Release Blitz & Giveaway: Legacy of the Bluffs by Loretta Marion

 

Mystery

Date Published: 10-22-2026

Publisher: Time At Last Books (Indie)

A suspicious death rattles a quaint Cape Cod seaside village and the discovery of a long-buried secret leaves a prominent local family questioning their legacy.

 

Cassie Mitchell is juggling the responsibilities of new motherhood and the drama surrounding her sister’s return to Whale Rock while welcoming another tenant to the carriage house. Adding to her worries are the recently discovered letters revealing a stunning confession. Could one of her seven baby brothers, who supposedly died at childbirth, have survived?

Cassie begins unraveling this new family mystery with guidance from the ever-present spirits of her ancestors, the original residents of The Bluffs. However, the fog of pregnancy brain is impeding her deciphering of their messages.

Cassie’s husband, former FBI agent Daniel Benjamin, surprises her with an au pair to help with the baby. But there’s something unnerving about Abbigail Grant, and soon after her arrival, the community is shaken when a body is found sprawled on the rocks near The Bluffs. With the case ruled a homicide, Cassie becomes entangled in the investigation and butting heads with Chief Brooks Kincaid, who is under pressure to solve the case before tourist season begins. A prominent politician appears on the scene, with questions arising over his connection to the victim. And why has the mysterious new owner of the Red Herring estate been nosing around suspiciously?

Can this murder be solved in time to save the summer season? Will Cassie determine if her brother survived? And if he did, will it be a blessing or another curse on the Mitchell family?

“LEGACY OF THE BLUFFS…a story about murder, family secrets, and the complicated inheritance passed from one generation to the next.”—Literary Global 5 STAR GOLD BOOK AWARD

 

 

About the Author

 

 An award-winning author of fiction, Loretta Marion’s writing bridges the genres of mystery, suspense and women’s fiction, always with hints of romance and humor, sometimes delving into the psychological and paranormal. She creates strong but flawed characters as appealing as the rich atmospheric settings in which the stories take place.

A true bibliophile, she has loved reading and creating with words since she was a young girl. That affection for the written word followed her like a shadow throughout her life, but her passion for writing fiction evolved from the unlikely world of hospice. As a volunteer, she established a Legacy Story program to honor and preserve the rich heritage of the fascinating people who were soon to leave this world. The meaningful experience inspired her to create her own interesting characters and stories.

Though born and raised in the Midwest, Loretta fell in love with New England and has made it the setting for much of her writing. When not whipping out words on her laptop, she is traveling, enjoying outdoor pursuits, or is curled up with a delicious new book.

Loretta lives in Rhode Island with her husband, Geoffrey, and their devoted Mr. Micawber, a sweet and amusing German Shepherd Corgi cross

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Release Blitz: The Spare by L.M. Fox

 

Title: The Spare

Series: The Bittersweet #3

Author: LM Fox
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Marriage of Convenience, Enemies to Lovers

Second Chance, Forced Proximity

Release Date: October 22, 2026

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From author LM Fox comes the next steamy, marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, second chance romance. It stars a down on his luck playboy who has spent his life in the shadow of his successful older brother and the one woman who could turn his whole world upside down.

Step 1: Stop partying.

Step 2: Save my family vineyard.

Step 3: Find a fake wife before time and money run out.

Everyone in town knows Samuel Lee is a reckless playboy who lives in his successful older brother's shadow. And honestly? I’ve accepted that. Why bother trying when everyone expects you to fail? If you're going to be labeled “The Spare,” you might as well have a good time doing it.

But when my grandfather’s will drops a bombshell, the party comes to a screeching halt. His legacy hangs on one impossible condition. I have to settle down, marry, and prove it’s real.

With time running out and my pockets running dry, there’s only one woman who can make this work. And I’ll need a damn miracle to convince her to wear my wedding ring. Because Alexis Patterson despises the very ground I walk on.

