lila Release Day Review: Southernmost Murder by C.S. Poe
A MelanieM Review: Bring Me the Deadby Becky Black
A MelanieM Review: A MelanieM Review: One Thousand Cranes (Yakuza Path #3) by Amy Tasukada
An Alisa Audiobook Review: Freckles by Amy Lane and Nick J. Russo (Narrator)
Thursday, January 11:
DSP Promo Andrew Grey
Harmony Ink Promo Gene Gant
Riptide Tour & Giveaway: Relay by Layla Reyne
A MelanieM Review: Genetic Snare (Details #2) by Laura Baumbach
An Alisa Review: Christmas Kisses at the North Pole by Jessie Pinkham
A MelanieM Review: Miracle of the Bellskis (Bellskis, #2) by Astrid Amara
Friday, January 12:
Release Blitz & Review Tour for Rebecca Cohen’s Not All Chocolates & Cuckoo
Review Tour for Sam Burns’ Blackbird In The Reeds
Riptide Tour and Giveaway: Two Feet Under by Charlie Cochrane
A MelanieM Review: Two Feet Under (Lindenshaw Mysteries #3) by Charlie Cochrane
A MelanieM Review: Not All Chocolates & Cuckoo Clocks by Rebecca Cohen
A Stella Review: Composing a Family: A Mannies Incorporated Novel by Sean Michael
Saturday, January 13:
A MelanieM Review: Magical Rescue (Shifting through the Snow Book 8) by Laura Baumbach
A MelanieM Review:Wedding Bellskis (Holidays with the Bellskis, #3)by Astrid Amara
Best of 2017 Giveaway
Who has made an impact on you this year? Start thinking about it. This week starts our Best of 2017 Giveaways. We need your Best of in whatever Categories you would like to submit. Have a Best of Covers? Great! How about a Bests of Supernatural Romance? Perfect! Best Historical Romance? Love it! Getting the idea? So what’s your Best of 2017? I will be gathering mine for the next 2 weeks and will trot them out at the end of the month. Prizes will be offered up! Gift certificates, more than one, for participations and more.
Our Winners are: Purple Reader, H.B., and Ana! A $10 Gift Card will be yours. Happy New Years to all of you and a huge thank you to everyone that provided us with all those lists. I will be putting up a page with everyone’s 2017 Lists this week so be on the lookout for that too! New Giveaway up next week! Yep the Polar Vortex Giveaway!
Title: Won’t Feel a Thing Author: C.F. White Series: St. Cross #1 Release Date: December 19th 2017 Genre: Contemporary MM Romance
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It takes more than a doctor to mend a broken heart.
Ollie Warne is fresh out of nursing school and working his dream job as a pediatric cardiology nurse at St Cross Children’s Hospital, London. He wants to start the new year free of personal heartache after his track record of falling for the wrong man–his New Year’s resolution is to live a life of carefree liaisons from now on.
He immediately meets Jacob, father of one of Ollie’s patients and a man harboring more guilt and past demons than even Ollie, which is saying something…
Their growing attraction makes it hard for Ollie to keep his distance, but he has to. Not only do the ethics of his profession demand it, but Ollie is entangled with another man–a predatory doctor who has a huge personal and professional stake in Ollie’s life.
Ollie risks more than his job by getting involved with a patient’s father–and much more than just the success of his New Year’s resolution, something that was supposed to ensure that, this time, he won’t feel a thing.
Jacob held a finger under Ollie’s chin and lifted his face to look deep into his eyes.
Ollie exhaled a mouthful of steam, and his lips trembled. “I don’t believe that,” Jacob said. “I believe you’re a miracle too.” Ollie could do nothing more. Keeping his finger curled under Ollie’s chin, Jacob coasted a thumb across his lips. Ollie needed to move away. He had to stop this before—
It was too late. Jacob leaned in and kissed him. This time, however, it wasn’t an accident, a mistake, or immediately followed by remorse. Jacob’s lips lingered on Ollie’s, spreading warmth through his entire body. Ollie switched off his mind and could no longer hold the urge within. He parted his lips and kissed him back. That tiny reaction seemed to give Jacob all the encouragement he needed, and he deepened the kiss, spearing his tongue into Ollie’s open mouth. With a sharp inhalation of breath through his nose, Jacob pushed Ollie back against the restaurant wall with the force of his kiss alone. Ollie hit rough brick with a thump, but neither of them stopped, and Ollie slid his hands around Jacob’s waist to squeeze him closer. Jacob moaned a deep rumble and responded with his tongue, demanding deeper access to Ollie’s mouth with heated desire. After a brief moment of mouths crashing, heart rates elevating, and hands roaming places they shouldn’t in a daylight alley, Jacob pulled away, his chest heaving as he shivered.
“I should stop,” Jacob muttered through deep breaths.
Ollie paused. He needed to think about this. He should think about this. He knew the correct response. Trouble was, he didn’t like it. This, he needed. So he tugged Jacob closer, grinding his groin against his own. Jacob was already as hard as he was. Perhaps he needed this just as much. Which made Ollie respond the only way he would.
