Archive for December, 2019

Reading, Read, Peaceful, Woman, Dusk, Outside, Outdoors

This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

I’m also linking up with The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

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Some chit chat. Just a few more days until Christmas is here! I got my shopping done and now it’s all about those last few days of work before I can enjoy the holiday.

My son and I binged the last season of Game Of Thrones. Talk about intense! And the ending was something else too. I heard a lot of people didn’t like this last season but we sure did. We talked about each episode after watching it and had great fun.

Now, we’ve started watching The Witcher. I kept hearing how great it was, but the verdict isn’t in with us yet. It’s kind of confusing and we’ll see how we feel after another episode.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone.

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My new books this week.

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Distant Light - Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance (Tales From the Edge Book 1) by [Adler, Chloe]  Long Autumn by [Gaines, Joshua C.]  Dinosaur Lake by [Griffith, Kathryn Meyer]

Christmas in the Multiverse: A Multiverse Investigations Unit Story by [McLean, RE]  Up in Smoke (Glock Grannies Cozy Mystery Book 1) by [VanBergen, Shannon]  Miss Kane's Christmas : A Novella (A Christmas Central Romantic Comedy Book 1) by [Mickelson, Caroline]

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Other posts on my blog this week.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas ~ Timeless Christmas ` Spotlight and Giveaway

Bossy Bride: Emma and Jesse by J A Huss ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

The Twelve Days Of Christmas ~ Mountain Mistletoe ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

The Twelve Days Of Christmas ~ The Call Of The Drums ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Exordium by S.N. Jones ~ Cover Reveal and Giveaway

Books From The Back Log #26 ~ Saltwater Witch

A Mad Reed Security Christmas ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Under A New Sun Series ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Mischievous Christmas Angel ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

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Mischievous Christmas Angel
Angels With Attitudes Series Book 5
by Mimi Barbour
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Sarna Publishing
Publication Date: October 28, 2019
After one night of blistering lovemaking that would bring any sane man to his knees clutching a ring, Jack’s forced to accept Mia’s unexpected rejection. Then when she seems to be warming up to having a relationship, danger erupts around him in freakish accidents and mystical happenings. How can he permit her and her little girl to be anywhere near these threats?
Mia lovingly adopts her best friend’s four-year-old child in accordance with her will. She also agrees to move her new family and her business to live with her aunt before the Christmas holidays arrive. But… she isn’t willing to hold on to a man because of one incredible night’s loss of restraint.
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Mimi is an incredibly busy NYT and USA Today award-winning, best-selling author who has seven series to her credit. The Vicarage Bench Series – Spirit/Time -Travel tales that have a surprising twist / The Angels with Attitude Series – Angels Love Romance / The Elvis Series – Make an Elvis song a book / Vegas Series – 6 books full of romantic suspense, humor and gritty conflicts / and… the fast-paced, edgy, humorous, romantic suspense, Undercover FBI Series /The Holiday Heatwarmer Series – puppies become cupids. And the latest, explosive Mob Tracker Series – six books full of conflicts and characters you’ll hate to leave.
Mimi lives on the East coast of Vancouver Island with her husband and writes her various romances with tongue in cheek and a mad glint in her eye. She’s been known to say: “If I can steal a booklover’s attention away from their every-day grind, absorb them into a fantasy love story, and make them care about the ending, then I’ve done my job.”
**1st place prize of the 2015 – Chanticleer Reviews – Clue Awards. Special Agent Francesca
**A TOUCH OF PASSION, has just become the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers’ Choice Awards.
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The Fall of Endurance
Under a New Sun Book 1
by R.L. Blalock
Genre: SciFi Adventure
Publication Date: September 30, 2019
A starship’s sirens scream into the void. Can a highly trained protector fight for peace on an unfamiliar world?
It’s elite soldier Laure’s duty to protect the last of humanity. Four hundred years after Earth fell to alien invaders, she’s only known life on a colonization ship searching through space. But when the vessel is forced to crash land for emergency repairs, Laure comes face to face with a new breed of enemy.
Struggling both to battle aliens and rescue her colonists, Laure never expects to find her other half on the strange planet. As her telepathic and physical bond with the alien grows, she’s horrified to discover the people she’s sworn to protect turn on her and consider her inhuman.
Torn between two species, can Laure defend humankind from extinction?
The Fall of Endurance is the first book in the futuristic Under a New Sun science fiction series. If you like alien encounters, high-stakes action, and strong heroines, then you’ll love R. L. Blalock’s riveting saga.
Buy The Fall of Endurance to join the colonists in the stars today!
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The Burden of Endurance
Under a New Sun Book 2
Publication Date: October 18, 2019
They survived the fall, but can they adapt to life on an unknown planet?
After a human and alien form a telepathic link, the commanders of the Endurance have a special mission for Laure and Kuna: Create an elite class of warriors connected with the alien Chroins.
They must lead a group of volunteers into the primeval forests of an unexplored planet as they search for beasts like Kuna that are strong, fast, and lethal.
But the Chroin aren’t the only threat. Not all colonists want to welcome them, and some will stop at nothing to get rid of them.
Can Laure and Kuna bring their two species together? Or will they tear each other apart?
The Burden of Endurance is the second book in the futuristic Under a New Sun science fiction series. If you like alien encounters, high-stakes action, and strong heroines, then you’ll love R. L. Blalock’s riveting saga.
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The Strength of Endurance
Under A New Sun Book 3
Publication Date: November 6, 2019
The bond that made them more than human will become their death sentence.
An unlikely pair. Laure, an elite soldier trained to protect the last vestige of humanity. Kuna, an alien hybrid akin to a wild animal. Telepathically linked and confused about what they’ve become, they must hunt for answers about their origins.
However, knowledge can be more damning than ignorance. As forces work to create distrust between the aliens and colonists, an “accident” is all they need for tensions to boil over.
On the run for their lives, Laure and Kuna must find a way to create peace between their people or be hunted down and executed.
The Strength of Endurance is the third book in the futuristic Under a New Sun science fiction series. If you like alien encounters, high-stakes action, and strong heroines, then you’ll love R. L. Blalock’s riveting saga.
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The Peril of Endurance
Under A New Sun Book 4
Publication Date: November 26, 2019
Humanity is not alone on its new home world.
The creators disappeared from the planet long ago, abandoning cities and deserting their protege. Commander Laure Higgins and her bonded Chroin, Kuna, are sent on a special mission to investigate the ruins and learn more about Iotova’s inhabitants.
Not everything is as it appears. As mysteries unravel around them, Laure and Kuna find themselves in a frightening spiral as they try to escape the creations left behind.
Can Laure and Kuna uncover the origin of the Chroin and protect the remnants of humanity?
The Peril of Endurance is the fourth book in the futuristic Under a New Sun science fiction series. If you like alien encounters, high-stakes action, and strong heroines, then you’ll love R. L. Blalock’s riveting saga.
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The Edict of Endurance