This is more than marrying my old childhood friend. If I manage to persuade this strong willed beauty to consider this, how do I walk away when it’s over? I’m certain when the lines between fake and real begin to blur, it will be torture. I already know I want it all: the vineyard, the town’s respect, and the love of the one woman who was always supposed to be by my side.

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Born and raised in Virginia, LM Fox currently lives in a suburb of Richmond with her husband, three kids, and a chocolate lab.

Her pastimes are traveling to new and favorite places, trying new foods, a swoony book with either a good cup of tea or coffee, margaritas on special occasions, and watching her kids participate in a variety of sports.

She has spent the majority of her adult life working in emergency medicine and her books are written in this setting. Her main characters are typically in the medical field, EMS, fire, and/or law enforcement. She enjoys writing angsty, contemporary romance starring headstrong, independent heroines you can’t help but love and the hot alpha men who fall hard for them.

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Release Blitz: The Lockdown Mann by Riley Hart

 

THE LOCKDOWN MANN

Riley Hart 

Release Date: October 22

                

   

Meet Riley Hart:

Riley Hart’s love of all things romance shines brightly in everything she writes. Her primary focus is Male/Male romance but under various pen names, her prose has touched practically every part of the spectrum of love and relationships. The common theme that ties them all together is stories told from the heart.

A hopeless romantic herself, Riley is a lover of character-driven plots, many with flawed and relatable characters. She strives to create stories that readers can not only fall in love with, but also see themselves in. Real characters and real love blended together equal the ultimate Riley Hart experience.

When Riley isn’t creating her next story, you can find her reading, traveling, or dreaming about reading or traveling, and spending time with her two perfectly snarky kids, and one swoon-inducing husband.

Connect with Riley Hart:

https://www.instagram.com/rileyhartwrites/ 

Blurb:

Desmond

I was sixteen years old when I met Oakley Manning during a family beach vacation. He was funny, gorgeous, as obsessed with football as I was, and hurting after his mom abandoned him.

For two weeks, we were inseparable. Oakley made me feel complete, settling something inside me.

Then one night, I kissed him…and he kissed me back.

When he walked away afterward, I pretended it hurt less than it did. It’s a lesson that’s stuck with me—the people I want never choose me back.

 Oakley

Everything about what I shared with Desmond Jackson was perfect.

Then, on the last morning of our trip, my ex-girlfriend-slash-best friend dropped a bomb: “I’m pregnant.” For the sake of the baby, we decided to make it work.

Eleven years later, Serena and I are still best friends, but our relationship is over, though we haven’t told anyone. Between her mom’s recent diagnosis and our daughter, we aren’t ready for more complications.

Enter Des, recently traded to L.A.’s second pro football team—my team being the first. Now he’s always in my periphery, infuriating and needling me…and still capable of making my pulse race. Our chemistry is as combustive as ever. Des worships my body in ways I’ve never experienced, but he doesn’t believe in forever, and I can’t do casual.

We compete at everything, but he doesn’t know he’s already won my heart. I just hope it’s a prize he wants…and that my world won’t implode if I have him.

The Lockdown Mann is a second-chance romance between two professional football players, with a complicated history and an even more complicated present. Expect banter, anonymous online messaging, and heart. There is no cheating in this book. 

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/LockdownMann 

Available in KU 

Release Blitz: Sunny Undone by S. Cole

 

SUNNY UNDONE

S. Cole

Release Date: October 22 

Meet S. Cole:

Scarlett Cole is a contemporary romance and romantic suspense author who calls both Toronto, Canada and Manchester, England home. A born city dweller, she periodically quashes the urge to live in the country by hiking up a mountain to remind herself that living away from people would terrify the pants off her.

She believes everybody deserves their love story to be told and loves her heroes on the rough and rugged side…and usually tall (because she married one of those 6ft 6” men you read about in romance!). She’s an A-type personality and Scorpio star sign, so good luck getting her to do anything she doesn’t want to.