“Don’t, ” Ollie whispered in his ear.
Brought up in the relatively small town in Hertfordshire, I managed to do what most other residents of the town try and fail. Leave.
Going off to study at a West London University, I realised there was a whole city out there just waiting to be discovered, so much like Dick Whittington before, I never made it back home and still endlessly searches for the streets paved with gold; slowly coming to the realisation that it is mostly paved with chewing gum. And the odd bit of graffiti. And those little circles of yellow spray paint where the council point out the pot holes to someone who is supposedly meant to fix them instead of stare at them endlessly whilst holding a polystyrene foam cup of watered down coffee.
Eventually I moved from West to East along that vast District Line, and settled for pie and mash, cockles and winkles, and a bit of Knees Up Mother Brown to live in the East End of London; securing a job, creating a life, a home, a family.
Having worked in Higher Education for the most proportion of my adult life, a life-altering experience brought pen back to paper, having written stories as a child but never having the confidence to show them to the world. Now embarking on this writing malarkey, I cannot stop. So strap in, it’s a bumpy ride from here on in.
So Long 2017! Hello 2018! It’s Our Final 2017 Best of Lists.
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My 5* reads from this year
The Executive Office series, Tal Bauer
Sins of the cities series, KJ Charles
Forever Haunt (Jimmy McSwain 5), Adam Carpenter
This Fire Inside, Jordan Nasser
What It Looks Like, Matthew J Metzger
Wolfsong, TJ Klune
Priddys Tale, Harper Fox
Bitter Legacy, Dal Maclean
Switched, NR Walker
The Definitive Albert J Sterne, Julie Bozza
Reaping Fate, AJ Rose
From Ana:
My Bests: Best Mystery: Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge and Risky Behavior by LA Witt & Cari Z Best Audiobook: Femme by Marshall Thornton Best Cover:Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan Best Contemporary (this is hard to choose, so many good ones): Becoming Kerry by Lynn Kelling, The Impossible Boy by Anna Martin, Off the Ice by Avon Gale and Piper Vaugh, Manic Pixie Dream Boy by KA Merikan and Disease by Hans M Hirshchi Best Dark Theme: Backdoor Politics by CL Mustafic
Amy:
Favorite On-Going Series in 2017
Hexworld by Jordan L. Hawk
Aberrant Magic by Lyn Gala
Offbeat Crimes by Angel Martinez
Bad Behavior by L.A. Witt and Cari Z
Rainbow Cove by Annabeth Albert
Scoring Chances by Avon Gale
and more from Didi:
I’m adding two more lists of mine here, for PNR and May/December (or Age-Gap as one MC’s not into his December yet 😉 ).
Best Paranormal Romance:
– Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
– Hexslayer by Jordan L. Hawk
– Undertow by Jordan L. Hawk
– The Well by Marie Sexton
– Fraud Twice Felt by JT Hall
Best May/December Romance:
– Off the Ice by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn
– Spun! by JL Merrow
– Trust the Chaser by Annabelle Albert
– Risky Behavior by LA Witt & Cari Z (I cheated, it’s more age-gap than May/December, I think)
– Permanent Ink by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn
Best of Lists from STRW
More from Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Reviewers:
From Lila:
Looking back on my shelves, The Best of 2017 (according to me) are:
Here are my lists, many and long as I warned everyone. What a year and I still mourn the books I hesitatingly left off. These are listed in absolutely no particular order excerpt that I was scrambling to look at my notes and books kept popping up here and there….
