#Interview with Juliette Cross of Don't Hex and Drive

We're excited to help Juliette Cross celebrate her upcoming release of Don't Hex and Drive, the second book in the Stay a Spell series. Be sure to pick up your copy next Tuesday, September 8th on Amazon! 

Linda: You have created such a fun paranormal romance world with the Stay a Spell series, where do you draw your ideas from?

Juliette: For this series, I was inspired by all of the romcoms I’ve read over the past two years for our podcast Smart Women Read Romance. I wanted to see if I could write a lighter, more fun but still steamy PNR. So that’s where it started. My ideas come from everywhere honestly. Art, movies, music, places, people. There’s no one place. But I knew the lower Garden District, which feels kind of like a small town within the bustling city of New Orleans with its cool pubs and cafes, would be the ideal setting for this witchy new PNR world.


Linda: We all need a hero, and strong heroines rock! Was there a real-life inspiration behind Devraj and Isadora? Who would you envision playing these characters if this story made it to screen?

#Giveaway of Jenna Takes the Fall by A.R. Taylor

Jenna Takes the Fall
by A.R. Taylor 
Paperback
Expected publication: September 1st 2020
ISBN1631527932

Twenty-four years old and newly employed in Manhattan, Jenna McCann agrees to place herself under the dead body of a wealthy, prominent New Yorker―her boss―to hide the identity of his real lover. But why?

Because she is half in love with him herself; because her only friend at Hull Industries asked her to; because she feared everyone around her; because she had no idea how this would spin out into her own, undeveloped life; because she had nothing and no one?

Or just because?

Deftly told and sharply observed, Jenna Takes the Fall is the story of someone who became infamous… before she became anybody at all. 

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🍷🍷🍷 #Review of Nowhere To Hide by Leslie A. Kelly

 

Title:  Nowhere to Hide
Series:  Hollywood Heat #2
Author: Leslie A. Kelly
Format: Paperback/eBook, 370 pages
Publication: Aug. 25th 2020 by Forever
ASIN:   B0763L1YHP 
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N
Source: Publisher
Reviewer: Kimberly
Rating: 3 out of 5 Wine Glasses

Police officer Rowan Winchester wants nothing to do with his celebrity family's legacy. Working with the LAPD is his way of atoning for the Winchesters' dark and secretive past. And, right now, the last thing Rowan needs is true-crime novelist Evie Fleming nosing around the most notorious deaths in Los Angeles -- including the ones that haunt his own family. To make things worse, he's torn between wanting the wickedly smart writer out of his city . . . and just plain wanting her.

While researching her latest book, Evie suspects that a dangerous new killer is prowling the City of Angels. Now she just has to convince the devastatingly handsome cop that she's right. Soon Evie and Rowan are working together to try to find the killer, even as their attraction ignites. But when the killer hones in on Evie, she and Rowan realize they'll have to solve this case fast if they want to stay alive.

Kimberly's Thoughts:
Nowhere to Hide continues the Winchester brothers' story, this time following Rowan as he rescues Evie and becomes attracted and entwined in murder mysteries. If you haven't read the first in the series, Rowan's twin brother Reece's book (I'll Be Watching You) introduced readers to the Winchester family, brothers that grew up in Hollywood. Rowan is out of the acting business and is a detective now. The author does a good job rehashing important points, the brother's sister's death that impacted them all and learning a secret about their Hollywood agent, Harry Baker, and his murder. You could easily start here as Evie is a new character to the series and while the story continues some plot threads from the first, it also takes on new ground.

Read an #Excerpt from Ancient Enemy by Katie Reus

Ancient Enemy
(Ancients Rising #2)
by Katie Reus
Kindle Edition
Published August 25th 2020 by KR Press, LLC
ISBN139781635561463

She should be his mortal enemy.

Ancient dragon shifter Rhys awoke from his slumber hungry for revenge against the witch who killed his sister. When his hunt takes him to the rebuilding city of New Orleans, he finds a woman he can’t keep his eyes off—but she’s a witch. While Rhys wants to despise all of Dallas’s kind, even he can’t deny that she's beautiful, kind and…adorable. And her pet baby dragon only increases his fascination with the sexy woman. Protective instincts he never knew he had take over him as they hunt powerful monsters. He’s forced to confront everything he thought he knew about witches as his life is turned upside down.

But he wants her anyway.

Dallas Kinley is used to being hated because of what she is. Witches have always been the pariahs of the supernatural community. Until now, when the world needs rebuilding. Even though she wants to keep her distance from Rhys, vampires and humans are dying in New Orleans, so she vows to help him hunt down those responsible. But finding the enemy comes at a heavy price, because Dallas is hiding a terrible secret. As they race against the clock to find the murderers, she can only hope his need for revenge won’t rip them apart. Especially when he finds out what she’s been hiding from him.

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🍷🍷🍷.3 #Review of Say Yes to the Duke by Eloisa James

Title:  Say Yes to the Duke
Series:  The Wildes of Lindow Castle #5
Author: Eloisa James
Format: Paperback/eBook, 369pages
Publication: May 19, 2020 by Avon
ASIN:  B07WZF8JYS   
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N
Source: Edelweiss
Reviewer: Kimberly
Rating: 3.3 out of 5 Wine Glasses

Miss Viola Astley is so painfully shy that she’s horrified by the mere idea of dancing with a stranger; her upcoming London debut feels like a nightmare.

So she’s overjoyed to meet handsome, quiet vicar with no interest in polite society — but just when she catches his attention, her reputation is compromised by a duke.

Devin Lucas Augustus Elstan, Duke of Wynter, will stop at nothing to marry Viola, including marrying a woman whom he believes to be in love with another man.

A vicar, no less.

Devin knows he’s no saint, but he’s used to conquest, and he’s determined to win Viola’s heart.

Viola has already said Yes to his proposal, but now he wants her unruly heart…and he won’t accept No for an answer.

Kimberly's Thoughts:
In the fifth Wildes of Lindow Castle series, Viola, who is the duke's stepdaughter is making her debut into society. She's the extremely shy one, who pukes when she gets nervous, and just rather become a wallflower. Viola's nervousness comes from feeling like she isn't a true Wilde, because of her 'step' status. I'm new to the series and found I had no problem jumping in here, in fact, I wish there had been more scenes with Viola and the Wilde family. She spends a lot of time with her sister, Joan who is also debuting but I wish we could have seen her with her mother and especially stepfather to get some heartfelt scenes where he explains that he feels she is his daughter, no 'step' to it.

#Spotlight on Highland Gladiator by Kathryn Le Veque + #Giveaway

Highland Gladiator
(Scots and Swords #1)
by Kathryn Le Veque 
Paperback, 384 pages
Published August 25th 2020 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
ISBN1728210100

Truth. Justice. Revenge. Behind these stands The Scotsman's Sword

Gladiator meets Fight Club in the Scottish Highlands in a new romance from USA Today bestselling author Kathryn Le Veque...

When Lor Careston's quiet Highland village was attacked and burned, he felt helpless against the raiders who destroyed his home. Seeking revenge, but lacking the fighting skills he needs to execute his mission, he sets out to find the Ludus Caledonia―a mysterious fight guild that turns men into warriors.

Lor trains hard, proves himself in the ring, and earns a place with the very clan that decimated his home, having decided to set his plan for revenge in motion from inside the clan. But his plan didn't include Isabail Keith, a fiery lass who prefers broadswords to embroidery and isn't afraid to stand with the warriors of her clan. Lor thought the Keiths were his enemies, but when Isabail is threatened, he'll have to decide what he's willing to risk for the woman who has captured his heart and the clan that has become his home.

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