Book Blitz: Who Will Save Your Soul by Skye Warren + Giveaway (INTL)

Hi everyone and welcome to the book blitz of Who Will Save Your Soul by Skye Warren. I'm currently reading this short story collection so expect a review to be coming up as well.

Who Will Save Your Soul: And Other Dangerous Bedtime Stories
Skye Warren
Publication date: April 14th 2020
Genres: Adult, Romance

Features four novellas by New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren. Each standalone story ends in a happily ever after.
WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL
Emily’s a pathological liar. When her life is at stake, will anyone believe her?
MAFIA CINDERELLA
One dress. One dance. Lucia has one chance to change her life—and the lives of her family.
BEDTIME STORY
Jessica is on the run when her car breaks down. A small town sheriff can’t be her knight in shining armor.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
Cold. Rough. Merciless. The foreman of the construction crew is going to make her pay every last cent.

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EXCERPT:

“What are you doing here?” I sputter.
He lifts a crystal tumbler, one finger of some no-doubt expense liquor at the bottom. “Having a drink. You said the kitchen was off limits, but I was thirsty. Hope this is okay.”
His twinkling dark eyes tell me he knows it’s not okay.
Challenge lights the air between us, electric and hot. Part of me wants to pick up the phone on the side table and call mother. The second she knows he’s stomped all over her oriental rugs with his muddy work boots, he’s fired.
That would be a cheap win, though. Too easy. Too banal. Besides, I like the thought of him stomping all over her oriental rugs with his muddy work boots.
“Of course,” I say, sarcasm sharpening my words. “We always offer gardeners top shelf vodka.”
He merely lifts a dark eyebrow. How is it possible for eyebrows to look low class? His do. They’re a mess, broad and unruly. I want to run my tongue over them, smooth them out.
“Do you always show up half-dressed for them, too?” he asks in a musing tone. “Because that’s a real perk. They should put that in their classified ad.”
My cheeks burn hot as I realize how little I’m wearing. The bath towel covers from the slope of my breasts to the tops of my thighs. It’s held together by so little—only the tuck of terry cloth. If it came undone right now I’d be naked in front of him.
“Tell me your name,” I demand, lifting my chin.
“So you can tell your mother about me?”
“Maybe I will.”
“And if I tell her that you came downstairs in only a towel? That you tried to have sex with me? That you were the one who drank half the bottle of scotch?”
My mouth drops open. “That’s a lie.”
“Does that surprise you? That other people lie, too?” He must see the shock on my face; his smile is smile and smug. “Yes, I know about you. Poor little Emily Coulter, can’t tell the truth to save her life.”
A knot around my throat, pulled taut by thick dirt-stained fingers. “How would you know that?” That’s my family’s dirty little secret, but not the worst one. Not by far.
“I know lots of things.”
“And anyway, why are you back already? It’s only been three days. The hedges don’t need to be trimmed every damn day.”
His smile comes slow. “You don’t trust me?”
“Not as far as I could throw you.”
There’s something strange about him, something a little dangerous.
Unfortunately that only makes me like him more.

Author Bio:
Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance. Her books have sold over one million copies. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.

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Review: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Title: Chain of Gold
Author: Cassandra Clare
Series: The Last Hours #1
Publication: March 3rd 2020 by Simon & Schuster Export
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical
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Rating: 5/5★

From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand-new trilogy where evil hides in plain sight and the only thing more dangerous than fighting demons is falling in love. Chain of Gold is a Shadowhunters novel.
Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while, she must hide her secret love for James, who is sworn to marry someone else.

But Cordelia's new life is blown apart when a shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. These monsters are nothing like those Shadowhunters have fought before--these demons walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill. London is immediately quarantined. Trapped in the city, Cordelia and her friends discover that their own connection to an dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers--and force a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel price of being a hero.

Cassandra Clare has been a favorite author of mine for years. Sooo many years. I was even lucky enough to meet her at a book event once so whenever she has a new book out I need to buy it as soon as possible. I have absolutely loved every single book she's written before and Chain of Gold wasn't an exception at all.

I was especially excited for this book because it's set at the London institute during the Edwardian era and the history geek inside me can't get enough of that. Also, I will always jump at the chance to read more about Will (who's a sexy silver fox now) and Tessa's married life even though they were secondary characters in this book. They're forever my faves and nothing will change that. I really lived for their appareances, especially the scenes together they had. Jem also appeared quite a few times and it took everything in me not to cry. I should really re-read The Infernal Devices at some point.

But this time around the story is more about Tessa and Will's children, James and Lucie Herondale. It's also about Cordelia Carstairs who has traveled to London with her older brother and mother. I knew beforehand that I would love James and Lucie. But I absolutely adored Cordelia too. She was just so awesome and badass with her sword Cortana. 

I also loved the Merry Thieves, which along with James was a group of his friends. In the group were his parabatai Matthew Fairschild, Chrisopher Lightwood and Thomas Lightwood. They were awesome. How could I not love them. Especially Matthew, who is precious and needs to be protected at all cost.

Aside from all the characters that I loved (and some I didn't because there need to be villains of course) there was a lot of action, humor, unexpected twists and romance. But oh the romance... Cassandra Clare really knows how to write good kissing scenes. I may have totally melted at one and god I need more!

What else can I say? Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare actually blew me away. It's definitely one of the best Shadowhunter books I have read and I'm already absolutely dying for the next one. The wait will be so horrible because I couldn't get enough of the characters, setting and just everything!

About the author:
Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood travelling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler where she spent a month living in her father’s backpack. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old.

Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called “The Beautiful Cassandra” based on a Jane Austen short story of the same name (and which later inspired her current pen name).

After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again.

Cassie’s first professional writing sale was a short story called “The Girl’s Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord” in a Baen anthology of humor fantasy. Cassie hates working at home alone because she always gets distracted by reality TV shows and the antics of her two cats, so she usually sets out to write in local coffee shops and restaurants. She likes to work in the company of her friends, who see that she sticks to her deadlines.

City of Bones was her first novel.
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Review: The Plummery Collection by Merry Sparrow

Title: The Plummery Collection: Three Short Stories of Adventures in Bondage & Discipline Erotica

Author: Merry Sparrow

Publication: March 31st 2020

Genre: Erotica

Purchase it on: Amazon

Rating: 3/5★

Welcome to the Plummery, where the feel-good bedtime stories never end. This collection of adventurous tales will keep you entertained in poetic and erotic ways until your destination is complete. There are three interracial charmers here - frothing with domination, whips, restraints, and clean fun. These stories feature a photographer and his muse (on the edge of her seat), a Traveller thief and the dreadful drawer of toys (oh, what cruel fates await), and a felon's wife with an accidental big surprise (be careful what you wish for)! A tantalizing journey awaits. Jump in - and enjoy!

I kind of jumped on the chance to review this book. It seemed like a great collection and I do enjoy books that feature bondage in one way or another. So I thought why not and decided to start it right away since I just finished another book. The three stories were all pretty short so I could finish the whole book in one sitting, which I really liked.

In general I liked all three of the stories. Of course it's normal that I liked some more than others. But to pick a favorite I've got to say that the second one I enjoyed the most. That's not to say that the others weren't fun to read and hot as fuck because they certainly were.

I, for sure, liked the collection but it didn't went beyond three stars for me. It was one of those "no plot, just penis books'. I don't mean this in a negative way at all because I really enjoy those since they're fun and take my mind off of things that might be going on in real life (especially these days) and this book really does that perfectly.

Overall, The Plummery Collection was a fun and erotic romp of three short stories that each have something for every reader that's a fan of the genre. If you want to read something short and kinky as hell then this is your book.