Sunday, 26 April 2020

RELEASE TOUR: Shadow Man by Catherine Wiltcher


Shadow Man
Grayson Duet: Book One
By Catherine Wiltcher

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SHADOW MAN is a brand new mafia romance from the author of the bestselling Santiago series...
This is the first part of a duet, but there are NO emotional cliffhangers.

Genre: Mafia/Cartel Romance
Cover design by ME Kusel, Steamy Designs
 
 
SYNOPSIS
Cause and consequence:
Two words that haunt me.
When I was stolen, I learned to hate.
When he saved me, I learned to fear.
I ran from him, following a trail of the dead, from Miami all the way to Colombia.
Now I’ve fallen into darkness again, and he’s the only one I see.

But he’s a shadow man.
A bad man.
A soldier.
A killer.

The red right hand to the devil himself.

We’re a dirty contradiction: I’m the girl who can’t be touched, whom he refuses to set free.
We’re a dangerous obsession: There’s damage running deep in both of our souls.
Caught up in a cartel war I want no part of.
Trapped between love and hate.
One night will change everything...

For years, Joseph Grayson killed in the name of Dante Santiago.
Now, he kills for me.
 
 
MEET THE AUTHOR
Catherine Wiltcher is a former TV producer and a self-confessed alpha addict. Her writing is best described as sinfully sexy, and her characters always fall hard and deep for one another.

She lives in the UK with her husband and two young daughters. If she were stranded on a desert island, she'd like a large pink gin to keep her company. Cillian Murphy wouldn't be a bad shout, either...

For book and blog updates, please visit www.catherinewiltcher.com

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Sunday, 19 April 2020

Saša Edi Đorđević - Janičar



Izdavač - EVRO BOOK

Uzimajući ovu trilogiju u ruke bila sam odlučna da napišem osvrt na sve tri knjige ujedno. Kad sam završila Janičara i krenula sa Ustanikom dopustila sam Ediju da odluči kako da napišem ovo. Rekao je „Kako ti odlučiš“ da bi odmah sutradan u kratkom razgovoru došli do identičnog mišljenja da je ipak bolje da svaka knjiga za sebe ima posebno moje mišljenje.

Iskreno nisam imala očekivanja jer se prvi put susrećem sa Edijevim pisanjem ali slušajući priče i neka mišljenja pokušala sam da se oduprem porivu da pročitam recenzije i da sebi dozvolim da uživam u prvom čitanju bez ikakve naznake šta bi moglo da se desi kroz romane. Očekivala sam likove koji će voditi sva tri romana i nikako nisam ni pomislila da bi trilogija bila baš ono što jeste – jaka, upečatljiva priča o borbi, o čežnji, o želji da se preživi. Priča o putu ka slobodi, o poslednjem izdisaju mnogih ljudi, priča o najtužnijem periodu srpskog naroda. Na kraju priča o borbi, o hrabrosti i sili koja teče kroz sve nas.

Svi mi znamo ponešto o istoriji, turskoj vladavini, neko dosta, neko malo manje, neko kroz maglu iz škole. Slušajuci priče, gledajući filmove i serije, čitajuci knjige naučimo još više ali moje mišljenje je da nikad nije dosta i nikad nije potpuno. Zbog toga je i ova knjiga pravo malo blago. 

Najjača sila, najveća stena, najlepša stvar na svetu je ljubav. Koja god, kakva god. Edi se poigrao u janičaru sa ljubavlju, porodičnom, bratskom. Pričajući savršenu priču koja nas edukuje, uči i nameće mišljenja kao i uvek kad je reč o činjenicama iz istorije, on nas stavlja u ulogu pravog gledaoca nekog filma gde nas dovodi do toga da nagađamo hoće li biti izdaje u borbenim redovima ili će biti izdaje u srcu. Kroz nagađanja šta će prevagnuti, ono što se prihvati majčinim mlekom i očevim strogim pogledom ili ono što je sudbina namenila kad se poigrala.
Do ove knjige imala sam saznanje da su svi turci isti, ogrezli u veri i molitvi i verujući da je Kuran i Alah ispred svega i svih. Da je islam jedna i jedina svetinja. Na samom početku knjige shvatam da baš i nije tako, što me iznenadi.

