Release Day Blitz: Extinction Event by Jonathon Yanez #LadyAmber'sReviews&PR

 

 

Title: Extinction Event
Author: Jonathan Yanez
Genre: Post Apoc Thriller
Publisher: Archimedes Books
Publication Date: March 11^th, 2021
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Blurb:
Side effects will occur.

 

Lazarus Pharmaceuticals has created a miracle drug. Vanidrum, was made to enhance its consumer's inner beauty, battling loneliness, depression and anxiety but something has gone horribly wrong.

 

When events take a turn for the dark Lazarus Pharmaceuticals calls on its best. Taylor Hart is a Cleaner well versed in sweeping questionable events under the proverbial rug. The rabbit hole Taylor is thrust into only goes deeper as she discovers the nefarious specifics around, Vanidrum and the evil that has been waiting to consume.

 

Now Taylor and the rest of her team are in a race against the clock to find a cure for a drug that wants to amplify the very darkest parts of human nature and spread.

 

For those who enjoy, AG Riddle's Atlantis Gene, Justin Cronin's The Passage or Max Brook's World War Z this one was written for you.

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More animal than man, he bleeds caffeine and... Ah, I'm just kidding. It sounded cool though right?

I'm Jonathan, a former personal trainer turned full-time author and part-time model.

I could go on and on about how many books I've written and awards I've won and blah, blah, blah but I'd rather use this time for you to get to know the real me.

I write because that's what I was born to do and I freaking love doing it. Because of awesome people like you, I get to do it full time.

Connecting with fellow lovers of the written word is important to me so please join the Pack via my website at www.jonathan-yanez.com where you can grab an exclusive story or hang out with us at www.facebook.com/groups/1944447962437071/

 

Hope you decide to stay in touch,

 

Jonathan

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DELIVERANCE & LOCK BY KIMBERLY KNIGHT RELEASE BLITZ

 

 

Title: Deliverance
Author: Kimberly Knight
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publication Date: March 7^th, 2021
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Blurb:

Erin

Deliverance.

"The action of being rescued or set free."

I never thought I would need to be rescued or set free from anything in my life, but that all changed when I took a taxi home after a night out with my friends.

But the taxi didn't take me home. It took me to a warehouse filled with women in cages, and I found out that I was the newest captive. I was told I was lucky. I wasn't lucky. This was my karma for flirting with the bouncer at the nightclub when I had a boyfriend waiting for me at home.

 

Ricardo

Savior.

"A person who saves someone or something (especially a country or cause) from danger, and who is regarded with the veneration of a religious figure."

I was a Navy SEAL, trained to save people. After I was medically discharged, my uncle tricked me and got me involved with the wrong family in New York City when I needed a job. Right away, the king made sure I watched him kill a soldier for falling in love with one of his girls, which meant I couldn’t act on my feelings when I fell in love with Erin. But I knew she sparked my interest at the club for a reason. I needed to save her.

Except, year after year, we were living in a nightmare of sex, lies, and murders because the only way out was to make the king fall, and I knew I had to wait for the perfect moment in time.

Or we would both be dead.

 

Warning: this book contains subject matter that is not appropriate for minors. Please note this novel contains profanity, explicit sexual situations, and alcohol consumption.

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Title: Lock
Author: Kimberly Knight
Genre: Romantic Suspense/Fairytale
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Blurb:

Before Zell was born, her fate was sealed.

 

Held captive in a high-rise overlooking New York City since the age of twelve, she had no friends her own age, no life outside of the penthouse, and absolutely no choices of her own. But what she didn’t realize was the tower where she lost her freedom would one day become her salvation. Her prince would arrive, they would fall in love, and they would come up with a plan for her to escape so they could live happily ever after.

 

If only it were that easy.

 

Every girl dreams of her life becoming a fairy tale, even Zell, who’s knowledge of romance was simply from the books she stole from other girls at the brothel.

