Cover Reveal: The Things that Stayed by Claudia Burgoa

 

THE THINGS THAT STAYED

Claudia Burgoa

Release Date: December 11 

Meet Claudia Burgoa:

Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author. 

She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their
breaths away. Her books are the perfect blend of steamy and heartfelt, filled with
emotional characters and explosive chemistry. Her writing takes readers to new heights,
providing a variety of tears, laughs, and shocking moments that leave fans on the edge
of their seats.

She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, her youngest two children, and three fluffy dogs.

When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family.
At nights, she likes to binge watches shows or movies with her equally geeky husband.

Connect with Claudia Burgoa:

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Blurb:

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Pre-Order Link:

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Release Blitz: Whispers of Power by Rory Miles

 

WHISPERS OF POWER

Rory Miles

Release Date: October 28 

Meet Rory Miles:

Rory Miles is an avid reader, consumer of chocolate, and lover of cats. Her books can best be

described as snarky with a healthy amount of romance.

Connect with Rory Miles:

https://www.instagram.com/rorymilesauthor/

Blurb:

Graduating from Diremount University is the ultimate test of paranormal
abilities, but this university isn’t just a training ground, it’s a battlefield.

Between dodging silver daggers in class, avoiding any discussion of becoming a

central bond, and fighting off mean girls, my first year at Diremount University

is eventful to say the least.

Toss in some good old paranormal classism, and Diremount becomes my living nightmare.

But I have bigger problems: my twin sister is missing and I can’t use my magic.

To find my sister, I need to graduate, and to graduate I need to learn to

control my powers. . . but the harder I try to use my magic, the more

I’m beginning to think I don’t have any.

And because I have the absolute worst luck, one incident places me

among the top-ranking students and turns me into enemy number one.

Honestly, I’m beginning to think the goddess really, really doesn’t like me because

if all of that weren’t bad enough, the four most powerful men at the university

can’t seem to leave me alone.

Drake, the mage with a grumpy demeanor, wants me gone.

Bellamy, the cocky but handsome vamp, wants to borrow a vein.

Carver, the professor with a hard exterior, wants me out of his way.

And for whatever reason, Rowan, the shifter who knows my darkest secret,

wants to protect me.

Now not only am I fighting to survive this deadly university, I’m also trying to

avoid their attention because the only thing worse than never seeing my

twin again is being trapped in a bond I don’t want.

This is book 1 of a slow burn paranormal academy romance. This series is a

why choose romance, which means there will be multiple love interests and

the happily ever after will be with all of them by the end of the series.

This book will end on a cliffhanger.

Buy Link:

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Release Blitz: Love Me Wicked by Melissa Foster

 

LOVE ME WICKED

Melissa Foster

Release Date: October 28 

  

   

Meet Melissa Foster:

NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Download FREE first in series! www.MelissaFoster.com/LIBFree 

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Sign up for Melissa's newsletter: www.MelissaFoster.com/Newsletter 

Melissa writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women's fiction with

emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore

Melissa's fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM

featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summers, Bayside Summers, Harborside

Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, Tru Blue and the Whiskeys, the Wickeds, and the Montgomerys.

Melissa's emotional journeys are always family oriented. Perfect beach reads for contemporary romance

lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy and blue-collar heroes and smart, sassy, and empowered

heroines with complex and relatable issues.

Melissa also writes sweet romance with no harsh language or explicit scenes under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa's interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side

of life, and enjoying beach life on Cape Cod.

Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit

Melissa on social media or her personal website.

"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" -NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely

"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" -NYT Bestseller

Julie Kenner

"What sets Melissa Foster apart are her compelling characters who you care about... desperately. I dare you

to read the first chapter and not be hooked." NYT bestseller, M.J. Rose

"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining.

Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a

winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak

"Melissa Foster is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Fated For Love was amazing. It kind of

reminds me of Jill Shalvis' books and they are my benchmark for contemporary romance

awesomeness." --Books Like Breathing

Comments from Melissa:

I grew up in Maryland with my mother, a slew of wonderful brothers, and never a shortage of friends or pets.

I am passionate about writing, reading, living healthy, and helping others do the same, and I enjoy just

about anything outdoors (and anything chocolate!). I love to chat with readers and book clubs, and welcome

your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me. You can also catch me on Facebook.com/MelissaFosterAuthor.

Thanks for reading!

Connect with Melissa Foster:

https://melissafoster.com 

Blurb:

A Dark Knight biker, a torturous secret, and a road trip that changes everything.