Under A New Sun Book 5

Publication Date: December 30, 2019

A battle for the Endurance will threaten all of humanity.
One by one the Chroin’s allies are dying. With colonists flocking to
her cause, Corline finally seizes control of the Endurance and
plunges the colony into chaos.
Laure and Kuna must find their people and protect them as Corline rampages
through the sprawl. As the death toll rises, they are running out of
time. Everything that humanity has worked centuries for is in peril.
Including its future.
Can Laure save the colony and humanity? Or will Corline purge the Chroin
from the Endurance once and for all?
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R. L. Blalock’s love of reading started young, but her love of zombies started later in life. In 2008, when R. L. Blalock first watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead she instantly fell in love with the genre.
Born and raised in Sacramento, California, R. L. Blalock now lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her loving husband, precocious three-year-old daughter, two dogs, and a bird.
Stay connected with R. L. Blalock at rlblalock.com and receive a free prequel short story called The World Eater when you subscribe to her newsletter!!
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A Mad Reed Security Christmas

by Giulia Lagomarsino

Reed Security, #20
Publication date: December 18th 2019
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
Because Daddy set out traps to catch those f^@kers
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that grenades would soon be in there
The children were nestled, all snug in their beds
While visions of weapons danced in their heads
And Mama in her nightie and I in my boxers
Had just settled down for a fun night together
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter
I sprang from my bed to grab my Sig Sauer
Away to the window I flew like a flash
Covered my junk and threw Mama her pants…

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About Author Giulia Lagomarsino

I’m a stay at home mom that loves to read. Some of my favorite titles are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Horatio Hornblower. I started writing when I was trying to come up with suggestions on ways I could help bring in some extra money. I came up with the idea that I could donate plasma because you could earn an extra $500/month. My husband responded with, “No. Find something else. Write a blog. Write a book.” I didn’t think I had anything to share on blog that a thousand other mothers hadn’t already thought of. I decided to take his challenge seriously and sat down to write my first book, Jack. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing. From there, the stories continued to flow and I haven’t been able to stop. I hope my readers enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Between reading, writing, and taking care of three small kids, my days are quite full.
Author links: Goodreads / Website / Twitter / Facebook / Instagram
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If you’re like me, you have a pile of books beckoning to you from your lists. Carole hosts this fun feature where you can share some of those older books and perhaps nudge you to finally read them. If you want to join in on the fun, head over to Carole’s Random Life In Books and leave a link to your post.
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Saltwater Witch

Seaborn Trilogy #1

  by Chris Howard

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Genre: YA / Fantasy

Synopsis

Kassandra comes from the sea, but she has no memory of saltwater, seagulls, or an incoming tide. She’s never seen an ocean, never heard the thunder of surf. She’s an exile, betrayed by her own family, sent as far from the sea as they could arrange–somewhere in the middle of Nebraska.

