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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Cover Reveal: Expecting Ty's Baby by Empi Baryeh

COVER REVEAL:
EXPECTING TY’S BABY BY EMPI BARYEH


Author: Empi Baryeh
Series: From Ghana With Love #2
Stand-Alone: yes
Publisher: Black Opal Books
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural
Heat Level: Sensual
Cover Artist: Kim Killion
Expected Publication Date:  March 23, 2019

#WTMOETB


Abandoned by her father at a young age, beauty therapist, Patricia Owusu, has learned the hard way that men can’t be relied on. She’s determined to make it on her own without falling into the cultural trappings of marriage. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a torrid love affair with African-American financial consultant, Ty Webber, she discovers one man’s resolve to stick around.


When Ty discovers Patricia is carrying his baby, he offers marriage; because real men take responsibility for their actions. He isn’t prepared for Patricia’s stubborn determination to make it on her own. But nothing will prevent him from claiming his child or the woman he considers his.


Can Ty convince Patricia to take a chance on him to help provide a loving home for their baby, or will Patricia’s mistrust lead her to miss out on true love and rob her child of the type of father she never had?



Available March 23, 2019



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He didn’t do short-term relationships…

American ad exec, Thane Aleksander, doesn’t date co-workers either—until business takes him to Ghana, West Africa, and he meets Naaki. Now he’s at risk of breaking all the rules. Can he stop this headlong fall before it’s too late?

Until he met her!

Naaki Tabika has a burning need to prove, to herself and others, that she’s more than wife and mother material. To do so, she’s prepared to give up everything for her job. Meeting Thane, however, makes her want to get personal. But falling for her boss could destroy her career. Will she be willing to risk it all for the one thing that can make her truly happy?

Two divergent cultures, two different races, two career-driven professionals, only one chance at true love—will they find the faith to take it, or will their hearts be sacrificed on the altar of financial success?




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ABOUT EMPI BARYEH



Empi Baryeh is the award-winning author of Most Eligible Bachelor (Book of the year, 2017 Ufere Awards). She writes sweet and sensual African, multicultural and interracial romance, which happens to be her favourite genres of romance to read. Her interest in writing started around the age of thirteen after she stumbled upon a YA story her sister had started and abandoned. The story fascinated her so much that, when she discovered it was unfinished, she knew she had to complete it. Somehow the rest of the story began to take shape in her mind and she's been writing ever since. 



She lives in Accra, Ghana, with her husband and their two lovely kids.


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Catalina Queen of the Nightlings Book Tour and Giveaway


Cleopatra's
Pearls
Catalina,
Queen of the Nightlings Volume 1
by
J. Lee Roberts


Genre:
Paranormal Romance

“I’m
not your average monster. In the past, I have toppled, liberated, and
even ruled kingdoms. Believe me, I’m over that lifestyle. My motto
is, ‘Learn from the past; love in the present’.


“By
day, I’m Catalina Purdy, proprietor of Purdy Antiques. By night,
under cover of darkness, I expose my true nature.

“I
enjoy; long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, easy men, and
feasting off the chemicals they produce when sexually aroused.

“I
also love my job. I am eternally thirsty for the chance to hunt down
rare, exotic pieces. However, I’m not hard to please, I’ll take
any piece I can get, and I always get what I want.”

Reader
Advisory: Be forewarned, the story within, contains X-rated tales of
a Nightlings naughty escapades.











The
Aztec Goddess
Catalina,
Queen of the Nightlings Volume 2

Adventures
of a sexy seductress


Witches,
shifters, and shamans. Oh my… Catalina is at it again, and as
always, no one is off limits. Strong, smart, and sexy, the Queen of
the Nightlings is all but invincible. All except for one little
weakness—twins.

Deep
in the heart of the jungle an ancient power calls. As Catalina
searches for its source, she discovers a lost Viking warrior washed
ashore after a sudden squall. Although she is forced to abandon her
prey, Catalina knows she will never get over the mysterious stud
without at least one little taste. Trouble is—while the Cat was out
to play, tall, blond and handsome has gotten away.

The
journey is only beginning when she finds her prize has been captured
by a crafty coven. Catalina may be a monster, but what the witches
have in store for the warrior is downright evil.

Join
Catalina, if you dare. Read along, as the sexy succubus seduces her
way out of yet another steamy adventure.










The
Last Seeing Stone
Catalina,
Queen of the Nightlings Volume 3


Aboard
a mythological vessel that can morph its size to accommodate as many
warriors and weapons as its burly, blond Captain requires, hordes of
delectable elves desperately yearn for the one thing that will bring
them salvation. Their only hope lies with a sexy succubus who is more
interested in having a good time than saving the day. As the
enchanted ship sails off into the sunset, a scandalous seductress
finds herself caught up in the middle of an epic quest.


Surrounded
by the stuff of legends, Catalina reveals how fine of line reality
and mythology really walk. Although she is torn between the man that
loves her, the man that wants her, and an unquenchable appetite she
cannot appease, Catalina must set her personal life aside, and use
her seductive powers of persuasion to save the world.

