BooksGloriousBooks Newsletter 8 September2023
Sep 08, 2023 4:06 am
Hi Everyone
We are now into our second week in Cairns and having a wonderful time although it goes far too quick.
It has been a somewhat busy week with a couple of appointments needed to rectify a problem with my eye. I have very little sight in my right eye and it had dramatically diminished. Thankfully, I was able to get into a specialist and all has been corrected.
Don't forget to grab your copy of Bred to be Owned-A Mafia Anthology that contains the first chapters of Property of Benvolio for you to check out. Property of Benvolio is now live on pre-order for a release date of 1 March 2024.
Heartbreak in Hobart Town will be live on 15 September. I thoroughly enjoyed telling this story based on fact and I hope readers will enjoy learning a little about Australia's dark past. The Lady is in Charge is also another loosely based on fact and this time, it is Sydney's history in the 1920s.
An exciting new series has begun in the Western Historical Genre. My story is A Cowboy for Corrine and will be live on 4 December 2023. This series has the very best of Western Historical writers so be sure to check it out.
At the end of this email are links for my books that are now available across all platforms and more are being added as they come out of Kindle Unlimited.
As usual, enjoy the wonderful selection of books I have for you again this week from Andrea, Lainey, Book Funnel and other authors.
Until next time, keep your loved ones close because once they are gone, a huge void is left behind.
Thank you so very much for your support.
Sue
https://linktr.ee/SusanHorsnell
Release Date: 15 September 2023
In the unforgiving landscape of Van Diemens Land, Millie finds herself burdened with the consequences of a childhood whim. At the tender age of 11, she was transported to the harsh and unfamiliar place, where hope dwindles with each passing day.
As the years pass, Millie endures cruel treatment and hardships, surrounded by a society that shows little mercy to those who have fallen from grace. Her spirit remains unyielding, but her heart yearns for kindness and compassion.
John, a man with a good heart and a strong sense of justice, crosses paths with Millie unexpectedly. Drawn to her vulnerability and resilience, he sees beyond the circumstances that have brought her to the desolate land. His acts of kindness and unwavering belief in her goodness gradually began to chip away at the walls Millie has built around herself.
However, Millie refuses to become a burden to John. She can't bear the thought of jeopardizing his reputation in the budding new community. Despite the growing affection between them, she refuses to allow John to become entangled in her web.
John is captivated by the strength that lies beneath Millie’s waif-like exterior and is willing to do whatever it takes to protect her and keep her safe.
Amidst the struggles of their own hearts, a jealous rival emerges from the shadows. This adversary, fuelled by envy and spite, is determined to destroy any chance of happiness for Millie, and as events spiral out of control, she again finds her life hanging by a thread. Will John again prove to be her savior?
Will Millie finally allow herself to be loved?
A combination of factual history set against the backdrop of a harsh period in time in Van Diemens Land, Australia, and a story of love that conquers adversity.
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Release Date: 27 October 2023
By day, in 1925, Sydney, Australia was a beautiful, young, thriving city.
By night, the seedy underbelly came to life.
The lady in charge of that underbelly, known as the Queen of King’s Cross, was Angeline Dumont.
No one questioned her word and lived.
No one dared to invade her realm.
Until Sam Arnold stepped into her life.
Sam was the King of Woolloomooloo, and as the pair expanded their reach, it was inevitable they would cross paths.
Could these two enemies come to an understanding?
Who is lurking in the background with the power to bring both to their knees?
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Corrine sat at her desk, her eyes fixed on the advertisement she had just finished drafting. The words poured out, a heartfelt plea for help disguised as a request for companionship.
After the loss of her husband, she found herself overwhelmed with the responsibilities of running a ranch and raising two young boys. She needed a partner, someone who could share the load and bring happiness back into their lives.
Waylon ‘Lonnie’ Cadogan had been a fisherman for years, and he was ready to move on and make changes in his life.
A chance flip through a magazine, left on the table of the boarding house where he lived, had him putting pen to paper and answering Corrine’s plea for a cowboy.
Fate seemed to bring these two together, but would an innocent omission finish them before they even got started?
When a shadow from Corrine's past emerges, a dark cloud is cast over their newfound happiness. Will someone filled with resentment and jealousy, endanger her life and destroy their blossoming love?
A Cowboy for Corrine is a tale of love, resilience, and the courage to embrace change, even when life's twists and turns threaten to tear everything apart.
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What would it be like to be born into a family that still believes in the old-world rules and laws?
Knowing that your life was already planned out for you.
Would you agree and let tradition rule your life or would you fight it ?
