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RELEASE BLITZ

Title: The Aristocrat

Author: Penelope Ward

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 30, 2021

 

BLURB
 

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel. 

The one that got away. Every girl has one, right?

Mine was a charming, British aristocrat who turned my world upside down one summer.

From the moment I first spotted Leo in the distance through my binoculars, I’d been captivated. I certainly never expected to find a man showering outside of the property across the bay in his birthday suit.

Then I noticed his housemate staring back at me with binoculars of his own—watching me watching Leo.

That made for an interesting conversation starter when I inevitably ran into them.

Turned out, the handsome Brits were only renting that house for the summer in my seaside town.

Leo and I formed an instant connection, even though we were technically opposites by all appearances. I taught him how to dig for clams, and he taught me that not all wealthy and powerful guys are pretentious.

Despite knowing he was totally wrong for me, I couldn’t seem to stay away.

It was a wild and crazy few months. And before I knew it, we’d fallen in love.

We both had one wish: more time together.

But Leo had obligations back home. He lived a life I’d never fit into. And I was going to law school. So, we decided to end it and never look back.

A part of me always felt like I’d let my soulmate walk away.

I believed our story was over.

Until five years later when he sent me a letter that shook me to my core. 

I’d thought my world was turned upside down that first summer?

Well, I knew nothing yet.

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Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
 
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
 
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
 
 
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EXCERPT REVEAL

Title: The Aristocrat

Author: Penelope Ward

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 30, 2021

 

BLURB
 
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.
 
The one that got away. Every girl has one, right?

Mine was a charming, British aristocrat who turned my world upside down one summer.

From the moment I first spotted Leo in the distance through my binoculars, I’d been captivated. I certainly never expected to find a man showering outside of the property across the bay in his birthday suit.

Then I noticed his housemate staring back at me with binoculars of his own—watching me watching Leo.

That made for an interesting conversation starter when I inevitably ran into them.

Turned out, the handsome Brits were only renting that house for the summer in my seaside town.

Leo and I formed an instant connection, even though we were technically opposites by all appearances. I taught him how to dig for clams, and he taught me that not all wealthy and powerful guys are pretentious.

Despite knowing he was totally wrong for me, I couldn’t seem to stay away.

It was a wild and crazy few months. And before I knew it, we’d fallen in love.

We both had one wish: more time together.

But Leo had obligations back home. He lived a life I’d never fit into. And I was going to law school. So, we decided to end it and never look back.

A part of me always felt like I’d let my soulmate walk away.

I believed our story was over.

Until five years later when he sent me a letter that shook me to my core. 

I’d thought my world was turned upside down that first summer?

Well, I knew nothing yet.
 
 
GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58567712
 
 
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The Bassist (West Coast Soulmates #1)

What is an L.A. rockstar doing in Big Bear on Christmas Eve?

A sudden, strong blizzard has submerged the mountain in snow, keeping my family home. Resigned to spending my first Christmas as a widow alone, I’m startled by someone pounding on my cabin door—a handsome man carrying a guitar and needing shelter.

Dylan is sweet, funny, and the complete opposite of my former husband. As we get to know each other, he’s so damn hot I can’t resist learning what he has to offer.

Is this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

The Spark by @ViKeeland release day! #contemporaryromance #newrelease #releaseblitz @GiveMeBooksPR

RELEASE BLITZ
Title: The Spark
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 12, 2021
 

BLURB
 
Before I even met Donovan Decker, I knew his shoe size.

You see, I’d gone away for a few days, and in my haste to get out of the airport, I’d grabbed the wrong suitcase.

After checking out the expensive footwear and tailored clothes, I dialed the number on the luggage tag hoping maybe Mister Big Spender might have my bag.

A deep, velvety voice answered, and as luck would have it, he had my suitcase, too.

Donovan and I met at a coffee shop to do the exchange.  

Turned out, it wasn’t just his voice that was sexy.  The man holding my luggage was absolutely gorgeous, and we had an immediate spark.

He got me to admit that I’d snooped in his bag and then convinced me to make it up to him by letting him buy me coffee.

