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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Battle Born For You (Tell All Secrets Book 2) by Layla Lochran Blog Tour Stop: Battle Born for You Playlist and Review

 

We're excited to share with you the second book in Layla Lochran's Tell All Secrets series, BATTLE BORN FOR YOU! This second chance romance and continuation of Alexander and Liliana's story is available in eBook, Paperback, and Audiobook formats, grab your copy on Amazon today! 



Tell All Secrets Playlist



Greetings lassies! Music plays a large role in this series, so what better way to dive in than by creating a playlist you can interact with whilst you read. The order it’s listed in coincides with the plot from the beginning of Painting Her Fate and continues throughout Battle Born for You.

Check it out on Spotify. >>>  https://tinyurl.com/spotifyphfbbfy 


From Green Day, to Five Finger Death Punch, to Andy Grammar, and everything in between, each song plays tribute to the characters in the scenes they’re mentioned in. They tell of the emotion, the despair, the agony, and the love in that moment. A song can speak many words, captivate the listener in the adventure; they are stories in of themselves. Absolutely beautiful.



ABOUT THE BOOK



Battle Born for You
by Layla Lochran
(Tell All Secrets #2)

October 24, 2022

Alexander: Stumbling upon the one person you're missing in your life only to screw up and watch her walk away. It's Soul crushing. Heartbreaking. What Lili doesn't know is this Marine's endurance is untamable. I've been beaten down, now it's time to rise, or submit and lose it all. Do I succumb to the darkness and welcome the silence? My sunshine is shrouded in ominous blackness; the trust she placed on me now vanquished. She's gone and I fear my demons will find their way out.
Knock, knock. Poetry is my expression, only now that life is grim. I'm no longer in control. I do not want to hurt those I love, but I cannot keep afloat. I'm drowning, calling for help; the gun is in my hand and I'm eager to pull the trigger.

Liliana: He betrayed my trust and now my skeletons are out of the closet for all to see. If any of my secrets fall in the wrong hands, chaos would follow. I knew I could never love, so why does this hurt so? The monster is at the forefront of my mind, enjoying the game. Time to play. Can I trust Zander and his mates with their vow of protection? If I have learned anything, you should never question a Marine's promise. With music as my emotion, the songs playing behind the locked door tell me of a broken man's world. Sometimes it's the hero that needs saving, this be one of those times. Do not fret, Alexander, I'm going to save ye.




Paperback

Narrated by Joe Arden and Stella Hunter 


Other Titles by Layla Lochran

Painting Her Fate – Book 1 

Pre-order More for Me, Book #3 in the Tell All Secrets series – Coming 03/13/2023
Narrator announcement coming soon!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Layla Lochran is an international bestselling author best known for her Tell All Secrets suspenseful romance series and the Ambrota Defenders paranormal romance series.

Layla resides nestled in the woodlands of Western New York with her son and adopted pet, Kit Kat. School life is her passion, writing romance gives her satisfaction. She enjoys her family, musical instruments, festivals, and takes pride in being a volunteer LGBTQ+ youth counselor and advocator of Love is Love.  

Where you can find Layla Lochran…

Website Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok BookBub Pinterest Blog Goodreads | Email – laylalochran@gmail.com 

Tour-Wide Giveaway


To celebrate the release of Battle Born For You, Layla is giving away a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card to one reader during this blog tour! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form found in this post. Follow along with the Blog Tour for more chances to win daily. Good luck!




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REVIEW

PTSD and severe trauma has made it hard for Zander and Lili to find pleasure in life, much less make it easy for them to give themselves over to love. In Painting Her Fate, we see Lili’s steps to trust another with the demons from her past and let love in, In Battle Born for You we see Zander’s journey to do the same.

There is no doubt the couple fought long and hard against painful memories alone and they desperately need to feel safe and loved. As with Lili, Zander has a tough time of it, which is heart wrenching. He discovers Lili grounds him in the present and makes the pain bearable in the same way he did for her. The bond between Zander and Lili, and the fact their built trust can conquer feelings of inadequacy and silence their monsters, feels truly authentic. 

One thing I will say, some parts of the story felt slightly disjointed, Zander and Lili’s confrontation in the beginning especially. Then part of that conflict isn't really resolved and it feels like something big to just leave hanging. Maybe that resolution will come later, with an upcoming story. Meeting the people surrounding Zander and Lily, I am definitely on board to see where life takes them in the Tell All Secrets series. 

Also worth noting the audio narration for Battle Born for You is fantastic. This is a huge deal for me since I am an avid audiobook listener and bad narration can ruin the experience. With Battle Born for You that was not an issue.