Check out these stories from these 9 authors as they tell you which side of tradition they believe in.
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My Story - PROPERTY OF BENVOLIO
Release Date: 1 March 2024
When Elijah Ashe becomes indebted to Enzo Abruzzenesa—the Don of a powerful mafia family, an agreement is made for repayment to take place in the future.
Two decades later, the time has come, and Enzo calls in Elijah’s debt.
Nikita Ashe would rather see both men rot in hell before she is forced into marriage with a stranger—Or so she thought.
She will not be a party to the conditions of a draconian agreement sealed on a handshake between two chauvinistic men.
Benvolio Abruzzenesa was raised knowing Nikita Ashe would become his property, and when the time came, he would have no choice but to honour his father's order to take her as his wife. He did everything in his power to change the terms of the agreement, but his father stood firm.
How were two people, who hated each other on sight, supposed to accept and weather a marriage made in hell?
Despite how they both felt, they realised they were powerless to refuse the demands of their fathers.
Benvolio’s refusal would bring his father, and their family, humiliation in the mafia world.
Nikita’s refusal would seal her father's fate and he would face death on Enzo’s orders.
Although the situation was not one of their making, the marriage takes place and Nikita becomes known in the dark underworld as 'The Property of Benvolio.’ Word spreads that she is not to be touched, but the wife of a future Don proves to be the opportunity enemies have been waiting for and when her life is in danger it’s a race against time.
Set in Australia and written in Australian English.
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This Novella was previously part of the Caught By You, charity Anthology.
Quinley
That was my real name, but I used a nickname for when I competed.
Born into family with a famous name, I hid my true identity.
I loved endurance rides. There was nothing more exhilarating.
Days in the saddle over rugged terrain. The ultimate test of horse and rider.
Only the cream of the crop were competing in this particular six day race.
Six riders would be selected to represent Australia at the next Olympic Games.
I was determined to be one of them. What I hadn’t counted on was him.
Jackson was disturbingly attractive.
From the first time I saw him on his stunning American Quarter horse,
I knew he could be my biggest threat and my greatest distraction.
The attraction between us so powerful,
it had the potential to destroy all my hopes and dreams.
Jackson
I was competitive by nature.
With my American Quarter horse stallion Whiskey,
we were unstoppable,
I’d entered this six day endurance race to win.
Six of the best would qualify for the Olympics team. I was going to be one of them.
Then she appeared on that dainty Arabian mare. Beautiful. A distraction.
She was my biggest rival. Just as competitive as me.
The attraction between us was intense.
She had the power to make me forget about everything but her.
I should stay away from her. I was here to win. She wasn’t on my agenda,
But from that first kiss, her lips scorched me. I wanted her.
She was dangerous. A threat.
The question was, would I be able to control myself?
I was here to win an endurance race, not win this woman’s heart.
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*****
Time stands still for no one, including an immortal.
Celeste Clarke is just a plain ordinary woman with one extra ordinary skill. She can spot a true piece of antiquity a mile away. When she’s offered a job in Norway her first thought was to turn it down, but she convinces herself that it’s time for a fresh start. She was in a dead-end job with no family to worry about and not looking for a relationship.
Damon, handsome dragon shifter, is on a new quest to save the world, not finding a lover. He’s just been informed that the Stone of Fal, also known as the Stone of Destiny, might be in the hands of his worst enemy, Leif Oskar.
Leif wants the treasure for himself so he can have total control over the human race. He offers Celeste a job in the hopes she can find the Destiny stone and weed out all the fakes.
She sets out but soon crosses paths with Damon who convinces her to shift her alliances and that’s when the trouble starts. They have to find the stone before the Dragon Solstice or run the risk of losing it to their enemies forever.
They never figure on running into two of the Originals along the way.
Will they win the day or will the Crone of Sennen and her new unwilling partner, Leif Oskar, take over both worlds?
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*****
NYPD's elite unit, the Interceptor's have eradicated Manhattan Jacks the famous serial killers or have they.
The Court of Skulls want revenge on the unit and will stop at nothing to kill each and every member of the Interceptors.
They'll even goes as far as to unleash the most deadly adversary that Lieutenant Valente and the unit has ever faced.
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*****
Painting a man on canvas isn't the same as painting him into your dreams...
It’s all about the art for Angie, who is improving her creative talents as she begins a new post-divorce life. She has a new studio apartment and a new job, and now the chance to pursue her real love – painting. She’s joined a class, hoping to improve her already impressive skills, and on this day, there’s a live model. He’s a work of art, as everyone can see when he drops his robe.