"Tvoj i moj Bog, pope, samo nam daju više razloga da se mrzimo, da lakše jedni drugima creva prosipamo i grkljane sečemo. Sila je Bog, pope! Sila! "

Sa tim blagim čuđenjem sam uplovila u ovu priču, verujući da i neki od njih veruju u ravnopravnost. Verujući da i neki od njih misle kako smo jednaki i isti bez obzira kom se bogu molimo i kojoj veri pripadamo. 

I sve bi to bilo divno da nema onog ali... Zapljusne me Edi činjenicom da svi ti koji tako misle su prevalili preko glave i Boga i Alaha i Bibliju i Kuran. Lepo i ružno. Sve i ništa. Nekad i nikad. Oni koji pre svega veruju u svoju snagu, u silu, u ono što im leži na srcu i duši zapravo i nisu turci. Poigra se tako delom sudbina, delom događaji pa se turci zaigraju i pokušaju da nešto tuđe naprave svojim. Hvala Ediju što je kroz ovu priču nametnuo saznanje da se nešto grčko, bugarsko, rumunsko možda i mađarsko, i prikloni novom životu. Svi oni bace negde u dnu sećanja, gotovo pri granici sa zaboravom, to odakle su da poneki čak i zaborave. Hvala Ediju sto je itekako pokazao da srpska krv ostaje verna sebi, da ta sećanja naši ne zaborave. Probudi se to što su "morali" da zaborave u pravom trenutku, možda ne na vreme ali svakako kad zatreba. Okrene se čeljade koje to i nije više, probudi se dete u čoveku koje podseti šta znači pravi put i ognjište. Šta znači ne izdati i ne pokopati.

"Srbi su čudna paščad , trpe što niko ne može..."

Pašče , vlašče... Negde sam napisala na osvrt za jednu knjigu meni omiljeni deo iz knjige Nož, što bi i ovde bilo skroz ok napisati.

"Ono smo što smo ... "Čekaj, iste su nam 'aljine, samo što sam ja na moje davno sviko. Na meni odelo Safet-bega i Đura Barbarića. Na levoj nozi Đurova na desnoj Safetova cipela. Samo mali i jadni ljudi misle da su rasparene."

Koliko je sviko Gojko na Gokana i koliko je Gokan zapravo Gojko u duši pokazalo se u Janičaru. Nije dozvolio da se sudbina do kraja poigra sa njim, nije dozvolio da pogazi ono što ga nikada nije napustilo. 

Ispleo je Edi sjajnu mrežu likova u romanu. Jakih likova, postavljenih svako na mestu na kome treba da bude. U svakom od njih smo pomalo svi mi, u svakom od njih sam pomalo ja pa sam sebe hvatala kako se zamislim i zapitam samu sebe kako bih se ja ponašala i odreagovala.

Svi smo mi na jednu stranu malčice Stefan malčice Gojko, Bogdan, Dimitrije a sa druge strane pomalo smo i Junuz, Samir. Kako Edi pripoveda, sve zavisi od toga koliko mudrosti ko pokaže.

Početak ove trilogije je lagan, uvede te prvom knjigom a da ni ne znaš kud si se zaputio, krene skroz naivno, detinje. Takav je Janičar dok je sa Ustanikom druga priča, možda skoro pa jednaka ali opet nekako jača, odlučnija i ozbiljnija... ali o njoj na nekom drugom papiru. 

Ljubitelji istorije, ljubitelji priča koje su životne i nikako nepreživljene uživaće u ovom romanu.

Friday, 17 April 2020

COVER REVEAL: Diamonds in the Dust by Charmaine Pauls



Title: Diamonds in the Dust:
A Diamond Magnate Novel
Series: Diamonds are Forever Trilogy #1
Author: Charmaine Pauls
Genre: Dark Romance
Cover Design: Simply Defined Art
Release Date: May 19, 2020

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Men like us, we see things.
We do things, things that make us unfeeling.
That’s the price of power and money, of living la belle vie and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement—fragile yet resilient, a breath of beauty among the filth. She was supposed to be just another job, a nameless person I was to pluck from her life and hand to my brother, nothing but a pawn in the gamble of our diamond business.
There’s a psychological label for men like us.
We lack empathy and guilt.
We do things to have what we want, things that make flowers wilt.
(Diamonds in the Dust is Book 1 of the Diamonds are Forever Trilogy. Book 2, Diamonds in the Rough, will be released in July 2020, and Book 3, Diamonds are Forever, in September 2020.)