♥︎Best Contemporary Fiction with Romance
Ghost (Executioners #1) by J.M Dabney Joker (Executioners #2) by J.M Dabney Watermelon Kisses by Freddy Mackay There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford Shelter the Sea (The Roosevelt, #2) by Heidi Cullinan Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan Switched by NR Walker Late in the Day (The Vault #2) by Mary Calmes
Micah Johnson Goes West (Get Out #2) by Sean Kennedy House of Cards (Porthkennack #4)by Garrett Leigh Foxglove Copse (Porthkennack #5) by Alex Beecroft Fair Chance (All’s Fair #3) by Josh Lanyon Hawaiian Orchid (The Hawaiians 2) by Meg Amor Snowblind by Eli Easton Who We Are by Nicola Haken Fishy Riotby Lindsey Black Rhino Ash by Lindsey Black Bonfires by Amy Lane Catch and Release (The Release, #3) by B.A. Tortuga
The Stark Divide (Liminal Sky #1) by J. Scott Coatsworth Sūnder (Darksoul #1) by Lexi Ander The Jackal’s House (Lancaster’s Luck #2) by Anna Butler – steampunk
♥︎Best of Fantasy:
His Mossy Boy (Being(s) in Love#8) by R. Cooper Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford The Heart of the Lost Star by Megan Derr Ravens (Inheritance #3) by Amelia Faulkner
♥︎Best Supernatural/Paranormal:
Bitten by Design (Regent’s Park Pack #2) by Annabelle Jacobs Skim Blood and Savage Verse (Offbeat Crimes #3) by Angel Martinez (actually all the books in this series)
♥︎Best Series:
Aisling Trilogy by Carole Cummings (high fantasy) The Hawaiians by Meg Amor (contemporary romance) Offbeat Crimes by Angel Martinez (humor, fantasy, supernatural) Nicky and Noah Mysteries by Joe Cosentino (high camp, high humor, mystery) Inheritance by Amelia Faulkner (fantasy, supernatural) The Kingdom Series (Vol 1 & 2) by RJ Scott (fantasy) Rainbow Cove by Annabeth Albert #gaymers by Annabeth Albert Being(s) in Loveby R. Cooper The Release series by BA Tortuga The Sin Binby Dahlia Donovan (contemporary) The Yakuza Pathseries by Amy Tasukada (contemporary fiction) violent, bloody, brilliant, not romance)
♥︎Great Series Ending:
Sanctuary Series by RJ Scott Texas Series by RJ Scott Mahu by Neil S. Plakcy All’s Fair by Josh Lanyon Werecatseries by Andrew J. Peters Holiday with the Bellskis by Astrid Amara End Street Detectives by RJ Scott (supernatural)
♥︎Holiday Series ~ special mention:Holidays with the Bellskis Series by Astrid Amara (final story just out)
Carol of the Bellskis (Bellskis, #1) by Astrid Amara
Miracle of the Bellskis (Bellskis, #2) by Astrid Amara Wedding Bellskis (Holidays with the Bellskis, #3) byAstrid Amara
♥︎Best Covers:
A Destiny of Dragons (Tales From Verania) by TJ Klune, Artist Paul Richmond Red Fish, Dead Fish (Fish Out of Water#2) by Amy Lane, Artist: Reese Dante
Sunset at Pencarrow (World of Love) by Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell, Artist: Reese Dante An Island in the Starsby Susan Laine, Artist: Anna Sikorska Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan, Cover art by Natsukoworks, Cover design by Kanaxa Designs. The Lure of Port Stephen by Sydney Blackburn, Artist Natasha Snow Manny Get Your Guy (The Mannies #2) by Amy Lane, Artist: Paul Richmond Comes a Horseman (Echoes Rising #3) by Anne Barwell, Artist: Reese Dante A New Way to Dance by Sean Michael, Artist: Anne Squires The Glamour Thieves by Don Allmon, Artist: Simone
Conned By Jana Denardo, Artist: Melody Pond Sūnder (Darksoul #1) by Lexi Ander, Artist:Kirby Crow The Blacksmith Prince by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus, Artist: Lady Tiferet Foxglove Copse (Porthkennack #5) by Alex Beecroft, Artist: G.D. Leigh
♥︎
Well those are my choices and I’m sure I’ve even left a quite of few out. How did all of your lists come out? Did you all find some new books to add to your TBR lists on everyone’s Best of Lists? Winner Announcements to come next week as they would get lost and we need to have something to look forward to!
Have a Safe and Happy New Year! See you all in 2018! Happy Reading from Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words to all of you!
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, December 31- Happy New Eve’s:
So Long 2017! Hello 2018! It’s Our Final 2017 Best of Lists.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words.
A Stella Advent Release Day Review: Eugene and the Box of Nailsby Jaime Samms
Monday, January 1:
Book Blitz: Blackwelder 2164 by Christopher D. J
BLITZ The Calling by MD Neu
RIPTIDE TOUR Reckless Behavior by LA Witt and Cari Z
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Operation Green Card by GB Gordon
A Kai Audiobook Review: Nachos & Hash by Brandon Witt and Dominic Carlos (Narrator)
A MelanieM Review: Hurricane by BA Tortuga
Tuesday, January 2:
Cover Reveal for Shae Connor’s Teaching Ben
DSP Promo K.A. Mitchell
RIPTIDE TOUR On Solid Ground by Quinn Anderson
Tour: A Different Light by Morningstar Ashley
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Prelude to Love by Anne Barwell
A MelanieM Review: Bound by Thorns (Dragon Soul #3) by Sean Michael
Wednesday, January 3:
Blog Tour *Won’t Feel A Thing by C.F. White
Release Blitz – Bonnie Dee – The Fortune Hunter
DSP Dreamspun Promo Anne Barwell
A VVivacious Review: OBSESSION by Theophilia St. Claire
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo
A MelanieM Review: Wait For Me by Kris Jacen
Thursday, January 4:
Release Blitz & Review Tour Request – Sam Burns – Blackbird In The Reeds
Sin and Saint by J.M. Dabney RDB, Tour
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Sin and Saint by J.M. Dabney
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Reckless Behavior by LA Witt and Cari Z
A Stella Review: The Best Gift by Shawn Lane
An Alisa Review Wolf’s Kiss by Siryn Sueng
Friday, January 5:
Dreamspinner Promo: Alix Bekins and Connie Bailey, authors of Song and Key
Release Blitz – Vows Box Set – Addison Albright
RELEASE BLITZ Felix and the Prince by Lucy Lennox
A MelanieM Audiobook Review: Smitty’s Sheriff by Cardeno C
A Stella Pre Release Review: When the Devil Wants In by Cate Ashwood and JH Knight
An Alisa Prerelease Review: Forever With You By Londra Laine
This week I’m devoting our blog to lists from our readers and what wonderful lists they came up with. One author on many of there lists is one that will be on mine too. But in what manner? Because Annabeth Albert is one author I’m wrestling with right now for mine own lists because I love so many of her stories. What do I choose from? Her #gaymers series (Status Update, Beta Test)? Her Out of Uniform series (On Point) or even her newest one Rainbow Cove (Tender with a Twist)? Rhys Ford for her gritty urban fantasy and contemporary? Heidi Cullinan? On and on, there are authors with multiple stories that made a huge impact on me this year…how to narrow the list down or do I?