Juan is fine with modeling like this, he’s proud of his body and works hard to keep in shape. But today, his attention is all for the blonde trying not to blush as she paints him. There’s something appealing about her, and when he bumps into her later, they agree to meet for a meal. Angie isn’t looking for anything serious; Juan is tired of the run-of-the-mill dates he’s been having lately. Could this be the start of a new future for Angie, or a step toward more pain?
They’re both going to have to take a good hard look at the picture they make, and ask themselves if it’s going to be a masterpiece, or something not worth keeping...
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*****
A year after her twin sister’s brutal rape and murder, Celeste is still trying to navigate through life and college. One day she hears her sister Stormi’s voice and thinks she’s finally gone off the rails.
Stormi convinces Celeste that she is indeed “back” and the two pick up where they left off – doing antics that only twins are famous for, including trading places. Then, Celeste shows Stormi a video game ad and their lives change forever when Stormi answers the ad and decides to take vengeance on the man who killed her.
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*****
All his life, Stephen has felt an affinity for being submissive.
On the outside, he is normal in all ways, but inside his mind, he wants to have someone dominate him.
One night his brother introduces him to a BDSM club where his eyes were opened to his life long desires, lighting a fire within his soul.
Mistress Amelie, who, despite her own issues, agrees to train him as a submissive.
Soon, Stephen begins to develop feelings for Amelie.
Will she reciprocate?
Can they work this relationship out?
Will each fulfill the needs of the other?
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*****
San Diego is the setting for this mystery with a twist of suspense, adventure, and a little spice.
Amy Stevens sets out to find answers to what's behind the fragmented nightmares haunting her since childhood.
Celebrating her fifth birthday, a trip to the beach just below Tijuana ended in tragedy with her father and older sister missing and her mother institutionalized suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Soon after turning eighteen, Amy endures the heartache of having her father and sister declared legally dead allowing closure with that part of her past.
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*****
I'm the half-demon vigilante out to punish bad men and demons. So can anyone tell me how the hell I ended up getting myself a date with the Devil?
The name's Lady, and I'm the half-demon hand of justice determined to send every bad bro and gross demon back to Hell where they belong--and in the most painful way possible. It was a good gig before Nova showed up, my dream demon stalker. Now thanks to my history of crappy luck and shady demon blood, I've lost everything.
Demons are seriously bad news, and this Nova jerk isn't any different. But lucky for him, our endgame is the same. So, I've teamed up with the very thing I hunt to dethrone the wicked witch ruling the dark underworld. Let's hope I live to celebrate it because the road to Hell is paved with sinful temptation and deep, dark secrets.
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*****
A hero’s hurt heart. An anonymous text chat. Can they find love on the phone?
"...wonderfully written and a page-turner." ~ Goodreads Review
When former Marine Justin Davis moves back to Live Oak to take over the family bakery, he has a hidden agenda —Farrah Ford. But Justin’s heart is badly scarred, and feeling out Farrah first is necessary.
His plan is simple. When Farrah enters the bakery, have his employee Bobby tell her about a job opening. Once he gets her phone number, he’ll pique her curiosity with a text message from a mysterious man and find out if Farrah can restore his faith.
Can they find love on a phone?
"Totally freaking cute a@@ book." ~ Goodreads Review
In this RomCom of hilariously witty, fantastically sexy, and endearingly romantic banter, Jessika Klide will have you swooning one second and laughing out loud the next as Farrah Ford falls in love with the mystery man via text messaging and adore the way a scarred hero’s heart is healed and his trust in love is restored.
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*Originally published in 2018. This is an updated, edited version containing 33% more words and additional scenes.
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*****
LOVE is the word… 23 romance authors have come together with Grease inspired stories for Hopelessly Devoted, an event anthology to benefit women’s cancer research.
Our Grease inspired stories will have your mind rockin’ and reeling with second chances, friends to lovers, workplace romance, insta-love, shifters, and more. There’s something for everyone in this mixed sub-genre romance anthology.
Women helping women: All royalties from the sales of this anthology will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Women’s Cancer Research Foundation (Gynecological Cancer Research), both 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Design, photography, formatting, and promotion services have all been donated to allow all royalties to be donated. Please help support the cause and one-click now.