Everything changes the day she drowns in Red Bear Lake, and discovers she can’t really drown. Not in the way everyone else can. Then a two-thousand year old king wakes inside her head and turns out to be a prodigy with mathematics. Kassandra cries for the first time in her life, and learns that her tears are doorways for calling things from the sea. With clues from summoned sea-demons and the voices in her head, Kassandra sets out to find out what the hell is going on…and discovers she’s a prisoner, trapped between a murderous grandfather who controls an army of the drowned dead, river witches who spy on her through the plumbing, and Ms. Matrothy, the Girl’s Department Director, who’s been trying to kill her since she was four.

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I added this book back in April of 2015. I fell in love with the amazing cover and the synopsis had me curious. I do hope to get to it soon.

Here are some alternative covers.

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I really like the covers for the other books too.

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Today S. N. Jones, GenZ Publishing, & Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the GORGEOUS cover for her YA Historical fantasy, EXORDIUM which will release in early 2020! Check out the awesome cover and enter the
giveaway!
 
On to the reveal!
 
 
Title: EXORDIUM
Tempus Book 1
Author: S. N. Jones
Pub. Date: 2020
Publisher: GenZ Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 247
 
“Fall to rise higher.”
 
This is the motto of the clan Kongeorn. In their world of harsh battles and harsher winters
our story begins.
 
Exordium is a historical fantasy novel that follows the story of Vita, who is thrust into a
position of power and forced to deal with the aftermath of a family tragedy–and an act of war. Along the way, she must confront her own demons and learn that everyone is fighting their own war, their own obstacles. She must learn how to overcome them, to rise higher than ever before. Exordium and its author, S. N. Jones, were awarded with the 2018 National Civic Expression Award
from the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, funded by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.
 
One woman.
One name.
One forgotten legacy.
 
Excerpt:
 
“The forest seemed still, as if no creature dared to
move or cry out in my presence. The trees remained static, their branches rigid
and frozen in the cool night air. In the stillness, a burden began to weigh
down upon me, cloaking me like the furs on my shoulders. It sobered me, taking
my attention away from the visions and cynical thoughts, and plopped me right
where I would stay. I could not hide from it, nor—I found—did I want to. My
duty to my people, to my name, bore down on me, and I refused to shake it.”


 

About S.N. Jones:


Proud author of Exordium, fantasy author, and lover of books!


WebsiteTwitter | Instagram | Goodreads

 
 

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The Call of the Drums
The Twelve Days of Christmas #12
by Lynn Michaels
Genre: M/M Paranormal Romance
Print Length: 60 pages
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: December 20, 2019
Christmas magic comes in strange packages when the
Battle of the Bands heats up.
Twelve Rock Bands were invited to participate in this year’s Battle of the
Bands. It’s being held at Cambria Bay, a resort town that brings in
tourism by having over the top events. Daryl Keeley, drummer for the
wild metal band, Lythium Madness, is excited not only for the
competition but for the opportunity to stay at one of the world’s
best vacation spots for the holiday. It’s Christmas, but there won’t
be any snow in tropical Cambria Bay, and that’s fine with Daryl,
since every other aspect of his life is too cold. No lover. A family
that disowned him for being a rock drummer rather than his sexuality.
His bandmates are his only real home.
During the competition
he meets Micah Bray, a bassist from another band, Jungle Lake Riot.
They’re not very good, but Micah pulls them up with his unusual
talent. He’s a quiet force to be reckoned with, and when he plays
with Daryl…sparks fly.
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Lynn Michaels lives and writes in Tampa, Florida where the sun is hot and
the Sangria is cold. When she’s not writing she’s kayaking,
hanging with her husband, or reading by the pool. Lynn writes
Male/Male romance because she believes everyone deserves a happy
ending and the dynamics of male characters can be intriguing,
vulnerable, and exciting. She has both contemporary and paranormal
titles and has been writing since 2014. Her stories don’t follow
any set guidelines or ideas, but come from her heart and contain love
in many forms.
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Mountain Mistletoe
The Twelve Days of Christmas #11
by Kathy Kalmar
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Print Length: 56 pages
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: December 20, 2019
A magical Christmas wedding set in the Great Smoky Mountains is a mere
week away for the polar opposite but identical twins, Storme and
Sunny Weathers. Mistletoe kisses, promises, and every wile Sunny
Weathers had finally inspired Jesse Days to put a ring on her finger.
Now that he’s committed, he
promises nothing will delay this long-awaited wedding day.
So when a winter storm creates holiday havoc in their small town, will the
Snowmageddon blow their chance at happiness or create a Christmas
miracle?
Meanwhile, Storme Weathers has literally hooked her hubby-to-be Craig Knight,
and he’s chomping at the bit to wed his commitment-phobic fiancée.
But when a series of mishaps befall their Christmas wedding theme,
Storme begins to fear their wedding is doomed. Craig’s hot kisses
keep the flames burning, but are they enough to warm her cold feet
and hold her heart for good?
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Kathy Kalmar ,born in Detroit Michigan, lives with her husband, Larry and
her Bichon-Maltese mix dog, Valentino. Mother of two adult children
and Grammie to three, love and family influence her writing. Like her
heroine she got her second chance to love when she married Larry in
1981.She writes non-fiction for teachers and parents and children’s
fiction. She reads contemporary romance and enjoys to writing them.
She prefers to write in her Smoky Mountain cabin in Tennessee.
Although she enjoys reading, walking, and writing, she excels in hot
tubbing and in sampling generous glasses of wine preferably on
Waikiki Beach.
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Bossy Bride: Emma & Jesse

