Posts Categorized: Excerpt

Apr 09 2020
2

The Secret Brokers by Alexandrea Weis

The Secret Brokers by Alexandrea Weis

The Secret BrokersAlexandrea Weis(Secret Brokers, #1)Published by: Vesuvian BooksPublication date: April 7th 2020Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense, Thriller

Dallas August runs a dangerous business—an organization of elite spies for hire.

The secrets trade.

Nothing is off limits, and no price is too high.

When asked to uncover what recluse Gwen Marsh knows about a Mafia kingpin’s death, Dallas poses as a bodyguard to get close to his target, but the stubborn Asian beauty wants nothing to do with him. As the FBI and the Mafia close in, danger drives them together, but can he protect Gwen, or will Dallas be the one risking everything to discover what she is really hiding?

Dallas August is about to find out how dangerous life can …

Read more »

 2,870 total views

Mar 13 2020
1

Madame Fiocca by Suzy Henderson – Excerpt & Giveaway

Madame Fiocca by Suzy Henderson – Excerpt & Giveaway

Madame FioccaSuzy HendersonPublication date: December 13th 2019Genres: Adult, Historical, Young Adult

A must-read gripping adventure based on the true story of Nancy Wake, Gestapo’s most wanted. Soon to be a major feature film.

February 1933: Nancy Wake is a gregarious twenty-year-old looking for adventure. Having fled her unhappy family home in Sydney, she becomes a journalist and is thrilled when she is posted to Paris. The city is glamorous, brimming with journalists, artists, and a growing number of refugees.

Later, in the French Riviera, she uncovers more than news following a chance encounter with wealthy industrialist, Henri Fiocca. Their relationship blossoms as Hitler makes waves across Europe. While on an assignment in Vienna in 1938, she witnesses Nazis whipping …

Read more »

 3,882 total views

Feb 19 2020
1

Playing the Devil by R.J. Lee – Excerpt and Giveaway

Playing the Devil by R.J. Lee – Excerpt and Giveaway

Playing the Devil by R.J. Lee
A Bridge to Death Mystery #2
Kensington • February 1, 2020

Reporter and bridge player Wendy Winchester once again plays ace detective when a country club member is murdered in a hot tub…

Now an investigative reporter for the Rosalie Citizen in the Mississippi River port of Rosalie, Wendy still likes to unwind over a game of cards. Following the demise of the Rosalie Bridge Club, she’s started her own group at the Rosalie Country Club. During the first meeting of the Country Club Bridge Players, the dummy has barely been laid down when another dummy gets in a scuffle at the bar across the room. Bridge player Carly Ogle’s husband Brent is at it again.

After the …

Read more »

 3,303 total views

Feb 02 2020
1

Statue of Limitations by Kate Collins – Excerpt & Giveaway

Statue of Limitations by Kate Collins – Excerpt & Giveaway

Statue of Limitations by Kate Collins
A Goddess of Greene St. Mystery Book 1
Kensington • January 28, 2020

In this delightful new series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mysteries, Athena Spencer comes back home to work with her crazy big Greek family at their garden center. But she never expected a return to her roots would mean protecting her family from murder . . .

After her divorce, Athena has returned to coastal Michigan to work in her family’s garden center and raise her son, while also caring for a mischievous wild raccoon and fending off her family’s annoying talent for nagging. Working alone at the garden center one night, Athena is startled by a handsome …

Read more »

 3,539 total views

Jan 24 2020
3

Gone by Nightfall by Dee Garretson – Excerpt + Giveaway

Gone by Nightfall by Dee Garretson – Excerpt + Giveaway

Gone by NightfallDee GarretsonPublished by: Swoon ReadsPublication date: January 21st 2020Genres: Historical, Young Adult

A young woman is torn between her home and her dreams during the Russian Revolution.