Saturday, October 15, 2022

The Akseli (Aldebarian Alliance #4) by Dianne Duvall: Blog Tour Stop Author Scary Movies to Watch on Halloween and Review

Hello! Thank you for joining us! I’m happy to be here today, celebrating the release of THE AKSELI.  If you like action-packed sci-fi and paranormal romance with strong heroes, kick-ass heroines, loveable secondary characters, and lots of camaraderie and humorous banter, I think you’ll really enjoy Simone and Janwar’s story.  It’s a fun escape that follows a fierce warrior who leaves her vampire hunting days behind on Earth and embarks upon her first adventure in space. 


Speaking of vampire hunting, Halloween is just around the corner.  In addition to eating far too much candy, I always celebrate Halloween by indulging in horror movie marathons.  I love scary movies.  But many horror movies produced today are heavy on the gore with little in the way of suspense.  So today, I thought I would share a few movies that kept me glued to my seat and managed to give me the deliciously anxious feeling that horror movies used to inspire.  LOL

Scary Movies to Binge Watch on Halloween

COUNTDOWN


When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.

THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE


A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to
identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.

OUIJA: ORIGINS OF EVIL


In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.

AS ABOVE SO BELOW


When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

THE DESCENT


A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

THE RUINS


A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

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What about you? What are some of your favorite scary movies that left you looking over your shoulder?

Thank you again for joining us. If you’d like to read a fun preview of THE AKSELI, you can find one here.

I hope you’ll enjoy Simone and Janwar’s story!
I hope you’ll enjoy THE AKSELI!

The Akseli by Dianne Duvall Release Tour October 9 th - 15 th , 2022

Personal Assistant to New York Times Bestselling Author, Dianne Duvall

Email: crystal@dianneduvall.com
Website: https://dianneduvall.com/

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Akseli
(Aldebarian Alliance #4)
by Dianne Duvall
Release Date: October 11th , 2022

New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the next stand-
alone novel in a thrilling new sci-fi romance series full of action and humor.
Simone has hunted and slain psychotic vampires night after night for hundreds of years and desperately needs a change. When the leader of the Immortal Guardians offers her an opportunity to guard ten mortal women who are venturing to another planet, she dives right in and finds traveling into space and meeting amazing alien races just as exciting as she'd hoped… until an enemy attacks. Simone saves everyone she can before she's thrust into an escape pod and the ship explodes. Alone, fearing some—if not all—of her friends have been killed, she vows to seek vengeance.

Despite his fierce reputation and propensity for violating the law, Janwar has formed a friendship with strait-laced Prince Taelon of Lasara. When the prince's ship is destroyed, Janwar joins the massive Aldebarian Alliance-wide search and rescue mission and soon locates the Gathendien ship that launched the attack.  An odd thing happens, however, as he and his crew stealthily approach it.  The lifeforms inside begin to perish, two or three at a time in quick succession.  Much to his surprise, someone else has reached the ship first: one of the very Earth women he hoped to rescue.

Fascinatingly fierce, Simone bands together with Janwar and his crew to search for her missing friends and wreak havoc upon those who wish to harm them. She also widens eyes, drops jaws, and sparks laughter and mischief as she banishes the warriors' world-weariness and makes each day seem like a new adventure. The friendship that grows between Janwar and Simone swiftly deepens into love. But the enemy warriors they face are tenacious and boast more weapons in their arsenal than the alliance knows. Can Janwar, Simone, and such a small crew vanquish them?

TOUR-WIDE GIVEAWAY: To celebrate the release of The Akseli, Dianne Duvall will be giving away a Prize Pack to (2) two separate readers (US only please) AND a $25 Amazon Gift Card to (2) two separate readers! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form found in this post. Follow along with the Blog Tour at DianneDuvall.com for more chances to win daily. Good luck!


REVIEW

The Askeli is the latest installment of the Aldebarian Alliance series.  This world continues to develop in fascinating ways, and although every book can be read as a standalone, I am a true believer in experiencing the entire journey. The world of the Gifted Ones and Immortal Guardians is a great lead up to the Alderbarian Alliance, so definitely read them all if you can.  Simone and Janwar’s story is true to form for Dianne Duvall, I was immediately drawn in by them.  Her characters are always highly charismatic, genuinely honorable, and extremely compassionate.  I love that I can laugh out loud with them in addition to feeling great empathy for the difficulties they must confront.   Simone and Janwar are an arresting couple, they respect and trust each other and feel like they truly belong together.  And boy can they kick some serious butt.  I would highly recommend this to any lover of a great sci fi fantasy romance with amazing action.