NEW RELEASES
✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATION | SMALL TOWN ROMANCE
When Dillion Stitch left her hometown, she had no intention of going back. But when her brother gets into trouble, Dillion reluctantly agrees to return home to take her place at the family business.
Being back in Pearl Lake after all these years feels familiar but also brings a few surprises. She’s quick to notice that someone new has shown up at the cottage next door. Dillion gets more than an eyeful when she goes to check out the newcomer and meets Donovan “Van” Firestone—her beloved neighbor’s grandson—in all his unclothed glory.
Having gotten off to a rocky start, it’s not long before they begin bickering with each other all over town. All that back-and-forth inevitably sparks an undeniable attraction. But Dillion’s family has issues, Van’s family resents him, and neither Dillion nor Van feels truly at ease in the small town. For these Pearl Lake exiles, home isn’t just where the heart is—it’s where things get complicated.
This is a standalone novel in an all-new series, Lakeside.
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Print | Audio
✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATION | HISTORICAL ROMANCE
“The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them. He does it by tempting them.”
Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. They couldn’t be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.
From the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. Two: avoid being killed.
So far, neither of those is going well.
Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals the secret of his mysterious past. His world is thrown into upheaval, and the only one he trusts is Merritt.
Their passion blazes with an intensity Merritt has never known before, making her long for the one thing she can’t have from Keir MacRae: forever. As danger draws closer, she’ll do whatever it takes to save the man she loves . . . even knowing he might be the devil in disguise.
This is a standalone novel in The Ravenels series.
Series recommended reading order: Cold-Hearted Rake | Marrying Winterborne | Devil in Spring | Hello Stranger | Devil’s Daughter | Chasing Cassandra | Devil in Disguise
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE
The first time I meet Madison Shore, I’m greeted by her knickers. She’s upside down and trying to untangle herself from my chair at a wedding.
I get to see a whole lot more of her later that night.
The second time I meet Madison Shore is in my London office. Turns out she’s a journalist writing an article about me. To keep control of my company, I need to convince people I’m more serious about business than my playboy reputation suggests. Madison holds my future in her hands.
Now I just need to convince the woman I took to bed on Saturday night that I’m not the player everyone thinks I am.
This is a standalone novel.
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
BROTHER’S BEST FRIEND + FRIENDS TO LOVERS + SECOND CHANCES
Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand.
On the track, that has never steered him wrong.
In life, though? That’s another story.
On the cusp of greatness, the world’s up-and-coming racing star seems to be living the perfect story. A hero to his hometown. A partner to his best friend. A man poised to take the throne, to become the greatest, and to reap the rewards and attention that come along with it.
He’s been branded the track’s most eligible bachelor. And rarely does he cross a finish line without a dozen screaming, adoring women brandishing his name on glitter-covered T-shirts across their chests, just hoping he’ll break his own rules and take one of them to bed.
But he won’t. As loose as Dustin may be on the road, he’s become disciplined in life. He let love in completely—once. For one person. Hannah Judge. And she wrecked him.
And now, she’s back.
This is the third and final book in the Fuel series, and it concludes Dustin and Hannah’s love story.
Series reading order: Shift | Wreck | Burn
PARANORMAL ROMANCE + SHIFTERS
Lydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. When a hotel chain develops a tract of land next to the preserve, Lydia is one of the most vocal opponents of the project—and becomes a target.
One night, a shadowy figure threatens Lydia’s life in the forest, and a new hire at the Wolf Study Project comes from out of nowhere to save her. Daniel Joseph is both mysterious, and someone she intrinsically wants to trust. But is he hiding something?
As the stakes get higher, and one of Lydia’s colleagues is murdered, she must decide how far she will go to protect the wolves. Then a shocking revelation about Daniel challenges Lydia’s reality in ways she could never have predicted. Some fates demand courage, while others require even more, with no guarantees. Is she destined to have true love…or will a soul-shattering loss ruin her forever?
This is the first book in the all-new Lair of the Wolven series, set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world.
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
Sebastian “Bash” Vogel, the magnetic, cross-dressing CEO of AnaVoge, has long been a lone island when it comes to his personal life. Self-assured and playful, he’s never left wanting for suitors—but Bash isn’t looking for something permanent. He’s more than fulfilled with his company and his closest friends, and no one is going to shake up the status quo.