When she isn’t writing, she’s happy to talk hot men and expensive shoes while drinking a cold gin and tonic. Don’t bring up olives. As far as Scarlett is concerned, they are the devil’s food. As long as you don’t bring up olives, she’s happy to hear from any time.

Connect with S. Cole:

https://www.instagram.com/scarlettcole/

Blurb:

From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying small-town, one-night-stand, opposites-attract romance.

Della

I understand why alligators are ecological engineers, what disappearing amphibians mean, and how one tiny change can destabilize an entire ecosystem.

People are more complicated.

Especially Lucas “Sunny” Reed.

He’s an outlaw biker who thinks everything can be improved with a joke, owns a three-legged cat, and somehow likes all the things about me other people find strange.

I’m trying to prove someone is poisoning the wetlands I love.

And, I didn’t think I needed protecting. Until one night changes everything.

Sunny

I thought my job was protecting the men who ride beside me.

Then I met the brilliant, socially awkward Dr. Della Hart.

She’s the smartest person I’ve ever known. She can explain why alligators are ecological engineers, identify a bird by its call, and somehow make a patch of mud sound like the most important place on Earth.

Me?

I once tried to microwave a Pop-Tart still in the wrapper.

But while Della notices every bird, every flower, and every tiny change in the water that tells her someone is poisoning an entire ecosystem, she doesn’t notice the men following her.

Or the ones lying to her.

Good thing I do.

Everyone thinks I’m the funny one. The laid-back one.

And they’re right.

Until they come after Della and give me a reason not to be.

Buy Link:

https://books2read.com/sunnyundone 

Available in KU 

Release Blitz: Blinding Lights by Katherine Jay

 

BLINDING LIGHTS

Katherine Jay

Release Date: October 22 

Meet Katherine Jay:

Katherine Jay writes angsty and emotional sports romance full of banter, heart and steam. 

Connect with Katherine Jay:

https://www.katherinejayauthor.com/general-4

Blurb:

I BUILT MY FOOTBALL CAREER BY KEEPING EVERYONE AT A DISTANCE. THEN I MET MY SISTER'S BEST FRIEND.

For years, winning was the only thing that mattered.

I was the perfect star quarterback. Focused. Controlled. A team player. I smiled for the cameras, kept my head down, and made damn sure the people I loved stayed safely out of reach.

Until my best friend’s bachelor party forced me back into the life I’d left behind.

And there she was. Lily Callahan.

My sister’s best friend. A single mother with a heart too big for her own good. And someone I had absolutely no business wanting.

It started with one conversation while my defenses were down and turned into hours together that replayed in my mind.

Then came the wedding. Christmas. New Year’s. And suddenly, I was finding every excuse to return to the city I’d spent years avoiding.

Except it wasn’t the city pulling me back.

It was Lily.

She makes me want things I gave up on a long time ago. A home. A family. A future beyond football. Even her daughter has become someone I would protect with my life.

But wanting Lily means letting her past my walls. And I know what happens when I let people get too close.

I’m already the reason someone I love got hurt. I won’t risk becoming the mistake that costs Lily and her daughter everything.

But what happens when the woman I’m determined to protect is the one person who makes me want to stop running?

Blinding Lights is a single mom, best friend's brother romance in the San Francisco End Game world. This angsty football romance features banter, holiday fun and steam.

Buy Link: 

mybook.to/Blindinglights 

Available in KU

Release Blitz: Forbidden Forward by G.K. Brady

 

FORBIDDEN FORWARD

G.K. Brady

Release Date: October 22 

    

       

Meet G.K. Brady:

G.K. Brady is an award-winning author of contemporary romance featuring imperfect characters, hard-earned happily-ever-afters, and plenty of humor, heart, and heat.

Whether her characters are battling it out on the ice, facing danger in a Colorado mountain town, or falling for the one person they absolutely shouldn’t, G.K. gives them questionable judgment, lots of baggage, and opportunities to make terrible decisions.