Please feel free to chime in here. Because my lists start tending to look like scrolls rolling across the floor…
And then there are the authors new to me and their series, writers like J.M. Dabney, Dahlia Donovan, and Lindsey Black.
Yes, my list will be long. Be prepared on the 31st! Until then enjoy these wonderful lists from some of our readers and you still have until the end of the week to get yours in as well and be entered for our Best of 2017 Giveaways. See the details below. Until next week..
Be Safe, Be Merry, and Happy Reading from all of us to all of you!
Happy Holidays to one and all from everyone here at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words!
♡From H.B.
Thanks for sharing your list with us. I never was very good at picking out books I thought were the best over all books I’ve read well here goes:
Best of series 2017:
At Last, The Beloved by Stella Starling
The F-Word by E. Davies
Regent’s Park Pack by Annabelle Jacobs (technically book 1 was released in 2016 but book 2 and 3 was released this year)
Luna Brothers by Ashe Moon
2017 Best Novels:
Archangel’s Assassin by Barbara Elsborg
Haunted by Casey Ashwood
Thick & Thin (THIRDS 8) by Charlie Cochet
Darkest Hour Before Dawn (THIRDS 9) by Charlie Cochet
Gummy Bears & Grenades (THIRDS 9.5) by Charlie Cochet
Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford
Siren’s Call by J.C. Owens
The Foxling Soldati (Soldati Hearts 2) by Charlie Cochet
Bone to Pick by T.A. Moore
Daimonion (The Apocalypse 1) by J.P. Jackson
To Touch You (Mates 4) by Cardeno C.
A Worthy Man (The Men of Halfway House 5) by Jaime Reese
FU: Fixer Uppers by Devon McCormack
Love Connection (#gaymers 3.5) by Annabeth Albert
True Colors (True Love 2) by Anyta Sunday
Half by Eli Lang
Married for a Month by Cate Ashwood
Ge-Mi (Part One) by Mell Eight
Man Walks into a Bar: A Trio of Short Stories by Lissa Ford
Best listened to audiobook in 2017:
Don’t Twunk With My Heart (Loving You 2) by Renae Kaye
Whyborne and Griffin series book 1-8 by Jordan l. Hawk
Lightning Struck Heart by T.J. Klune
Stranger on the Shore by Josh Lanyon
#gaymers series by Annabeth Albert
♡From Ami:
It is ALWAYS difficult for me to choose things for “Best” List. Mainly because I read a lot (more than 400 titles, MM and MF) so I hate sorting them out in order. But I’ll try. And I prefer to use the word “Favorite” rather than Best, since I know my taste is different than others
Favorite Novel Read in 2017
Back to You by Chris Scully
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbride
Love is Heartless by Kim Fielding
On Point by Annabeth Albert
Bad Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z.
Accepting the Fall by Meg Harding
The Love Song of Sawyer Bell by Avon Gale (F/F Romance)
Tender with a Twist by Annabeth Albert
Sightlines by Santino Hassell
Favorite Novella / Short Story Read in 2017
The Layover by Roe Horvat
Handmade Holidays by Nathan Burgoine
♡From Jen27:
Here are some of mine from 2017.
Series:Whyborne & Griffin by Jordan L. Hawk (has been since it started)
New-to-me-Author:Kasia Bacon Holiday story: Color of You by C.S. Poe (I was lucky enough to win an ARC.) Audiobook: The Alpha King by Victoria Sue Short Story: Dear Mona Lisa by Claire Davis & Al Stewart
I have way to many novels that I loved, but some of the authors who had multiple five star reads for me this year are: Jordan L. Hawk, Rhys Ford, Tal Bauer, Victoria Sue, Kasia Bacon, Keira Andrews, NR Walker, KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, CS Poe, Eli Easton, Layla Reyne, Charlie Cochet, Annabeth Albert, Garrett Leigh, Santino Hassell, TJ Klune, Harper Fox
♡And Purple Reader:
hanks fro all the good recs. Certainly a lot to look into. I didn’t know if this was limited to 2017 releases, but as far as fantasy goes: I read and loved the first 4 in Andrew Q. Gordon’s Champion of the Gods series this year, and the latest (4th – Child of Night & Day) was this year.
