Saturday, October 31, 2020

Wordy Wednesday - Witchin' Spice - Lissa Matthews






Witchin’ Spice:  Magic and Mayhem Universe

Published to Amazon on August 27, 2018

Author Lissa Matthews

Amazon



Welcome to Witchin' Spice Bakery or what's left of it… My name is Broo. It's short for…nevermind. Anyway, I'm new here. Like, you know, NEW! So, we're going to be learning this witch-y stuff together. And I hope you're taking notes because I may need to sneak a peek at them later.

See, I didn't know I had these empathic energy-changing magical powers that can make ice and fire and rainbows shoot from my fingertips if things get too much for me to handle. Not to mention, all this totally makes me a shoe-in on any therapist's schedule. If I needed a therapist, that is. Which I don't.

Maybe.

And… I didn't know that being dropped in Blue Balls Falls, Virginia would alert the Wicked Shitz and prompt an unwanted and nasty family reunion with my messed up in the head Papa Warlock. Nope. That was left out of the Baba Yaga travel itinerary.

But of course, it couldn't just be a quick visit with a don't use the magic you didn't know you had around humans again warning thing. Nope. Because there's also a cursed frog in need of a kiss, the Prayer Chain that travels in a pack and sticks together no matter what, and a wand that needs a bit of love and understanding.

The blowing up of Witchin' Spice Bakery, though? Yeah, let's not talk about that.



Official published review:

The baker who can’t bake?

Broo just found out she was a witch at the same time she was told become a baker or get put in jail. When she gets zapped to the edge of town, she finds a family she never knew, a wand that won’t let her go, a flighty kitchen witch, and a frog prince who needs a kiss. True to the Magic and Mayhem world, this book will keep you laughing and cheering in equal measure all the way to the HEA at the end.

4 stars

A GR BB

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I'm a USA Today Bestselling Author of contemporary and paranormal romance. I write books that I'd want to read. Realistic characters (even my shifters are as realistic as I can make them), some with charmed lives, but all with real love life issues. They want to be accepted for who they are, not who someone else thinks or wants them to be. Most are small business owners, hard working, or blue collar. They own who they are and once accepted, make no apologies. This is the type of fiction I, as a reader, love. I hope you will too.

I live in North Carolina with my family of other humans and feline owners. Coffee and music and good comfort food fuel my writing. Inspiration comes in all forms from lyrics to people watching to snippets of conversation overheard, to sporting events like Nascar and football.

I am completely in love with my Kindle Paperwhite and being a lifelong reader, being able to carry around hundreds to thousands of books with me wherever I go is a dream come true.

 

Lissa

 

Author’s Website:  https://lissamatthews.com/

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Book Birthday – Wicked Relations – Teresa Gabelman

 



Wicked Relations:  Magic and Mayhem Universe (Wicked Series book 6)

Published to Amazon on October 26, 2020

Author Teresa Gabelman

Amazon



Wicked was finally content or as content as a witch with twins, a sexy panther Shifter mate and crazy cat familiar could be. Or so she thought. The twist and turns of her past have come back to haunt her again, but this time her dreams may come true giving Wicked the big family she had always wanted.

 

Welcome back to the town of Assjacket for more wickedly hilarious mixtures of paranormal personalities.




New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Teresa Gabelman, writes paranormal romance and contemporary romance with a side of humor in each story. Her heroines are strong and independent keeping the sexy alpha heroes on their toes.

Being a wife to a wonderful man who was my high school honey and a mother to a 17-year-old son who is my world and working 40 hour weeks takes up a lot of my spare time. Even with all of that I still find time to read my favorite authors and find new ones to give me a break from reality. My love and passion for the written word sent me on a journey 18 years ago, a journey to be able to do what my favorite authors do for me and that is to take someone away from the daily grind and send them into a world where they can root for their hero’s, hate the villain’s, love and well be kind of jealous of heroine, laugh, cry and be bummed when ‘The End’ comes too quickly. 18 years ago I wrote my first book. 17 years ago I had my son and life happened. It’s time to travel the road that I had to detour from for a time and achieve my goal, my dream and hopefully my reality.

Being a full-time writer has allowed Teresa to connect more with readers which is what she loves most about writing. If you find the time, she would love to hear from you!

Author’s Website:  http://teresagabelman.com/
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Author’s Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5356562.Teresa_Gabelman
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@teresagabelman #bookbirthday @magicmayhemuniverse #newrelease #nextgreatread ##wickedrelations #oneclickauthor #favoriteauthor #wickedseries #paranormalromance #pnr #favoriteseries

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Book Birthday – Cupcakes and Curses 101 – Dawn Montgomery

 



Cupcakes and Curses 101:  Magic and Mayhem Universe (Kitchen Witch Academy book 2)

Published to Amazon on October 26, 2020

Author Dawn Montgomery

Amazon



They wanted to destroy our chances at winning the greatest–and most dangerous–kitchen witch cooking contest in the world. Too bad for them, we're going all in.

