Blog Tour with Review: The Winter Kissed Kings by Ivy Fox

August 31, 2023


THE WINTER KISSED KINGS, the final book in The Winter Queen Duet by USA Today bestselling author, Ivy Fox, is LIVE! 



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𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘷𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘶𝘦𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘪𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘮.


𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲.

Subdue my would-be usurpers with a marriage proposal and guarantee my sovereignty.

Little did I know that my reign should have been the least of my worries. 

Levi won my heart and carved his name inside it for all to see.

Teodoro conquered my body, bending it to his will and calling it his own. 

But Atlas… Atlas wants my soul—to conquer and destroy. 

He wants to ruin me.  

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚… 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢.



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Release Blitz with Review: Heartless Beloved by Lola King

August 28, 2023

                 


Look at you. So desperate to be mine.


Heartless Beloved by Lola King is now live! 


I'm from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I'm hungry for survival.

Growing up in a broken town doesn't make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.
I survive because I'm a good soldier for the North Shore Crew. I'm cool-headed, I never lose sight of my goals, and my only obsession is to wrench our town from the clutches of our sworn enemies, the Kings.

Alexandra Delacroix is just a job. Plain and simple. She lives in our neighboring town, in the millionaires' heaven they call Stoneview.
The plan is straightforward: charm her, uncover incriminating information about her senator father, and tip the balance of power in our favor.

But unlike the other rich girls from Stoneview I use as toys, Alexandra is kind, selfless... sweet. Sickeningly so. A bright pink cupcake with glitter and sprinkles on the icing. That kind of sweet.

We have nothing in common. Nothing but the secrets we keep.

And before I know it, my priorities change.

Before I know it... Alexandra Delacroix is my new obsession.


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What a sexy dark surprise this was!! Lola King was not messing around with these characters and seeing that this my first time ever reading anything from this author, I’m glad that I started with this one. I fell for an anti hero and I regret NOTHING!

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If you were to ask Alexandra Delacroix how happy she is with her life right now, she would give you her sweetest smile and tell you that her life is a fairytale dream and it’s perfect. Sweet boyfriend, a house that might as well be a castle and cool girlfriends. Everything is perfect. That is until one night she truly learns that no one is really untouchable and danger comes in the form of something alluring and wicked.

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Xi has never been the kind of guy to sit still. If he wants something, he’s going to get it and to everyone else, have mercy on your soul if you get in his way. He’s unapologetic, ruthless and deep down to the core, he’s crazy af. When he crosses paths with the rich girl from the other side of town, Xi decides to do the one thing that he’s extremely good at. Getting what he wants.

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I was not expecting this type of story if I’m being completely honest. I thought that I was going to get a little sprinkle of a dark romance with some sexy scenes thrown in but that was not the case. Yall need to listen to me very carefully. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE!!! My god I was sweating and angry at the same time. How is that even possible??? Xi was not a good person in a lot of ways but he was passionate and protective. Everything that he did had meaning and you felt it whether it was good or bad.

I’m pretty sure that the author gives a warning to her readers in the beginning of the book so please for the love of your panties and sanity, do not skip it. Read it, memorize it, inhale it, and if and ONLY if you’re ready to go forward with these crazy, demented frustrating characters that will take you to the edge of bliss, then you start. Don't say that I didn't warn you. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be rocking in the corner waiting for the next character's book.





Meet Lola



Lola King is a dark, steamy romance author who loves giving happy ever after's to antiheroes.

She writes about flawed and deeply broken characters and the women who make them fall to their knees. Her books are sometimes cute, sometimes angsty, but always sexy! Lola lives in London and if she isn't writing, she is most likely keeping her mind busy putting together a play or making music. 

 

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Release Blitz with Review: Red Flags by Skye Warren

August 15, 2023

 




Title: Red Flags
Trilogy: Cirque de Miroirs #1
Author: Skye Warren
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Age Gap/Forced Proximity/One Bed
Release Date: August 15, 2023


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"You’re part of the circus now, which means you belong to me. You’re mine."

Logan Whitmere, the handsome owner of Cirque des Miroirs, is full of red flags. Secretive. Commanding. Dangerous.

I know better than to trust him, but I'm desperate for a way out of my small town.

He offers me a job as the fortune teller.

What does Logan know that he isn't telling me? He seems to want to protect me...from the performers. From himself. I fall for his possession. I'm afraid of his obsession.

There are secrets even the crystal ball won't reveal.

When the truth is unveiled, I'm forced to confront my dark past.

“Red Flags is completely captivating. There’s nothing I love more than a possessive hero and Logan Whitmere delivers. He has so many red flags I can’t even count them all and I'm obsessed.” - Ivy Smoak, Amazon bestselling author

“This story has everything—intrigue, allure, lust—and in the most perfect setting, the circus. Logan and Sienna’s chemistry sizzles from the moment they meet, and I want more, please!” - Willow Aster, USA Today Bestselling Author







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AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS
GOOGLE PLAY / UNIVERSAL







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Its been a minute since I've read anything from this author and I have to say that I'm so glad that I was able to dive back in to her world.Red Flags will have you wanting to be a part of the mysterious circus and everything that it entails.