That is, until he’s thrown over the shoulder of one of Chicago’s finest and hauled out of a burning building.
Kieran Bailey, a sexy, hardworking lieutenant at Station 73, has been reaping the rewards of being crowned the city’s hottest fireman, which his crew never lets him forget. So many ladies, so little time. So when he rescues the latest damsel in distress, no one is more shocked than him to realize he’s played prince charming to another…prince.
But Bash isn’t like anyone Kieran has ever met, and soon his world is turned upside down as he becomes more intrigued by the enigmatic man that he can’t stay away from.
They’re from two different worlds. This could never work. But what if…they dared to try?
This is the first book in the all-new Dare to Try trilogy, a spin-off from Ella Frank’s Prime Time series and Brooke Blaine’s South Haven series.
Series reading order: Dare You | Dare Me (30 Aug 2021) | Truth or Dare (27 Sep 2021)
DARK ROMANCE
I’ve waited three long years for this…
Hiding. Lying. Spying.
Waiting like a spider for her to wander into my web…
Now she’s here, and I have to get even closer to her. I’ll help her. Befriend her. Seduce her, even.
The only thing I can’t do is fall in love with her.
Her father took everything from me: my money, my family, my life.
He has to pay for what he’s done. And she’s the only thing that can hurt him…
This is the fourth book in the Kingmakers series of standalone novels with interconnected characters.
Series recommended reading order: The Freshman | The Rebel | The Bully | The Spy
“I dare you to let me watch…”
It was the wickedest of propositions, made by the most devilish of men.
It doesn’t matter that Tyson Wilde has got a killer smile, wears a suit like it’s his job,
and oozes spine-tingling sex appeal. I should say no.
Because beneath the surface of that cool, disinterested exterior,
lies passion hot enough to burn. I danced too close to it once and have the scars to prove it.So, on any other night, in any other city, and if he’d been even a fraction less mouthwatering,
I would have been able to resist.But it’s my birthday, we’re in Paris, and it’s him.
I can’t say no.
I don’t want to say no.And this time, no matter how right we feel together, I won’t let myself forget that when this weekend is over, we will be, too.
We’re only pretending to be lovers to land a deal.
Success will mean a promotion—one I want more than anything.
At least, that’s what I thought.Falling in love was a danger neither Tyson or I saw coming.
And it will cost one of us everything.This is a standalone novella in the Rivers Wilde series.
Series recommended reading order: The Legacy | The Legend | The Jezebel | The Gathering (novella) | The Daredevil (novella)
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Print | Audio
I’m spitting mad when I get a call from my old landlord, saying I owe back rent because my ex stopped paying when I moved out.
Wanting to remove him from my life, I deleted his contact info from my phone. So, I text a number from memory, giving him a piece of my mind.
When my phone rings, imagine my surprise when I hear a voice on the other end of the line that sounds absolutely nothing like my ex.
It’s deep and sexy, and the best part is, he’s a lawyer.
A very charming, very loyal lawyer, Sebastian Blake.
Sebastian is handsome, witty, and brilliant, which is everything my ex wasn’t. He wants to help my case, but our relationship goes much further than business. I think I’ve met the exact man I’ve always wanted in my life, but when an ex of his comes back with baby news, all future plans come to a screeching halt.
He wants to be a dad, and he wants me too. I want to be there for him, but when I uncover a secret that could ruin it all, I don’t know how to tell him that everything he’s excited about might not be what it seems.
Sebastian is the man of my dreams, so how can I be the one to destroy his?
This is a standalone novel in the Falling for the Stars series, a zodiac-themed Romance series where each hero carries the character attributes of their star sign.
Series recommended reading order: Naughty Neighbor (Libra) | Charming Co-Worker (Sagittarius) | Rebel Roommate (Aquarius) | Arrogant Officer (Aries) | Bastard Bartender (Gemini) | Loyal Lawyer (Leo)
SECOND CHANCES + SMALL TOWN ROMANCE
Sylvie Martine was prepared to take Washington D.C. by storm, but she put that dream on hold when her beloved hometown of Papillon, Louisiana, needed her most. Now Sylvie’s the mayor of the tiny town on the bayou that holds her heart. But for Sylvie, this can only be a pit stop on the way to bigger and better things. The last thing she needs is an old love to resurface and threaten her goals.
