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ROOMMATES TO LOVERS + BILLIONAIRE

The last thing Dorian Vanderbilt expected was to find me painting in my crop top when he returned to the mansion he hadn’t inhabited in years.
He was understandably surprised I’d turned his living room into an art space.
Life is certainly full of surprises, though, but not always in a good way.
I learned that lesson when my aunt and the billionaire she married died unexpectedly while traveling.
I’d been living with them, and just like that, my life was turned on its axis.
Unsure of what was next, I stayed alone at the barren estate figuring out my next move.
That was when Dorian—the late billionaire’s only son—showed up.
I’d never met Dorian Vanderbilt. He’d been living on the other side of the country.
But now, he was home, left to pick up the pieces of his father’s legacy.
Not only was Dorian devastatingly handsome and mysterious, but he was the sole heir to the Vanderbilt fortune.
He didn’t seem to like me—at first. We were total opposites. But I was grateful that at least he didn’t kick me out.
We stayed out of each other’s way for the most part, save for some late-night kitchen run-ins or unexpected bonding sessions in the home theater.
Over time, though, we grew closer. Turned out, our chemistry was pretty combustible.
I was falling in love with him.
Until everything I thought I knew turned upside down yet again.
And fate left me pining for the one man I’d ever loved.

This is a standalone novel.

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✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATION | ROMANTIC SUSPENSE + POLICE PROCEDURAL + CRIME THRILLER

Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist’s career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work.

Indeed, before dawn, Lt. Eve Dallas is speeding toward the home of the two gallery owners whose doorway has been turned into a horrifying crime scene overnight. A lifeless young woman has been elaborately costumed and precisely posed to resemble the model of a long-ago Dutch master, and Dallas plunges into her investigation.

This is the 61st instalment in Nora Roberts’ (writing as J.D. Robb) incredible In Death series. Each book is a separate story/case, but the background story of these characters flows from one instalment to another. 

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SECOND CHANCES + ROMANTIC SUSPENSE + POLYAMORY + SMALL TOWN

I didn’t mean to fall for a man—let alone two at once.

Especially not in the middle of a manhunt.

I moved back to Birchwood Springs to help my mom with the bakery.

What I got was a kidnapping, a conspiracy, and two men willing to burn the world down to protect me.

Malerick Timberbridge is broody, guarded, and far too used to being alone.

Cassian Harlan is the new bartender—or so he says. He’s chaos in a tactical vest and the only one who can crack Mal’s hardened exterior.

They’ve been through hell together.

But somehow, I’ve become the thread pulling them back together.

What we have isn’t simple.

It doesn’t follow rules. It doesn’t fit a label.

It just . . . is.

They make me feel seen.

Protected.

Wanted.

But this isn’t just about love.

It’s about survival.

This is our final stand.

And maybe—if we’re lucky—it’s the start of something that lasts.

This is a standalone novel in The Timberbridge Brothers series and the final book in the series.

Series recommended reading order: Pretend We Are Us | Under the Same Sky | When Love Found Us | Midnight Between Us | The Last Call Home

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FANTASY ROMANCE

In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman with a deadly magic secret needs the help of the minotaur she’s trying to forget…

Gwenna has always considered herself a normal person. A former servant, she wants nothing more than to land a steady job with the Royal Artifactual Guild so she can make some steady coin to send home to her mother. She’s not special. She’s certainly not a necromancer. That would be impossible, given how necromancing (or any ‘mancing) is forbidden upon penalty of death. So if the dead keep talking to her? Well, she’s going to keep on ignoring them. They’re not going to stand in the way of her dreams.

Also standing in her way? One big, arrogant, far-too-flirty Taurian named Raptor. They slept together once, and now he wants more . . . but she doesn’t have time for that. Her focus is on being a fledgling, a trainee for the Royal Artifactual Guild. But Raptor won’t go away. He’s on a secret mission for the guild to find an artifact thief.

Problem is, he thinks the thief is Gwenna.

How can she convince Raptor that he’s got the wrong girl when all the signs point to her? And how do you tell a Taurian you can’t date him because you hear dead people and it might cost you your life?