In a world where sex, drugs, and manipulation is solely the life she knows, the only fairy tale poor Zell would endure would be a sinister one ...

 

Because freedom always comes at a price.

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Kimberly Knight is a USA Today Bestselling author who lives in the mountains near a lake in California with her loving husband, who is a great research assistant, and daughter, who keeps Kimberly on her toes. Kimberly writes in a variety of genres including romantic suspense, contemporary romance, erotic romance, and paranormal romance. Her books will make you laugh, cry, swoon, and fall in love before she throws you curve balls you never see coming.

When Kimberly isn’t writing, you can find her watching her favorite reality TV shows, binge-watching true crime documentaries, and going to San Francisco Giants games. She’s also a two-time desmoid tumor/cancer fighter, which has made her stronger and an inspiration to her fans.

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Gravebriar by Casey L. Bond #TrailerReveal #LadyAmber'sReviews&PR

 

    

Title: Gravebriar
Author: Casey L. Bond
Genre: YA Epic Fantasy
Editor: Stacy Sanford/ The Girl with the Red Pen
Proofread by: Kendra's Editing and Book Services
Blurb by: The Blurb Doctor
Cover Designer: Melissa Stevens/ The Illustrated Author Design Services
Publication Date: March 19^th, 2021
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Blurb:

Sometimes witches hunt their own…

 

Someone knows my secret and they’re wielding it as the weapon of my execution. I stand accused of poisoning my Gravebriar coven mate. To my fatal regret, I can’t prove my innocence without revealing the truth I’ve long kept hidden: while every other Gravebriar witch are green witches and healers, my magic lies in poisons.

 

There is one witch who believes me – the same boy who was sent to kill me with instructions to pluck the briars that sprouted from my grave – the only cure for a Gravebriar witch. Forge Silverthorn will be my undoing… or my salvation.

 

He claims there is a malicious plot vining through the witch town of Cauldron that threatens to tighten around my throat in a deadly noose. Promising I can escape by seeking the help of a banished witch who hides our kind in plain sight, he leads me to a dark circus full of witches.

 

The ringmaster will only help us if we agree to join his circus of uncanny tricks and diabolical feats for two nights only, using our magic to thrill his patrons. In exchange for our participation under the big top, he’ll divulge the information I need to save my coven mate and clear my name.

 

But when dark secrets emerge from the shadows of this promised sanctuary, I’m forced to decide if I can truly trust anyone, especially Forge… my would-be executioner, my coven’s sworn enemy, and my could-be love.   

Casey Bond lives in West Virginia with her husband and their two beautiful daughters. She likes goats and yoga, but hasn't tried goat yoga because the family goat is so big he might break her back. Seriously, he's the size of a pony. Her favorite books are the ones that contain magical worlds and flawed characters she would want to hang out with. Most days of the week, she writes young adult fantasy books, letting her imaginary friends spill onto the blank page.

Casey is the award-winning author of When Wishes Bleed, Things That Should Stay Buried, and With Shield and Ink and Bone.

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The Shape of Darkness by D. Fisher #AudioBlitz #LadyAmber'sReviews&PR

 

 

 Title: The Shape of Darkness

Author: D. Fischer
Genre: YA Epic Fantasy

Narrator: Zura Johnson
Cover & Trailer Designer: Divinus Kingdom Publishing
Publisher: Divinus Kingdom Publishing
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Blurb:

“Is there anyone you trust, Nefari?” Dao asks. “Yes. I trust death.”

 

For ten years, Nefari Ashcroft, princess of the Shadow Kingdom, has hidden. For ten years, she’s endured the memory of everyone she’s lost. Half the shadow people are dead, the other half are enslaved, and her once prosperous kingdom is nothing but an elaborate mass grave.

 

Now, dark magic has allowed the Queen of Salix to wreak havoc on the realm; wraiths hunt from the sky, the harvestmen march across the land, and the bone criers pick apart the flesh of the corpses left behind.

