RELEASE DAY BLITZ: Bayou with Benefits by Erin Nicholas

Today, we have a Release Day Blitz to share celebrating the book birthday of New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Erin Nicholas's Bayou with Benefits, an all-new single dad, small town rom-com AND the second book in the Badges of the Bayou series. So... Be sure to check it out and grab your copy now!

They are friends. Without benefits. Unfortunately.

Genre:

Adult

Contemporary

Romantic Comedy

Series:

Badges of the Bayou, #2

Publish Date:

October 18, 2022

Publisher:

EN Fiction, Inc.

Synopsis:

Michael LeClaire is small-town Louisiana. A firefighter. A single dad.

And Amelia Landry is New York City. A social media influencer. A model.

Sure, she’s his son’s favorite person on the planet.

And yeah, their families spend so much time together it’s hard to remember who shares DNA and who just shares secrets, inside jokes, and a sincere lack of boundaries.

And okay, he’s seen her nerdy side. Her sweet side. Her funny, self-deprecating side.

Fine, yes, resisting this woman has taken a saint’s share of willpower.

But he has to. He just cannot do long-distance. And he can’t have a casual fling with someone he’s known–and will know–forever.

Thankfully, he only has to hide his feelings a few times a year when she visits.

And then, he slips. One time. One spontaneous I-knew-it-would-be-everything kiss and he’s a goner.

Now every time they see each other it’s harder and harder to ignore the heat.

And when she shows up on his doorstep after a car accident changes her entire life, there’s no way he can resist the chance to see if this can last…or if they’ll finally flame out.  

      

   

Fall in love today!

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Praise for Erin Nicholas

"If you love sexy, small town romance and book boyfriends hotter than a southern summer night, Erin Nicholas always delivers!" - Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author

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Badges of the Bayou series:

  

(covers link to Goodreads)

        

iBooks:

Gotta Be Bayou

Bayou with Benefits

Rocked Bayou

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**About the Author**

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Erin Nicholas has been writing romances almost as long as she’s been reading them. To date, she’s written over thirty sexy, contemporary novels that have been described as “toe-curling,” “enchanting,” “steamy,” and “fun.” She adores reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines, and happily ever afters.

Erin lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys spending time with her husband (who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books), her kids (who will never read the sex scenes in her books), and her family and friends (who claim to be “shocked” by the sex scenes in her books)

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BLOG TOUR: The Rebel Guardian by Lexi Blake

Welcome to the Official Blog Tour for New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Lexi Blake's, The Rebel Guardian, a thrilling, romantic fantasy and second installment in the Outlaw: A Thieves series! Today, on our tour stop, we have an excerpt and teaser to share! So... Be sure to check it out and grab your copy now!

It’s up to her to save their world.

Genre:

Adult

Urban Fantasy

Series:

Outlaw, #2

Thieves, #12

Publish Date:

October 11, 2022

Publisher:

DLZ Entertainment LLC

Synopsis:

After fighting her way across another plane of existence and facing off against ancient witches, there should be nothing more satisfying than coming home. Unfortunately, Kelsey Atwood had a different experience. The world she returned to has changed. Twelve years have passed, and they’ve been twelve hard years for the friends and family she never meant to leave behind. The little boy she adopted is now a grown man. The husbands she longed to see are scattered and on different sides of a war for control of the supernatural world. Her most trusted friend is now the leather-clad minion of the enemy, Myrddin.

Dealing with the wreckage of her personal life will have to wait, though, because the only chance at a hopeful future is deciphering an obscure prophecy, and she means to solve it. This quest will take her crew to a nest of primal vampires and the fierce world known as The Under. Filled with fantastic creatures and wonders she never imagined she would see, this new discovery leads her to something she is all too familiar with—a murder to solve and a killer to catch.

Trying to reconnect with her husbands and her son is already challenging enough, but as she begins piecing together the story behind the crime, it becomes clear that this mystery may tear down The Under and everyone who calls it home.

      

    

*Excerpt*

I blinked in the bright light and allowed my eyes to adjust yet again. I’d gone from Frelsi, where magic kept the city warm, to the chilly depths of an underground nest to… I wasn’t sure where I was, but it was warm and there was water nearby and a small cabin. Trees rose around me, and I realized the water was more like a bayou. 

That was the moment I knew someone was watching me. 

The world went watery because Trent stood near the cabin. His beard had grown out and his hair was longer. He looked far more like the wolf he was than the soldier he’d presented to the world twelve years before. 

I stood there, our gazes locked. 

Twelve years. He’d taken in Fenrir because we were going to make a family together, and I’d left him alone. He’d had to raise not only Fen, but Lee and Rhys and Evan. He’d gone from single and free one day to raising a pack on the run, protecting and sheltering them. 

From what I could tell the only person he’d been able to rely on had been Sasha Federov, a vampire. While Sasha had no doubt been an amazing general for their little army, he would also be dead at least half the day. 

Years will pass. Your wolf will howl but he will remain steadfast.

Gray’s prophecy had told me that we would be standing here, Trent and I. We would be standing here with the years between us, my wolf’s steadfast faith still binding us. 

I knew that because I could feel him. Even with yards between us, I could feel Trent’s love. 

I had never seen my wolf cry, but there were tears rolling down that face I loved. 

That was when my walls broke down. Trent was here, and we’d lost so much. We’d lost all that time, and he was still here with me. I recognized somewhere in the background that the old me would have wondered if he’d brought me out here so he could explain that he’d moved on. 

But I’d meshed my soul with his, and I trusted and believed in him completely. 

He was my mate. 

The wall crumbled because he was here. 

The world went watery, and I heard someone scream. Me. I let the pain out. 

Twelve years. Twelve years. Myrddin had taken twelve fucking years. My son’s childhood. Twelve years of my marriage, of love between us. Gray was gone because I’d been trapped. 

Olivia. He’d taken my best friend. 

He’d killed people I knew, people who had lives and loves and should have had more of both. All gone because one wizard wanted power. 

He’d scattered our families to the winds without a care for any of us. 

I started to fall but Trent was there before I could hit the ground. His big arms went around me and through my wracking sobs, I could smell him. That woodsy, wolfy smell that felt safe, that brought me home, hit my soul, and I wrapped myself around him. 

“I’m so sorry.” I was sorry I’d gone into that painting, sorry I’d spent the four days I’d been on the outer planes not thinking much about him. That was the worst. I’d practically viewed it as nothing more than a job. I’d felt inconvenienced, while his world had been turned upside down and he’d lost everything. 

He squeezed me so tight. “I missed you. I missed you every second of every day for twelve years, Kelsey.”

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Praise for Lexi Blake

"Lexi Blake is a master!" —Jennifer Probst, New York Times bestselling author

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Outlaw: A Thieves series:

 

(covers link to Goodreads)

      

   

iBooks:

The Rebel Queen

The Rebel Guardian

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**About the Author**

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband, three kids, and the laziest rescue dog in the world. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places. Lexi believes in happy endings no matter how odd the couple, threesome or foursome may seem.

She also writes as Sophie Oak.

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