She lives in Colorado with her very patient husband and also writes historical fiction as Griffin Brady.

Connect with G.K. Brady:

https://www.instagram.com/g.k.bradyauthor/ 

Blurb:

She’s the one line he can’t afford to cross.

Jackie

I trusted the wrong man and lost everything.

My career. My savings. My home.

And enough faith in my own judgment that moving in with my little brother feels safer than trusting myself again.

Then I go and fall— literally— into the arms of the one man my brother warned me to stay away from.

His enemy. His teammate. The infuriatingly handsome complication I absolutely do not need.

I’m prepared to hate him. But I’m not prepared for the way he makes me feel.

Until I stumble across who he is when no one’s watching, and suddenly I’m seeing Colby in a whole new light.

The moody forward is nothing like my brother said.

And everything I shouldn’t want.

Colby

I know what one mistake can cost, and what it means to spend the rest of your life paying for it.

The guilt. The shame. The tragedy.

I was just a kid when mine happened, and my sister has lived with the consequences ever since.

That’s why I keep people at a distance, and why losing my spot on this team is not an option.

I won’t let my sister down again, and Jackie’s brother is already looking for a reason to get rid of me.

If I don’t keep my head in the game and my hands to myself, Jackie could be that reason.

One kiss crosses the line. One night obliterates it. Every stolen touch makes it harder to remember why she’s off-limits.

If he discovers what we’re doing behind his back, I could lose the game, the girl… and the only future I’ve got left.

Perfect for readers who love:

Brother's teammate • Forbidden romance • Secret cinnamon roll • Slow burn • Redemption romance • Sailor hero

Buy Link:

https://readerlinks.com/l/5524419

Available in KU

Release Blitz: Whiskey Wildflower by Mia Rhiannon

 

WHISKEY WILDFLOWER

Mia Rhiannon 

Release Date: October 22 

Meet Mia Rhiannon:

Mia Rhiannon is a contemporary romance author who writes modern and billionaire love stories featuring confident, passionate, career-driven women capable of leaving even the most swoon-worthy men utterly undone.

Her stories are cinematic, brimming with laughter, resilience, vulnerability, and just the right amount of sarcasm.

When she is not writing, she is sketching, composing the occasional musical track in her head, running after her border collie, sipping far too much coffee or a dangerously loaded cocktail, and expertly avoiding real responsibilities.

She is an avid reader with a love for billionaire, sports, and contemporary romance often with a twist of suspense.

Connect with Mia Rhiannon:

https://www.instagram.com/authormiarhiannon/ 

Blurb:

Wildflowers aren't the only things that bloom where they shouldn't.

Margot Grace knows everything about love stories.
As Hollywood royalty, she's spent her life watching romance play out in headlines and across movie screens.
Enough to know chemistry is easy, attraction–– fun, but happily-ever-afters rarely leave room for both love and
the life you've built for yourself.

Unfortunately, her family thinks she's overdue for a romance arc—starting with her cousin's wedding.

Enter Luca. Her ridiculously hot, rockstar neighbor.
He's charming, confident, and far too pleased by the idea of being the man on her arm.
The arrangement is simple: Glamorous appearances with zero expectations, and one rule.

Friends only.

It's easy. Fun and it works.
Until a fire leaves Margot temporarily homeless and her family decides she should move in with her boyfriend.

Her fake boyfriend.

Now they're sharing a home, routines, and far too much time together.
Between wedding events, late-night confessions, whiskey cocktails, and one annoyingly attractive man bun, their carefully controlled friendship starts becoming something neither of them planned for.
Because, the more Margot sees the man behind the rockstar image, the harder it becomes to remember why she ever thought they were just friends.

Love, like a wildflower, has a habit of growing exactly where it shouldn't.
And whiskey has a way of making sure the truth always comes out.

Buy Link:

https://a.co/d/02IqzpZc 

Available in KU