 

Nefari was prophesied to rise and be the sword of the realm. With her bright magic, she was born to conquer the darkness. And for ten years, she’s trained to do just that. . .

 

It should be easy, since everyone thought she died the day her kingdom was destroyed. But staying hidden - remaining ‘nobody’ - is simpler than accepting her past, enduring her fate, and claiming her crown.

 

This book follows The Woe of Shadows (Heavy Lies the Crown: Prequel).

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Bestselling and award-winning author D. Fischer is a mother of two very busy boys, a wife to a wonderful husband, and an owner of two sock-loving German Shorthair Pointers. They also have a cat named Geralt, but since Geralt adopted them and not the other way around, the cat is more of a tenant who occasionally purr-purrs for his rent, if he's not too busy murdering nerf darts.

Together, these misfits live in Orange City, Iowa.

When D. Fischer isn't chasing after her children, she spends her time typing like a mad woman while consuming vast amounts of caffeine. Sometimes, if her husband can manage to remind her of the real world outside her office window, they hike!

Known for the darker side of imagination, she enjoys freeing her creativity through worlds that don't exist, no matter how much we wish they did.

 

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Tattooed Dots by Kimberly Knight #Book Blitz #Lady Amber's Reviews & PR

 

 

Title: Tattooed Dots
Author: Kimberly Knight
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

From USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Knight, comes book one in her heartfelt and sexy Halo series.

Inspired by a True Story.

 People are brought into our lives for many reasons. Over time, we find out who is meant to be a temporary acquaintance and who will be there for a lifetime.

 Easton Crawford put his modeling career before his marriage until it was ending in divorce. Years later, he is finally learning how to be the father his daughter needs him to be. He’s not looking for someone to step into the mother role—just nightly casual hook-ups.

 When his best friend convinces him that a good way to meet single women is to go on a singles cruise, he finds more than just a one night stand.

 At age thirteen, Brooke Bradley became an adult, raising her younger sister while her mother

continually ignored her parenting responsibilities. Since then, Brooke has continued to take care of the people in her life, including her deadbeat boyfriend, Jared.

Easton knows that Brooke is someone who is meant to be in his life forever, but when a health scare threatens to change everything, Brooke and Easton are faced with unanswered questions and unspoken fears. Are Brooke and Easton only meant to be temporary acquaintances or are they brought into each other lives for a lifetime?

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Kimberly Knight is a USA Today Bestselling author who lives in the mountains near a lake in California with her loving husband, who is a great research assistant, and daughter, who keeps Kimberly on her toes. Kimberly writes in a variety of genres including romantic suspense, contemporary romance, erotic romance, and paranormal romance. Her books will make you laugh, cry, swoon, and fall in love before she throws you curve balls you never see coming.

When Kimberly isn’t writing, you can find her watching her favorite reality TV shows, binge-watching true crime documentaries, and going to San Francisco Giants games. She’s also a two-time desmoid tumor/cancer fighter, which has made her stronger and an inspiration to her fans.

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Connected by Rori K. Pierce #BookBlitz #Lady Amber's Reviews and PR

 

 

Title: Connected
Author: Rori K. Pierce
Genre: Mature YA Romance
Cover Designer: Molly Phipps with We Got You Covered Book Design
Editors: Rebecca Jaycox and Amanda Cuff
Publication Date: February 4^th, 2021
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Blurb:

A high school wallflower. A toxic love. And an online friend who will give her the confidence to break free.

 

Bethany Rollins fell hard and fast for Trevor Wade. Yet as time went by, he evolved into a dangerous manipulator who encouraged her to ditch her friends and try drugs. Fearing she’s losing herself to his toxic influence, her goal as the Homecoming dance approaches is to break free from him before she loses herself completely.

 

Bethany’s saving grace in the midst of this is a boy she’s never met. Knowing him only as Xion949, her online friendship with the mysterious stranger has given her the confidence she needs to make the rough choices to come.