A
magical voyage awaits those with the courage to join the Queen of the
Nightlings on one of her many escapades. Each complete tale is
steamier than the last leaving the reader burning for more.












The
Nativity
Catalina,
Queen of Nightlings Volume 4


Adventures
of a Sexy Seductress


On
a dark and stormy autumn night back in 1969, thieves broke into a
Sicilian oratory and stole Caravaggio’s masterpiece, the Nativity.
To this day, authorities are still on the hunt. With a
20-million-dollar reward for its retrieval, claims to its location
have flooded the FBI database. Some say the theft was commissioned by
the Mafia, others report that greedy amateurs seeing a television
program about the Italian treasure decided to act. Where the police
have failed, one woman will succeed.

Once
again Catalina is on the prowl. And neither mobsters nor monsters can
stop her from seducing her way to the truth.

Join
the Queen of the Nightlings on yet another steamy adventure and see
whether or not you can decipher fact from fantasy.











Gold
Rush
Catalina,
Queen of the Nightlings Volume 5


Adventures
of a Sexy Seductress


Torn
between a simple life in San Francisco and her calling as a Queen,
Catalina must choose her fate. There’s just one thing standing in
her way — Werewolves. Will her lust for love and treasure, derail
her future or will she fulfil her every desire?

Join
Catalina, on another erotic adventure, if you dare.

Reader
Advisory: Be forewarned, the story within contains X-rated tales of a
Nightling’s naughty escapades.











J.
Lee Roberts was born in Washington and raised in Idaho. A true gypsy
at heart she has been moving around ever sense. The development of
her seductive character Catalina Purdy has led to four books in the
Catalina, Queen of the Nightlings series; Cleopatra's Pearls, The
Aztec Goddess, The last Seeing Stone and The Nativity. She currently
resides in California with her two dogs and supportive husband.





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Five Gems Series Book Tour and Giveaway


Jeweler's
Apprentice
Five
Gems Book 1
by
E. Kaiser Writes


Genre:
YA Fantasy Adventure

On
her first visit to the palace, sixteen-year-old Fia stumbles upon a
court intrigue. To keep the secret safe, the Chancellor sends her off
as apprentice to a famous, reclusive, mountain jeweler...

...And
straight into adventure.
Discovering gems with deep secrets and
new friends with the same, Fia learns a whole lot more than just
making jewelry: when to trust a stranger, and when not to, why not to
try stealing from gem thieves; what heroism is; what royalty ought to
be; and that the mountains themselves can sometimes be the greatest
danger of all.
Is the legend of the Sunlight Stone true?
Will
peace ever come to the war-torn neighboring kingdom?
And what is
the stable boy hiding...?










Traitor's
Knife
Five
Gems Book 2


Secrets.
Sabotage. Murder. With Olayin House temporarily turned into a weapons
factory, Fia is confronted with the care of three refugee children,
an ill-timed visitor, a perplexingly brash messenger that she isn't
quite sure what to think of, all while trying to keep her friend’s
secrets safe. But when dangerous accidents start to happen, the young
apprentice begins to tread a fine line of suspicion. Are saboteurs
out to nix the weapons works... and is the incognito crown prince in
mortal peril? Winter in the mountain house isn’t as cozy as her
apprenticeship was expected to be. 




**Only
.99 cents!**





King's
Ward
Five
Gems Book 3

With
her wealth of loyalist secrets, Fia’s position at Olayin House is
compromised. Now a potential danger to two countries, she is made a
ward of the king and sent away yet again; this time into the
grassland kingdom of Erlandia, but
her journey amongst the horse folk takes unexpected turns.
Trapped
under siege, she faces two men from her past... one she fears might
murder her, and the other may die of plague unless she wins the
battle for his life.
And
with the Sunlight Stone traded for troops, how long will Erlandia’s
peace last?










E.
Kaiser Writes was born into a family of readers, and got started on
storytelling around the age of four when her older siblings prompted
her into recounting an absolutely ridiculous account of a parallel
childhood. It was good for the family's general entertainment, and
she discovered the thrill of making people laugh.

At
the age of seven her mother read the Hobbit aloud, and a fascination
with beautiful fantasy was born. At nine she came to the decision
that she wanted to be a writer, and set to reading rabidly to learn
the art. At thirteen she attempted her first novel, and it was eaten
in a computer's demise.
Afterward,
during her teenage years she tried very hard at various times to stop
writing all together.

Not
succeeding, she at last gave in to her addiction, and wrote "for
fun".

Her
first novel, Jeweler's Apprentice, is a light-fantasy adventure for
teens. The shy, bookish heroine is thrust out on the first step
toward the adventure that awaits, and growing up. More books in this
series are expected.










