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Blog Tour: Just Say When by Aimee Nicole Walker

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Just Say When | Aimee Nicole Walker

Release Date: December 20th, 2022

Cover Design: Jay Aheer

Photographer: Wander Aguiar

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Blurb

Someone wants Police Chief Emilio Mendoza dead. And if his unknown assailant doesn’t kill him, pining for Sheriff Abraham Beecham just might.

Abe and Lio’s thirty-year journey has taken them from heated rivals to best friends with countless labels and pit stops along the way. Romance is the only avenue left unexplored but not from lack of love or desire.

Abe pushes people away before they can get too close, and Lio doesn’t engage in situations he can’t control. They’ve reached an impasse, and neither are willing to risk their friendship until fate intervenes, forcing them to reassess their priorities.

But when an unhinged enemy targets Lio, will their gamble be too little too late, or will their love truly conquer all?

Just Say When is a standalone romantic suspense novel within the author’s Savannah universe. This book contains mature content and is attended for adults.

Excerpt

“Alex clearly doesn’t get his sportsmanship from his father,” Abe quipped.

“Kiss my ass, Beecham,” I said softly in deference to the kids around us.

Abe leaned in until his hot breath ghosted over my ear. “Gladly.”

I turned my head and looked at my best friend. His expression held a carnal promise that made me swallow hard. If I gave him the word, Abe would take me home, yank down my pants, and bury his face between my ass cheeks. I could practically feel his hot breath against my quivering pucker. His tongue would swirl and tease the rim before pushing in. Lust gripped my balls and squeezed. God, I wanted him so bad.

“Now I really need to hear this story,” Russ quipped, jerking me back to reality and saving me from breaking my own heart. I blinked away the fantasy, and Abe’s lips curled into a proud, wolfish smile. Unaware of the tension arcing between Abe and me, Russ continued chatting. “I knew you and Beecham went way back, Lio, but it sounds like there’s more to it than I realized.”

Few people knew the full story because I was stingy when it came to Abe. Our relationship had been fueled by variations of hate and love for three decades, but there had never been a right time to explore whether those feelings could develop into something more profound. My heart wanted to say until now, but my brain knew better than to get my hopes up. Abe and I had both drawn lines in the sand, and neither showed signs of relenting.

About the Author

Ever since she was a little girl, Aimee Nicole Walker entertained herself with stories that popped into her head. Now she gets paid to tell those stories to other people. She wears many titles—wife, mom, and animal lover are just a few of them. Her absolute favorite title is champion of the happily ever after.

Love inspires everything she does, music keeps her sane, and coffee is the magic elixir that fuels her day.

I’d love to hear from you.

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Giveaway

To celebrate the release of About Last Night, Aimee is giving away a $10 Amazon Voucher and an e-copy of Just Say WhenA Rafflecopter Giveaway

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Abe and Lio were worth every bit of the slow burn wait Aimee put me through!

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’ve been waiting for this story for so long and there’s always a sense of trepidation going into something you’re desperate to read.

However, as this is Aimee Nicole Walker, I knew I didn’t have to worry at all and that she’d deliver a fully emotional and engaging romance between two mature men who have their own fears and hang-ups but who are determined to work through them to finally be together.

This is a love story years in the making, since they both met when they were sporty kids playing for rival schools, in football and baseball, then through basic training and into the military.

They’ve ranged from friends, to frenemies, enemies back to rivals and then, into a deep and abiding friendship that has always rolled along the boundaries of love.

Now it’s their time to explore and there’s such delicious tension created throughout the narrative as they talk through what’s kept them apart in the past.

There’s also all kinds of drama going on for Chief Mendoza as the investigation into the corrupt prosecutor and potentially dodgy detectives in his precinct gets nearer to the truth and threats appear to put both him and Abe on high alert.

Now, while I did guess where the danger was coming from fairly early on, it didn’t for one minute reduce either my enjoyment of the book or my worries about what was going to come next!

Aimee draws out the threads and weaves the knots tighter and tighter until they explode with force – both in the bedroom between the two men and in what’s going on outside.

My heart was in my throat, my eyes were watering, my pulse was racing and eventually I put this book down with a massive smile on my face because it’s just a perfect conclusion to the life these two men have led.

I also very much appreciated the strong relationship not only Lio but Abe as well, has with Lio’s ex-wife Alyssa, her second husband Russ and Lio and Alyssa’s wonderful son Alex. There’s a lot of solid friendships in this blended family which never felt like they were forced.

Seeing them all working together when danger strikes was such a strong part of this book and I adored everything about it.

#ARC kindly received from the author via GRR Tours in return for an honest and unbiased review

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Release Blitz: Silent Knight by Layla Reyne

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Silent Knight | Layla Reyne

Fog City #5

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Release Date: May 3rd, 2021

Cover Design: Cate Ashwood

Photography: Wander Aguiar

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The time was never right before. Now they’re on opposite sides of the law… and more in love than ever. But none of that will matter, if they don’t survive until morning.

Blurb

I won’t let anything happen to you.

Fourteen years ago, Braxton Kane’s feelings were forbidden.
As an officer, he couldn’t fall for an enlisted… no matter how much he longed for Holt Madigan.
Now–as a police chief in love with a digital assassin–his promise to always protect Holt is becoming harder to keep.

I’ll protect you.

Holt doesn’t understand why his best friend has been pushing him away for months.
But when Brax’s life and career are threatened, Holt refuses to allow the distance any longer.
The Madigans protect their own, and Brax is family, whether he believes it or not.

I won’t let anything happen to you either.

Forced together, Holt realizes his feelings for his best friend have changed.
His desire to explore the promise their single night together held is undeniable.
His resolve to protect the man who has always protected him is unshakable.
But if Holt wants a future with Brax, he’ll have to search and destroy the person who attacked him–before Brax activates the kill switch and sacrifices himself.

Love and devotion. Friendship and trust. Family. It all comes down to this. Holt and Kane, together at last, in the final book of the Fog City romantic suspense series.

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About The Author

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Layla Reyne is the author of the Fog City, Agents Irish and Whiskey, Trouble Brewing, and Changing Lanes series.

A Carolina Tar Heel who now calls the San Francisco Bay Area home, Layla enjoys weaving her bi-coastal experiences into her stories, along with adrenaline-fueled suspense and heart-pounding romance.

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