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Monday, November 2, 2020

Adult in the Room Blitz


Tim Hall and Mary Ann Wilson, Book 1 

Mystery, Thriller 

Publisher: The Good as Gone Group 


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The Adults in the Room is the first book in the high octane Tim Hall Mystery series. If you like stunning revelations, deep state conspiracies, and a touch of romance, then you’ll love Jeffrey Mechling’s mind-bending thriller! 

A CIA officer is still suffering partial amnesia from the car crash that stole his wife from him. 

Now the memories he has forgotten, might be the only things that can keep him alive. Can he fill in the blanks of his fractured memory? 

Relieved by the familiar face of his biker girlfriend, he’s shocked to learn her true identity and the devastating secrets about his accident. And soon he’s swept up in a deadly that could decimate American politics.  

 

The Adults in the Room is a standalone book. 

 

 



  

 

Other books in the Tim Hall and Mary Ann Wilson Mystery Series: 



The Safe House 

Tim Hall and Mary Ann Wilson, Book 2 

Publisher: The Good as Gone Group 

 

A spy under pressure. A secret below the sea. Can he blow the lid off a treacherous conspiracy? 

CIA Case Officer Tim Hall will go to any lengths to protect his safe house. And with his FBI agent girlfriend now under the same roof, he’s confident everything is locked down. So when a Soviet-era submarine lurks off the Florida coast, he’s sure they’ll send someone else to assess the threat. 

Headstrong Bureau operative Mary Ann Wilson isn’t about to take orders from her lover. When she pulls the assignment to investigate the mysterious submersible, she accepts without hesitation. But an unfortunate misstep sends her in over her head and snares Agent Hall in her wake… 

As duty tears the lovers apart, they sink deeper into a dangerous web of lies, secrets, and betrayals. And when they find themselves trapped aboard the underwater menace, it may doom both their love and their missions. 

Can they force justice to the surface before they’re both sent to a watery grave? 

 

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The Decoys 

Tim Hall and Mary Ann Wilson, Book 3 

Publisher: The Good as Gone Group 

  

After an attempt is made on Tim and Mary Ann lives, they travel to San Francisco seeking answers from Ex-CIA Agent Bernard Haskell. However they soon discover that there are many more questions than answers. Now married, CIA Agent Tim Hall continues to butt heads with his wife, FBI Special Agent Mary Ann Wilson-Hall. Although their investigative methods may differ, the couple still enjoys a meeting of the minds in the bedroom but will that be enough to keep these two together? 

This is the third novel in the Tim and Mary Ann Hall mystery series and Jeffrey Mechling does not disappoint. In San Francisco Tim and Mary Ann face the homeless issue, the real estate industry, and local political corruption. There are also murders that appear unconnected but are they? Are Tim and Mary Ann investigating rampant corruptions or are they simply being used as decoy? 

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About the Author 

Jeffrey Mechling was born in Alexandria Virginia to a family full of secrets. His maternal grandfather was thought to be an original member of the OSS [The Office of Strategic Services]. 

Other members of the Mechling and Emerson families, as well as family friends, lived within the shadowy world of espionage and would only revealed that they "worked for the government". 

Mr. Mechling himself has worked as a Financial Economist and Operations Research Analyst with a not too secret government agency.  

Jeff has written three novels - The Adults in the Room, The Safe House and The Decoys. All three feature super spy couple Tim Hall and Mary Ann Wilson. 

   

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The Director Release & Giveaway




Title: The Director
Series: Chicago Bratva #1
Author: Renee Rose
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: October 30, 2020


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NO ONE TAKES WHAT’S MINE.
The lovely attorney kept a secret from me. 
A baby she’s been carrying since Valentine’s night. The night we were thrown together by the roulette wheel. She never contacted me. Meant to keep me in the dark. 
She’s about to find out what happens when you cross a bratva boss. 
Punishment is in order. Sequestering until the birth. 
And I’ll use that time to win her surrender. 
Because I don’t just plan to keep the baby-- 
I plan to make his mother my bride. 
And it would be much better for both of us if she were willing.








