Review: Beachdaze by T. W. Lawless

Goodreads Blurb

He’d been given enough warnings…

Only a heart attack could make Peter Clancy leave his beloved London and the excitement of his work as an investigative journalist. He moves to a quiet coastal town in Australia, the perfect place to write a new book while avoiding all bad influences.

Serenity Bay turns out to be anything but quiet-the neighbours are noisy or nosy, getting under his skin or into his pants. Not even a surprise reunion with an old friend can turn this nightmare into the peaceful retreat Peter was seeking, intent as she is on reuniting him with at least one bad influence.

Of course, Peter doesn’t need much persuasion to resume his vices-old habits die hard, and before long Peter is poking his nose into the affairs (in all senses) of not only his neighbours but the local council, property developers and even aged-care proprietors.

But with the authorities showing no interest in investigating reports by concerned citizens of illegal dumping, vandalism, break-ins and threats-not even after a number of sudden and unexplained deaths-who else can they turn to, but Peter the Perennially Energetic Journalist?

My Review: Rated 5 Out of 5 Stars

Serenity is synonymous with tranquility and peace. If you move to an area surrounded by water, you want to enjoy the views and tranquility of the waves crashing into the sand. Well, Peter Clancy moved to the perfect coastal town in Australia that was far from peaceful. Trouble always finds its way to Peter, and he can’t ignore an opportunity to help people. His investigative reporting is important especially when people are dumping illegally and taking over farms. Whenever trucks flew down the street and dug holes, his neighborhood was far from peaceful. His neighbor ruined Peter’s tranquility, and Peter was ready for revenge. His investigative reporting helped him reveal the culprits of the illegal dumping and saved twin seniors from losing their home and money. I loved that Peter isn’t scared of getting in the middle of trouble but walks straight into it with no fear. I was happy that all the evil characters got what they deserved. It’s always money that makes people turn a blind eye to what is right. Check out Peter’s not-so-serene neighborhood.

Author Biography

Best-selling author of the Peter Clancy series.

After initially studying journalism at university, T.W. Lawless worked as a registered nurse for many years before turning his hand to writing fiction. T.W. is the author of six thrillers, including two Amazon Kindle best-sellers (Homecountry and Thornydevils), as well as the co-writer with Kay Bell of the murder-mystery, Furey’s War.

A new Peter Clancy book is about to be released. It will be the sixth in the series.

Raised on his family’s cattle stations in remote North Queensland, T.W. now lives on the New South Wales Central Coast with his wife, who is also a writer.

His passion is writing, and when he’s not writing a book, he’s planning the next one.

His wife, Kay Bell, is also a best-selling author and we operate an independent publisher named Campanile Publishing P/L.

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Cover Reveal: Shattered Dreams by Abbie Roads

BOOK DETAILS:

Shattered Dreams
by Abbie Roads
(Beautiful Nightmare, #3)
Publication date: July 11, 2023
Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Romance

Synopsis:

A crooked cop. Corruption. A woman convicted of murder. A man determined to prove her innocence.

When Helena Grayse is released from prison, all she wants is to say a final goodbye to her old life. But when a man finds her trespassing on his property, instead of turning her in, he takes her in. Accepts her. Loves her.

But someone decides to serve Helena with a death sentence.

Shattered Dreams is the third book in Abbie Roads’ Beautiful Nightmare Series of dark romantic thrillers. It features a felon heroine who never thought she deserved love. If you devour true crime and romance novels then you’ll love a series that combines both in a roller-coaster ride of danger, mind games and swoon-worthy love.

Buy this dangerously dark romance today!

Trigger warning: Depictions of SA and violence.

Previously Published under the title Never Let Me Fall.

