RELEASE BLITZ AND REVIEW: MERRY LITTLE SUGAR CRUSH BY LACEY BLACK

 

Title: Merry Little Sugar Rush

Series: Snowflake Falls #2

Author: Lacey Black

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Holiday Romance/Small Town

Friends to Lovers/Return to Hometown

Release Date: December 2, 2025

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Joy

I’m living my dream. Owning a cozy little bakery in downtown Snowflake Falls is everything I ever wanted. Even though the holidays are a hectic time of year, there’s nothing better than the feel of Christmas mixed with a bit of sugar.

When an unexpected visitor drops by to say hello, my entire world shifts on its axis. Burk Whitman was my best friend until, right before our first year of high school, he unexpectedly moved away. Now, he’s back in town and being around him isn’t exactly a hardship. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

The problem is, his time here is temporary and if I’m not careful, I risk losing my heart forever.

Burk

One phone call is all it takes for me to come back to Snowflake Falls. With my gramps in the hospital, a huge void is left at my family’s Christmas tree farm during their busiest time of year. Being here after fourteen years might be just what the doctor ordered.

When I hear my oldest friend, Joy Campbell, owns the bakery in town, I have to drop by to say hello. I’m ready to fall back into the familiar banter we once engaged in, but what I’m not expecting is to come face-to-face with the most beautiful woman in the world. Spending time with her isn’t a hardship, and soon, lines begin to blur.

How will I return to the East Coast when everything I didn’t realize I wanted is right where I left it in Snowflake Falls?

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Reviewer: Chelsea

Rating: 5 Groupie Stars

There is something about a love story thats decades in the making! I LOVE childhood friends to lovers stories and this one by Lacey was PHENOMENAL!!! Joy loves her job; she owns her own bakery in her hometown, Snowflake Falls. The holidays make things a little crazy but she loves all the Christmas cheer. She was not expecting a blast from her past, but that's what she gets when Burke waltz's into her shop. Burke left town right before he and Joy started high school, his family moved. Now he is back to help his gramps with the family Christmas Tree Farm. He had to stop by and see his childhood best friend and catch up. Neither of them were expecting the friendship and love they had as young children and teens to have turned into sparks but sparks flying is exactly what happens when they come face to face after all these years!

I seriously LOVED this addition to the Snowflake Falls series! These two characters were the perfect match and I cant wait to see where they are, when we read about them in the next book (fingers crossed)!

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USA Today Bestselling Author Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading, writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and three rowdy chickens.

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RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: MistleFoe by Cambria Hebert

 

Title: MistleFoe

A Frenemies to Lovers MM Holiday Romance

Author: Cambria Hebert

Genre: MM Romance

Tropes: Frenemies to Lovers/Small Town

Holiday Romance/Forced Proximity/Opposites Attract

Release Date: December 1, 2025

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‘Tis the season for twinkling lights, cookies, joy, and a little sprinkle of mom guilt on the side. Did I say little? I mean an entire sleigh full. Which is exactly why I’m on my way home to Winterbury for the holidays, something my parents have been pleading for since I left the small-town life for a view of the city nearly ten years ago.

It’s not that I don’t come home to visit. I do.

Just not at Christmas.

The last time I was there, I got wrapped up in the romantasy of the town’s mistletoe legend, and it ruined my entire life. Okay, maybe not my entire life, but it did turn my best friend into my biggest enemy.

And maybe gave me a raging case of mistletoe PTSD.

Don’t laugh. It’s a thing.

Which is exactly why I’m going to do everything possible to avoid the raising of the mistletoe, Archer Hodge, and his Christmas tree farm. I’m just going to help my father out with the family animal clinic and mind my own business.

So of course Archer walks right into the clinic and nearly runs me over with his clompy boots, pine-scented flannel, and trademark scowl. Turns out, even after ten years, he still plucks every last nerve in my body. It doesn’t matter that he looks better than I remember and he’s cradling a beautiful dog who steals my heart.

Archer is my sworn frenemy, and no amount of forced proximity, small-town tradition, or mistletoe magic will ever change that.

Or so I thought…

REVIEW

Reviewer: Christi

Rating: 5 Groupie Stars

Cambria Hebert is one of my one-click authors. I love everything she writes, but her M/M books always end up holding a special place on my shelves. MistleFoe is not only worth the one-click, but it totally  shows why she is one of my go-to authors. 

 

I borrowed a bit from her author's note to share how I feel about this book using her own goals:

1. Give it a plot but make it fluffy and feel-good.  (She 100% succeeded! Hot chocolate, cold hands, and powder-sugary sweet.)