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EXCERPT

“Don’t scream.” He barely speaks it. Just a low intonation from the shadowed figure in my armchair. 
My heart stutters and thuds painfully when I identify him, one elegant leg crossed over the other, lounging back like he owns the place. 
He unfolds his large form from the chair with grace. 
“Wh-what are you doing here?” I catch the back of the sofa with my fingertips to steady the swoop of the room. Damn blood volume. 
He doesn’t answer, just saunters toward me with a devilish smirk in place. Like he knows everything that’s about to happen and enjoys that I don’t. 
Damn Russian. 
“I came to get what’s mine.” He advances slowly. 
The floor stops tilting enough for me to take my hand away from the couch and jab it into the purse still slung over my shoulder to find my phone. I might be able to call 911— 
Ravil catches my wrist and takes the phone away, pocketing it. 
Or not. 
He divests me of the purse, which he drops on the floor by the satchel. 
If he looked angry, if his touch had hurt me, I’m sure I would have screamed. At least, that’s what I tell myself. 
In reality, I’m trapped in his azure gaze, memories of how he commanded my body so masterfully the last time we were together flooding back. 
I find indulgence in his eyes... not rage. Only a hint of danger. 
I put a hand protectively over my belly and take a step backward toward the hall. 
He catches my wrist again and pulls me back. Places my palm back on the sofa. “I liked you where you were, kotyonok.” 
Kotyonok. His pet name for me. 
Kitten
He picks up my other hand and puts it on the back of the sofa, and I have no doubt why he enjoyed this position. I’m perfectly presented for a spanking. He presses down on the backs of both hands, his body crowding mine from behind. “Don’t. Move,” he murmurs against my ear. 
I instantly rebel, pulling one hand up and away. 
“Hmmm.” He’s patient. He catches my hand and pins it down again. “No safe words for you this, time, kitten. But I’ll be gentle.” 
He bands one arm around my waist and splays his hand over my growing belly. “You shouldn’t have kept this from me.”






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USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RENEE ROSE loves a dominant, dirty-talking alpha hero! She's sold over a half million copies of steamy romance with varying levels of kink. Her books have been featured in USA Today's Happily Ever After and Popsugar. Named Eroticon USA's Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won Spunky and Sassy's Favorite Sci-Fi and Anthology author, and The Romance Reviews Best Historical Romance. She's hit the USA Today list seven times with various anthologies.

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Sunday, November 1, 2020

The Drums of Unrest (The Cycle of Bones) Cover Reveal


 Title: The Drums of Unrest

Series: The Cycle of Bones

JP Corwyn

Genre: Epic Fantasy

Artist: Jeff Brown

Release Date: November 19th, 2020





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The Cycle of Bones continues in The Drums of Unrest, JP Corwyn's eagerly awaited sequel to the bestselling novella: the Dawn of Unions. In the wake of the Red Storm at Westsong... Even as County Thorion prepares for the war to come... The foundations of power begin to crumble When there are no easy answers... When all choices seem ill... A man born to the spear is forced to make an impossible choice.



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What do you see when you close your eyes? Does your mind conjure more than just images? For JP Corwyn, that sense of the click-click-clicking of the world goes far beyond just the visual. Legally blind from birth, Corwyn has made a career out of connecting the words and worlds in his head with the hearts and minds of those around him. A born performer, he sang before he spoke and declared his intention to pursue music at the ripe old age of five. He began writing stories and songs in high school. By the time he’d graduated, he was ready to hit the studio and started touring. JP Corwyn has graced stages from Florida to New York, west to Mississippi, and abroad. But Corwyn’s harbored a dark, secret obsession throughout his musical career. He’s spent years building fantasy worlds - entire universes for later use in his other driving force – writing fiction. “For me, it’s more like archeology than creation,” Corwyn says. After spending 20+ years unearthing the cultures, languages, histories - all the things that bring a world and its people to life - it was time to embark on his epic fantasy series The Cycle of Bones. Corwyn’s released the first book in the series – a novella entitled The Dawn of Unions. The second book and a series soundtrack are slated for release in mid-2020. When he’s not writing prose, you can usually find Corwyn on stage or in the studio. He’s always working on something new, but you might catch him at a coffee shop, a game store, or even a medieval fair.