 

Now, Xion949 wants to meet in person and Bethany is terrified. He’s been her rock. Her sounding board through thick and thin. Will meeting in person strengthen their bond, or tear it apart?

 

From Rori K. Pierce comes a Young Adult romance filled with gripping twists that will leave readers gasping.

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Rori K. Pierce was born and raised in central Alabama, but she has always had a passion for traveling and experiencing other cultures. When she isn't writing, she is managing two home-based businesses and spending time with her three children.

Growing up, Rori found herself constantly immersed in YA fantasy books like The Mortal Instruments and Percy Jackson. Her goal with writing is to inspire and impact readers while shedding light on difficult to discuss issues.

Her debut novel, Connected, releases March 4, 2021.

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Book Review: Murder at Midnight by John Ukah ⭐⭐⭐

 

Title: Murder at Midnight 
Author: John Ukah
Published By: The Fearless Storyteller House Emporium
Genres: Mystery
Source: The Publisher 
Format: E Book 
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
 

Synopsis

Alex Simpson, an ex-police officer, decides after a bout of typhoid fever to take a break in a serene and therapeutic environment. The last thing he expects is to be called upon to solve a murder at the Kinging Guest Lodge. But that is what happens, when the delectable and vivacious Maria Marshall is found dead in her bedroom, murdered at midnight.

The gallery of characters living at the guesthouse and thrown into the mix, do not make his task of solving this chilling and brutal murder any easier …

My Review

This novel is short and action packed. 

A very exhilarating story for persons who enjoy mysteries. 

The story was set in a hotel in Nigeria, where only months before the mysterious death of a guest led to most being afraid to visit. 

Undeterred, retired policeman Alex Simpson (who was a guest at the hotel at the time of the death), decided to return to his favorite vacation spot for a rest. Now yet again, there is another murder. This time of a beautiful young woman named Maria. 

Could the murderer be among them?

Desperate to solve the mystery, Alex takes on an independent search on his own however, startling revelations have only deepened his desire to uncover the truth, The ending is shocking and unexpected.

Although this was a short story the writing was well done. This book was very easy to follow and it keeps your interest till the very end.

I look forward to reading more stories like this in the future and more from this author. I would highly recommend this book.

Special thanks to the publisher for sending me a free e copy of this book for review. 

To Be Black and a Woman - Poetry Book Review ⭐⭐⭐

 

Title: To Be Black and A Woman
Author: Angela L. Fraser
Published By: DNA Publishing 
Genres: Poetry
Source: Publisher 
Format: E Book
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis

In a society that sexualizes you...

In a society that tells you that you do not deserve any more than your white counterparts, or the best out of life other than what is given to you, in so many ways...

In a society that tells you your self-worth comes from pleasing others...

In a society that tells you who you should be, how to think, feel, and act...

What better way to say no to society's demands than upholding your feminine desires, worldly knowledge, timeless wisdom, and black pride?

Written by a black woman, for black women, over a 5 year period, this book is about the beauty that resides in and comes after pain, the power in vulnerability, and the connection to black women change-makers that came before you.

Review

"They're teaching us tings that aren't true. 

Distant memories I have of you. 

Oh darling sweet darling, why so blue? 

Oh Africa, sweet Africa, 

When will my dreams come true?"

As I write this review I am becoming really emotional.

The poems in this book really touched my heart..

I haven't read a collection of poetry since literature in secondary school (a while ago). I completely forgot how well written poetry can have a deep impact on you.

All women regardless of creed and race go through struggles. Whether it's struggles with relationships, insecurities and worrying about our goals and future. As black women our struggles and insecurities are enhanced especially by how society looks at us. It is always a situation where we have to work harder to prove whether we are good enough, to prove that we are not aggressive, to prove that we are deserving of happiness.

The poems in this collection are really well written and it touches the issues that black women face not harshly but in a way that makes you think.

The words in this poetry collection will indeed stay with me forever as I plan to re read every chance I get.