2. Making it romantic but not cheesy. (As someone who watches Hallmark movies and comments about how they can be cheesy and clichéd- Hebert managed to pull this one off! Even with a small town Christmas tree farmer as one of the main characters!) 

3. Moving the story along simply but in an entertaining way. (I was looking up gingerbread recipes by the end of the book, so, not only successful, but inspirational. And a dog is always a win! Lol)

This was a sweet Christmas story and a fairly quick read.  If you like the small-town sweet romances, queer awakening romances, or even just enemies to lovers banter, Toby and Archer will give you what you are looking for.  5 star read for me.  

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Cambria Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than fifty titles. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.
Besides writing, Cambria loves a pumpkin spice latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching K drama until her eyes won’t stay open. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chihuahuas (the real bosses of the house).
Cambria has written in many genres, including new adult, sports romance, male/male romance, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, contemporary romance, and young adult. Many of her titles have been translated into foreign languages and have been the recipients of multiple awards.

Awards Cambria has received include:

Author of the Year 2016 (UtopiaCon2016)

The Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Series of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015)

#Nerd: Best Contemporary Book Cover of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015)

Romeo from the Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Lead (UtopiaCon 2015)

#Nerd: Top 50 Summer Reads (Buzzfeed.com 2015)

The Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Series of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016)

#NERD Book Trailer: Best Book Trailer of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016)

#Nerd Book Trailer: Top 50 Most Cinematic Book Trailers of All Time (film-14.com)

#Nerd: Book Most Wanted to be Adapted to Screen: (2018)

Amnesia: Mystery Book of the Year (2018)

Cambria Hebert owns and operates Cambria Hebert Books, LLC.

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RELEASE BLITZ: A Cozy Holiday by Kels & Denise Stone

A Cozy Holiday by Kels & Denise Stone is now live! One grumpy city veterinarian. One hot single dad. And a winter cabin full of naughty decisions just waiting to happen, in this holiday novella by bestselling authors Kels & Denise Stone. After walking in on her boyfriend mid-thrust with someone who wasn’t her, Joy Winters is labeled an emotionally unavailable workaholic. One too many wines later, she drunkenly books a last-minute getaway as far from New York City as her dignity will take her. The reindeer sanctuary on the property needs a veterinarian. Joy is desperate for a distraction. Enter Jamie Wilder: mustache-haver, reindeer wrangler, and Joy’s host in Cranberry Hollow, Maine. He’s just trying to keep the sanctuary running and his twins happy through another chaotic holiday season—not fall for the snappy city vet. But as Joy throws herself into helping his animals, Jamie starts to feel that warm feeling he hasn’t felt in his heart (or other places) for a very long time. REVIEW Reviewer: Tammi Rating: 4 Groupie Stars Sweet Christmas story with a perfect mix of spicy. I was hookedfrom the start our poor workaholic heroine walks in on her boyfriend a comprising Christmas scene that made me giggle. That sent heroine in a tailspin that landed her volunteering at a reinder sanctuary. There she meets a hot single dad cowboy who changes her whole outlook on life.  I loved watching them fall and his adorable twins were icing on the cake. Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Amazon: https://bit.ly/4eTgoNN Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4kGO9U0

REVIEW: Mountain Grump by S.J. Tilly

The Park Ranger. And his curvy little obsession. Mountain Grump by @sjtillyauthor is now LIVE! Download today or read for FREE with #kindleunlimited Amazon: https://a.co/d/fpznqd7 Amazon Worldwide: https://mybook.to/OwK2Tz Paperback: https://bit.ly/3LNl6SW Discreet Hardcover: https://bit.ly/48kJ2pr Audible: https://bit.ly/4ig9dRL Narrated by Erin Mallon Connor Crais Goodreads: http://bit.ly/4mPpwX2 #sjtillymountainmen #mountaingrump #agegap #marriageofconvenience #grumpysunshine #valentineprlm @valentine_pr_ IG STORY Don't forget to tag @sjtillyauthor and @valentine_pr_ in your story posts! FACEBOOK Mountain Grump by S.J. Tilly is now live! Tilda I have a new house. Well, new to me. Just like living in my own place on the top of a mountain, rather than in a city apartment, is new to me. But it’s mine now because my Great Uncle Jack passed away, and he left me his freaking house. In Colorado. On the border of Lonely Peak State Park. But that’s not all he did. He also left a series of letters. A scavenger hunt of clues that leads me back to Vegas. To his lawyer’s office. To the reading of his will. Where I learn I must marry in order to keep my sudden inheritance out of the greedy hands of my family. And since they’re the worst, I only have one option. Ask the grumpy park ranger I just met to be my husband. Ethan Jack never lied. Not outright. But he did omit some things. Like the fact that his grandkid Matty is actually a fully grown woman named Matilda. And the fact that she looks like a walking, talking mountain fairy with her long purple hair and a wardrobe of lust-inducing dresses. He also failed to mention that he was setting us up. That he was setting all of this up. And now, when the woman I unwittingly agreed to watch out for stands before me, asking me to marry her, there’s only one answer I can give… Download today or read for FREE with #kindleunlimited

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Reviewer: Kim

Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

I’ve really feel in love with Mountain Men series and SJ Tilly’s writing. 