Coffee led to dinner, dinner led to dessert, and dessert led to spending an entire weekend together. Donovan wasn’t just handsome with a panty-dropping voice.  He was also funny, smart, and surprisingly down to earth for a man who wore seven-hundred-dollar shoes. 

Did I mention he also did my laundry while I slept?

Definitely too good to be true.

So what did I do to repay him for his kindness?

I waited until he was in the shower, then ghosted him.

My life was too complicated for such a great guy.

In the months that passed, I thought about Donovan often. But New York City had eight-million people, so what were the chances I’d run into him?

Then again, what were the chances I’d run into him a year later…when I’d just started dating his boss?
 
 
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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
 
 
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Our Christmas Love Story release day!

Our Christmas Love Story (West Coast Soulmates #1 and #3)

The Bassist and A Rockstar Christmas Wedding in one set!

Dylan and Jen meet on Christmas Eve when she saves him from a mountain blizzard, but that’s only the beginning of the story. Dive into this book and find out how a rockstar and a sci-fi writer become Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Christmas Day one year later.

This set is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

West Coast Soulmates is a spin-off from the My Once and Future Love (Revisited) series featuring bandmates and their lady loves.

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The Bassist:

What is an L.A. rockstar doing in Big Bear on Christmas Eve?

A sudden, strong blizzard has submerged the mountain in snow, keeping my family home. Resigned to spending my first Christmas as a widow alone, I’m startled by someone pounding on my cabin door—a handsome man carrying a guitar and needing shelter.

Dylan is sweet, funny, and the complete opposite of my former husband. As we get to know each other, he’s so damn hot I can’t resist learning what he has to offer.

Is this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

Christmas in July Fête starts today! #ChristmasinJuly #giveawayalert #booklover #Christmas #bookish #books #giveaway

 

Christmas in July Fête runs July 1-30! 

Calling all holiday-themed readers! It’s more than evergreens and twinkly lights at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven’s fifth annual Christmas in July Fête. 44 Christmas, Hanukkah, and holiday-themed books featured, plus a chance to win a $75 Amazon (US) gift card.

I’m thrilled to be a part of this event. My book, Our Christmas Love Story, will be featured on July 27. Wait until you read what I love most about the holidays. You won’t want to miss it!

Bookmark this event and tell your friends: All spotlights are gathered here. 

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1- Peggy Jaeger, Regina Jeffers (Beautified)

2- Kris Bock, Shirley T. Hailstock (Madness)

5- Tammy L. Bailey, Mary Morgan (Solstice)

6- Connie Y. Harris, Sharon Buchbinder

7- Pam Binder (Knight), Mona Sedrak (Gravity)

8- Marsha R. West, D.K. Deters, Heidi Vanlandingham

9- Lis Anna-Langston, Rachelle Paige Campbell, Teresa Michael

12- Nancy Christie, Leigh Fleming

13- Tricia Schneider, Aubrey Wynne

14- Shirley T. Hailstock (Kwanzaa), Nancy Fraser (Dickens)

15- Regina Jeffers (Last), Claire Marti

16- Debra Elizabeth, Alanna Lucas

19- Pam Binder (Deadline), Alina K. Field

20- Brenda Whiteside, Tena Stetler

21- Charlotte O’Shay, Vanda

22- K.T. Byington, Mary Morgan (Weave), Barbara Bettis

26- Nancy Fraser (Modern), Cadence Vonn

27- Regina Jeffers (Present), Carla Krae

28- Shirley T. Hailstock (Christmas), Roni Denholtz

29- Pam Binder (Reads), Darcy Carson, DeeAnna Galbraith

30- Mona Sedrak (Six), Willa Blair

One lucky reader will win a $75 Amazon (US) gift card! 

Open internationally. You must have a valid Amazon US account to win. 

Runs July 1 - 31. Drawing will be held on August 2.

If a reader purchases a book featured in this festival, they get five bonus entries into the giveaway! 

Surprise Pre-Order! Our Christmas Love Story releases July 1! #christmasromance #christmaswedding #rockstarromance #contemporaryromance #romancebundle #holidayromance #christmasinjuly

 Surprise Pre-Order! 

Our Christmas Love Story releases July 1!