The only thing I would change if anything is that there should be more poems in the book. I am sure there will be more to come in the future.

Thanks to DNA Publishing for sending me this work for an honest review.

If you are into poetry check this one out.

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Man Before You by Shalana Battles #Book Blitz #Xpresso Tours

 

The Man Before You
by Shalana Battles
Publication date: February 9th 2021
Genres: Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Time may not actually heal all wounds, but love just might.

Eloise’s husband was dead and she wished she were too. She quit going to work, refused to answer her phone or her front door, and shut out the people who cared about her. She felt imprisoned by her tainted memories, but couldn’t escape her own home or recliner, because she had to focus on breathing.

Six days after she buried her husband, Jack pounded on Eloise’s door. Jack, a man she hadn’t seen or spoken to in over a decade. Jack, the only man including her husband, who Eloise felt truly knew her.

Jack’s life hadn’t been without its fair share of loss. Breaking contact after Eloise’s marriage had seemed the best thing for them, but regret tortured Jack when Eloise swung open her door and he saw the shell of the woman he once loved.

Eloise pushed Jack away ten years ago and never expected him to come back into her life. She hated herself for wanting Jack to stay, but she couldn’t help but remember the love they once shared and the life that they could’ve had—or the life they could have now.

The longer Jack stayed, the more he realized Eloise blamed herself for not being there when her husband died. Jack wanted a second chance, but Eloise didn’t think she deserved one. Eloise wanted to find herself, but wasn’t sure she could while dealing with grief, Jack’s deployments, PTSD, and a universe that seemed determined to keep them apart.

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Eloise switched on the television. She didn’t remember the last time she ate or showered and had no desire to start functioning again. She pulled the blanket up around her neck as the doorbell rang. Rossi jumped up and started barking. Eloise placed her hand on top of Rossi’s head. Whoever it was could leave their “I’m sorry” and their stupid-ass lasagna tray on the porch and leave. Eloise turned up the volume and ignored the knocking that followed the doorbell. Rossi stayed standing, but quiet.

“Eloise! Open the door, please. I know you’re home.” The voice was followed by more pounding and Eloise clicked the remote volume up three more notches.

Maybe one of the neighbors will call the police and complain, she thought.

“Eloise, it’s Jack.” The noise stopped and she felt as though the wind had been permanently knocked out of her. She froze, waiting to see if the silence would stay. It didn’t.

“Eloise, open the damn door.” The male voice roared through the entryway and Eloise’s breath hitched. It couldn’t be him. She hadn’t heard that voice in ten years and yet the sound of it made her feel like she’d never gone without it.

Eloise stood and wrapped the blanket around herself tighter, hoping it would magically become a shield. She debated not opening the door, but if Jack was anything like he used to be, he wouldn’t go away. Eloise would probably leave a month from now and find he’d been living on her porch. Rossi rose with Eloise and matched her stride. Eloise took a quick glance in the mirror hanging in her entryway, knowing full well she could pass for a person who’d been sleeping behind a dumpster, and then swung the door open.

Jack. A man Eloise hadn’t seen or spoken to in ten years. He straightened from his leaning position over her window. He stood too tall, too straight. His feet spread apart too evenly. Rossi moved to place her body between Eloise and Jack, shifting her gaze from Eloise to Jack.

“Eloise.” One word, then Jack snapped his mouth shut. Eloise closed her eyes and waited for him to look her over. She knew he would. “I wish there was something to say, but I know nothing will make this any easier.” Jack’s voice was this cross between being out of breath and a whisper, and Eloise wondered where the screaming madman he was a second ago went.

“Why are you even here?” Eloise noted Jack locking his fingers in front of his waist. He looked different and exactly the same.

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Shalana Battles is a YA/Adult writer who tells stories about love...sometimes with witches and ghosts. Her debut novel, SOUL JUMPER is coming out October, 6, 2020. Be the first to hear about upcoming projects and book updates by signing up for her newsletter below!

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