This book has me laughing throughout it. It’s was full on addictive story that was fun and very flirty. I loved the flaming connection towards both the characters and I loved it was such an easy read and was spicy hot to. 

The story did have alot of great twists and even though I found it an easy read I still felt like I was on a slight rollercoaster throughout the story .

Great book. 

 

RELEASE BLAST: Building Romance by S.E. Rose

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Release Date: November 17

Ever since Camryn Tanner went to culinary school, she knew she wanted to own a café. She’s worked at one

across from her apartment building for five years now, and the owner is ready to sell it. The question is: Can she

create the café of her dreams?

Fletcher McDowell comes from a long line of bakery owners. His father has tasked him with opening their

latest bakery in a trendy neighborhood in the city. After a playboy youth, Fletcher knows this might be his last

chance to prove himself to his father. There’s just one problem—the bakery across the street from his.

It doesn’t take long for Fletcher to meet his rival, a beautiful woman with a sharp tongue and baking skills that

far exceed anything his bakery can produce. Their rivalry is about to be tested when they are forced to work

together to win a baking competition.

With Camryn’s lucky saltshaker missing and the two enemies vying to gain insider information about each

other, the competition is off to a rocky start. But the true test is figuring out the sleeping arrangement when a

pipe burst leads to a shared room.

Will these two get over their enmity and work together to win? And can they stop themselves from falling for

their enemy in the process?

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Reviewer: Heidi

Rating: 5 Groupie Stars

We all have that go to movie well mine is “You’ve got mail” and this read was the bakery version of it therefore it’s now a firm favourite read 📚❣️


Cam runs a little cafe with the most delectable treats and now her little spot of heaven is under threat when a large company wants to open shop across the road from her so it’s to be expected that Fletcher is enemy number 1 but he’s so easy on the eye and he stirs things within her that she’s not wanting but wanting at the same time 🥰😂

Fletcher has lived a wild life but he’s come to his senses and wants to grow up in a sense so the place opening up has become his baby and he’s determined to prove himself but he didn’t bank on the little firecracker Cam is ….


Fletcher and Cam decide on a truce of sorts with an upcoming competition and they end up having to be partners when Cams assistant has a family emergency and it’s here where they work as a team and I couldn’t help myself but fall for Fletcher I mean hello he went in search of her sentimental salt shaker ! He’s a real softy and he went to great lengths in the end to win her over and my heart just melted 🥰

It was so much fun to catch up with old friends from the building , they’re more family that friends and we’re still trying to solve the mystery of who is leaving flowers in the bench ( will we ever find out ) little Ava is still a cutie and has her endearing ways and Liquorice the cat is still a source of entertainment 😉

This really is a feel good read where you can just get lost in a happy bubble and enjoy the delectable creations from the bakery -and laugh at the antics these people get up to 🫶🏼

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USA Today & International Bestselling romance author, S.E. Rose lives near Washington D.C. with her family.

When she's not wrangling her cats or keeping up with her kids, she's plotting her next story.

She loves all things wine, coffee, and cats.

In her non-existent free time, she enjoys traveling, going to concerts, binging on her favorite shows, and

reading, especially if it's a good mystery or comedy. 

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Release Blast: Naughty and Nice by Aleatha Romig

 

NAUGHTY AND NICE

Aleatha Romig

Release Date: November 17

Cartel romance, marriage of convenience, slow burn, protective hero, unexpected love, independent heroine, he falls first, age-gap, organized crime, morally gray hero, widow heroine, trauma recovery, dangerous romance

As a newly declared lieutenant in the Roríguez cartel, I’m told I need a wife. The cartel allegiance with the Luciano family has mandated multiple matrimonial mergers. However, I’m not looking for a wife in the true sense of the word. Liliana Ruiz has been in my life for years. I’d never before looked at her as a woman to pursue. When I first met her, she was damaged and timid.

Time allowed Liliana to grow into not only a beautiful woman, but an independent soul. She doesn’t want to marry, yet the time will come when it isn’t her choice. Maybe I can convince her to a mutually agreeable solution: marriage in name only.