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123261829-shattered-dreams

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AUTHOR BIO:

Abbie Roads is the best-selling author of the Fatal Dreams Series and the Fatal Truth Series. Her novels have been finalists in many prestigious contests including The Golden Heart, The Greater Detroit Booksellers Best, The Oklahoma National Readers’ Choice Award, The Write Touch, The Strut Your Stuff Contest, The Aspen Gold Contest, The Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, The Heart of Excellence Readers’ Choice Award, The Midnight Sun, The Kathryn Hayes Contest, The Chanticleer, The Daphne du Maurier, The National Readers’ Choice Award, The New England Readers’ Choice Contest, The Beverly Award, and The Maggie Award. Her debut novel Race the Darkness was Publishers Weekly Top 10 Pick for Fall and Never Let Me Fall is an Amazon Editor’s Pick.

By day Abbie Roads is a mental health counselor always focusing on the bright side. By night she writes on the dark side, putting her characters through the wringer before she gives them their happily-ever-after. She loves a good inspirational quote and is a fan of true crime.

Author links:
https://www.abbieroads.com/
https://www.facebook.com/abbieroads2
https://twitter.com/Abbie_Roads
https://www.instagram.com/Abbie_Roads/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8179024.Abbie_Roads

Cover Reveal: Broken Dreams by Abbie Roads

BOOK DETAILS:

Broken Dreams
by Abbie Roads
(Beautiful Nightmare, #2)
Publication date: May 9, 2023
Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Romance

Synopsis:

A stalker. A killer. A v!rg!n hero who will sacrifice himself to save the woman he loves.

FBI Special Skills Consultant Lathan Montgomery has a genetic anomaly that he uses to solve cold cases, but it forces him to live in seclusion. When he saves a woman from a roadside attack, instead of her presence causing him to lose control, she soothes him. For the first time in his life, he experiences love.

But someone is watching them and planning to make them both suffer.

Broken Dreams is the second book in Abbie Roads’ Beautiful Nightmare Series of dark romantic thrillers. It features a v!rg!n hero who never thought he’d find love. If you devour true crime and romance novels then you’ll love a series that combines both in a roller-coaster ride of danger, mind games and swoon-worthy love.

Buy this dangerously dark romance today!

Trigger warning: Depictions of SA and violence.

Previously published under the title Hunt the Dawn

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123173881-broken-dreams-beautiful-nightmare-2

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AUTHOR BIO:

Abbie Roads is the best-selling author of the Fatal Dreams Series and the Fatal Truth Series. Her novels have been finalists in many prestigious contests including The Golden Heart, The Greater Detroit Booksellers Best, The Oklahoma National Readers’ Choice Award, The Write Touch, The Strut Your Stuff Contest, The Aspen Gold Contest, The Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, The Heart of Excellence Readers’ Choice Award, The Midnight Sun, The Kathryn Hayes Contest, The Chanticleer, The Daphne du Maurier, The National Readers’ Choice Award, The New England Readers’ Choice Contest, The Beverly Award, and The Maggie Award. Her debut novel Race the Darkness was Publishers Weekly Top 10 Pick for Fall and Never Let Me Fall is an Amazon Editor’s Pick.

By day Abbie Roads is a mental health counselor always focusing on the bright side. By night she writes on the dark side, putting her characters through the wringer before she gives them their happily-ever-after. She loves a good inspirational quote and is a fan of true crime.

Author links:

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https://www.instagram.com/Abbie_Roads/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8179024.Abbie_Roads

Review: The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel by Salva Rubio

Goodreads Blurb

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.

Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is a compelling graphic novel for YA and middle-grade readers that will take them through the terrifying moment Dita, her family, and the Jewish community went through in the concentration camps. Dita and I love books, and I felt her heartache when she needed to pack one piece of luggage that couldn’t include all the books she owned. This captivating graphic novel tells Dita’s story before the war and during her time in Auschwitz. As the story unfolds, it shows how a community fights to survive and helps each other in this horrifying life. The illustrations conveyed the story effectively while providing images that were graphic yet subtle. I haven’t read the original novel, but interested in reading it. Although Dita knew that her life was at risk if she were caught in the encampment with books, she still agreed to be the librarian. Her love and appreciation for books were stronger than the fear of death. Courage and hope gave her the fight to survive. This was a learning experience as I didn’t know the Germans had encampments like the one Dita was in, which was a way to conceal the horror, the terrible living conditions, and the deaths of so many innocent lives.

