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There’s something downright breathtaking about a Kate Canterbary novel and the way her characters pull you in straightaway with the sheer freshness and candour of their quirks and wit. But it’s the way she then breaks them wide open, tenderly, carefully, that has you hooked on her every word. Two perfect strangers meet at a wedding—he’s the best man, she’s not even supposed to be there—thinking one unforgettable night of passion would be all they’d ever have. But when their paths cross again, their new working relationship throws a wrench in any desire they might have of pursuing a romantic connection. Canterbary takes the familiar workplace romance trope and turns it on its head in this heartwarming, fun, thoughtful story about finding the courage to believe in love, and it just so happens to be one of my favourite reads of the year.

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A young woman stricken by grief after the gruesome murder of her beloved mother moves into a secluded cabin by the lake, looking for peace and quiet, only to discover that she is not only sharing the lake with a rowdy neighbour, but the lake is also believed to be haunted by lovers who were murdered there almost two decades before. We return to Misted Pines with yet another intricately plotted, beautifully paced, spine-tingling whodunit with a beautiful love story (or three) at its core. This gripping tale about long-buried secrets, family bonds, and unexpected twists had me guessing until the very end.

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The majestic landscapes of the Scottish Highlands have been stirring the hearts of romantics for countless centuries, and Samantha Young’s aptly named series continues to echo the romantic allure of its idyllic setting with yet another unputdownable love story, this time of the marriage-of-convenience kind. She pairs a pragmatic, self-reliant Scottish farmer with the rebellious younger daughter of a Hollywood power couple, in this slow-burning, friends to lovers romance that hits all the right emotional beats. An absolute must-read!

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Paranormal romances are so rarely my jam these days, having read little else during my twenties and thirties, but Ali Hazelwood’s brand of sharp-witted, lovelorn shenanigans is always hard to resist, even more so when her new marriage of convenience romp happens to be of the blood-sucking and howling variety. She takes the star-crossed lovers, fated mates tropes to new heights in this spicy, unputdownable tale of two mortal enemies who agree to marry in order to uphold the peace between their species. I loved the story, the characters, the dialogues, even all the drawn-out miscommunication angst, but Ali Hazelwood had me at knotting, and I’m (k)not embarrassed to admit it. (K)not even a little.

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NBJ WEEKLY RECAP

New & Upcoming Releases; Bookish News; Latest Top Recommendations

29 October, 2024

NEW RELEASES

✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATIONENEMIES TO LOVERS

As the middle son, Trey Blackburn dedicates his days to the family business, working to ensure that they remain at the top of the saddelbred industry. His time away from the farm is another story. Not one to get tied up in a long-term relationship, he’s the love ‘em and leave ‘em sort of guy. But Trey’s hesitation to commit might be deeper than not wanting to put in the time and effort. His reluctance may have more to do with the blond beauty who just blew back into town and the things they left in the past that have been neither forgiven nor forgotten.

Holland Rhodes may not have been born into the Blackburn name, but she was once considered part of the family. Having a less-than-ideal home life, Holland spent as much time as she could with the Blackburns, the quintessential dynasty full of love and southern hospitality. Dubbed an honorary member, Holland thought their connection would last a lifetime, but one shocking revelation changed everything.

Having left Shelbyville for a fresh start, Holland has limited her time back in Kentucky for the past decade, avoiding both of her families—the one into which she was born and the one into which she was welcomed. But the death of her father and the uncertain future of the family business has brought Holland back to face her past, one Blackburn at a time.

With old feelings reignited and ready to move their relationship forward, everything crashes to a halt when tragedy strikes. Their painful history in danger of repeating itself, Trey and Holland may find that even true love can’t overcome the darkest days.

This is a standalone novel in the Bluegrass Empires series. Set among the rolling hills of Kentucky horse farms and bourbon distilleries, these seductive tales are steeped in bloodline feuds that run deep and without forgiveness.

Series recommended reading order: The Feud | The Forbidden | The Tryst


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SECOND CHANCES + FORCED PROXIMITY + MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE

My grandmother always had a flair for drama.

At eighteen, I was forced to marry so I could pay my college tuition.
Enter Caleb Cunningham: my best friend’s brother and Navy SEAL.
I needed my inheritance, he needed money to cover his dad’s hospital bills.
It seemed like a win-win.
The marriage didn’t last, but that’s okay. It was a marriage of convenience.
At least, that’s what I told myself.

