Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Book Tour: The Lies We Trade


 


Book Details:

Book Title:  THE LIES WE TRADE (A NOVEL) by Kristine Delano
Category:  Adult Fiction (18+), 368 pages
Genre:  Women's Domestic Suspense
Publisher:  Tyndale House Publishers
Release date:  January 20, 2025
Content Rating:  PG-13



Book Description:

A high-powered Wall Street career, a beautiful family in a quiet suburban neighborhood—she seems to have everything. Which means she has everything to lose.

Meredith Hansel should be having the best week of her life. After establishing herself as a portfolio manager at a prestigious Wall Street firm, she’s in the national spotlight for the innovative funds she created. But as Meredith prepares to celebrate, the plates she’s kept spinning for years begin to crash: Her strained marriage reaches a breaking point. Her conscientious teenage daughter acts out under mysterious pressures. Someone vandalizes her home with disturbing graffiti. And Betsey, her most trusted ally at the financial firm, goes rogue, and Meredith is forced to sign a restraining order against her.

Then her worlds collide when she receives a thumb drive and a cryptic note from Betsey threatening to reveal a secret that could have devastating effects on Meredith’s family . . . unless she can figure out what Betsey wants and deliver it in time.

As Meredith begins to dig into the data, however, she begins to suspect that it’s no coincidence her life is crumbling. That maybe what’s happening to her family is connected to what’s boiling beneath the surface at her investment company. Soon Meredith realizes there’s only one way to avoid taking the fall, and it all hinges on Betsey’s true motives. Was she really threatening Meredith or trying to warn her?

  • Great for fans of Colleen Coble, Laura Dave, Dani Pettrey, and Lisa Scottoline
  • Clean, high-stakes women’s domestic suspense with workplace secrets and family drama
  • A stand-alone Wall Street thriller
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs


Meet the Author:

Kristine Delano spent over twenty years navigating a career on Wall Street before trading her panoramic city view for her standing writer's desk. A lifelong fiction lover, she now crafts thriller novels set in the high-stakes finance world, exploring the emotional tension of work-life balance.

​In pursuit of compelling stories, Kristine hosts the popular podcast 
We Talk Careers, where she interviews the voices of Wall Street on leadership, growth, and purpose. She is also a board member, speaker, and strategic advisor for businesses, schools, and parachurch organizations. Her faith fuels her passion for helping women navigate their calling.

Kristine's work has been recognized in fiction-focused writing competitions and with the ACFW Crown Award. She also loves the chance to stay connected with fellow authors and readers on Instagram and LinkedIn and through her membership in writers' groups.
When she's not writing, Kristine enjoys playing games with friends, scuba diving, and chasing her husband and children down the snowy ski slopes of western Maine—never does she catch them, but with joy she tries. 


connect with the author:  website apple podcast instagram bookbub ~ goodreads

Enter the Giveaway:

LIES WE TRADE Spotlight Book Tour Giveaway



Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Book Tour: Critters and Crimes

 


A quaint riverside town holds many secrets ... 

and the only ones who’ve seen it all are the critters.


Critters and Crimes

Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club #11

by Elizabeth Pantley

Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery 



A quaint riverside town holds many secrets ... and the only ones who’ve seen it all are the critters.

This book club dives (literally!) into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group must solve the mystery to get out of the book. It’s so much fun - you’ll wish you had a book club like this!

In this journey, they choose a book set in a lovely riverside town. They land in a charming neighborhood and find they are part of a local book club. They are having a great time – and then a dead body shows up. (Of course it does!)

The clues to what happened come to them in a unique way – via the critters in the house.

As usual, the club finds plenty of time to enjoy the unique setting of their journey, as they solve the mystery – one critter at a time.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~


This book is part of a magical cozy mystery series of 11 books and growing.

Each book can be read as a standalone, but are much more fun in order.

Available in eBook, paperback, Kindle Unlimited, and audiobook.

 

Amazon * Bookbub * Goodreads






Chapter 1

  

“Hey!” Frank shouted the word as he landed with a thump on the deck right in front of me.