This is in the sequel to Bull Moon Rising and the second book in the Royal Artifactual Guild series.

Series reading order: Bull Moon Rising | By the Horns

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Welcome to Knife’s Edge, Alaska, where the four Osprey brothers return from military service with shadows in their eyes and secrets in their hearts. As danger looms, new romances ignite, and these rugged men must fight for love…and survival.

Christian Osprey prefers the wilderness to the company of people. A former Navy Special Operator, he’s built for isolation and thrives in the untamed wild. He doesn’t want ties, doesn’t need anyone—but he can’t seem to stay away from Amka, the soft-eyed tavern owner who always greets him with a warm smile, a hot cup of coffee, and no expectations.

Amka Amaruq has spent her life being strong for everyone else, even as her own life unravels. Trapped in an engagement that feels more like a cage, she’s tangled in obligations that threaten to break her spirit. Christian’s quiet strength feels like a lifeline she doesn’t dare reach for—but danger is circling Knife’s Edge, and this time, she’s at the center of it.

When Amka becomes a target, Christian will stop at nothing to protect her. But their simmering attraction explodes into something fierce and undeniable, and keeping her close blurs the line between protection and possession. In a town where secrets run deeper than the icy rivers and trust is as treacherous as thin ice, survival means risking everything—even their hearts.

This is the second book in the Knife’s Edge, Alaska series.

Series recommended reading order: Dead of Winter | Thaw of Spring | Burn of Summer (Apr 2026)

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SINGLE DAD/NANNY + FORCED PROXIMITY + AGE GAP + GRUMPY/SUNSHINE + SMALL TOWN

Hiring the chaotic woman I pulled out of a shed fire to be my daughter’s nanny was a bad idea. Letting her live with me? Even worse.

Chloe Bradshaw is too vibrant, too bold, and way too young for me. She’s pure sunshine-in-a-hurricane energy and the exact opposite of the calm, steady influence my daughter needs.

But Emma adores her from the second they meet, and I’d do anything for my little girl. Including sharing a roof with the one woman I shouldn’t want.

Chloe’s the walking definition of off-limits. And one hell of a temptation I can’t stop thinking about.

Between midnight snack run-ins, hair-braiding lessons, and the way she looks in my stolen hoodie, forbidden stopped being a warning and started feeling like a dare.

I swore I wouldn’t cross that line with her. Then I did. Again. And again.

And now, what we both swore was only temporary is starting to feel like it could be real. Suddenly, I’m not just her boss or her landlord. I’m the guy threatening to burn down anything that hurts her.

But the end date of our arrangement is looming, and her suitcase is still half-packed. She says she’s not staying. I say she’s already mine.

This is a standalone novel in the Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove series.

Series recommended reading order: The Grump Next Door | The Live-In Temptation

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SINGLE DAD/NANNY + FORCED PROXIMITY

Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work—running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he’s built a fortress around his heart, and it’s time he hired someone to help him take care of his daughter before things get worse.

Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.

Shortly after arriving, Camille discovers a strange room in the apartment that sparks her curiosity—and hints at a dark, mysterious side to Jack that she’s desperate to uncover. The lines between professional and personal blur dangerously as the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. She’s drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage, and she challenges him in ways he never thought possible.

Caught between her growing feelings for Jack and the ghosts of his past, Camille must decide: can love heal a heart still grieving, or will their passion destroy them both?

This is a standalone novel in the all-new Salacious Legacy series, a second generation spin-off from the Salacious Players’ Club series.

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LOVERS TO ENEMIES TO LOVERS + PARANORMAL ROMANCE

When two witches with a tangled history are forced to team up, it spells disaster…

It’s the curse of every family’s heir to be the responsible one. My family being the most powerful family in all of Witchingdom doesn’t eliminate that fact, it only makes it worse—and that’s why I, Leona Amber Sherwood, never do the unexpected. Except for that one time I did.

Believe me, I have rued the day that I got married in a midnight ceremony under a full moon to Erik Svensen, the heir to my family’s deepest, bitterest enemies, and now, he won’t agree to a divorce unless we return an ancient spell book to his family’s secured facility.