Over a decade later, Grandma’s still pulling the strings from beyond the grave.

Her last wish? For me to live with my estranged husband for six months, or I lose everything—my company and my employees’ livelihoods included.

Now, I’m stuck with Caleb, the rugged, infuriating, and the man who once broke my heart. The deal is simple: he’ll stay with me for the next six months as long as I give him… well, everything.
He wants control.
He wants my grandmother’s penthouse.
And, of course, he wants the Bentley.

Caleb seems determined to make my life hell, and he’s enjoying every minute of it.

But if he thinks I’m going down without a fight, he’s got another thing coming. It takes two to make a marriage, and it’ll take two to crash it into the ground.

This is a standalone novel in the Happily Ever Mishaps series.

Series recommended reading order: The Ex-cavenger Hunt | Knot Really Engaged | About That One Night | Hate The One You’re With | The Night Before Grumpmas (5 Dec 2024)

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Maybe Colson Delacourt teasing those nosy ladies in the coffeeshop with the plot of his next murder mystery was a bad idea. But does that mean he deserves to be arrested for attempting to kill his elderly neighbor? Why won’t the police believe he has nothing to do with her getting hurt? That detective Harper Rose won’t listen to him—he’s so annoying and arrogant. And sexy and gorgeous.

Then Colson also becomes the victim of a crime, and Harper is there to protect and serve with his body and lips. But after the suspects are caught, Harper returns again and again, and Colson can’t resist. There’s just something about a man with a badge and a big…gun to make a guy feel safe.

As a detective Harper is fearless, but when they’re together, he’s afraid to open his heart. He’s hiding something…or someone. Harper swears he’s not married and doesn’t have a boyfriend, so why can’t he ever stay the night? The closer they get, the more Harper pushes Colson away, ghosting him for days, then popping up and acting as if nothing is wrong. The disappearing act he keeps pulling isn’t going to work.

Colson knows what it’s like to have half a relationship, and he isn’t going to make that mistake again. He wants to be strong and walk away, but he sees Harper’s gentle, caring side and knows there’s a key that will unlock the mystery of Harper’s hidden life.

Colson wants them to plant roots and make a home. And that can’t happen unless Harper tells him the truth. Should Colson risk his heart for the possibility that they will soar together, or is it time to say good-bye?

This is a standalone novel.


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MC ROMANCE

Her screams were what drew me in.
Since the night I heard them, I followed her.
She was my obsession.
My addiction.

But I could never have her.
She had to be free.
Had to feel peace.

I was nothing but a mess of darkness.
Even on my good days with my brothers from the Diamond MC, I was nothing but tainted.

Still, I would end anyone who hurt her.
Especially those who touched her.
Their blood would stain my hands—one way or another.
Because I would torch the world for her.

This is the fourth book in the Diamond MC series of standalone novels with interconnected characters.

Series recommended reading order: Country | State (novella) | Death | Torch


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SECOND CHANCES + WORKPLACE ROMANCE

When she agreed to spend her last summer before college at her cousins’ house in Ireland, Charli Moretti never expected to meet anyone like Rhys Doyle. He was the first boy to ever make her heart flutter, and though their lives followed different paths after that fateful summer, she always remembered him as her first everything.

Sixteen years later, after a tumultuous divorce from her abusive husband, Charli is returning to Ireland a shell of the woman she once was. Life has tried to break her many times over, and now all she wants is a fresh start and an even keel. She’ll be working as an accountant at her uncle’s hotel, but what she doesn’t know is that Rhys Doyle works there, too. He’s the head of security, in fact, and he’s no longer the teenage boy she once knew.

With the rumours flying around that he and his fiancée just broke off their engagement, Charli decides it’s best to give Rhys his space. She knows personally how hard it can be when a relationship ends. The problem is, she can’t seem to stop running into him, and the more she gets to know the man he’s become the more those old feelings start to return.

This is a standalone novel in the Quiet Love series.

Series recommended reading order: Quiet Types | Quiet Longing


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ROMANTIC FANTASY

In the Shadowlands, strangers wear familiar faces, myths are reality, and lies hide behind the most beautiful stories.

Lachlan Murray disappeared without a trace. As his girlfriend, twenty-nine-year-old Carys Morgan refuses to accept the police’s explanation—that he simply left her. She travels to Scotland to seek help from Lachlan’s twin brother Duncan, and learns she was right—Lachlan didn’t leave her, he left her world to return to his own.