Our Christmas Love Story (West Coast Soulmates #1 and #3)

The Bassist and A Rockstar Christmas Wedding in one set!

Dylan and Jen meet on Christmas Eve when she saves him from a mountain blizzard, but that’s only the beginning of the story. Dive into this book and find out how a rockstar and a sci-fi writer become Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Christmas Day one year later.

This set is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

West Coast Soulmates is a spin-off from the My Once and Future Love (Revisited) series featuring bandmates and their lady loves.

$4.99

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The Bassist:

What is an L.A. rockstar doing in Big Bear on Christmas Eve?

A sudden, strong blizzard has submerged the mountain in snow, keeping my family home. Resigned to spending my first Christmas as a widow alone, I’m startled by someone pounding on my cabin door—a handsome man carrying a guitar and needing shelter.

Dylan is sweet, funny, and the complete opposite of my former husband. As we get to know each other, he’s so damn hot I can’t resist learning what he has to offer.

Is this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

Celebrate Weddings Bookish Event starts today! #romance #romancereaders #readromance

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Tuesday 6/8

2 am – Marilyn Baron

4 am – Peggy Jaeger (Dearly)

6 am – Donna Simonetta

9 am – Beth Henderson

11 am – Alina K. Field

1 pm – Virginia Barlow (Wicked)


Wednesday 6/9

2 am – Allison Hubbard

4 am – Shirley T. Hailstock (Opposites)

6 am – Beth Caudill (Healer)

9 am – Judy Kentrus

11 am – Ilona Fridl

1 pm – Rhonda Lee Carver


Thursday 6/10

2 am – Mariah Ankenman

4 am – Peggy Jaeger (Today)

6 am – Beth Caudill (Enchanted)

9 am – Heather McCollum

11 am – Nancy Fraser

1 pm – Carla Krae


Friday 6/11

2 am – Peter Fuller

4 am – Roni Denholtz

6 am – Cindy Rae Hale (Kiss)

9 am – Barbara Barrett

11 am – Mary Martinez

1 pm – Vicki Batman


Saturday 6/12

2 am – Peggy Jaeger (Baked)

4 am – Shirley T. Hailstock (His)

6 am – Cindy Rae Hale (Athlete)

9 am – Tena Stetler

11 am – A.D. Britten

1 pm – Virginia Barlow (Fallacious)

Enter to win a $30 Amazon (US) gift card

Open Internationally.

Runs June 8 – June 12, 2021.

Winner will be drawn on June 16, 2021.

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COVER REVEAL

Title: The Spark

Author: Vi Keeland

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Photo: Jakub Koziel

Model: Alessandro Dellisola

Release Date: July 12, 2021

BLURB

Before I even met Donovan Decker, I knew his shoe size.

You see, I’d gone away for a few days, and in my haste to get out of the airport, I’d grabbed the wrong suitcase.

After checking out the expensive footwear and tailored clothes, I dialed the number on the luggage tag hoping maybe Mister Big Spender might have my bag.

A deep, velvety voice answered, and as luck would have it, he had my suitcase, too.

Donovan and I met at a coffee shop to do the exchange.

 
Turned out, it wasn’t just his voice that was sexy. The man holding my luggage was absolutely gorgeous, and we had an immediate spark.

He got me to admit that I’d snooped in his bag and then convinced me to make it up to him by letting him buy me coffee.

Coffee led to dinner, dinner led to dessert, and dessert led to spending an entire weekend together. Donovan wasn’t just handsome with a panty-dropping voice. He was also funny, smart, and surprisingly down to earth for a man who wore seven-hundred-dollar shoes.

Did I mention he also did my laundry while I slept?

Definitely too good to be true.

So what did I do to repay him for his kindness?

I waited until he was in the shower, then ghosted him.

My life was too complicated for such a great guy.

In the months that passed, I thought about Donovan often. But New York City had eight-million people, so what were the chances I’d run into him?

Then again, what were the chances I’d run into him a year later…when I’d just started dating his boss?

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West Coast Soulmates Re-Brand

Every story in this series got a new cover, plus some other tweaks - like new blurbs!