Best of 2017 Giveaway
Who has made an impact on you this year? Start thinking about it. This week starts our Best of 2017 Giveaways. We need your Best of in whatever Categories you would like to submit. Have a Best of Covers? Great! How about a Bests of Supernatural Romance? Perfect! Best Historical Romance? Love it! Getting the idea? So what’s your Best of 2017? I will be gathering mine for the next 2 weeks and will trot them out at the end of the month. Prizes will be offered up! Gift certificates, more than one, for participations and more.
Ends this Saturday, December 30th. So get those lists in and let’s starting comparing! Happy compiling! Must be 18 years old to enter.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, December 24:
An Alisa Advent Release Day Review: Candy Canes and Cappuccinos by Elizabeth Coldwell
An Alisa Review: The Icicles by R.W. Clinger
Almost There! The Best is Yet to Come 2017 Best of Lists Continue.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Monday, December 25 – Merry Christmas Everyone!
Book BLITZ Get Up by Reece Pine
BLITZ Run in the Blood by A.E. Ross
Jared’s Fulfillment by Riley Hart Blog Tour
A Caryn Release Day Review: Color of You by CS Poe
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review:Don’t Plan to Stay by Kaje Harper
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: Homemade from the Heartby Bru Baker
A Stella Review: Like a Gentleman, by Eliot Grayson
Tuesday, December 26:
DSP Promo Scotty Cade on Someone To Kiss
Tour Blitz for Sin and Saint by J.M. Dabney
A Free Dreamer Review :In Blood and Pain by Aldrea Alien
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: The Billionaire’s Boxing Day Bargain by Ava Hayden
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Sin & Saint (Executioners #4) by J.M. Dabney
An Ali Review: Will & Patrick’s Endless Honeymoon (Wake Up Married #7) by Leta Blake
Wednesday, December 27:
On tour:Blood’s Song by Tempeste O’Riley
DSP Promo KC Burn
A Caryn Release Day Review: Being with Him by Mickie Ashling
An Alisa Review: I Only Want to Be With You by J Scott Coatsworth
A Caryn Advent Release Day Review: A Holiday Crush by CJane Elliott
An Alisa Release Day Review: Someone to Kiss by Scotty Cade
Thursday, December 28:
Harmony Ink Promo RG Thomas
SEAN MICHAEL on Composing a Family
A LIla Review: Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Katie Porter
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: Ghostwriter of Christmas Past by TA Moore
A MelanieM Review:A Viking For Yule by Jamie Fessenden
An Ali Review : On Your Knees, Prospect by KA Merikan
An Alisa Review: Life on Pause by Erin McLellan
Friday, December 29:
Cover Reveal for La Famiglia (A Men of Gilead Novel) by Deanna Wadsworth
Release Blitz – Beyond The Tunnel – Dan Mitton
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Eight Nights In December by Keira Andrews
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: New Game, Start by C.S. Poe
A MelanieM Review: 415 Ink: Rebel by Rhys Ford
An Alisa Review: Raven (Elsewhere #2) by H.J. Perry
Saturday, December 30:
A Lila Advent Release Day Review: The Werewolf before Christmas by Charles Payseur
A MelanieM Review: A Cop for Christmas by Jamie Fessenden
This week we have more lists from our reviewers and some from our readers. We have best books and best covers from Stella and Barb the Zany Old Lady. Check out their recommendations. See where they fall on your lists, if they made your lists or if you have read them at all and perhaps need to put them on your TBR lists!
That last always happens to me.
Then I started to include more lists from our readers as well. The Best of Giveaway is still going on. Look for it at the bottom of this post before our schedule of the week! And now for Stella’s Best Books for 2017:
Stella’s BEST BOOKS of 2017
Be My Best Man by Con Riley
Permanent Ink by Piper Vaughn and Avon Gale
Spun! by JL Merrow
Haven’s War by Parker Williams
Back to You by Chris Scully
Gone by the Board by August Li
The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
Wake Up Call by JL Merrow
Renaissance by Lillian francis
Beneath The Stars by Lynn Charles
Second Chances by TA Webb
Ringo and The Sunshine Police by Nick Wilgus
Love Rising by Piper Vaughn
Lunch with the DoNothings at the Tammy Dinette by Killian B Brewer
BEST COVERS
The World in His Eyes by AJ Thomas
How to Save a Life by Eli Easton
The Half Wolf by Jay Northcote
The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
From Barb the Zany Old Lady
My top 10 for 2017, in any order (I can’t decide which is the best of all):
Slow Heat by Leta Blake
Tender With a Twist by Annabeth Albert
Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo
Shelter the Sea by Heidi Cullinan
Controlled Burn by Erin McLellan
On Point by Annabeth Albert
Tender Mercies by Eli Easton
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge
Trust with a Chaser by Annabeth Albert
Risky Behavior by L.A. Witt and Cari Z.
