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Saturday, 31 October 2026
Friday, 30 October 2026
Book Blitz & Giveaway: Beneath the Burning Sky [The Ashfall Trilogy 01] by Ruby Valladares!
Excerpt!
The thought ran through David’s mind as he trudged along next to his father and sister, bumping shoulders with hundreds of other desperate survivors who had escaped the wrath of Yellowstone.
Just fourteen days ago.
His dad had driven them hundreds of miles before the gas stations ran out of fuel.
It hadn’t been far enough.
They’d been walking ever since.
They’d crossed into Kentucky two days ago, but it didn’t look any different than Wyoming. Any different than Missouri four days before that.
The fingers of devastation reached here as well. The volcanic eruption had come out of nowhere, shattering the land and blanketing everything in gray.
Ash rained down from the sky, a silent, relentless shroud that smothered everything in its suffocating grip. The smell of sulfur and smoke lingered in the air, a constant reminder of the chaos and destruction that had been unleashed upon the world.
David opened his bag and pulled out a granola bar. Three days ago the group had run into a military unit handing out bags of food, urging them to keep going.
“We’re setting up camps in the south,” they’d said. “We’ll have shelter, food, everything you need until we can get back on our feet.”
David counted the bars he had left. Five. That was it.
He dropped the bar back into his bag.
His feet dragged through the ash like freshly fallen snow, leaving deep imprints behind. The horizon was filled with ruins of buildings and broken trees, the sky a gloomy mix of gray and red as the sun attempted to peek through.
East. Go east. And then south. Get to Georgia, Alabama, Florida.
That’s what everyone around him said. Like somewhere magical and untouched by the eruption existed if they just went far enough.
His home, his entire life, had been taken from him in an instant.
His mom.
Don’t think about what you’ve lost.
Fabric stained with soot and sweat covered his mouth. He trudged on, his mind numb and his body achingly tired.
Thirteen days of walking.
Author bio:
Ruby Valladares writes adult speculative fiction filled with catastrophic disasters, impossible choices, complicated relationships, and ordinary people discovering just how far they’ll go to survive.
Her worlds are dark. Her characters are messier. And hope—when it comes—has to be fought for.
He never wanted a wife. But marrying her is the only way to keep his little sister alive.
Five years after the world ended, David has one job: keep Grace alive.
Food is rationed. The water is contaminated. Marauders roam beyond the fences. And the Drange is turning ordinary people into violent, purple-veined monsters.
When a deadly infection breaches their refugee camp, the rumored Sanctuary may be her only chance of survival.
There’s just one problem: Passage is reserved for families.
So David makes an impossible choice: he marries his nemesis.
She doesn’t trust him. He doesn’t trust her. Their marriage is supposed to be nothing more than a means of survival.
But once they leave the fences of Camp Orange, surviving each other becomes the least of their problems.
Because the wasteland is hungry.
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Ruby Valladares writes adult speculative fiction filled with catastrophic disasters, impossible choices, complicated relationships, and ordinary people discovering just how far they’ll go to survive.
Her worlds are dark. Her characters are messier. And hope—when it comes—has to be fought for.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Book Blitz & Giveaway: Naked Brews Series by Christi Snow & Sarah Nego!
A reformed conman and a sarcastic beauty both want the same mountain brewery.
He’s holding lies and she’s barely holding it together.
What could possibly go wrong?
Lake always had a plan. Finish college, move back to Colorado, and run Naked Brews with her dad. Her plan went down the drain when her dad died and left the brewery she called home to her absent maternal figure. Now Lake will have to convince her impossible-to-please mother to sell her the brewery, sweet talk the bank into a loan she can’t afford, and turn her dad’s small town dream into a thriving business.
Walsh thought the plan was simple. Pretend to be his millionaire best friend, buy a failing brewery, and honor their fallen military brother. But simple went down the drain the minute he met the sassy and beautiful brewery manager who clocked him as enemy #1. Now he’s stuck between his growing attraction to the loud-mouth sarcasm factory and knowing he’ll break her heart when he takes her brewery.
