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FRIENDS TO LOVERS + SMALL TOWN
I’ve lied to myself for years about being in love with my best friend.
Everly Bowman and I don’t make sense. She’s sunshine personified, and I hate everyone. Well, everyone but her. It’s easy to pretend like she isn’t my whole world. Or it was until she needs a place to stay, and my apartment is her only option.
Suddenly, she’s everywhere I turn. Even her scent is branded into my sheets. And thanks to our unofficial romance book club, I’ve also amassed an encyclopedia titled Everly’s Pleasure Buttons. Each week, it gets harder to ignore how much I want to make her fantasies come true. Especially when we crawl into my bed every night.
But I won’t jeopardize what we have for anything, so I’m fine lying to myself and pretending like I don’t dream of calling her mine.
At least, I was until I see her with him.
This is the second book in the Starlight Cove series of standalone novels with interconnected characters.
Series recommended reading order: Defiant Heart | Protective Heart
ROCKSTAR ROMANCE
A life of drugs, sex, and rock ‘n’ roll was a demon that Dean Finlay accepted as his fate. His isn’t a love story. It’s a ride and things are about to get twisted…
Dean Finlay was ready for an easier life. He was tired of the fame and he was done with younger women. The older he got the younger they got. It was a fucking loop he was sick of being stuck in.
Brielle McGinnis had been kicked out of her foster home the day she turned eighteen. The pregnancy she’d been trying to hide had taken what little youth, she had managed to hold onto, away.
Life had made her tough and she’d learned to survive. Now, at twenty-eight years old, she has a good job with insurance working in admissions at a local junior college.
When rock legend Dean Finlay comes walking into the college office she wanted an autograph for her son but his arrogance changed her mind. Just like every other man—Dean was a disappointment.
Until… he isn’t.
This is a standalone novel in the Rosemary Beach series.
Series reading order: Fallen Too Far | Rush Too Far | Never Too Far | Twisted Perfection | Forever Too Far | Simple Perfection | Take a Chance | One More Chance | You Were Mine | Kiro’s Emily (novella) | When I’m Gone | When You’re Back | The Best Goodbye | Up in Flames | Going Too Far
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SMALL TOWN
Over the course of two weeks, everything in Beartown will change.
Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake.
Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought through their ice hockey teams.
Maya’s parents, Peter and Kira, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey club’s murky finances, and Amat—once the star of the Beartown team—has lost his way after an injury and a failed attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister’s death. He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand.
As it beautifully captures all the complexities of daily life and explores questions of friendship, loyalty, loss, and identity, this emotion-packed novel asks us to reconsider what it means to win, what it means to lose, and what it means to forgive.
This is a standalone novel in the Beartown series.
Series recommended reading order: Beartown | Us Against You | The Winners
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The Steel family won’t go down on his watch…
Rory Pike never imagined she’d fall for a Steel, but she has—Brock Steel, a renowned womanizer, no less. While passion flares between them, Rory knows they’re on different pages in life. She’s older and ready to settle down. Brock? Not so much.
Brock is enamored with Rory, but he’s content to simply live in the moment, especially with everything that’s currently going down in his personal life. Brock’s discovery that his father has kept important information from him—information that could lead to the downfall of his famous family—leads him to question everything he’s known since he was a child.
Rory has her own problems as well, and when they converge with Brock’s in the form of one person, the mysteries surrounding the Steel family deepen. Rory and Brock are determined to find the truth…no matter what the cost.
This is the twenty-third book in The Steel Brothers Saga and it is not a standalone novel.
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FANTASY/PARANORMAL ROMANCE
I thought a weekend away would be the perfect escape. Until I woke up married and trapped…by the king of the Dark Fae.
For Bryn Meara, a free trip to the exclusive and ultra-luxe Nightfall hotel and casino in Vegas should’ve been the perfect way to escape the debris of her crumbling career. But waking up from a martini-and-lust-fueled night to find herself married to Caiden Verran, the reclusive billionaire who owns the hotel and most of the city, isn’t the jackpot one would think. It seems her dark and sexy new husband is actual royalty—the fae king of the Night Court—and there’s an entire world beneath the veil of Vegas.
Whether light or shadow, the fae are a far cry from fairy tales, and now they’ve made Bryn a pawn in their dark games for power. And Caiden is the most dangerous of all—an intoxicating cocktail of sin and raw, insatiable hunger. She should run. But every night of passion pulls Bryn deeper into his strange and sinister world, until she’s no longer certain she wants to leave…even if she could.
This is a standalone novel in the all-new Deviant Kings series.
Series recommended reading order: The Dark King | The Rebel King (Jul 2023)
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ROMANTIC COMEDY
My name is Louise and I’m a serial-monogamist marine biologist.
Try saying that five times fast.
Fresh out of an awful relationship and tired of always doing the right thing, this girl is finally saying “screw it” and having herself a meaningless fling.
Here’s the thing about flings though: they only work if you keep feelings out of the equation.