Rene Darois’s whole life has been about serving his family—no matter how much it hurts. He’s used to sacrificing for his large extended family and the company his grandfather created. But he can’t believe the latest demand: he needs to find a wife and quick or he could lose it all. It would be a horrible situation. But he has just the solution: his high school sweetheart. Sylvie is everything he wants in a wife—smart, funny, and caring—and he planned to woo her anyway.
Now he just has to convince Sylvie that their love is worth it all, or he and the bayou will lose her forever.
This is a standalone novel in the Butterfly Bayou series.
Series recommended reading order: Butterfly Bayou | Bayou Baby | Bayou Dreaming | Bayou Beauty
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
MYSTERY
Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff—and even fuller-time coffee guzzler—Sunshine Vicram, didn’t get that memo.
All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven). Turns out, that’s about as easy as switching to decaf. (What kind of people do that? And who hurt them?)
Before she can say iced mocha latte, Sunny’s got a bar fight gone bad, a teenage daughter hunting a serial killer and, oh yes, the still unresolved mystery of her own abduction years prior. All evidence points to a local distiller, a dangerous bad boy named Levi Ravinder, but Sun knows he’s not the villain of her story. Still, perhaps beneath it all, he possesses the keys to her disappearance. At the very least, beneath it all, he possesses a serious set of abs. She’s seen it. Once. Accidentally.
Between policing a town her hunky chief deputy calls four cents short of a nickel, that pesky crush she has on Levi which seems to grow exponentially every day, and an irascible raccoon that just doesn’t know when to quit, Sunny’s life is about to rocket to a whole new level of crazy.
Yep, definitely a good day for chardonnay.
This is the second book in the Sunshine Vicram series.
Series recommended reading order: A Bad Day for Sunshine | A Good Day for Chardonnay
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
MC ROMANCE + SECOND CHANCES
Storm
You hate me.
I deserve it.
The day I betrayed the love of my life was the day I lived up to every messed-up thing my haters say about me.
But I’m tired of feeling like a POS.
I’m tired of being broken.
I’m tired of life not being worth living.
It’s time now to make amends, and to earn my woman’s love back.
To be the father my kid deserves,
the Old Man I should always have been.
Join me for the ride as I become worthy of my family.
Maybe, just maybe, I’ll surprise you.
This is a standalone book in the A Dark and Dirty Sinners’ MC series.
Series reading order: Nyx | Link | Sin | Steel | Cruz | Maverick | Hawk | Storm | Rex (14 Mar 2022)
AGE GAP + SINGLE MUM
It wasn’t love at first sight. That would be too easy.
I can tell you all the reasons Paige and I shouldn’t be together.
But love overlooks a lot.My heart doesn’t care that I’m ten years older.
There’s no age gap in how she makes me feel.My heart doesn’t care that she’s a single mother.
It just makes more room.My heart doesn’t care that she’s got secrets of her own.
It’s used to keeping mine.The moment I laid eyes on Paige, I lost control.
Control of my desires. Control of my secrets. Control of my heart.Right or wrong, we’re going to have to fight for our happily ever after.
And I don’t plan on losing.This is a standalone novel.
SECOND CHANCES
The world never granted me much. No warm and cozy home to rest my head, no loving parents to cheer at my games or remember my birthday, and certainly no finer things in life. Just a damn good arm to throw a football and a hunger inside of me that I hoped would lead me straight to the NFL.
I was twelve years old when the universe finally delivered its first gift. A beautiful angel, though my angel certainly wore no halo. She dressed in the same tattered clothes that I did, and her eyes were as lost and broken as mine were.
All it took was one look at her face, and I knew she had been made for me and me alone. From that day forward, my soul was hooked, taken, a slave to hers. Nothing could come between us. I was headed to college and then pro ball, and she would be by my side, where she belonged.
Until one day, she disappeared without a word.
The love of my life, my best friend, was suddenly gone, vanished, evaporated into thin air. Almost as if she were never even here.
Now, over a year later, at Brooks College in Georgia, she’s back. I want vengeance for her leaving me so callously. But one look into her stormy-blue eyes, and I’m enamored yet again.