And from one of our Readers!
From Didi:
Sorting out the best list is what I never did – or at least announced – before. I’m not that organized, lol. Since I consider this year is one of the good reading year for me though, I have a few best-of-2017 list based on my reading. Here are a couple in a random order..
Best Suspense Romance
– Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge
– Risky Behavior by LA Witt & Cari Z
– Trustworthy by Astrid Amara
– Single Malt by Layla Reyne
– Enemies of the State by Tal Bauer
Best Covers
– Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge
– The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
– Off the Ice by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn
– Ghostwriter of Christmas Past by TA Moore
– The Castaway Prince by Isabelle Adler
Best of 2017 Giveaway
Who has made an impact on you this year? Start thinking about it. This week starts our Best of 2017 Giveaways. We need your Best of in whatever Categories you would like to submit. Have a Best of Covers? Great! How about a Bests of Supernatural Romance? Perfect! Best Historical Romance? Love it! Getting the idea? So what’s your Best of 2017? I will be gathering mine for the next 2 weeks and will trot them out at the end of the month. Prizes will be offered up! Gift certificates, more than one, for participations and more.
Ends on Saturday, December 30th. So get those lists in and let’s starting comparing! Happy compiling! Must be 18 years old to enter.
This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, December 17;
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: Welcome Home Soldier by Deanna Wadsworth
An Alisa Release Day Review:Table for Oneby Connie Bailey
More of STRW Best of 2017! This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Monday, December 18:
Release Blitz – Nell Iris’ Unexpected Christmas
Review Tour – Ruby Moone’s The Mistletoe Kiss
Riptide Publishing’s Tour and Giveaway: Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo
A Caryn Review: The Mistletoe Kiss by Ruby Moone
A Lila Advent Release Day Review: Trading Tridents by C. M. Taylor
A Stella Review: Yours For The Holiday by DJ Jamison
An Alisa Review: The Christmas Eve Craigslist Killer by Jill Wexler
Tuesday. December 19:
Blog Promotion Tour – Why I Left You by Colette Davison
DSP Promo BA Tortuga on Slip
Riptide Publishing Bluewater Bay Tour and Giveaway: New Hand by LA Witt.
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: New Hand (Bluewater Bay #23) by L.A. Witt
A Jeri Review: New Hand by LA Witt
A Kai Advent Release Day Review: All Creatures Great and Small by Kasper Quill
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Beloved Son (Aisling Trilogy#3)by Carole Cummings
A MelanieM Review: Why I Left You by Colette Davison
Wednesday, December 20:
Book Blitz – Jamie Fessenden – A Viking For Yule
Book Tour – Short Order by Pat Henshaw
DSP Promo SJD Peterson on Roger
A Kai Review: Only with You (Only Colorado #1) by J.D. Chambers
A Lila Advent Release Day Review: Wreck the Halls (2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers) by Jessica Payseur
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: The King’s Courage (North Pole City Tales #6) by Charlie Cochet
A Lila Release Day Review: Roger by SJD Peterson
Thursday, December 21:
Jenn Burke on Fantasy and her story The Gryphon’s King’s Consort
A Holiday to Remember Tour (J. Scott Coatsworth)
DSP Promo Sean Michael
A MelanieM Review: Old Christmas Magic by Kassandra Lea
A Kai Advent Release Day Review: The Last Gift by Chrissy Munder
A MelanieM Review: Old Christmas Magic by Kassandra Lea
A VVivacious Review: Tournament of Champions by Tamryn Eradani
An Alisa Review: I Brake for Christmas by Michael P. Thomas
Friday, December 22:
BOOK TOUR – In Blood and Pain by Aldrea Alien
Cover Reveal – Lost In Time – A.L. Lester
DSP Dreamspun Promo B.G. Thomas
A Caryn Advent Release Day Review: The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Slip (Recovery #2) by BA Tortuga
A MelanieM Review: Make The Yuletide Gay – Various Authors
Saturday, December 23:
DSP Promo B.G. Thomas
AN Alisa Advent Release Day Review: A Gift of Familyby Tami Veldura
A MelanieM Review: King (Executioners #3) by J.M. Dabney
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Reviewers are chiming in this week. Ali and Alisa both came up with their Best of 2017 lists for our readers! Everything from Best Books to Best Covers! See if some of yours are among their choices. We want yours too so check out our giveaway just above this week’s schedule. It’s open all month.
Now for the first of many (we hope) of 2017 Best of Lists this month!
Best in Books in 2017
From Ali:
These were my favorite reads of the year:
Arrows Through Archer by Nash Summers
Everyday History by Alice Archer (although this was written last year so I don’t know if it counts)
Dear Mona Lisa by Claire Davis and Al Stewart
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge
Loose Cannon by Sidney Bell
Controlled Burn by Erin McLellan
Circle by Garrett Leigh
We Three Kings by AF Henley
My favorite covers of the year:
The Poison Within by Kasia Bacon
Kidnapped by the Pirate by Keira Andrews
Coach’s Challenge by Avon Gale
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada
Half by Eli Lang
From Alisa:
Here are my top books for 2017.