Well, that won’t be a problem for a sensible scientist like me… that is, until a one night stand with a hot single dad rocks my world and blows my plans completely out of the water.
If I’ve learned anything from the ocean world, it’s that those with the hardest shells have the most to fear. And something tells me this guy is going to crack mine wide the hell open.
This is a standalone novel in the Natural History series.
Series recommended reading order: Flirtasaurus | Lovebug | Sharkbait
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SPORTS ROMANCE
Coen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans’ plane crashed. Can he be saved from his downward spiral of guilt and regret to become the man he once was?
I had it all—a successful hockey career, the respect and adoration of the fans, a rotation of beautiful women warming my bed, and a feeling of self-worth and contentment with the direction of my life. But that all changed the day the team plane went down, taking my only chance of redemption with it. Now I’m left with the daily reminder of all my failures and my inability to correct them.
My new teammates are tired of my attitude and following my suspension, I hole up in a mountain cabin to get away from all of it. The isolation is exactly what I need to get out of my own head, and I’m beginning to think I could be content in this quiet forever.
Tillie Marshall isn’t the type of woman who would usually catch my attention, yet she manages to do so for all the wrong reasons. I’m here for the peace and seclusion but the quirky artist is hell-bent on destroying that by cutting down the trees that separate our properties so she can open a pottery studio. If it’s a fight she wants, it’s a fight she’ll get. I have the money and the time and no issues bringing her down through the court system. While I see flashes of steely determination within her, I’ve found that being a jerk comes naturally these days and she won’t be hard to intimidate.
Unfortunately, that gorgeous and somewhat odd neighbor who has been causing me grief is creating another type of feeling within me. And once that spark is lit, Tillie displays a faith in me that for the first time since the crash I desperately want to believe. Now it’s time for me to step up and become the man—no, a better man than I once was.
This is the fourth book in the Pittsburgh Titans series of standalone novels with interconnected characters.
Series recommended reading order: Baden | Stone | Gage | Coen | Drake (Jan 2023) | Cannon (Feb 2023) | Hendrix (Jun 2023)
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ROCKSTAR ROMANCE
Bright Lights…
Harlow Martin is a rock star’s kid. She’s wanted to be a musician her whole life and at last, she and her band, Above Me, will be the opening act on chart topping mega-stars, Earthquakes upcoming US tour.
Miles Brown started Earthquakes straight out of high school, and after years of working his butt off, the band was headlining an arena tour. Multiple platinum albums, some music video awards, commercials, print ad work and a few movies had taken Miles from an unsure teen into a confident, charismatic man, absolutely certain of himself.
And then Harlow bounded back into his life. Though he’d grown up backstage with her when their dads had played festivals together, he’s not ready for the immediate sensual punch in the gut grown-up Harlow was. He’s absolutely captivated by her and though he knows it’s reckless, he can’t deny the temptation of her lips.
Rock and Roll…
Harlow is an independent, accomplished musician. Her confidence on stage is something she can put on like a dress. The tour has raised Above Me’s profile and sent them to the next level of success. Her relationship with Miles continues to deepen each day and as she gets to know him, falling for him is inevitable. He knows her, sees right to the heart of her and loved her for it. She knows what a gift that is. Even when it took work to keep her gorgeous, spoiled and caregiving alpha from rolling right into her life and taking over.
Miles thought he knew what love was, but once he finds it with Harlow, he can understand what a pale imitation he’d had before. He loves her fire and her poet’s soul. Loves the way she’s dedicated and loyal to her closest friends and family. Loves the way she trusts him and brings out the best in him. Even managed to love his bossiness.
When an old heartache is bruised anew and Harlow’s peace is threatened, Miles needs to walk a path between help and control, while vowing to protect her beautiful heart.
This is a standalone novel in an all-new spin-off series featuring characters from other series. This book features a character from the Brown Family series.
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STUDENT/TEACHER + SMALL TOWN
Benson Bexley has always had a heart of stone.
Apparently nothing has changed.When he returns home after a decade gone, I recognize him right away.
How could I forget him?
He’s the same cocky flirt who slid dirty poetry to me in art class.
With the same stone-cold stare that shielded his soul from the world.
And that same sharp-edged jaw that cut straight through my heart like a dagger.Fortunately, this time I see right through his arrogant charm.
Even better, he doesn’t remember who I am.
I have no intention of reminding him.
After all, it’s only a matter of time until his nomadic lifestyle takes him away again.When his poetic charm strikes once more, I play along.
Maybe it’s time he got a taste of his own medicine.Revenge.
It’s not in my nature.
But Benson Bexley deserves nothing less.
It’s time for that heart of stone to shatter.This is a standalone novel in the Camp Bexley world, a spin-off from the BelleCurve series.
Series recommended reading order: Weight of Regret | Moments In Time | Heart of Stone
RIVALS TO LOVERS + SMALL TOWN
He’s in it to win it. Until he falls under his neighbor’s spell.