But she’s keeping secrets. Pushing me away so that they remain buried in the past. She’s forgetting one thing though—when it comes to her, I’ll stop at nothing.
She can’t keep me at arm’s length forever. After all, she is mine.
This is a standalone novel in the all-new Brooks University series.
Series recommended reading order: Love, Ally | Forget Me, Sloane (1 Nov 2021)
FRIENDS TO LOVERS
When we were young, Samantha Anderson was the girl down the street. For as long as I remember, she’s been my partner in crime, in adventures, and in almost everything. Sami is fun and sexy, my greatest confidant, and my best friend.
From early on, we vow that our relationship will never change—through thick and thin, we’ll remain always and forever in the friend zone. We will not cross that line.
After all, I’m not a forever kind of guy.
Then that line blurs.
We amend our agreement.Best friends become friends with benefits.
Is this new agreement the key to our future? Or will I lose my best friend?This is a standalone novel.
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print
Some secrets have a way of coming back and haunting us, no matter how much we try to bury them.
Amelia
Never make the same mistake twice is my motto.
After being left in the dust of an old pickup truck, I promised that I would take care of myself
and never trust another man with a sexy smirk and cowboy boots.
Then he showed up, and he’s everywhere I turn. He’s at the barn, he’s at the bar, and now, he’s my roommate.
He makes me want things I shouldn’tAsher
I grew up in foster care, and on my eighteenth birthday, I was set free.
I spent years coasting from town to town.
Staying wasn’t a part of my plan and neither was love, especially with someone off limits.
This was all supposed to be temporary.
I’m just hoping my secret doesn’t destroy the only family I’ve ever known.Buried secrets are never buried for long.
This is the seventh book in the Southern series of standalone novels with interconnected characters.
Series recommended reading order: Southern Chance | Southern Comfort | Southern Storm | Southern Sunrise | Southern Heart | Southern Heat | Southern Secrets | Southern Sunshine (7 Sep 2021)
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Bastard Rogue…
Peregrine Butler’s privileged blue-blooded world is rocked to the core when it is revealed he was born before his parents’ marriage and therefore is not the legal heir to the dukedom. Facing ruin, Perry must use his charm and good looks to win an heiress—all the while ignoring his fascination with the one interfering and alluring chit who is intent on sabotaging his efforts.
The Lady Vicar…
Everyone knows Imogen Bates, the virtuous daughter of the senile vicar. She can write a sermon in a day and spot a rogue in a second, so she sees right through Perry’s seductive façade. But Imogen’s plan to protect the heiresses of her beloved Shropshire from the erstwhile Duke of Penning, the bane of her existence since childhood, soon turns into something altogether unacceptable for the proper lady … who suddenly finds herself longing to keep his heated glances and tempting kisses all to herself.
Because if I get hurt in our fake relationship, then it serves me Wright.
This is a standalone novel in an all-new series, The Duke Hunt.
Series recommended reading order: The Duke Goes Down | The Rake Gets Ravished (22 Feb 2022)
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Apple Books | Print | Audio
More New Releases...
Latest Top Recommendations
Under the guise of sexy, bantery romances about a band of famous rock stars falling in love, Kristen Callihan continues to deliver breathtaking tales of friendship, acceptance, and family found—both delighting and pushing readers out of their emotional comfort zones—and her latest offering in the VIP series is no exception. It’s the long-awaited story of Rye and Brenna, two thirtyish frenemies and colleagues who’ve spent their entire adult lives working towards making their dreams a reality, but now, while both at the top of their game, the future is staring them in the face, and it’s looking colourless and lonely. A no-strings-attached, sex-only arrangement between them seems like the answer to both their problems . . . until things get very complicated in and out of the bedroom, and two people who’ve spent far too long pretending not to like each other are forced to face their true feelings for one another or continue to live the lie. The playful yet wildly combustible chemistry between the characters alone makes this the kind of book I will want to read over and over again.