 

The Iron Cauldron. The most elite cooking competition in the Kitchen Witch world. Somehow, Gavin and I have been railroaded by our Cupcakes and Curses 101 professor into entering.

 

They wanted to destroy our reputations by cursing us.

 

Gavin and I parade our cursed selves around and make it an advertisement for our team.

 

They wanted to kick us out of the Academy's test kitchen so their cheating teams could win.

We found the greatest, most insane–and dangerous–Test Kitchen in the world.

 

Want to split us apart? We're the greatest team you'll ever face. He is my partner, my best friend, and more trouble than you can handle. Trust me.

 

Curse us, blow up our cakes and desserts, cast every magic spell against us if you can. When the smoke clears and the magic dust settles, we'll come for you on the Iron Cauldron arena floor, magic spells and kitchen witchery ready.

Are you ready for a food competition like you've never seen before?

 




USA Today bestselling author Dawn Montgomery loves to write almost as much as she loves to read. She has traveled the world twice over. While her days were filled with long hours and hard work, her nights were left for dark, lustful fantasies in and out of strange hotels and cities.

Alaska and Texas are the places she calls home. She recently moved from the frigid North to Texas with her family and neurotic dog. It was tragic to leave behind the moose and bear for wide open plains and sexy cowboys.

 

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Book Birthday – That Rex Gotta Roar – Julia Mills

 



That Rex Gotta Roar:  Magic and Mayhem Universe (Maidens of Mayhem book 4)

Published to Amazon on October 26, 2020

Author Julia Mills

Amazon



Moving home should've been easy - but then again, this is Tallulu Parish Louisiana and we are the Maidens of Mayhem.

 

Take...

One haunted mansion on the other side of the Swamp.

 

Add...

My Flock of feathered loved ones, plus an old, cranky Crane I adore with all my heart, the Almighty Shifter Wanker, another Pterodactyl, an Ostrich, a singing, rhyming batshit-crazy Bat Shifter, and the man of my dreams who just happens to be a T-Rex when he's not six-feet-six of sexiness…

 

Top if off with my archnemesis - YES! Real people can have an archnemesis. This is the twenty-first century, don'tcha know? 

 

Add… a trip to the Other Way Round, and you've got a day in the life of me - Clementine Sue Cooper, Photojournalist, and Canary Shifter. 

 

Don't know what I expected, but one thing's for sure, my hunka-hunka- prehistoric hotness calls me Tweety and I might just kick him in tail while I scream, "Take that, Barney!"

 

Time to party like a Flock star with my besties from the nesties!

See y'all on the flipside!

XOXO, Clem



Official published review:

One for all

And cue the laughter! This author always does an amazing job of mixing hilarity with danger and witty repartee with bad guy dialogue. I enjoyed every minute of these two characters coming together and defeating the bad guy, well bad gal really, to reach their HEA. I love how the flock keeps getting stronger with each member they add that each one seems a little more crazy than the last. I don’t know how crazy a model can be, but I can’t wait until the next book comes out and I get to read all about it.

5 stars

A GR BB BN KB IB

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Hey, Y'all! Julia Mills, the Sassy Southern Storyteller here. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Just a little bit about me - I'm Southern to the bone, love my children more than life itself, and adopt animals like most people collect dust bunnies. (Oh come on, we've all got them under one bed or another.) I came by the tagline Sassy, Southern Storyteller honestly and many years before I ever started writing. (My dad thought it was a hilarious nickname for his kindergarten teaching daughter.)

I live by three simple rules - (1) Treat people how you want to be treated. (2) Smile lots. (3) Try everything, 'cause hearses don't have luggage racks.

Now, go out there and create your own story!!! Dare to Dream! Have the Strength to Try EVERYTHING! Never Look Back!

I ABSOLUTELY adore talking to readers!

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Book Birthday – The Bad Boys of Assjacket – Robyn Peterman

 



The Bad Boys of Assjacket:  Magic and Mayhem Universe:  Magic and Mayhem book 9

Published to Amazon on October 26, 2020

Author Robyn Peterman

Amazon



A dare is a dare. 
 
No self-respecting, slightly chubby, good-lookin’, crime lovin’ cat would ever pass up a dare. 
So I didn’t. 
 
Now, me and my boys are in hot water trying to figure out how to live on the right side of the law for a whole freakin’ week! 
 
This is complicated by a couple of hairy issues…
— The half-headed bear in town had his privates pilfered. We have vowed to return his giggleberries. Legal means are not working.
— Sassy’s Canadian tutors show up—the very same furry, cat-burgling dames who we’ve been in love with our entire nine lives. In order to woo the gorgeous broads, we need to be at our criminal best.
— We need the help of a foul-mouthed troll who throws tantrums like a three-year-old serial killer and wants to bump off everyone. 
 