2017 Top Novels
Who We Truly Are by Victoria Sue
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
Christmas Eve Craigslist Killer by Jill Wexler
A Husband for Santa Claus by Missy Welsh
Vampire Claus by Robert Winter
Finding Home by Garrett Leigh
Nerdy Deeds by Tragen Moss
Without a Compass by Helen Juliet
Promises Part 3 by AE Via
Rogue Magic by Kit Brisby
Best Audiobooks of 2017
Until You by TJ Klune, narrator Reese Dante
The Deep of the Cound by Amy Lane, narrator Nick Russo
Kieran by Toni Griffin, narrator Nick Flint
Just Drive by LA Witt, narrator Nick Russo
Wake Me Up Inside by Cardeno C, narrator Charlie David
Best Series of 2017
Mates Collection by Cardeno C
A Nerd in the Hand by Tragen Moss
The Hollydale Omegas by Susi Hawke
Men of Meadowfall by Anna Wineheart
Ironwrought by Anna Wineheart
Common Powers by Lynn Lorenz
Three Wishes by Sean Michael
Roguefalls by April Kelly
The Omega Auction Chronicles by Kian Rhodes
Devils Pride MC by Jessie G
Best covers of 2017:
Best in Show by Kelly Jensen, cover artist Alexandria Corza
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish, cover artist Natasha Snow
Who We Truly Are by Victoria Sue, cover artist Paul Richmond
Black Market Blood by Francis Gideon, cover artist AngstyG
Vampire Claus by Robert Winter, cover artist Dar Albert
Best of 2017 Giveaway
Who has made an impact on you this year? Start thinking about it. This week starts our Best of 2017 Giveaways. We need your Best of in whatever Categories you would like to submit. Have a Best of Covers? Great! How about a Bests of Supernatural Romance? Perfect! Best Historical Romance? Love it! Getting the idea? So what’s your Best of 2017? I will be gathering mine for the next 2 weeks and will trot them out at the end of the month. Prizes will be offered up! Gift certificates, more than one, for participations and more.
Ends on Saturday, December 30th. So get those lists in and let’s starting comparing! Happy compiling! Must be 18 years old to enter.
This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, December 10:
Best of 2017’s Coming In! This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Blog Tour – His Taken Omega by L.C. Davis
Leaning Into a Wish by Lane Hayes Blog Tour
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Advent Release Day Review: The Puzzle Box (2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers) by C.C. Bridges
Monday, December 11:
Blog tour *Masked Heart by Chris McHart
Blog tour for The Perfect Gift, by Joe Cosentino
Review Tour – Not Just For Christmas by Annabelle Jacobs
A MelanieM Review: Not Just for Christmas by Annabelle Jacobs
A Jeri Release Day Review: An Unlocked Mind (Secrets#2) by K.C. Wells & Parker Williams
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review:Leaning Into A Wish (Leaning Into Stories #3.5)
by Lane Hayes
Tuesday, December 12:
DSP Promo S.A. Stovall
Promotion Tour – Memory of Me by Jess Thomas
Riptide Publishing Tour and Giveaway: Operation Green Card by GB Gordon
A MelanieM Review: The Unexpected Santa (The Sin Bin #5) by Dahlia Donovan
A Stella Review: Desperately Seeking Santa by Eli Easton
An Alisa Advent Release Day Review: Poison Marked (2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers)
by T.J. Nichol
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Audiobook Review: Dyeing to be Loved (Curl Up and Dye Mysteries #1)by Aimee Nicole Walker and Joel Leslie(Narrator)
Wednesday, December 13:
Blog Tour – Journey to Gaytopia by Joel Craig
Review Tour – RJ Scott’s Love Happens Anyway
In the Spotlight: Warlock Series By LM Somerton
A MelanieM Review: Love Happens Anyway by RJ Scott
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Secrets and Silk by Nicole Dennis
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Short Order (Foothills Pride #8) by Pat Henshaw
A Caryn Advent Release Day Review: The Probability of Mistletoe (2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers)
by E.J. Russell
Thursday, December 14:
Tour for An Unlocked Mind by K.C. Well and Parker Williams
Book Tour – Ghoulish by Kat Bellamy
Review Tour – Secret Santa by Jay Northcote
An Alisa Review: The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
Time to Say Goodbye, Time to Remember the Best of 2017
At the end of the year, it’s time to look back and reflect on everything and everyone that made an impact on us this year. Instead of remembering what was lacking in 2017, better to remember on those things and people that made life better for us…all of us in 2017 and make note here.
