Monday, March 10, 2025

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 10, 2025 #IMWAYR

       

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are! 

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I live in South Dakota and what do we do? We talk about the weather whenever we can. So here goes! Last week, areas around us were under blizzard warnings. Here, we got a lot of wind but not very much snow, and really, really cold—like my car won't start cold. Now today we are supposed to get close to 70 degrees. And then back to winter—cold and snow by this weekend. I'll take the intermittent nice days, it gives us a little break from winter. Spring is right around the corner, right? Right?

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. 
Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt
e-book from my TBR collection
Published May 2022

Barely Visible: Mothering a Son Through His Misunderstood Autism
by Kathleen Somers
print ARC for review
Pub date ~ April 1

Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood
(Deadwood #14)
by Ann Charles
audio-book from my TBR
Published February 25, 2025

What I recently finished

The Shack
by Joanne DeMaio
e-book for review
Published March 3, 2025

The Page Turner
by Viola Shipman
eARC for review
Pub date ~ April 8

What I am going to read next

Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery
by Maura Casey
print ARC for review
Pub date ~ April 1

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Book Blitz! One Night Hand Stand by Julia Kent ~ Excerpt and #Giveaway #OneNightHansStand @jkentauthor @XpressoTours

 

One Night Hand Stand by Julia Kent
Publication date: March 4th 2025
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

Who accidentally has a one-night stand with her yoga instructor?

Yep. Me.

How did I accidentally sleep with someone, right? I know what you’re thinking. Whoops! I slipped and inadvertently inserted Tab A into Slot B.

That’s not quite how it went.

But my yoga instructor is really, really skilled with Tab A, if you know what I mean.

Slot B never had it so good.

What am I supposed to do now, as I walk into my yoga class and find the guy I ghosted this morning… there, in front of the class, perfectly aligned and grinning at me like he remembers touching all my chakras.

He’s perfect. Too perfect. He’s so perfect he’s ruining my job.

I’m an investigative reporter, working on spec for an article for a national magazine, and my job is to find all the ways this yoga chain is corrupt.

The only thing criminal here is that I can’t have him in Slot B ever again. And I would. I’d turn myself into a paper doll book if that’s what it took for more of that action.

I want him. He wants me. Nothing I do will make him back off because the chemistry is off the charts.

Except for one pesky little

We’re at cross-purposes.

I need my exposé to get the job of my dreams. He needs to sell his stake in the yoga chain before I expose the corrupt current owner.

That makes him my enemy. My nemesis. The guy I have to get around to get ahead.

And now we’re supposed to hate each other.

But who ever let that get in the way of love?

Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

iBooks | Kobo | Google Play | Print

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EXCERPT

It’s 5:44 a.m. and there’s a naked man in my bed.

His name is… um…

His name is…

He told me to call him…

Let’s just call him by his initials.

N.M. for Naked Man.

Or for Never Mind.

Because in ten minutes, we’re going to pretend this never happened.

Pretend I didn’t go to a bar last night and have three glasses of pinot grigio, violating my strict two-glass limit.

Pretend I didn’t let my friends talk me into jumping up on stage and singing “WAP,” complete with properly choreographed dance moves.

Pretend I did not let N.M. here buy me a drink and kiss him like my tongue had developed magnets that sought out his iron tonsils.

And he most certainly did not kiss me back with a suave, athletic grace that made my body shimmer and my P, indeed, become deeply W.

Oh, no.

While technically, all of that did happen, and I invited him back to my apartment and we did the two-back nasty so many times I am pretty sure we need to invent a new prime number for it, in ten – now, nine – minutes, Mr. N.M. doesn’t exist.

My life has firm boundaries.

Speaking of firm –

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About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.

From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).

She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.

She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com

Connect with Julia

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Release Day! The Shack by Joanne Demaio #TheShack @JoanneDeMaio @JoanneDemaioAuthor

Happy Release Day!

Congrats Joanne
on the release today of
The Shack!

The Shack by Joanne DeMaio
Women's Saga, 263 pages
Published March 3, 2025 by Joanne DeMaio

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio comes The Shack, Book 23 of The Seaside Saga.