The third book in Devney Perry’s (writing as Willa Nash) Calamity Montana series is a ‘stranded together’ romance between Kerrigan Hale, a young woman who’s been making a name for herself in Calamity with her entrepreneurial ventures, and Pierce Sullivan, grandson of her former investor and man who now holds her fate in his hands. Forced to make a case for herself as someone deserving of not being ruined by the brazen billionaire, Kerrigan drives to Pierce’s ritzy mountain lodge to confront him, but a snowstorm traps them together and leaves them stranded together. Whether she writes as Devney Perry or Willa Nash, this author continues to deliver characters that are unique, interesting, and easy to love, and this story is a perfect example of this. Kerrigan and Pierce’s story might sound trope-y, but there is nothing about these characters’ journey to one another or their personal arcs that is simple or predictable. The story is full of surprises, emotionally satisfying moments, and stellar writing, as always.
Apart from being so very different to most romances I’ve read lately, which is always the case with this author’s works, everything about this story was simply fresh and delightful. It’s the story of struggling single mother Rosaline Palmer who, in the hopes of giving her daughter a better life, enters a popular TV baking competition—the fictional equivalent of UK’s Great British Bakeoff. But when Rosaline enters into a love triangle with two fellow contestants, her life suddenly becomes very complicated. A heartwarming and at times hilarious tale of a young woman learning to love herself that I absolutely ADORED.
Set in the tranquil beauty of the Scottish Highlands, Samantha Young’s newest novel is to die for. It’s the story of a young American policewoman who, after almost losing her life on the job, travels to Scotland to reconnect with her estranged father, only to find herself caught in the crossfire of a dangerous stalker targeting her father’s employer and anyone close to him. As the attacks grow more and more violent, an unlikely romance blossoms between two people who are trying very hard to keep disliking each other, but as their bond deepens, so does the danger to them both. Barrelling full steam ahead from the get-go, Young writes with such page-turning ease that it is impossible not to get lost in the story, but it is her impressive grasp of human emotion that never fails to leave me awestruck. A moreish start to a series that is sure to keep us on the edge of our seats.
Natasha Boyd (writing as Tasha Boyd) fuels our wanderlust with the titillating tale of a newly unemployed young architect from Charleston, South Carolina, who ends up jump-starting her life on a megayacht in the South of France, working as a nanny for a brooding, widowed billionaire. What was only supposed to be a six-week summer gig while she looks for another job in her field turns into everything she didn’t even know she needed in this deeply felt, searingly passionate romance that I loved so so much. Boyd steadily builds the love story from both perspectives, making us almost taste the mounting desire between the leads, but it’s the way she leaves no emotional stone unturned in her powerful portrayal of a broken widower who is afraid to open his heart again that had me reading until four in the morning, two days in a row. I heartily recommend this book to those looking to soothe their travel cravings from the safety of their couch, or to anyone whose catnip just happens to be a curmudgeonly, dirty-talking Frenchman with a big… yacht.
It doesn’t happen all too often that I become so enamoured with a book that I feel utterly drunk on it, but this radiant gem of a story stole my heart and fed my soul in ways I didn’t even know it had needed it. In this slow-burning, opposites-attracting romance between two unlikely lovers, Rosie Danan makes us believe that love truly conquers all, and that a cynical former sex performer and a forward-thinking young rabbi could find their happily-ever-after in a world that is set on rejecting the very idea of them together. The soft shimmering sensuality of Danan’s voice is intoxicating, subtle yet bold in the way she makes the reader feel each tantalising increment of desire between the characters, but it is her ability to give them genuine emotional depth and complexity that leaves a lovely, lingering effect long after we close this book. A rare delight!
Bookish News
An all-new Romantic Comedy is coming in August from R.S. Grey, and we have the cover and blurb.
Upcoming Releases
3 Aug
3 Aug
3 Aug
10 Aug
15 Aug
16 Aug
17 Aug
17 Aug
17 Aug
17 Aug
23 Aug
24 Aug
31 Aug
31 Aug
7 Sep
7 Sep
7 Sep
7 Sep
13 Sep
14 Sep
14 Sep
21 Sep
21 Sep
21 Sep
28 Sep
28 Sep
28 Sep
28 Sep
28 Sep
30 Sep
5 Oct
11 Oct
12 Oct
12 Oct
19 Oct
19 Oct
19 Oct
25 Oct
26 Oct
26 Oct
2 Nov
9 Nov
More Upcoming Releases...
by