The Shadowlands are a mirror of the world Carys knows. Every human in her world also exists in this one with one key difference—magic.

Humans aren’t supposed to be able to wield the magic of the Shadowlands, but when Carys learns she can talk to dragons, she’s drawn deeper into a complicated world that would as soon kill her as keep her. And if magic and murder weren’t enough to overcome, she must navigate complicated feelings for two identical men from vastly different worlds.

This is the first book in the all-new Shadowlands series.

Series reading order: First Light | The Shadow Path (Apr 2025)


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SECOND CHANCES + BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE + SMALL TOWN

I thought I’d seen the last of Crystal Fork, Montana. When I’d left years ago with my dreams totally shattered, I’d never wanted to see that location again. Ever!

Now, here I was, living in my home town again, the same small town that my ex-fiance, Tanner Remington, called home.

It had been over seven years.

I should be over him, right?

Yeah, that’s what I thought until I saw his gorgeous face again.

Tanner and I had some unfinished business between the two of us, and I wasn’t a woman who ran away from that anymore.

The problem was that I was still ridiculously attracted to him, and I wasn’t sure I could trust Tanner enough to tie up those loose ends and squelch the town gossip that was making my life miserable in Crystal Fork.

How could I actually make peace with a man who had once turned my life upside down?

Unfortunately, I didn’t really have a choice.

I’d just have to hope that Crystal Fork was big enough for both of us and that I could go back to ignoring him after we were forced to spend time together.

Turns out, that was wishful thinking on my part because ignoring the alluring, handsome, new and different Tanner Remington was a whole lot harder than I’d thought…

This is a standalone novel in the Montana Billionaires series, part of the larger The Billionaire’s Obsession series.

Series recommended reading order: Billionaire Unexplained ~ Kaleb | Billionaire Unforgettable ~ Tanner | Billionaire Undeceived ~ Devon (Apr 2025)


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Over the years, Joshua has watched most of his family fall in love. He and his cousin Nate are the last single Shaws standing, and while Nate’s seemingly content to stay that way, Josh wants the kind of love his sister, parents, and grandparents have found. In the meantime, he’s alone. And lonely. Particularly since, until that special someone comes along, Josh believes certain…ahem…intimacies are worth waiting for.

Sophia Montgomery is still reeling from the unexpected passing of her beloved father when, in her grief, she texts his old phone number—and gets a reply. The person on the other end, Josh Shaw, is sympathetic, funny, and kind…everything Sophia needs right now. And when her grieving mother suddenly focuses on Sophia’s dating life, it’s not long before Josh goes from text friend to fake boyfriend to get her mom off her back.

But the first time Josh and Sophia meet in person? Well…there’s nothing fake about their instant attraction.
Giddy with newfound feelings, the young couple isn’t prepared for the bombs about to go off in their lives—including revelations about Sophia’s father and a Shaw family tragedy that rocks Josh’s entire world.

No one ever said life would be perfect. But if Josh and Sophia rely on each other to get through their biggest challenges so far as a couple, their love could prove more than perfect enough.

This is a standalone novel in the Love in Montana series, a spin-off from the Meet Me in Montana series.

Series recommended reading order: Fearless Enough | Cherished Enough | Brave Enough | Daring Enough | Loved Enough | Forever Enough | Enchanted Enough | Perfect Enough | Devoted Enough (Jan 2025)


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ENEMIES TO LOVERS + ROMANTIC FANTASY

The fate of a cursed nation depends on a princess who must outwit a mortal enemy and outlast the trials of a death-defying ritual…

Lia is the princess of Locris, a dying desert nation cursed centuries ago by an earth goddess—one still worshipped by the thriving and adversarial nation of Ilion. Every year, Ilion offers the goddess a sacrifice: two Locrian maidens forced to compete in a life-and-death race to reach her temple. In a millennium, no maiden has made it out of Ilion alive. This year, Lia is one of the hunted.

An education in battle gives her a fighting chance, but the challenges are greater than she feared: Lia’s beloved but untrained sister Quynh has been put in the path of danger. The winding streets of Ilion itself have been transformed into a labyrinthine maze of countless choices and dead ends. And if the risks weren’t significant enough, Lia is reluctantly drawn to the commandingly attractive Jason, an Ilionian sailor she loathes to trust and desires like no man before.

The tribute game is on. It’s up to Lia to lift the goddess’s curse, restore Locris to its former glory, and change the fate of every young woman destined to follow in her path.