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As an avid reader her entire life, Christi Snow always dreamed of writing books that brought to others the kind of joy she felt when she read. But...she never did anything about it besides jot down a few ideas and sparse scenes.
When her husband retired from the Air Force, Christi decided it was time to chase her dream and she started writing. She hasn’t stopped since. With twenty-two published books in various romance genres, she’s found her passion. Now she spends her days with her laptop writing about sexy, alpha heroes and the loves of their lives.
Writing, Christi has fulfilled her dream... filling the world with more romance and suspense.
Her tagline is... Passion and adventure on the road to Happily Ever After. She loves this adventure and has truly found her tribe!
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Release Day Blitz: Holiday Heir [Cartwright Family 04] by Maggie Cole!
He needs her to save his racehorses. She needs him to never find out about their daughter. But some second chances come wrapped in cowboy boots and mistletoe. Hot. Relentless. Impossible to undo.
Small-town gossip never cost me a thing. Until it convinced the best night of my life that I was somebody else's fiancé.
When a family emergency drags me away before sunrise, I do something I never do. I leave the gorgeous redhead a note on the back of a receipt. But when I return, she's gone.
No explanation. No phone number. No last name. No goodbye.
For eleven months, I search for her. Then, without realizing who she is, I hire her to save my family's racehorses.
Only Lainey's been hiding something far bigger than her phone number.
My daughter.
She thought disappearing was the only way to protect us both. Too bad the town gossip that sent her running was nothing but a lie.
Now I'll do whatever it takes to prove she belongs exactly where she always should have been.
With me.
On the Cartwright ranch.
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Author bio:
Maggie Cole is committed to bringing her readers alphalicious book boyfriends and fiercely strong heroines.
She’s been called the literary master of steamy romance. Her books are full of raw emotion, suspense, and will always keep you wanting more. She is a masterful storyteller of contemporary romance and loves writing about broken people who rise above the ashes. Her books can often be found hanging out in the top 100, even years after publication.
Maggie lives in Florida with her son. She loves tennis, yoga, paddleboarding, boating, other water activities, and everything naughty.
Her current series were written in the order below:
All In (Stand alones with entwined characters)
It's Complicated (Stand alones with entwined characters)
Brooks Family Saga (Read in order)
Behind Closed Doors (Read in order)
Mafia Wars (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)
Mafia Wars New York (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)
Club Indulgence Duet
Mafia Wars Ireland
Wilted Kingdom Duet
Holiday Hoax (Standalone)
Holiday Hire (Standalone)
The Underworld Series
Beautiful Delusions Duet
Monday, 26 October 2026
Book Blitz & Giveaway: Sweet Harmony [A Blue Spruce Hills Novella] by Ellie Noor!
Excerpt!
It’s their way of making sure I don’t sell out to a chain.
The hardware store went first; shortly after the Harvest Welcome festival in October. Mr. B knew whose pipes would freeze the second temperatures dropped below twenty degrees and whose drive would form black ice first. Lots of teenagers got their first job there. You’d walk in needing one hex nut bolt and leave forty minutes later fully updated on weather patterns, his wife’s health, and whose nephew was dating whom.
The pharmacy hurt in different ways. Bo, a sweet man who communicated primarily through nods, knew everyone’s allergies and didn’t need software to flag medication interactions. More importantly, he kept an unofficial eye on our seniors. If someone failed to pick up a prescription on time, he noticed.
Rationally, I understand that businesses change hands all the time. People retire or die, their kids don’t want to take over the business, buildings get sold. But when you lose enough places like Mr. B’s, the pharmacy, and now the music shop, the town you grew up in only looks the same. The pieces that made it feel like home are gone.
My thoughts veer toward the dark side again: what will happen to this place if I go? Mrs. Wallace raised my rent two years ago, too. Is there a conversation happening somewhere that I’m not aware of? Has she had an offer on the building?
These are utterly unhelpful thoughts. Thanks, brain.
