Shirins Book Blog and Reviews: December 2024

Thursday, 5 December 2024

RELEASE BLITZ: Forever the Highlands by Samantha Young

Forever the Highlands by Samantha Young is now live!

He’s her brother’s best friend. She’s totally off-limits. But when life takes an

unexpected turn, she’s the only one he wants at his side…

Fyfe Moray raised himself. His only real family is his best friend, Lewis Adair. For that reason,

Lewis’s sister Eilidh is totally off-limits. Fyfe is in deep denial about their intense attraction.

Thankfully, Eilidh is a famous actor living in London while he runs his cyber security company

from the Highlands. They’re worlds apart. Until one day, Eilidh reaches out asking for a lifeline

and Fyfe can’t bring himself to turn her away.

Acting isn’t what Eilidh Adair expected. As a kid, she wanted to be just like her famous uncles

. But the double-edged sword of fame cuts deeper than expected. Afraid to admit she’s made a

mistake, Eilidh is spiraling. The only person who knows the truth is Fyfe, but her childhood

crush has developed into a love he won’t return. Yet when she comes home intent on starting

over, Fyfe can’t seem to stay away. His confused feelings might just be the end of them. Until

a woman from Fyfe’s past abandons the baby daughter he never knew he had.

Now a single father, Fyfe needs support. He just never expected Eilidh to be the one he needed

most. Fyfe can’t believe how quickly he falls for his child and how rapidly his world view

changes. He’s ready to admit the truth: he’s madly in love with his best friend’s sister. And

Fyfe’s done wasting time. But someone else believes Eilidh belongs to them. Someone who has

been watching her far longer than she realizes. Just when she thinks she might have everything

she wants, Eilidh finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a person intent on destroying

everything she holds dear.

Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited

https://geni.us/foreverthehighlands

Audio Narrated by: Shane East & Zara Hampton-Brown

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3WZKo1Z

Meet Samantha

Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She's been nominated for several Goodreads Choice Awards. Samantha

writes adult contemporary and paranormal romance, YA urban fantasy and YA contemporary

fiction and is currently published in 31 countries.
She resides in Scotland.

Connect with Samantha

Website: http://authorsamanthayoung.com

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSamanthaYoung/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1520019958258238/

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Release Blitz: Cupid's Shot by Serena Pier

Cupid's Shot by Serena Pier is now live!

Since when does Aaron Olson have abs like that? I haven't seen him since high school, but now

I find myself desperate to see much more of him.

Sarah Anderson's plan for the Cupid's Crush event at the local bar, High Five, is straightforward:

enjoy some playful banter and score a free drink. After a decade on the West Coast, Sarah's still

adjusting to life back in her small Wisconsin hometown, surrounded by familiar faces--until

one of them completely catches her off guard. Aaron Olson, the once scrawny high school

wrestler, is now tending bar shirtless with fluffy angel wings strapped to his back, revealing a

physique that is distracting in the best way.

What starts as light-hearted banter turns into a flirtatious game of cat and mouse, where Sarah

learns that you shouldn't judge someone by who they were in high school--because they might

just surprise you in the most irresistible ways.

In this flirty and steamy Valentine's themed novella, discover the thrill of seeing an old friend in

a whole new light, and watch sparks fly as past perceptions are shattered and new attractions

take hold.

(This is Book #2 in an interconnected series. It is encouraged, but not essential, to read Santa's

Coming before reading Cupid's Shot.)

Romance Tropes:

Second Chance (at a first chance), Friends to Lovers, Small Town, Holiday Romance, He Falls

First, Secret Admirer

Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Z9IeQ4

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Z9I1MM

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Meet Serena Pier

Writing under the pen name, Serena Pier is a wine lover, coffee snob & wife. With Midwestern

roots, her stories are primarily set in and around Chicago. Serena is deeply fascinated by power

dynamics; her stories always explore unequal social status.

Connect with Serena

Website | https://www.serenapier.com/

Goodreads | https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22459739.Serena_Pier

Amazon | https://www.amazon.com/stores/Serena-Pier/author/B09ZX93VV5

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/serenapierwrites/

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083084211576

Bookbub | https://www.bookbub.com/profile/serena-pier

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Release Blitz: Not A Chance by Violet K. Avery

Not A Chance by Violet K. Avery is now live!

Indie

Indigo Layne doesn’t need anyone’s help to get what she wants. Less than a year away from

getting out from under her parents’ control and finally living life on her own terms.

Indie is the caretaker in her trio of friends. She likes to be the one saving the day and never the

other way around.

When her father orchestrates a surprise demand that puts her in a new city and job of his choice Indie agrees for the sake of her inheritance. Even if it means leaving everything she cares

about back in California. Nothing is going to get in the way of reaching her goal to start her

own nonprofit in Amado.

Nothing, of course, except Theo Yao-Miller, the renowned NHL goalie and newest member of the Toronto Tempests, who happens to be her teenage crush and the same person who brought her heart six years prior.

Oh, and did she mention that Theo is her best friend’s oldest brother?

Theo

With more than a decade of keeping his lifelong dream of playing in the NHL alive,

Theo Yao-Miller’s comfortable world is rocked when he is traded after spending thirteen years

playing in Vancouver.

Being a veteran player on a roster of younger players gives him something to prove. His

dedication to his own excellence and the game of hockey has also meant ignoring the

increasingly painful reality of his chronic knee injuries.

At the threshold of the next stage of his life, Theo is determined to push through this new

season without any more complications.

Except complicated moves in across the hall in the form of the incredibly brilliant and stunning

Indigo Layne. It was one thing to turn down her advances six years ago, but is he supposed to

keep himself away from his little sister’s best friend after he sees sides of her she hides from

the everyone else?

Not a chance.

Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

Amazon: https://mybook.to/Notachance

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/Notachance

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Meet Violet K. Avery

Violet K. Avery has been a fan of all genres of romance since she picked up her very first romance

novel at the age of sixteen. It was like a whole world opened up before her and she hasn't looked

back since. While her professional background is in education, writing a novel has been a

lifelong dream. Her characters deal with real issues and difficult emotions. Their HEAs are a

celebration of how far they've come as individuals and as partners. Violet lives in Canada with

her family and two adorable, yet mischievous, rescue dogs.

Connect with Violet K.

Website | www.violetkavery.com

Goodreads | https://bit.ly/vkaverygr

Facebook | https://bit.ly/vkaveryfb

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/violetkavery.author

Pinterest | https://www.pinterest.com/violetkavery

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Tuesday, 3 December 2024

RELEASE BLITZ: Second Down Scrooge by Lisa Suzanne

Second Down Scrooge by Lisa Suzanne is now live!

A steamy pro football, second chance, single mom, single dad, holiday romance

from Amazon Top Ten Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne.

I never planned to give Austin Graham, the tight end for the Vegas Aces and the father of my

little girl, a second chance this holiday season. After all, he messed up. Big time.

But the shimmering decorations on the Christmas tree cast him in a totally new light—especially

when I get home from a disastrous blind date and find him on my couch with our sweet baby

asleep on his chest.

He’s not the villain he so easily plays, but coming in second to everyone his entire life has

pushed him to act like a Grinch. I’m getting swept up watching him with our daughter, seeing his eyes twinkle in the Christmas lights, and feeling his hands caressing my skin.

Now I need to figure out whether it’s worth risking both my heart and my little girl’s to show

this second down scrooge that he comes in first with us.

Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited

Amazon Worldwide: https://mybook.to/seconddownscrooge

Audible: https://geni.us/SDSaudible

Narrated by: Tor Thom and Kelsey Navarro Foster

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/seconddownscroogegr