Author’s Bio From Goodreads

Salva Rubio is a novelist and screenwriter and something else.

He works as a cinema screenwriter, having been nominated to the Spanish Goya Awards for Best Animation Feature.

As a graphic novel writer, he publishes mainly in the French-Belgian market and his work has been nominated to an Eisner Award.

He has also written classic musical essays and is the continuator of the bestseller screenwriting theory book series “Save the Cat!”

He is an associate member of the WGA (Writer’s Guild of America, West) and he is a member of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.

Cover Reveal: The Last Ride by Anya Summers

BOOK DETAILS:

The Last Ride
by Anya Summers
(SEALs on Wheels, #1)
Publication date: May 9, 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

I hate her.
I can’t forgive what she did.
But she’s the first one on the list.

One final ride with my crew.
One last chance to fulfill an oath sworn in blood.

Yet I don’t expect the chemistry between us to knock me on my ass.
And I don’t know how to reconcile my feelings, my need for her.
It goes against every vow I swore.

But I can’t stay away.
She needs me. My body. My soul. My protection.
With danger stalking her, I’ll use every trick I learned as a SEAL to defend her.

Because nobody messes with what belongs to me.

Grab this steamy, enemies to lovers, stand-alone where a Navy SEAL clashes with a stripper, as they grapple with an attraction they cannot deny.

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85173227-the-last-ride

Pre-orderhttps://books2read.com/u/3k2GJn

AUTHOR BIO:

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Anya grew up listening to Cardinals baseball and reading anything she could get her hands on. She remembers her mother saying if only she would read the right type of books instead binging her way through the romance aisles at the bookstore, she’d have been a doctor. While Anya never did get that doctorate, she graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an M.A. in History.

Anya is a bestselling and award-winning author published in multiple fiction genres. She also writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and contemporary romance under the name Maggie Mae Gallagher. A total geek at her core, when she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her family. She currently lives in the Midwest with her two furry felines.

Author links:
Website: www.anyasummers.com 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AnyaSummersAuthor   
Twitter: @AnyaBSummers https://twitter.com/anyabsummers?lang=en 
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15183606.Anya_Summers  
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Anya-Summers/e/B01EGTVRKC/ 
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Cover Reveal: One Night Stand with Benefits by Amanda Usen

BOOK DETAILS:

One Night Stand with Benefits
by Amanda Usen
Published by: Entangled: Brazen
Publication date: April 17, 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

Description TBA

AUTHOR BIO:

Amanda Usen knows two things for certain: chocolate cheesecake is good for breakfast, and a hot chef can steal your heart. Her husband stole hers on the first day of class at the Culinary Institute of America. Amanda spends her early mornings writing romance and her days working in a bakery. When she’s not writing or decorating cakes, she can usually be found reading a book and trying to get out of cooking dinner.


Unofficial Bio: Amanda Usen spends her days off writing in her pajamas. She scrambles for clothes and hides the clutter just minutes before her husband and kids arrive home. She loves books, yoga, cheese, chocolate, and carbs in all forms. When she falls into the pit of despair, she reminds herself…HAPPINESS IS A PRACTICE. 


Sign up for Amanda’s Newsletter or connect with her on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or her blog, Writer.Chef.Romantic., where she posts about writer-life, baker-life, mom-life, sex-life, mid-life, basically all things life…and a bag of chips.


Author links: 

https://www.instagram.com/amandausen/

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4732223.Amanda_Usen

Cover Reveal: Kilo by Sybil Bartel

BOOK DETAILS:

Kilo
by Sybil Bartel
(The Alpha Elite, #9)
Publication date: January 9, 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense

Synopsis:

Breacher.