Featured Authors:
Raine Miller Naomi Springthorp Amanda Shelley Finley Brown
Michelle Fernandez Tonya Clark Roxanne Tully Ember-Raine Winters
Denise Wells Lane Martin C.L. Collier Claire Davon Rayne Elizabeth
Luna Joya Joy Eileen Rachel Radner Teri Kay Kenzie Rose
Danielle Wright Ashlee Lynn Stormy Winds M.A. Lee
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*****
Is love better the second time around or are we just repeating past mistakes? How do you know if you are falling back into bad habits or falling into your happily ever after?
Find out in this spicy collection containing enticing stories from USA Today best-selling and award-winning romance authors curated by The New Romance Cafe, with ALL proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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Words have the power to bind you or break you...
Sometimes you meet someone who has the potential to change your life entirely, but the timing isn’t right.
Kelly
The first time I met Nathan Harrison I drunkenly exclaimed I was going to climb him like a mountain. But when I found out he lived halfway across the country I didn’t think I’d ever see him again. Until he found me crying at my brother’s wedding and showed me what it was like to be with a man who thrived on control. After an eye-opening weekend, I knew I didn’t want anyone else, but our lives were in different places. Fate had other plans when circumstances brought us back together for longer than a few steamy hours.
Nathan
Kelly Stineman was a temptation I found hard to deny. I tried to ignore my attraction, but when the obstacles keeping us apart fell away for a few stolen weeks at her brother’s house in rural Connecticut, I knew resisting her was futile. Introducing her to my world of forbidden desires, we both found solace and strength in one another. She was the one woman I’d ever felt truly comfortable submitting control to. Letting go of our fears brought new possibilities for a future that bound us together in a way neither of us ever imagined. When ghosts from our pasts threatened to drive us apart, would we be able to resist the pull?
Bound by Words is the 3rd book in the Dirty Words Series of interconnected stand alones.
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*****
FROM STORY ORIGIN
When Jesse Travers' father dies, he leaves her with a bankrupt ranch and a deep well of distrust.
Shunned by the village for her outlaw brother's deeds, Jesse is not sorry to hear he's been killed while robbing a bank. Strangely enough, it's the man who shot him who brings her the news. Even more strange is this latecomer's willingness to help her put her ranch back on solid footing. Lacking any other options and loving her canyon home, Jesse overcomes her trepidation and accepts his help.
Irish immigrant Adam Donovan inherited the gift of empathy from his Celtic forebears, and it's not long before he ferrets out Jesse's secret: she's been deeply traumatized by abuse.
As they work together to improve her ranch, Jesse begins to trust Adam and feels the first stirrings of
love―an experience she's never known before. Then, as if to tell her she is unworthy of happiness, her
past rises up with a vengeance and she is left with a terrible choice: retreat to a life of solitude and
shame, or reveal her tragic secret in the minuscule hope of saving her relationship with Adam Donovan.
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Four years.
It's been four years since Olivia ghosted Dax as he departed for Marine Boot Camp.
Now a Lance Corporal, easy-going Dax "D" Cameron is shocked when the woman who left him with a shattered heart is standing before him.
The mix of fury and desire that bubble inside him rocks him to his core. Yet he's stationed stateside for the meantime, and if Olivia can explain herself well enough, it might help him finally get over her.
Which would be good, because his new training can't allow for any distractions. Let alone the buxom, golden, chestnut haired woman from his past. Any mess up or mistake can bring disaster for his entire squad.
When Olivia Hastings turns around to find Dax standing in front of her, she can't believe her eyes. It's the same Dax, only more muscular and his laid-back smile is wiped from his face. He seems larger somehow, and his presence after so long tears her words from her lips.
While she does owe him an explanation, he owes her one as well, because he bailed on her to join the Marines without even asking her what she thought about the idea or how it might affect their relationship. And now that she has a possessive ex dogging her heels, the last thing she needs is to have her emotions riled up by Dax's reappearance.
Because he's more irresistible now than he had been before he left.
Four years, however, wasn't enough time to extinguish the heat between them. And when they make their apologies, sparks fly even hotter than they had in the past.
But it turns out Olivia's ex is more than just an irritation -- he's dangerous. And when his jealously gets out of control, both Olivia and Dax are in his sights.
Can Dax and Olivia overcome their haunting past and her dangerous ex? Or will the challenges be too much for them to bear?
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If you crave heroic military men, passionate romance, and a lot of realistic Marine action, you'll love M.D. Dalrymple’s Marine Corps romance, Her Irresistable Guardian!
Start the Men in Uniform: Marines series today!
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*****
Coal
I'm the top wolf fighter in the Lunar City Fight League. Thirty wins, zero losses.
That’s why I get targeted.