I press the heel of my hand up against my chin. There’s nothing I can do about hypothetical situations and conversations. What I can do something about, however, is the fact that Albi Drechsler has been sitting next door for far too long without a cup of coffee and something to eat.
Which is, technically, a perfectly reasonable neighborly concern.
Not me avoiding my problems.
Not a keen interest in him, either. Although I’m less certain about that one.
I should stay here and finish inventory, or obsess about dog treats, but kindness is doing a lot of heavy lifting right now.
The decision is made before I can second-guess myself into changing my mind. I pack up the leftover savory muffins I was going to have for dinner, pour the last of the day’s coffee into a takeout cup, and head to the music shop.
Because that’s what people do in towns like ours.
They look in on each other.
Who knew placing second in national baking competition would flood your inbox with opportunities?
Not Clara Whitman.
A third-generation baker, Clara knows that businesses like hers are entrusted, not merely handed over. But with options beyond Blue Spruce Hills suddenly in the mix alongside a looming rent increase, she’s at a crossroads. She can afford to keep the bakery going, but not while pursuing something new.
In a small town where beloved establishments are slowly disappearing, however, even the idea of leaving feels traitorous.
When an up-and-coming violinist comes to town to settle the estate of his estranged grandfather and sell the music shop, he is both a distraction and a reminder that sometimes the real challenge in life is deciding how much of it you’re willing to change.
Sweet Harmony is a spirited celebration of a woman who believes every problem has a solution—set against a backdrop of small-town loyalties, beloved holiday traditions, and the romance that sneaks up on her.
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Sunday, 25 October 2026
Stacking the Shelves [135]!
Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality where we show what books we got recently. I do this post once a month.
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you’re adding to your shelves, be it buying or borrowing. From ‘real’ books you’ve purchased, a book you’ve borrowed, a book you’ve been given or an e-book, they can all be shared!
Purchased (Ebooks):
Purchased (Paperbacks/hardbacks):
(Fairyloot edition. Bought from Vinted)
(Afterlight edition. Bought from Vinted)
Gifted from Authors/Publishers:
I, unfortunately, didn't receive any paperbacks or hardbacks this month.
For Review from Author/Netgalley/Edelweiss:
I, unfortunately, didn't receive any review copies this month.
Currently Reading:
Friday, 23 October 2026
Book Blitz & Giveaway: Dead Man’s Trigger [Max Maguire Vampire 01] by Kat Huddleston
Excerpt!
He saw King coming out of a restaurant and recognized him right away. He was wearing a trench coat, making him look like a Black mobster. King was headed down the street, probably to his car. Max started shadowing him, while George hung back a bit to let Max do his thing. King spotted his tail almost instantly. He was a pro and he knew he was in trouble. The area was too populated for Max to take him right there, but a good chase would add some spice to the game.
King dropped his keys and Max knew he was checking him out, sizing up the situation. His gun was probably out, waiting. Max had never been shot before, but hey, why not? It wasn’t like it was going to kill him.
King stood and walked between the cars lined up along the street. Max followed him. King wasn’t afraid yet. He still felt he had control of the situation. He turned toward a car, as if to open the door, but Max saw the gun in his hand. He was about ten feet away when King turned and pointed the weapon at him. It was a .45 and had a silencer on it. Max was glad of that. It wouldn’t do to wake the neighbors.
“Do you want something from me?” King asked, ready for a fight.
Max smiled and walked a little closer. He held his hands out to show he wasn’t holding a weapon.
“Yes, I do. Are you going to shoot me? I don’t have a gun.”
“That depends on what you want. Who sent you?”
“Jimmie Large. I thought we might have a little chat.” Max leaned up against the trunk of a car.
“Jimmie’s dead.”
“I know.”
“He died of a heart attack.”
“Really? I thought I killed him,” Max said. King looked surprised. He caught sight of George lurking
in the dark, and took a long breath.
“No loss, either way.”
“No, it wasn’t,” Max said.
“What do you want?”
“A little conversation. Maybe a bite later.”
“I just ate.”
Max turned to face him and smiled. He brought his fangs out. “Funny, I haven’t.”