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Charmaine Pauls was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained a degree in Communication at the University of Potchestroom, and followed a diverse career path in journalism, public relations, advertising, communications, photography, graphic design, and brand marketing. Her writing has always been an integral part of her professions.

After relocating to Chile with her French husband, she fulfilled her passion to write creatively full-time. Charmaine has published over twenty novels since 2011, as well as several short stories and articles. Two of her shorts have been selected by the International Literary Society for an anthology from across the African continent.

When she is not writing, she likes to travel, read, and rescue cats. Charmaine currently lives in France with her husband and children. Their household is a linguistic mélange of Afrikaans, English, French and Spanish.

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Monday, 6 April 2020

COVER REVEAL: Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan


Queen Move, an all-new beautiful and unforgettable second chance romance from RITA® Award-winning and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kennedy Ryan, is coming May 26th

Pre-order your copy today!
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BLURB:
The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can't have…

Dig a little and you'll find photos of me in the bathtub with Ezra Stern.
Get your mind out of the gutter. We were six months old.
Pry and one of us might confess we saved our first kiss for each other.
The most clumsy, wet, sloppy . . . spectacular thirty seconds of my adolescence.
Get into our business and you'll see two families, closer than blood, torn apart in an instant.
Twenty years later, my "awkward duckling" best friend from childhood,
the boy no one noticed, is a man no one can ignore.

Finer. Fiercer. Smarter.
Taken.

Tell me it's wrong.
Tell me the boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have.
When we find each other again, everything stands in our way--secrets, lies, promises.
But we didn't come this far to give up now.
And I know just the move to make if I want to make him mine.

**QUEEN MOVE will have the special pre-order and release week price of $3.99. After that, the price will increase.**

Cover Designed by Asha Hossain Design
Photography by Sophia Barrett Studios
Model: Lashae Dennie

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I write contemporary romance and women's fiction. I always give my characters their happily ever after, but I love to make them work for it! It's a long road to love, so sit back and enjoy the ride.
I am wife to the love of my life, mom to a special, beautiful son, and a friend to those living with autism through my charitable foundation.

Friday, 3 April 2020

COVER REVEAL: The Fall of Sin by Bella J.


Title: The Fall of Sin
Author: Bella J
Genre: Dark Romance
Editor: Lori Whitwam
Cover Designer: Clarise Tan from CT Cover Designs
Publication Date: May 13th, 2020
Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR
 
BLURB:
Mila
Secrets. Lies. Deception.
It’s all part of his vendetta, and so am I. He stole me, used me as one of his pawns by forcing me into a marriage I wanted no part of. I had to sign my name on the dotted line, and now he owns me…body, mind, and soul.
That’s why I ran. I had to escape the monster whose touch corrupted me. Break free from the man who seduced me, the beast who gave me a taste of the darkness.
But now I crave it. I need it. I need him.
I’m his to play with…until I break.

Saint
Distraction. Addictive. Toxic.
Mila wasn’t supposed to be anything more than a signature, a beautiful secret, a wife with no voice. Instead, she became an addiction, a complication that could cost me everything—a price I wasn’t willing to pay…until she ran from me.
Now, the game has changed, and the stakes are much higher. She thinks she’s seen the worst of me, convinced I couldn’t be more vicious and cruel. But I’m about to prove her wrong because I’ll risk everything to get what I want.
Revenge…and my wife.

 
 
AUTHOR BIO:
All the way from Cape Town, South Africa, Bella J lives for the days when she's able to retreat to her writer's cave where she can get lost in her little pretend world of romance, love, and insanely hot bad boys.
Bella J is a Hybrid Author with both Self-Published and Traditional Published work. Even though her novels range from drama, to comedy, to suspense, it's the dark, twisted side of romance she loves the most.

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