Throw in a cryptic message from the Goddess, humans invading our town and evil, sticky-fingered groundhogs, and we have a hot mess on our paws. 
 
I hope we have a few of our kitty lives left because the Bad Boys of Assjacket are going to save the day or get eighty-sixed trying. 




NYT and USA Today best-selling author, Robyn Peterman writes because the people inside her head won’t leave her alone until she gives them life on paper. She writes snarky, sexy, funny paranormal and snarky, sexy, funny contemporaries.
Her addictions include laughing really hard with friends, shoes (the expensive kind), Target, Coke with extra ice in a Yeti cup, bejeweled reading glasses, her kids, her super-hot hubby and collecting stray animals.
A former professional actress, with Broadway, film and T.V. credits, she now lives in the south with her family and too many animals to count. Writing gives her peace and makes her whole, plus having a job where she can work in her sweatpants works really well for her.

 

Author’s Website:  https://robynpeterman.com/

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Book Birthday – Tail of a Witch – J. Thompson

 



Tail of a Witch:  Magic and Mayhem Universe (Keacken’s Hole book 2)

Published to Amazon on October 26, 2020

Author J Thompson

Amazon



Cursed. 

Arietta was convinced that's what it was. 

Or at the very least, someone had her voodoo doll and was having the time of their life with it. 

With a family she never knew, and a familiar that needs major therapy, can Arietta learn to trust again? Or will the curse win—and take more than her soul with it?




J. Thompson is a USA Today Bestselling Author of Paranormal and Sci-Fi romance and a major fan of procrastination. Jenn has always loved history, so using her wild imagination and tying in her love of history and fantasy, she began a new adventure into the world of words. Weaving romance into old worlds and giving life to her mythical inspired novels is what Jenn does best, and she has a lot more planned in the future, including some hard assed demons.


When she isn't bent over her laptop with the crazy writer eyes, you will find Jenn making jewelry, cross stitching and it doing paper crafts. Jenn is also an avid lover old skool skills like archery and sword fighting.


Maybe a touch nuts Jenn is an author who believes wholeheartedly that people are good and that everyone deserves romance - even Hades.

 

Author’s Website:  http://soulmatenovels.com/

Author’s Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/JThompsonSoulMateNovels/

Author’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jennthomo/

Author’s Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/J-Thompson/e/B00Y3NQBYY

Author’s Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13920382.J_Thompson

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@jennthomo #tailofawitch @magicmayhemuniverse #krackenshole #bookbirthday #nextgreatread #newrelease #pnr #paranormalromance

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Character Spotlight – The Alpha Chronicles – Georgette St. Clair

 



Will this hard-headed alpha wake and see the truth before he loses the thing he wants most?  Only time will tell.



Bridenapped:  The Alpha Chronicles

Published to Amazon on May 21, 2015

Author Georgette St. Clair

Amazon



Bridenapping? That old tradition where the Alpha grabs the bride of his choice and takes her back to his pack’s property to submit to his lustful demands? That’s so 19th century.
Unfortunately, the law is still on the books, and quite enforceable. And even worse, the sexy new Alpha of the Verhold Pack has the nerve to stake his claim – on the one human in Lakeville who has reason to loathe him the most. Caitlin Bellefont blames Kristofer for taking her family’s lands, but if she refuses him, it means financial ruin for her entire town.
Now Caitlin’s only hope of escape is to resist the scorchingly sexy man who is determined to show her the pleasures of submitting to an Alpha. Not only that, the whole world is watching – and not all of the eyes on Caitlin are friendly. While TV shows beg for interviews, and social media sites are blowing up with rumors and news leaks, it seems that someone very dangerous will stop at nothing to prevent this wedding. Can Caitlin sort out her tangled feelings for Kristofer, and resolve her family’s bitter feud? She’s got until the next full moon to find out.



Official published review:

Let nature take it’s course

This is an amazing story that takes the shifter bridenapping concept and adds the spin of even more drama. I love how the author gave these two a conflict before the invitations went out and then she threw in some well-meaning friends, family who don’t understand boundaries, and backstabbing pack members with their own agendas. All those things that took this fantastic love story and turned it into a juicy story I can’t wait to read all over again. The characters are so well written and have such a depth of emotion that I wanted to join them on the path to their HEA. I hope the author brings us more bridenapped stories, but I will gladly read anything she sends my way.

5 stars

A GR BB

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Georgette St. Clair writes hot, sexy romances starring Alpha heroes. The road to love may be rocky and fraught with peril (and humor and scorchtastic sex and healthy heapings of snark), but her shifters will stop at nothing to claim the women they love.