King looked horrified. He was expecting a hit, not a horror movie. He raised his gun and pulled the
trigger three times. The bullets hit Max in the chest and tore through his body. Max heard them hit the
pavement behind him. It hurt like hell for a moment and Max staggered back a bit. He looked down and
watched the bullet wounds heal. He touched one of the holes in his shirt.
“Ouch, that hurt... You ruined a perfectly good shirt.”
“It’s a vest. It’s got to be a vest.”
King took aim at his head, but Max wasn’t ready to let his brain be turned into Swiss cheese, even if it
would probably heal. He focused on King and he suddenly had him by the throat. He took King’s gun and put it in his pocket, and then released him.
“I’d hate to have you mess up my hair,” Max said.
King fell back, terrified. The hunger inside Max was so happy. The man scrambled back. “What are
you?”
“You know what I am.” Max saw him reach for his ankle, no doubt headed for another weapon. “You
shoot me again and I’m really going to get pissed off... You don’t want that.”
Author bio:
Kat Huddleston has never met a perfectly ordinary day she couldn't improve with a vampire, a monster, or an alien invasion.
The result is Dead Man’s Trigger, the first book in her Max Maguire Vampire series, about a former Special Forces sniper turned high school history teacher turned vampire. He has military training, a talent for sarcasm, and a complicated relationship with being dead. Or is it undead?
Kat likes her supernatural creatures intelligent, her heroes complex, and her humor dark. Her vampires don't sparkle.
A Chicago-based writer, teacher, and award-winning artist, Kat spent a couple of decades writing about sci-fi TV and movies for the Syfy Channel’s website and Sci Fi Magazine. She's also written short stories and screenplays, taught fused glass, and created artwork that can be found in several galleries. Occasionally, she pretends she can concentrate on one thing at a time.
When she's not writing, painting, or melting glass in the name of art, Kat lives with her two cats, Jax and Nicky. They provide moral support, quality control, and unsolicited keyboard supervision. So far, neither has offered to help with marketing.
King fell back, terrified. The hunger inside Max was so happy. The man scrambled back. “What are
you?”
“You know what I am.” Max saw him reach for his ankle, no doubt headed for another weapon. “You
shoot me again and I’m really going to get pissed off... You don’t want that.”
Who Knew Immortality Could Be So Short?
When high school history teacher Max Maguire begins to suspect one of his brightest students is in trouble, he ends up walking down the wrong alley. Suddenly, he’s staring down the fangs of a beautiful, powerful, and utterly merciless vampire named Jade.
As Max’s life takes a dark turn he’s forced to learn how to survive in Jade’s twisted world. But if Jade thinks her hostage is going to play nice, she really should have read his resume. This former Special Forces sniper might just have to dust off some very lethal muscle memory.
While Max plots exactly how to kill the most dangerous predator on the planet, he discovers there’s another group of vampires that have their own plans for Jade. Before he knows it, Max is caught in the crosshairs of a vampire war that neither side can afford to lose.
And there’s one thing neither side knows… Max has a secret of his own.
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Kat Huddleston has never met a perfectly ordinary day she couldn't improve with a vampire, a monster, or an alien invasion.
The result is Dead Man’s Trigger, the first book in her Max Maguire Vampire series, about a former Special Forces sniper turned high school history teacher turned vampire. He has military training, a talent for sarcasm, and a complicated relationship with being dead. Or is it undead?
Kat likes her supernatural creatures intelligent, her heroes complex, and her humor dark. Her vampires don't sparkle.
A Chicago-based writer, teacher, and award-winning artist, Kat spent a couple of decades writing about sci-fi TV and movies for the Syfy Channel’s website and Sci Fi Magazine. She's also written short stories and screenplays, taught fused glass, and created artwork that can be found in several galleries. Occasionally, she pretends she can concentrate on one thing at a time.
When she's not writing, painting, or melting glass in the name of art, Kat lives with her two cats, Jax and Nicky. They provide moral support, quality control, and unsolicited keyboard supervision. So far, neither has offered to help with marketing.
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