“Ack!” I jumped and grabbed the pillow beside me for protection. I nearly fell off the porch swing. “Don’t do that!”

Frank snickered. His tail flicked back and forth and his ears twitched.

“You startled me!”

“Really? It was so hard to tell.” He snorted with laughter.

I peeked from behind the pillow and shook a finger at him. “Bad cat!”

That just made him laugh harder. He rolled over on his back and waved his paws in the air.

He looked so silly that I relaxed and began to laugh, too.

“Good morning to you,” I said, as I smoothed out the pillow that had been my so-called protection.

Frank finally caught his breath and sat up. “What’cha doing out here all alone, Paige-o-roonie?”

“I was having a quiet, reflective morning. Did you catch the definitive word there? I ‘was’ having a quiet morning.”

“Are you implying that I interrupted you?”

“Not implying. Stating a fact.”

“For good reason.” He chuckled. “I see you have some coffee there.” He pointed his nose at my cup. “Want to go get this kitty a bowlful?” He crossed his front feet, tipped his head to the side and widened his eyes. Then to up his cuteness quotient, he batted his lashes. “Please?”

“Oh, for Pete’s sake,” I laughed, getting up from the swing. “I’ll be right back.”

I went into the kitchen to exchange my coffee for a cup of tea. Frank had jump started my heart, so I didn’t need any more caffeine. I fixed Frank a bowl of his favorite morning beverage: half-coffee, half-creamer. Any normal cat would be sick from the brew, but our magical library cat was not anything resembling normal.

The house was quiet as I grabbed our drinks and returned to the porch. I set Frank’s bowl on the table and sat on the swing. I took a big sip from my cup.

Frank took a leap over to the table and inhaled the aroma wafting from his bowl. He slurped greedily then gave a moan of delight. He tipped his head at me. “What were these reflective thoughts that I interrupted?”

I tapped a finger to my lips in thought, and glanced at my book, which lay quietly on the table beside me. For once, I didn’t have my nose in a cozy mystery. Instead, I had been rocking back and forth on the porch swing, enjoying the sounds of the birds and the quiet whisper of the wind through the trees as I had let my mind wander, until Frank had disrupted me.

“I’d been cycling through many topics, one after the other.”

“Maybe you were clearing your mind’s way for the upcoming new book adventure?”

“That’s probably true. Once we get inside a book, I won’t have time to ponder anything but the mystery we need to solve.”

 



Don’t miss the rest of the series!

Find them on Amazon

 

Join Elizabeth’s mailing list and get a free book from her Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club series! https://elizabethpantleyauthor.com/mailing-list



Elizabeth Pantley is a bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction books. She writes two well-loved cozy mystery series: The Magical Mystery Book Club, and the Destiny Falls Mystery and Magic series. She has also written the international bestselling No-Cry Solution parenting book series that is available in over twenty languages.

Elizabeth lives in the majestic Pacific Northwest and spends winters in the sunny desert of Arizona. While neither location is home to any paranormal beings (that she knows of) the vastly different yet equally lovely locations are the inspiration for the settings in many of her books.

 

Website * Facebook * Instagram * Bookbub * Amazon * Goodreads

 


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Enter the Critters and Crimes Giveaway Here!


Cover Reveal: The Path To You


𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿.

 

We’re unveiling the cover for THE PATH TO YOU (Dark Fables Retold #1) by Ada Fielding, a deliciously toxic MM fairy tale retelling of Hansel and Gretel, where love is fierce, loyalty is priceless, and trusting the wrong person can cost you everything.

 

Coming March 19th!  → getbook.at/DarkFablesRetold1

Cover Designer: Emmily at Emmily Sorelle Ltd

 

🩶🤍🩶

Once upon a time, there were two stepbrothers who strayed from the path and never looked back.

 

Damian Hansel 

 

The day Kit Gretel walked into my life, we were different in almost every way. He detested sports, hated school, and grew up on the wrong side of the city.

 

The only thing we had in common was every reason to hate each other. 

 

Yet, against all odds, we fell in love anyway.