This is the first book in the all-new The Eye of the Goddess series.

Series reading order: A Tribute of Fire | A Vow of Embers (Jul 2025)


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PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Maeve Sparrow is going to change the world.

Or at least, that’s what everyone tells her. That’s what ancient fae prophecies say, also. Immortals look to her for hope and as an instigator of change.

Is she up to the task? Can she change the way mortals and immortals treat each other? Can she help society rebuild now that governments have crumbled and war has broken out on the streets of New York and other cities around the world?

All she can do is try.

With the fate of the world in balance, Maeve has to use her wits, courage, and determination as much as she does her magic and supernatural abilities if she’s going to fulfill the expectations placed on her young shoulders.

This is the fourth book in the Blood Heir series.

Series reading order: Blood Heir | Blood Rising | Blood Bonds | Blood Reign


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There’s something downright breathtaking about a Kate Canterbary novel and the way her characters pull you in straightaway with the sheer freshness and candour of their quirks and wit. But it’s the way she then breaks them wide open, tenderly, carefully, that has you hooked on her every word. Two perfect strangers meet at a wedding—he’s the best man, she’s not even supposed to be there—thinking one unforgettable night of passion would be all they’d ever have. But when their paths cross again, their new working relationship throws a wrench in any desire they might have of pursuing a romantic connection. Canterbary takes the familiar workplace romance trope and turns it on its head in this heartwarming, fun, thoughtful story about finding the courage to believe in love, and it just so happens to be one of my favourite reads of the year.

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A young woman stricken by grief after the gruesome murder of her beloved mother moves into a secluded cabin by the lake, looking for peace and quiet, only to discover that she is not only sharing the lake with a rowdy neighbour, but the lake is also believed to be haunted by lovers who were murdered there almost two decades before. We return to Misted Pines with yet another intricately plotted, beautifully paced, spine-tingling whodunit with a beautiful love story (or three) at its core. This gripping tale about long-buried secrets, family bonds, and unexpected twists had me guessing until the very end.

Read More...

The majestic landscapes of the Scottish Highlands have been stirring the hearts of romantics for countless centuries, and Samantha Young’s aptly named series continues to echo the romantic allure of its idyllic setting with yet another unputdownable love story, this time of the marriage-of-convenience kind. She pairs a pragmatic, self-reliant Scottish farmer with the rebellious younger daughter of a Hollywood power couple, in this slow-burning, friends to lovers romance that hits all the right emotional beats. An absolute must-read!

Read More...

Paranormal romances are so rarely my jam these days, having read little else during my twenties and thirties, but Ali Hazelwood’s brand of sharp-witted, lovelorn shenanigans is always hard to resist, even more so when her new marriage of convenience romp happens to be of the blood-sucking and howling variety. She takes the star-crossed lovers, fated mates tropes to new heights in this spicy, unputdownable tale of two mortal enemies who agree to marry in order to uphold the peace between their species. I loved the story, the characters, the dialogues, even all the drawn-out miscommunication angst, but Ali Hazelwood had me at knotting, and I’m (k)not embarrassed to admit it. (K)not even a little.

Read More...

Bookish News

We have the first look at the gorgeous deluxe, limited print edition (with sprayed edges) and regular print edition covers of the second book in L.J. Shen’s Forbidden Love series. This is Dylan and Rhyland’s story.

Read More...

Abbi Glines‘ Georgia Smoke series continues on Nov 20, and we have the cover of Thatcher’s book.

Read More...

Mia Sheridan has revealed the cover of her upcoming novel, a tale of passion and survival in a post-apocalyptic world, set to release in May 2025.

Read More...

Scarlett Cole (writing as S. Cole) has just announced a new Iron Outlaws chapter, set in small town Colorado, and kicking off in Jan 2025. The clubhouse sits on an active cattle ranch, and the first book in the series centres around a widowed sergeant-at-arms with no room in his heart for anyone, let alone the single mom who just arrived in town.

Read More...

We have the cover of Taylor Jenkins Reid‘s next book—a novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits, out in Jun 2025.

Read More...

Jennifer L. Armentrout has revealed the cover of the sixth and penultimate chapter in the Blood & Ash series, out in June 2025.

Read More...

We have the cover of Vi Keeland‘s sexy new thriller, out in June 2025, in which an English professor’s deadly past comes back to haunt her.

Read More...

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