Navy SEAL.

Mercenary.

Being a breacher on the Teams wasn’t a job, it was my drug of choice. Detonating charges, the blast waves going through me, I lived for the rush of tactical explosive breaching. As long as I kept my brothers safe and didn’t eat a piece of frag, I never looked past my next mission… until I screwed up.

Miscalculating a blast zone, I took a hit. Then I was benched from active duty, told I’d taken one too many subconcussive blows, and forced into medical retirement. 

Except the Navy wasn’t the only home for an explosives expert. Alpha Elite Security took me in, and I got to keep my addiction—right until a mysterious redhead walked into my blast zone and suddenly, I needed a new fix.

Code name: Kilo.
Mission: Detonate.

KILO is a standalone book in the exciting Alpha Elite Series by USA Today Bestselling author, Sybil Bartel. Come meet Kilo and the dominant, alpha heroes who work for AES!

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77267153-kilo

Pre-order:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3lpueQC

B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kilo-sybil-bartel/1142924480

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/kilo-19

iBooks: https://books.apple.com/ro/book/kilo/id6445333488

AUTHOR BIO:

Sybil Bartel is a USA Today Bestselling author of unapologetic alpha heroes. Whether you’re reading her deliciously dominant mercenaries, bodyguards or military heroes, all of her heart-stopping, page-turning romantic suspense novels have sexy-as-sin alpha heroes!

Sybil resides in South Florida and she is forever Oliver’s mom.

To find out more about Sybil Bartel or her books, please visit her at:
Website: http://sybilbartel.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sybilbartelauthor
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Cover Reveal: Love to Belong by Caroline Bell Foster

BOOK DETAILS:

Love to Belong
by Caroline Bell Foster
Publication date: March 23, 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

From the bestselling British author of The Call Centre books, the International Heroes series, and many more, here comes a sensual novel where brooding intensity meets effortless charm.

With her friends, popular influencer, Chilli Laurent, is traveling by train from London to Paris, where she is intrigued by the man with moody green eyes.

Jaded French winemaker, Arno Tournier, can barely contain his distaste for the loud conversation going on by Generation Z in front of him. Trying to tune them out, he closes his eyes, only to be jolted by the girl with golden skin who falls onto his lap. Embarrassed at his instant attraction, Arno orders her off with a few scathing remarks.

At her hotel that night, Chilli sees the rude Frenchman and, without his permission, includes him in her video vlog. He grabs her camera, and during their tussle, Chilli ends up on his lap once again. Giving in to his attraction, Arno asks her one question. Chilli, avoiding his intense gaze, answers.

It should have been a one-night stand, and Arno was not supposed to be caught in his own deceit, but one night became more, and the lies were catching up with them both.

Could they survive the fallout?

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87757139-love-to-belong

Pre-orderhttps://amzn.to/3mtWt0X

AUTHOR BIO:

Want to receive exclusive information, freebies, and book discounts, before anyone else? Join Caroline’s mailing list: http://www.carolinebellfoster.com/sign-up

Caroline Bell Foster was born in Derby, England and with her family went on a six week holiday to the Caribbean. She stayed for 18 years!

Ever the adventurer, Caroline bought her first pair of high heels in Toronto and traded her pink sunglasses for a bus ride in the Rift Valley at 18. 

Caroline is a multi-award wining, International Amazon bestselling author, of sweet to sensual contemporary romance. She is also an Amazon Top 100 author. 

With themes of substance, Caroline’s latest novels’ defy convention and celebrate modern day Britain with several titles set primarily in The East Midlands, where she shares her love for the three main cities and the surrounding ‘shires’ with her readers. Caroline has been listed as one of the most influential people in her region and is a UK Top 100 Most Influential Creative.

If you want something different, Caroline’s novels’ supply by the truck load.