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Risky Rockstar Release




Title: Risky Rockstar
A Cocky Hero Club Novel
Author: Ryleigh Sloan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 1, 2020


Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.


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When Hayley Stephens proposed a collaboration with me and my band, I thought the only risk was that we wouldn’t connect and our music would suffer because of it. I couldn’t’ve been more wrong. 

Our connection was off the charts and unwittingly, Hayley filled a void I’d long since grown accustomed to. There was just one problem: she was involved with Kevin Peyton and I had no right falling for her. 

Then she admitted that her relationship was a farce and things got serious fast. But the closer we became, the more it became clear that we were each hiding demons. That safe space we had started to disintegrate, and everything went to shit along with it. I can feel her holding back. I know she doesn’t trust me enough to let me in. Can I be her safe space or will my demons take over? 

Am I worth the risk? I know she is.







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Ryleigh Sloan is a romance author with a masters degree in being an indecisive control freak. Her favorite pastime is driving her friends crazy by writing multiple books at once. 

Following the advice of established authors to read, read, read in order to hone one's craft she does just that and engrosses herself in as many romance novels as she can get her hands on. Her bad habit of writing more than one book at a time carries over to her reading and she can be found reading, and listening to multiple titles at once and enjoying every moment.




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Arrogant Savior Release




Title: Arrogant Savior
A Cocky Hero Club Novel
Author: Terri E. Laine
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 1, 2020


Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.


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A last-minute trip puts me face to face with the most arrogant man I’ve ever met. 
The pilot. 
Grant King maybe hot as all get out, but he’s a grade A jackass. 
Before I even board the chartered flight, his irritating and judgmental comments make me want to throttle him; 
Bringing out my snarky side. 
Only what was supposed to be a five-hour trip turns into my worst nightmare. 
The last thing I want to do is spend anymore time with the gorgeous jerk. 
But weather forces us to land in a small town I’ve never heard of. 
One night in a rustic cabin is far too much, add in a road trip and interstate highway shut down, 
And we’re put in close quarters one too many times that sparks heat between us. 
By the time we part ways, I’m on the fence about never seeing him again. 
What I don’t expect on my first day back as a flight attendant is to meet the new pilot. 
Grant King. 
The universe is against me. 
I’m determined not to fall for his charms and be another notch on his bedpost. 
He, on the other hand, sees things differently. 
Though I might protest, our ending is one I don’t see coming.







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Terri E. Laine is a USA Today Bestselling author with twenty plus titles to her name. She left a career as a CPA to pursue a dream in writing. She lives in Maryland with her husband, three kids, two cats and a dog and somehow still manages to be an avid reader. 

Find more about her at www.terrielaine.com




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Saturday, October 31, 2020

Black Isis: Witch Academy Blog Tour



Title: Black Isis: Witch Academy
Author: Roz Carter 
Genre: YA Fantasy 


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Kiya Covington is your typical teenager — she deals with family stuff, friend drama, her mom, who is… a challenge. Oh, and she’s a witch. Actually, she comes from a long line of Black witches, but that’s just ordinary life for Kiya. 

When tragedy strikes at home, instead of being comforted by her family, she’s sent off to the exclusive Black Isis Witch Academy. From the little information she’s given, it’s the academy where witches from all the best Black witch families go for finishing.

Black Isis sits protected by ancient magic, undisturbed in The Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina. What happens during her first year at Black Isis is beyond anything Kiya could have imagined. She and the other baby witches will forge bonds and break them as they learn what it means to study their craft under the watchful eye of Headmistress Pendergrass, at Black Isis Witch Academy.

Black Isis is the spellbinding story of Kiya Covington, a young, Black teenage witch. If you want a story filled with the adventures of teenage witches learning their craft in a witch academy unlike any other, Black Isis Witch Academy is for you.


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About Roz



Roz Carter lives in one of the most haunted neighborhoods in
Philadelphia. She holds a degree in English with a Creative Writing concentration from the University of Pennsylvania. While she enjoys writing in numerous genres, she often returns to the sinister.  



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