Bram Larkspur’s rugged, sexy looks belie his fear of all things horrifying. But as Casper Road’s newest resident, he’s excited to join the annual Halloween decorating contest. The competition is keen, especially from six-time champion, architect Zachary Glass.
But when enigmatic Zachary sparks a prank war, it’s game on—until one sizzling kiss turns these rivals into allies.
Now only one thing scares Bram: how quickly he’s losing his heart to Zachary.
This is a standalone novel in the Garnet Run series.
Series recommended reading order: Better Than People | Best Laid Plans | The Lights on Knockbridge Lane | The Rivals of Casper Road
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PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
Such a quiet and ordinary wife and mother. Who will even notice what she’s done?
Lillian Smith leads an unexceptional life, writing obituaries and killing time with her inattentive husband and disconnected son. Then she meets David, a handsome stranger, in a coffee shop. Lured into an affair, she invents a new persona, one without strings, deadlines, or brooding husbands.
Lillian has never felt so reckless, unpredictable, or wanted. But as her affair with David intensifies, she withdraws from everything that’s real, even her closest friend. When evidence of her life as a secret lover finds its way onto her son’s social media, she risks ruining much more than her marriage or reputation.
As lies beget lies, Lillian’s two worlds spiral dangerously out of control. And betrayals run deeper than she imagines. Because Lillian isn’t the only one leading a double life.
This is a standalone novel.
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AGE GAP + FORBIDDEN + ENEMIES TO LOVERS + MAFIA ROMANCE
He’s my boyfriend’s father, also my boss, and totally off limits…
JJ Kane. Billionaire tycoon. Ruthless villain. Supposed head of the underworld.
The first time I set eyes on him I hated him with a visceral intensity that took me by surprise.
Considering he gave me a roof over my head when I had nowhere else to go, I should be grateful.
Instead, I can’t seem to stop baiting him.
He’s also my boyfriend’s father. Twenty-six years older.
And all wrong for me.
He goes out of his way to avoid me, treats me like I don’t exist…
…also gives me a job in his office, and protects me from my boyfriend’s anger.
Now he’s also my boss, so I can’t afford to antagonize him.
Yet we can’t seem to stop fighting every time we meet.
That is until he kisses me…This is a standalone novel in the Arranged Marriage series.
Series recommended reading order: Mafia Heir (prequel novella) | Mafia King | Mafia Queen | Mafia War | A Very Mafia Christmas | Mafia Crown | Mafia Vows | Mafia Obsession | Mafia Bride | Mafia Lust
COZY ROMANTIC MYSTERY
She suspects everyone of everything. Except her oldest friend. Who’s found next to a body. Holding the murder weapon.
For the first time, things are just right for cemetery owner Jane Ladling. Her cat only kind of hates her sort of boyfriend, Special Agent Conrad Ryan, and she isn’t flat broke. When she’s asked to host a murder mystery fundraiser for the people of Aurelian Hills, Georgia, she’s totally on board. Champagne, intrigue, and community? Yes, please. Then game night happens and a fake murder turns into a real one, leaving her mentor and knitting buddy Fiona at the top of the suspect list, with her best pal Beau a close second. Oops?
Jane’s not about to leave the fate of her loved ones to, well, fate. On the hunt for clues, she turns the small town upside down. As scandalous secrets surface, a single truth becomes clear: if she doesn’t solve the murder fast, Jane will be the next victim.
This is the third book in the A Jane Ladling Mystery series.
Series reading order: Romancing the Gravestone | No Gravestone Left Unturned | Game of Gravestones | Twelve Graves of Christmas (Nov 2022) | Conrad: Falling For the Gravekeeper (Mar 2023)
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FAKE MARRIAGE + ROMANTIC SUSPENSE + SMALL TOWN
My biggest mistake was falling in love with my fake husband.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience between two best friends in the military. Our plan was to collect extra money and stay stationed together.
But what failed? Me. I did. Because suddenly I wanted a man who was never meant to be my real husband.
In an attempt to remedy my mistake, I severed all ties and put my life as a combat medic and Emmett Maxwell behind me. I’ve lost too many people to open myself up to love.
Now I’m working as a private investigator, and fate has stepped in, forcing our paths to intersect again when I’m looking into the disappearance of a missing girl with ties to Emmett’s hometown. A case I fear puts his life in danger.
He gives me one week to prove my suspicions and then I need to sign the divorce papers and leave. The problem with that? The moment I see Emmett again, I realize how foolish it was to leave him, to think I could ever stop loving him. All I want is a second chance.
When the case threatens not only my life but also his, I’m faced with my worst fear. How many times can a heart break before it shatters beyond repair?
This is a standalone novel in the Rose Canyon series.
Series recommended reading order: Help Me Remember | Give Me Love | Keep This Promise (Feb 2023)
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We have the cover of the third book in Christopher Rice‘s (writing as C. Travis Rice) Sapphire Cove series—an age gap, enemies to lovers romance coming in March 2023.
We have the cover of the second book in Kelly Elliott‘s new Love in Montana series, out in June 2023.
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