But on our road trip to return the book, I learn more about Erik as we encounter trolls, nymphs, satyrs, and more. The longer we work together, the more I’m convinced that he might not be the evil trickster I assumed he was. Any more time together will leave me even more enchanted with my husband and that’s the last thing I want. And if I keep telling myself that, maybe I’ll start to believe it.

This is a standalone novel in The Sherwood Witches series.

Series recommended reading order: Witcha Gonna Do? | Head Witch in Charge

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FRIENDS TO LOVERS + FIRST LOVE + OPPOSITES ATTRACT + COLLEGE ROMANCE

He’s a rich jock with a larger-than-life family. She’s a punk-rock nerd with a troubled past.

Ben Cobalt is number six. Not sixth place—in fact, he’d be considered at least third draft pick for the NHL if he didn’t quit hockey during college. And he’s not sixth-in-line for any throne. Though, most consider his larger-than-life, billionaire family American royalty.

He is the sixth-born Cobalt.

Out of a normal family of seven, he might get lost in the shuffle. But being the black sheep of the Cobalt Empire comes with its own intense spotlight. After he hits a major low at college in Philly, his four older brothers convince him to move in with them in New York City. Transferring to Manhattan Valley University—piece of cake.

Living in an apartment with all of his brothers while harboring a giant secret among a family who’s more tight-knit than a secret society—total effing chaos.

He has to find a way out of the tense living arrangement, especially as he clashes with his oldest brother Charlie. Ben turns to an unlikely source for help. A grumpy, punk-rock girl with a troubled past who’s already pissed off one Cobalt brother.

So when an undeniable attraction ignites, Harriet Fisher is expecting the flames to die out. Except…what happens when they don’t? Falling for a Cobalt brother with secrets might be a Shakespearean tragedy she can’t rewind.

This is a standalone novel in all-new Cobalt Empire series.

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FRIENDS TO LOVERS + ROCKSTAR ROMANCE

If it’s a sin to covet…
I should be happy. I have everything I want. A tight knit group of friends. A job at Red, the most exclusive restaurant in New York City. A burgeoning music career. And a boyfriend who’s willing to bring my secret fantasies to life.
My friendship with Noah is a safe place to be my true self; the nerdy, creative girl who believes in poetry and songs, but lately something has changed between us. Noah doesn’t look at me like a friend anymore. Instead, his eyes burn with a longing I can’t seem to ignore, but we’re both involved in serious relationships neither of us intend to break. Until one night changes everything…and secrets are unleashed that will force all of us into a reckoning no one is ready for.

Then I’m ready to burn…
I’ve been secretly in love with Elle for a long time but she was never meant to be mine. At least, I’m able to help her as she explodes on the music scene, and the hours we spend together creating songs soothes my aching need. But my girlfriend, Daisy, deserves all of my heart, so I intend to give her the commitment she’s been asking for. It’s time to move on; focus on my career as a popular DJ, and be the friend my group desperately needs. Until one night, I’m suddenly faced with the possibility of getting the woman I dreamed of.
The cost?
Destroying everyone else I love.

This is a standalone novel in the Red series.

Series recommended reading order: Yearn | Crave | Covet

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ALPHA HERO + BILLIONAIRE

He’s a tantalizing man of mystery. To solve him she could risk everything…

A pawn in a man’s callous game, Amelia Lazenby is trying to heal after being betrayed by the wealthy and scorchingly sexy Jude Harrison. Now he’s saying all the right things, whispering apologies as sincere as his kisses, and refusing to let her walk away. It’s hard for Amelia to resist a force as strong as Jude. Before long, he’s making her pulse pound, her head spin, and giving her the rapture she craves.

But once she surrenders, Amelia can’t help but fear she’s risking her heart all over again. This time, maybe even more. Jude is every bit as mysterious and possessive as she remembers. His ex-lover is back to wreak havoc on their lives. And Amelia’s own ex has returned from the past, knowing more about Jude than Amelia can imagine. As the secrets and shocking revelations keep coming, Amelia must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to stay with the man she loves and above all else…can’t resist.

This is the second book in the Arlington Hall series and it is not a standalone novel.

Series reading order: The Invitation | The Surrender

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