I have to throw my next fight, let the underdog win. That’s the only way I’ll get my baby sister back from the gangsters who kidnapped her. But things don’t go as planned when the bait wolf brought into the ring turns out to be my fated mate.
Ember
This is my last night. I'm sure of it.
I've been kept in a cell for months now, only brought out to stoke the competitive flames of the alphas on their fight nights. I'm a realist; one more fight will kill me.
But when the huge alpha, Coal—The Redwood—Kent sets eyes on me and loses all control of his senses, he doesn’t put me in harm's way, quite the opposite.
Coal will stop at nothing to protect me and keep me, even if that means losing everything that matters to him. But that is, of course, if I will let him...
Bait Wolf is the first in a series of dark wolf shifter romances with a focus on fated mates and found family.
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*****
I don’t fall to my death: I jump.
There are these defying moments in everyone’s lives, those intense few seconds, or even less, when you have to make a decision with your heart, quicker than your brain is able to process things.
And in those milliseconds, your heart makes up your mind for you.
Your heart knows.
Well, it always has known, it’s just that now you know too.
Your stupid, stupid brain catches up.
The day my father died, that was the day that my heart stopped believing in God.
Two years later, when I was almost eighteen, the girl I had given my heart to, left me without a word of warning or explanation. That was the day that my heart stopped beating.
And now, four years after that, this is what my heart does: It tells me to jump.
I am standing on the edge of a cliff, in one of the most beautiful places in the world. But my heart is racing, my stomach is churning and cold sweat drenches the back of my neck. I look down. Ten meters or more of solid, jagged-sharp rocks and then a glittering emerald pool of water at the bottom.
And also, she. She is at the bottom, in the water. In danger.
She.
The girl whose name I can’t even mention in my own private thoughts, or it will destroy me, the girl who ripped out my heart and ruined my life.
That girl.
In the water. Ten meters below the cliffs. And that’s when I know it.
My body hits the cold, freezing water. It’s hard and solid like cement, and pain shoots up my entire body as the breath catches in my throat.
And then there’s nothing.
The pop idol. Everyone knows my name. Everyone knows my story, how I started from nothing and shot to stardom within a few years. I sell out stadiums within hours. I have everything, or so people think. What they don’t know is that everything is fake. My music, my success, my smiles. Even my name. I had to change it four years ago, when a girl broke my heart and ruined my life.
I am starting a new tour in a few months, and I need at least five new songs. Problem is? I can’t write a single note. I am blocked.
The hired help. I met her when we were both sad teens, each lost in our own tragedies. But with her, I came alive. We forged a bond that I thought would last a lifetime. I used to look at her and think that I could never stop. Then, one day, she told me she never wanted to see me again. And now, four years later? My team of assistants (ex-assistants, I should say, as they will all be fired soon) have hired an English lit student to help me out of my creative block. She is good, they say, she has won awards for her poetry. A genius of her generation.
But when I see her? It’s her. The girl who destroyed me.
The girl who stopped loving me on a whim and disappeared, taking my dreams with her.
It’s four years later, and it’s four years too soon to be seeing her again.
She pierced my heart.
She ruined my life.
I hate her.
But when I look at her, she’s not the girl I hate: She is the girl who used to be my reason for existing.
Pierce Me is a second-chance angsty romance about a pop idol and the girl who destroyed him. Prepare to be destroyed. The darkness will be off the charts with this one -but so will the hope. So will the heat. So will the love.
Pierce Me is a hate-to-love, angsty, second chance romance filled to the brim with darkness, romance and hope
Tropes: pop idol romance, K-pop, enemies to lovers, tortured boys, found family, Jane Austen retelling, cute dog.
CW for traumatic childhood events. No graphic scenes, but lots of angst. Contact the author for a detailed list.
Pierce Me is book one of the Heartbreaker duology.
The duology has a HAE and no cliffhangers.
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*****
In Playing With Fire, Book 2 of the martial arts series, Era Capoeira, we meet Javier Martínez and Luna Michaels. Their story begins with a one night stand. The connection between them is instantaneous. One look into her golden-brown eyes and Javier is hooked. The problem was that he had no business being attracted to Luna or any other woman for that matter, right now. His trip to London was supposed to be a short one. Javier’s life at home in Spain and the past he was still dealing with, ensured that he would stick to that plan.
Luna had been to many of the Capoeira workshops at the school she’d been a part of for years. They were the highlight of the season and she always looked forward to them. This year, however, she meets one particular invitee, who she simply cannot resist, nor does she want to.
When their one night of passion comes to an end, Javier walks away from it feeling guilt-ridden, and Luna, with a little surprise.