I’m not talking just books this year but people too. This year saw the passing of Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words reviewer Paul Berg, someone who’s lively presence here in his reviews and in my emails telling me about his backgammon tournaments I still miss. This year we also lost author Eric Arvin after a long illness, thankfully his amazing stories ensures his incredible mind, heart, and imagination will always be with us. Those two people were just the main two that I was thinking of when writing about those that have made such a lasting impact on me this year.
And not just people. Many of the older LGBT publishing houses closed or have announced they are closing. That includes Loose ID on Friday after 13 years in operation. They join Samhain Publishing, Torquere Press, Musa Publishing, Ellora’s Cave, Wilde City Press, ARe (All Romance eBooks), and others that temporarily escapes me. All gone or on the way out. That represents a hosts of authors, editors, cover artists….so many people working to bring LGBTQIA stories to us where before our choices were slim to almost zero. I don’t think I need to tell you that the competition is the primary reason. I know they will tell you the same.
I think of all the first time authors who were cared for by these presses, helped to craft their stories and then given a place for us to find them long before Amazon ever cared about our niche fiction and its readers. How they will all be missed but what an amazing impact they left behind. For that alone, they should be remembered.
Who has made an impact on you this year? Start thinking about it. Next week starts our Best of 2017 Giveaways. We need your Best of in whatever Categories you would like to submit. Have a Best of Covers? Great! How about a Bests of Supernatural Romance? Perfect! Best Historical Romance? Love it! Getting the idea? So what’s your Best of 2017? I will be gathering mine for the next 2 weeks and will trot them out at the end of the month. Prizes will be offered up!
Now, this week more Advent Release Day Reviews and holiday stories, along with our regular release day reviews, tours and giveaways. Something for everyone! Happy Reading.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, December 3:
Time to Say Goodbye, Time to Remember the Best of 2017
Romeo Preminger on Thiago
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Advent Release Day Review: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament by Clare London
A Lila Release Day Review: Thiago by Romeo Preminger
A Stella Release Day Review: Laugh Cry Repeat by John Inman
Monday, December 4:
Dyeing to be Loved by Aimee Nicole Walker Audio Tour
Review Tour – Joanna Chambers’ Merry & Bright
A MelanieM Release Day Review: Regret Me Not by Amy Lane
A Stella Release Day Review: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Brandon Witt
An Ali Review: Merry & Bright by Joanna Chambers
Tuesday, December 5:
Dreamspinner Press Promo Tara Lain on Snow Balls (Balls to the Wall #6)
INTERLUDE TOUR If the Fates Allow Holiday Anthology
Spotlight on Only With You by JD Chambers
Riptide Publishing Tour and Giveaway: Junkyard Heart by Garrett Leigh
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: Salvaging Claus Day by J. Alan Veerkamp
A MelanieM Review: The Botanist (The Sin Bin #3) by Dahlia Donovan
A Stella Review: If the Fates Allow Holiday Anthology
An Alisa Review: My Choice, My Chance by Taylor Rylan
Wednesday, December 6:
DSP Publications Promo David C. Dawson
Release Blitz for Love Happens Anyway by RJ Scott
Release Blitz for Raven by HJ Perry
A Jeri Release Day Review: Snow Balls (Balls to the Wall #6) by Tara Lain
A Stella Advent Release Day Review: The Mature Man’s Guide to Surviving Change by Chris Scully
An Alisa Review: Corey’s Christmas Bundle (Atherton Pack 5) by Toni Griffin
Thursday, December 7:
DSP Dreamspun Promo Julia Talbot
Spotlight on Andrew Grey
Release Blitz for Jesus Kid by Kayleigh Sky
Release Blitz for On Your Knees, Prospect by KA Merikan
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: An Open Window by Rick R. Reed
A MelanieM Review: Hurricane (Stormy Weather #3) by B.A. Tortuga
A Barb the Zany Old Lady Audiobook Review: Embrace the Fire (Through Hell and Back #3) by Felice Stevens and Kale Williams (Narrator)
Friday, December 8:
Amy Lane on Writing, Books, and her release Regret Me Not
Solstice Prince by SJ Himes Blog Tour
Review Tour : Deep Edge (Harrisburg Railers #3)by RJ Scott & VL Locey
A MelanieM Review:Deep Edge (Harrisburg Railers #3) by RJ Scott & VL Locey
A MelanieM Advent Release Day Review: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings by Nell Iris
An Alisa Review: Once Bitten (A Darker Hollow #2) by Shannon West and T.S. McKinney
A Lila Audiobook Review: Fool of Main Beach (Love in Laguna #5) by Tara Lain and K.C. Kelly(Narrator)
Saturday, December 9:
An Alisa Advent Release Day Review: Pining for Perfect by Ki Brightly
A million years, ago a galactic empire fell. That ancient empire is a source of many things. Wonder, knowledge, academic careers, and treasure. Treasure is what Beau Johnson seeks, tracking down artifacts for high-paying clients. Once a top student at the specialist institute for the study of the ancient empire, Beau rejected respectable archaeology and academia in favor of adventure.
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