Bossy Brothers #4

by J.A. Huss

Publication date: December 18th 2019
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance

Synopsis

Bossy Bride features Jesse and Emma getting almost-hitched on a roller coaster, tricked into being the stars of a pirate show, jumping out of an airplane, and saying their vows in front of two huge Italian families who don’t speak English. It’s a rompy, whirlwind trip down a rabbit hole of “Fantasy” Vegas weddings planned by a man called “Fingers” and just when you think nothing else could go wrong—a mermaid descends from the ceiling. 

Jesse Boston is the man of my dreams. He’s super sexy, super rich, and super funny. He gets all my jokes, he treats me like a princess, and our love life is smokin’ hot.

So I’m gonna marry him. I’m not real picky about how that happens and if my mother wants to have her say, fine. That’s fine. She gave birth to three boys and just one girl. So I get it. She NEEDS a wedding.

But when she invites my childhood nemesis, KAREN, to plan our wedding AND be one of my bride’s maids? Uh—no. It’s not happening. Karen Krakken-Channing will not plan my wedding, will not be at my wedding, and she’s certainly not going to be IN my wedding.

Luckily, my jet-butler, Miles, and my almost-husband get this great idea!

We’re going to elope to Vegas on Christmas Eve eve, get hitched in the most ridiculous way possible, and then fly home in time for Christmas Eve dinner.

We’ve got it all figured out.

Nothing can go wrong.

We will have one simple wedding in like… a drive-through chapel, and call it good.

Take that, KAREN!

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About Author J A Huss

JA Huss is the New York Times Bestselling author of 321 and has been on the USA Today Bestseller’s list 21 times in the past five years. She writes characters with heart, plots with twists, and perfect endings.

Her new sexy sci-fi romance and paranormal romance pen name is KC Cross and she writes novels and teleplays collaboratively with actor and screenwriter, Johnathan McClain.

Her books have sold millions of copies all over the world, the audio version of her semi-autobiographical book, Eighteen, was nominated for a Voice Arts Award and an Audie Award in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Her audiobook, Mr. Perfect, was nominated for a Voice Arts Award in 2017. Her audiobook, Taking Turns, was nominated for an Audie Award in 2018. Five of her book were optioned for a TV series by MGM television in 2018. And her book, Total Exposure, was nominated for a RITA Award in 2019.

She lives on a ranch in Central Colorado with her family.

Author links:
Bookbub➜ http://bit.ly/1SW2AB0
Website➜ https://www.jahuss.com
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Facebook➜ http://on.fb.me/PPpkr3
FB Fan Group➜ http://bit.ly/3697FlW
Twitter➜ https://twitter.com/JAHuss
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KC Cross New Release Alert➜ http://eepurl.com/gqBuo9
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The Timeless Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas #10
by Renee Matthews
Genre: M/M Fantasy Romance
Print Length: 46 pages
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: December 20, 2019
Prince Menion had never wanted for anything in his life minus Jacob Riker.
Jacob and his twin brother Lucas arrived at the Kingdom of
Miraennon every fall and always left before spring arrived. They
would bring with them tales of magical worlds and brought wonder to
his boring life. Then last year, Jacob Riker arrived alone and they
grew closer than Menion should have allowed. Menion was expected to
be married and be the next Lord of Miraennon by Christmas. None of
those plans involved Jacob Riker.
Being a time traveler, Jacob Riker had never expected to be so stuck on one
moment. After the months together, that had been Jacob’s own personal
Christmas miracle, Menion Astaulind standing in the snow breaking his
heart and proclaimed love for another.
Now, Jacob stands ready to jump through the portal one last time to win
over the only man he ever loved before Christmas comes again.
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Renee is often in her own little world. There is nothing that she loves
more than writing down all the stories that make up her world. She
can often be found curled up in front of her laptop with a cup of tea.
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