West Coast Soulmates is a spin-off from Jacob and Beth's series, but can be read alone.

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What is an L.A. rockstar doing in Big Bear on Christmas Eve?

A sudden, strong blizzard has submerged the mountain in snow, keeping my family home. Resigned to spending my first Christmas as a widow alone, I’m startled by someone pounding on my cabin door—a handsome man carrying a guitar and needing shelter.

Dylan is sweet, funny, and the complete opposite of my former husband. As we get to know each other, he’s so damn hot I can’t resist learning what he has to offer.

Is this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love? 

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

The Keyboardist is now The Pianist and includes a new first chapter!

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Where do you meet a great girl when you’re famous? Realizing I haven't cultivated a life outside the group in years is a lonely epiphany. With most of the band coupled up now, I’m the seventh wheel, and it sucks. The groupie scene is our drummer’s thing, not mine.

When a beautiful woman mistakes me for my identical twin brother, the awkward encounter turns into a possibility for something real.

Something lasting.

Something like love—and it scares the hell out of me.

Being the guy that falls too easily has burned me in the past, so with Hannah I’m determined to take things slow and not screw it up.

If only my evil twin wasn’t hell-bent on tearing down everything I try to build.

Takes place after COMPLETED and THE BASSIST. This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

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Rosalind and I have had a BFF Chip since 7th grade—the ultimate best friend favor. At age 25, Ros calls in her chip.

Her little brother lands in an hour.

And he needs a place to crash.

For more than one night.

No problem, right?

I pick Patrick up at LAX, expecting the same slight and nerdy boy I last saw in high school. He's still a nerd—new IT job—but all grown up and more gorgeous than any best friend's little brother has a right to be.

When he walks around my apartment in only a towel, it’s difficult to keep seeing him as only a friend.

Ros completely bails on us, so I propose pooling our money into a two-bedroom and officially becoming roommates. He’s polite, sweet, clean, and cooks.

What could go wrong?

I could fall in love with him.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

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Organizing a Christmas Day wedding in two weeks is insane.

Dylan proposed the week of Thanksgiving and suggested a Christmas wedding. We met on Christmas Eve, but he means this year. It’s a private argument I’m winning—until he tells his rockstar friends and their wives who are my best gals. Now everyone’s excited!

Complicating things? I took a pregnancy test the day before that proposal, Dylan lives in L.A., and I live in Big Bear. That baby’s coming in six-ish months, so we need a house, which I have on the mountain—we met in a snowstorm—but he doesn’t want the two-hour commute.

It’s the first big test of our relationship and it scares me.

Which will win—my practical side or the magic of the season?

This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations. Picks up where The Pianist ended and is a sequel to The Bassist.

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Coming soon! Lincoln and Michaela were introduced in A Rockstar Christmas Wedding.

Lincoln Adams is only supposed to be a drunken mistake, the consequence of a little too much Christmas wedding eggnog. Once he’s asleep, I sneak out of his apartment expecting to never see the drummer again.

Except I left my guitar at his friend’s house.
And my earring on his floor.

An earring he uses to leverage me into a lunch date where he starts chipping away at the armor erected around my heart while heating up my body with a need I’ve never felt before. One last indulgence before making it clear I won’t do a relationship ever again.

Until a surprise mutual connection brings us together for a week of sharing and sensual delights.

What happens in Virginia can stay in Virginia—right?

This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

RELEASE DAY - Not Pretending Anymore by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland #contemporaryromance #roommateromance @PenelopeAuthor @ViKeeland @GiveMeBooksPR

 Not Pretending Anymore release day

RELEASE BLITZ

Title: Not Pretending Anymore

Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 12, 2021

BLURB
 
Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I was starting to lose hope.

Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.

Except…uh…wrong prayer, God.

I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate. 

Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.

While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined. 

Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.

You could say he was persistent.

I eventually folded.  It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway.

Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically.

After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends.  We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us. 

Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.

I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked. 

Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his. 

But there was one problem.

I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan.

Those feelings we were trying to fake?

Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.
 
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PENELOPE WARD
 
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
 
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
 
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
 
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Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PenelopesPeeps 
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VI KEELAND
 
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
 
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