Author links:

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3370362.Caroline_Bell_Foster

Cover Reveal: Sin and Sinuosity by Elice Nange

BOOK DETAILS:

Sin and Sinuosity #3, 3.5, 4
by Elice Nange
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense

Synopsis:

SIX FEET UNDER 
Everything has a price. A price we all pay — in life and in death.
Determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps, Oscar Hyun carved out his own path in life.
On the surface, he has everything. Money, power, and prestige. Except for one thing — his elusive soulmate.
Or so everyone says.
Until she waltzes into his life.

PROMISE ME FOREVER: An In Plain Sight Novella
Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. It only fills it with resentment and regret.
Nineteen years ago, Delilah Brewer lost the love of her life.
As such, she spent almost two decades shielding her heart, since time doesn’t heal all wounds and love is for fools — two things she’s far too cynical for.
What she is, is defective and proud, and living her life on her own terms.
Until an unconventional proposition presents itself.

IN PLAIN SIGHT 
Some feelings never fade with time. They only grow stronger. Brighter. Deadlier.
When faced with an impossible choice, Simone McWhorter made the decision to walk away from it all — her friends, her family, and the love of her life.
To the world, it was a tragic tale of love and loss. Except it was all a lie — an intricate tale of lies, deception, and treachery woven into the fabric of her existence.
Of their existence.
But fate had other plans for her. And so too did the love of her life.
The one she left behind.

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/series/361493-sin-and-sinuosity

Pre-orderhttps://amzn.to/3SKybeW

AUTHOR BIO:

Elice Nange is an author currently residing in the USA. She writes from the heart. Stories often address sensitive subjects like racism, sexual orientation, religion, discrimination, etc.

She may or may not be obsessed with Maya Angelou, ice cream, and the color purple not necessarily in that order.

Author links:

https://www.tiktok.com/@elicenange

https://www.facebook.com/EliceNange

https://www.instagram.com/elicenange/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22524078.Elice_Nange

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Prowl by Cara Dee

BOOK DETAILS:

Prowl
by Cara Dee
(The Game Series, #12)
Publication date: March 28th 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance

Synopsis:

The Game Series • Book 12 • Sequel to Apex Predator • MMMM • Primal Play • D/s • Hurt Comfort • ADHD

In Apex Predator, Lane and Macklin headed down to South Florida for a wild week in the sun, but now it’s time to return to reality. Things back home might feel a bit…unsettled…for both men, and even more so when they notice two apex predators on the prowl.

Ty and Walker will take it from here, boys.

The Game Series is a BDSM series where romance meets the reality of kink. Sometimes we fall for someone we don’t match with, sometimes vanilla business gets in the way of kinky pleasure, and sometimes we have to compromise and push ourselves to overcome trauma and insecurities. No matter what, one thing is certain. This is not a perfect world—and maybe that’s why the happily ever after feels so good.

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122755710-prowl

Pre-orderhttps://readerlinks.com/l/3142672

AUTHOR BIO:

I’m often awkwardly silent or, if the topic interests me, a chronic rambler. In other words, I can discuss writing forever and ever. Fiction, in particular. The love story—while a huge draw and constantly present—is secondary for me, because there’s so much more to writing romance fiction than just making two (or more) people fall in love and have hot sex.

There’s a world to build, characters to develop, interests to create, and a topic or two to research thoroughly.

Every book is a challenge for me, an opportunity to learn something new, and a puzzle to piece together. I want my characters to come to life, and the only way I know to do that is to give them substance—passions, history, goals, quirks, and strong opinions—and to let them evolve.

I want my men and women to be relatable. That means allowing room for everyday problems and, for lack of a better word, flaws. My characters will never be perfect.

Wait…this was supposed to be about me, not my writing.

I’m a writey person who loves to write. Always wanderlusting, twitterpating, kinking, cooking, baking, and geeking. There’s time for hockey and family, too. But mostly, I just love to write.

Author links:
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Giveaway: For a chance to win a paperback copy of Prowl, visit Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/361769-prowl-the-game-series-12