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Sienna has had to be tough throughout her entire life so far. Living in a small town where the gossip mill spreads like wildfire has earned her a not so good reputation and because of that, she's had to develop a tough exterior. When the alluring circus comes to her town and the mysterious owner offers her an opportunity to leave, she takes it. But is she trading one nightmare for another?

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I really liked the premise of the story and I think that it's off to a solid start. My only issue with this is that I wanted it to focus a bit more on the day to day scene of the circus along with traveling. Certain things were a bit rushed and I was left confused for a minute but I also think that it was done that way to set things in motion for book two so I'm not too upset about it.

This story is going to leave you with more questions than answers but you're going to be desperate for part 2. What other secrets are lurking in the background? Will Sienna fight for the life that she desperately deserves? I guess we'll find out in White Lies.




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“Bullshit.”
He stops walking and faces me. His voice goes soft. “Excuse me?”
“You say a lot of words that mean nothing. Bullies are everywhere. Everyone needs safety. Your job is to put out fires. You speak in generalities because they make you feel… What? Wise? Better than everyone? Like some kind of sideshow prophet?”
“Is that what you want me to do? Tell you your future?”
Now he’s pissing me off. He has as many red flags as the tents in this circus, with his vague words and his evasive answers and his frustrating, beautiful, charming smile. “No, I want you to tell me something real. Something specific.”
“Fine.” He runs a hand through dark hair, making it spill over his forehead. I didn’t realize it was held in check by so little, by the tilt of his head, by the lack of his frustration. “You want something real? Something specific? Well, specifically, it pisses me off that the circus can’t have animals when they got sirloin steaks for walking in a few circles and better health care than most people get. Now we have people working through injuries to feed their kids, and that’s supposed to be more fucking humane? Is that what you want to hear?”
“Yes,” I breathe, because it’s horrifying, all of it, but it’s real. And I crave something real.
He steps close–close enough that I can see a starburst scar on his left cheek and the gold striations in his green eyes.
Before he’d been like a marble statue of handsomeness, Photoshopped by the sun into the abstract. Now he’s close enough that I can see dark stubble, close enough that I can smell a faint masculine musk.
“Specifically,” he says, his voice lower now, “the dark peach of your lips makes me want to kiss you. Even though that should be the last thing on my mind after seeing those fuckers hurt you.”
Shock holds my feet to the earth. If some guy at the coffee shop threatened to kiss me I’d probably slap him. But I have no idea how to react when this man speaks to me this way. My mouth suddenly feels awake, as if it wants his lips.
I asked for something real. Something specific. He’s giving it to me.
“Specifically,” he says, touching a hand to my sternum–above my breasts, below my neck, a place both innocuous and impossibly intimate. “The bruises on your neck make me want to track down those assholes, beat them to shit, and drown them in a fucking swamp. I’m sure you have swamps around here somewhere, right? Most small towns do.”
Now my hand goes to my throat, not to feel the pain or the filth, but to shield myself. How the hell am I going to hide this at the coffee shop? I’m fucked.
“I don’t get involved with townies, so why the fuck am I even talking to you?”
He sounds pissed off, which ironically I like best of all. It’s the realest of real, because I don’t want to be talking to him either. He’s going to be gone… When? Tomorrow? In a few days? Next week? Maisie didn’t tell me how long the circus would stay, but it won’t be forever.
And then I’ll know what it felt like, to talk to someone interesting. I wouldn’t be able to do it again. Not ever. Not fucking ever.
“I don’t get involved with anyone,” I say. “So why the fuck am I talking to you?”
He leans down and kisses me. It’s a soft kiss, questioning, exploring. I answer without meaning to, stretching onto my toes to meet him. He groans, a soft rumble that makes electric arousal arc through me. The swipe of his tongue across my lips makes me gasp.
Someone rounds the corner.
Logan pulls back, letting hot air rush between us.
A man stands in sharp clothes that contrast with the dust surrounding us. His shirt is crisp white, his slacks black and tailored with a red velvet stripe down the sides. It’s a costume of some sort, but on him it looks more like a bespoke tuxedo.
Handsome features are dark with consternation. Black hair falls over his forehead in perfect disarray. Faint scruff on his jaw lends the slightest air of disrepute to his formality. Dark eyes take us in with a flare of interest. Just as quickly, I’m dismissed.
“It’s Alessandra,” he says.
I don’t know who Alessandra is, but her name charges the energy in the air.
Logan frowns. “Where?”
“Her tent.”
He looks at me, but I’m already backing away. “Time to lose money on the ring toss,” I say. “Or who knows, maybe I’ll be getting a brand new phone tonight.”
This is goodbye, come in a matter of seconds. Though he lingers, unwilling. Unable?
“Logan,” the man says with a sharp tone. He doesn’t like him lingering for me, though he can’t even know the gossip about me. He doesn’t know my heritage. It’s just the existence of me that this stranger finds offensive.
Logan gives him a sharp look of reprimand. Then a resigned nod.
“Sienna.” My name pulses with regret, longing, and finality.
Then he’s gone.
I should have listened to those red flags. Then I wouldn’t know what it feels like to have him kiss me. I wouldn’t be haunted by the memory, destined never to find it again.






COMING SOON


Releasing October 17

AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
KOBO / APPLE BOOKS
UNIVERSAL






AUTHOR BIO

Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance such as the Chicago Underground series. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, two sweet dogs, and one evil cat.


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