In a shocking twist, a day goes so wrong and alters the lives of several beach friends in its wake. All that's left is to pick up the pieces. And each individual does in ways unexpected. One sheds tears. Some offer a shoulder, an embrace. One tries to help, only to hit a brick wall. One finds difficult acceptance. Still one harbors deep, stinging regret. Where do they go from here?

And The Seaside Saga continues.




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If you're new to The Seaside Saga, the reading order is below. Written like an ongoing TV show, it's a revolutionary series following the same tangled group of beach friends from book-to-book.


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About the author


Joanne DeMaio is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. She enjoys writing about friendship, family, love and choices, while setting her stories in New England towns or by the sea.

Joanne’s books include the New York Times Bestseller Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans, the first in her ongoing and groundbreaking Seaside Saga. These eleven (and counting) novels journey with a group of beach friends, much the way a TV series does, continuing with the same cast of characters and their storylines from book-to-book.

Joanne’s winter novels have also received much acclaim. These heartwarming standalones are set in the same snowy New England town. Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes became a USA Today Bestseller, and has been featured in national magazines and Six Flags theme parks.

In addition, Joanne’s debut novel, Whole Latte Life, won first place in a competition at BookExpo America and was named a Kirkus Reviews Critics’ Pick. Her other novels have appeared in Redbook, First for Women magazine, Southern Living, USA Today and more. ~ Author's website

Connect with Joanne


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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 3, 2025 #IMWAYR

      

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are! 

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Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. 
Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

The Page Turner
by Viola Shipman
eARC for review
Pub date ~ April 8

Barely Visible: Mothering a Son Through His Misunderstood Autism
by Kathleen Somers
print ARC for review
Pub date ~ April 1

Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood
(Deadwood #14)
by Ann Charles
audio-book from my TBR
Published February 25, 2025

What I recently finished

Shooting Stars Above
by Patricia Leavy
print ARC for review
Pub date ~ March 18

And They Had a Great Fall: A Novel
by Shelby Saville
print ARC for review
Pub date ~ March 11

Forgotten in Death
by J.D. Robb
audio-book from my TBR
Published September 2021

What I am going to read next

The Shack
by Joanne DeMaio
e-book for review
Published March 3, 2025

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Audiobook Release Day! Cops & Clobbers by Ann Charles #CopAndClobbers @AnnWCharles

Happy Audiobook Release Day!


Congratulations Ann
on the release today of 
your audiobook 
Cops & Clobbers!

Cops & Clobbers by Ann Charles
Audible Audiobook
Published February 25, 2025 by Ann Charles

Violet Parker has big troubles these days—the ticking kind. To duck the Grim Reaper, she needs to get her hands on eighty-plus rare, mystical clocks locked up tight by a thick-headed detective.

The solution? Hijack the truckload of ticking time bombs out from under Johnny Law’s nose.

But no caper ever goes according to plan. What starts out as a game of clocks and robbers twists and turns into a chaos of cops and clobbers.

Will Violet beat the detective in time? Or will she spend Valentine’s Day behind bars?

I preordered my copy and will be starting it later today!! Yippee!
I absolutely love this series and the narrator is amazing.
I love listening to each book. 



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“I am your magistra,” Aunt Zoe said. “My sole purpose on this Earth is to support you and your executioner endeavors at all times in order to continue our Scharfricther line. We are a team until death do us part. Understand, baby girl?”

“Got it.” I blinked away a sudden onset of tears. “But I’m sorry that your purpose is taking care of me. It should be about following your dreams.” 

She shook her head. “I’m not sorry. It’s an honor, don’t you see?” She caught my hand and squeezed it.
“To play a part in history in such a way is an opportunity only offered to a few. I’m thrilled that the work I’ve put into learning about our ancestors—about their accomplishments and failures—is not only appreciated, but is being put to use. To have collected such knowledge only to pass it on to the next magistra without putting it into action it would’ve been a letdown.”  

~Violet Parker and Aunt Zoe

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About the author

Ann Charles

Ann Charles is a USA Today Bestselling author who writes award-winning mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance, paranormal, and whatever else sounds fun. A member of Sisters in Crime and Western Writers of America, she has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington.

When Ann is not holed up in her writing lair working on her next book, she’s hanging out with her family and basking in the Arizona sunshine. ~ Author website

Connect with Ann


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