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Monday, February 25, 2019

Phoenix Rising Series Book Tour and Giveaway


Naked
Phoenix
Rising Book 1
by
Alexandra Christian


Genre:
SciFi Romance

OUT
OF THE STACKS


Librarian
Phoebe Addison has lived her entire life within a seventy-five mile
radius of her small Louisiana town, but when she receives a strange
medallion from her adventurous, off-world sister, reality tilts
toward the bizarre. Everything Phoe thought she knew is…well,
wrong. Dead wrong. But bone-numbing fear has no place in this brave
new world—nor by the side of the dangerous, exquisite man who saves
her life.

…AND
INTO THE FIRE

Following
the tragic slaughter of his family, operative Macijah “Cage” St.
John understands evil in a way no man ever should. He traded
happiness for a magnificent and terrible power, and fate isn’t done
with him yet. He wasn’t looking for comfort. He didn’t need
tenderness. But today he’ll play hero to a damsel in distress, and
his quest will deliver him to the uncanny Martian colony of New
London—and his heart to the demure Phoebe Addison. The bookish
beauty’s hidden talents and deep abiding love just might save Cage
from himself.










NeoGeisha
Phoenix
Rising Book 2


BACK...


Macijah
"Cage" St. John' didn't want the spy life anymore. He would
have been thrilled to spend every morning lying in the field behind
Phoe's home in smalltown Louisiana watching the clouds roll by. But
his Miss Addison wanted to spread her wings, literally. So Cage
accepted a mission that teamed him up with his lady love. If only he
had trusted her.


TO
THE FUTURE

Everything
about being a spy was a million times more exciting, and scarier,
than the books she'd read in her former life as a librarian. When her
first mission with Cage turned into a colossal clusterf*ck because he
withheld information and kept secrets, Phoebe's world narrowed into a
long tunnel of betrayal. Captured by space pirates and delivered to a
horrible fate, she wished the last words between them had been of
love, because she was certain she would never see Cage St. John
again.


In
NeoGeisha, Alexandra Christian returns to the intriguing,
post-apocalyptic world she created in Naked. Cage and Phoe continue
to build their relationship, but not without complications. Romantic
conflict and fast-paced action keep the pages turning, right down to
the satisfying ending. ~ Nancy Northcott, Author of the Light Mage
Wars series

NeoGeisha
hit all my personal high points: wild adventure, sheet-scorching sex,
killer machines, thousands-to-two odds and a vampire shape-shitfting
James Bond in space. ~Vivien Jackson, Author of Wanted and Wired
series








In
Absinthia
Phoenix
Rising Book 3

ALL
INCLUSIVE VICTORIANA & STEAMPUNK


Interplanetary
master spies, Macijah "Cage" St. John and Phoebe Addison
are forced to take vacation time, and she wants to go to Absinthia,
an off-world all inclusive interactive vacay planet set up as
Victorian London, but with all the future comforts. Cage doesn't do
down time, but their boss has other ideas, so begrudgingly, Cage
agrees to go to Absinthia. Within a day of their arrival, they get
embroiled in a Ripper copy cat series of murders complete with
séances, "altered" humans, kidnapping, and affairs of the
heart - their hearts, which will always belong to each other.










Out
of Ashes
Phoenix
Rising Book 4

THE
LOVE YOU TAKE IS EQUAL TO THE LOVE YOU MAKE


Phoebe
Addison and Macijah "Cage" St. John have so much going on
they can barely take a breath. Interplanetary master spies who
generally drive their boss crazy, they are now trying to track down
the person - is a skin walker a person? - who tried to kill him at
their engagement party. Yeah, they were talked into returning to
Louisiana so the whole town could show up and gawk at Cage. But they
have bigger problems than usual when tracking an assassin. Secrets
that have been buried for too many years are about to be uncovered if
Cage and Phoe can survive the people, vampires and "things"
that are trying to kill them. And to top if off, Phoe has a secret
she's sure will send Cage into a tailspin. But, as with everything
they have lived through to be together, their love is the constant
that is its own reward.













Alexandra
Christian is an author of mostly romance with a speculative slant.
Her love of Stephen King and sweet tea has flavored her fiction with
a Southern Gothic sensibility that reeks of Spanish moss and deep
fried eccentricity. As one-half of the writing team at Little Red Hen
Romance, she’s committed to bringing exciting stories and
sapiosexual love monkeys to intelligent readers everywhere. Lexx also
likes to keep her fingers in lots of different pies having written
everything from sci-fi and horror to Sherlock Holmes adventures. Her
alter-ego, A.C. Thompson, is also the editor of the highly successful
Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series of anthologies from
Mocha Memoirs Press. A.C. will also pen several Shadow Council
Archives novellas starring everyone’s favorite sidekick, Dr. John
Watson, coming soon from Falstaff Books.


A
self-proclaimed “Southern Belle from Hell,” Lexx is a native
South Carolinian who lives with an epileptic wiener dog and her
husband, author Tally Johnson. Her long-term aspirations are to one
day be a best-selling authoress and part-time pinup girl. She’s a
member of Romance Writers of America and Broad Universe—an
organization that supports female authors of speculative fiction. 










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