It’s 1916, and Charlotte Mason is determined to make a life for herself in czarist Russia. When her mother dies, Charlotte is forced to put her plans to go to medical school aside to care for her unruly siblings. Then a handsome new tutor arrives. Charlotte has high hopes that he’ll stay, freeing her up to follow her dreams of becoming a doctor. But there’s more to Dmitri that meets the eye.

Just when she thinks she can get her life back, Russia descends into revolution and chaos. Now, not …

Read more »

 3,948 total views

Jan 21 2020
0

Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis – Release Day Excerpt

Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis – Release Day Excerpt

Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis
The Wildstone Series Book 5
William Morrow • January 21, 2020

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Wildstone with the touching story of finding your place in the world—and the people who make it home.

Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she’s free.

When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding …

Read more »

 3,688 total views

Jan 17 2020
7

The Cursed Key by Miranda Brock and Rebecca Hamilton – Excerpt & Giveaway

The Cursed Key by Miranda Brock and Rebecca Hamilton – Excerpt & Giveaway

The Cursed KeyMiranda Brock & Rebecca Hamilton(The Cursed Key Trilogy #1)Published by: Evershade PublishingPublication date: January 14th 2020Genres: New Adult, Romance, Urban Fantasy

A forgotten past, a dark mage, and an unyielding curse.

Another team beat free-spirited archaeologist Olivia Perez to the dig of a lifetime, and now she’s left with the choice to wait for scraps or brave a dangerous, dusty tomb in hopes of finding other priceless artifacts. Her reward? A mysterious key she has no idea is cursed. Soon, Olivia realizes she’s brought home more than just an ancient rarity.

Malevolent visions begin to plague her. Unnerved by what they reveal, she casts away the key…unknowingly placing it into the waiting hands of a dark mage …

Read more »

 4,096 total views,  2 views today

Jan 08 2020
0

The Secret She Keeps by HelenKay Dimon – Excerpt and Giveaway

The Secret She Keeps by HelenKay Dimon – Excerpt and Giveaway

No matter where you run to…

Connor Rye seeks solace on remote Whitaker Island. When his first quiet evening ends with a blow to the head, it’s clear that nothing—and no one—is as it seems. Still haunted by his sister’s murder, he’s buried himself in work while trying to hold his family together. Now, when he has a minute to breathe, he knows better than to get involved with a stranger, but it might be too late to keep his distance.

Desire will find you…

For years she’s pretended to be someone else, but Maddie Rhine is done living in the shadows. Old habits are hard to kick however, and when her past follows her …

Read more »

 2,395 total views

Jan 07 2020
0

Sweet Talkin’ Lover by Tracey Livesay – Excerpt and Giveaway

Sweet Talkin’ Lover by Tracey Livesay – Excerpt and Giveaway

Tracey Livesay delivers the first novel in her sexy new series about lifelong friends and unforgettable love stories.

When everything is on the line,

surrendering completely to love is your only choice…

Marketing manager Caila Harris knows that the road to success in the beauty industry doesn’t allow for detours. She’s forsaken any trace of a social life, working 24/7 to ensure her next promotion. When grief over her grandfather’s death leads to several catastrophic decisions, Caila gets one final chance to prove herself: shut down an unprofitable factory in a small Southern town. But as soon as she arrives in Bradleton, she meets one outsized problem: the town’s gorgeous mayor.

Wyatt Bradley isn’t thrilled about his nickname, …

Read more »

 2,733 total views,  2 views today

Jan 05 2020
0

The Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe

The Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe

Powerful casino owner.

Ruthless mastermind.

Destroyer of men.

 

He lives in the shadows . . .

As the owner of the city’s most exclusive casino, Clayton Madden holds the fortunes of prominent families in the palms of his hands every night. There is one particular family he burns to ruin, however, one that has escaped his grasp . . . until now.

She is society’s darling . . .

Florence Greene is no one’s fool. She knows Clayton Madden is using her to ruin her prestigious family . . . and she’s using him right back. She plans to learn all she can from the mysterious casino owner—then open a …

Read more »

 3,531 total views,  4 views today