Everything changes when danger threatens the Roríguez cartel.

Spend the holidays with the familiar characters from the Luciano famiglia and Roríguez cartel in this 34,000-word Brutal Vows novella—complete story with HEA.

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REVIEW

Reviewer: Tammi 

Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

This was a fun story! 

I am so happy to see a happy story for Liliana. I felt so sad for her in the other books. She was a horrible arranged marriage. 

Now she's a young window and finds a man she deserves.

Something I loved in the book was catching up with old friends meaning characters from other books in the series.

Loving this series and oping for more.

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Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns or her new lighter side, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams! 

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RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: Every Silent Lie by Jodi Ellen Malpas

 

Every Silent Lie by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live! In a world where love feels like a dangerous game, one woman must face her fears and a past that haunts her. Get ready to be swept away by a story of forgiveness, vulnerability, and the power of love in Every Silent Lie. Camryn Moore doesn’t do December. Not the parties. Not the memories. Not the pain. She buries herself in boardrooms by day and dirty martinis by night, trading connection for control. As a high-powered CFO, she’s unshakeable. Untouchable. But behind the sharp suits and sharper tongue is a woman slowly unravelling. Then she meets him. A stranger. A spark. A moment that should’ve meant nothing somehow changes everything. Dec is charming, handsome, reserved, and maddeningly perceptive. He seems to see every crack Camryn hides. But Dec isn’t just a man nursing his own ghosts. He’s hiding truths that could destroy whatever fragile trust is beginning to form between them. In a season she hates, Camryn might have to face the past she’s buried, the love she thought she’d never have, and the man who might just ruin her. Or save her. Download today! Amazon: https://geni.us/ESL_Amz Audible: https://geni.us/ESL_Audio Duet Narration by: Zara Hampton-Brown, Shane East & Chris Tester Goodreads: http://bit.ly/45a1fV3

REVIEW

Reviewer: Kim

Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

Every silent Lie is a very beautiful but heartbreaking story. 
I felt wrecked and torn apart throughout most the story. I had tears falling out my eyes and I couldn’t put the book down and then I’d be laughing and being uplifted again.. The angst was full loaded which I absolutely loved. 
The characters are well written and it was very easy to find a connection towards them and want the best for them. 
I love the authors writing and she always creates so many brilliant stories that a fully loaded rollercoaster, this book was no exception

 

REVIEW: The Rebel by Layla Hagen

 

⚜️𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 ⚜️ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔) by USA Today bestselling author Layla Hagen is now LIVE! 

 𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝! Also available in paperback and audio! 🔗Links in bio @laylahagen_author What to expect: ⚜️Billionaire Romance ⚜️Workplace Romance ⚜️Off Limits ⚜️He Falls First ⚜️Protector Vibes Blurb: In New Orleans, I'm known as the fun and laid-back LeBlanc brother. The Rebel CEO. I’m successful and determined, but I don't play by the rules. Heck, I don't even have rules except one. I never ever get involved with my assistants. After a very bad experience years ago, I know better than to mix business and pleasure. I've had no problems sticking to my rule until I hired Daisy. When I first meet her, I have no idea she’s my new temp assistant. I just set eyes on this gorgeous woman at my favorite coffee shop, and do what I do best: flirt with her like there's no tomorrow. When I realize my mistake, I change the tune. I'm cold and distant but my plan is not working. Not one bit. Whenever she steps into my office, all I think about is bending her over my desk. When she gives me sass, all I want is to cover her mouth with mine until she begs for more. Daisy is fun and unlike anyone I've met, and I gravitate toward her whether I want it or not. When she suddenly gets a call from home that her family needs help, I immediately take over. All lines blur, but one thing I know for sure, I won't let Daisy go. I just have to convince her that I'm the one. And I'm very convincing when I want to be. 

REVIEW

Reviewer: Chelsea

Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

We finally get into the mind of the Rebel CEO, Anthony LeBlanc! Anthony only has one rule for himself, and he never breaks it. The rule? Never sleep with your assistant! He learned the hard way years ago that mixing business and pleasure is never a good idea. 

Anthony is a bit of hard man to work for, that’s why he’s looking for a new assistant… again! Daisy moved from New Orleans for a job, but that didn’t work out. She finds herself working for Anthony, and they both realize that Anthony’s ONE rule is harder to stick to than they both thought. 

I loved getting more from this family!! This couple were so good together! I loved that they just had a pull between them! As always the family dynamic is consistent with all of Hagen’s books and we get to see the LaBlanc family a lot! I can’t wait for the next installment!!

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