Come along for the emotionally wicked ride in this steamy, pulse-pounding small-town
standalone romance. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will
stay with you long after you read the last page.

Tattooist Aria Bad has mastered the art of hiding in plain sight. Her art is her only
safe place. Crowded rooms make her panic. People’s eyes burn too hot. Except his. Zeke Wicked has been the steady presence she’s leaned on since he tutored her
through high school. He’s a loyal, protective Dark Knight biker, the kind of man
who sees everything and the one man who could unravel her without even trying.
Every year he takes her to see her family for the holidays, but this year she’s
harboring a secret and needs to go alone.

Years ago, Zeke swore to protect, and never touch, Aria, but that didn’t stop
his heart from staking claim to her. Lately she’s been secretive and has been
pulling away, and now she’s determined to make their annual trip without him,
but his instincts won’t let her go alone. When a storm strands them, boundaries
blur and buried feelings rise to the surface, unearthing a passion neither can deny.
But as the storm clears, they discover two dangerous truths—one that ties them
together and one that threatens to tear them apart.

Buy Link:

https://melissafoster.com/books/love-me-wicked/ 

Release Blitz: Changed by You by Steph Nuss

 

CHANGED BY YOU

Steph Nuss

Release Date: October 28 

Meet Steph Nuss:

Steph Nuss was born and raised in rural Kansas, where she currently resides with her Labrador son,

Gauge. She grew up with a passion for reading and writing. She enjoys listening to music, watching

movies and reruns of her favorite shows, and hanging out with her family and friends. She also has

a bachelor’s degree in psychology that she’ll never use…unless she’s profiling her characters, of course.

Connect with Steph Nuss:

https://www.instagram.com/stephnussauthor/ 

Blurb:

He's a womanizing, airwave celebrity with no intention of settling down.

Cash Donovan interviews musicians on a weekly basis. He’s used to sharing the studio with
fame and entertaining his fans. But when he lands an interview with the award-winning a
rtist, Lennox, he's thrilled.

She’s the rocker who’s satisfied with being single.

Lennox has made a name for herself, and now she's back in the studio, working on new
music and enjoying her downtime. When her publicist books her a radio interview, she
couldn’t be more excited to meet the notorious radio host, Cash Donovan.

But during their interview, the conversation turns flirtatious, and he’s urged by fans
to ask her out on a date. He obliges and she agrees with one condition: don’t make
her regret him.

In this heartfelt, hilarious conclusion to the Love in the City series, New York’s
favorite, smooth-talking radio host has a change of heart thanks to America’s
rock chick, but will he be able to persuade her into forever with him? Tune in
to 101.7 WLVE to find out.

**Can be read as a standalone**

Buy Link:

https://stephnuss.com/changed-by-you-2/

Release Blitz: Holiday Heir by Maggie Cole

 

Title: Holiday Heir

Series: Cartwright Family #4

Author: Maggie Cole

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Secret Baby, One Night Stand, Small Town

He Falls First, Cowboy, Holiday Romance

Release Date: October 28, 2026

BLURB

He needs her to save his racehorses. She needs him to never find out about their daughter. But some second chances come wrapped in cowboy boots and mistletoe. Hot. Relentless. Impossible to undo.

Small-town gossip never cost me a thing. Until it convinced the best night of my life that I was somebody else's fiancé.

When a family emergency drags me away before sunrise, I do something I never do. I leave the gorgeous redhead a note on the back of a receipt. But when I return, she's gone.

No explanation. No phone number. No last name. No goodbye.

For eleven months, I search for her. Then, without realizing who she is, I hire her to save my family's racehorses.

Only Lainey's been hiding something far bigger than her phone number.

My daughter.

She thought disappearing was the only way to protect us both. Too bad the town gossip that sent her running was nothing but a lie.

Now I'll do whatever it takes to prove she belongs exactly where she always should have been.

With me.

On the Cartwright ranch.

Holiday Heir is a secret-baby, one-night-stand, small-town cowboy holiday romance. It's a slow-burn, steamy standalone featuring a playboy rancher and the spitfire horsewoman who never planned on loving him twice.

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Maggie Cole is committed to bringing her readers alphalicious book boyfriends and fiercely strong heroines.

She’s been called the literary master of steamy romance. Her books are full of raw emotion, suspense, and will always keep you wanting more. She is a masterful storyteller of contemporary romance and loves writing about broken people who rise above the ashes. Her books can often be found hanging out in the top 100, even years after publication.

Maggie lives in Florida with her son. She loves tennis, yoga, paddleboarding, boating, other water activities, and everything naughty.