Georgette has worn many hats in life: newspaper reporter, EMT, internet marketer, cocktail waitress, temp, nurse's aide (not in chronological order).


When she's not rescuing fur-babies, she spends her days in a fantasy universe where she nudges her smart-mouthed, take-no-gruff heroines onto paths which will set them on a collision course with true love.

 

Author’s Website:  https://georgettewrites.com/

Author’s Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/georgettewrites/

Author’s Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Georgette-St-Clair/e/B00BDP7WPW

Author’s Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6938694.Georgette_St_Clair

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Strikerisms – Immortal Ops World – Mandy M. Roth

 



Immortal Ops World

Author Mandy M. Roth

Amazon



From Act of Surrender - PSI-Ops/Immortal Ops book 2

Dr. James Hagen thought he’d bid Paranormal Security and Intelligence Agency good riddance nearly ten years back. He’d been an operative with them for so long that carving out a new path in life had taken time, but he’d achieved it. He’d made it his mission in life to help the wayward find a path again, to help those who couldn’t help themselves. All that changed when he fell into enemy hands. Now, unable to fully heal and plagued by nightmares and choppy visions of what is to come, James isn’t sure if he can keep going. That is, until he meets PSI’s newest person of interest—a quirky, sexy cyberpunk who totally turns his world upside down.

Laney Steele knows she’s onto something. It doesn’t matter that most have written her off as a conspiracy theorist and a hacktivist. She knows the government is hiding the existence of super soldiers who can shapeshift into animals. She’s so sure that she puts herself on the line to find out more, only what she uncovers isn’t exactly what she was hoping for, and it has a heck of a lot more to do with her than she ever thought possible. When her newfound online gamer buddy turns out to be a super solider, she throws caution to the wind just for a chance to be with him. Neither one of them realize the enemy has been lurking, waiting for the perfect moment to strike—again.




NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Mandy M. Roth loves 80s music and movies and wishes leg warmers would come back into fashion. She also thinks the movie The Breakfast Club should be mandatory viewing for…okay, everyone. When she’s not dancing around her office to the sounds of the 80s, she’s busy writing paranormal operatives and kick butt urban fantasy heroines. Mandy lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her husband and three boys. She has sold well over 1 million books. Mandy has published with Harlequin, Random House/ Virgin Books, and has had a wildly successful indie career in addition to publishing with more than one small press.

She is a member of The Author's Guild.

Author’s Website:  https://www.mandyroth.com/
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Book Birthday – Bane’s Choice – Alyssa Day

 



Bane’s Choice

Published to Amazon on October 27, 2020

Author Alyssa Day

Amazon



Vampires are back for a reason! Meet the sexy, dark hero Bane in New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day's smokin'-hot romance.

Bane lost his humanity ages ago. Nothing is more important than protecting his Vampire Motorcycle Club from the death magic invading his territory. The most ancient of vampires, he seeks cold, unfeeling, bloody vengeance...until a frustratingly sexy human doctor is thrust into his path. She tempts Bane to distraction. And distraction is deadly in his world.

Buttoned-up and meticulous Dr. Ryan St. Cloud never thought she’d find herself in the mix of a motorcycle club, let alone one full of terrifyingly badass vampires. Or how intrigued she is by their dark and enigmatic leader, who seems balanced on the knife’s edge of killing her...or claiming her.

But Bane’s choice is harder than it seems, because when that danger hits too close to home, he’s forced to choose between her life and everyone else’s…



Official published review:

A fight between good and evil

This was my first experience with this author and I enjoyed every minute of it. With no hesitation the author thrust us right into the thick of things and then filled in from there. The characters are well developed, and I enjoyed the way they thought and the way the interacted throughout the book. I love how there are moments of humor to even out the drama and the action and danger are at an all time high. The author kept me glued to my ebook from the first page to the last and I can’t wait to see what she does with all the possible stories in her next book.

5 stars

A GR BB BN KB

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Alyssa Day is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with more than a million books sold --all filled with kissing, laughter, mystery and magic. Alyssa’s paranormal series include the Vampire Motorcycle Club, Poseidon’s Warriors, and Cardinal Witches paranormal romances and the Tiger’s Eye Mysteries paranormal mysteries. In an Alyssa Day book, the good guys (and gals!) always win and happily ever after always prevails!

Alyssa's many awards include Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® award for outstanding romance fiction, and the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance novel of 2012. Her books have been translated into a zillion languages but she’s still holding out for Klingon.

Before she became a full-time writer, Alyssa graduated summa cum laude from law school and practiced as a trial lawyer in three different states for more than a decade. She is a past president of Romance Writers of America.

Please visit her online to sign up for her newsletter for news of releases, free stuff, and pictures of her dogs and her baking. But not of her dogs baking, because that would just be wrong.

 

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