 

But little did we know that a ruthless villain was lurking in the shadows, cataloguing our every move and waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

 

They tried to break us, to tear us apart and rip away everything that matters.

 

Luckily, I’d stop at nothing to protect what’s mine.

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Release: Her Seductive Second Chance


HER SEDUCTIVE SECOND CHANCE by @adeleknightauthor is NOW LIVE ON AUDIO!!

 

Grab this all-new ex-husband's best friend, spicy contemporary romance TODAY!

 

LISTEN TODAY!

Narrated by Savannah Peachwood and Teddy Hamilton

 

Audible: https://geni.us/fV65lH

 

 

BLURB

 

When the one you thought you'd never have is yours for one night...

Lucas is the man I shouldn't crave. He's an egotistical player like my cheating ex, but he knows what I want, even the scandalous fantasies I've never admitted.
And he wants to help me fulfill all of them.
A bet makes it easy to pretend this is all a game. One night of fun, then I can walk away.
But Lucas touches me like he wants me to lose more than just the bet.

Contains MF, MM scenes and some voyeuristic fun.

This is a short and steamy novella in Her Sweet Seduction Series. Each novella is stand-alone with new characters and spicy scenarios to enjoy anytime—but especially fun as a bedtime treat.



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Surprise Release: The Rival Upgrade


SURPRISE!!!
@laurenblakelybooks has a special Valentine for you! A brand new, hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE RIVAL UPGRADE, is now available and FREE in eBook and audio right now! Recorded with a FULL CAST featuring Erin Mallon, Shane East, and Evan Parker, you won't want to miss this one!

WHAT TO EXPECT:
British Hockey Hero
Heroine out for Revenge
He Falls Hard
He's her ex's rival
Rivalry
Sex, Love & Hockey
He Knows What He Wants

Read for Free Now!
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Performed in duet with a full cast, including Erin Mallon and Shane East and with Evan Parker!


About THE RIVAL UPGRADE:

They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.

I say the best way is to get under his rival.

Enter Shaw: smooth, sexy, British—and my ex’s biggest enemy on the ice. What was supposed to be a one-time revenge fling turns complicated when he invites me to his game… and catches me in my lie.

Turns out, nothing turns him on more than payback.

And now I’ve got a hockey player who won’t stop chasing me.

Teaser: The Trade


🏈𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟 🏈

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 (𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏) by Ava Sutton releases on March 20th! Check out this teaser! 

PRE-ORDER/ ADD IT TO YOUR AMAZON WISHLIST! 

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What to expect: 

✔ Secret baby

✔ Team owner’s daughter

✔ Pro Football MMC

✔ Workplace tension

✔ Best-friend betrayal

✔ Second chance romance

✔ “It was always you” energy

✔ “We shouldn’t… but we will” energy

✔ Lots of heat + all the feels

✔ Guaranteed HEA

BLURB:

She vanished, but I’ve never stopped wanting her.

And now I’m back … for everything.

Two years ago, the woman I had a holiday fling with—and wanted to keep— disappeared from my life. There was no goodbye or explanation. Just gone.

So, I buried myself in football, training, and trophies. In anything that kept me from thinking about her. But it never worked.

It feels like kismet when I get traded to the New York Titans and the woman I’ve spent years looking for is none other than the owner’s daughter and one of my new bosses, Alie Grant. I should keep my distance. But every heated glance across the locker room hallway, every whispered conversation behind closed doors, and every time she looks at me like I’m hers … I lose control.

She tells me we shouldn’t do this.

I tell her I don’t care.

Because when she’s in my arms, nothing else exists.

What I don’t know is …

She’s been hiding more than her heart, and she’s been raising my daughter alone. Because the man she trusted most lied to her. He wanted her for himself.

When everything comes out, I’ll fight for the future that was stolen from us. For her and my daughter. A little girl with my eyes and smile.

Because this time … I’m not letting her walk away. This time, I’m keeping them both.

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Book Tour: The Lies We Trade

  Book Details: Book Title :   THE LIES WE TRADE (A NOVEL) by   Kristine Delano Category :  Adult Fiction (18+), 368 pages Genre :  Women...