Her current series were written in the order below:

All In (Stand alones with entwined characters)

It's Complicated (Stand alones with entwined characters)

Brooks Family Saga (Read in order)

Behind Closed Doors (Read in order)

Mafia Wars (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)

Mafia Wars New York (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)

Club Indulgence Duet

Mafia Wars Ireland

Wilted Kingdom Duet

Holiday Hoax (Standalone)

Holiday Hire (Standalone)

The Underworld Series

Beautiful Delusions Duet

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Book Tour & Giveaway: Two Minds One Rhythm by Edward Blackmon, Jr. & Barbara Blackmon

 

A Story for a Fractured Nation, Healing America’s Divide Through the Redemptive Power of Shared Purpose

 

Nonfiction

Date Published: Coming OCT 6, 2026

Publisher: Elite Online Publishing

 

The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, a New York Times reporter called trial attorney Edward Blackmon, Jr. with one question:

What should the rest of America expect?

This book is their answer.

Mississippi gave Edward and Barbara Blackmon—and the generations before them—a vantage the rest of the nation is only now beginning to feel. What Americans are living through today is not a new reality improvised in real time. It is the same ancient machinery that has always been here.

They spent their lives inside a system built to contain them: segregated schools and courthouses, voting maps drawn to dilute Black power, courtrooms that treated justice as a privilege. Locked as a teenager in a Canton jail during the civil-rights struggle, Edward decided then to become a lawyer so the law could serve as a shield rather than a weapon. He served more than four decades in the Mississippi House of Representatives and helped redraw the state’s political maps, more than doubling Black representation. The National Law Journal twice named him one of the nation’s top ten litigators.

Barbara Blackmon broke barriers of her own. She earned her degree from Jackson State University at nineteen, an MBA from the University of Alabama, a law degree from the University of Mississippi, and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University. She became the first Black woman to represent Madison, Yazoo, and Holmes counties in the Mississippi Senate from a majority-white district, later won the Democratic nomination to run for lieutenant governor, and, with her husband, built a statewide law practice in Canton that took the fight from the Capitol floor to the courtroom.

Two Minds, One Rhythm is the story of how two formidable minds learned to move together toward goals that serve humanity—and why we must unite now to heal a fractured nation before it is too late. This book does not stop at diagnosis. It offers a path forward: work, faith, education, and shared purpose. See the other side without surrendering yours. Rebuild trust. Choose courage over fear. The fractures can still be closed—not if we wait until the rest of the world finishes watching us come apart.

 

About the Author

 

EDWARD BLACKMON, JR.

Edward Blackmon, Jr. is a nationally recognized trial attorney, former Mississippi State Representative, and longtime advocate for voting rights and equal representation. A graduate of Tougaloo College and The George Washington University Law School, he co-founded Blackmon & Blackmon, PLLC, with his wife and law partner, Barbara, in Canton, Mississippi.

During four decades in the Mississippi House of Representatives, Edward helped lead legislative and judicial redistricting efforts that dramatically increased Black representation in the state legislature and judiciary. He broke at-large elections, drew maps that more than doubled Black representation, and created Mississippi’s first majority-Black judicial subdistricts. He won landmark verdicts—$177 million—and fifty criminal trials without a loss. Twice named one of the Nation's Top Ten Litigators by The National Law Journal, he has received numerous honors for his legal and public service, including the J. William Fulbright Distinguished Public Service Award and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators State Nation Builder Award.

Edward and Barbara married in 1986 and raised four children, two of whom now serve in the Mississippi Legislature.

 

 

BARBARA BLACKMON

Barbara Blackmon is a trailblazing attorney, former Mississippi State Senator, and Managing Partner of Blackmon & Blackmon, PLLC, the law firm she built with her husband, Edward. She holds degrees from Jackson State University, the University of Alabama, the University of Mississippi School of Law, and New York University, where she earned an LL.M. in Taxation.

In 1992, she became the first Black woman elected to represent Madison, Yazoo, and Holmes counties in the Mississippi State Senate—a majority-white district. She broke barriers as the first woman named Vice Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, the first woman and first Black senator to chair an Appropriations subcommittee, and the first woman from the Senate appointed to the Legislative Budget Committee. In 2003, she made history as the first Black Mississippian to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.

An attorney, mentor, philanthropist, and lifelong advocate for education, Barbara has received numerous honors for her public service. Together, she and Edward have contributed more than $1.7 million to Tougaloo College and Jackson State University and supported scholarships for dozens of students.

Blackmon & Blackmon, PLLC

 

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